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Monday, December 29, 2014
My favorite Book Moments Of 2014
I’ve been so wrapped up in my latest WIP that I didn’t
realize how close we are coming to ending 2014 and starting 2015. It’s seems like
it was just yesterday that I was typing “THE END” on A Cry For Hope. It’s hard to
believe it was a whole year ago and since then I have introduced you to two
other book couples as well: Will & Gabby and Becca & Mason. To say that 2014
went by in the blink of an eye is an UNDERSTATEMENT. I hope you enjoyed the
books and the characters that I introduced you to this year during my writing
journey and I hope that their stories stay with you for a very long time. I met a
lot of awesome new readers this year as well! So, going forward into 2015 I
hope to keep improving my writing by making you laugh, making you cry (because
you know I love to do that to you guys)
and making your heart skip a beat. Thank
you all for continuing to read my books and for loving them as much as I do. I
got great stories planned for you in 2015!! Until then, here are my favorite
moments of 2014:
A Cry For Hope
An hour and forty-seven
minutes later, I was turning down the long and winding road that led to the cemetery.
I pulled my car off to the side and walked up the hill that led to Charlie’s grave.
I looked around and was thankful that I was all alone. The late morning sunlight
was beating down and the sweat was already streaming down my face, but I didn’t
care. I needed to be with my Charlie. I placed the cupcake that my mother had made
just for him on his headstone and sat down on the ground. “Grandma made this just
for you, Charlie. She misses you so much. We all miss you so much. I can’t believe
that a whole year has passed already. It seems like just yesterday. I hope you know
how much I love you and that I am so sorry that I couldn’t be there for you that
day. You were my world, Charlie, the reason that I existed, and I’m trying to keep
going without you, but it’s so hard some days.”
I couldn’t hold
back anymore and soon found myself unable to breathe through my sobs, finally admitting
to myself, after a whole year, that my little boy was really gone and never coming
back. I wrapped my arms around my legs and buried my face in my knees. I rocked
back and forth, trying my best to calm myself, slowly lifting my head when I felt
someone standing over me. My heart raced and my stomach dropped when I looked up
and saw Jamie’s beautiful eyes staring down into mine.
“Jamie,” I whispered,
crying even harder at the sight of him.
He bent down beside
me, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me closer. He kissed me on the top of
my head as my tears continued to flow.
“He’s really gone.
It took me a whole year to come to that realization, but our baby is really gone
and he’s never coming back,” I whispered, trying to catch my breath.
A Will To Change
I followed behind her, trying my best to hide my laughter when I
noticed that her shirt was still on inside out. I had noticed the tag when she
had whisked past me to answer the door earlier, but being the nice guy that I was, I didn’t want to
embarrass her in front of her date. I figured what would it hurt if she went
out with her shirt on inside out? I found it hard to believe that she had sex
and put her shirt on the same way again. She was totally playing me so I was
going to play right along with her. I sat down beside her on the couch. “So,
give me details.” I had to bite my bottom lip to stop myself from laughing at
the stunned look that stretched across her face.
“What!? No, I’m not giving you details.”
“Why not?”
“Umm, because I’m just not!” she said,
picking up the remote, nervously flicking through the channels.
“Well, I know one thing. He must not be
much of a boob man.”
“Why?” she asked, crinkling her forehead.
“Because you obviously didn’t take off your
shirt.”
“Umm…yeah, I did, if you must know!” she replied with an overly
animated jerk of her head.
“Really?”
“Yeah, really!”
“Oh, so I guess the shirt you have on is meant to be worn inside out then?
Because it was inside out when you left, too.”
Her jaw and head dropped as she looked down
at her shirt. I couldn’t contain my laughter. “Will! You let me walk out of
here with my shirt on inside out?!”
I held my hand up in defense. “Well, I
didn’t want to embarrass you in front of Eugene.” She pushed me back on the
couch and was no longer able to hold back her own laughter. She began to tell
me all about her failed date, and I did my best to try and not seem happy about
it.
“Go ahead, have at it!” she said.
“Have at what?”
“Telling me ‘I told you so’.”
“Now, Gabby, I would never do that to you.”
I busted out with laughter once again.
“That’s okay. You won’t be laughing when I
become a lonely old cat lady. I’m going to start collecting one cat for each
year that I don’t have sex. At this rate, I’ll have twenty-nine by the time I’m
sixty.”
