Title: Stolen Course (Wrecked and Ruined #2)
Author: Aly Martinez
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Blurb
I fell in love with Manda Baker eight years ago, and I loved her to the core of her soul. We were supposed to have that elusive happily ever after and spend a lifetime together. But that was all before she was STOLEN from me.
Her best friend, Sarah Erickson, killed her. It wasn’t intentional. It was far worse. Everyone claims it was just an accident, but I can see through the lies. Even if it’s with my dying breath, I will make her pay for what she did.
Fate hates me. It robbed me of my first love and left me to navigate through this world emotionless and numb. Then, one day, spiteful fate gave me a woman to fill my shattered soul and make me feel again. It gave me Emma Jane Erickson. Now I spend my days searching for the answers that will ruin Sarah and my nights falling in love with her sister—the one person who is bound and determined to save her.
But what happens when everything you know to be true explodes around you? Who will be left to pick up the pieces, and who will need to be saved from the wreckage?
**Each book in this series can be read as a stand alone.**
Buy the Books
Stolen Course (Wrecked and Ruined #2)
Changing Course (Wrecked and Ruined #1)
Excerpt
“Do you always act like a kindergartener when you like a girl?”
“Who said I like you?” I mock surprise.
Yeah, I gave myself away. She knows that I think she’s hot, but wanting to have sex with someone is very different than actually liking them. At least it is in my world. I’ve had sex with numerous women since Manda. Never once have I even thought twice about them though. That is until Emma ran into my life.
“You called back, didn’t you?”
Damn it, busted again! She’s right. I like her even though I know absolutely nothing about her. I need to remedy this without acting like a broody, sullen teenager. Who knows. Maybe I will be able to shake her once I get to know her a little better.
“What’s your favorite color, Emma Jane Erickson?”
“What is this, the get-to-know-each-other portion of the night? I never thought you would be so cliché, Detective Jones.” She laughs for a second before answering, “Orange.”
“Oh, come on. No one likes orange.”
“I do.”
“Why?”
“Why not? It’s different and bold. It stands out amongst a blank world of black, white, and gray. Orange is the early morning sun stretching across the sky and the color of a burning ember standing tall in the middle of a beach bonfire. It’s leaves in the fall, carrots in Nana’s vegetable soup on a cold winter day, tulips in the spring, and the ladybugs in the middle of the grassy park on a hot summer afternoon. Orange is life. It’s unexpected but beautiful.” She stops talking, and her depth silences me too.
I consider myself a very artistic person. I draw, paint, and build. Creation is my escape. And to listen to this woman wax poetic about a single simple color steals my breath. It embeds itself somewhere deep inside. A place where no woman, especially an Erickson, has any business being.
“Oh, and it’s my favorite flavor of candy too.”
And with those simple words, I know I’m in trouble. So fucking much trouble. I begin to laugh, and I mean really laugh. The kind that sticks with you even after the joke is long since forgotten, and I do it for the first time in almost five years. Fuck.
Erin's Review
Let me start off by saying I am so glad I signed up for this tour! I bugged Natalie for days about getting an arc and she ever so patiently sent me one, thank you Natalie!
I simply love Emma and Caleb. Emma is a freaking spitfire! She's a classic Southern girl with sass! And Caleb is so broken, you just can't help but want to help put him back together. He's funny, sarcastic and a bit overbearing, but he's so loveable. It almost seems impossible that Caleb would fall for the woman who's sister killed his fiance, but that's exactly what he did. Oh, they have their struggles, and they are many. Caleb's hatred is overwhelming at times and there were plenty of times I wanted to shout, "JUST LET GO!"
Emma is good for him. She challenges him without being a burden. She gives him his space and doesn't talk about her sister, but come one, I mean, it IS her sister. She is, in Caleb's words, amazing.
You need the tissues for this book, guaranteed. Caleb and Emma's story is about not only forgiveness but it's about letting go. It's about putting the past to rest and taking the leap that you need to take to move forward. It has moments where you are in tears from laughter, then the next moment your heart aches for the pain the characters are going through. Aly wrote one hell of a story and I devoured it in less than a day, I couldn't put it down.
You will want this book so buy it now!
P.S. I think Hunter should get his own story next. I freaking love that guy!
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