PRE-RELEASE BLOG TOUR
LET IT BE ME
BY: BARBARA SPEAK
RELEASE DATE: JUNE 16th
"I love a book that keeps me guessing! With twists and turns you won't see coming, this is a must read for 2015!"
-Rachel Van Dyken
Arianna Dubray is nothing like the girl she left
in Baltimore. Once a Prada shoe wearing, Michael Kors bag carrying, on top of
the world seventeen-year-old girl, Arianna knew that her life would never be
the same when she got out of the car in middle-of-nowhere Montana.
Canyon Michaels is the keeper of his own dark
secrets. Plagued by his family name, he's forced to prove the town wrong and
make it on his own.
The last thing Arianna needs is a reason to stay,
but with every passing day the decision to leave becomes harder. Once their
paths cross nothing can tear them apart, other than the secrets that start to
surface and the nightmares that soon become their reality.
Let it be Me
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"John, is it? Well, John, let me try this again. My name is
Canyon Michaels. My house is the last one you pass before you get here from
town. Your daughter seemed to be desperate for someone's attention and decided
her only option at the time was to throw rocks at my truck. Now, I could make
you pay for it, but I think a better lesson for Ari here is to work it
off."
John openly laughed. Loud. "You want her to work?
Seriously? She doesn't have a clue how to do anything for herself other than
screw up."
Canyon's hands began to flex into fists and the light in his
eyes left. "Well, it can go my way or yours. She can work every day after
school on my ranch or you can go inside and get your wallet to pay me in cash.
It's up to you."
My jaw fell to the ground. As much of an ass as my step-dick
was, he was also right. I didn't have a clue what to do on a farm and there was
absolutely no way in hell I was shoveling crap.
"You got yourself a deal."
I didn't know which way John was going with this but regardless
I was going to suffer from my actions once again. "What will it be? Work
or cash?"
"Oh, she can work. I'm not paying a damn dime for this one.
She's already cost us everything." He looked over at me with disdain.
"Have you told your new friend here about that yet? I bet not. Well there,
I gave you something to talk about while you shovel shit. Ha! This is
priceless!"
My step-dick had proved what a dick he actually was as he walked
back into the house laughing, leaving me to face Canyon. I couldn't. I stared at
the ground while I heard the crunch of gravel under his shoes as he approached
me.
The tips of his red Nike shocks were now all I could see before
his finger came to rest under my chin and forced me to look up at him. The long
journey up his body brought me to his black workout pants first, then the red
t-shirt that clung to his body perfectly until his sharp jaw, amazing lips and
finally those eyes were all I could see.
"Don't, Arianna," was all I kept repeating in my head.
He's nothing but another man that can hurt you.
"Are you okay?"
Damn, why did he have to ask that? Letting my eyes fall, I
thought to myself, “No, I am not okay. Did you not just hear what I deal with
every day?” How could I even answer that question?
"Hey, look at me. Please?"
My eyes came back to his but I was done. Spent. I didn't want to
do anything but go inside and cry myself to sleep. "Don't let him do this
to you. Don't let it break you."
"You don't understand."
"I do. More than you could ever know."
I went to speak again but Canyon cut me off.
"I did this for you, you know. I saw what you have here and
was trying to get you out, not make things harder. That man would never want to
pay and I knew it. Now you can spend every day away from this."
"But it will never end..."
A tear slid down my face at the same time his thumb wiped it
away.
"It
will. Someday it will."
Author
Barbara Speak loves nothing more than being allowed to share her ideas and
thoughts through books that so many enjoy. When she's not writing she's caring
for her son and daughter along side her amazing husband in rural Missouri. She
has 5 more babies but these are covered in fur. Bode the boxer, Tucker the
beagle and Lily, Callie and Connor her kitties.
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