The danger in pretending is it becoming
real...
Sebastian Stone, Sunder front man and guitarist with a rap sheet
about ten miles long, escaped to Savannah,
Georgia, to get away from the trouble he’d caused.
Not find more of it.
The moment he saw Shea Bentley, he saw beneath
all her sweet and innocence to something that went deeper.
Darker.
Their relationship was
built on secrets; their love built on lies.
Sebastian never imagined
how deep her secrets went.
When the past and
present collide, Sebastian and Shea find themselves fighting for a future
neither believed they deserved. Their passion is consuming and their need
unending.
Now, holding the truth
in his hands, Sebastian is faced with sacrificing everything he’s come to love
to protect Shea and his family.
Two
pasts intertwined.
Two
lives bound.
Will their demons drown
them or will Shea and Sebastian finally learn to breathe?
Drowning to Breathe
A Bleeding Stars Novel,
Book 2
My brow pinched, because this fucking hurt. Hurt that Shea had been resisting confiding in me because of who I was. A fucking loose cannon. Someone prone to violence. And there it was, right beneath the surface, fire flaming and licking and begging for release.
My voice was tight. “Made you a promise I’d protect you, Shea. Live for you. And that’s exactly what I’m gonna do. You and Kallie? You’re my life. My everything. And I will do anything…give up anything…to make sure you two are together. I won’t let him win.”
She brushed the back of her hand over the wetness on her cheeks. “He will do anything to break us apart…to separate us. He knows we’re weaker alone. All his words about taking us down at the same time?”
Her head shook with bitterness and hate, something so foreign on my girl’s face, but I saw it there—the atrocities he’d committed—the things she still kept inside.
The scars she wore on her heart while I wore mine on my skin.
“It’s a tactic. A ploy. He thinks he can fill us with threats. Convince our subconscious into believing together we’re easy targets. But, no.” Her eyes drew together as she refuted the idea, as she spilled her own belief. “He’s a coward. A coward. Someone who allows others to carry out his crimes and then lords it over them as if he is the one exerting control.”
That brave chin quivered. “I gave him my submission for so long, and I refuse to ever be that girl again. I was her, Sebastian. I was weak.”
Strength filled the profession. “But I’m not weak anymore. And I’m even stronger with you by my side.”
Raw.
Bold.
Courageous.
“Promise me you won’t let him provoke you, Sebastian. He knows exactly how to ruin people. He finds their weaknesses. He knows Kallie is mine. And he knows the two of us are yours.”
I swallowed hard. “I promise, baby.”
I promise.
First of all, if
you are reading this review and have not read A Stone in the Sea, you should
turn right around and go pick that up right now! Drowning to Breathe is the second book and
the ending to Sebastian and Shea's story, so make sure you read it after A
Stone in the Sea.
Drowning to
Breathe packs so many feelings from earth shattering heartbreak to ultimate
joy, which we have all come to expect from any of Amy's books. So that should definitely not come as a
surprise to anyone. :)
In A Stone in
the Sea we met Sebastian, the lead singer of Sunder, and Shea, the woman he
becomes captivated with, and can not seem to stay away from or keep his mind
off of while he and his band are on a little bit of a "break" in Georgia.
We see the two fight the forces between them and ultimately at the end
of A Stone in the Sea, we see Sebastian and Shea come together. Both realizing that they can not fight the
chemistry that draws them together.
Tragedy strikes and we are left with not knowing how things are going to
work out, or even if they will.
Drowning to
Breathe picks up right where A Stone in the Sea ends, Shea and Sebastian going
through unspeakable amounts of heart ache;
trying to wade through tragedy and all of the forces coming at them to
keep them a part. Both Sebastian and
Shea have to decide whether their love is worth the risk, knowing that they
would not be able to go on with out the other in their lives.
I felt every
heart wrenching scene in this book. I
had tears multiple times, and actually had to set down my kindle to come back a
little while later. You will feel all of
Sebastian and Shea's highest highs, and their lowest lows, and that my friend
is the mark of an excellent storyteller.
I love how Amy is able to pick us up and set us down in the story, as if
we were part of it watching things unfold.
When I got
finished with A Stone in the Sea, I was waiting on baited breath until we could
get Drowning to Breathe and the conclusion to Shea and Sebastian's story did
NOT disappoint.
This series is a
definite read NOW series. It is one of
my top reads for the year, so go ahead and get started!
Until he found she had everything to give…
Sunder lead singer and guitarist Sebastian Stone has
everything—fans, fame, and fortune. He also has a heart full of bitterness and
a reputation for a short-fused temper. But an outward reputation rarely reveals
the true man inside. Facing assault charges after trying to protect his younger
brother, Sebastian is sent to Savannah, Georgia to lie low until the dust
settles in L.A.
Shea Bentley is beautiful, kind, and hiding from the very
lifestyle Sebastian has always embraced.
When the mysterious, tattooed stranger begins hanging out at the
bar where she works, Shea is quick to recognize he is nothing but trouble, but
she's helpless to the way her body lights up every time his intense gray eyes
tangle with hers.
They both soon find themselves drowning in a sea of desire and
passion that won’t let them up for air.
Sebastian knows firsthand secrets never die, and he’s not the only one who’s hiding them.
Loving someone always comes with a price. But will it be Shea’s
past that costs them everything?
A.L. Jackson
is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary and new adult romance.
She first
found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college
student. She filled the journals she
carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the
difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life.
Years later,
she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two closest friends
and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length novel.
A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her
husband and three children.
Connect with A.L.
Jackson online:www.aljacksonauthor.com
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