Clash by C.A. Harms Blog Tour

Title: Clash

Author: C.A. Harms

Genre: Contemporary NA Romance

Published: April 12, 2016 Publisher: Limitless Publishing

It was time to fight back. 

Time to live. 

Too much of my life had already been taken from me by a man that should have protected me. At the hands of pure evil I have lived in fear. When most young women were learning to love, I was fighting to live. 

I had broken free of the hate. 

Finally getting the chance to feel what real love was, but with all good things, bad times seem to follow. At least for me it does. My name is Payton Walters and I refused to allow them anymore of my freedom. 

I will not fall… 

Not this time.

Prologue

Payton

I was eleven years old when Maggie, my mother, left. Just packed her bags and walked away. She just couldn't deal with it anymore; the hate and anger was all too much. But there was something I would never understand. Why did she choose to leave me behind? It was something I often wondered.

That was seven years ago.

Seven long years of dealing with the backlash of her absence. My father had always been a broody, irritable man—extremely unapproachable. I guess that was one of the reasons my mother chose to leave. That, and the fact he was a heavy drinker. Alcohol, to him, was like breathing; it was something his body had to have to survive. His perpetual intoxication almost always led to a fight between them—a physical fight full of anger. For days I would see the marks of those disagreements gracing my mother’s beautiful face. He tore her down whenever and however he could. I remember lying in bed at night wishing I could stop him, hoping for someone, anyone, to take my mother and me away to safety.

At all costs I found myself doing whatever I could to avoid him. Though he never lay a hand on me before Maggie left, things changed afterward. He became even angrier and more violent; I never even thought that was possible. Those nights of terror I used to listen to my mother live through now became my own.

It didn’t matter what I did or how much I abandoned, in his eyes I still screwed everything up. He blamed me for all that was wrong in his life; it all fell at my feet.

Soon it would all be over; I had plans. All I had to do was finish these last few months of school and I could escape forever. No matter what it took, or how many jobs I had to work, I would be rid of John Walters.

C.A. Harms is like any other addicted reader. She enjoys happy endings and HEA love stories. She hasn't always been a lover of Romance and had once been addicted to a good Mystery. Just recently she has taken on a new liking and now is a full blown Romance novel addict.

She lives in Illinois and enjoys spending time with her husband and two children. You will always find her with her kindle or paperback in hand as it is her favorite pass time.

Clash by C.A. Harms
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Clash is an emotional read that will break your heart and then put it back together in the end.

Payton has suffered abuse at the hands of her father since her mother left when she was just a child. Her only solace is her best friend, Casey’s house, also the home of her long-time crush Dylan. When Payton is almost raped by one of her father’s drunk friends she runs away and is saved by Dylan and his mom – whom she then moves in with. Now, 2 years later, Dylan has moved 45 minutes away to college while Payton and Casey commute from home. Payton has pined after Dylan the entire time but believes he sees her as nothing but a victim, until she shows up at his frat house to drop off mail and he answers the door stark naked, steaming things up pretty quickly. The two discover an unwavering love for one another, add in Payton’s mom showing back up in her life and this makes for a great read!

I love the way this story unfolds, I’m usually not a fan of books that start off so many years ago then skip forward but CA Harms does a fantastic job with it in Clash. It’s a real page turner and I really enjoyed the look into Casey and Seth’s life too, maybe they’ll get their own story?? I look forward to reading more from CA Harms!

review by Lee'Anne

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