SPOTLIGHT: LETTING GO by Molly McAdams
We're pleased to spotlight Letting Go, a contemporary new adult novel from Molly McAdams. Keep reading to check out an excerpt from the book and enter to win a copy for yourself!
By Molly McAdams
Published on November 4th 2014
Published by: William Morrow & Company
Published by: William Morrow & Company
Grey and Ben fell in love at thirteen and believed they’d be together forever. But three days before their wedding, the twenty-year-old groom-to-be suddenly died from an unknown heart condition, destroying his would-be-bride’s world. If it hadn’t been for their best friend, Jagger, Grey never would have made it through those last two years to graduation. He’s the only one who understands her pain, the only one who knows what it’s like to force yourself to keep moving when your dreams are shattered. Jagger swears he’ll always be there for her, but no one has ever been able to hold on to him. He’s not the kind of guy to settle down.
It’s true that no one has ever been able to keep Jagger—because he’s only ever belonged to Grey. While everyone else worries over Grey’s fragility, he’s the only one who sees her strength. Yet as much as he wants Grey, he knows her heart will always be with Ben. Still they can’t deny the heat that is growing between them—a passion that soon becomes too hot to handle. But admitting their feelings for each other means they’ve got to face the past. Is being together what Ben would have wanted . . . or a betrayal of his memory that will eventually destroy them both?
EXCERPT!
Grey May 10, 2014
I dressed in a fog and sat down on the side of my bed when I was
done. Grabbing the hard top of the graduation cap, I looked down at it in my
hands until the tears filling my eyes made it impossible to see anything other
than blurred shapes. I knew I had to leave, but at that moment I didn’t care.
I didn’t care that I’d done my make up for the first time in two
years and I was ruining it. I didn’t care that I was graduating from college. I
didn’t care that I had already been running twenty minutes late before I’d sat
down.
I just didn’t care.
Falling to my side, I grabbed the necklace that hadn’t left my
neck once in the last couple years, and pulled it out from under my shirt until
I was gripping the wedding band I’d bought for Ben. The one he should be
wearing, but I hadn’t been able to part with—almost like I’d needed to keep
some part of him with me.
The last year had been easier to get through than the one before
it. I hadn’t needed my friends constantly trying to get me to do my schoolwork.
I hadn’t needed Janie pulling me out of bed every morning, forcing me to shower
and dress for the day. I’d even taken off my engagement ring and put it away a
few months ago. But exactly two years ago today, I’d been showing off the place
where I was going to marry Ben. Completely oblivious to anything bad in the
world. And Ben had died.
At twenty years old, his heart had failed and he’d died before
he’d even dropped to the ground on the golf course. He’d always seemed so
active and healthy; nothing had ever picked up on the rare heart condition that
had taken him too early. Doctors said it wasn’t something they could test for.
I didn’t believe them then, and even though I’d read news articles of similar
deaths in young people, I wasn’t sure if I did now. All I knew was that he was
gone.
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About the author...
Molly McAdams grew up in California but now lives in the oh-so-amazing state of Texas with her husband and furry daughter. Her hobbies include hiking, snowboarding, traveling and long walks on the beach, which roughly translates to being a homebody with her hubby and dishing out movie quotes. When she's not at work, she can be found hiding out in her bedroom surrounded by her laptop, cell, Kindle and fighting over the TV remote. She has a weakness for crude-humored movies, fried pickles and loves curling up in a fluffy comforter during a thunderstorm...or under one in a bathtub if there are tornados. That way she can pretend they aren't really happening.
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