Fighting Absolution by Kate McCarthy
Release Date: September 10, 2019
ighting Absolution, an all-new standalone contemporary romance by USA Today Bestselling author Kate McCarthy.
At fifteen, Jamie Murphy finds herself broken and alone, convinced she doesn't need anyone.
Until she does.
Bear is the boy behind the fence, the one who was there for her when no one else was.
Until he's not.
Left with nothing, Jamie joins the army hoping it will give her purpose. The last thing she expects is the best friend from her past to reappear in the dusty plains of a war-torn country. No longer the boy she once knew, Bear is now a man: big, bearded, and SAS—one of the army’s elite.
Soon Jamie finds herself not only fighting against her enemies, but her feelings for a man who left her once before. Can she risk losing him all over again?
Fighting Absolution is a friends to lovers romance and features characters from Fighting Redemption, but is written as a standalone.
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Excerpt:
After an early night, I wake in the morning with my body sagging into the ground. “What the hell?”
I roll and flail, my air mattress squeaking like a little bitch.
Bear laughs and I turn. He’s watching me, thoroughly amused. “I’m not here for your entertainment,” I hiss, my back aching from an uncomfortable sleep.
“Someone needs her coffee.”
“Did you poke a hole in my mattress?”
“No, but there’s something poking a hole in my—”
“For the love of god!” I rise up, the knife from beneath my pillow in hand. “I’m gonna stab yours just for that.”
“No!” He laughs, half-rising from his own bed, warding me off with his massive paws. “That damn thing is probably why you woke up on the ground.”
I lunge across the tent, my knife jabbing straight into his inflatable mattress. It tears a long, deep gash in the corner. Air hisses out in a wheezy rush. “What in the actual fuck?” he shouts, falling back with a stunned laugh. “You’re such a bitch!”
The knife drops from my hand, and I double over, gasping with laughter while the airbed deflates around him, sinking him slowly to the ground.
“Now neither of us have a bed!”
“Oh well.” I tuck my knife away. “We can start on those bottles of red tonight until we can’t feel a damn thing, and then it won’t matter.”
I unzip the tent and step out, my jaw cracking from a yawn that stretches my face. “Bring me coffee!” he orders from inside the tent.
I turn my head, sneaking a glance his way. He’s standing over his duffel bag, clad in nothing but a tight pair of bright blue cotton boxer-briefs. It’s almost a physical punch. I linger a moment before I look away, back to the ocean, trying to dispel the image, but my mind won’t let it go. The wide, muscled shoulders, his tattooed arms, the thick washboard abs, his body scarred from combat and a lifetime of hard and heavy training.
I shiver with a sense of longing and have to remind myself that it’s just Bear as I start on the coffee. The same Bear who laughed his ass off when I tripped on the edge of the jetty in Broome and fell in the water. The one who snores like a freight train after one too many beers. The one slowly turning into a mountain man because he hasn’t shaved since we left. The very same Bear who tips his head back each night in his camp chair and makes me scratch his head with my nails while he sits there and whimpers like a little girl.
About Kate:
Kate is the USA Today Bestselling Author of The End Game and Goodreads Nominee for Best Contemporary Romance Fighting Redemption, and the Give Me series.
When she's not plotting or writing, she works as a financial officer.
Kate has two mini me's (both bookworms to her delight), three Dachshunds named Petie, Maximus and Thor, and a fish named Cash (who unfortunately suffers resting bitch face). She lives in Brisbane, Australia and decided to miraculously stop ageing at 30.
5++ Beautiful Stars!
Fighting Redemption is one of my most favorite books, so when I heard about this story, I just had to read it. I counted down the days until I could have it in my greedy little hands. When I finally had the opportunity to read it, I hesitated. Part of me wanted to blow through it and devour every word, the other part, wanted to take my time and savor every single emotion. In the end, this story consumed me! Fighting Absolution is gripping, heartbreaking, intense, emotional, hopeful, inspiring, and one of the best books I've read this year!
THIS book. I have SO much love for it. I was an emotional mess while reading it. It completely gutted me. My heart ached for these characters. The loss was unbearable at times, but the beauty at the end, made it all worth it.
I loved Jamie. I can honestly say that I don't think I have ever felt that way about another heroine. She was strong. She was fierce. She was a fighter. She was a warrior! Every time she was knocked down, she dusted herself off and got right back up. Even though she felt alone, it was the love of her father that gave her the will to press on. Jamie wore a hard shell and built a wall a mile high around her, but inside, she was just a broken girl trying to out run her guilt. I admired her tenacity and perseverance. Her will to survive.
Kyle...sigh. He had so much to overcome. So much to live up to! I was so proud of him because he did it with patience and love. I liked how he and Jamie went back to the beginning and became friends again. He gave her the space she needed to overcome tragedy. Together, they grieved and found comfort in each other. Kyle definitely found his spot in my heart. In addition to being the best kind of man, he was intense, rough, and ridiculously hot. Those sexy scenes? Off the charts! He had me revved up and swooning like a school girl! Jamie may have had her first love, but Kyle was her soulmate. Their love healed all the broken pieces inside them... and me.
♥ Review by Lys
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