The Way Back to Me (Back to Me, Book #1)
By Anne Mercier
Released February 23, 2016
Blurb
She used to be perky, fun, and full of life—everything I hated about girls and their bullshit exterior. People called her bubbly; I called her “fake-as-hell.”
The edgy, dark, lonely girl in front of me was not the Olivia Brennan I knew from high school—far from it, actually. I knew the story—the whole town knew the story, we witnessed it all. It happened in the blink of an eye and the girl we knew was gone.
But I refuse to watch it anymore—I can’t stand it. I’m going to fix it—fix her. It’s time I showed Olivia her way back…Back to the girl she used to be.
Excerpt
"She really needs to get up. She's been in that bed for two weeks, Trish," my dad says to my mom. They're right outside my door again. I sigh softly.
"Leave her be, Greg. She's not ready yet."
"She's never going to be ready. No one's ever ready for what she has to face."
Mom sniffles and I know she's crying again. I'm so tired of hearing her cry. There's no reason for her to cry—not because of me. I lived.
I wish I could cry but I can't. I haven’t cried since I woke up in the hospital. I didn't cry from the pain of my fractured and broken bones. I didn't cry at the funeral when I stared down at the lifeless body of my soulmate—the body lying there was unfamiliar—not at all my Danny. I didn't cry while I struggled on crutches with a fractured rib over the uneven lawn, past all the weathered gravestones signifying just how final death really is.
I didn't cry when I lost it at the people—strangers—who didn't know my friends and my love by more than a passing hello stood there crying and carrying on. They didn't know their favorite color, their favorite food. They didn't know Danny chewed spearmint gum. They didn’t know Simon kept us laughing. They didn't know Cassidy was our support system. They didn't know Phil wasn't really as shallow as he led everyone to believe.
They. Just. Didn't. Know.
They didn't have a right to cry for people they didn't know—people who weren't good enough for them while they were alive.
And me? I just couldn't cry. I didn't even cry when my parents took me home and I stared at the corkboard filled with photos of me with my friends, me and the love of my life holding one another and laughing—a life that no longer exists. I stared at it for the hour I waited for the cemetery workers to cover the graves of those I love most. Then I went to them with my tequila.
My eyes are locked on that corkboard now and I can only stare mutely.
I'm numb.
I don't want to feel. I don't want to face a future alone, so I stay in bed and sleep. Sleep is the only friend I have left.
Sleep embraces me and holds me tight, blocking out the pain and grief that would otherwise fill my shattered heart. Sleep enfolds me in a cocoon of nothingness, and nothingness is what I crave.
What people are saying about The Way Back to Me:
I've read my fair share of books that can make you feel invested and connected with characters, like you know them on a personal level. But what Anne Mercier delivers in The Way Back To Me, is what I can only describe as a deep ache. - Beneath The Covers Blog
This is one of those books that just reach into your chest, grab you by the heart, squeeze, and makes it hard to breathe…but in a good way, if that makes sense. I absolutely could not put this book down. - Amazon Customer
The story is so beautiful and touching, emotional and heart breaking and romantic and sweet all at the same time. It will make you smile, shed a tear and applaud. - Amazon Customer
The best book I've read this year! I'm hungover and it was worth every single word! Nothing I can say here will do it justice, do yourself a favor and 1-click it! - Author, Sapphire Knight
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About Anne
I was born and raised in Wisconsin and still live here today with my two sons and puppy. (Though one day soon I hope to move to southern California!)
I’m an avid reader who gets inspired by reading the stories from my favorite authors as well as listening to various types of music. I am a huge fan of music, chocolate, fruit, desserts, autumn, M. Shadows, Avenged Sevenfold, and Milo Ventimiglia. Through my books, I am proudly creating new Avenged Sevenfold and Milo Ventimiglia fans one reader at a time.
I absolutely love interacting with readers and invite you to contact me any time via email: Anne@AnneMercierAuthor.com.
“The best part of being an author, to me, is being able to take the reader to that one place they long to go when they need to escape reality. Knowing I can do that, for even one reader, makes what I do worthwhile.” ~ Anne Mercier
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My Review::
The words to describe this book are numerous and yet so little. It will gripe you and will have you in tears at time. It is an emotional, dark read. It is a light at the end of the tunnel of a horrible experience for a sweet young woman who didnt deserve what happened to her life and it profoundly changed her. Olivia Brennan had everything and then had nothing...she went from princess pink to morbid black in a blink of an eye. She wanted to die and I couldnt blame her. I cried along with her and I rooted for her for every step she took toward the light. Then we have the hero and the massive jerk in the story--Cameron Stone . He was so horrible to Olivia yet he really wasnt-- he was there for her in the very beginning yet he didnt understand why. But in the same breath, he was so so terrible to her. I could literally feel the pain pulsing off the pages of the book and I wanted to stop reading at times because I ached with and for both MC.
There is a reason they are going thru their pain and the reason Cam woke up and got the slap upside his head was great. Olivia made him work for it was an added bonus. Her pain and his pain will shock you--the stories behind both and how the author dealt with it was fantastic. I have to say, I couldnt go to bed until I finished this book. I am dying for the next book with them-- and its all about the ending--no hints--you know--Spoilers-- The ending was a cliffhanger and what a cliffhanger it was and I eagerly awating the next chapter in Olivia and Cameron's story. You will not go wrong with a 2nd chance romance with two people who have gone thru tragedy and come out on the other side --I dont want to say anymore except this is such a haunting story but with passion, romance, pain, anger and forgiveness...take a chance and buy this great story.
My rating: 5 stars *****
*A gifted copy was provided by the author for my honest review*
There is a reason they are going thru their pain and the reason Cam woke up and got the slap upside his head was great. Olivia made him work for it was an added bonus. Her pain and his pain will shock you--the stories behind both and how the author dealt with it was fantastic. I have to say, I couldnt go to bed until I finished this book. I am dying for the next book with them-- and its all about the ending--no hints--you know--Spoilers-- The ending was a cliffhanger and what a cliffhanger it was and I eagerly awating the next chapter in Olivia and Cameron's story. You will not go wrong with a 2nd chance romance with two people who have gone thru tragedy and come out on the other side --I dont want to say anymore except this is such a haunting story but with passion, romance, pain, anger and forgiveness...take a chance and buy this great story.
My rating: 5 stars *****
*A gifted copy was provided by the author for my honest review*
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