“Gabby, you kill me!” She sighed heavily.
“Movie?” I asked.
“Sure. I just want to get into my pajamas,”
she said, standing up from the couch and sounding a little defeated.
“Hey, Gabby?”
“Yeah?”
“I don’t think you’ll have twenty-nine
cats. Twenty, maybe, but not twenty-nine.”
She picked up the pillow from the couch and
tossed it at me. “You’re such an ass!” she smirked.
“That’s my girl!”
Blind Side of Love
“So Becca, have
you ever been to Louisiana?”
“Nope. Can’t say
that I have!”
“Do you want to go?”
I asked. She looked up from her ice cream, looking a little surprised. She
shrugged her shoulders, clearly waiting for me to elaborate. “My sister planned
a last minute anniversary party for my parents next weekend and I would love
for you to come.”
“Oh, umm…..” It
was too soon for her, and I instantly regretted asking her when I saw the look
on her face.
“No big deal if
you don’t want to. I just thought maybe you would want to get away.”
“No, I do and
thank you so much for asking. It’s just…I would have to make arrangements with
Linda to see if she could take Lilly and –”
“Becca, really
it’s okay; I understand it’s last minute. It’s not a big deal. I just thought
I’d put it out there.”
She sighed
heavily and nodded. “Well thanks for thinking of me.” She forced a smile,
staring off into space like she was deep in thought, before finally breaking
her silence. “Mason?”
“Yeah.”
“Did you tell
your family about me?”
“Yes, I did.”
“Do they know?”
I shook my head
in confusion. “Do they know what?”
“That I’m blind.”
“Of course.” She
looked down at the table and her eyes filled with tears. “What’s wrong, Becca?”
“Nothing.”
I reached over
and grabbed her hand. “Becca, please tell me; what are you thinking?”
“Well, why would
you want me?”
“What? Why
wouldn’t I?
“You’re so good
to me, you have this great personality and I’m fairly certain that you’re not
bad to look at either, so why would you want to be stuck with someone who can’t
even walk down the street without a dog or holding someone’s hand? You deserve
so much better than that.” The tears were now streaming down her face and I
felt like I was taking a slow bullet to my chest.
I lifted her
hand to my lips and placed a gentle kiss on her knuckles. “Because when I look
at you I see so much more than just a blind girl. You make me happy, Becca. You
make me feel things that I haven’t felt in a very long time. So to me there is
no one better; you’re the best there is. I wish you could see what I do when I
look at you. Please do not ever think that you are not good enough.”
I took her ice cream cone that was melting all over
the place and threw it in the garbage. I handed her a napkin and she wiped off
her hands. I could still see so much doubt all over her face and I hated it. I
stood up and grabbed her hand. As she got up, I took her face in my hands. “If
I have to tell you all day, every day just how special you are until you
finally believe it, I will. I will do whatever it takes for you to see yourself
exactly how I see you.”
Hope we made your 2014 in the book world memorable!!
Love
Hope & Jamie
Will & Gabby
Becca & Mason
See you in 2015……
Melanie & Ben, Carrie & Jason, Gia & Cam
Monday, October 13, 2014
Blind Side Of Love Release Day
Dear Readers,
It's finally here! Blind Side of Love is live! I'm so excited for all of you to meet Becca! Listed below are the links to click to read her story or should I say take the journey with her, because that's what I strive to do when I write. I want you guys to feel as if they are part of the story right along with the main character.
Be sure to check out the giveaway as well!
A great big Thank you to my awesome pre-readers (you guys know who you are) for giving me feedback to make this story the best it could be. To the bloggers who continually support my work by reading and promoting it for me, to Lindee from Lindee Robinson Photography who's beautiful photo's gave me the whole idea for this story and last but not least, you guys who encourage me to keep writing......even when I swear that each book is going to be my last or that I'm going to take a break for a while, I will get a message from one of you, letting me know how much my stories have touched you and I totally change my mind. So as long as I know that you guys are waiting for the next story that is in my head to come out in words and you're willing to read it, I will keep on typing!
Hope all of you fall in love with Becca's story like I did while I was writing it! And be sure to let me know what you loved or hated in a review when you are done!
