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The Drazen World
Release
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A Drazen World Novella
I chose Jessica.
I married her.
She saved me.
Me — Jonathan Drazen.
What would happen if the wind shifted direction? If I made new suggestions?
I changed my line of sight. I started to focus on the unattainable because nothing was out of my reach. Nothing.
Children.
Happiness.
Success.
I had the universe by a string. A yo-yo. I could bring it up or down. I could fit it inside my pocket and carry it anywhere I pleased.
Then why did I have an uneasy feeling? The kind of sensation an animal feels just before a storm or an earthquake? It was subtle enough to ignore, but strong enough to prick me, reminding me that denial would result in severe repercussions to my psyche or my marriage.
Suffer now or suffer later.
I had a choice.
Fly away from the clouds or dive head first into the nebula.
A Drazen World Novella
I chose Jessica.
I married her.
She saved me.
Me — Jonathan Drazen.
What would happen if the wind shifted direction? If I made new suggestions?
I changed my line of sight. I started to focus on the unattainable because nothing was out of my reach. Nothing.
Children.
Happiness.
Success.
I had the universe by a string. A yo-yo. I could bring it up or down. I could fit it inside my pocket and carry it anywhere I pleased.
Then why did I have an uneasy feeling? The kind of sensation an animal feels just before a storm or an earthquake? It was subtle enough to ignore, but strong enough to prick me, reminding me that denial would result in severe repercussions to my psyche or my marriage.
Suffer now or suffer later.
I had a choice.
Fly away from the clouds or dive head first into the nebula.
61 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 26, 2016
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A.R. Hadley
15 books191 followersA.R. Hadley writes imperfectly perfect sentences by the light of her iPhone.
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She annoys those darling little children by quoting lines from Back to the Future, but despite her knowledge of eighties and nineties pop culture, she was actually meant to live alongside the Lost Generation after the Great War and write a mediocre novel while drinking absinthe with Hemingway. Instead, find her sipping unsweet tea near a beautiful garden as she weaves fictional tales of love and connection amid reality.
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She loves the ocean.
Chocolate.
Her children.
And Cary Grant.
She annoys those darling little children by quoting lines from Back to the Future, but despite her knowledge of eighties and nineties pop culture, she was actually meant to live alongside the Lost Generation after the Great War and write a mediocre novel while drinking absinthe with Hemingway. Instead, find her sipping unsweet tea near a beautiful garden as she weaves fictional tales of love and connection amid reality.
VISIT A.R. HADLEY'S AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B01J7WHH16
CONNECT ON FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/arhadleywriter/
INSTAGRAM:
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July 28, 2016
Revelations in Release
One week in the lives of Jonathan and Jessica Drazen pays homage to their lives under their creator CD Reiss by staying true to their history, family, and marriage; however, while on a getaway to sunny Florida, the revelations exposed—by both characters—are enormous and only add more depth and insight for Drazen fans. The vanilla Jessica we met in SOS will be haunted by a past and present experience, both of which mold her as the aloof and angry lover we know; yet, she will also reveal a depth of love for Jonathan reminding us that he wasn’t the only one in love in the beginning. But the writer saves the juiciest bits for Jonathan to reveal: his fascination into the world of BDSM and his desire to become himself, in complete connection with and trust in, his wife, Jessica.
While readers of SOS know the outcome for this couple, the insight revealed while Jonathan is “trying to be two men inside one body” is not only hot and steamy but also heartbreaking and real.❤️❤️❤️❤️
One week in the lives of Jonathan and Jessica Drazen pays homage to their lives under their creator CD Reiss by staying true to their history, family, and marriage; however, while on a getaway to sunny Florida, the revelations exposed—by both characters—are enormous and only add more depth and insight for Drazen fans. The vanilla Jessica we met in SOS will be haunted by a past and present experience, both of which mold her as the aloof and angry lover we know; yet, she will also reveal a depth of love for Jonathan reminding us that he wasn’t the only one in love in the beginning. But the writer saves the juiciest bits for Jonathan to reveal: his fascination into the world of BDSM and his desire to become himself, in complete connection with and trust in, his wife, Jessica.
While readers of SOS know the outcome for this couple, the insight revealed while Jonathan is “trying to be two men inside one body” is not only hot and steamy but also heartbreaking and real.❤️❤️❤️❤️
August 22, 2016
Loved!
I loved release, a fanfic based on one of my fave series, (Songs of) Submission by CD Reiss. The author, A.R. Hadley, does an outstanding job of giving us the alternating POVs between Jonathan and Jessica. We get flashbacks of Jessica's childhood which I found helpful to understanding her adult behavior. The depth of their love for each other comes across as very believable and real. Jonathan's love for Jessica remains constant but his pent up sexual needs start to surface causing Jonathan to think and refer to himself in his mind as two separate identities. He's left frustrated and conflicted. Jessica also seems confused and repelled by Jonathan's edgier/darker needs. I wonder if he was aware of those needs prior to their marriage and had he gradually revealed them to Jessica, perhaps she could have evolved with him or, just maybe, if she had known about them possibly their marriage would have never taken place. These are just a few of the questions I had swirling around in my mind!
release made me think. That's what I appreciated about this short story and the fact that it was extremely well written. It's a 5 star read for me.
I loved release, a fanfic based on one of my fave series, (Songs of) Submission by CD Reiss. The author, A.R. Hadley, does an outstanding job of giving us the alternating POVs between Jonathan and Jessica. We get flashbacks of Jessica's childhood which I found helpful to understanding her adult behavior. The depth of their love for each other comes across as very believable and real. Jonathan's love for Jessica remains constant but his pent up sexual needs start to surface causing Jonathan to think and refer to himself in his mind as two separate identities. He's left frustrated and conflicted. Jessica also seems confused and repelled by Jonathan's edgier/darker needs. I wonder if he was aware of those needs prior to their marriage and had he gradually revealed them to Jessica, perhaps she could have evolved with him or, just maybe, if she had known about them possibly their marriage would have never taken place. These are just a few of the questions I had swirling around in my mind!
release made me think. That's what I appreciated about this short story and the fact that it was extremely well written. It's a 5 star read for me.
