{Release Blitz & Giveaway} The Moment of Letting Go by J.A. Redmerski (@JRedmerski @ForeverRomance)

8/12/2015

THE MOMENT OF LETTING GO by J.A. Redmerski
(August 11, 2015; Forever Trade Paperback)

You can follow the rules or you can follow your heart...

Sienna Murphy never does anything without a plan. And so far her plans have been working. Right after college, she got a prestigious job and gained the stability she'd always craved-until work takes her to the sun-drenched shores of Oahu and places her in the path of sexy surfer Luke Everett. For the first time, she lets her heart take control. Drawn to his carefree charm, she makes a spontaneous and very un-Sienna-like decision to drop everything and stay in Hawaii for two more weeks.

Luke lives fast and wild. When he meets Sienna, he's convinced that some no-strings-attached fun is just what she needs. As their nights quickly turn from playful to passionate, Luke can't deny the deep connection he feels. But there's a reason Luke doesn't do long-term. He can't promise Sienna forever, when the enormity of his past has shown him just how fragile the future can be . . .

Sienna Murphy is a twenty-two year old workaholic. She’s come to Hawaii to work her magic as an event coordinator for a society wedding when she gets a wake up call. A wake up call in the form of a beautiful surfer.

Luke makes her reevaluate her life and finally seek the answers to questions that have long plagued her. Just being with him gives her a freedom that she has never known before and once she agrees to spend more time with him in this tropical paradise, she will never be the same.

“Have you ever had that feeling,” she goes on, “when you know deep down that you should do something? Like if you don’t do it, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life?”

I nod. “Yeah, when I asked you to stay,” I answer honestly.

“Most people never let their feet leave the ground,” he goes on. “Whether they’re afraid of heights, or afraid of hospitals, or they stay in the same place all their life because they’re afraid of change – so many people go through life on the ground and die without ever knowing that they can fly”

Luke Everett lives life on the edge and he revels in every moment of it. He and his small band of friends are true seekers – adrenaline junkies looking for the ultimate rush. But there’s just something about Sienna that soothes his restless soul.

When she finds out who he truly is and about the tragedy that drives him, she’s going to run away. So with the short time that they have together, he’s going to teach her how to “drink the sky” and live a life unbound. And in return, she’s going to show him that falling in love is sometimes more far more dangerous than anything else.

The Moment of Letting Go is another highly emotional and poignant work from J.A. Redmerski. Once again, she masterfully combines her signature brand of tender romance, tragedy and heart wrenching drama to bring to life a story that will stay with you long after you finish reading it.

You’ll be both exhilarated and transformed by her words and maybe, just maybe you’ll never take another moment for granted again…

Exclusive Excerpt -

Then he gets up and grabs my hands from the tops of my bare knees, pulling me to my feet.

“We’re going swimming,” he says. “And we’ll talk more about this later…like on the day your vacation is over and you’re standing at the gate in the airport about to kiss me goodbye.”

“Wow, you really think highly of yourself, don’t you?” I can’t keep the laughter from my voice.

“Damn straight!” he says and pulls me along beside him. “Before these two weeks are over, I can guarantee you three things.” He holds up three fingers as we continue onward toward the water. “One”—he holds up one finger—“you’ll never want to go back to San Diego once Hawaii is done with you.” He holds up two fingers. “Two—that photography love of yours will start to take the place of everything else in your life. And three”—he wiggles three fingers and we stop on the beach where the water can pool around our feet—“you’ll kiss me at least once before you go home.”

I blush hard and it feels like my eyes are bugging out of my head. “I might peck you on the cheek or something, but—”

“No,” he says, smiling and quite serious, “it’ll be a full-on, tongue-dancing kind of kiss.”

I smack him playfully on the arm—something is fluttering around inside my belly.

“Geez!”

Luke grabs my hand and pulls me out to the water with him, where we swim and hang out on the cliffs until late in the afternoon. People come and go throughout the hours, sometimes leaving us with Alicia, Braedon, and a few of their close friends to have the area to ourselves for a while before more people show up in intervals.

“Backflip!” someone says just before Luke jumps into the water for probably the twentieth time.

And every time he does it, it ties my stomach up in knots. But there’s something about him that I can’t quite figure out when I watch him leap off the edge of that cliff; it’s not overconfidence or showing off or recklessness, but something deeper, more profound. Maybe it’s a sense of freedom, or a natural high that consumes him while he’s in the air, as if he had been born with a pair of wings that only he can see. But the more time I spend with him, the more intrigued I become. Sure, he’s gorgeous and funny and polite and all the kinds of things—so far—that would make my mom love him to death. But what intrigues and excites me more is how he kind of makes me want to jump off that stupid cliff regardless of how scared I am of it.

About The Author -

J. A. Redmerski, New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, lives in North Little Rock, Arkansas with her three children, two cats and a Maltese. She is a lover of television and books that push boundaries.