For
my first experience with beta reading, it was fantastic. I am so glad I
started with Tracy and Personal Experiences. When I first got the file,
I told myself to just read the first chapter and go from there. Four
hours later I realized that I was not going to be able to stop reading.
Tracy gets you gripped right off the bat with her story. As other
reviews have said, it is not for the faint of heart. Personal
Experiences is filled with intense love and attraction between two
characters and horrific abuse both physical and sexual between a married
couple. Writing about subjects or rape and abuse are hard, especially
if you don’t explain both sides, both motive and pain. Tracy puts you
right in there with the character and you feel every bit of emotion with
them. Elleny is the main female character who I both loved and hated. Whereas I could understand her motives and devotion to Trevor, it’s the whole I’m doing this for your benefit that gets me, but where would the story be without it. She has such a strong backbone and the fact that she is a devoted mother through and through protecting everyone, shows such courage.
Trevor is so swoon worthy and your heart breaks every time he enters a scene.
So what happens when we choose the path that would benefit others above ourselves? Well in Elleny’s case, utter devastation. Saying goodbye to her heart and soul, Trevor, was the biggest mistake of Elleny’s life, along with trusting their mutual best friend “Bear”. For 17 years, Elleny has made the best of her life with the decisions she made all those years ago. Never thinking she would see Trevor again, she is forced to work with him on a business merger between her employer and Trevor. When Trevor finds out what the real reason was behind Elleny’s betrayal and the life she needs now, Trevor will go through everyone and everything to get her back. When it proves that a man’s madness will take away everything Trevor wants, death might just prove the winner.
Synopsis:
Elleny Barker
and Trevor McHale have loved each other since the second grade. Growing up in a
small Georgia town, they had
the same group of friends and they all had dreams of leaving Richland. Elle’s life was perfect; going to
the perfect college, had the perfect life plan of becoming a doctor and had the
perfect boyfriend going to college on a full ride football scholarship. Until
the day Elle’s life was turned upside down; making a decision that she thought
would be the best for both her and Trevor, she turned to the one man she
thought would be willing to help her, Trevor’s best friend, Willie “Bear”
Jackson. Seventeen years later; Elleny,
brought on by violent abuse and still feeling the sting of losing the only man
she’s ever loved; is a changed woman, for the worse. She has locked her heart
away and refuses to give it to anyone. Then it happened, a millionaire, whose
company just bought out the local plant where Elle’s husband is a foreman moves
into town; or should I say BACK into town; turns out that it’s Trevor McHale.
Secrets have kept them apart for seventeen years; will they end up keeping them
apart for the rest of their lives? Life teaches us harsh lessons; Personal
Experiences teach us life’s true meaning.
WARNING: contains some graphic, dark scenes
that are not for the light-hearted including torture. BUT DOES CONTAIN A
HAPPILY EVER AFTER! Discretion is
advised!!!
“The Personal Series”
Personal Experiences Book #1 Elleny’s story
Personal Possession Book #2 Trevor’s story
“Untitled” Book #3 JoJo’s story
“Untitled” Book #4 Luc’s story
Author Bio:
Tracy lives with her husband and 4 children in a small town just outside Tulsa, Ok. Originally from Brandon, Florida she was a city girl at heart. Growing tired of living in the concrete jungle she wanted a change of scenery and pace; she packed her kids up and moved to Oklahoma where she met her husband. Now she’s seen snow, touched pigs and has cows and chickens in her back yard.
Tracy lives with her husband and 4 children in a small town just outside Tulsa, Ok. Originally from Brandon, Florida she was a city girl at heart. Growing tired of living in the concrete jungle she wanted a change of scenery and pace; she packed her kids up and moved to Oklahoma where she met her husband. Now she’s seen snow, touched pigs and has cows and chickens in her back yard.
Being a stay
at home mom she became an avid reader and part-time blogger; she decided to put
the three of them together and try her hand at writing and fell in love. In
between running kids from band practice to PTO meetings, she enjoys her “me
time” working on her next book. She
thoroughly enjoys head-banging heavy metal and a kickass game of Black Ops and
will be your slave if you offer her chocolate.
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keep updated on her upcoming books.
Tracy’s official website page http://authortracylee.blogspot.com/
Tracy can be found on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/AuthorTracyLee
She can also be found on
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