Title: The Flipside: Jessalyn’s Story
Author: Leia Madison
Cover Reveal: March 25th, 2015
Author: Leia Madison
Cover Reveal: March 25th, 2015
Release Date: May 19th 2015
Hosted by: SBB Promotions
PHOTGRAPHER:
COVER
DESIGNER:
Synopsis:
Born to a prom queen,
turned heroin dealer, that turned tricks for her next high, Jessalyn Rumley has
lived a life that most people would say is too far-fetched to be true.
Getting pulled into
fights between her mother and that monster, left Jessalyn knowing that she
would be covering up bruises for days to come.
Her one saving grace
from her tormented, hell storm of a life, was her Grandmother. She was her safe
haven. A place where the whispers and stares from the town could never touch
her.
A place where she
learned, that sometimes in life, when you have nothing left to lose… the best
way to change… is on the Flipside…
This is Jessalyn’s story.
Add to GoodReads : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23545807-flipside-jessalyn-s-story
Prologue Excerpt:
Flipside Jessalyn’s Story
Watching my best friend Addison of
over twenty years dance with her new fiancée, I feel my heart bursting with
love and pride for her. She was never meant to be with Curt, I knew from the
moment he started charming his way into her life in high school, he was bad
news. But… this man… this beautiful, tall, commanding man, Michael Crestmoore,
that’s her soul mate. He looks at her like a man in love, a man that will
always cherish her and love her no matter what. You can always tell looking at
a man when he is in love. His face will have a softness to it, a glow if you
will, and his smile will reach his eyes just by looking at her.
I feel Skyler’s fingers lightly
dance over the back of my neck and I know he is thinking the same thing. My
husband of fifteen years Skyler Gauge Rumley is the love of my life. Sandy
brown hair that at one time… was thick and lush but, add one crazy ass wife and
two kids later, you get a sexy receding hairline. Blue-green eyes, and a body
built like a brick shit house he’s 6’3 and 240 but he is a big Teddy bear to
our kids and a sex machine for my love pocket.
If it wasn’t for Skyler, I most
likely wouldn’t be the person I am today. Besides Addison, he is the only one
that knows the real story of where I came from and how I survived. Sure there
are loads of crap rumors and shit stories but it’s a small town and that goes
hand in hand. It’s not a tiny town just small compared to Milwaukee where my
Uncle Joe lives.
Joe is the brother of my dead
birther, Renee Sarah Allen. I say birther because she was neither a mom or
mother not even a parent really, just a junky… loser… waste of life. That may
sound cruel, but it’s the truth. She used before she was preggers used during
her pregnancy and as soon as she shit me out she was back on the pipe three
days later. That’s what my Grammy told me anyway.
My grammy, Evalyn Louise Grace was
loved by everyone in town. She is the mother of the sperm donor. His name was
Joel Robert Grace A.K.A fucktard. She tried several times to save him but… like
my birther he wasn’t worth saving. Grammy took in my Uncle Joe when it was
“accidently” revealed that he was gay and the Birthers family shunned and
shamed him. She loved him, protected him and made sure he knew what a real
family does for one another.
Most
days are easy peasy and I get along just fine, but… there are the days that I
think back on the birther and sperm donor and wonder why, why were the drugs
more important? Why was I just a bother? I just wanted a normal family, a
loving Mom and Dad. I wanted to go shopping with a Mom and fishing with a Dad,
but, my fate was not that. When my life
turned tragic, it was in those minutes, those hours that I knew… I knew MY life
would change… and I made a promise to my future children that I would never
make them feel hopeless, lost or broken. They would however feel loved,
protected and never afraid.
Author Bio :
Leia is from Iowa where she resides with her
Husband and beautiful daughter. She has a spoiled yellow lab, drama queen
papillion and an old grouchy cat. She loves to swim and ride bikes, both of the
motor and pedal version. She is an avid fisher-woman and gardener.
Author
Links :
Hosted By : SBB Promotions
No comments:
Post a Comment