Flint’s highly anticipated emotional
story is FINALLY here!
NOW
AVAILABLE
**Each book in the series can be read as a standalone**
Blurb
I come from a family of
fighters. I always thought I’d follow in their shadows, becoming unstoppable in
the ring. That changed the day I saved the life of a woman I loved, but could
never have.
My brother hailed me as a hero, and my reward
was a wheelchair.
Paralyzed, my life became an inescapable
nightmare.
Until I met her.
Ash Mabie had a heart-stopping smile and a
laugh that numbed the rage and resentment brewing inside of me. She showed me
that even the darkest night still had stars, and it didn’t matter one bit that
you had to lie in the weeds to see them.
I was a jaded asshole who fell for a girl with
a knack for running away. I couldn’t even walk but I would have spent a
lifetime chasing her.
Now, I’m on the ropes during the toughest
battles of my life.
Fighting the shadows of our
past.
Fighting to reclaim my
future.
Fighting for her.
*JMAC'S REVIEW*
FLINT.FLINT.FLINT.FLINT... I FREAKING LOVE FLINT! I'm not going to lie, I was so excited when this book popped up on my kindle. The second I finished the first book, Fighting Silence, which follows Flint's older brother Till, I couldn't wait to get my hands on Flint's book. OMG boy Aly DOES NOT disappoint with Fighting Shadows.
As I said before, Flint Page is the younger brother of Till Page. Although I love me some Till Page, I can say with 100% certainty, FLINT IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE PAGE BOY SO FAR.
Now that I got that out of the way, on to my review. Fighting Shadows follows the relationship of Flint and Ash. Ash might be my favorite female character of ALL TIME. She was hilarious. Ash came from nothing, as well as Flint. Ash is so ballsy, I found myself laughing so many times with her wise ass remarks. All Ash really wants is some stability with someone who loves her for who she is.
Flint is a whole other story. An accident leaves him physically hurt, and heartbroken. The only people he has to lean on are the ones he wants to run the furthest from. Finally when things start to look up for Flint in the relationship department, he's hit with news that he just can't even handle.
Both Ash and Flint want the same thing, each other but it's never that easy.
I loved the dynamic of their relationship. Ash and Flint are both such stubborn people, but when they love, they love hard. I loved watching them unravel and grow through out the book.
I am fully aware that my review is a jumbled mess, and there's 2 reasons for this. 1. I really just loved this book and Flint. 2. I didn't want to give ANYTHING away, and the littlest detail would have done just that.
Just trust me when I say that this book is a MUST READ. It was perfect. Sexy, funny, hot, and yummy all rolled into one amazing delicious book.
Aly, you did it again.. You and your words are amazing. I can't wait for the next book!!!
<3 JMAC
Excerpt
“Hey, Flint? What time is it?” Quarry asked.
Ash’s smile actually slipped completely. For the briefest
of seconds, she appeared almost ashamed.
I dragged my eyes away from her in order to answer his
question, but as I looked at my wrist, I had no answer at all.
“Here,” she said as she pulled my watch from her pocket.
What. The. Fuck?
Quarry howled with laughter, and Ash chewed on her bottom
lip.
“Explain,” I demanded, wrapping my watch back around my
wrist and shoving my wallet in the front pocket of my hoodie.
Quarry filled in the blank. “She’s a pickpocket, dude. You
should have seen her when she fell on your lap. It was so fucking fast. She
straight-up stole that shit from you, and you had no fucking clue.”
“I didn’t steal it! I was gonna give it back,” she amended
uncomfortably. “It was just a joke.”
A joke.
A. Fucking. Joke.
And just like that, I remembered why I didn’t
laugh anymore.
“Was it funny? Stealing from the cripple? You get a good
laugh out of that?” I snapped, spinning and rolling myself away. “You know,
maybe my judgment of you wasn’t all that off to begin with. Like father, like
daughter, I guess.” It was a low blow, but I felt completely betrayed by a
woman I didn’t even know.
“Flint, wait. I wasn’t picking on the cripple!”
I fully realized that I had just used the term, but it
enraged me that she’d had the audacity to repeat it back to me. Who the hell
was this chick? I pushed a hand into my pocket, searching for my keys. Fuck the
food. I’d leave her ass there. Hell, Quarry too if he didn’t get his ass to the
car.
“Get in the car, Q!” I yelled, only to close my eyes and
drop my chin to my chest when my hand never made contact on the keys. “Son of a
bitch,” I said as I spun back around.