August 17, 2016
LOVED! This was an amazing addition to the Drazen World Novellas!!! It was interesting to get inside Jessica's head, and always tantalizing to get into Jonathan's!!! I thought this was well done and the writing was phenomenal!
"...but caterpillars still morphed into butterflies and swarmed inside my stomach whenever Jonathan smiled at me in that way..."
"I have the heart of a lion" xo
"Either way, another petal peeled away from my armor and floated away, lost in the breeze."
"The way she kissed me had stolen my heart straight from my chest years ago."
"...but caterpillars still morphed into butterflies and swarmed inside my stomach whenever Jonathan smiled at me in that way..."
"I have the heart of a lion" xo
"Either way, another petal peeled away from my armor and floated away, lost in the breeze."
"The way she kissed me had stolen my heart straight from my chest years ago."
August 8, 2016
Good short read. I was nice to get a glimpse into what had happened before Monica came into the picture and how Jessica and Jonathan wanted different thing from thier relationship and became different people.
August 2, 2016
I had a hard time reading this. Not because it wasn't well written.
Quite the opposite. I could feel along Jonathan and Jessica. OMGosh the feels.
Beautifully written. But so hard. I definitely felt Jonathan's love for his wife and his anguish. He was so sweet. I want him ;)
Jessica...even though her feelings were true and real, and definitely worthy of respect, I just wanted to shake her and that she would give her beautiful man a chance. But she was in a different moment of her life, she was going through her own fights, so that was the reason it was hard to read this. Because it was well portrayed what she was going through and brought some "light" to her reasons. I always assumed she was a selfish biatch ;)
Very well done.
:)
Quite the opposite. I could feel along Jonathan and Jessica. OMGosh the feels.
Beautifully written. But so hard. I definitely felt Jonathan's love for his wife and his anguish. He was so sweet. I want him ;)
Jessica...even though her feelings were true and real, and definitely worthy of respect, I just wanted to shake her and that she would give her beautiful man a chance. But she was in a different moment of her life, she was going through her own fights, so that was the reason it was hard to read this. Because it was well portrayed what she was going through and brought some "light" to her reasons. I always assumed she was a selfish biatch ;)
Very well done.
:)
September 1, 2016
Jonathan and Jessica before the split
A novella built on two of the main characters in CD Reiss' Songs of Submission series. Following Jessica's miscarriage, Jonathan and Jessica take a week's vacation in Florida. Jessica has shut down emotionally, and Jonathan's urges toward sexual dominance are becoming so hard for him to control that he feels like he is two different men sharing one body. While some background information helps explain Jessica's chilly aloofness, it wasn't enough for me to see her as anything other than the cold-hearted b***h I already knew she was. I enjoyed Jonathan's conjectures on his needs and desires and his ability to subjugate them for Jessica's sake.
A novella built on two of the main characters in CD Reiss' Songs of Submission series. Following Jessica's miscarriage, Jonathan and Jessica take a week's vacation in Florida. Jessica has shut down emotionally, and Jonathan's urges toward sexual dominance are becoming so hard for him to control that he feels like he is two different men sharing one body. While some background information helps explain Jessica's chilly aloofness, it wasn't enough for me to see her as anything other than the cold-hearted b***h I already knew she was. I enjoyed Jonathan's conjectures on his needs and desires and his ability to subjugate them for Jessica's sake.
August 29, 2016
Another great story in the world of Drazen. This story details the love between Jonathan and Jessica and the story takes during a weeklong getaway to Florida. In this very well written short, we get a glimpse into the mad love between these two characters, but circumstances have triggered a change in both of them. Jessica in despair and Jonathan's darker desires are beginning to develop. Will he have to live as two men inside one body?
Told in dual POV, this story is a touching look inside the minds of both characters displaying a much different type of yearning in each of them.
Nicely done.
ARC received in exchange for an unbiased review.
Told in dual POV, this story is a touching look inside the minds of both characters displaying a much different type of yearning in each of them.
Nicely done.
ARC received in exchange for an unbiased review.
August 16, 2016
This was a bittersweet look into the beginning of the end of a marriage. It was lyrical and, at times, heartbreaking. The peek into Jessica's mind actually makes me like her a little more which is not an easy feat. CD Reiss fans already know what happens to Jonathan and Jessica's relationship.
The book moves from past to present with very little warning, so that got a little confusing.
The book moves from past to present with very little warning, so that got a little confusing.
August 16, 2016
This is the evolution of Jonathan. This novel gives us a glimpse of his life while married to Jessica. She feels that she has nothing to offer, since the miscarriage. Their unhappiness is off he chart. Will she ever submit to him? This novel has the characters question themselves on their lives together and how they can make it work. The timeline is a little hard to follow at times.
May 14, 2017
Excellent story telling. Loved this trip back in time to when Jonathan and Jessica were together in the beginning. And the author writes them like they are normal, they had loves before each other, secrets, unmet desires, and struggles with losses. I'd look forward to reading anything else Ms Hadley can contribute to the Drazen World.
March 25, 2017
Told in Jonathan and Jessica's POV, Release is a beautifully written and very emotional short story that gives the reader a glimpse into the life of this couple as they struggle through Jessica's miscarriage and Jonathan's pent-up sexual need to dominate his wife.
I volunteered to review an advanced readers copy of this book.
I volunteered to review an advanced readers copy of this book.
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