Kendall Brooks has an impossible decision:
Tell the truth or protect the lie?
She has buried herself in years of
undergrad, medical school, and now her residency–hoping to leave behind what she is unable to face.
Her world is rocked to the core when she
returns to her small hometown and runs smack dab into her first love, Adam McCoy.
Adam is the key. He stirs up old emotions
that send Kendall spiraling back in time, remembering all the moments that led them to her ultimate
deception.
Will revealing the truth of what transpired
all those years ago provide her the self-forgiveness that she desperately craves or will her devastating
secret destroy the only man she has ever truly loved, shattering her heart in its wake?
I stood at the cold dark water’s edge, my reflection staring back at me
from the glasslike surface. The reflection of a girl that I no longer knew. I breathed in the overwhelming
scent of pine and recognized the tranquility that surrounded me. The soft hum of the city in the
distance, the echo of an eagle’s cry overhead, the steady drum of my heart—the only sounds that could
be heard in the quiet serenity that was present all around me.
Inside an entirely different scene existed. Whirling thoughts, like
hurricane-force winds, blew through my mind while a dark, thunderous storm was raging inside my soul,
cutting the power to the central organ of my existence—my heart. I was destined to weather this storm
on my own. After all, like Mother Nature, I was the controlling force behind these conditions.
I threw a stone into the mirrored surface of the water before me and
watched the small circular wave expand from the point where it broke through the stillness.
It was hard not to think of the stone as the choice I had made, the choice
that inevitably created waves in the smooth waters of my life. The first lie, like the first ripple in the
water, seemed so small but quickly became more significant. Each wave growing in size and depth,
impossible to stop. The effect from that one choice spread through my life like the ripple moving across
the surface of the water.
I longed for the stillness.
I received an ARC for an honest review!!
This was an amazing book!! I was hooked from the get
go. Ripple took me on such an emotional
rollercoaster, that I had no idea whether I wanted to cry or smile.
This is the story of Kenie Brookes and Adam McCoy!! They are
high school sweethearts who find out the hard way that every action has a
consequence and it isn’t always an easy one to deal with. Ripple deals with a very touchy social issue
but I feel the author did a fantastic job with the writing. The secondary characters are fantastic too!!
Make sure you have a box of tissues handy, this one’s a tear jerker!!!
L.D. Cedergreen has always enjoyed writing. It started as short stories,
and later developed into poetry–some of which has been published–and now her first full-length novel.
She’s a vivid day dreamer, a passionate reader, and a fan of all music.
She is a small town girl at heart. Originally from Washington State, she
now resides in Southern California with her husband and two little ones. As much as she would like to
call herself a beach girl, she is–without a doubt– grounded by her small town roots.
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