Title: Gravel Road
Author: Stephie Walls
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Blurb
I fell in
love with Austin before I even knew what the word meant.
Miranda was
the only girl who ever had a chance at owning my heart.
Defined by
the land we grew up on—ranches, pastures, lakes—Mason Belle, Texas, wrote our
story. And then it tore out the pages.
Six years
later, Miranda had managed to slip away again. But this time, I refused to let
her run.
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Stephie Walls is a lover of words—the more poetic the
better. She lives on the outskirts of Greenville, South Carolina in her own
veritable zoo with two dogs, three cats, the Mister, and Magoo (in no
preferential order).
She would live on coffee, books, and Charlie Hunnam if it
were possible, but since it’s not, add in some Chinese food or sushi and she’s
one happy girl.
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"Sometimes you have to endure the worst pain of our lives to find the greatest happiness"
This is so true in this fabulous story about young love walking through hell's fire to find peace in Nature's music. A story of a boy making a promise and doing his darndest to keep it "As long as I'm breathing, nothing will ever hurt you again"
Ahhhh the naivétè of youth !!
First things first- the cover is Awesome!!!
The story is as mesmerising too. A boomerang journey of a girl ostracized who is like a leaf in the wind, blowing farther and farther away from her tree, till the wind shifts and she's blown back home to Mason Belle. The gravel crunch is such a perfect analogy for this story. It reminds Auston Burin EVERYTIME that he's just a mile away from Miranda "Randi" Adams. It's also the noise that shattering grains make when someone leaves their home forever. The dust that rises from gravel dries up the happiness from those left behind.
You are toxic, Miranda. you didn't just obliterate me, there was a long line of people you left in the wake of your departure I don't have a clue what Jack said to you that made you leave although I'd wager that every word was spot on !! ouch!!!!
The announcing crunch brings the prodigal daughter back home, but is she truely home in Cross Acres?
Read this fantastic book to find out !!
This is my third book by stephie. She captures the nuances of small town in middle of nowhere Texas with acute precision. How the gossip mills churn, how prejudice spreads like wildfire devouring everything in it's path, mercilessly reducing everything to black char and not forgiving for a long time. Southern charm and southern stubbornness are simultaneous emotions that rule simple ranchfolks. They think more with their hearts than with their heads and the brotherhood, kinship that brings the whole town together in times of hardships, also sometimes acts against the cityfolk who are trying to find their way back in.
There's also heartache.......pining, pinching pain of heart crushed under a running stilleto. The tears and the abandonment never gets closure. Questions hang in the air and after six years of stuck in limbo they rot and stink and spread bitterness and cynicism.
" you think i won? what world do you live in Miranda?
I lost the only thing that mattered you didn't even leave a damn note. I didn't get an email,not a phone call- hell you didn't even mail me a Dear John Letter. you just vanished. I didn't win a damn thing other than a life without you in it"
I seriously enjoyed reading the simple story penned so beautifully. The words were heavily laden with sentiments, they just tossed my heart. All the characters are superbly etched, forged by their circumstances and environment. Austin & Brandi were like good 'ol biscuits & gravy, topped with homemade jam!! I hope Eason and Garrett get their book, THAT story will be hot and interesting say the least!
4.5 "Daddy Warbucks" stars
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