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Blurb
I come from a family of fighters. I always thought I’d follow in their shadows, becoming unstoppable in the ring. That changed the day I saved the life of a woman I loved, but could never have.
My brother hailed me as a hero, and my reward was a wheelchair.
Paralyzed, my life became an inescapable nightmare.
Until I met her.
Ash Mabie had a heart-stopping smile and a laugh that numbed the rage and resentment brewing inside of me. She showed me that even the darkest night still had stars, and it didn’t matter one bit that you had to lie in the weeds to see them.
I was a jaded asshole who fell for a girl with a knack for running away. I couldn’t even walk but I would have spent a lifetime chasing her.
Now, I’m on the ropes during the toughest battles of my life.
Fighting the shadows of our past.
Fighting to reclaim my future.
Fighting for her.
Flint and Ash Excerpt
“Hey, Flint? What time is it?” Quarry asked.
Ash’s smile actually slipped completely. For the briefest of seconds, she appeared almost ashamed.
I dragged my eyes away from her in order to answer his question, but as I looked at my wrist, I had no answer at all.
“Here,” she said as she pulled my watch from her pocket.
What. The. Fuck?
Quarry howled with laughter, and Ash chewed on her bottom lip.
“Explain,” I demanded, wrapping my watch back around my wrist and shoving my wallet in the front pocket of my hoodie.
Quarry filled in the blank. “She’s a pickpocket, dude. You should have seen her when she fell on your lap. It was so fucking fast. She straight-up stole that shit from you, and you had no fucking clue.”
“I didn’t steal it! I was gonna give it back,” she amended uncomfortably. “It was just a joke.”
A joke.
A. Fucking. Joke.
And just like that, I remembered why I didn’t laugh anymore.
“Was it funny? Stealing from the cripple? You get a good laugh out of that?” I snapped, spinning and rolling myself away. “You know, maybe my judgment of you wasn’t all that off to begin with. Like father, like daughter, I guess.” It was a low blow, but I felt completely betrayed by a woman I didn’t even know.
“Flint, wait. I wasn’t picking on the cripple!”
I fully realized that I had just used the term, but it enraged me that she’d had the audacity to repeat it back to me. Who the hell was this chick? I pushed a hand into my pocket, searching for my keys. Fuck the food. I’d leave her ass there. Hell, Quarry too if he didn’t get his ass to the car.
“Get in the car, Q!” I yelled, only to close my eyes and drop my chin to my chest when my hand never made contact on the keys. “Son of a bitch,” I said as I spun back around.
Quarry was laughing next to her, but Ash’s cheeks were bright red.
“Keys.” I snapped my fingers and opened my hand, palm up.
“Stop being a dick,” Quarry said, casually tossing an arm around Ash’s shoulders.
She didn’t budge as she held my glare.
“Keys,” I repeated, but she remained still.
“It was a joke.” Her chin began to quiver.
For fuck’s sake, I wasn’t in any kind of mood to deal with bullshit from some girl I didn’t even know and was quickly discovering I didn’t care to know, either.
Quarry’s eyes grew wide as she turned to him and buried her cries in his chest.
What the fuck, asshole! Q signed before rubbing his hands over her back.
Her shoulders shook as she let out a loud sob that shocked us both.
“Come on. Let’s sit down.” Q tried to guide her over to an empty table.
Ash refused to look up and tripped over one of the chairs.
“Shit,” Q said, catching her around the waist.
I was just about to roll my eyes when she glanced my way. He was still trying to get her back on her feet and over to a table when her tear-free, bright-blue eyes pointedly glanced in my direction. My head snapped back in surprise, but a smile grew on her face.
Ash was about to put on a show, and with that one look, she had invited me to have a front-row seat.
As she floundered all over Quarry, her hands slid between his pockets and her own. Every noise she made and each time she flailed covered up a jarring movement. She was keeping his mind too busy for it to process all the places she was touching him. Hell, I was only watching her and I could barely keep up.
There was no denying that it was entertaining, but I wasn’t willing to show her that. However, as she accidentally lifted her knee, catching Q in the balls, a laugh erupted from my throat. He cupped his crotch while she apologized profusely and pushed him toward the same chair he’d been dragging her to only seconds before. Just before he sat, Ash swung her arm out, unwinding Q’s belt from around his body before tossing it at me.
“Oh God. I’m so sorry!” she said as Quarry held a finger up to ask for a second to recover. She didn’t wait at all though. Instead, she walked over in my direction; her prideful smile grew with every step.
She pulled my keys out of her pocket and dropped them into my lap. They were quickly followed by Quarry’s phone, wallet, and house keys. Then she snagged his belt off the floor and tossed it over her shoulder.
“It had absolutely nothing to do with you being in a wheelchair. It was a joke and it wasn’t supposed to piss you off.”
“Hey!” Quarry yelled. “That was messed up. You did not have to knee me in the balls to prove a point to him.”
“Oh, that wasn’t to prove a point. That was for bullshitting me. You knew good and damn well that he wouldn’t find it funny,” she said without ever tearing her gaze from mine. “Look, I’m sorry. I don’t have a lot of friends. And I’ve mentally noted that pickpocketing might not be the best way to make new ones.” She shrugged. “Consider it a lesson learned.”
“Three burgers all the way, onion rings, and a shake?” the guy at the counter called out.
Ash arched an eyebrow. “You want it to go, or are we good?”
I didn’t have to drop my attitude. Sure, she’d apologized, but while I might have had a short fuse, I also had a hell of a long burn. However, as she stood in front of me with her arms crossed over her chest and her blue eyes pleading for forgiveness, it magically fell away.
