Book: Unworthy
Author: Elaine May
Genre: Romance Suspense
Cover Designer: Mallory Dauphine
Hosted by: Francessca’s Romance Reviews
Synopsis:
“This is all your fault.”
“You worthless piece of shit.”
“I hate you."
“He left us because of you.
“We live like this because of you. YOU GRACE.”
“You won’t amount to anything, you’re useless.”
“I wish I never had you, I hate you your worthless.”
Those were the words that were told to me so many times as a child that i can onlt think of them as true. I lived by my own rules to protect my heart from more heart brake but that was until he came into my world.
Until Samuel Harding.
PROLOGUE
GRACE
The man and lady of the house my Mummy works in, are screaming at each other and it’s really scary. I can’t remember their names, I’m sure it starts with a big H, but normally they are really nice to me and Mummy, but today is different and I don’t know why.
Mummy and I are downstairs and we can hear every word that is being said between the two of them.
I look over at Mummy and her cold blue eyes that once told me she loved me, now tell me something completely different. They tell me everything she won’t say to me, even though I don’t want it to be true.
“This is all your fault.” I jump at the scary sound above me that sounds like something special is breaking.
“You can tell your British slut to get out of my house.”
“She has nowhere else to go, darling.”
“Don’t you dare darling me, you bastard.” I can hear something else break above and the man says a naughty word. I look over at Mummy and attempt to move towards her for a cuddle, but she walks away from me just as I hear the lady continue shouting.
“You know what? I don’t care about the business over here. You can tell Edward we are moving back to America. I don’t care about that slut and her little bastard.”
All of a sudden the picture changes before me and my adult self is flying through the town I grew up in and I can see my whole childhood before me. All the nasty words my mother or stepfather ever said to me. The slaps to the face my mother loved to give me when she felt I’d done something wrong.
“This is all your fault.”
“You worthless piece of shit.”
“I hate you, we hate you. Even your father couldn’t stand to be near you.”
“He left us, because of you.”
“We live like this, because of you. YOU, GRACE.”
“You won’t amount to anything, you’re useless.”
“I wish I never had you, I hate you and you’re worthless.”
I can feel all the hatred centered in on that little girl and I can feel all the tears she doesn’t show as she grows into the teenager who hates and loathes herself so much. I can see my teenage self standing by the edge of the River Tone just before its cold waters engulf me, drowning me and pulling me down to its depths with my own self-hatred and sorrow. I try to reach the water’s surface, but the cold water is keeping me down, engulfing me with the old memories that still haunt me.
“You’re worthless.”
“You won’t amount to anything.”
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About The Author
Elaine May is my Author name. I live in the West Country of England with my two beautiful daughters and yummy hubby. I love reading dark and twisted tales that mess with your head. I love to travel and spending time with my family. My dream is for people to like what i've written and hopefully get to go to a book signing event as an author.
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REVIEW
4 stars
After having a terrible childhood. Grace is determined to be on her own. No friends, no boyfriend. If you have nobody you can't get hurt. She has a plan, work as much as she can, save her money and buy a house. So she will always have a home. Until Samuel walks into her life. No matter how she feels when she looks at him or the electricity between them when they happen to touch. She is going to keep her distance. Samuel, a billionaire and somewhat playboy is sued to getting what he wants and he wants Grace in his bed. The more time he spends with her the more he wants from her. He goes from wanting a quick romp in the bed to wanting everything with her. She is a tough case. the only women that hasn't wanted anything from him and one that has no problem walking away.
I was slow warming up to Grace. It takes awhile for her story to come out. You get pits and pieces of her story. Once the story picks up I realized she was a strong person to an extent. She wanted to prove the people in her past wrong. She was somebody and she could make something of her life. Samuel was arrogant, but yet still a great guy. As he got to know Grace and saw the pain and suffering in her eyes. He became determined to make her feel better about herself. He never rushes her. He makes her take small steps out of her comfort zone. Each time he does she opens up a little more.
Other Books By This Author
Lies & Truth (Truth Series #1)
Amazon USA
Pain & Truth (Truth Series #2)
Amazon UK
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