You Can't Force Love Book Excerpt Tour - Excerpt #8

Title: YOU CAN’T FORCE LOVE
Author: Marie Drake  
Publisher: RedBird Books
Pages: 286  
Genre: Realistic Fiction

“A battered butterfly, he’d build Kimberly up, nurture her strength and watch her return to flight. He repressed the visions dancing in the back of his mind; her naked body brandished red flags and spurred him to stampede. Bulls and butterflies did not mix.”

Jordan Fry’s obsession is born in “You Can’t Force Love” by Marie Drake, Book I in the Locked Hearts Series.

From different towns and social backgrounds, Jordan Fry and Kimberly Orvine experience life-altering abuse, lose a parent and land in the same foster home. Angry, and self-deprecating, fiery redheaded Kimberly is deadset on lousy behavior and suffering the consequences, punishing herself for former sins. Scared by his inner darkness, pyromaniac Jordan has vowed to change for the better. He focuses on Kimberly as the key to his success, but she intends to make him break his promises. Unaware of Jordan’s atrocious actions in the past, she’s dangerously close to unleashing the evil he struggles to contain during their epic battle of wills. Can they both survive?

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Paul paced; a vein throbbed in his neck. His angry blue eyes landed on Debbie. “Stop coddling the boy and administer discipline,” he said and shook his arms in the air. “This is serious; remember the last girl?” He took Debbie’s hands.

“It was a misunderstanding,” Debbie said.

“That girl was ten-years-old; luckily, her father came home when he did,” Paul argued. “His behaviors are a signal to me that he has grave problems; they’ve manifested; we need to contemplate our choices again.”

“He made restitution for the past; don’t dredge it up.”

“It isn’t the past when he exhibits poor decision making and perpetuates bad habits.”

“When we move into your house, he’ll attend a new school; he’ll gain a fresh start,” Debbie said. She held Paul’s arm in a pleading gesture.

“Let me talk to him, and we’ll discuss the future,” Paul said. He patted Jordan’s shoulder and rubbed his head and escorted him down the dark-paneled hall into his bedroom. Silent, he leaned against the closed door, and Jordan squirmed under his gaze.

 

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Award-winning author, Marie Drake lives in a small town near Lake Ontario with her husband, four sons, and three rescue pups. With many years of experience in the Foster Care community and advocating for other victims and survivors, she specializes in realistic and psychological fiction depicting the lives of abuse sufferers; their obstacles, their triumphs, and their downfalls.

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