The Other Side of Green (The Other Side of Us, #2) by Anna Bloom

Title: The Other Side of Green

Series: The Other Side of Us #2

Author: Anna Bloom

Genre: New Adult Romance

Release Date: March 5, 2021

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Once she would have given everything up for him. Now all she can do is protect him from the truth.

For Lyra finding Jack Cross was a dream come true.

Their raw and unquenchable desire proving what she’d known all along, that they were meant to be. But Lyra has always been Little Miss Green, her naivety leading the way, painting her heart with shades of spring. Now though the secrets of their past lie between them like a briar of thorny roses on a sharp descent into hell.

Hell is what life is. It’s filled with grief, destruction and living without Jack.

Jack Cross risked it all for the truth and lost.

The love of his life has run away, leaving him chasing her in the wind, but he’s determined not to lose her again. Following Lyra home brings all of the many horrors Jack’s tried to forget back to the surface. He has to face his past and the regrets of things never said. More than that he has to face Lyra and push her for the secret that defines them, even if it destroys all of their childhood innocence once and for all.

Can Lyra protect them both or will the truth end everything they’ve ever known?

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With shaking hands, I pushed the window up. Silently, he dropped his feet onto the floor and landed with a solid bump on the floor that made my heart bump.

“I’m not your brother, Lyra.” Those dirty greens I had always loved so much shone with determination.

“Jack, I don’t think it’s us who gets to decide.”

I jumped as he grabbed my hand, lifting it and pressing his lips into the skin of my palm. “There is no way on this earth that I’m your brother.”

I tried to untangle my hand, but he held it tight. “You can’t say that, can’t make statements that aren’t true.”

“I can. I know it.”

“How do you know it? Right now, all I know is that I know nothing. I mean, I don’t even know who my father is, never even had any idea. I’ve lived my entire life in the dark, and who the hell knows if that woman ever speaks the truth.”

“I know, because I’d feel it here.” He turned my palm, pressing it against his chest, his heart giving a ragged beat beneath the pressure of my hand. My breath caught. “Instead, I just know you are the only woman I’ve ever loved; well apart from my mom.” He shot me a shy smile and my poor heart almost imploded, aching with every pathetic pound.

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A book hoarder and coffee addict by heart Anna Bloom loves to write extraordinary stories about real love. Based south of London with her husband, three children and a dog with a beard, Anna likes to connect with readers, fan girl over her favourite authors and binge watch Supernatural and Superhero movies while drinking lots of wine.

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The Other Side of Blue (The Other Side of Us, #1) by Anna Bloom

Title: The Other Side of Blue

Series: The Other Side of Us #1

Author: Anna Bloom

Genre: New Adult Romance

Release Date: November 12, 2020

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Once he was all she wanted, first kisses and forbidden desires. Once she was his only hope when the rest of the world had turned their back. 

For Lyra, the boy with cuts and bruises was everything she loved, everything she craved, a teenage fantasy in a bitter and cruel world. Until the night he left. 

Now, heartbroken and unwilling to let go, she sets out to fulfill a promise she once made; to play her violin and become a star. 

Jack Cross has spent four years escaping the events that forced him to leave his home and never go back. He has a new existence now, one filled with freedom from the destructive cycle he once called life, and one where he has long forgotten what it feels like to be her Blue. He’s changed, hardened and cruel he’s nothing like the boy who ran away. 

Until Lyra appears. 

Things have changed. 

Once he was her brother’s best friend. 

Now she’s his secret. 

Between them lies a web of secrets and regrets. 

But some things never change... can they resist one another, or will the call of their twisted love story finally break them both?

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He hesitated, it rippled through the air. His fingers lifted, running through the length of one of my curls. “When I first saw you with Greene that day, I thought I’d hate you. When I first heard you couldn’t play, I thought I’d take pleasure in it. But if you go home, that means I won’t ever get to see you again. And I don’t like the way that makes me feel.” 

I frowned up into his face, my throat painfully tight. “What do you mean?” 

“I can’t go home, Lyra. Ever.” 

“Why?” He stared at me as he battled himself. “Jack?” 

Could I stay and play violin here with Jack… is that what he was saying, that he didn’t want me to leave? But why? 

“You’re my teacher, you’ve told me numerous times. You’ve made the way you feel about me perfectly clear. Since I’ve been here you’ve acted like you don’t know me. Why would you want me to stay?” 

Jack dropped his head, a small huff of breath exhaling through his nostrils. “Because I always want what I can’t have. You should know that by now.” 

It all made perfect sense. I’d always be a toy to Jack. Little Lyra Bird, too afraid to fly. 

“And you can’t have me.” 

“Don’t you see, Lyra. I. Can. Never. Have. You.” 

It should have hurt. Even after everything that had changed, the stretch of time that had bridged from then to now. Strangely it didn’t. 

“You don’t want me.” I nodded. 

I turned to leave, but Jack caught my hand, reeling me back in. 

His fingers cupped my face, his nose skimming along the edge of my cheekbone, trailing a pattern it used to know. Then slowly, he pressed a kiss against my cheek. A taste of a kiss. My stomach tightened three knots. I waited with baited breath, suspended in the moment, waiting to see what he would do next. “I’ll get you back to campus if you don’t want to stay here for the rest of your shift. 

I pushed my palms flat against his chest, shoving him back. “No way. This is my job. If you don’t like me being here, you can leave. Go drink more bourbon, yeah? Don’t think I can’t smell it on you.” I stalked for the door. “You know what, Jack, I always thought you were nothing like your dad, but now I’m seeing it for what it is. Maybe you are just a controlling bastard too.” 

It was a low blow, but in the moment it made me feel better, victorious, vanquished. Once he’d walked away from a little girl. She was long gone.

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A book hoarder and coffee addict by heart Anna Bloom loves to write extraordinary stories about real love. Based south of London with her husband, three children and a dog with a beard, Anna likes to connect with readers, fan girl over her favourite authors and binge watch Supernatural and Superhero movies while drinking lots of wine.

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