Erika Ashby

Jesika Reynolds' heart was left broken one year ago when her husband died, leaving her and her son alone in this world. Slowly, she started putting the pieces back together of her life. Knowing that she may never open herself up to love again. That was until the day Derek came into the picture. Why does this gorgeous stranger seem to care so much, so suddenly? Derek Jordan's charm drew her in with an instant connection, and familiarity that helps her feel at ease. Her heart is falling at his feet, but as their relationship grows, so does a secret from both of their pasts that neither saw coming. One by one, the threads slowly start to unravel. Can their newly sought love stand up against the secrets that life is unlocking to their pasts? Or can they decide together that moving forward and forgetting the past is the only option for them to find true happiness? **Intended for Mature Audiences**

Moving Forward

There's this boy. He kinda owns my heart. Who am I kidding? He owns all of me--but he's completely oblivious to it. And I can't tell him. Because there's this girl. And even though he's my best friend, she is too. Then there's me... CAUGHT between what feels so right, yet is so wrong.

Caught

Lynsie Fox has what she considers to be a perfect life. Married to Lincoln, a military pilot, she's living the Army life she's always loved. Being a sucker for great love stories, Lynsie makes it her mission to find Lincoln's best friend and co-pilot, Dax Adams, a good woman. Losing the one woman he's ever loved, Dax attempts to be a good sport by playing along in Lynsie's match-making scheme. However, Dax is certain he will never get the woman of his dreams. But life doesn't always fly smoothly. When turbulence strikes, Lynsie watches her world crash and burn around her, leaving her empty with broken wings. Despite her grief, can she mend the pieces back together and learn to fly again?

Broken Wings

Dani refuses to lose another parent due to her absence from their life. After pulling herself back together following the death of her father, she moves back to her childhood town to live with her mom. She's slowly pulled back into the lifestyle she worked so hard to get away from ten years ago. She accepts that this is the life she has always been destined to live. Getting a job at the store down the road and hooking back up with her first love Gage, seems to be the logical way to go...that is until she meets Holden Reynolds. Now that Holden is finally back home from the Navy he plans on following in his father's footsteps. Still trying to move on from the one woman who had his heart, he busies himself in work and returning to the country boy lifestyle he's always loved. The best way to get over someone is to get under someone, right? That's his mindset as he travels town to town with his job perfectly content with being a rambling man...that is until he meets Danielle Brooks. When Dani isn't leaving and Holden isn't staying will they be able to keep themselves from getting too attached? Or will they be just what each other needs to cut all the strings that have them bound?

Save Me from Me

Life isn't always about fairytales and happily ever-after's according to Seth Jordan. After having his world shattered and heartbroken beyond repair, he had always sworn off the idea of love. He was perfectly content with continuing his life with worthless one night stands and no strings attached sex. That was until one blue-eyed blonde managed to seep into places he thought were cemented shut. Like a jack hammer, Mallory Prentice came into Seth's life and cracked the hard exterior that surrounded his heart. She's the one woman he was starting to feel might be worth taking a chance on. But life doesn't always hand you the easy road. Sometimes you are constantly hit with the bad and have no hope of any good ever showing up. Will Seth and Mallory realize that ultimately they are the ones who are in control of their life's outcome? Will they embrace the future and fight for their own happiness, or will they keep lingering in past mistakes and let it keep them apart? Life is all about forgiveness and second chances. Once you come to that conclusion and just go for it, there is...no going back. *intended mature audience*

No Going Back

Exposed Anthology

TEN YEARS AGO, I fell in love with a boy. In the blink of an eye, the boy I loved was ripped from me. TEN YEARS LATER, I ran into the boy I had lost. Yet, he's no longer a boy. He's a man. A deeply wounded man. Dustin Adams was once known for his down to earth, care free spirit. He was the well rounded kid with a promising future. Until the girl he loved was yanked from his life. Now, Dustin is known for his distance and the coldness he radiates. He is simply a shell of the boy he once was. Living the Army life, the close calls he's surrounded by daily have done nothing but further harden his heart. Until the girl he once loved reappears in his life. Can what they shared so long ago be restored? Or is Dustin fated to live a life of brokenness?

Brokenness: a Broken Wings Companion Novel

*Novella-Prequel to Moving Forward* Jake Reynolds' life had always been perfectly mapped out for him as he was growing up. The only time he ever felt like he had any control over it was when he was inside the cage-the same cage that held no for sure outcome. In his twisted mind being inside that ring with his opponent was the most freeing feeling. In that moment alone he was able to let his perfected guard down and be who he wanted to be. From the outside looking in, everything about Jake's life looked perfect, but he knew that he wasn't. His whole life had been set up for him before he was even born, and even though it's not the life he wanted, he continued living it. When you have everything you could ever want at your fingertips, why screw it up? That was his mindset until the night Jesika showed up at his fight. He knew she was different from the get-go. He also knew he didn't deserve her, but that didn't mean he didn't want to try. Jake had skills inside and out of the cage and he was known to always get what he wanted no matter the risk. But was he willing to change who he had always been in order to keep the one that he thought was worth the fight? Will it all be worth it in the end?

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