Torn: The Setup

by Raven Starr

Alyssa Kendall is a bookworm and movie-watcher extraordinaire. She lives her life in the pages she reads and the movies she watches. Never did she expect Julian Turner to have any real interest in her. When he saves her from becoming someone’s hood ornament neither could resist the connection. Alyssa wants to fall in love; she wants to throw caution to the wind with Julian. Once she opened her heart, Julian suddenly has to leave. Shattered, Alyssa tries to put him behind her. Four years later, they ran into each other again. Can they pick up where they left? Or has Alyssa moved on with her life with stable and sexy Christian. The battle for Alyssa’s heart has begun. Can Julian and Alyssa find the spark they once had? Or does her heart truly belong to Christian. Find out in Torn.

131 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 23, 2020

About the author

Born in rural Tennessee Raven Starr has been writing since she could hold a pencil. This ex-model for M.A.A.I.D.S (Model Against AIDS) starting focusing on writing poetry, she honed her skills to include two plays, “The Wrong Choice” and “Running Scared but Free” The Wrong Choice showed twice in New London, Connecticut earning Ms. Starr an appointed seat as the first African-American teenager on the Thames Valley Council at the tender age of 15. During the summer, she volunteered at the acclaimed Eugene O'Neil Theater.

After her one year serving on the board Ms. Starr moved on to greener pastures. She stopped writing to pursue her nursing education which took her away from her first love for 5 years. After the death of her mother Raven wrote the poem, The Otherside" which was published in the UK in an anthology called When The Light Comes. Since she started the flow never ebbed earning her a nomination for Poet of the Year for three years running by The International Poet Society.

Striving for her dreams Raven turned her sight towards her second love, writing short stories. Last year she graced us with her first interracial short romantic story, Fan-tasy with Red Rose Publishing. Raven continues to delight readers with three other stories Her Smile, Going Home Again and One Night at the Office are now available from Red Rose Publishing, Mobipocket.com and Fictionwise.com. Raven has now finished an intriguing vampire/ shape-shifter story called Vampire's Embrace. Her first historical an Egyptian inspired e-book called Thieves in the Night will be released soon. All of her books will be available in print through Amazon before Christmas of this year.

Besides being a passionate writer, poet, nurse and ex-model Raven Starr is a mother of three beautiful kids. They all reside in Connecticut.

Reviews

[DeeReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok read, 💥💥💥

[S. Jackson · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story...

has potential but the flow is off. I felt like I just read three different stories. There were grammatical errors and not enough character detail for the main characters. It felt like some parts were missing and the reader is expected to put 2 and 2 together. If there's a second part to this story, I hope it has a better flow and better editing.

[TACORA MCCLUNEY · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Read

I wonder if Julian went to find Christian or did he run off again. I still don't trust him all the way. Christian and his brother Det. Morris are some whack jobs. I know it's more to those two and Alyssa better be careful. Can't wait to see what happens next.💟💟