Review: Thirteen Hours to You - Book #1 Sometimes Goodbye Duet - Annie Emerson - April 2021 I was drawn to this book by the cover and the title as it screamed angst and hurt and I was in the mood for an edgier read and something that would hopefully tug at my heartstrings and get that blood pumping as starting a new job that can be hard on the emotions, I needed an outlet and Annie Emerson's book I had hoped would do that. Thirteen Hours to You was a bit of a frustrating read and in some aspects, I could see why the main female character had a hard time opening up and letting people in but it got to a point where it was like seriously wake up Boo Radley, you have people that care for you and it's time to move on and stop playing the victim card. Tragedies of all sorts happen to people all the time. This book starts with us learning that Boo has been assaulted and then people calling her names, taking videos and an onslaught of bullying occurs. She then gets ready to move to her...

Title: From Where You Are Series: Sometimes Goodbye is a Second Chance Duet #2 Author: Annie Emerson Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance Release Date: May 10, 2021 BLURB Three years ago my life was turned upside down. I felt like I was left barely breathing. But four months ago, everything changed. Radley Cooper walked into my life and taught me how to breathe again. She had scars of her own, bruises that I was determined would fade away if I just loved her enough. But all it took was a moment. Secrets unraveled, our bits of broken that we thought we could survive, wedged their way in between us and refused to stay hidden. We were stronger than any secret. Radley was my fate, permanently imprinted on my soul. There wasn’t a length she could run that I wasn’t willing to travel to bring her back to me. There was no way I’d do anything less than fight for her. Trigger Warning: Please be warned, this duet includes scenes of sexual assault and sensitive subject matter. ADD T...

Title: Thirteen Hours to You Series: Sometimes Goodbye is a Second Chance Duet #1 Author: Annie Emerson Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: April 12, 2021 BLURB For seventeen years I’d lived in Adalita, Pennsylvania, a town that took pleasure in my torment and refused to leave me as anything but broken. ⠀⠀⠀ Four months ago, I left. ⠀⠀⠀ I’d driven thirteen hours to Everlee Falls, ⠀⠀⠀ Georgia, to live with my Gamma for senior year. I’d moved to give myself the chance to fall in love with a life that I’d missed out on for far too long.⠀⠀⠀ I’d expected to find hope, ⠀⠀⠀ I’d hoped to find freedom, ⠀⠀⠀ but I’d never expected him.⠀⠀⠀ I was too damaged to recognize the beginning.⠀⠀⠀ But all it took was a moment, and he was positive he’d invade every one of mine. ⠀⠀⠀ If I pushed, he pulled. If I ran, he followed.⠀⠀⠀ I was his fate.⠀⠀⠀ Meekai was my north star.⠀⠀⠀ I was what he chose to remember.⠀⠀⠀ He was a goodbye my soul refused to forget.⠀⠀⠀ *Trigger Warning: Please be warn...