Happy Reading xo
Love,
Beth
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
Chapter 1 - Blind Side Love
Becca
I was born with a silver spoon in
my mouth, or so I’ve been told. But I didn’t see it that way. Sure, I was lucky
enough to have everything that I ever asked for. Instead of going to Disney World on family vacations, I went
to places like Tahiti, Hawaii, and Australia. Unlike other kids, I didn’t have
to scrimp and save for a car; I was handed one, and not just any car; an Audi A5
Cabriolet Convertible. To some, that may seem a little extravagant but in the
affluent Connecticut community that I grew up in, it was the norm. My dad was a
very successful orthopedic surgeon who had worked hard to make that lifestyle a
reality. I tried to repay him by being the “perfect daughter”. I had just
finished up my third year at Columbia University, studying pre-law with a 4.0
GPA. Yes, my life couldn’t get any better. Unfortunately to some, I came with a
prepackaged label of “Stuck Up Bitch” which was so far from the truth. I didn’t
date many guys. In fact, I was still a virgin at twenty-one years old. I didn’t
have time for any of it with keeping up with my studies. The guys that would
ask me out and that I had turned down would have a few choice names to call me
behind my back, but I never really paid attention. They were just battling with
the sting of rejection and their own insecurities. The truth was that none of them
interested me. To me, they were only looking for one thing; the one thing that
I wasn’t going to give away to just anyone.
So I mainly kept to myself, keeping busy with classes and volunteering
my time at a center for women and children of domestic violence. To the rest of
the world, I may have been Becca Rose Keeton, spoiled rich girl, but to me I
was just a normal twenty one year old girl whose family just happened to have
money. I tried to remain as grounded as possible. Unlike most girls that I grew
up with, I didn’t look down on other people for what they didn’t have, I saw
everyone equally.
I raised my head from my laptop when I heard a
knock on my bedroom door. “Hey, Mom!” I said as she walked in and took a seat
on my bed.
“Hey Sweetie. Can I just tell you
how happy I am to have you back for the summer?”
“Me too, and I am super excited
that Lynn Barrett wants me to meet with her on Monday when she gets back to
spearhead one of the children’s charities that she’s trying to start up.” Lynn
Barrett’s husband was another doctor in my father’s practice. In addition to
being co-workers, they were also very good friends with my parents. They were
very well known in our community for all of their charity work. I grew up with
their son, Ashton and although I admired his mother for all of the time that
she had put into various charities, her son was a complete asshole.
“You absolutely amaze me, Becca!” My mother
smiled and took my face in her hands. “You have such a bright future ahead of
you. You’re beautiful, talented, as smart as a whip, and have the biggest heart
I know. If I wasn’t your mother, I’d be a little jealous.” We both began to
giggle. “Now, if some of that could just rub off on your brother.”
“He’ll grow up, someday….maybe,” I
joked.
My brother, Jordan, and I
couldn’t be more opposite if we tried. Physically, there was no doubt that we
were brother and sister. We both had brown hair and the same crystal blue eyes.
My mother would say that whenever she was missing the Caribbean she would just
look into our eyes because they were the same color as the ocean. As much as I
hated to admit it, Jordan was just like all those boys that I did my best to
avoid back in high school. He thought he was God’s gift to girls and even at
seventeen I was beginning to see how he would manipulate them, and I hated it.
“Your father and I are going out for
dinner when he gets home. What are your plans?”
“Krista asked me to go to this
party with her.” I didn’t dare tell her that it was at Ashton’s house or she
would have been on the phone with his parents in a heartbeat. Even though I
hated Ashton and could care less if he got into trouble, I didn’t want to look
like a tattle tale to everyone else. It was bad enough that I was already
labeled as a goody good. My mother
raised her eyebrow at me in disapproval. “What?” I asked.
“You’re not going to be drinking
and driving?”
“Mom! Seriously! I think you know
me better than that!”
“I’m sorry, Honey. Yes, I do.”
She kissed me on the forehead, before getting up from my bed. “Have fun.”
“Thanks, you too!”
We pulled into Ashton’s driveway.
His parents were away for the weekend and Ashton was taking full advantage of
the opportunity. I normally didn’t go to parties, but my best friend, Krista,
begged me, and since I hadn’t spent time with her in months with both of us
being away at school, I couldn’t say no. To say that Ashton Barrett wasn’t one
of my most favorite people was an understatement. He had always been relentless
with asking me to go out with him, even though each time I would shoot him
down. He was a total snob, jock, and womanizer all rolled into one. All the
girls fell at his feet, but I could see right through him. According to my
mother, he had failed out of his last semester at Fairfield University because
he was doing too much partying. There had always been rumors surrounding him
regarding drug use, which only added to my aversion to him. It was wall to wall
people when we walked through the double doors and into the marble tiled grand
foyer. Half of the people I had never even seen before. My eyes instantly
focused on the guy laughing away with Ashton. He was nice looking, no doubt.
