Wrong Side of Heaven, an all new Forbidden and Emotional Romance by Gia Riley is AVAILABLE NOW!!
Some touched.
Some watched.
Some just talked to me.
They all had their vices.
Fear.
Betrayal.
Loss.
I’m trailer trash in the slums of Carillon.
Until I met him, the mysterious neighbor who speaks through handwritten notes. He never shows his face, only comes and goes late at night, and I’m drawn to him like a moth to a flame.
I shouldn’t want him.
I don’t need him.
But when I close my eyes, he’s all I see.
He’s my addiction. The secret I keep close to my heart.
But sometimes things aren’t what they seem, and secrets don’t stay secrets forever.
And together, we’re just two lost souls on the wrong side of heaven.
I’m trailer trash in the slums of Carillon.
Until I met him, the mysterious neighbor who speaks through handwritten notes. He never shows his face, only comes and goes late at night, and I’m drawn to him like a moth to a flame.
I shouldn’t want him.
I don’t need him.
But when I close my eyes, he’s all I see.
He’s my addiction. The secret I keep close to my heart.
But sometimes things aren’t what they seem, and secrets don’t stay secrets forever.
And together, we’re just two lost souls on the wrong side of heaven.
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My Review
I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review.
Winnie has had a rough life. Her father is gone and she now lives with a drug addicted stepmother who hates her. Every night Winnie goes to sleep not knowing what will happen during the night. Will her stepmother Tess come home drunk? High? Will anyone try to enter her room? It's a never ending cycle of fear. She's learned to make herself invisible so people will just leave her alone.
But that changes when she has to go to work at the local bar/strip club and finds a fellow classmate working there. Jasper is a nice boy. He's intrigued by Winnie and wants to be her friend even though Winnie makes it very clear that she doesn't have friends. He becomes someone that Winnie finds herself leaning on even though she doesn't want to. The only other good person in her life is Trey, a friend of her father's, and he comes and goes as his job allows.
This book is an emotional read. Winnie's life sucks. She deals with things that no seventeen year old should have to deal with. At this point in her life, loss is all she knows. Over a very short period of time Jasper becomes another person she can count on. And the thought of Winnie losing that is too much to take on. She also to make decisions that not only change the course of her life, but also the people around her.
I was emotionally exhausted by the time I finished this book. And (SPOILER) it ends on a cliffhanger so that made me shake my fist and immediately want to read the next book.
Winnie has had a rough life. Her father is gone and she now lives with a drug addicted stepmother who hates her. Every night Winnie goes to sleep not knowing what will happen during the night. Will her stepmother Tess come home drunk? High? Will anyone try to enter her room? It's a never ending cycle of fear. She's learned to make herself invisible so people will just leave her alone.
But that changes when she has to go to work at the local bar/strip club and finds a fellow classmate working there. Jasper is a nice boy. He's intrigued by Winnie and wants to be her friend even though Winnie makes it very clear that she doesn't have friends. He becomes someone that Winnie finds herself leaning on even though she doesn't want to. The only other good person in her life is Trey, a friend of her father's, and he comes and goes as his job allows.
This book is an emotional read. Winnie's life sucks. She deals with things that no seventeen year old should have to deal with. At this point in her life, loss is all she knows. Over a very short period of time Jasper becomes another person she can count on. And the thought of Winnie losing that is too much to take on. She also to make decisions that not only change the course of her life, but also the people around her.
I was emotionally exhausted by the time I finished this book. And (SPOILER) it ends on a cliffhanger so that made me shake my fist and immediately want to read the next book.
EXCERPT
I’ve become a prisoner in my own body, held captive by my thoughts. Without a TV, there’s not much to do besides write, draw, and think. When I run out of paper, I get antsy, and I talk to Dad, praying he’s watching over me. Because, no matter how hard I try to block out the noise, the inside of my brain feels like a cluttered junk drawer full of odds and ends that don’t matter. A bunch of trash that’s stuck in a small space with no purpose.
Sometimes, the voices are so loud, I pace in circles until the ratty carpet fibers stop laughing at me. If I don’t, I’ll end up in the bathroom with the blade against my thigh. On days when I can’t get the chatter to stop, I run the smooth metal over my skin and watch the blood seep out.
Blood—the lifeline that unites a family.
All my family is dead or gone.
God, I hate the sight of blood. The smell. The consistency. The way it smears and stains everything it touches. But, once the blade touches my skin, I forget about Tess and how little I have. Suddenly, that little cut is all I can think about, and I love the way it silences the screaming inside my head.
For those few seconds of peace, I forget that Dad’s not coming back, that Trey is gone, and how Tess isn’t ever going to be the mother I need her to be. I’m no longer lonely and afraid. I’m the girl who looks in the mirror and likes what she sees.
I am me. Nobody else.
I’ve become a prisoner in my own body, held captive by my thoughts. Without a TV, there’s not much to do besides write, draw, and think. When I run out of paper, I get antsy, and I talk to Dad, praying he’s watching over me. Because, no matter how hard I try to block out the noise, the inside of my brain feels like a cluttered junk drawer full of odds and ends that don’t matter. A bunch of trash that’s stuck in a small space with no purpose.
Sometimes, the voices are so loud, I pace in circles until the ratty carpet fibers stop laughing at me. If I don’t, I’ll end up in the bathroom with the blade against my thigh. On days when I can’t get the chatter to stop, I run the smooth metal over my skin and watch the blood seep out.
Blood—the lifeline that unites a family.
All my family is dead or gone.
God, I hate the sight of blood. The smell. The consistency. The way it smears and stains everything it touches. But, once the blade touches my skin, I forget about Tess and how little I have. Suddenly, that little cut is all I can think about, and I love the way it silences the screaming inside my head.
For those few seconds of peace, I forget that Dad’s not coming back, that Trey is gone, and how Tess isn’t ever going to be the mother I need her to be. I’m no longer lonely and afraid. I’m the girl who looks in the mirror and likes what she sees.
I am me. Nobody else.
About Gia Riley
Author Gia Riley has been in love with writing romance since high school when she took her very first creative writing class. From the small but mighty state of Delaware, she’s a country girl at heart, traveling back to her roots in Pennsylvania as often as she can.
While New Adult and Contemporary romance have been her passion, she’s dabbled with more erotic plotlines lately, enjoying discovering the sexier side of love with each story she pens. After all, she’s a lover of all things romance – a firm believer that everyone deserves their happily ever after no matter what it takes to get there.
When she’s not writing, you can find her roaming the aisles of Kirkland’s, up to her elbows in Play-doh, or trying to hunt down spoilers for her favorite reality television show.
Author Gia Riley has been in love with writing romance since high school when she took her very first creative writing class. From the small but mighty state of Delaware, she’s a country girl at heart, traveling back to her roots in Pennsylvania as often as she can.
While New Adult and Contemporary romance have been her passion, she’s dabbled with more erotic plotlines lately, enjoying discovering the sexier side of love with each story she pens. After all, she’s a lover of all things romance – a firm believer that everyone deserves their happily ever after no matter what it takes to get there.
When she’s not writing, you can find her roaming the aisles of Kirkland’s, up to her elbows in Play-doh, or trying to hunt down spoilers for her favorite reality television show.
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