{"id":3445,"date":"2018-09-27T10:25:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T14:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eroticbookreview.com\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2018-09-27T10:25:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T14:25:38","slug":"new-release-the-ocean-between-us-by-michelle-heard-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eroticbookreview.com\/new-release-the-ocean-between-us-by-michelle-heard-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release: The Ocean Between Us by Michelle Heard"},"content":{"rendered":"by Michelle Heard<\/a>
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Model Credit: Drew Truckle.<\/span>
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<\/span>Photographer Credit: Eric David Battershell.<\/span>
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<\/span>Cover Artist: Sybil, PopKitty Design.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Dying to experience life, I cross an ocean to get away from my fears. I find my safe haven in the form of Detective Aiden Holden. He shows me what love is, but then our lives collide. Our little world shatters, and I’m caught in the crossfire.<\/p>\n

I’m forced to return home, to let go of the only person who has made me feel like I could be more.<\/p>\n

How do you return to a cage once you\u2019ve tasted freedom?<\/p>\n

My only hope is that Aiden will cross an ocean for me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When I open the front door, Emma forces a smile to her lips, but I can see it doesn\u2019t reach her eyes.
\nIt feels like I\u2019ve lost her, and my heart clenches painfully.
\nEmma steps inside, her body tense as she glances around the foyer, and up at the stairs.
\nI hate that she\u2019s uncomfortable in my home.
\nHaving little to no strength left after the nightmare of a week, it feels like I\u2019m about to break.
\n\u201cEmma.\u201d I close the door and take a step closer to her. \u201cTell me what happened. What you\u2019re feelin\u2019 and thinkin\u2019? Let me help you.\u201d
\nMy eyes get stuck on the purple discoloration around her neck.
\nI know from experience what causes marks like that. Emma was choked. It explains why her voice is practically gone.
\nRage makes me bite the words out, \u201cWhat happened to your neck?\u201d
\nWhen she presses her lips firmly together, refusing to talk, I take a step closer to her. Her body instantly goes tense, and she clenches her hands.
\nFuck, not that.
\n\u201cEmma, what did they do to you?\u201d My voice is low with fear.
\n\u201cNothing,\u201d she whispers.
\nI can\u2019t stand the distance between us and I take the few steps separating us. I take hold of Emma\u2019s clenched hands and pin them to my chest. She won\u2019t open them or look at me.
\n\u201cPlease, Em. Let me share the pain. Let me help you through this.\u201d She shakes her head, her breath catching in her throat. I brush my fingers over her cheek and lean closer. \u201cWho hit you?\u201d
\nShe opens her mouth, and at first, only a rasp of air comes out.
\nIt hurts like hell to see her like this.
\nThen she presses her forehead against my chest and finally whispers, \u201cColton.\u201d
\nFucking bastard. I wish I\u2019d killed him when I had the chance.
\nI wrap my arms around her, wishing I could give her all of the strength I have left. I\u2019m used to being in control, to being able to handle everything, but all my power has been stripped away from me.
\nPressing a kiss to her temple, I softly say, \u201cTell me what they did so I can make them pay.\u201d
\nShe pushes against my chest, and I take a step back.
\nHer face is tight with anger. \u201cYou think you can actually do something about it?\u201d
\nI frame her face and make her look at me. \u201cEmma, I can. I\u2019m not your dad. I\u2019ll prosecute them with everything I have.\u201d
\n\u201cThis is not about my fucking dad,\u201d she screams, her voice breaking over the words. \u201cYou can\u2019t do anything about it, Aiden. It fucking happened. It\u2019s done. Nothing you do will change that.\u201d
\nHer arms wrap around her waist, and hunching over, a broken cry tears from her. My heart shatters at the sight of her crumbling right before my eyes.
\nI move forward, but she sags to the floor, whimpering, \u201cDon\u2019t touch me.\u201d
\nFeeling helpless as fuck, I watch the woman I love with every single beat of my heart, fall apart.
\nI sit down beside her, needing to let her know I\u2019m not going anywhere.<\/b><\/p>\n

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