Hollis Murphy has a plan—college, career, boyfriend, love, marriage, family. A predictable, normal life. She’s on track until an outside force causes her to crash and burn. They call it an accident, because that’s the only word they know to explain what happens to her. It helps everyone move on with their lives, except for Hollis. She holds on to the belief that she’s been targeted for a reason.
Risher Stevenson is intelligent, caring, sweet, and the hottest boy Hollis has ever laid eyes on. He fits perfectly into her original plan for a normal life. Everyone loves him.
Benton Daniels is intelligent, caring, sweet, and the bravest boy Hollis has ever met. He doesn’t fit into her life but gives it purpose and makes it extraordinary. Everyone hates him.
One is bullied. One is tormented. All are judged. How will it STOP?
There is one thing that I have learned, that when I read a
book by Ms. Bailey that I damn well better have boxes of tissues nearby because
I already know that whatever she writes will be so emotional that an ugly cry
will commence but it will also be beautiful.
Stop! didn’t disappoint and I
needed those tissues more than once.
Without giving anything away Stop! is still on my mind days after reading it and I have a
feeling it will be on my mind for a long while to come. Stop!
will have your heart breaking, your stomach in knots from the angst and twists,
it will drain your emotions and have you in tears, it will leave you in such a
mess that you wish Stop! would just
stop. If you are looking for a light
happy read then Stop! is not for you,
but if you are looking for a tear inducing, heart breaking, emotionally charged
story then Stop! needs to be on your
TBR lists immediately. Awe damn I need
the tissues again, so with that I will just say that its all those reasons why
when I pick up a book from this author and even know that I will cry it will
end up staying with me for a long time to come.
Excerpt
“Name?”
she said, impatiently.
I
was so flustered that for a second I’d forgotten who I was. “Hollis Murphy.”
She
scribbled something on a spreadsheet and handed me a packet with my name and
the number two hundred ten typed out on the front sticker, which I assumed was
my room number.
In
a flat bored voice, she said, “Everything you need to know is in the packet.
Should you have any additional questions or needs after reading the
information, please ask your RA. Have a productive semester. Next!”
Clutching
the envelope to my chest, my gaze shifted back down, and I walked quickly out
of the office.
As
I turned the corner, a loud deep woot! jerked my attention down the hall. I
took one step before crashing full force into something solid and warm.
Stumbling back, I dropped the envelope. Once my balance returned, my eyes
focused on a gray T-shirt with cut off sleeves, stretched across broad
shoulders. When I glanced down in search of my envelope, I couldn’t help but
spot the narrow hips and round ass covered in black basketball shorts. As I
squatted to pick up the envelope, a tanned forearm came into view. My gaze
roamed up to find the arm was covered in bulging muscles.
“Oh
god, I’m so . . . sor…ry,” I stammered, my cheeks heating with embarrassment.
“Here
ya go,” a deep voice said.
Reaching
for the envelope, my gaze inadvertently shot up to the warmest green eyes ever
created. His dark brown hair was cut short on the sides, longer on top, and
tousled. The perfect amount of scuff peppered his strong jawline, with deep
dimples framing a sexy lopsided smile. The air was immediately sucked from my
lungs. He wasn’t just hot, he was boy band hot.
A
deep chuckle drifted down before I realized he had stood up and was extending
his hand to me.
Oh boy! I get to touch him.
I
slipped my hand into his and felt an immediate jolt of electricity. The muscles
in his arm twitched. He felt it too.
“Thank
you,” I said, as he helped me up.
“I’m Risher Stevenson.”
He was actually
introducing himself to me.
It had become a habit not to look directly at anyone,
especially a stranger. I automatically angled my head down and to the left, to
hide the messed-up side of my face. But those green eyes locked me in
place.
“Hollis Murphy.”
“Nice to meet you Hollis Murphy.”
“Sorry again about running into you. I need to do a
better job at watching where I’m going.”
The tip of his tongue slipped between his lips before
they formed into a slight smirk. Just as he was about to speak, his name came
barreling down the hallway.
“Rish! Get your ass down here. We’ve got a ton of boxes
to haul in.” A blond-haired guy was standing at the end of the hall.
“I gotta go finish helping my friends move in.”
I nodded.
Risher took three steps before turning back toward me.
“Don’t do too good of a job.”
My eyebrows squished together in confusion.
“At watching where you’re going. I hate to think I won’t
get rump bumped again.”
He winked before
jogging away.
I Sasquatched those shoulders, those hips, and that ass
all the way down the hall.
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