Barren, #2
by Elizabeth Miceli
Published by: Swoon Romance
Publication date: August 31st 2016
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult
BLURB
Stacey Lorenzo has finished
treatment, but is still devastated by her past as she enters college. With
drugs and alcohol so readily available, so much freedom, and barely any
supervision, Stacey falls back into old habits. Soon it’s a daily dose of partying,
self-medicating, and having sex with lots of different guys. As her
relationship with Eli destructs, she falls for Jesse, who just so happens to be
a drug dealer. Every time she starts to fall back into the memories of her
past, Jesse makes it easy to snort away the pain.
But she snorts too much one
night; it forces her to question the man she loves and acknowledge her mental
and emotional instability. In the second installment of The Barren Series,
Stacey must overcome her addiction and make peace with her past if she is ever
to be truly happy again.
“Your
nose is bleeding.”
I brought my hand to my nose and nodded.
Ugh. I snorted coke last night.
My whole body contorted and I ran to Derek’s bathroom as quickly
as I could. I made it just in time. Blood and acid trickled from my nostrils,
vomit spewed violently from my mouth, and tears poured from my ducts.
Eli caught up with me, closed the door, and pulled my hair back
into a neat bun. His soft hands rubbed my back gently until finally, after what
seemed like years, my body stopped betraying me and calmed. The stress Eli felt
was written all over his face; he couldn’t imagine the idea of me being hurt,
sick, under his watch. He handed me some tissues for my nose and held me to his
chest on the tile floor. He didn’t say a word but I knew that he was worried;
he felt betrayed by my choices. I hated that I had let him down again. I cried
so hard I threw up again.
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Author Info
Elizabeth hails from the smallest
state with the biggest heart. She started off at The University of Akron and
then transferred to the University of Rhode Island. She is a majoring in Human
Development and Family Studies and minoring in Psychology. Although she loves
writing- she also has a passion for helping others which is why she is studying
to become a sex therapist/couples counselor. Elizabeth loves spending time with
her family and friends, singing, eating everything Italian, and baking cookies.
She is “in love with love” which is probably why the driving force in almost
everything she writes is romance. When she’s not getting lost in her characters
she can be found waiting for her prince charming in her North Kingstown, Rhode
Island home.
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