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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ (The Lighthouse Duology Book 1) by Kelsey Kingsley is now live!
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What to expect:
โ๏ธMale POV
โ๏ธBroken/Reluctant Hero
โ๏ธMilitary Romance
โ๏ธComing of Age
โ๏ธSecond Chance
โ๏ธFound Family
โ๏ธRight Person, Wrong Time
BLURB:
๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ #1
Every child deserves to be loved.
Every child deserves parents who love them.
Yet, for as long as I can remember, Iโve harbored an insatiable craving for that one simple thing.
Love.
I was desperate for it. Through years of mistreatment and degradation, I longed for the affection I saw others receive. And I was willing to do anything to prove myself to the people I wanted it fromโincluding going to war.
Yet it was never enough. Nothing ever was.
Except when it came to Laura, my high school sweetheart โฆ and I pushed her away.
Over and over again.
Because how could I possibly deserve love from herโor anyoneโif my own parents couldnโt find me worthy of theirs?
Maybe Iโm just not worthy of anything.
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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
I love that Max was a side character in Spider & The Storm, and Kelsey Kingsley created this beautifully broken, tragic man who lives in a world of hurt and trauma!
All Max ever wanted was to be loved and seen by his parents. He craved that approval and affection, and he never received it. This book was brutal to read. The hits just keep coming, one after another, and I was hoping, hoping that Max would find a shred of happiness. And then he did when he reconnected with his high school love, Laura. But we know from S&TS that Max was a widower, and how that came to be is just another tragic moment in this man’s life. How many tragedies can one person go through before he breaks? I guess we are about to find out when this story concludes in the second book!
Kudos to Kelsey Kingsley for this story. It is such a haunting tale. While there are romantic aspects, I think it’s more fiction than romance. But it was gripping, and I could not put it down. (I also read it during a particularly dark emotional time in my life, so Max’s story really hit me hard.)
I have my theory about why his father hates him so much, so I am anxious to read Part 2 and see if I am correct! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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