*Blurb*
The Lonely
The truth is subjective to what the lonely lets in.
Emalyn Spicer has lived with it for a long time. She thinks
it goes back further than her memories do. She knows it goes back further than
the OCD.
When she arrives at college, her OCD's and the lonely refuse
to let her have her wish to be normal.
When she meets Sebastian and starts to fall for him, she
lets herself believe it's possible to outrun the things chasing her from the
past. But how to you get away from the things inside of you? How do you run
from yourself?
Just as she gives up and succumbs to the lonely, the
unthinkable happens. She finds herself once again trapped in the dark, once
again held against her will.
This time she meets the lonely head on. In the darkest
corners of her mind, she discovers there is more to her world than she ever
imagined. She discovers that the lonely was there for her, protecting her from
herself and her secrets.
How far would you go to find yourself?
This is a dark and captivating novel, tread lightly
Don't forget to check out the companion novel due out in the
summer of 2013, The Lost Boy. Maybe that'll help you sort out the things you
have leftover from the story...
This book is rated 19+ due to extreme sexual and language
content!
The Lonely was intense, exciting and thrilling all rolled into one amazing book!!
I have been wanting to read Tara Brown's work forever now and after given the chance I jumped on it and am so glad I did. I completely fell for the characters. I love a book that pulls on your emotions and The Lonely did exactly that.
Emmalyn suffers from severe OCD, there has only been one person in her life that has accepted her for it and thats her best friend, Michelle, well besides Him. Soon Emmalyn finds out there is so much more about her life that she has held back from so many, so much she has left behind and forgotten.
Then Sebastian shows up, he is perfect in every way and best of all he's normal. He shows up wanting to help and push Emmalyn in ways others don't. The problem is He keeps getting in the way, no not Sebastian but HIM. He has her on a leash, she has to check in with him about anything and everything and its driving her up the wall...well maybe not so much.
I have been wanting to read Tara Brown's work forever now and after given the chance I jumped on it and am so glad I did. I completely fell for the characters. I love a book that pulls on your emotions and The Lonely did exactly that.
Emmalyn suffers from severe OCD, there has only been one person in her life that has accepted her for it and thats her best friend, Michelle, well besides Him. Soon Emmalyn finds out there is so much more about her life that she has held back from so many, so much she has left behind and forgotten.
Then Sebastian shows up, he is perfect in every way and best of all he's normal. He shows up wanting to help and push Emmalyn in ways others don't. The problem is He keeps getting in the way, no not Sebastian but HIM. He has her on a leash, she has to check in with him about anything and everything and its driving her up the wall...well maybe not so much.
“He
clears his throat, "Have you considered he sees you as a girl at
school? Not all girls are whole when you meet them. Sometimes you have
to help them get there. Right now, you are a broken girl. That doesn’t
mean that you'll always be broken. That doesn’t make you less of a
girl." He clears his throat again, "I'll call the doc. She'll want to
talk to you."
The tears in my eyes don’t come out. They stay in there like tiny kaleidoscopes, trying to make the world the way I need it to be. My words don’t come right away either. I don’t hear the click on his end when I whisper, "I'm not broken." But he isn’t there. He never really is. He is the master of not being there.”
The tears in my eyes don’t come out. They stay in there like tiny kaleidoscopes, trying to make the world the way I need it to be. My words don’t come right away either. I don’t hear the click on his end when I whisper, "I'm not broken." But he isn’t there. He never really is. He is the master of not being there.”
“He
grabs my arm and pulls me into his embrace. I close my eyes and it's
perfection. The kiss is needy and desperate even if it's closed mouth.
It's the things we don't say. Words like, I needed you more than
anything in the entire world and here you are. It's the sentences
neither of us can say. Because neither of us likes grand gestures or big
words. But the kiss says it all, the desperate tremble of his fearful
lips against mine, speak volumes compared to the words we may or may not
be able to say.”
“He grabs my hands and lifts them up in the air. I grip the railing on the top of the bed.
"Don’t move those hands," he whispers into my nape. I nod and lick my lips. I'm on my tiptoes. My breath is catching and coming out spurts of rough air. His hands run down my arms. I shiver and pant. His lips brush the back of my neck. He sweeps my hair to one side, kissing down my shoulder blade. Heat and nerves battle low in my belly as his hands grip my hips, pulling me back to him.
"Don't let go of that railing, Sarah." His words are growled between kisses and licks. I hear the menacing threat in them.”
"Don’t move those hands," he whispers into my nape. I nod and lick my lips. I'm on my tiptoes. My breath is catching and coming out spurts of rough air. His hands run down my arms. I shiver and pant. His lips brush the back of my neck. He sweeps my hair to one side, kissing down my shoulder blade. Heat and nerves battle low in my belly as his hands grip my hips, pulling me back to him.
"Don't let go of that railing, Sarah." His words are growled between kisses and licks. I hear the menacing threat in them.”
Character Profiles
Emalyn
Spice is a nineteen year old college freshman with severe OCD and a
haunted past. She has a best friend named Michelle (Shell) and a
benefactor. She has no one beyond them. She runs, not because she wants
to but because she has to. Her life is handicapped and stunted from her
problems. Her only wish is to be normal.
Sebastian
is not what he seems. He is the perfect guy. He tolerates too much and
loves too fast. His inexplicable ability to understand her and love her
regardless of the things wrong with her, make him the easy guy to love
and want in the book. Easy doesn't always mean right.
Eli
is the mystery man in it all. He is the one person who gets her. He
truly is the person who sees her for who she is, who she really is. His
sanity and ability to function is dependent upon her being healed. His
devotion is unparalleled. You just don't know that, or what to expect.
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