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I’ve lived in my brothers shadows since I was born. I’m not Ariana Townsend—I’m Noah, Levi, Archer and Tate’s sister. The truth is, I haven’t always liked the me that I see in the mirror every morning, but now, I want to be known for me and to be my own person and to get out from under their shadows. I’ve worked on my reflection and who I really am, and now I’m learning to love myself. I’m not cured, but I am healed and that’s what I’ve been fighting for. The rest will all build on top of that foundation, one brick at a time. I never intended for Parker to be part of the new me. I’m just so sick and tired of love stories and fairytales. The truth is, love sucks, the end. You meet a guy, he breaks your heart, you don’t recover, et cetera, rinse, and repeat. That’s real life, not a gooey romance where he sweeps you off your feet. But then, I didn’t know the real Parker, only the version he let the world see. Now that I’m seeing the real him… I know that he needs the new me to give him strength and to help him heal, too. What we have isn’t a gooey romance, it’s something stronger and worth fighting for. The woman my dad married was the definition of a monster, and someone who abused every piece of power that she had. It has dominated how I live my life, leaving a trail of collateral damage behind me while I convinced myself that I had control. Ariana Townsend woke me up from it. The look on her face that morning triggered the need to get help, so I did. Now, I’ve moved away from my hometown, moved away from what was holding me back, and I’m ready to live a life breathing clean air. Each day is a day of growth, a bigger step away from it all, but I still have a long journey ahead of me, and somehow, the trigger for the change is the same person helping me through it all. She accepts my past, accepts who I am, and still wants me regardless of it all. Unfortunately, nightmares are harder to shake off than I realized, especially when the person you’re trying to escape isn’t ready to give up yet.
Author
I’m a British author who grew up all over the world. My parents were diplomats, so we were posted to all of the corners of the earth and it was a blast. Some wouldn’t seem so awesome if you heard about them, but my parents always made it a fun experience and it molded my brother and I into who we are today. I live in Wiltshire in the west country of the UK. At random times of the day, I’ll hear a moo from the fields around me, or get a whiff of that…uhhh…’country air’, and I love it! I might not have grown up in the UK, but I’m a British girl to the bone (regardless of the suspicious whiffs coming in from the fields). I’m a single mother with a son who is nearing his teenage phase. Maybe he’s reached it early? Who knows. But he’s awesome and has a personality and sense of humor that I can only attribute to my family. We’re slightly bonkers, we have a wicked sense of humor and we find the positives in every situation. I’m so proud to be his mum and to watch him grow and mature. Writing was something that I’d always done. I had a teacher in the third grade who always set us the task of writing a story and making it into a book every weekend. After I left school, I kept this up and wrote as often as I could or just plotted out books. This evolved into me taking the plunge and publishing my first book in 2016 and I’ve been typing ever since. I’m proud to be an Indie Author, and I absolutely love writing out my crazy Providence characters and the more complex ones in my other series’. It doesn’t matter if it’s romantic comedy or something with more suspense – so long as it has a HEA I’ll do it! I’ve got so many more planned, so the best is yet to come.
