I don’t
remember how old I was when I read my first romance but I know I was a
young. Reading it made an impact on my life, giving me the chance to
the chance to dream and imagine who my Mr Right could be, where I could go,
what I could do, and pushed me to write poems and stories of my own about
love.
Since
then times have changed BIG TIME!! Fell
in love who knows how many times and had my heart broken just as many; traveled
to so many places; got married, moved 3,000 miles away from home, had kids and
then divorced; went back to school; worked and worked some more, and
unfortunately stopped writing. Through
all those ups and downs romance books were still my escape -whether it was
hiding in the bathroom for a few moments of my own or staying up late at night
not able to put the book down.
As I
have changed with time so have romance books, no longer it is it just Regency
or Harlequin it goes beyond that. There
is teen romance; regency; scifi; suspense; the artsy fartsy; innocent romance;
ex’s getting back together; childhood sweethearts finding each other again;
subtle romance; action romance; dominating romance and the so steamy romance
that it knocks your socks off and you wonder if it is possible to do all those
moves let alone find a man like that.
Then
there are the settings:
the bad
boy turned good and the good girl turning bad,
the guy
everyone hates but you love and the boy everyone loves but you hate
the
brother’s best friend and the sister’s bff
the boy
next door falling for the girl next door
the
geek turning into a hunk and the girl turning into a bitch
the guy
who turns into an animal and the girl who turns into a vampire
the guy
who became a single parent and the girl who is a widow
the set
up romance and the least expected romance
And of
course the characters: there is the Lord, the policeman, the CO of a company,
the firefighter, the man in the military, the doctor, the lawyer, the sheriff,
the tycoon, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks…
There
is the ones that you can’t put down fast enough and will never finish, the ones
that you read over and over until the book falls apart, the ones that make you
cry, the ones that make you scream at the girl/guy telling them to smarten up,
the ones that make you dream that one day it could be you in that same
situation…
But
sometimes there is the one that you have to put down, you don’t want to but it
is so intense you have to. You need a break from it because it is tearing your
insides out as you realize that you have been in a similar situation in your
life. The one where you got help because you were lucky but you know there are
ones out there who aren’t. These books
suck the life out of you one way and push it back in another. They are the ones
that you NEED to read.
Jessica
Scott’s latest book, Break My Fall (part of the Falling Series), is one of those books, in fact let me just say the whole series is this way. The characters in the books are dealing with
abuse, PTSD, returning to college, being financially broke, trying to make it
through the night, watching those around you fall apart and hoping it doesn't
happen to you.
Josh
and Abby, two pawns in a very big game of life. Both have had serious issues
happen in their lifetime that has changed them forever. The abuse in Abby’s house started when she
was 11 with her stepfather and even continued in her last relationship. Josh proudly served in the US Military, had
several deployments and watched friends die next to him.
Abby
was determined to break the chain but it became harder and harder when it was
happening even to her friends.
Josh
had only two places he felt he could go to find solace, the gym to run himself
ragged or the bar run by a fellow ex-Soldier to get drunk. Doing either made it
possible to pass out for a few hours because he could not longer have a normal
sleep. Especially since he would have to deal with the college preppies while
taking classes himself.
They met one fateful night when Josh helped
Abby out of a situation. They had the
instant attraction but at the same time realized mentally they were each not
ready for anything so they walked their separate ways.
Of course fate ran its course and the reason
they met that night was because they would be meeting again soon several times…once in a bar she worked at where he ran instead of facing a giant and the other in an actual class that he had no idea why he was taking.
Being around a lot of people was something that Josh had a hard time adjusting to especially when it involved some of those preppies. But the one with Abby was different, she seemed to have
this way of being able to calm him down when big discussions took place in the class. Abby knew all too well about that darkness she saw in Josh's eyes, she had it herself. Part of her wants to run away so she won't get hurt again and the other part wants to help him see the light. Maybe if he just understands that there is help for him if he allows it he will, especially when a major event takes place. In order for this to work and their relationship to grow into undeniable love, they both have to be willing to take a chance again.
Through out this book you see the ups and downs
of a relationship dealing with so many demons.
Some that are normal so you can predict and others that come out of
nowhere bearing their angry face. When
dealing with PTSD, violence, or abuse a situation can go from happy go lucky
one moment to black and scary the next.
How do I know that? It is because I lived it,
thankfully a short period of time but still it has happened. This is why I
think this latest series of books by this author hits me harder than usual,
why I have had to put them down for a bit and then go back to read it later. It
is frustrating only taking one step forward before having to take five steps
back. Trying to protect the ones you
love even if it means pushing them away. This book is a must read, a must read
so you can understand, a must read so you can see you are not alone, a must read
just because…for it might be the only way to break your own fall.
Here are the links for you to purchase the book:
iBooks: http://jsscott.me/breakmyfall_ibks.html
Nook: http://jsscott.me/breakmyfall_nk.html
Kobo: http://jsscott.me/breakmyfall_kbo.html
Amazon: http://jsscott.me/breakmyfall_amz.html
Play: http://jsscott.me/breakmyfall_ply.html
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