down on my face. I hear the crack of my nose breaking, blood spilling out. He’s pulling me out of my apartment now. That’s the last thing I remember before waking up on the ground floor of my apartment complex, as he’s kicking me in the stomach. I curl into a ball trying to protect myself. My arm is distorted, my body crying out in agony. I’m trembling, sobbing, bleeding, and completely lost. Suddenly, Michael stops, there are noises all around me but I can’t see. At some point, Michael either kicked my head or I busted it on the fall down the stairs; I begin bleeding from my head. Now covering my eyes, I can’t see past the red liquid.
Maggie is beside me, crying. Brayden picks me up, my body screaming in protest at the movement. He carries me to his car. At the hospital, my injuries are treated. I have a mild concussion, a broken nose and arm, two cracked ribs, a twisted ankle, and some abrasions, but for falling three flights of stairs and being beaten, I’m lucky.
I arrive home, to feel sickened by my own apartment. Ryder is there. My heaven sent angel, in the middle of my hell. His hand is swollen, blood stains his clothes. Michael’s blood. Ryder beat the shit out of Michael. He’s waited here to make sure I was okay. He’s a stranger, but every time I’m near him, he feels like my safe haven.
He gently pulls me into him. He whispers, “Never again will he come around or hurt you, this I promise you. He is not going to call or come by. There are no apologies or gifts this time. So be safe, be happy, let him go and start over. You are too beautiful, inside and out, for that bastard.” With that he leaves.
He’s right, I need to start over. This is not the life I deserve. This will not define me. I will pick myself up. I will be restored, I will not crash and burn at the hands of a man.
The End
This is the end of Dina’s chapter in life with Michael. Read on in the Daddy’s Girls series to find out if she can overcome the damage to her heart and the many scars left by Michael. Ryder has his own path to follow. Will it lead him to Dina? Can they come together and be better for each other? Restore My Heart holds the answers to these questions and gives you more of Brayden and Maggie, who have their own story to share. The entire series is available in both digital format and paperback.
Restore My Heart
Book 1 of the Daddy's Girls Series
Bad Boy, Ryder Davenport comes into Dina Fowlers life in the middle of her own personal hell. Still coming to terms with the death of her parents, she pushes everyone away. When she trusts the wrong man, putting her in a bad relationship she felt she couldn’t escape, Ryder comes along.
Enjoying his play boy ways, fast cars, motorcycles and a new woman in his bed nightly, Ryder had no thoughts of settling down. That is, until he sees the damage a man can do when he meets a very broken Dina. He changes in hopes of one day being enough for her.
But, can she ever feel safe with a man again? Ryder has restored hundreds of classic cars can he restore Dina’s heart?
Salvaged
Book 2 of the Daddy's Girls Series
Brayden and Maggie have been dating for four years. Maggie is ready and expecting an engagement ring. Brayden has a past full of weaknesses and mistakes he can’t seem to shake.
As he slowly loses everything, he also loses Maggie.
As his world unravels, can he find the strength to shake his inner demons? Does he have it in him to face the ghosts of his past? Can Maggie overcome his deceptions? Will they find a way to love and trust again?
Can their love and relationship be salvaged?
Full Throttle
Book 2.5 of the Daddy's Girls Series
High school sweethearts manage to make it through college into the working world still together and going