Cover Reveal~ REGINALD by Niquel
Title: Reginald
Series: Spasm Rockers
Author: Niquel
Genre: Rocker Romance

Screw love, get money.
That had become my new motto. I promised myself I wouldnāt get too close to anyone again because it always blew up in my face.
Then I met her, the devil in a pair of six-inch heels. I tried to avoid her like the plague and treated her as if she were made of poison, but she wouldnāt back down.
One night I let my guard down.
One night changed everything.
My bandmates were counting on me. Fame was knocking at my door.
But temptation knocked a little harder and now I may be royally screwedāand not in a good way.

After the party, Mo came up to me and sat beside me on the bedroom floor. āReg, are you happy here?ā
āNo, not really.ā
āMe neither. He and Mom were arguing in the bathroom, and I heard him hurt her.ā
āAgain?ā
āYeah. I didnāt try to stop him this time, though. I canāt forget or forgive him for what he did to me last time I tried to stick up for her.ā He lifted his Superman pajama shirt up and showed me the big black and blue bruise he had across his ribs.
āI hate that he did that to you. I wish Mom would just leave him alone. Things were better before he came here,ā I said.
āIt still hurts to take in a breath, but I donāt want to say anything and make it worse. I hate going to the hospital.ā
āMo, thatās not normal. Maybe you can ask Ms. Jenson to take you? Maybe it wouldnāt be so bad.ā
āThat sounds like a good idea, but I donāt know. Before you came here, a little kid named Aaron got hurt by one of Momās boyfriends, Rick. Ms. Jenson took him to the doctor, and I never saw him again, and Rick got taken out in handcuffs.ā
āWow, thatās crazy, but it got him out of this mad house.ā
āI know, but I donāt know if he went to a better place or worse. Thatās the scary part about it.ā
āWell, if Iāve learned anything in the thirteen years Iāve been alive, itās that tomorrow isnāt promised. You have to deal with the here and now.ā
āReg, I donāt want to be taken away from you. Youāre the best brother I could have ever asked for, and I donāt want to lose that. Losing you is scarier than staying here and taking a few lickings.ā
āI feel the same way.ā


Niquel is a self diagnosed coffee addict, lover of rice and beans, and chocolateāpreferably not all together. Sheās the creator of multiple stories full of love, passion, and power. She may toss in a ghost story every once in a while.
When sheās not busy taking care of her two little girls, she's writing or creating graphics or you can find her binge watching TV with her significant other.
Boston born and raised, sheās always been a creative soul: attending multiple colleges to develop her love of the visual arts.

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