Title: Protector
Author: Michelle Horst
Genre: A Standalone Suspense Romance
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Blurb
I’ve always thought of myself as a pretty happy-go-lucky kind of person. I wanted to save the world, or at least leave my stamp behind. In my own naïve way I thought I could bribe karma but life has a way of teaching us lessons.
I never knew how selfish I was until my life was ripped away from me.
Taken.
I’m forced to watch as they torture and kill my family … and I know I’m next.
I hear their screams.
I watch them die.
It’s the worst kind of torture
Then he comes. He made a promise to my brother. It’s the only thing keeping him bound to me.
A promise to protect me.
I should set him free of the promise … but I don’t. He’s my shield against karma. He’s my protector.
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Excerpt
Have you ever seen a bomb detonate? Just after the explosion, there’s this hissing silence and then chaos follows - rubble, destruction and so much pain and sorrow.
Right now, it’s as if that scenario is being played in reverse.
It’s a terrifying chaos as that man goes to stand in front of Dad. Dad’s still unconscious. He can’t even do anything to defend himself.
Life seems to be returning to my body in flashes. First, I start to yank at the chain. Then my mouth opens in a horrifying, silent scream.
The man grabs a fistful of Dad’s hair, shoves his head back, and then I watch as he presses the blade to Dad’s neck.
A violent pain blossoms in my chest and it threatens to bring the walls down around me. I watch as blood starts to trickle down Dad’s neck and then the man shoves the blade deeper.
I start to scream as hysteria hits me in waves. Part of me is caught in a nightmare-like state, refusing to believe that this is actually happening right now.
The man just walks away after slicing Dad’s neck open. My eyes are glued to my father’s blood flowing from the wound. The hysteria rages inside of me until I’m swept away in a maddening mania.
I can’t think clearly anymore.
I can’t process what I’m seeing.
All I can do is weep, scream, and yank at the unforgiving chain around my neck.
This - whatever this sick and twisted situation is - cannot be happening.
Right now, it’s as if that scenario is being played in reverse.
It’s a terrifying chaos as that man goes to stand in front of Dad. Dad’s still unconscious. He can’t even do anything to defend himself.
Life seems to be returning to my body in flashes. First, I start to yank at the chain. Then my mouth opens in a horrifying, silent scream.
The man grabs a fistful of Dad’s hair, shoves his head back, and then I watch as he presses the blade to Dad’s neck.
A violent pain blossoms in my chest and it threatens to bring the walls down around me. I watch as blood starts to trickle down Dad’s neck and then the man shoves the blade deeper.
I start to scream as hysteria hits me in waves. Part of me is caught in a nightmare-like state, refusing to believe that this is actually happening right now.
The man just walks away after slicing Dad’s neck open. My eyes are glued to my father’s blood flowing from the wound. The hysteria rages inside of me until I’m swept away in a maddening mania.
I can’t think clearly anymore.
I can’t process what I’m seeing.
All I can do is weep, scream, and yank at the unforgiving chain around my neck.
This - whatever this sick and twisted situation is - cannot be happening.
This is not real … this is not real … this is not real.
~Madness is a place where your soul goes to die. Insanity becomes a safe haven for your devastated mind-your crushed soul- a place where you can wither away until there's nothing left, not a glimmer of the person you once were.
The Protector is relatively dark and kind of sad. I never would have thought that I'd voraciously read a story based on the annihilation of families. I mean who does that, right? Well, I guess I do.
Michelle Horst created a tale that is so very sad and depressing. Serious feels here if you can envision putting yourself in Riley's place...or even Griffins.
There's no doubt that losing family is hard. It's hard when it's a grandparent, or a parent...harder yet if it's a sibling or child or even a best friend. That's what this story is about. If you've loved and lost and need a good cry? Read on people.
I loved the fact that Riley and Amelia used books as a coping mechanism...as a way to sit back and take a less involved look at life, or use the as a means for that much needed cleansing cry...that they could understand their own lives a little better with the help of a good story...and I happen to believe that in real life.
Even though I didn't really connect with Riley or Griffen...Even though this wasn't as sexy as what I've been reading lately, I couldn't stop reading. It was addicting. I needed to know how it ended. And I really liked the little twisty, turny near the end.
4 Shining Stars
~Death. It's not a path to a better place like I always thought it would be. Death confines you. It suffocates all the warmth and happiness from you. Death is the end. There's just nothing after it.
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