Jun 25, 2015

Blog Tour & Review-- Never Let You Go by Katy Regnery


Never Let You Go
a   m o d e r n   f a i r y t a l e
Katy Regnery

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Date of Publication: 6.12.15

ISBN: 978-0-9912045-8-8
ASIN: Available on release day

Number of pages: 450
Word Count:  141,298


Book Description:

Regret, betrayal, kidnapping, loss, madness, abuse, passion, love.

In this modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel, thirteen-year-old foster children Griselda and Holden escape from their abductor after three years of brutal captivity, and try to cross the Shenandoah River on foot. Tragically, one of them makes it to safety, but the other is left behind.

Ten years later, Griselda’s boyfriend drags her to a fight club grudge match, and her world is turned upside down when she watches Holden step into the ring.

Though the connection between them is fierce, bitter regret, simmering rage, and a tangle of physical and emotional scars lie between them, just as dangerous as the white water of the Shenandoah.

Never Let You Go is a story of fear and hope, defeat and survival, and two people—once profoundly broken—who discover that love is the only thing that can make them whole again.





Buy Links

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Excerpt

This girl. Everything about this girl made him want, made him long, made him yearn to change his life, start his life, finally live his life after a decade of going through the motions. He wanted to get a better job to take care of her. He wanted to stop fighting because she disapproved of it. He wanted enough money to have every tally mark lasered from his arm. He wanted some sort of guarantee that she’d never, ever leave him again. And he wanted all of it now. Yesterday. Ten years ago, and every day since.

Standing up slowly, he let his body settle into an upright position before taking his time crossing the hall to the bathroom and then heading out into the common room.

She stood at the stove with her back to him, her feet bare, her hair in a ponytail, the mouthwatering smell of fried chicken filling the entire cabin with goodness. Holden leaned against the wall, crossing his arms over his chest, a grin taking over his face as he watched her.

“It’s just the thought of you—the very thought of you, my love,” she sang, using a fork to transfer a golden leg to a paper towel–covered plate.

As she reached forward to turn off the stove, some of the leftover grease in the frying pan spat up at her and burned her wrist.

“Ow!” she yelped. “Damn it!”

With a sudden rush of adrenaline, Holden crossed the kitchen in two strides. He turned on the faucet and grabbed her arm to thrust her wrist under the cold stream. He held it there, wincing at the red blotch developing on her white skin. When he lifted his eyes to hers, she was staring at him with a surprised, curious expression.

“It’s just a little burn.”

He shrugged, still holding her arm, staring down at the burn.

“You were asleep,” she said.

“You were singing.”

“Too loud?”

“No.”

“You remember that song?”

“I remember.”

He slid his palm down her arm to cradle her wrist from below.

“The stove’s still on,” she said.

Without dropping her hand, he took a step closer to her, reached around her waist with his free hand, and flicked the burner off.

“I made fried chicken,” she said softly, her cheeks flushed.

“I can smell it.”

“You like fried chicken. I mean . . . you must have mentioned it to me a hundred times when we were—”

“It’s still my favorite.”

They were both silent for a few seconds, and Holden knew he should drop her hand and step away from her, but he couldn’t. She’d hurt herself doing something kind for him, and it just about shredded his heart.

 Just another moment, he told himself. A few more seconds touching her and then I’ll move away.

“Sorry about the singing,” she whispered, unmoving, her breath kissing his throat.

He jerked his neck to face her, his thumb curling into her palm, his eyes searching hers for mercy.

“I loved it,” he murmured.

She stepped forward, closing the distance between them, her lips parting, her breasts grazing his chest through his T-shirt as she stared up at him.

“Holden, I . . .”

Every breath she took seemed to draw him closer to her, as if she was breathing him, not air. He leaned forward, into her, his free hand reaching for hers.

“Griselda . . .”

Her eyes, dark blue and churning, flicked to his lips, lingered there, then slid back up his face and seized his.

