Redemption: Deviant, #2

Publisher Marketing: How could anyone move on from a betrayal so devastating, it cut down to the bone and rooted itself deep within? You could never forgive such heartache... Or could you? From the moment Tyler was six, she fell in love with that cocky eight-year-old boy with the black spiky hair, captivating blues eyes, and scruffy uniform. From the moment he punched a boy for hurting her, Tyler knew there was no going back. They were always meant to be together... Always. Then everything changed. The stage was set like a tragic Shakespearean play, and Tyler's and Dean's world-as they knew it-had ended. Or had it? Tyler My name was Jessica now. I faked my own death, changed my identity, and moved thousands of miles across the ocean just to escape the one man I would never get out of my heart. I had a four-year-old son I adored more than anything in the world. On one fateful, horrific night, the life I knew disappeared in the blink of an eye. I left people behind. People I cared about. People I would never forget. People I loved. But had I truly moved on? No one said leaving behind the one man you had loved since you were six would be easy. I lived life day-to-day. I even met a man and tried to settle down. Evan was a man any woman would desire. So why could I not love him the way he obviously loved me? Why couldn't I move past the dark-haired, blue-eyed boy who consumed my every thought? I may have left him, but he had never truly left me. I could never love another man. Dean made sure of that the day he breezed into my life. I was only half a woman now. I had been broken and bruised by the one man I thought I could always love and trust. How could I let go of something like that? I suppose I just had to. I was just getting by with each day that passed. I was coping. I was managing, and that was keeping me from falling apart. But then disaster struck again. And it was on that day... Everything changed. Dean You can't hide forever, Tyler. I will always be hunting you, always be searching, and will never give up. If there was ever one certainty in your life, it was that. You slipped through my fingers, not once but twice. You took my heart with you when you left me that day. No amount of alcohol, women, or punching bags would block you from my mind. You couldn't be dead. I wouldn't allow you to be dead. You're out there somewhere. I must congratulate you that you had evaded me for this long. You always were a smart girl. How could I not have fallen in love with you? You did escape me this time, but I will find you, Tyler. I promise you that. And when that day comes... I will finally make you MINE. Contributor Bio:  Young, Kim I have lived in Sydney, Australia my entire life. I am a wife and mother. Reading and writing has always been a passion of mine. My Destiny is my debut novel and my second book My Forever was released in August, 2014. This is the final instalment in the Destiny Series. I'm currently writing my third book Damaged - Jacinta's Story, which will be released late 2014. It is based on a character you will meet in My Forever. My fourth book Against All Odds - Angle's Story will be released early 2015. Contributor Bio:  Yeo, Clarissa David is a software engineer by trade, working from home on the forty-one acre ranch he co-owns with his partner. When he's not wrangling websites, he plays upright bass from time to time, studies and teaches esoteric philosophy, and very occasionally wrestles goats. While he had dreamt of writing fiction since his teens, David had never taken that dream very far. Life brought far too many distractions, and many of his ideas languished in storage and drawers. However, one day last year, friends in his writing group pressured him to present a story rather than the poetry or game idea he had been working on. Resurrecting a story about a young woman with an extraordinary talent, he found traction and, before long, had completed NaNoWriMo and a first draft of what was to become "The Soul Thief," the first novel in the "Gypsy Dreamwalker" series, of which "The God of Battles" is the second book. He is hard at work on the next installment in the series. David and his partner Rachel Anderson have co-authored a small collection of poetry, "Poems de Terre," which may be purchased from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other fine booksellers. For more information on forthcoming titles, as well as the author's blog, visit http: //www.dmenefee.com.