Ember Brooks yearns for an end to the dark chapters of her life—abusive mother, negligent father, teenage trauma, and sibling suicide. Determined to escape her traumatic past, Ember is finally headed for solid ground, gathering strength and balance with the help of her trusted counselor and friend, Xander Kane.
Still reeling from the death of her brother, Ember finds solace when Manchester Marauders center, Owen Killion goes on the offensive and barrels into her life. Both on the football field and off, Owen is sure-footed and confident. With his domineering presence and reliable nature, he alters her game-plan. But for a girl continually left on the sidelines, can she leave her heart on the line?
When Ember is the victim of increasingly dangerous incidents, and Xander changes the course of their relationship, once more her life spirals out of control.
Ember trusts Owen to guard their love, but when someone else is calling the shots, can they reach the end zone or will they fumble?
He lowered her to the ground, maintaining his grip on her elbow.
She stood beside his truck, staring into the unknown.
What is she thinking?
Tears rained down her face and her body shook with sobs. Kicking his tire with her bare foot over and over, she screamed, “I hate him. I hate him.” She pounded her uninjured fist against his chest. “Why? Why did he do this to me? What did I do?” A battle-torn moan ripped from her throat. She collapsed at his feet and rocked back and forth. “He cut my hair. Why would he do that? Why?”
Tears of his own finally escaped and trailed a heated path down his cheeks. He wrapped his arms around her, joining her on the pavement. “I know, baby. I know.” Holding tight, locking her in his arms, he let her bruised body comfort him as much as he comforted her.
She stood beside his truck, staring into the unknown.
What is she thinking?
Tears rained down her face and her body shook with sobs. Kicking his tire with her bare foot over and over, she screamed, “I hate him. I hate him.” She pounded her uninjured fist against his chest. “Why? Why did he do this to me? What did I do?” A battle-torn moan ripped from her throat. She collapsed at his feet and rocked back and forth. “He cut my hair. Why would he do that? Why?”
Tears of his own finally escaped and trailed a heated path down his cheeks. He wrapped his arms around her, joining her on the pavement. “I know, baby. I know.” Holding tight, locking her in his arms, he let her bruised body comfort him as much as he comforted her.
Water’s Threshold, the first in Jillian’s Elementals series, was a finalist in Chicago-North’s 2014 Fire and Ice contest in the Women’s Fiction category.
Jillian is a: Tea Guzzler, Polish Pottery Hoarder, and lover of all things Moose.
The genres she writes under are: Paranormal and Contemporary with suspenseful elements.
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