Release Day Blitz Skin Deep by Pamela Sparkman
Title: Skin DeepAuthor: Pamela SparkmanGenre: Contemporary RomanceRelease Date: July 20, 2015Cover Designer: Sarah Hansen with Okay Creations
Synopsis
She hates me.
I’m in love with her.
Her life is a masquerade.
Mine is cloaked in secrets.
She thinks I can’t see her.
But she’s the only thing I can see.
he thinks we have nothing in common.
We have everything in common.
And I’m done being patient.
I'm determined.
She's stubborn.
You think you know us.
You don't.
The things you know about us are only Skin Deep.
*Warning - This book contains instances of self harm in the form of an eating disorder and may be a trigger to some readers.*
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Excerpt
Beth had been good at pretending to be this happy carefree girl – bubbly and energetic. Looking at her now, I saw a girl who was anything but carefree. She obviously had demons that haunted her, and I knew from experience that fighting certain demons can be almost impossible.
I listened through the door, making sure Lily had gone. “This isn’t over. Me keeping your secret from Lily is not a sign I’m letting this go. It’s a sign that I’m going to be a thorn in your side until you let me help you.”
Beth prickled at my comment and unfurled herself from the protective ball she had curled into. “I don’t need your help!”
“Yes, you do.” I took another step towards her. Beth took a step back. “And the way I see it, you don’t have much of a choice.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Do you want Lily to know what you’ve been doing?”
Beth’s eyes pooled with unshed tears. She looked hurt by my words. “Please don’t tell Lily,” she pleaded in a whisper.
“I’ll tell her everything unless you let me help you.” The look of fear and disbelief on Beth’s face made me feel like a total jackass.
Her expression changed again. She glowered at me like she wanted to set me on fire. “I hate you so much right now.”
Her words, she meant them. And hearing her tell me she hated me… it hurt, because somewhere along the way I had fallen in love with her.
“I know you do. But I’d rather you hate me for the right reasons, than like me for the wrong ones. I guess we’ll both have to figure out how to fucking live with that.”
Hate is a powerful emotion. It can destroy nations, it can scar you, it will change you if you don't see it for what it is. The worst kind of hate is self deprecating hate. This is by the worst kind because it slowly kills you inside until you are just a shell of your self.
Pamela gives us a look into that kind of hate and what would happen if someone reached out a hand to save you from it. The emotion to counter is none other than Love, pure, strong and true love can bring you out so that you may heal.
No I am not rambling I am simply telling you how this book made me feel as I read it. It was powerful. It touched something in me and made me feel what Hayden felt for Beth. It is hard to explain other than this book will make you think. No it's not just a romance it is a journey into the heart of the man that fell in love with a woman that both loved and hated him simply because he saw her, he looked into her heart. She was ashamed of what he saw and he helps her see what he sees for herself. Beautiful. Simply put it was beautiful to read and feel and experience. Hayden is what all men should strive to be for the women in their lives. A man that see what beauty lies beneath and strives to make her see it for herself.
Beth's journey through out this book is encouraging to read. As she realizes the feeling that Hayden has for her she strives to become the woman that he sees, healing the hate inside. So you see in this book Love is the secret weapon against Hate. If only it were that easy to cure everything...Love
Pamela gives us a look into that kind of hate and what would happen if someone reached out a hand to save you from it. The emotion to counter is none other than Love, pure, strong and true love can bring you out so that you may heal.
No I am not rambling I am simply telling you how this book made me feel as I read it. It was powerful. It touched something in me and made me feel what Hayden felt for Beth. It is hard to explain other than this book will make you think. No it's not just a romance it is a journey into the heart of the man that fell in love with a woman that both loved and hated him simply because he saw her, he looked into her heart. She was ashamed of what he saw and he helps her see what he sees for herself. Beautiful. Simply put it was beautiful to read and feel and experience. Hayden is what all men should strive to be for the women in their lives. A man that see what beauty lies beneath and strives to make her see it for herself.
Beth's journey through out this book is encouraging to read. As she realizes the feeling that Hayden has for her she strives to become the woman that he sees, healing the hate inside. So you see in this book Love is the secret weapon against Hate. If only it were that easy to cure everything...Love
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About The Author
I grew up in Alabama and have always been an avid reader. I had a stack of those Little Golden Books and I can remember reading Three Little Kittens over and over and over again. It was my favorite.
Fast forward and the older I got the more in love with books I became. So, I'm admitting that I am a huge nerd. The only reading I don't like are those math word problems. And I'm okay with that because no one has ever asked me in real life... "If I give you two bananas and take away six apples, how long will it take the southbound train to collide with the northbound train if Johnny left his house at midnight?" It just doesn't happen.
So, yeah, books are my thing.
Oh and music. All kinds. Love.It.
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