by Jessica Scott | Oct 7, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
BEFORE I FALL CHAPTER 4 Beth It’s after midnight when my shift ends. I’ll have to be up early. The best time to try and get through to the VA is first thing in the morning. I’ve never had a phone answered by a live person after ten a.m. I have...
by Jessica Scott | Oct 5, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
BEFORE I FALL: CHAPTER 3 Beth I don’t generally hate my job at the Baywater Inn. My boss isn’t a prick, at least not an obvious one. I sometimes catch him checking out my ass, and he likes us to look a certain way on the job, but I suppose that comes with...
by Jessica Scott | Oct 3, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
Book of the Month Chapter 2: BEFORE I FALL Beth It doesn’t take me long to figure out who Noah Warren is. He’s a little bit older than the rest of the fresh-faced underclassmen I’ve gotten used to. I’m not even twenty-one, but I feel ancient...
by Jessica Scott | Oct 1, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
Beth My dad has good days and bad. The good days are awesome. When he’s awake and he’s pretending to cook and I’m pretending to eat it. It’s a joke between us that he burns water. But that’s okay. On the good days, I humor him. Because for those brief interludes, I...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 25, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
#bookofthemonth #takemehome #cominghomeseries Book of the Month: TAKE ME HOME: Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen The door closed behind him. In the part of his brain that was still functioning, he heard the deadbolt click in the lock. Heard her keys hit the entryway table....
by Jessica Scott | Jul 23, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
#bookofthemonth #takemehome #cominghomeseries Book of the Month: TAKE ME HOME: Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen Working on Saturdays was nothing new but her first one in her new job ended with a whimper, and that whimper involved a lack of food. Olivia realized there was...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 21, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
#bookofthemonth #takemehome #cominghomeseries Book of the Month: TAKE ME HOME: Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve Ben handed each of his lieutenants a beer and took careful note of how many each of them had had to drink. Ben was the last person to nag at someone...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 19, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
#bookofthemonth #takemehome #cominghomeseries Book of the Month: TAKE ME HOME: Chaper 10 & 11 Chapter Ten “Want a cookie?” “Do I look like someone who enjoys cookies?” Sorren asked. “What? Cookies make everything better. Not as better...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 17, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
#bookofthemonth #takemehome #cominghomeseries Book of the Month: TAKE ME HOME: Chapter 9 Chapter Nine “Am I correct in understanding that you had two soldiers picked up from the police this morning?” Major Denis asked. Later that morning, Ben stood in the...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 15, 2022 | #bookofthemonth, books, Uncategorized
#bookofthemonth #takemehome #cominghomeseries Book of the Month: TAKE ME HOME: Chapter 8 Chapter Eight Ben was used to not sleeping well. He supposed it had started in Iraq, after their base had gotten blown all to hell and nearly taken Ben with it. But it had...
