Synopsis
***Readers Must Be 18+. Please Note That This Book Includes Explicit Sexual Content***
I'm no angel. I never was. But when Mama left us just short of my fourteenth birthday, any chance of me becoming angelic flew out the window.
My step-father, Jesse, had been the only 'father-figure' in my life from the time I was six years-old, but all that came to an end when Mama left. I was sent to live with my grandparents in another state; my half-sister, Scout, remained with Jesse, her daddy. And my world had crashed around me.
Fast-forward four years. I'm almost eighteen and a somewhat normal teenage girl who's curious about her sexuality, and determined to find someone like my Mama had - but hadn't appreciated. As luck would have it, my stepfather wants me to spend the summer going into my senior year in Arkansas with them. He needs me to take care of my little sister, Scout over the summer.
Four years have changed both Jesse and me in ways we hadn't considered. It isn't long before I encounter the obstacles involved in getting what it is I really want: Jesse Ryan.
Complications follow, and I learn more than I ever anticipated that summer, not only about myself and my sexuality, but also about being true to myself, and putting others that I love first.
ADULT CONTENT. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT
My step-father, Jesse, had been the only 'father-figure' in my life from the time I was six years-old, but all that came to an end when Mama left. I was sent to live with my grandparents in another state; my half-sister, Scout, remained with Jesse, her daddy. And my world had crashed around me.
Fast-forward four years. I'm almost eighteen and a somewhat normal teenage girl who's curious about her sexuality, and determined to find someone like my Mama had - but hadn't appreciated. As luck would have it, my stepfather wants me to spend the summer going into my senior year in Arkansas with them. He needs me to take care of my little sister, Scout over the summer.
Four years have changed both Jesse and me in ways we hadn't considered. It isn't long before I encounter the obstacles involved in getting what it is I really want: Jesse Ryan.
Complications follow, and I learn more than I ever anticipated that summer, not only about myself and my sexuality, but also about being true to myself, and putting others that I love first.
ADULT CONTENT. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT
Excerpt
"You mightâve turned eighteen, but Iâm still the adult here. If I wanna sit in my own house and get fucking hammered for once, then by God I will do just that! I donât need a teenager watching over me. Sheâs my wife, goddamit!
âAnd sheâs my mother!â I scream. âAnd she fucking left the both of us! Remember?â
âHell yes I remember.â
âSo thatâs it? What? I mean are you gonna go through the rest of your life holding onto somethingâto someoneâwhether sheâs dead or alive, that makes you feel the way you feel right this damn minute?â
I look into his eyes because I want to hear it from him. I want to know why he feels the need to punish himself for what she did.
He takes another sip of his beer, and shrugs. âShit, maybe so. Maybe itâs what I deserve for not being enough, and not letting her be enough for herself.â
I have no clue as to what he means by that. I simply throw out a retort for good measure. âThatâs weak,â I mumble. âPathetic and weak.â
I start to get off the couch so that I can get away from his drunken ass. I can take almost anything except self-pity or self-loathing. Iâve no tolerance for it.
His hand clamps around my wrist and Iâm jerked back around to face him as he stands, pulling me up against him roughly. âWhat did you say?â he growls.
âI-I think youâre acting weak,â I mumble, losing a bit of my courage.
He cocks a brow as he studies me intently. âWhat would you know about loveâor life or any of it?â
âMaybe more than you think,â I reply softly, looking up at his beautiful, angry face, meeting his cool gaze with one of my own. Our conflicted eyes lock, and when they do, something passes between us; like a spark or something, and all I can think is that itâs about damn time.
He pulls me closer. I wrap my arms around his strong neck, and tilt my face back a bit to give him ample access because this will happen. Iâve decided that.
He captures my mouth with his roughlyâalmost savagely, but I donât care. âFuck you look so much like her,â he growls, âI need to see if you taste like her too.â
âDo it,â I dare.
Buy Now About the Author
Graysen Blue is a 27 year-old, stay-at-home mom who has previously self-published children's books under a different pen name. "Sins of September" is Graysen's debut novel in the New Adult fiction genre.
Born in the U.K., Graysen attended Princeton University, and holds a B.S. in Economics. She is married and makes her home with her husband, Michael, and their daughter, Scout, on the west coast.
Please visit Graysen on her FB page: https://www.facebook.com/GraysenBlueAuthor
Born in the U.K., Graysen attended Princeton University, and holds a B.S. in Economics. She is married and makes her home with her husband, Michael, and their daughter, Scout, on the west coast.
Please visit Graysen on her FB page: https://www.facebook.com/GraysenBlueAuthor
Hosted By: