Title: Western Waves
A Compass Series Standalone
Author: Brittainy Cherry
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: December 9, 2021
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I always believed in fairy tales, but he preferred horrors.
Damian Blackstone didn’t care about my existence. He came into my world for one reason only. He came to find answers about his past.
He moved like the villain in my favorite fairy tales. He wasn’t the one who received the happily ever afters; he was the one who destroyed them.
Which was why I couldn’t understand why the man who raised me set it up in his will for Damian and me to be married. I wasn’t certain I’d be able to live with a man like Damian. We were as opposite as any two people could be. I loved to bathe in the sunlight while he prospered in the shadows.
I didn’t think I’d develop feelings for the one who looked at me as if I were nothing more than a means to an end. Yet in his darkness, sometimes I’d see sparks of light. I’d see gentleness. I’d see his soul.
We became entangled with one another as we fell into mistakes and called them fate. I was his Cinderella, and he was my Beast.
I wasn’t certain that twisted fairy tales ended with happily ever afters.
Still, I was determined to find out.
Caroline's Review
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Top Read 2021
This was a beautiful, heartrending read.
”I liked being alone. Loneliness was safe. People couldn’t hurt you when you were by yourself.”
On the day that Stella Mitchell buries the man she thought of as ‘dad’, she meets his long-lost son, Damian Blackstone. He is the opposite of Stella in many ways. When the will stipulates that they must marry for six months in order to claim a vast inheritance, they both reluctantly agree to it for different reasons. For both of them, the marriage is a start of an emotional journey of personal discovery and a gorgeous love story.
”It turned out the knot in my chest wasn’t a knot. It was my heart. My heart was skipping. My heart was skipping because of her.”
This story totally captivated me. Stella was a cheerful, optimistic woman, looking for the good in everyone. Damian was cold and closed off, looking for the bad in everyone. They were yin and yang and balanced each other out. They both brought something to the table as they began to see each other for the people they really were. I was riveted by their growing connection. Damian was a revelation. Once earned, his loyalty was solid. I swooned for him as he showed Stella how beautiful she was, how worthy, how precious. I loved how she gradually broke down his walls, and she wasn’t even aware that she was doing it. I loved how much she owned him without her realising it. Both characters had a lot of emotional baggage to work through. There was so much pathos in this story that it was impossible not to engage my heart and soul. Gah! They had banter, snark, and so much tenderness that I didn’t know what to do with myself. I loved these two so much! Thoroughly, thoroughly recommend!
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AUTHOR BIO
Brittainy Cherry has been in love with words since the day she took her first breath. She graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Creative Writing. She loves to take part in writing screenplays, acting, and dancing--poorly of course. Coffee, chai tea, and wine are three things that she thinks every person should partake in! Brittainy lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When she's not running a million errands and crafting stories, she's probably playing with her adorable pets.
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