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Book Blurb

Everybody knows jumping from great heights into unknown waters is suicide. But sometimes it's the only way off the ledge.

When Sydney cop Ness meets bold, vivacious surfer boy Charlie, his resolve to never fall in love again shatters. He just can't walk away. Charlie's colorful, carefree life of sun, sand, surf and sexy men is also shattered when the only way Ness and the emergency response team can save him from a car wreck is to remove his right arm.

Charlie has never needed or wanted support and companionship so much, but as he and Ness take a leap of faith into love together, their doubts and fears are compounded by the possessiveness of Charlie's troubled foster brother, Joey. In the midst of physical and emotional chaos, on cliff's edge and in turbulent unknown waters, Ness and Charlie fight for the only thing that can save them--each other.

Book Review

The way I would sum up this book includes dramatic, gripping, dark, and honest in dealing with some major inner demons and life-changing events. The beginning sets up main characters, Ness, a cop, and Charlie, a 'surfer boy' in a way that made me scratch my head a little. They have a one-night stand, both tell themselves that is all they want, and yet each in their own way makes it clear (if only to himself) that they want more. Interestingly, they might never have gotten there without the horrifying events that follow. Rather than tearing them apart, the tragedy of Charlie losing his arm actually pull them closer together.

Charlie has self-esteem issues now that he had to re-learn the most basic things in his life. His family is trying to be supportive, doing everything for him – which is exactly the wrong thing to do. Rather than encouraging Charlie to become self—sufficient, they try to make him dependent. A common reaction, and one that infuriates me every time I see it.

Ness, thank God, sees this and intervenes. Not directly, but by quietly supporting Charlie. Yes, his turnabout from one-night-stand attraction to something deeper was a bit sudden, unexpected even, but I can see how spending time with Charlie as others cut him out of the mangled car, as they removed his arm, has changed Ness to the point where he can start to conquer his own demons.

If you like dramatic stories that tackle real issues, if you enjoy tales with a few twists and a somewhat predictable but nevertheless intimidating villain, and if a hard-fought happy end appeals to you, you may like this novel.



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Format	ebook
Length	Novel, 334 pages/66984 words
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Publication Date	07-July-2012
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