Today we are happy to welcome to Love Bytes author TL Travis who is joining us to share an exclusive excerpt of her latest release “Forgive Me Father”.
TL also brought a wonderful giveaway with her for our readers!
Welcome TL 🙂

 

Blurb:

Shunned and cast aside by his faith and family, Jamie is left to do whatever it takes to survive.

He comes across a group of kids in the same predicament, braving the streets of Seattle due to circumstances beyond their control. Lost souls who’ve slipped through the cracks of the broken systems society forced them into. Yet they still offer what little they have to him, including their home.

As time moves on, darkness surrounds him and when one of their own fall’s victim to the streets, Jamie wonders if there’s anything left worth living for. When his savior appears out of nowhere, he finds it hard to believe its real because he knows he’s not worth loving.

This is Jamie’s story from the #1 Amazon Bestselling book, Greyson Fox.

Potential triggers:
Sexual and physical abuse by church and family members, cheating, drug usage, prostitution and thoughts of suicide. Flashbacks of the abuse are present throughout this book. These are the opinions of the characters and in no way reflect the author.

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The blinding lights of heaven shone down on me, or maybe it was the fiery pits of Hell. Either way, I was dead, this painful life had come to an end. Or so I’d thought until I opened my eyes.

“Mr. Keller, welcome back,” the female dressed in scrubs standing beside my bed told me.

“Jesus?” I questioned in a voice that didn’t sound like my own. Was this how I sounded in the afterlife? Will my throat always hurt, or will the pain finally go away?

At the laughter I received, I blinked a few times in a desperate attempt to focus on whoever was meeting me at the long-awaited gates. “No Jamie, I’m nurse Joan. You’re at Harborview hospital.”

Hospital?

Cupping my hand over my eyes, I attempted to shield them from the blinding lights overhead. I felt like a hamburger under a heat lamp. Nurse Joan placed a straw to my lips. “Drink,” she ordered.

As much as it hurt to do so, I did as directed, and tried my best to figure out what the hell had happened. “The police are here, they’ve been waiting for you to wake up so they could question you.”

Police? “What happened?” I asked, my voice raspy from the horrifying sore throat I had.

“Well, sweetie looks like you’ve been put through the wringer. I’ll let the officers know you’re awake,” she patted my hand before walking away. A few minutes later, two men dressed in suits came in.

“James Keller?” the first officer questioned. “I’m Detective Ryan Harris, and this is Detective Connor Richardson,” he pointed to the man beside him. “We need to ask you a few questions.”

“Okay.”

“Do you know why you’re here?” Detective Richardson asked me.

My last memory I could recall was…shit…Are they going to arrest me? My heart rate elevated as the machine beside me began to rapidly beep. Nurse Joan came back in and checked it, pushing a couple of buttons before taking my pulse and giving the cops the evil eye.

“Please James,” Detective Harris said, “we’re not here to arrest you, you’re not in any trouble. We need to know more about the man you were with last night and what he did to you.”

The tears started, Detective Richardson handed me a tissue from the box on the bedside table. I nodded, letting him know I’d talk while wondering, was that rape? Could it even be construed as such if I willingly went with him to the motel? Probably not, but I’ve never felt like more of a fucking dumbass then I did right then.

“James,” Detective Harris spoke again, “we need to know as much as you can tell us, starting with the description of the man you were with and where you met him.”

Something in his statement led me to believe it really wasn’t me they were after, but the man who did this to me. I told them about the club, how we met and then left, and what I could remember about his facial features. Thinking back, he’d done his best to keep my back to him, but I felt I was able to provide a decent enough description for them.

“You’re lucky to be alive, James,” Detective Harris said, drawing my undivided attention with his declaration. “Several others before you didn’t fare as well.”

“Wait. What?” Had my ears deceived me? Were they saying this guy was a serial murderer?

“Had the people in the room next to yours not heard you scream, we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now. They banged on the wall and yelled that they were calling the cops. He freaked out and took off, leaving you behind. Excuse me, I’m going to step out into the hall and make a call.” He nodded to his partner before walking out.

That’s odd, I don’t remember screaming…

I’m TL Travis and I’m the published author of a plethora of Erotic Romance musings that have earned me a “Best Seller” status in the US as well as Internationally.

 

In my spare time, when I’m not weaving erotic webs, I enjoy fishing, wine tasting and people watching. Everyone has a story to tell, it would be fun to guess yours.

 

I’ve rescued 4-legged souls in need for as long as I can remember, and would like to remind you to “Adopt, not shop.” Saving that life may very well save yours in return.

 

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