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Broken, Book 1
Lyla
Harper’s life has always been shadowed. With her childhood full of unpleasant
memories that she tries to tuck away and forget about, she succeeds at putting
on a happy front and convincing those around her that she is happy. But she
isn’t.
Meet Lyla
Elizabeth Harper, a teen whose journey is less than ideal. She experiences
heartache, loss, bullying, but through it all she strives for hope. She counts
down the days until she has the chance to start over in a new city, unaware of
her past. A city far away from the recollections that have scarred her
physically and mentally.
In this
first book of the Scars and Sorrow Saga, you will be faced with the ghastly and
horrendous events that plague Lyla, starting on the day of her eighteenth
birthday, a day that changed her forever. Lyla thought she was broken before,
but she was wrong. Davis Moore, a 22-year-old handsome cop and also Rigdon’s
gold boy, steals something from Lyla on that fateful night on Brownsmith Road.
Others will
challenge her will and strength, testing her and pushing her to the brink of
giving up.
Will Lyla be
able to trudge through the deep rut that she is stuck in to move to Chicago to
start her life over? Or will the evil events consume her and leave her
grounded, unable to lead a life free of pain?
**Graphic
content, including underage drinking, drug use, non-consensual sex, and
self-mutilation. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.**
Succumbing, Book 2
Lyla Harper
is sure she will be alone for the rest of her life. After she leaves Kansas for
college in Chicago, she hopes she will never have to face her dark secrets
again. Four years later, Lyla lands an internship at a prestigious firm, hoping
to plant her roots and close the door to her past forever. Unfortunately, Lyla
is about to learn that the past has a way of finding her, no matter how well
she hides.
After she is
assigned to a marketing millionaire and notorious jerk, Lyla attempts to
overcome her pessimistic view of the world and move on with her life. But after
she lays eyes on her drop-dead gorgeous neighbor, Everett Brown, her secrets
begin to resurface, prompting her to regress into her ol coping ways. Led by
curiosity and an undeniable attraction, Lyla pursues a passionate relationship
with Everett and slowly begins to feel like a woman again. Now all she has to
do is decide whether to tell him the truth.
In this
contemporary erotic romance, only time will tell if a young woman’s new lover
will be able to save her from herself as her past emerges from the darkness to
confront her ones and for all.
*Graphic
content including underage drinking, drug use, self-mutilation, and
non-consensual sex. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.**
Shadows, Book 3
Everett
Brown has secrets. Secrets that Lyla has been waiting for him to tell her for
months. He has successfully evaded them, but Lyla is becoming impatient.
With the
vicious attack of his beloved still fresh in his mind along with the painful
loss he feels, his emotions play a battle against one another, testing his
strength and ability to hold himself together.
Will the secrets that he keeps jeopardize his
relationship to the woman who has his heart? Or will he learn to cope with
memories that resurface with a vengeance and move on to the next phase of his
life… marriage?
With Michael Thomas and Davis Moore still
free, justice has yet to be served. In this whirlwind contemporary erotic
romance novel, this young couple’s relationship will be tried with numerous
wicked curveballs and twists that even they aren’t prepared for.
**Graphic content including underage
drinking, drug use, non-consensual sex, and self-mutilation. Not suitable for
readers under the age of eighteen.**
Armored, Book 4
Dive into
the life of another character in the tragic and heart-wrenching Scars and
Sorrow Saga.
Garrett
Joseph Harper was not the man he once was. His life was altered years when his
best friend and fellow Marine, Trent, was killed before him while serving in
Afghanistan. Circumstances went from bad to worse when his baby sister, Lyla,
was the victim of a grisly attack that nearly took her life.
When Lyla
finally seems like she in on the bridge to recovering from the life that she
once had with the help of her soon-to-be-husband, Everett, Garrett is sinking
deeper into an abyss of darkness.
With the
memories of all the gruesomeness that has plagues him, he goes about life on
autopilot spending his small town life working at the coal mines and drinking
his paychecks away at Rigdon’s holy place for gossip and trouble, King’s Bar.
Garrett’s
flame of life is lit once more by Brooklyn Lancaster, a woman who has had eyes
for him as long as she has known what love was. Will the connection Brooklyn
has to Garrett’s past prevent them from moving forward? Or will something more
serious and permanent tear the two new lovers apart when both feel a sense of
normalcy for the first time in years?
In Garrett’s
story, you will have insight into his pain, past, sorrow, and his ability to
hold onto hope. Be prepared for many twists and turns. You know what they say…
nothing is ever what it seems.
**Graphic
content. Not suitable for readers under the age of eighteen.**
Trials, Book 5
Run. That’s
what Lyla Harper does best. With Rigdon, Kansas hundreds of miles away, she
focuses on planting her roots and immersing herself in college life at Loyola
University in Chicago, Illinois.
As Lyla
tries to play the role of hardworking student by day and barista at night at
York Company Coffee House, the monotonous routine is wearing thin. She thinks
back to home, the milestones she’s missed and the family that she doesn’t have
near.
She’s lonely
with the exception of the incubi that will never vacate. With her emotions
colliding, she’s once again faced with her vilest adversary; regression.
After all, a
person can only pretend to be happy for so long. Davis Moore and the horrid
events plague her mind as one text message tests her will to remain strong.
One
afternoon in her public speaking lecture, circumstances change for Lyla when
Professor Blaine Miller’s eyes meet hers. For the first time, she feels
passion, lust and want. Will Blaine change her outlook on life or leave her
empty, feeling like the girl she was years before?
Read this
emotional tale about self-discovery, overcoming, growth, redemption, relapse,
desire, and hope.
**Graphic
content including self-mutilation, non-consensual sex, underage drinking, drug
use, and physical/emotional abuse. Not suitable for readers under the age of
eighteen.**
About the Author
Mary E. Palmerin is 27 years old and
resides in Indiana. She is married, has two small boys and usually has her nose
in a good book when she isn't writing. She has been writing since she was a
young girl, scribbling fairy tales down on notebook paper, creating poetry
through her teen years, and many shorts in between, all of which she has kept.
Mary enjoys telling tales that are both raw and real, seeing it as a gift to be
able to evoke various emotions from her readers.
She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling,
anything outdoors, relaxing by the pool with a good piece of literature, red
wine, coffee, tattoos, and HEA!
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