BOOK
DETAILS:
Title
– Fighting Redemption
Author
– Kate McCarthy
Genre
– Contemporary Romance
Cover
- Damonza
Expected
Release Date – December 2, 2013
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BOOK
SUMMARY:
Ryan Kendall is broken. He understands pain. He knows the hand
of violence and the ache of loss. He knows what it means to fail those who need
you. Being broken doesn’t stop him wanting the one thing he can’t have; Finlay
Tanner. Her smile is sweet and her future bright. She’s the girl he grew up
with, the girl he loves, the girl he protects from the world, and from himself.
At nineteen,
Ryan leaves to join the Australian Army. After years of training he becomes an
elite SAS soldier and deploys to the Afghanistan war. His patrol undertakes the
most dangerous missions a soldier can face. But no matter how far he runs, or
how hard he fights, his need for Finlay won’t let go.
Returning
home after six years, one look is all it takes to know he can’t live without
her. But sometimes love isn’t enough to heal what hurts. Sometimes people like
him can’t be fixed, and sometimes people like Finlay deserve more than what’s
left.
This
is a story about war and the cost of sacrifice. Where bonds are formed, and
friendships found. Where those who are strong, fall hard. Where love is let go,
heartache is born, and heroes are made. Where one man learns that the hardest
fight of all, is the fight to save himself.
Excerpt:
Two weeks later, he packed his belongings and stole his way into
Fin’s room. She wasn’t there, so he stretched out on her bed, hands tucked
behind his head, eyes trained on the ceiling, and waited.
It was midnight when she came through the door, giggling as she
read a message on her phone. Finished, she tossed it on her bedside table and
froze when she caught him lying there in the dark.
He heard her breath catch. “Ryan?”
The lamp by her bed switched on, coating the room in a warm, cozy
glow. Fin was illuminated, her skin golden in the soft light, her cheeks
flushed with happiness.
“What are you …” She trailed off after meeting his eyes. He knew
what she saw. He couldn’t hold any of it back—regret, heartache, and loss for
something that had never been his.
“You’re leaving,” she choked out.
Ryan couldn’t speak. He watched her stride to the open window, its
sheer white curtains billowing. Staring out into the night, she wiped away
tears that spilled over and ran down her cheeks.
He blinked, his own eyes burning. “I’m sorry,” he said eventually.
Fin turned and walked across the room. Sinking to the edge of the
bed, she stared down at her hands. “When?”
Ryan unlocked his hands from behind his head and reached for her,
pulling her down beside him. She stretched out, tucking her head under his
chin. Closing his eyes, he breathed her in, allowing his arms to wrap around
her. “In the morning.”
Fin’s hand fisted in his shirt as she let out a sob.
“I have to do this,” he whispered hoarsely. He trailed his fingers
through her hair and touched his lips to her forehead.
She started to wipe away the tears on her face, and Ryan took hold
of her hand, stilling her. “You understand, don’t you, Fin, why I have to do
this?”
Ryan needed to know that she understood he wasn’t leaving her, he
was leaving his past, and trying to build a new future with the Army.
“I do.” She choked again and buried her face in his neck, sobs
breaking free.
“Don’t,” he whispered thickly. “Please don’t cry. You have such a
big future ahead of you. You’re going to do big things with your life. Don’t
let anyone stop you from being who you need to be, okay?”
Fin nodded into his neck.
Ryan pushed back so he could look her in the eye. He wouldn’t be
there to watch over her anymore, so he needed to know she would look out for
herself. “Promise me, Fin.”
“I promise.”
Satisfied, he reached out and switched off the lamp. Thrust into
sudden darkness, Ryan laced his fingers in hers and held her close. When her
tears dried up, she drifted off into a deep slumber. In the early hours of the
morning, he pressed a soft kiss to her cheek, and disentangling himself, he
left the room. Having already said his goodbyes to Mike and Julie earlier in
the evening, Ryan clicked the door shut softly behind him and left the house,
careful not to look back.
That was the last he saw of Finlay Tanner.
AUTHOR
BIO:
Kate McCarthy grew
up in a small town outside of Port Macquarie, Australia. Raised in a house just
a short walk to the beach, Kate enjoyed the peaceful, relaxed atmosphere and
friendships that come from being raised in a friendly, small town area.
She now resides in Brisbane, Australia, a city in the state of Queensland where she works as an accountant, along with a sideline wedding cake business and her writing.
She is married with two children, has two dogs and house in the suburbs, and a pile of friends and family dotted all over the country that help keep her sane.
When she’s not busy running after naughty kids, filthy dogs, crunching numbers, piping buttercream and writing books, you can find her curled up in bed in the early hours of the morning reading new books and re-reading old favourites. Her favourite books are the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward in which she longs to eventually join the brotherhood and change her name to Phierce Mutha.
She now resides in Brisbane, Australia, a city in the state of Queensland where she works as an accountant, along with a sideline wedding cake business and her writing.
She is married with two children, has two dogs and house in the suburbs, and a pile of friends and family dotted all over the country that help keep her sane.
When she’s not busy running after naughty kids, filthy dogs, crunching numbers, piping buttercream and writing books, you can find her curled up in bed in the early hours of the morning reading new books and re-reading old favourites. Her favourite books are the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward in which she longs to eventually join the brotherhood and change her name to Phierce Mutha.
AUTHOR
CONTACT LINKS:
Website - http://katemccarthy.net/
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Twitter - https://twitter.com/KMacinOz
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