POCKETFUL
OF SAND:
“She’s
beauty for my ashes. And I’m hope for her heartache.”—Cole
Danzer
I
don’t know what makes a great love story. Is it that instant
attraction when boy meets girl? The passionate kisses and the
fairy-tale ending? Or is it a lifetime of tragedy, paid in advance,
for a few stolen moments of pure bliss? The pain and the suffering
that, in the end, you can say are worth it for having found the
missing piece of your soul?
The
answer is: I don’t know. I don’t know what makes a great love
story. I only know what makes my love story. I only know that finding
Cole when I did, when Emmy and I were running from a nightmare, was
the only thing that saved me. That saved us. He was more broken than
I was, but somehow we took each other’s shattered pieces and made a
whole. If that is what makes a great love story, if that is what
makes an epic romance, then mine…ours is the greatest of them all.
Contains
material that some may find disturbing. Not intended for readers
under the age of 18.
M.
Leighton bio and links:
New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author M. Leighton is
a native of Ohio. She relocated to the warmer climates of the South,
where she can be near the water all summer and miss the snow all
winter. Possessed of an overactive imagination from early in her
childhood, Michelle finally found an acceptable outlet for her
fantastical visions: literary fiction. Having written over a dozen
novels, these days Michelle enjoys letting her mind wander to more
romantic settings with sexy Southern guys, much like the one she
married and the ones you’ll find in her latest books. When her
thoughts aren’t roaming in that direction, she’ll be riding
horses, swimming in ponds and experiencing life on a ranch, all
without leaving the cozy comfort of her office.
