Climbing Out of Hell
Book
4 of the series
A Long Road to Love
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy
Trent is in hell. How he got here,
befuddles him. One moment he and Carrie are in love and life was nearly
perfect. The next, he’s forced by Coco’s father to destroy his relationship
with Carrie and marry Coco. Only he’d rather die than marry that she-devil. So
he does just that, die. But first he
gives all his money away, to ensure it won’t go to Coco.
Upon faking his suicide, he gets a new
face and identity, then follows his half-brother to Iowa where Sam has become
the sheriff of a small town. Without the past standing between them, the two
quickly become best of friends. Unfortunately, they still have the same tastes
in women, and Trent falls in love with Sam’s girl.
Will Trent give in and take what he
wants, or will he remain a man of integrity and lose his last chance for love?
Excerpt
Trent stood before the
five-story apartment building. Taking a deep breath, he entered.
And climbed stairs
And more stairs.
God in Heaven, why doesn’t this building have an
elevator? The workout could kill a person.
Out of breath and exhausted,
he knocked on Jon’s door.
No answer.
He tried again.
Still no answer.
He pressed his ear to the
wood and could hear rapid clicking inside. Certain Jon resided within, Trent
pounded on the door.
Five seconds into his
pounding, Jon glared at him in fury. “What the hell do you want?”
“I need to talk to you.”
“Not interested,” he snapped
and tried to shut the door, but Trent slid his foot forward so it got crushed
instead. He flinched from the pain, but resisted cursing. “Jon, we need to
talk. I need to explain.”
“Save it. No explanation can justify your actions.”
“You’re right. What I did was
beyond forgiveness. But I need to help you get beyond the damage I caused.”
“How? According to my
sources, my boys are getting the shit kicked out of them at school when they
object to the ‘who’s your daddy’ and ‘how much is your momma’ jokes, and Patty
blames them for the whole mess.”
“Which is why I have to make
amends. Let me in so we can think about how we might save your kids.”
After a long, angry glare, he
stepped back and let Trent enter. “Let’s get this over with so I can get back
to writing.” Jon stormed through an archway into a narrow galley. Trent
followed and discovered what had to be the world’s tiniest kitchen. Upon a ding
of the microwave, Jon extracted a mug, took a sip, and glared at him.
“First, I want to apologize
for ruining your life and your sons’ lives while attempting to save mine.
“Apology unaccepted. You can
leave now.”
“No. I don’t expect you to
forgive me. I destroyed your life. You were my best friend who wanted to help
me, and I screwed up everything.” Trent’s vision blurred. He walked to a small,
dirty window and stared out, not wanting to cry in front of Jon. “If I could
redo the last three months, I would.”
Jon huffed. “No. You’d do the
same thing again because it’s all about you and what you want.”
Trent wanted to argue that it
had been about his desire to protect Carrie, but he stopped. He could have let
her go. He’d chosen to destroy everyone else’s life in a final attempt to keep
her. So it had been all about him.
“You’re right. I should have
declared defeat at once and sent Carrie packing, but I couldn’t. She was the
first person who ever loved me.”
“So you destroyed my innocent
boys’ lives and lost her anyway.”
He turned and faced his
former friend. “If I could undo what I did, I would, but all I can do is try to
lessen the damage from this point forward.”
“How do you plan to do that?”
“I spoke to Patty today.”
Jon’s face flushed crimson.
“You’re still seeing my wife?”
“No, she hates me more than
you do. I called to get your address. She blamed me for your boys being bullied
and tormented at school.”
“Yeah, the article in Gossep didn’t play well in the burbs.”
“I think they’d be better off
here in the city. They need you, Jon. You’re a fabulous father.”
Jon slammed his cup into the
kitchen sink, causing it to shatter. “You should have thought about that before
you destroyed my marriage.”
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Four of the series:
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Long Road to Love
Climbing out of Hell
Other books in the A Long Road to Love series
Book
One
Worst Week Ever
“Love this book and couldn't stop laughing from beginning to
end.” 5 stars – Alves - Amazon
Book
Two
Oh Stupid Heart
“Be warned though, this book is completely different from The
Worst Week Ever. Yes, there is still humor, dry wit, situations that you would
think...NOT AGAIN but this one humanizes Trent more.” 5 stars - Brian’s Mom –
Amazon
Book
Three
Coming to Reason
Once again, Ms. O’Connor has written a brilliant book about
the complexities of relationships, good and bad. Again, to me, the book is the
best break up book EVER and it left my heart singing in the end.
Best.Book.Ever…
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Zealand, kayak in Pennsylvania, ski in New York, scuba dive with great white
sharks in Australia, dig up dinosaur bones in Montana, sky dive in Indiana, and
raft a class four river in Tasmania. She’s an avid gardener, amateur
photographer, and dabbler in watercolors and graphic arts. Yet through her
entire life, her first love has and always will be writing novels. She loves to
create interesting characters, set them loose, and scribe what happens.
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ReplyDeleteLoved the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteSounds great!
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ReplyDeleteWonderful excerpt! I wonder if Jon will kick the crap out of Trent!
ReplyDeleteNo I don't believe people can change. Adapt maybe.
ReplyDeletePeople can pretend that they changed, but I don't believe that they can actually change.
ReplyDeleteThis was another totally different look inside the books.
ReplyDeleteI really do want to read them all.