Series: The
Crashing
Series
Titles:
Crashing Back Down, Falling Back Together, Crashing: The
Wedding
Author:
Kristen Hope
Mazzola
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Mags
McManus has just become a war widow in her mid-twenties. Her late husband,
Randy, left for the Army right after their wedding. Instead of celebrating his
homecoming and living in marital bliss with her soulmate, Mags finds herself living
in constant agony. Dealing with the guilt of still living without Randy, are
Randy's best friends and parents.
Rising from the ashes of this tragedy, Mags starts to learn
how to love and trust again, finally being able to find happiness. But
sometimes things really are too good to be true and again Mags learns how cruel
the world can be as she crashes back
down.
“I don't know
if it’s fate, coincidence, or my curse, but I'm still
breathing, and my breaths are for you.”
Mags McManus is far from a normal woman in her mid twenties.
Being a war widow, a business professional, and a brokenhearted train wreck
only skims the surface of the layers of who Margret McManus truly is. Waking up
in a hospital bed, alone and confused, Mags once again has to pick up the
pieces of her shattered heart. With her best friends by her side, Mags slowly
starts to learn the answers she so desperately longs for. But is everything
going to continue to spiral out of control? Or is there a light at the end of
this dark, twisting tunnel where all the broken pieces can finally fall back
together?
**This Book is a Standalone**
It is a companion novella to The Crashing Series and takes place before
Crashing Back Down (book 1 in the
series).
Well this is freaking
great…
Right when my best
friend’s wedding was in full swing, the flowers were paid for, the
dresses were being tailored and the bachelorette party was planned and
nonrefundable, the bomb gets dropped right on my doorstep at four in the
morning.
“The Wedding is OFF!”
Mags yelled right as I opened the door to my
apartment.
Oh
hell no! We’re not canceling these plans. I will make this work. I
will get her and Randy on track to walking down that freaking isle. I am
getting to go on a bachelorette weekend vacation to party with my best friend!
This is happening whether Mags and Randy like it or
not.
That’s
what a best friend is for,
right?!
***18+
for sexual situations, cursing, and adult
content***
From Crashing: The
Wedding
In my boots and cutoff jeans, I
pulled open the heavy wooden door of The Saloon. Whiskey and cigarette smoke burned
my nostrils as I weaved around the packed bar trying to find everyone. All of a
sudden, I was scooped up from behind by my waist, feet dangling in the air and
the sound of Mitch’s voice trying to yell over the music,
“Mags! Found her! I found
Cali!”
I playfully struggled in his
arms, whipping around to throw my arms around one of my best friends in the
world. Mags, Randy, and Walker weren’t too far behind and right as
Walker put a drink in my hand, Mags’ and my favorite line dancing
song came on. We handed our beers off to the guys and darted to the middle of
the wooden floor to boot stomp to Girlfriend by Avril
Lavigne.
By the end of the fast-paced
song, we were sweating and panting as we giggled off the dance
floor.
As he handed me back my beer,
Randy shouted, “Thanks for everything, Cal. Mags told me you made her
see clearly
again.”
I shoved his shoulder.
“Don’t mention it. Besides, who can ever deny making sure
true love finds a
way?”
He laughed at me and hugged me
around my shoulders. It was palpable what a good guy Randy was and how much he
cared about everyone. It was also so freaking shocking that he and Walker were
as good of friends as they were.
Walker was a two-timing,
womanizing bag of dicks that had no respect for anyone except himself, and I
felt like I was the only one that saw through the fakeness of his coy smile and
good looks.
“So how does it feel
to be out of the bar business for good?” Mags beamed at me as Randy
wrapped his hands around her middle.
I took a long swig.
“Fucking fantastic!”
“Can you believe
we’re all growing up?” Walker chimed in, handing each of us
a shot.
I smelled the straight Jameson,
shivers immediately radiating down my spine. “Whiskey?
Really?”
Walker winked and held his shot
glass in the air to make a toast. “To Cali and her new job, and to
us, the five best
friends!”
You want to know more about me? Well,
let's see...
I am just an average twenty-something following my dreams.
I have a full time "day job" and by night I am an
author. I guess you could say that writing is like my super power (I
always wanted one of those). I am the lover of wine, sushi, football
and the ocean; that is when I am not wrapped up in the literary world.
Please feel free to
contact me to chat about my writing,
books you think I'd like or just to shoot the, well you know.
A portion of all my profits are donated
to
The Marcie
Mazzola Foundation.
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