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Sunday, November 1, 2020

NOW AVAILABLE! Shallow River by HD Carlton - “ I don’t know what I was thinking. I don’t need saving. I never did.”

 Shallow River, a Dark Thriller Standalone Romance, by H.D. Carlton is now LIVE!


Title: Shallow River
Author: H.D. Carlton
Release Date: November 1st
Genre:  Dark Romance. Thriller
Cover Designer - Chris Schade

Blurb

Shallow Hill is where souls suffer slow and miserable deaths.

When River McAllister escaped from Shallow Hill, she left her innocence behind--and some of her sanity, too. Now she's rebuilding her life with her dream man and life couldn't be better.

Ryan Fitzgerald is everything you'd want in a man. Attractive, rich, an aspiring lawyer, and would do anything to keep River. But that's not the only thing that attracts her. It's his attentiveness, his possessiveness... maybe not so much his temper.

When her relationship takes a dark turn, Ryan's estranged brother, Mako, is the only one who sees it. He knows exactly what Ryan is capable of, and it's not the first time he had to be a knight in shining armor.

River came from Shallow Hill, though. She's never needed saving before. What Mako doesn't see is that River is perfectly capable of taking care of herself. 

The only one who should be scared is Ryan. 

Trigger warning:
Shallow River is a dark romance that contains domestic violence, rape, violence, and sexual situations.

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Review


After hearing Samantha from TalkNerdy2Me rave about Shallow River, I signed up for an ARC copy and am so glad I did. Because of the subject matter and how utterly heartbreaking it was, it took me a little longer than normal to finish, but it was such a good book!

Shallow River was the most trigger-full book I’ve read to date. And that’s saying something considering what genre I read the most of. If you are not ok reading about domestic abuse or rape, steer clear of it. 

There were a lot of plot twists that I didn’t see coming that kept the storyline interesting and kept me guessing. I was rooting for River the whole book and couldn’t wait for her to get to her breaking point where she would no longer be ok with how she had been treated. 

While this book does end in a HEA, it felt secondary to River and Ryan’s relationship. Having not been in an abusive relationship, I can’t speak from experience, however the way the story is written I gained a new understanding of what it may be like. I know I’m not the same person I was when I started reading this book. I enjoyed the peek into what River & Mako’s life would be like, but I do wish there was more about them and their relationship. That part of the book felt a little rushed, but that didn’t take away from the story. To be fair, I can see how such a situation could fast-track a relationship.  

If you like dark books and don’t have any of the above-mentioned triggers, give Shallow River a read. You won’t regret it. 

Rating

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️



Excerpt

“What triggered you?” he asks finally, cupping a finger under my chin and jerking my chin up. My tear-filled eyes meet his steady greens.
“The knife,” I admit reluctantly.
“Why?”
I try to look away, but he jerks my chin back to him again. “Because the last time I used one, I hurt someone with it. It feels like I’m holding a weapon in my hands now, not something to cut tomatoes with.”
“Would it help if the knife became something different than a weapon?”
My brows pucker with confusion. “What do you mean? I thought that’s what I was doing by cutting tomatoes…” My voice trails off when he grabs the knife with one hand, pulls out the collar of my shirt with the other, and begins cutting the fabric down the middle.
“Mako,” I gasp, stunned. The tip of the knife grazes my skin. Not enough to break skin, but enough to leave a dull sting. When I glance up at him, his eyes are concentrating hard on the knife. He’s grazing me on purpose.
My heart rate escalates, accelerating my breath along with it. My shirt falls off my shoulders and down my arms. He cuts my bra next—I liked that bra—and then my shorts and panties. By the time he’s done, my naked body is adorned in scraps of fabric. 
“What are you doing?” I whisper, the tip of my tongue darting out to wet my dry lips. He ignores me and grabs my ankles and spreads them, setting each foot on either counter. Next, he bundles up all the scraps and throws them behind him. Distractedly, I watch them all flutter to the ground.
“Reclaiming what a knife means for you.”


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Author Bio

H. D. Carlton grew up in a small town in Ohio. She suffers by the hands of Mother Nature cursing the area with all four seasons in the span of a week. By day, she does boring adult stuff, by night, she’s putting her imagination into words as her cat climbs all over her. She published a few poems back in her days, but now she is devoted to turning poetry into stories. Stories that feature wicked worlds and the worst kind of villains that don’t talk about themselves in third person.


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