Never Let You Go
a m o d e r n
f a i r y t a l e
Katy
Regnery
Genre: Contemporary
Romance
Date of Publication: 6.12.15
ISBN: 978-0-9912045-8-8
ASIN: Available on
release day
Number of pages: 450
Word Count: 141,298
Book Description:
Regret,
betrayal, kidnapping, loss, madness, abuse, passion, love.
In this modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel, thirteen-year-old
foster children Griselda and Holden escape from their abductor after three
years of brutal captivity, and try to cross the Shenandoah River on foot.
Tragically, one of them makes it to safety, but the other is left behind.
Ten years later, Griselda’s
boyfriend drags her to a fight club grudge match, and her world is turned
upside down when she watches Holden step into the ring.
Though the connection between
them is fierce, bitter regret, simmering rage, and a tangle of physical and
emotional scars lie between them, just as dangerous as the white water of the
Shenandoah.
Never
Let You Go is a story of fear and hope, defeat and survival,
and two people—once profoundly broken—who discover that love is the only thing that can make them whole
again.
Excerpt
from Never Let You Go
This
girl. Everything about this girl made him want, made him long, made him yearn
to change his life, start his life, finally live his life after a decade of going
through the motions. He wanted to get a better job to take care of her. He
wanted to stop fighting because she disapproved of it. He wanted enough money
to have every tally mark lasered from his arm. He wanted some sort of guarantee
that she’d never, ever leave him again. And he wanted all of it now. Yesterday.
Ten years ago, and every day since.
Standing
up slowly, he let his body settle into an upright position before taking his
time crossing the hall to the bathroom and then heading out into the common
room.
She
stood at the stove with her back to him, her feet bare, her hair in a ponytail,
the mouthwatering smell of fried chicken filling the entire cabin with
goodness. Holden leaned against the wall, crossing his arms over his chest, a
grin taking over his face as he watched her.
“It’s
just the thought of you—the very thought of you, my love,” she sang, using a
fork to transfer a golden leg to a paper towel–covered plate.
As she
reached forward to turn off the stove, some of the leftover grease in the
frying pan spat up at her and burned her wrist.
“Ow!”
she yelped. “Damn it!”
With a
sudden rush of adrenaline, Holden crossed the kitchen in two strides. He turned
on the faucet and grabbed her arm to thrust her wrist under the cold stream. He
held it there, wincing at the red blotch developing on her white skin. When he
lifted his eyes to hers, she was staring at him with a surprised, curious
expression.
“It’s
just a little burn.”
He
shrugged, still holding her arm, staring down at the burn.
“You
were asleep,” she said.
“You
were singing.”
“Too
loud?”
“No.”
“You
remember that song?”
“I
remember.”
He slid
his palm down her arm to cradle her wrist from below.
“The
stove’s still on,” she said.
Without
dropping her hand, he took a step closer to her, reached around her waist with
his free hand, and flicked the burner off.
“I made
fried chicken,” she said softly, her cheeks flushed.
“I can
smell it.”
“You
like fried chicken. I mean . . . you must have mentioned it to me a hundred
times when we were—”
“It’s
still my favorite.”
They
were both silent for a few seconds, and Holden knew he should drop her hand and
step away from her, but he couldn’t. She’d hurt herself doing something kind
for him, and it just about shredded his heart.
Just
another moment, he told himself. A
few more seconds touching her and then I’ll move away.
“Sorry
about the singing,” she whispered, unmoving, her breath kissing his throat.
He
jerked his neck to face her, his thumb curling into her palm, his eyes
searching hers for mercy.
“I
loved it,” he murmured.
She
stepped forward, closing the distance between them, her lips parting, her
breasts grazing his chest through his T-shirt as she stared up at him.
“Holden,
I . . .”
Every
breath she took seemed to draw him closer to her, as if she was breathing him,
not air. He leaned forward, into her, his free hand reaching for hers.
“Griselda
. . .”
Her
eyes, dark blue and churning, flicked to his lips, lingered there, then slid
back up his face and seized his.
His
self-control snapped.
After
all, he was only human.
About
the Author:
Award-winning and Amazon bestselling
author Katy Regnery started her writing career
Now a hybrid author who publishes both
independently and traditionally, Katy claims authorship of the six-book Heart of Montana series, the six-book English Brothers series, and a Kindle
Worlds novella entitled Four Weddings and
a Fiasco: The Wedding Date. Katy’s short story “The Long Way Home” appears
in the first Romance Writers of America anthology, Premiere, and she has published two stand-alone novels, Playing for Love at Deep Haven and the
Amazon bestseller The Vixen and the Vet,
which is book one in Katy’s a m o d e r n f a i r y t a l e collection. The Vixen and the Vet was nominated for
a RITA® Award in 2015.
Katy lives in the relative wilds of
northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her writing room looks out at the
woods, and her husband, two young children, and two dogs create just enough
cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories begin at home.
Upcoming (2015) Projects:
The Winslow
Brothers
(Books #1-4)
Ginger’s Heart, a modern fairytale
Connect with
Katy:
Katy LOVES
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personally! Click below to connect with Katy!
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