Spotlight & Giveaway: Hold on to Hope by A.L. Jackson

Posted November 1st, 2019 by in Blog, Spotlight / 26 comments

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you A.L. Jackson’s new release: Hold on to Hope

 

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A best friends-to-lovers, stand-alone romance from New York Times Bestselling Author, A.L. Jackson . . .

Evan Bryant wasn’t your typical hero.
But he was mine.
Broken by the worlds’ standards, he was still the strongest boy I would ever know.
My best friend. The boy I’d given everything to. My heart, my body, and the promise of forever.
The day I’d needed him most, he walked away.
He left me shattered and questioning the love I’d thought we’d shared.
 
Three years later, I wasn’t prepared for him to return to Gingham Lakes.
It wouldn’t have mattered if he wasn’t the most beautiful man I’d ever seen.
My fingers still would have ached to caress his skin.
My body still would have begged to get lost in his touch.
And my heart . . . it would have always sung his name.
But time changes things. With it, secrets that could ruin everything.
 
Can we find a way to love again, or have the fears of our past stolen the hope of our forever . .
 

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from Hold on to Hope 

I stood out in the deserted parking lot, chest heaving with pants like I’d just run a goddamn marathon. On some account? It felt like that was exactly what I’d done.
Run all the way across the country only to end up right back here.
Standing ten feet away from her.
Begging.
For what? I wasn’t sure.
I’d been convicted of my reasoning then, sure the path was right, and now I was standing there wondering if the only thing I’d been was a fool.
But how could I stand there in front of this girl and expect her to give her entire life to me when I might not have one to give her in return?
It seemed so fucking selfish.
So fucking wrong.
Yet there I was, wanting to walk up to her, drive my hands into her hair, and claim her.
Because I saw it.
She was mine.
Same way as she’d always been. Same way as I was always going to be hers.
Guilt blustered through the wind, and I tried to get it together. To say something that would mean something when the only thing I was saying again was, “I’m sorry. I’m so fucking sorry.”
I could feel the way the laughter that tumbled from her was brittle. “You left me, Evan. You walked out of that hospital and out of my life without looking back. Only a note that explained absolutely nothing. You had told me you were gonna marry me.”
She was clutching her chest again, but her upper body was angling toward me, like she couldn’t help herself. “And you’re really goin’ to stand there and tell me that you didn’t want to hurt me? You chose to leave me, Evan. You picked the pain. You chose the hurt. And now all you can say is that you’re sorry?”
Regret churned and coiled. Problem was it was getting all mixed up with the lust that curled my guts.
The only thing it took was the sight of Frankie Leigh to bring it surging back.
Fingers itchy.
Dick hard.
Had no right to it, but my eyes were drinking her in, mouth watering as I dragged my gaze over her.
Would never forget the way it felt to be lost in this girl. In her body and those hands and the caress of her fingers.
She stood there seething and soothing under a spray of the blazing sun.
The sight of her a balm.
A punch to my soul.
Tall.
Always a little bony and skinny.
All sharp angles and subtle curves.
She stood there wearing a pink frilly skirt that landed under her knees over a pair of black leggings.
Of course, she’d paired it with a pair of pink high-top Chucks.
Frizzy, brown curls blew all around her.
Wild child.
My unicorn girl.
“I would have died for you, Frankie, and that’s what it felt like when I let you go.”
Disbelief curled through her expression, and her head was shaking, those tears streaking down her cheeks and across her mouth, wetting her lips. She huffed out a sound that I knew was derision. Felt it like a lash on my heart. “You think you did me a favor? That you were actin’ noble?”
My hands curled into fists.
She took a step toward me. “Is that what you think, Evan Bryant? You took the coward’s way out, that’s what you did. That wasn’t noble. I needed you.”
A sob followed the words out, and shit, there was nothing that I could do but erase the space, pull this girl into my arms and bury my face in her hair and listen to the thrum of her heart. It’d always felt like the beat of it had led mine.
Frankie lost it the second we touched. The girl weeping in my arms, her fingers clinging to me.
Shame spiraled.
But in the middle of it was something new. Something that should have been there all along.
Determination.
Because she was fucking right.
I’d been a coward. A goddamn coward. That ended now.

Excerpt. ©A.L. Jackson. Posted by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.
 
 

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Meet the Author:

A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.

Her bestselling series include THE REGRET SERIES, BLEEDING STARS, FIGHT FOR ME, and CONFESSIONS OF THE HEART.

If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.

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26 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Hold on to Hope by A.L. Jackson”

  1. Melanie Bowers

    Sounds good. I want to know more. Why did he leave ?
    Will she take him back?
    What’s going to happen?

  2. Sonia

    The cover is beautiful and the excerpt left me intrigued, wondering what he did or why he left.

  4. Mary Preston

    He looks so pensive on the cover. Sounds like an emotional read.

    • Donamae

      It left me wanting more. I need to know what happened. Sounds interesting and intriguing.

  6. Karina Angeles

    Absolutely loved it! Can’t wait to read how Evan is going to win his girl back.

    • Lynne Brigman

      Sounds good but I need more! I need all the answers. Can’t wait to read this book ❤

  9. Juli Huber Hall

    I have already read Hold on to Hope and absolutely loved it. My new favorite of Amy’s

  11. Joy Tetterton Avery

    I didn’t think it was possible but that excerpt has me wanting to read it even more.

  13. Amy R

    What did you think of the excerpt spotlighted here? Leave a comment with your thoughts on the book – Sounds good

  14. Juli Huber Hall

    I’ve read and loved Hold on to Hope. I need the PB on my shelf now.

  15. Marsha Bachmeier

    Well it definitely makes me wanna find out exactly what he did! That bastard! lol

  18. Heather Scully

    Can’t resist any of her books. This one sounds just as evocative. Can’t wait to read more.