Abandoned Hearts Series

Everything was perfect until she announced she was pregnant…and then it wasn’t. Married for six years, Skylar and Noah are the perfect couple. She’s CEO to a big business and he runs his own restaurant. He is tall, sexy and the most wonderful man she’s ever know, and she is beautiful, confident and is often referred to as the ‘ice queen or bitch’ at work. This doesn’t faze Skylar, she didn’t get to where she is by being nice. But one day not feeling like herself, she unexpectedly finds out she’s pregnant. Once the news is broken to Noah, shaken by his response, she suddenly realises how little she really knows him and begins to doubt their relationship. As she tries to convince him that this might be the best thing that’s happened to them, that life is more than money and chasing career goals, the more he resists, until something strange happens. A shift within the relationship changes everything, but instead of questioning it, Skylar blindly accepts that things were meant to be. If only it was that simple! Excerpt PREGNANT ‘Oh my god.’ She burst into laughter. Not a reaction she expected, but it happened. She just couldn’t stop laughing. ‘Really?’ She covered her mouth astonished. ‘Oh god. This is…’ she had no words. She didn’t feel sad or angry, in fact she felt happy. With that thought she put her hand to her belly and rubbed it gently. ‘Is it possible? Am I even a woman?’ She giggled. The times she’d been called an ice queen made her feel as though she had no ovaries, but she knew that wasn’t true. Deep down she was a lovely person. She flushed the toilet, cleaned up and headed back to her office. ‘You can come in now, Claire.’ Claire walked back in, but noticed that her boss was a little different. ‘Are you sure you’re okay?’ ‘Sit down.’ She said. ‘Am I being fired?’ ‘Oh, don’t be so dramatic. I have brought you with me everywhere.’ ‘Oh, thank god.’ ‘Are you serious? You know me better than that.’ ‘It’s just you’re acting so strange.’ ‘That’s because.’ She stalled. ‘Yes?’ ‘I just found out I’m pregnant!’ ‘Oh my god!’ ‘I know!’ ‘Are we happy or…’ ‘We’re happy…I think!’ ‘Oh my god. Congratulations!’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘Can I give you a hug?’ ‘I’ll let you,’ Skylar teased. Claire came around the desk and gave her boss and friend a hug. ‘Don’t you dare say a word to anyone. You know what they’re like about babies.’ ‘I won’t. My lips are sealed. But what are you going to do?’ ‘I will cross that bridge when I get there. For now, I don’t want anyone to know.’ ‘Okay.’ ‘And to think I had some terrible disease.’ ‘Hmmm?’ ‘I haven’t been myself. Noah has been telling me to go to the doctor, but I kept putting it off.’ ‘What made you decided to take the test?’ ‘I’ve been so busy that I didn’t notice that my period is late. It was only when I was sick in the bathroom at the client meeting did it click. That’s what prompted me.’ ‘Well I am happy for you.’

Sometimes love blinds you to what is right in front of you. Skylar has pushed aside what had happened between her and Noah and lives life as if everything is normal. It’s only when questions begin to be asked does Skylar begin to question herself. She may be successful at business, but when it comes to love, she becomes blind to what is. Her life is turn upside down once again, just when she thought her husband was being a good man. Everything has changed and now she needs to make sense of it all and decide the way forward. Would she ever be able to trust again? Would there be a man who didn’t hurt her so much? Only time will tell, in the mean time she has to face the darkness that is right in front of her so that at some point she can finally be in the light once again! Expert She found him begging on a street corner a block away. ‘Remember me?’ she asked. ‘Who are you?’ ‘I asked you about the restaurant owner. You said you knew Lucy.’ ‘Who are you?’ he asked again. She pulled her mobile from her pocket and showed him the Lucy’s picture. He seemed saddened. ‘Do you know what happened to her?’ He was silent. ‘Do you know what happened to this lady? Did you see her leave and get into a car?’ ‘Who are you?’ he asked again, and she wondered if he was a bit looney or he was just being cautious. ‘I’m a detective. I’m looking for this lady. Her parents are very worried about her. If you can help me that would be great.’ She put the phone closer, so he could take a good look at her face. ‘Do you know her?’ she kept her voice calm. She would be as patient as she could be. That was the only way she could get answers. ‘She’s really pretty.’ ‘Yes, she is. Did you see her at all?’ ‘She gives me coffee, but not anymore.’ She sucked in a deep breath. They were going in circles. Did he even know who he was? ‘Have you seen her?’ He was silent, then looked out into the street. She moved towards him and looked into his eyes. He had a vacant look. ‘Sir.’ She changed the picture to Noah’s. ‘Do you know this man?’ He didn’t move. ‘Sir?’ This time he tilted his head to the side and looked. ‘Bad man,’ he said and looked away. ‘Sir. Do you know him?’ She was onto something. ‘Bad man. Very bad man.’ ‘Why do you say that?’ he looked around him, crouched, picked up his rucksack and sleeping bag. He started to walk away. ‘Sir.’ She rushed after him. ‘Who are you?’ he said once again.

What happens to Skylar now? The man she thought she would love for the rest of her life has disappeared. Has he done all those things he’s been accused of? What about her unborn son? What will she tell him about his father? Skylar doesn’t want to believe her husband is a killer, but when a body is found, more things begin to unfold and there’s a lot more to Noah than she cares to know about. It’s a long road ahead, and after the news of the murders comes out, Skylar loses her job. Her life is ruined by a man who had never been honest from the beginning, and she begins to question herself and everything she’s believed in. What happens now? Is this the end of her life too? Skylar has to discover just how strong she is.