Quarry was laughing next to her, but Ash’s cheeks were
bright red.
“Keys.” I snapped my fingers and opened my hand, palm up.
“Stop being a dick,” Quarry said, casually tossing an arm
around Ash’s shoulders.
She didn’t budge as she held my glare.
“Keys,” I repeated, but she remained still.
“It was a joke.” Her chin began to quiver.
For fuck’s sake, I wasn’t in any kind of mood to deal with
bullshit from some girl I didn’t even know and was quickly discovering I didn’t
care to know, either.
Quarry’s eyes grew wide as she turned to him and buried
her cries in his chest.
What the fuck, asshole! Q signed before rubbing his hands over her back.
Her shoulders shook as she let out a loud sob that shocked
us both.
“Come on. Let’s sit down.” Q tried to guide her over to an
empty table.
Ash refused to look up and tripped over one of the chairs.
“Shit,” Q said, catching her around the waist.
I was just about to roll my eyes when she glanced my way.
He was still trying to get her back on her feet and over to a table when her
tear-free, bright-blue eyes pointedly glanced in my direction. My head snapped
back in surprise, but a smile grew on her face.
Ash was about to put on a show, and with that one look,
she had invited me to have a front-row seat.
As she floundered all over Quarry, her hands slid between
his pockets and her own. Every noise she made and each time she flailed covered
up a jarring movement. She was keeping his mind too busy for it to process all
the places she was touching him. Hell, I was only watching her and I could
barely keep up.
There was no denying that it was entertaining, but I
wasn’t willing to show her that. However, as she accidentally lifted her knee, catching Q in the balls, a laugh
erupted from my throat. He cupped his crotch while she apologized profusely and
pushed him toward the same chair he’d been dragging her to only seconds before.
Just before he sat, Ash swung her arm out, unwinding Q’s belt from around his
body before tossing it at me.
“Oh God. I’m so sorry!” she said as Quarry held a finger
up to ask for a second to recover. She didn’t wait at all though. Instead, she
walked over in my direction; her prideful smile grew with every step.
She pulled my keys out of her pocket and dropped them into
my lap. They were quickly followed by Quarry’s phone, wallet, and house keys.
Then she snagged his belt off the floor and tossed it over her shoulder.
“It had absolutely nothing to do with you being in a
wheelchair. It was a joke and it wasn’t supposed to piss you off.”
“Hey!” Quarry yelled. “That was messed up. You did not
have to knee me in the balls to prove a point to him.”
“Oh, that wasn’t to prove a point. That was for
bullshitting me. You knew good and damn well that he wouldn’t find it funny,”
she said without ever tearing her gaze from mine. “Look, I’m sorry. I don’t
have a lot of friends. And I’ve mentally noted that pickpocketing might not be
the best way to make new ones.” She shrugged. “Consider it a lesson learned.”
“Three burgers all the way, onion rings, and a shake?” the
guy at the counter called out.
Ash arched an eyebrow. “You want it to go, or are we
good?”
I didn’t have to drop my attitude. Sure, she’d apologized,
but while I might have had a short fuse, I also had a hell of a long burn.
However, as she stood in front of me with her arms crossed over her chest and
her blue eyes pleading for forgiveness, it magically fell away.
I swallowed hard. “No. We’re good.”
“You sure?” She leaned in, eyeing me warily, but her smile
began to grow.
I swear to God it pulled at my lips as well. I fought it.
But the harder I tried to keep it restrained, the bigger Ash’s grew. She was
stealing my smile. The chick was good! Finally, with an eye roll, I let out a
quiet chuckle, which seemed to appease her.
“Good. Now, help your brother get redressed and I’ll make
the fancy sauce.” She waggled her eyebrows.
Haven’t read this series yet? Meet Flint Quarry, Till & Eliza
in Fighting Silence
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About the Author:
Aly Martinez
Born and
raised in Savannah, Georgia, Aly Martinez is a stay-at-home mom to four crazy
kids under the age of five, including a set of twins. Currently living in South
Carolina, she passes what little free time she has reading anything and
everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a glass of wine at her
side.
After
some encouragement from her friends, Aly decided to add “Author” to her
ever-growing list of job titles. Five books later, she shows no signs of
slowing. So grab a glass of Chardonnay, or a bottle if you’re hanging out with
Aly, and join her aboard the crazy train she calls life.
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