by Jessica Scott | May 25, 2025 | #bookofthemonth, Falling Series
Chapter 8 Kelsey The effects of not sleeping for two nights are finally kicking in. The library’s silence wraps around me, taunting me, dangling sleep just out of reach. I’m so tired that my hands are shaking. I’ve been staring at my computer screen for...
by Jessica Scott | May 24, 2025 | #bookofthemonth, Coming Home Series
Once upon a time, I used to get angry at the sales offered on #MemorialDay – because we focused as a nation on the start of summer and not those who gave their last full measure of devotion. I don’t get angry about it any more – I’ve spent a...
by Jessica Scott | May 23, 2025 | #bookofthemonth
Chapter 6 Kelsey I’ve been trying to quit drinking. The problem is I’m really good at it. That’s what I’ve been doing ever since I joined the Army and what I’ve been doing ever since I got blown up downrange. I’ve been trying to cut back on it. To be...
by Jessica Scott | May 21, 2025 | #bookofthemonth
Chapter 5 Kelsey The cadets are quiet today. Veer and Jovi are sitting next to each other again. They’re cute in the way they think they’re being professional in class but their bodies telling on them. I don’t know what the deal is with their...
by Jessica Scott | May 19, 2025 | #bookofthemonth
Chapter 4 Deacon Kelsey decided not to show up to work tonight. Despite my best efforts of staring at the clock and willing her to walk through that front door, midnight comes and goes with no Kelsey. I pull double duty behind the bar and try to drown my worry in...
by Jessica Scott | May 17, 2025 | #bookofthemonth
Chapter 3 Kelsey I’m practically vibrating with anger as Deacon releases the cadets with instructions to read an article about the fight against ISIS in Syria and the role of the Kurds. I’ve been silently meditating since he dropped the bombshell of what...
by Jessica Scott | May 15, 2025 | #bookofthemonth, books, Falling Series
CHAPTER 2 Kelsey I thought I was braced for this. For the moment that he walked through the door and saw me. I still wasn’t prepared for the utter devastation of watching the realization hit his eyes that we’re going to be working together for the entire...
by Jessica Scott | May 13, 2025 | #bookofthemonth, books, Falling Series
Present Kelsey There are times I miss the Army. And other times, I hate with everything that I am what it did to me. Most of the time, though, I try to just get through the soul-crushing days at school without stabbing someone. Which is why I do yoga. Lots of it. And...
by Jessica Scott | May 11, 2025 | #bookofthemonth, books, Falling Series
Durham, NC Six Months Ago Deacon “Can I touch it?” Sweet baby Jesus, the things I do for my job. The woman leaning across the bar is about one deep breath away from bursting out of her top, and I’d bet every red-blooded man in The Pint is hoping for just...
