Life is full
of uncertainty, so what happens when a what-if from your past collides with
your present?
Kaitlyn
Thomas, a weary wife and mother, is taking a much needed getaway with her
friends. All she wants to do is relax and rejuvenate on her weekend escape to
the beach. Having a drink at the bar with the girls sounds like the perfect way
to unwind. That is, until Kaitlyn hears a familiar voice from the stage that
shakes her to her core. She grapples with her memory until Chris King, the lead
singer of the band, walks up to her and eliminates the questions in her mind.
Chris
King…the misunderstood bad boy who once saved her in ways that no one else
could.
Kaitlyn’s
friends beg to know the story behind this mystery man. Forced to revisit a
painful past from which she has spent years trying to heal, Kaitlyn's
recollection of Chris awakens intense feelings that she has kept buried deep
inside her heart. Has time changed him, or is he still the same person Kaitlyn fell
in love with so many years ago?
Marriage
vows are sacred, but temptation is a powerful thing.
Seeing Chris
again has caused a war between her head and her heart. In the end, which one
will win the battle? Facing a difficult decision, Kaitlyn just wants to be sure
of one thing when she walks away from this weekend—no regrets.
I sat with my back to the stage. My friends and I were
laughing hysterically at the fools we had made of ourselves during our poor
rendition of Aretha Franklin’s song, Respect. Downing a few drinks prior to our
performance gave me enough liquid courage to embarrass myself on stage. I had
immersed myself so deeply in the conversation that I barely noticed karaoke had
ended and a band had started setting up on stage.
In the background, a voice emerged from the microphone.
“Testing…one, two, three. Testing…”
The hair on the back of my neck stood upright. My body
seemed to recognize the smooth and soothing voice, but my mind could not recall
it. I quickly spun around in my seat and peered at the figure on stage.
However, we sat too far away, and the terrible lighting in the bar restricted
my view.
“What’s the matter, Kaitlyn?” Shannon sounded concerned. “You
look like you’ve seen a ghost.”
“That voice…it sounds so familiar. I’ve heard it before,” I
stammered.
So Much It Hurts by Melanie Dawn was a wonderful surprise. It is not your typical HEA love story. Don't get me wrong, it all ends the way it should be and there are HEAs. There were just a few things that threw me for a loop.
You will so LOVE Chris King and have a true hatred for others. I was screaming at my kindle at one point. This book took me on such an emotional roller coaster and had me crying at the end, knowing it was what needed to happen. This book is worth it. For a debut novel, it blew me away. This book has angst, it has swoon and it has a story about true love and what we sacrifice at times to make the ones around us happy. Congratulations Melanie on a book well done! Can't wait for more great stories!
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Melanie Dawn is a thinker, a dreamer, and a hopeless romantic. When her head isn't in the clouds, she spends her time as a jack of all trades to her family. Melanie resides in the hills of North Carolina with her husband, her three children, and her cat. She enjoys lazy summer afternoons cruising around the lake on the pontoon boat with her family.
Melanie graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in Psychology and earned her MA in School Counseling from Appalachian State University. She spent the first six years after graduate school as a middle school counselor. Those were years she deems as some of the best years of her life. That is, until she had children of her own. The last seven years have been spent as a stay-at-home mom. She has learned some tough life lessons, like what the inner absorbent pellets of a diaper look like scattered in the washing machine. She has also learned the strength of the willpower of a two year old lacking a nap. Through it all, Melanie has learned how to roll with the punches and appreciate the time she has been able to spend at home with her children.
Now that her last child has started Kindergarten, Melanie is ready to add a new chapter in her life. That chapter begins with her debut novel—So Much It Hurts.
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