Release Blitz with Review: Alone With You by Aly Martinez

 

ALONE WITH YOU

Aly Martinez

Release Date: August 22

Blurb:

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of From the Embers comes a new jaw-dropping standalone romance.

Pain trapped me in this house. Can love set me free?

Death had been chasing me my entire life. I survived the horrors of war, but it was the aftermath that truly destroyed me.

People called me a recluse, but the only time I didn’t feel like I was suffocating was inside that house.

For my daughter, I kept some semblance of normalcy by implementing a rigid routine. Once a week, I forced myself to walk to the diner at the end of the block—a ritual I despised but relied on as my last anchor to the real world.

Until the day a “Closed” sign on the door shattered my fragile existence. Worse, the new owner was the most haunting ghost from my past.

It had been years since I’d laid eyes on Gwendolyn Pierce. She hated me—and rightly so. But when a film crew arrived in town to dig into my past, she became my only ally.

With my secrets threatened, I leaned on Gwen, forging a connection neither of us could deny. But with a past as dark as ours, I feared it would eclipse any hope for a future.

I always said that when Death finally came for me, I would be ready, eager, and alone.

Always alone.

But for Gwen, maybe I could face the world again as long as it meant I could be alone—with her.

Buy Link:

https://geni.us/AloneWithYouAM   

Available in KU 

I've really missed this author's writing. She pulls you in with her characters and makes you completely invested in their journey whether you're going to be cheering for their happily ever after, or watching their downfall. Either way, you're there for it and you won't have it any other way.

For the past eighteen years, Truett West has been in his own personal hell. Still consumed with grief and self hatred, he purposely punishes himself mentally with a never ending cycle of a ritual that keeps him stuck in the past. His flaws and sacrifices is constantly at the forefront in his mind so when someone from his past completely changes his rhythm, Truett knows that his meticulous time, is about to be engulfed in chaos.

Gwen is finally starting over with a new life and business. Her main focus is to build something from the ground up that not only she can be proud of, but her son as well. Coming face to face with a blast from her past was not on her to do list but as fate would have it, her book was already written.

This was truly a heartbreaking story and I had this sense of knowing what I was initially getting myself into with this read, but I really didn't. Things that I conjured up in my mind was nothing compared to what really happened and if I'm being completely honest, it broke me more. The characters' pain was palpable on every page and I dreaded when I saw a chapter in the past because I knew, that it was going to hurt even more and it did.



This was not an easy read and some of the characters will frustrate you at times but through it all, this book will be an experience. Love, loss, grief, finding hope and joy in the simplest things, is what's going to keep your attention.If you're looking for a deeply emotional second chance romance, I highly recommend you read this one.

                                                               Meet Aly Martinez:

Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in South Carolina with her four young children. 

Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, charcuterie boards, and her mildly neurotic golden retriever. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person.

She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.

Connect with Aly Martinez:

https://linktr.ee/AuthorAlyMartinez