Book Blitz and Giveaway: Let Me Go by L.L. Akers

(Blurb): A scarlet dragonfly tattoo—meant to be a beautiful, family mark of freedom, but instead becomes a prophetic brand for those who wear it, to forever be suffering. Wounded and broken, they find themselves flittering back into the cycle of abuse that relentlessly clings to their family, a reality they can never seem to escape.

One mother and her daughters, bound by blood—torn apart by abuse. They begin their lives intertwined but are forced to fight for their survivals separately, struggling to hide their fear and undeserved shame from each other and the world. One of these women finds herself trapped—alone—and she battles to survive the terrifying darkness. With long hours of nothing to do but wait in fear, she grapples through her obscure dreams and memories of the past, sorting which memory belongs to whom: physically harmed, mentally damaged, raped, sexually abused, an unwanted pregnancy… and even the vivid memory of a dangerous dance with death in a last attempt to escape the shambles and horrors of a seemingly unchangeable situation.

Twin sisters, Gabriella and Olivia, dive blindly—and much too early—into adulthood. They are soon followed by their younger sister, Emma, all running from a not-so-idyllic past; chasing the happiness they believe they will find, by abandoning their childhoods to be “grown-up” and start their own lives.

Deeply evocative, Let Me Go is a coming-of-age story: the struggles of one mother and her daughters trying to survive life—marred by abuse and misplaced blame—and their need to reach peace, forgiveness, and reconciliation.  

Book Information:
 
Release date: July 5th 2013
Publisher: SmArt Group Consulting, LLC
Series: Yes - Let Me Go #1

Excerpt:



Bam! The sound of the screen door slamming directly behind them echoed off the quiet summer
street—sounding like a shotgun blast—scaring the bejesus out of the girls. Within a second, a rush of
wind swept between them, their mother leaping over their shoulders, completely missing the next two
steps and landing on the sidewalk directly in front of them. She didn’t even slow as she ran for her
rusty old Nova parked in front of the house, looking over her shoulder as if she were expecting
someone to follow.

“Girls! Get Emma in the house and call the police!” Mom yelled over her shoulder as she made
the turn around the front bumper, headed for the driver’s door. In a flash she was almost in the car
with just a few feet to go when—bam!—the front door slammed again, and with another whoosh of
wind, their father jumped over their shoulders in an exact imitation of their mother, also skipping the
last two steps and landing directly in front of the girls. His landing wasn’t as smooth as their
mother’s; he stumbled, almost falling to one knee before regaining his feet, running after his wife.
Before the girls even had time to process their mother’s instructions, their father stood directly
behind her car, aiming a gun at the back window. The car sputtered and jerked as their panicked mom
shoved it into first gear and took off. Without a word he slowly took aim, looking uncomfortable
holding the unfamiliar piece of iron—his hands shaking—squeezing the trigger just after the
realization hit the girls that he had a gun.

As if in slow motion, but actually in double-speed, they both saw the gun and stood, throwing their
hands to their heads. Gabby covered her eyes and Olivia shielded her ears, unconsciously mimicking
—minus one monkey—the Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil set of cheap ceramics their mother had displayed in the living room. Expecting to hear a real live gunshot, not just the slamming of an old screen door this time, they unconsciously leaned against each other, closing the gap between them until they were hip to hip, shoulder to shoulder, and head to head... cowering together as they had for as long as they could remember, to ride out the storm.


 
 

About the Author: L.L. Akers

L.L. Akers is a married mother of: one very intelligent and handsome tween, a chubby beagle who looks like a mini-cow, and a deranged terrier, as well as five very elegant Koi fish, a herd of tiny but boastful lizards and dozens of obnoxiously loud, but beautiful frogs. She left a twelve-year career in the human resource arena—and eventually dipped her toes into the world of writing: beginning with proofreading/beta-reading, and content-editing while contemplating writing her own novel. She has made huge efforts (and progress) at becoming a professional recluse; happy to hang out in her pajamas all day with just her laptop, iPad, Burt’s Bees lip balm and posse of creatures. Regardless of her recent self-isolation from the world, she can still be lured outside for brief moments by the scent of freshly mowed grass and a bowl full of cherries. Let Me Go is her first novel.

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