Normally, I wasn’t instantly attracted to people based on physical
characteristics alone but something about this dark haired stranger made me
think differently for the moment. Even from across the room I could see his
well-defined muscles in his arms and chest through his form fitting tee shirt,
making me stop and stare a little longer.
“Hello! Earth to Becca,” Krista
said, waving her hand in front of my face.
“Oh, I’m sorry. What’s up?” I asked,
breaking myself from my trance.
“Were you just checking out that
guy with Ashton?” Krista grinned.
“What? No!” I played it off as
best as I could.
“Well, well, well, the beautiful
ladies finally showed up, now all the rest of these bitches can go home!”
Ashton said as he approached us with a red plastic cup in his hand. Ashton
Barrett was by no means ugly on the outside. He was a pretty boy, who had been
spoiled his whole life and took advantage of his parent’s money. Any redeeming
physical traits that he may have exhibited were immediately erased as soon as
he opened his mouth. He moved closer to
me and whispered in my ear, “So, beautiful girl, are you finally gonna give it
up to me tonight?” I cringed at his warm breath that reeked of alcohol on my
neck and pushed him away. He held his hands up in defense when two of his
friends began to laugh at my reaction. “Well, you can’t blame a guy for
trying?” He tried playing it off like he wasn’t bothered as he walked away, but
I could tell that I had majorly bruised that huge ego of his.
Less than an hour into the party
and I was ready to go home. This was so not my thing. I wasn’t into drinking
and acting like a complete idiot. I
stood around, feeling out of place as I searched for Krista, who had disappeared.
I was praying that she didn’t go up in the bedroom with Jack VanNess, another
one of Ashton’s high school buddies. I noticed him flirting with her all night.
He ranked right up there with Ashton as far as assholes went. Ashton stood on
the landing of his double staircase and got everyone’s attention. I could tell
he was totally wasted as he swayed back and forth.
“I have something to say!” he
shouted, getting everyone to quiet down somewhat and look up at him. “I just
want to thank everyone for coming to what will be my first epic party of the
summer.”
“Go Ashton! You’re the man!” a
few kids shouted.
“Tonight we are privileged by a
very special guest.” His glassy eyes stared into mine. “The ice princess, dick
tease, Becca Keeton has honored us by lowering herself to be here tonight. Some
of you may remember her from high school. Well, college hasn’t changed her much;
she still has that same stick up her ass!” I felt my face heat up and was
fairly certain that I was blushing when everyone began to laugh. I hate him! “So since she still won’t
give up any of that sweetness, which one of you ladies wants to join me in my bedroom
and take care of my throbbing dick? No need to fight over me, ladies, I’ll take
more than one.”
I felt the tears welling in my
eyes as I pushed through the droves of people and out the front door. I needed
to find Krista so I could go home, but there was no way in hell that I was
going back into that house.
I walked down the driveway and
leaned up against Krista’s car, hoping that she would come out soon. I ran my
hand through my hair and stared up at the starlit sky. As much as I loved being
home, I missed school and being out of this pretentious town and all of the
uppity people that came with it.
“Hey, are you okay?” I jumped at
the voice that had snuck up behind me.
I wiped away the tear that was
rolling down my face when I turned around to find the cute guy that Ashton had
been talking to when we had first arrived, approaching me. “Oh yeah, I’m good.”
I smiled, trying to play it off. He
smiled back and I got butterflies in my stomach upon noticing that he was even
cuter closer up.
“So do you like looking up at the
stars?”
“Yes, as a matter of fact I do!” I said in
defense, not knowing if he was being sincere or making fun of me for it.
“No need to take offense, I just
thought I was the only one that liked star gazing.”
I let my guard down a little and
gave him a slight smile. “In case you didn’t hear Ashton’s little speech, I’m
Becca Keeton. The ice princess or dick tease, take your pick.” I extended my
hand to him.
“I’m Drew Bryant,” he said,
gently shaking my hand back.
“So, are you a friend of
Ashton’s?”
“Yeah, college buddies.” I nodded and stared up into his deep blue
eyes. “Why don’t you come back inside?” he asked.
