Pieces of Paisley by Leigh Ann Lunsford

 Title: Pieces of Paisley

Author: Leigh Ann Lunsford

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Synopsis

Paisley Hull fell in love at sixteen; the forever kind of love: unexpected, passionate, consuming - her first. She never thought she could walk away from that kind of passion. Ignoring her heart, guided by her head, she never looked back. 

Blindsided by the beauty of a tiny, hazel-eyed vixen, Jake Grant fell head over heels in love, vowing to keep her protected and not let his past taint her. He may have been overzealous in his attempts to show her how much he cherished her but he never thought she would walk away without a fight.

Nine years later, a now divorced Jake has a chance encounter with an engaged Paisley just a few short weeks before she is set to walk down the aisle. Wondering if they gave up too easily, the two embark on a journey through the jagged edges of their past. Can they overcome the obstacles to finally become one or is it too late for their second chance?

About the Author

Leigh Ann Lunsford is stay at home mom turned author. She writes Romance/New Adult and loves her happily ever after in all books and movies. She lives with her husband, son, and four dogs in Fleming Island, Florida. When she isn’t writing or reading you can find her stuck in front of really bad reality shows or watching Sons of Anarchy. Leigh Ann has a filthy mouth and a huge amount of sarcasm that knows no end. She hopes to give the voices in her head an outlet with many more novels to come. 

Links: FB / Goodreads 

5 'Ass-holism' stars

The is my first Leigh Ann Lunsford read and this author blew me away. Her fabulous writing enabled me to capture each emotion - love, fear, anger, heartbreak, and devout sadness - that the main characters felt. Delivering a maddening and frustratingly perfect depiction of young love, getting it all wrong and growing up while living both their dreams and worse nightmares simultaneously. Learning to love, lose and ultimately forgive.

This is not just a story. Pieces of Paisley is a journey. A path to self identity, destruction and survival.  Two pieces of one heart. A journey to love.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. 

Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. 

- James A. Baldwin.

Paisley and Jake take each other into a whirlwind of emotions. They storm into each other's life when they least expect it. Jake, a twenty year old Naval officer meets innocent, sixteen year old Paisley Hull. They're ticking time bombs waiting to go off. And when these two collide.... it's explosive, magical, suffocating, calming....intense. ALL CONSUMING.

Brooding, control freak Jake falls hard for young, beautiful and fiercely independent, mature thinking Paisley. Not just lust and gorgeous bodies but the snarky and ornery attitudes and the quick witted banter between the two. It gets your blood flowing and this giddy, lovey dovey, romance feeling in the pit of your stomach with a silly girly grin on your face.

Jake and Paisley go through the pains of young love. Learning to combat the age difference and all that goes with it. Jealousy, work, school, family, insecurities and past scars. Riding the ups and downs of their relationship, Jake and Paisley take a long time of getting it wrong, until finally, nine years later, getting it Right is the only way they can move forward.