BOOK INFORMATION
TITLE – Hollow
SERIES – Broken Little Pieces
AUTHOR – Ava Conway
GENRE – New Adult Romance
PUBLICATION DATE – August 11, 2014
LENGTH (Pages/# Words) – 90,000 Words
PUBLISHER – Pocket Star (Simon & Shuster)
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Girl, Interrupted meets Beautiful Disaster in this
thrilling and sexy debut novel, in which a college student learns her perfect
life is a lie and finds new love where she least expects it—a mental
institution.
Freaks, misfits and psychopaths. Those are the kinds of
people found at Newton Heights Psychiatric Hospital, and high-society girl Lucy
White’s new home.
Freaks, misfits and Jayden McCray. Jayden has his own
set of rules for life at Newton Heights, and in this contradictory guy Lucy
finds a way to live with the events that left her cheating boyfriend and best
friend dead and Lucy in the middle of the investigation into their demise.
The problem? Jayden makes her want things she’s not
supposed to have, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality and making
Lucy feel more at home in Newton Heights than she ever did at home. But this
isn’t how her life is supposed to be.
Or is it?
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EXCERPT
I framed his face with my palms and held his gaze. “You can’t hold
yourself responsible for other people’s poor decisions.”
He slid his fingers up over my wrists. His touch was feather-light,
but his warmth seeped deep into my soul. “Ditto.”
Tears flowed, and I was helpless to stop them. This was what life was
all about, I realized. People were meant to be honest with each other and to
trust, not to manipulate. I was more resolved than ever to own up to my
mistakes and take charge of my life. This was what I wanted, what I needed.
He leaned down and pressed his lips against mine. I closed my eyes and drank in his light, his
goodness. Jayden’s biggest problem wasn’t that he tried to protect the entire
ward—it was that he cared too much. There was nowhere for all of those emotions
to go, nowhere he could find solace.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him close. As he tilted
his head, I opened to him, eager to drink in his goodness. Let me be your
sanctuary. I needed his emotions as much as he needed to give them to me.
When he broke away, I was breathless. Breathless, but determined. He
had shared a part of himself with me. Now I wanted to share a part of myself
with him.
While I wasn’t quite ready to share anything about my trial, there was
something else I could offer him.
“Lucy, wait.” Jayden’s voice sounded panicked as I reached for his
belt buckle.
“I don’t want to wait.” I flipped the buckle loose and glanced down at
his erection, which was growing larger by the second. “I’m tired of waiting.” I
wanted to strengthen our connection, to feel him inside of me. The more I
learned about Jayden, the more I realized I needed him. Just like he needed me.
For the first time in my life, I was making my own decisions. I was deciding
to be intimate with Jayden in every way possible, and it felt wonderful.
Freeing.
I leaned forward to kiss him, but he moved his head at the last
minute.
“Lucy—I have to tell you something before we do this. It’s about my
uncle.”
“You’ve said enough.” He’d told me about the demons from his past. No
one had ever trusted me like that before, not even Kyle. Trust like that
deserved something in return. I didn’t need to hear more, and in that moment, I
didn’t want to.
“Kiss me,” I said. Before he could respond, I pressed my lips against
his. I felt him hesitate, and then it was as if something gave way inside of
him. Jayden tilted his head, urging me to open to him. I did and with a groan
he invaded my mouth, exploring, tasting . . .
“God, Lucy.” He started to touch me and as his fingers brushed over my
skin, I knew I was lost.
CAT'S REVIEW
So, this book was a bit heavier and more serious than I've read in a while. For me, it had a slow start but I recommend you stick with it - it will be worth it. This is the story of Lucy, a college student that is involved in a drunk driving accident. Her path to healing is one that involves a stay at a mental hospital - this is where we meet Jayden and several other characters. Watching Lucy and other patients grow and work on overcoming their ghosts truly becomes an uplifting story. Lucy meets Jayden at the hospital and their blossoming relationship is wonderful to see. Do yourself a favor and pick this one up - I'm glad I did.
✔✔✔✔
AUTHOR BIO
At
fourteen, Ava snuck her first romance novel into bed and read it by flashlight.
There she met her first "book boyfriend" and has been hooked on
reading ever since. She often prefers book-boyfriends to the real thing, and
believes that a gooey, fudge brownie is a little piece of heaven on earth. When
she's not writing, she's stumbling through her Zumba class (have to work off
those brownies somehow), obsessing over the latest PINK song, or feeding her
addiction for reality television.
To learn
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Note: Ava
also writes erotic romances for her over-eighteen fans as Suzanne Rock. See her
kinkier side by checking out her website http://www.SuzanneRock.com
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OTHER BOOKS BY AUTHOR
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Shattered
(Broken Little Pieces #2)
Expected
Pub – January 5, 2015
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