His self-control snapped.

After all, he was only human.









My 5-Star
(wish I could have given it 100)
Review

"Stone to stone. I jump, you jump."

Although I'm about to start this review, I need to take a minute....

I have never read a book so profound before! After I had read the blurb and some reviews, I knew this book would take me on an emotional ride. It was a ride I was not prepared for at all! 
My poor heart!!! 

I'm a sucker for a twist on old fairy tales. This one BLEW ME AWAY!! The beginning ripped my heart out and I was scared to read on, and yet, I was hooked! I love the way that Katy takes you back and forth through the lives of Griselda and Holden. From past to present and back again.

"A better life for herself? Theoretically, there were probably many ways her life could be improved, but only three that really mattered: find Holden, help Holden, be with Holden again."




I will tell you this...this story is not for the faint of heart. Griselda and Holden did not have it easy as children. Their adult lives weren't going so well either. All they knew was they were lost without one another. They were each survivors of a horrific act, but the repercussions lived on forever.

"Ruuuunnnnnnnnnn!" That one word vibrates in your head as you read this book. You hear it and your heart breaks for Holden and Griselda. Knowing they would be seperated for the first time in three years and to never see each other again for ten years, I can't tell you how much I cried. 
Okay, it was ugly. 
Big, fat, ugly, freakin tears streamed down my face as I read throughout this story!!

"She owed him, because once upon a sweet and terrible time, she'd loved him, and he'd loved her in return...the only human being whom she knew--beyond a shadow of a doubt--had ever truly loved her."




When they are reunited, it's amazing. The emotions you feel as they see each other as grown ups. The love you can still feel, comes right off the pages. But I have to say, the parts from their captivity are my favorite. As bad as that sounds, it's true. 

Reading the love and friendship they had so quickly, and at such a young age, is beautiful. They did everything to protect, save, and love each other.
"Keep your fingers over the letters."

In my mind, I see them as beautiful disasters
Wonderful human beings that were given the worst luck.
Two souls meant to be together.

"I remember everything. I've lived on memories of you for ten years."

I have so much more to say about this book, but that would be wrong of me. You MUST read it for yourself! From the flashbacks, to the storytelling, to the heartbreak and the reunions, this story has it all. Just when you thought the story was going one way, it changed. 
You were on the edge of your seat, and yet, scared to turn the page. 

"You'll wait for me?"
"I will."
"Never let me go, Gris."
"I won't."

IMYLCILYF
(Best thing ever! Read the book to find out!!)


Gahhhhh! READ THIS BOOK!! Grab a box of tissues, a huge bar of chocolate, and settle in for an amazing story that will leave you breathless and wanting to hold your loved ones tighter than ever!

Beautiful job, Katy!!! You have a huge fan in me!!

"Ask me if I'm whole or broken..."







About the Author



Award-winning and Amazon bestselling author Katy Regnery started her writing career by enrolling in a short story class in January 2012. One year later, she signed her first contract for a winter romance entitled By Proxy.

Now a hybrid author who publishes both independently and traditionally, Katy claims authorship of the six-book Heart of Montana series, the six-book English Brothers series, and a Kindle Worlds novella entitled Four Weddings and a Fiasco: The Wedding Date. Katy’s short story “The Long Way Home” appears in the first Romance Writers of America anthology, Premiere, and she has published two stand-alone novels, Playing for Love at Deep Haven and the Amazon bestseller The Vixen and the Vet, which is book one in Katy’s a m o d e r n f a i r y t a l e collection. The Vixen and the Vet was nominated for a RITA® Award in 2015.

Katy lives in the relative wilds of northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her writing room looks out at the woods, and her husband, two young children, and two dogs create just enough cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories begin at home.

Upcoming (2015) Projects:

The Winslow Brothers (Books #1-4)
Ginger’s Heart, a modern fairytale


Connect with Katy:

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