I swallowed hard. “No. We’re good.”
“You sure?” She leaned in, eyeing me warily, but her smile began to grow.
I swear to God it pulled at my lips as well. I fought it. But the harder I tried to keep it restrained, the bigger Ash’s grew. She was stealing my smile. The chick was good! Finally, with an eye roll, I let out a quiet chuckle, which seemed to appease her.
“Good. Now, help your brother get redressed and I’ll make the fancy sauce.” She waggled her eyebrows.
REVIEWS
I think Aly
likes to torture her readers, and The Page boys.
I've never met
a group that has gone through so much hell, just to get through to the other
side, just to dive back in to the next hell.
We know all
the drama Til went through, and then in the end of that book, Flint gets shot
and paralyzed. On top of that, he thinks he's in love with his sister in law. For
a good portion of the beginning of this book, we get to deal with an arsehole.
I did feel his pain and he did make me tear up a few times, I did want to punch
him several times though lol
Thank the gods
that Ash is an awesome character. In her own rights she could be just as cranky
as Flint, but she's not. We get a socially awkward, head strong, girl who has
no fear. It was fun to see her break Flint out of his funk. It wasn't fun
seeing her heart break though, and another "I wanna punch Flint
moment". At least it got his head out of his arse!!!
I think without that catalyst, he wouldn't have gone the lengths that he did to become who he was meant to be, and in return, it helped Ash be who she was meant to be.
I think without that catalyst, he wouldn't have gone the lengths that he did to become who he was meant to be, and in return, it helped Ash be who she was meant to be.
That ending...
while great for Flint and Ash, devastating for Quarry. I'm curious to see how
she will "fix" Q.
Until this winter..
I give this
book ****
Shanda's Review
Well Aly always makes me gasp, and cry with every book she puts out. I don’t know what to say except I loved Fighting Shadows. The only slight complaint from me would be FLINT!!! GAH I wanted to punch him several times. I understood his anger and frustration over his walking but the Eliza thing made him really selfish. I went back and forth a lot with him, punch, hug, punch, hug. LOL!
I absolutely adored Ash! She was funny, quick witted, sassy, and knew herself really well. I think she had a great sense of self but Flint made her question that and it made me sad. I think she should have made Flint grovel a bit more but they were pretty great together.
I will say OMG to the ending. Dear God why does Aly do this to me with her books? I need QUARRY’S BOOK NOW!!
I won’t add much more but if you are a fan of Aly’s books and a fan of Fighting Silence you will love this book. If you are new to her books get started NOW!!
One final note I love Slate! I enjoyed his story Among the Echoes but he really shines in the On the Ropes series.
4.5*
At the end of Fighting Silence, we know that Flint has been partially paralyzed by the bullet to his back. I have to say, through out the good portion of the first part of this book, I wanted to punch Flint for his behavior. I can completely understand his bitterness at the situation, but his anger is severely misdirected.
Ash.....I absolutely FLOVE her!!! She stood up to Flint and called him out when he was being a complete asshole. Ash helped Flint to see his life and his actions in a new way...and started him towards his healing, even if he didn't realize it was what she was doing at the time. Even though she has a somewhat questionable past, she always believed that she was more than what people saw of her and she pushed past all those boundaries that people wanted to set for her due to that past.
We get short glimpses of Till and Eliza; Till is still the over-protective, over-bearing big brother, but he truly wants only what is best for his brother and Eliza is still a firecracker that keeps him on his toes.
For the second portion of the book, I'm so glad that Flint didn't give up on any of his dreams. Ash was afraid of trying out a relationship with Flint again, scared that he might leave her. I was so glad when she finally decided that she was willing to fight for what she wanted most, and that was a future with Flint.
I must say that Aly is an evil genius, as the last chapter (pre-epilogue) has already got me jonesing for Quarry's story.....and that part just made me sob big, fat tears for him.
At the end of Fighting Silence, we know that Flint has been partially paralyzed by the bullet to his back. I have to say, through out the good portion of the first part of this book, I wanted to punch Flint for his behavior. I can completely understand his bitterness at the situation, but his anger is severely misdirected.
Ash.....I absolutely FLOVE her!!! She stood up to Flint and called him out when he was being a complete asshole. Ash helped Flint to see his life and his actions in a new way...and started him towards his healing, even if he didn't realize it was what she was doing at the time. Even though she has a somewhat questionable past, she always believed that she was more than what people saw of her and she pushed past all those boundaries that people wanted to set for her due to that past.
We get short glimpses of Till and Eliza; Till is still the over-protective, over-bearing big brother, but he truly wants only what is best for his brother and Eliza is still a firecracker that keeps him on his toes.
For the second portion of the book, I'm so glad that Flint didn't give up on any of his dreams. Ash was afraid of trying out a relationship with Flint again, scared that he might leave her. I was so glad when she finally decided that she was willing to fight for what she wanted most, and that was a future with Flint.
I must say that Aly is an evil genius, as the last chapter (pre-epilogue) has already got me jonesing for Quarry's story.....and that part just made me sob big, fat tears for him.
Haven’t read this series yet? Meet Flint Quarry, Till & Eliza
in Fighting Silence
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About the Author:
Aly Martinez
Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, Aly Martinez is a stay-at-home mom to four crazy kids under the age of five, including a set of twins. Currently living in South Carolina, she passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a glass of wine at her side.
After some encouragement from her friends, Aly decided to add “Author” to her ever-growing list of job titles. Five books later, she shows no signs of slowing. So grab a glass of Chardonnay, or a bottle if you’re hanging out with Aly, and join her aboard the crazy train she calls life.
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