Missy Johnson’s upcoming book “Don’t Hold Back (Love Hurts Book 4)” is up for preorder and will be released on December 12th!!! It sounds SO HEARTACHE-Y!!!! OMG it makes my heart break and I haven’t even read it yet. She posts an ad on Craigslist. She just wants someone to be with. A friend… a confidante…Β before she dies.Β
Oh I know what I just “virtually” heard. A bunch of squees and nopes at the same time! Yep. I just heard my fellow readers split in TWO… one half with the NOPES (*snort*), and the other half with the SQUEES. BUT YOU KNOW WE ARE SO ON THIS! After all… who knows how it will end?
Nothing guarantees it’s going to go one way or the other, so let’s just read it!! π
The blurb? *nods* Brace yourself (although I’ve already spoiled the *blurb jolt* for you… π but you KNOW it was worth it! )
Three countries.
Two months.
All expenses paid.
Just you and me.
About you: Youβre fun loving, adventurous and you have a wicked sense of humor. Youβre spontaneous, open minded and creative. You live for today because you never know what tomorrow holds.
I’m Erin and this isn’t your usual Craigslist Ad. Iβm twenty-four, and full disclosure, Iβm dying. But I donβt want your pity. What I want is your help. Iβm not looking for a nanny, or for someone to hold my hand. I want a friend, a confidante, a partner in crime.
I want you.
*gulp*
*sob*
Okay… so, it’s book four in a series of complete standalone novels. The seriesΒ is called Love Hurts.
Here’s an excerpt from THIS book:
He reaches over and plucks the notebook from my hand and the tour guide from next to me on the seat. I watch, open mouthed as he yanks open the window above our carriage and tosses them both out, before slamming the window shut.
βHey,β I gasp, wide eyed. βWhy did you do that?β
βThis is supposed to be your trip,β he growls.
The anger in his voice shocks me, because itβs come from nowhere. One minute Iβm sitting there, pouring over my guidebook, and the next heβs hovering over me, like an angry bear.
βWhat do you want? Because Iβm struggling to believe you really give a shit about what the lonely planet marks as the tallest building in Venice.β He sits back down opposite me, his intense eyes locked on mine. βYou might only get to do this once, Erin. Do it right.β
βWhy did you even want to come on this trip? I think you totally missed the bit where I asked for fun loving and adventurous,β I mutter. Heβs been nothing but angry and moody since we left Australia. If I wanted that in a travelling companion, I wouldβve just taken my sister.
βWhy did you invite me?β he challenges.
Good point. I could blame Calli, but Iβve never taken her advice on board before, so why would I start now? Why did I choose him? Because I saw something in him. As much as I’m trying to live every moment of my life, it was like he’s trying to forget.
βFine,β I sigh, crossing my arms over my chest. βSo, since you apparently know everything, how am I supposed to know what the hell I really want to see without a damn guidebook?β
He nods at my phone. βGoogle it. Pick three things you really want to see. If you never come here again, what will you miss the most? And Iβll pick three things. If you like my three things more than what you chose, then for the rest of this trip, you plan nothing.β
Nothing? That’s like asking a duck not to swim. Planning is what I do. I have so little control over anything in my life right now, that the thought of no lists and not knowing what happens next terrifies me.
βWhat makes you think you even know what I like? Youβve known me less than a week.β I laugh nervously.
βIf I donβt know you, then you wonβt have a problem,β he points out.
βTo throw your own words back at you, whereβs the adventure? You made yourself out to be a free spirit who jumps from one moment to the next with no hesitation. Yet you sit here, planning everything right down to when I can take a piss.β He lets out a laugh that makes my blood boil. βWhen are you going to let go, Erin? When itβs too late?β
βI asked for someone adventurous to come with me,β I retort, my face warming. βI never said I was.β
βThen you want me to push you,β he replies with a smirk.
I sigh, because as irritating as heβs being, heβs right. I can pretend all I like that I made the wrong decision choosing Cade, but the truth is, heβs exactly what I need. And the fact that he knows that annoys me even more.
βIβm going to get a drink,β he mutters, grabbing his jacket. βCan I get you anything?β
I shake my head and donβt look up from the phone Iβm pretending to study. I wait until heβs out of sight before I toss the phone on the seat beside me and sigh. The truth in his words cut me to the core. Heβs right. But how can I let go of the only thing I have control of? Itβs easy for him. Heβs probably never been in a situation where he feels like heβs lost everything. I close my eyes and rest my head against the window, watching the trees race by.
This whole trip is a stupid mistake. I should be at home with my family and my friends, not halfway across the world with a stranger who doesnβt understand me. I was so scared of wasting the time I have left, and now I feel like Iβm doing exactly that.
Cade is right. Iβm not the girl who cares about buildings, or museums. Iβm about my family. My friends. About being with the people I love. Iβve really fucked this up. Blinking back my tears, I stare at my google search; what to see in Italy.
Too bad the three things I want to see most are back home.
Below are the links to the other books in theΒ series.
LOVE HURTS: A series of standalone novels
- Always You (Love Hurts Book 1)
- Out of Reach (Love Hurts Book 2)
- Words Left Unsaid (Love Hurts Book 3)
- Don’t Hold Back (Love Hurts Book 4)Β <— Release date:Β December 12th 2016
And this GORGEOUS COVER!!!!