Title: Withering Hope
Genre: Contemporary Romance (Adult)
Release date: January 19th
*This is a STANDALONE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE.*
Aimee’s wedding is supposed to turn out perfect. Her dress, her fiancé and the location—the idyllic holiday ranch in Brazil—are perfect.
But all Aimee’s plans come crashing down when the private jet that’s taking her from the U.S. to the ranch—where her fiancé awaits her—defects mid-flight and the pilot is forced to perform an emergency landing in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
With no way to reach civilisation, being rescued is Aimee and Tristan’s—the pilot—only hope. A slim one that slowly withers away, desperation taking its place. Because death wanders in the jungle under many forms: starvation, diseases. Beasts.
As Aimee and Tristan fight to find ways to survive, they grow closer. Together they discover that facing old, inner agonies carved by painful pasts takes just as much courage, if not even more, than facing the rainforest.
Despite her devotion to her fiancé, Aimee can’t hide her feelings for Tristan—the man for whom she’s slowly becoming everything. You can hide many things in the rainforest. But not lies. Or love.
Withering Hope is the story of a man who desperately needs forgiveness and the woman who brings him hope. It is a story in which hope births wings and blooms into a love that is as beautiful and intense as it is forbidden.
Aimee’s wedding is supposed to turn out perfect. Her dress, her fiancé and the location—the idyllic holiday ranch in Brazil—are perfect.
But all Aimee’s plans come crashing down when the private jet that’s taking her from the U.S. to the ranch—where her fiancé awaits her—defects mid-flight and the pilot is forced to perform an emergency landing in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
With no way to reach civilisation, being rescued is Aimee and Tristan’s—the pilot—only hope. A slim one that slowly withers away, desperation taking its place. Because death wanders in the jungle under many forms: starvation, diseases. Beasts.
As Aimee and Tristan fight to find ways to survive, they grow closer. Together they discover that facing old, inner agonies carved by painful pasts takes just as much courage, if not even more, than facing the rainforest.
Despite her devotion to her fiancé, Aimee can’t hide her feelings for Tristan—the man for whom she’s slowly becoming everything. You can hide many things in the rainforest. But not lies. Or love.
Withering Hope is the story of a man who desperately needs forgiveness and the woman who brings him hope. It is a story in which hope births wings and blooms into a love that is as beautiful and intense as it is forbidden.
*The pre-order price is $0.99. The price will go up to $2.99 shortly after
release*
Amazon: no pre-order available. Purchase link will go live on January 19th
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/withering-hope-layla-hagen/1120913595?ean=2940151753722
(Tristan’s POV)
No rescue helicopter arrives. Not the
following morning, or any morning after it. I expect Aimee to break down, but
she doesn’t. It shouldn’t surprise me, though. I’ve suspected she is strong
since I first met her.
Chris Moore
hired me as his pilot two and a half years ago, giving me the chance for a
fresh start I so desperately needed. I was grateful to him, and
even liked him. Despite his wealth and success, he was grounded and
unpretentious. When I first met Aimee, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that
she was just as unassuming.
And so much more.
She went out of her way to be friendly, making it easy to adjust to my
side job as her driver when Chris didn’t need me as a pilot. I suppose I came
off as cold to her, because I only acknowledged her effort with a curt thank you. But I wasn’t used to anyone
being friendly to me. Over the past years people had either shown me pity or
feared me. Not Aimee. Of course, she didn’t know anything about my past—Chris
kept his word and never told her.
When first I drove Aimee to Chris’s parents’ mansion, I realized Aimee hadn’t
given me any special treatment. She was genuinely friendly to everyone on the
staff. They all liked to be around her.
So did I.
I liked it a little too much.
She had a way of growing on people without even trying. She was warm and
eager to get to really know people. A bit too eager… and the secrets I carried
were best left buried. So I was content with being around her, or observing her
from a distance.
From where it was safe.
Here, where our lifeline depends on working and sticking together, where
I’m prepared to do just about anything to keep her safe, it will be hard to
keep that distance, but I will do my best.
My name is Layla Hagen and I am a New Adult Contemporary Romance author.
I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later.
I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world.
And I drink coffee. Lots of it, in case the photo didn’t make it obvious enough
I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later.
I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world.
And I drink coffee. Lots of it, in case the photo didn’t make it obvious enough
http://laylahagen.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7520984.Layla_Hagen
https://www.facebook.com/LaylaHagenBooks
https://twitter.com/laylahagen
Fun Facts about
my writing in general and Withering Hope J
1. Though
I have a series titled „Lost“ and „Withering Hope“ is about a plane crashing in a remote
location, I have never actually seen the TV series Lost. Seeing it is very high
on my to-do list though, especially since I adore Ian Sommerhalder.
2. There
is a character called Chris in Withering Hope. Wonder how he got his name? I am
a big fan of Chris Hemsworth (have been for a while, apparently still didn’t
get over him). While I was looking for a name for that character, I watched a
movie starring Chris Hemsworth and I was like YEAAAAAAAAh :-D So, um, if I name
a future character Ian, you’ll know why (see point 1 :-D)
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