Amanda Maxlyn is excited to share the release of "What's Left of Us", the heartwarming conclusion to What's Left of Me. Make sure to check out the teasers, pick up your copy and enter the $100 Kate Spade Gift Card GIVEAWAY below!
The heartwarming conclusion to What's Left of Me.
Love found me three years ago.
I’m cancer free, happily married to the love of my life, and working toward my dream career.Our life is complete. Perfect, really.
Or is it?
I’ve always wanted a family of my own, but never dreamed I could have one. Now Parker’s ready to make my dream our reality.
But sometimes our dreams are haunted by our deepest fears. Fears of failure, having a child, and in our case … death. How do I help the person I love get over his fear when I’m still trying to overcome that same fear myself?
Together we must learn What’s Left of Us.
What is with Amanda’s
need to make me ugly cry?...
When I finished What’s Left of Me back in December of
2013, I was floored. It was, and will probably always remain, one of my
favorite reads – of all time. Amanda dealt with such a delicate subject matter
with quiet understanding and respect. When I finally recovered from the book,
and it’s horrendously perfect epilogue, *stink eye* I was left with so many
questions. Would Parker’s dream ultimately come true? Would this woman who had
suffered almost endlessly survive to live a life now filled with love? Would
the cancer return? Spread? Would her heart fail? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?! Apparently Amanda Maxlyn is an amazing author
AND mind reader, because she blessed the fictional world with the more that I so desperately wanted
needed.
I’ll admit it. I was
scared to read What’s Left of Us. It couldn’t possibly live up to What’s Left of Me, could it? I’m here to
tell you – to scream it from the roof tops – that YES, yes it can. And it is.
The second (and what I believe to be final) installment of the What’s Left of
Me series is incredible, amazing, a must read.
Chose whichever positive adjective you’d like…
This is the woman I will move heaven and earth for. I believe everyone is destined for one soul. My soul was destined to meet Aundrea’s. Our love was made for each other.
Aundrea and Parker
have been married for a year when we meet up with them again. They’re happy, healthy, and as in love as
they’ve ever been (maybe even more so.) Aundrea has been cancer free for three
years and her heart is doing as well as can be expected. *fist pump* Things are
looking up. And then Parker drops this bomb.
He wants to start a family He wants to expand their family. He
wants a little Parker or tiny Aundrea to fill their lives with even more love.
I think most women would jump at the chance to have a tiny human of their own,
but to Aundrea, the idea of a life dependent on hers is… for lack of a better
term, scary. What if all my above questions actually happen?! No one wants to
think about leaving their family members behind, and for Aundrea, that fear is
far more legitimate than someone who is “healthy”. (Yes, I realize we all have
the chance to leave this world at any given time. Freak accidents happen…)
When Aundrea finally
decides that yes, she’d like to create a tiny Jackson, she’s faced with the
daunting task of choosing a surrogate. That
entire process, and the amount of money it costs, completely overwhelmed me
(and I’m not even the one who had to go through it.) Trusting someone to “grow”
your child for you is HUGE. And being the one to do the growing? Forget about
it. You have to be a very strong woman to carry a child for 9 months and hand it (I hate using that term.) over to his/
her mother and father with the very real possibility of never seeing or holding
that child ever again.
I always said during my cancer that life has a plan for me. Maybe the things you never thought you’d get to have, live to see, or be able to do somehow find you.
At about 60% of the
way through the book tragedy strikes. I was a blubbering mess, and I am sure
you will be too. Tissues. Buy stock in tissues. Through the tears we’re taught
a beautiful lesson about LIVING life. Not just existing but living. It’s easy
to get caught up in our day-to-day lives. It’s easy to rush past the flowers
instead of taking the time to stop and smell them. This beautifully written
novel reminds us to LIVE our lives. So often fear has a way to sinking its
claws into the fabric of our being. What’s
Left of Us reminds us to pry those claws off, take a deep breath, and enjoy
the time we have with those we love. It’s both heart wrenching and heartwarming.
Did I mention the sex
scenes? No, I don’t think I did. This review wouldn’t be complete with at least
a mention. They. Were. HOT! Amanda can write a sex scene. God… The best part? They’re all over the
place! In the shower, a public bathroom,
the car… I’m getting worked up just thinking about them.
When I say that What’s Left of Us was an incredible
read, it’s an understatement. This series is my favorite. There, I said it. It’s
well written, fast paced, and you can’t help but fall for each and every
character that Amanda has penned. If you read What’s Left of Me and are hesitant to read this next chapter in
Parker and Aundrea’s life together, don’t be. Please, please, please take me at
my word and read. This. Book. And if you haven’t read What’s Left of Me, shame on you. First off, you shouldn’t be
reading this review (yet)… and you’re missing out on magic in word form.
Go.
One-click. Now.
To Read the Prologue and First Chapter - CLICK HERE
The book that started it all...
Life works in mysterious ways.
Four years ago I became known as the girl with cancer.
I refuse to cry.
And I refuse to give in.
A relationship with a man is the last thing I’m looking for right now, but one night with Parker changes everything. He is persistent, and he knows what he wants. Me.
He doesn’t treat me like I’m fragile.
But he doesn’t know, and I’m not ready to tell him.
What if it changes everything?
Tragedy found me when I was seventeen.
Love found me when I was twenty-one.
My name is Aundrea McCall, and this is my journey.
I am the mother of two little boys, married to the love of my life, and living in one of the smallest towns in Minnesota. When I’m not chasing or cleaning up after my boys (yes, all three), I can be found writing or snuggled up with my kindle, a glass of wine, and spending time with my fictional friends and family.
I am first and foremost an avid reader! I love to read anything romance from paranormal, young/new adult, contemporary, and even yes, (wide eyes) erotic/BDSM.
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