Life changes in the span of a heartbeat—one tiny heartbeat.
Blake and Layla have lived through disappointment and regret, only finally finding relief through the powerful love they have for each other. A love they intend to fight to keep.
They’ve had to forgive each other, but can they truly move forward without facing the pain of the past?
Layla’s been avoiding the phone calls. Nine months pregnant and exhausted, she doesn’t want the complication. But she can’t run from the truth. Whoever’s calling was there eighteen years ago. Unlike her, he remembers the night that changed the course of her life, and he’s ready to confess.
Blake’s preoccupied with an email, a few simple sentences sent through cyberspace that have the capability to rob him of his sanity, his freedom, and the people he loves most in the world. When he’s called home for a mysterious reason, leaving Layla isn’t ideal, but hope for reconciliation with his father combined with his brother’s secrecy ignites a curiosity he refuses to ignore.
Putting the pain behind them is no longer an option.
To get the answers they need, they must face the past and open up old wounds that threaten to bleed them dry.
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Review
“Love is what makes the pain of the fight so worth it.”
At the heart of JB Salsbury’s Fighting series is the idea that regardless of the pain, heartache, or knockdowns, the fight continues, and it’s always worth the bumps and bruises along the way as long as when everything is said and done, everything that was fought for comes to fruition.
In Blake and Layla’s follow-up novella, A Father’s Fight, the past rears its ugly head again, just when everything in their lives is finally coming together. They’ve been through hell, but they also fought like hell to outrun it, never allowing it to take the fight completely out of them despite how hard it tried. Now, Blake and Layla are expecting their first child together and the fears and stress that comes with having a baby is compounded by the scars of the past refusing to lay dormant. But this is a fight both Blake and Layla refuse to surrender to because there’s too much at risk…too much good to hold on to, and so they both confront their issues head on, reveling in the fact that they’re stronger now because of each other and the bond they’ve formed with their love and commitment to one another. Their happiness is worth fighting for and Blake and Layla’s willingness to confront everything head on speaks volumes to the type of fighters they are.
A Father’s Fight sends a great message to readers about what fathers/parents are willing to do for their children regardless of blood, distance, or time. Blake’s upbringing left him feeling battered and unloved, but in retrospect, it also gave him a fighter’s heart…the desire to crawl through hell and back and make it, which is a valuable lesson he can now pass on to his children with pride.
Fight hard always because in the end, no one can take the fight from you as long as you’re unwilling to give it to them.
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
5 poison apples
JB Salsbury, New York Times Bestselling author of the Fighting Series, lives in Arizona with her husband and two kids. She spends the majority of her day as a domestic engineer. But while she works through her daily chores, a world of battling alphas, budding romance, and impossible obstacles claws away at her subconscious, begging to be released to the page.
Her love of good storytelling led her to earn a degree in Media Communications. With her journalistic background, writing has always been at the forefront, and her love of romance prompted her to sink her free time into novel writing.
For more information on the series or just to say hello, visit JB on her website, Facebook, or Goodreads page.
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