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Self Inflicted #1
Self Inflicted
To the world, seventeen year old Aurora appears to be like any other teenage girl seeking attention. Her short hair changes color as frequently as her moods. She doesn't bother to hide her piercings or tattoos from the judging world of high school.
The one thing she does hide is her scars.
When Aurora was only thirteen, she lost her mother to breast cancer, leaving her to be raised solely by her workaholic father. Aurora turns to cutting to deal with the constant emotional pain. Full of scars from her years of self-harm, Aurora has sheltered herself from the world to hide her pain. The only people who know about her self-destructive behavior is her best friend Liam and boyfriend Erik.
Her relationship with Erik is as unhealthy as her cutting, but she justifies to abause, thginking there is always something she has done to deserve it.
Barely into her senior year of high school, Aurora finds out she is pregnant. Determined to make the relationship work despite the abuse, Aurora accepts Erik's proposal. The last thing she wants is for her unborn child to know the pain of only having one parent.
Just before the wedding, Liam informs Aurora that he is being deployed and before he leaves, he tells her something that turns her world upside down.
How long can Aurora continue to make excuses for Erik's behavior? Will their love last?
The one thing she does hide is her scars.
When Aurora was only thirteen, she lost her mother to breast cancer, leaving her to be raised solely by her workaholic father. Aurora turns to cutting to deal with the constant emotional pain. Full of scars from her years of self-harm, Aurora has sheltered herself from the world to hide her pain. The only people who know about her self-destructive behavior is her best friend Liam and boyfriend Erik.
Her relationship with Erik is as unhealthy as her cutting, but she justifies to abause, thginking there is always something she has done to deserve it.
Barely into her senior year of high school, Aurora finds out she is pregnant. Determined to make the relationship work despite the abuse, Aurora accepts Erik's proposal. The last thing she wants is for her unborn child to know the pain of only having one parent.
Just before the wedding, Liam informs Aurora that he is being deployed and before he leaves, he tells her something that turns her world upside down.
How long can Aurora continue to make excuses for Erik's behavior? Will their love last?
248 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 26, 2015
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About the author
Harley Turner
13 books6 followersI started seriously writing when my grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I needed to find a way to escape the world I was living in, and for once, reading just wasn't cutting it.
I had a story running around in my head for years, and I had never bothered to put it on paper. Once I started writing, I couldn't stop. The First Love series was born.
Follow Marissa as she meets and falls in love with the older bad boy Chad in Summer Love. Watch their relationship grow. When Marissa goes home at the end of the summer, she doesn't know what to expect. In Autumn Goodbye, their relationship hits more than a few rocky patches.
Another new novel of mine, From the Corner of Her Eye, shows how Kylie deals with being "different" from other children her age. She sees ghosts and eventually learns to communicate with them. Can she uncover the truth about her boyfriend's brother's death? Can she make the visions stop so she can just be "normal?"
A new project of mine is Self Inflicted. Aurora is a part of a toxic relationship with Erik, but will she realize it before it's too late?
I had a story running around in my head for years, and I had never bothered to put it on paper. Once I started writing, I couldn't stop. The First Love series was born.
Follow Marissa as she meets and falls in love with the older bad boy Chad in Summer Love. Watch their relationship grow. When Marissa goes home at the end of the summer, she doesn't know what to expect. In Autumn Goodbye, their relationship hits more than a few rocky patches.
Another new novel of mine, From the Corner of Her Eye, shows how Kylie deals with being "different" from other children her age. She sees ghosts and eventually learns to communicate with them. Can she uncover the truth about her boyfriend's brother's death? Can she make the visions stop so she can just be "normal?"
A new project of mine is Self Inflicted. Aurora is a part of a toxic relationship with Erik, but will she realize it before it's too late?
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October 21, 2015
Solid book. Wished it was longer, but I understand it's the first in the series. Will be reading the next one for sure.
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