Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release: August 28

Their first run in would not be their last. Each time their paths intersected their connection was undeniable. She was seeking a love that only lived in her fantasies. He was seeking understanding from someone who would allow him to be the human he knew he was inside but couldn’t show the world for fear of the cost.

With everything against them, would they be the one each other so desperately needed? Would people, time and circumstance keep them apart? Would he be able to break free of expectation and reclaim his life? Would she ever openly be able to finally love like she always dreamed of and……. Turn To Stone

Excerpt

I’m hot, exhausted, and starving. I open the sliding door of my balcony and the breeze blows in. Thank fuck… problem one solved. I flop to the floor and lay like a starfish in the center of my living room. I really need to power nap before Becca brings the solution to problem three; that being sweet and sour chicken, veggie lo mein, and cream cheese wontons by the half dozen. Chinese is becoming a sort of ritual for us.
We are celebrating. I survived another week. I thought the first week was hard, just limping around and getting to know everything. This week was even more difficult. Julian has created this extra layer. I haven’t decided if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. All I know is I have two days away from it.
While I want to be near him, I think the distance will be good for both of us right now. I need to figure out a few things. How I really feel about him is at the top of the list. I can do the casual thing. I know that would be best for me, but I find myself inexplicably drawn to him.
He’s charismatic for certain, handsome without a doubt, extremely sexy without question, but what draws me in is not those things. I recognize myself when I look at him. I don’t know exactly why. I wish I could talk to someone about it. I can’t tell my father because he still doesn’t even fully know about Hunter. Shana would want me to dive in headfirst, which is not what I want right now. Becca would be put in this super awkward position. Even with all that aside, I get the sense that Julian doesn’t want anyone to know about us, whatever that us means. I hardly know anything about him. I need to know the whys about everything but this I haven’t even touched. That seems to leave me at a disadvantage, which is one place I swore I’d never be in again.

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About Ariana Rose

Ariana Rose is a working wife and mother of two from the Minneapolis area. Her need to tell a good story has always been there but in earnest the last 6 years. She was inspired to take the leap to write a story by the encouragement of those who had come before her and those taking the journey with her. Turn To Stone is her debut.

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