“Umm….no. I think I’ll just wait
out here for my friend.”
He leaned up against the car and
stood next to me. “So, Becca, tell me about yourself.”
“Well, you already know that I’m
a stuck up bitch.”
He shook his head and smiled. “I
don’t believe one word of it.”
“Well, that’s very kind of you.
But you’re going to take my word over your buddy’s?”
“I got a mind of my own. Plus, I’m really good
at reading people and I can tell you’re not.”
“Well, thank you.” God, his personality is just as nice as his
appearance. Still, I kept my guard up. He could just be a really sweet
talker who was hoping to get lucky. I didn’t trust any of these guys,
especially one that was good friends with Ashton. “So what’s your story?” I
asked.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, you obviously go to Fairfield
but where are you originally from?”
“California. What about you?” he
asked with a smile.
“Born and raised in this uppity
town my whole life; finally got away from it three years ago when I went off to
college. Columbia. Pre-law.”
He raised his eyebrows as if he
were impressed. “So, how long have you known Ashton?”
I rolled my eyes. “Too long. His parent’s
and mine are really good friends. His dad and mine are both in the same medical
practice. His parents are such nice people, I just can’t believe they have a
son like that.” I placed my hand over my mouth to stop talking. “Oops sorry,
don’t mean to be talking about your buddy like that.”
He shook his head and chuckled. “Nah,
it’s all good. So –”
“There you are!” Krista shouted,
cutting Drew right off.
“Oh hey!” I smiled.
She looked at me and then at Drew.
“Well, I was going to see if you were ready to leave, but if –”
“Nope, I’m ready!” I said without
hesitation.
Although Drew seemed like a nice
guy, I was still a little leery. Yes, he was a total cutie that unleashed the
butterflies inside of me, but I was sure under that sweet boy next door exterior
there was a hidden agenda somewhere that included: Score with Becca Keeton….and that was a line item that I wasn’t
allowing anyone associated with Ashton Barrett to ever check off.
Copyright
Beth Rinyu
2014
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
PRE-ORDER BLIND SIDE OF LOVE ON AMAZON - FOR A SPECIAL PRICE
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Friday, September 5, 2014
Blind Side of Love Cover Reveal and Giveaway
One summer.
One guy.
One reckless act changed her world forever…..
My life as I knew it began on the day I met Drew Bryant. He taught me that it was okay to not always be perfect, that it was okay to loosen up and have a little fun in life, and that it was okay to fall in love.
My life as I knew it ended on the day I met Drew Bryant. He taught me that giving my heart to someone completely was the most dangerous thing I could ever do, and that the perfect world I was living in didn’t matter anymore without him in it.
But the most important lesson that he taught me? A broken heart turns into a reckless one, and what we feel inside that heart at one particular moment can set our destiny, making us a stronger person, a weaker person, or leading us into a darkness from which we can never escape.
Cover image and design by: Lindee Robinson Photography
Models: Garrett A. Thierry & Megan A. George
Expected Release Date: 10/13/14
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Excerpt
“Do you want to know what I see when I look at you?” The smile disappeared from her face and she nodded. I removed her hair clip, allowing her hair to fall down around her as I stared into her eyes. “I see a gorgeous woman with chestnut brown hair that falls to the middle of her back in natural, loose waves.” I gently tucked the strand that was hanging in her face behind her ear. “Her face is so beautiful that she doesn’t even need makeup. Her lips are a natural shade of red that no lipstick could ever match.” I could see her blushing every now and then, trying to hold back both a smile and tears. “But my favorite part of her is…. her eyes. She has the most stunning eyes I have ever seen in my life. They remind me of the first really hot summer day and staring into a crystal clear swimming pool. The water looks so blue, so refreshing, and so inviting. You’re dying to jump in and cool off but you want to test the water first to make sure it’s okay. She swallowed hard as I leaned in and tasted her lips, unable to get enough of them. She opened her mouth, allowing my tongue access, and moved her hands down my back and I was instantly aching to be inside of her.
We were both breathing heavily as we ended our kiss. She placed her fingers on her bottom lip before sucking it in. “Is the water okay, Mason?”
“It’s perfect. What about for you?”
She nodded. “But I’m a little afraid. I haven’t swam in a while and the last time I did, I nearly drowned.”
I took her hands in mine. “I promise you, Becca, I won’t let you go under."Giveaway
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