by Sierra Hill
He was first to reach his phone and began to scroll through his messages that continued to beep, beep, beep. The moment I opened the first text, I was paralyzed with fear. I collapsed to my knees, clutching my chest where my heart had just surged through a red light and crashed into a fiery, painful explosion.
When I looked back over at Cam, he stood frozen as well, pinning me with a hard look.
“This has to be a mistake. It’s a fucking lie.”
“What does yours say?” I hesitantly asked, my voice quivering from my throat. If his messages were anything like mine, I was scared to learn the truth. That we’d received the same horrific notifications.
The same life-changing and horrible news.
Cam’s strong jaw clenched in anger as his eyes clouded over with raw pain.
“Sage’s dad is dead. Sage has been arrested for murder...”
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To Be Continued in Part 2
Reckless Abandon
Coming October 2018
Stay tuned for a sneak peek
Acknowledgments
An author is never an island of their own. It takes a village to publish a book and many people supporting and encouraging you along the way. My support crew was instrumental in providing me feedback and helpful suggestions in making London, Cam and Sage’s book come to life.
My thanks to my author beta-readers and critique partners, A.R. Hadley and Leslie McAdam. It’s never easy to find the time to read, and especially to craft detailed feedback on someone else’s work. I appreciate you both so much for your critical eye and helpful feedback!
As always, thanks to Cristina for being my cheerleader and for continually pushing for me to “hurry up” with the book. And for all your help in pre-release chaos. Love ya, girly!
Renee Harless, thank you for the beautiful covers and for turning my vision into a reality! I envy your talent to both write and design. xoxo
My proofreader and editors from Two Naughty Book Babes Editing, Nicole and Debbie. I had the pleasure of meeting Debbie and spending time with her at this year’s Talk Books Event in Boston. She’s such a delight and full of energy and honest excitement over the stories she reads. You’re the sweetest, Debbie! Thank you.
Kylie from Kylie’s Fiction Addition – thanks for always squeezing me in at the last minute. You’re such a delight to work with.
Renee Mccleary PA, thank you first and foremost for being such a great beta reader and supporter. And then for stepping in last minute during release months. I can’t imagine what I would be doing without you. Probably sitting in the corner pulling my hair out. Thanks lady!
Lastly, to my ARC team and readers. Much love for the time you take out of your busy lives to read my books and provide your candid and thoughtful reviews. I couldn’t do this without your love for reading. Thank you.
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About the Author
Sierra Hill published her first indie-contemporary romance in 2014 and hasn’t looked back. She loves to read and support other indie-authors in the community, as well. It’s her tribe.
Sierra is a sucker for cheap accessories, enjoys traveling to see her favorite bands perform live and loves good seafood.
Sierra resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of twenty-plus years and her long-haired, German Shepherd rescue pup.
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Here’s your sneak peek of Reckless Abandon
(Book 2 in Reckless – The Smoky Mountain Trio)
Cam
I hold the gun in my hand in front of me, cocked and loaded.
It trembles from my shaky nerves and it makes me seethe with anger.
I can’t even pull the goddamn trigger because I am a coward.
The same coward I’ve been all my life. The same one that walked away from the girl I loved and his best friend because shit got too real and I couldn’t deal.
The same boy who turned into a man, hiding in the military because he was too fucking scared to face his guilt. The same one that made piss-poor decisions that had a ripple effect on the rest of my life.
The consequences that would unfold.
The mistakes that would be made.
If I could take back some of the things I’d done in the last ten years, I would. Without a doubt. All but one.
