Goddess Fish Promotions: A Moment by Marie Hall
Moment
Marie Hall
Cosgrove and Liliana Delgado are on a collision course with destiny.
They don’t know it yet, but before the night is over their lives will
be forever changed.
Valentine’s Day at a burlesque bar, hadn’t been Liliana’s ideal way
of spending a Friday night. She’d much rather be back at campus,
doing homework… until she meets Ryan. Tall, athletic, and gorgeous,
Lili can’t keep her eyes off him, and despite his gruff manners and
drunken disposition she’s intrigued.
got demons, and they’re deep, dark, and eating him alive. Regardless
of his attraction to the petite brunette he’s tired of fighting, of
pretending the last fifteen years haven’t been a daily struggle just
to get out of bed every morning. That night he decides to end his
pain, to leave it all behind and float away into the blessed darkness
of oblivion. But fate has other plans for him, Lily finds and rescues
Ryan, determined she’ll not only save his body, but his soul too.
is their moment…
doors slide open with a loud whoosh. Huffing the bangs out of my eyes
I look up and my heart stills.
everything seems to freeze. It’s a strange sensation, sounds grow
dim, and the world recedes to a pinprick of light, a halo that
surrounds him. I have no idea who he is, a perfect stranger in a room
full of them, but something about him stands out and makes me notice.
dark wavy hair and intense blue eyes. He stands squinting in the
doorway and it’s obvious why he’s here. The entire left side of
his face is a swollen mass of discolored skin. He grabs the corner of
his jaw and I notice his knuckles are also split open. Hard eyes scan
the waiting room, and for a second, I glimpse in his face the same
emotion I’m feeling right now.
but here…
eyes meet. He’s older than me, I can tell. There are whiskers on
his cheeks, and he doesn’t look like a boy.
not like the boy who did this to me.
lasts only a second, but feels more like an eternity- a stolen
moment in time that exists outside of where we’re at right now. But
like so much in my life, it’s fleeting.
Wow yea.. took me a while to get my emotions in place. A Moment is a story of two very broken people, Ryan and Liliana, it’s dark, gritty, emotionally intense and deals with though subjects that might not be for everyone. I couldn’t put the book down, I found myself completely and utterly invested in the story and it took me on quiet a roller coaster ride.
Liliana is a single mom at 21 years old to a seven year old boy who is autistic and lives with a mother that has health issues. When she got pregnant at 14 her father lost all hope for her and eventually left her and her mother in the time of need. She now has trust issues with man and has went through a lot of stuff with her son and her mother, so she feels she comes with a lot of baggage.
Ryan has his own dark demons and he cannot seem to escape the past that hunts him. His a marine turned fighter who is having a difficult time to dealing with Valentines day due to his past.
The two meet by chance when Alex, Ryan’s cousin asks Liliana to join him on Valentines day in hopes it would help dealing with his cousin.
And the intense roller-coaster begins with night one.
Wow I was really blown away with this book. It does deal with some tough subjects of sexual abuse, and self inflicted injuries. I absolutely loved all the main characters, especially Liliana and Ryan. I thought they were both well developed and written well enough for me to actually feel their pain and their struggles through the book. I love the fact that it was done from both Liliana’s and Ryan’s POV back and forth so we got to explore both of their emotions. It wasn’t an easy read by any means but there was something almost beautiful about Marie’s writing, the way she told their heart-breaking story that bought me to tears more then once and then tied it all together. I am looking forward to the next book in the series and see Alex’s POV!
Bio and Links:
Hall has always had a dangerous fascination for creatures that go
bump in the night. And mermaids. And of course fairies. Trolls.
Unicorns. Shapeshifters. Vampires. Scottish brogues. Kilts. Beefy
arms. Ummm… Bad boys! Especially the sexy ones. Which is probably
why she married one.
of that she’s a confirmed foodie, she nearly went to culinary school
and then figured out she could save a ton of money if she just
watched food shows religiously! She’s a self-proclaimed master chef,
certified deep sea dolphin trainer, finder of leprechaun’s gold at
the end of the rainbow, and rumor has it she keeps the Troll King
locked away in her basement. All of which is untrue, however, she
does have an incredibly active imagination and loves to share her
crazy thoughts with the world!
want to see what new creations she’s got up her sleeves check out her
blog:
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will be awarding at every stop an Ebook from her fairy tales series to a
randomly drawn commenter, and a Grand Prize of a $50.00 Amazon or Barnes &
Noble GC (Winner’s Choice) to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour. A
$50.00 Amazon or Barnes & Noble GC (Winner’s Choice) will be awarded to a
randomly drawn host.
