{"id":9397,"date":"2020-04-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/?p=9397"},"modified":"2020-04-07T09:57:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:57:09","slug":"new-release-pained-by-vera-hollins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/07\/new-release-pained-by-vera-hollins\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release: Pained by Vera Hollins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Title: Pained (Bullied #2)
Author: Vera Hollins
Genre: Dark High School Romance
Release Date:<\/strong> 31 March 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two months have passed since the day I pushed Hayden away. Two months since I found out he loved me and wanted to be with me. I\u2019ve been trying to move on and forget about him, but my heart refuses to listen.
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Hayden had almost died saving me. Half of me wants to forgive him for everything and give him another chance. The other half prevents me from doing so, distrusting him and ignoring my heart’s desires. Hayden is dark and complicated, and as the days pass, he gets further away from me, ignoring me whenever our paths cross.
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I have less than a year before I go to college, and I won’t see him ever again. I have to believe I will get over him and move on with my life. I have to believe in my future without him.\u00a0
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Unless he didn’t really move on, and our masks are about to fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Pained Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He smirked, his eyes heating. \u201cOur rooms are very similar.\u201d
That was true. Not only our walls were covered with the layers of our souls, but my room was also messy, so many papers, sticky notes, and art supplies lying all around. I wouldn\u2019t change a single thing about it.
\u201cYou\u2019re right.\u201d
\u201cThat was why I felt…\u201d He stopped mid-sentence, taking another drag of his cigarette.
My body leaned closer to him on its own. The mood between us shifted once more. \u201cWhat?\u201d
He locked his jaw and looked away. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d
\u201cIt matters to me,\u201d I whispered. Without conscious thought, I moved and covered his hand that rested on the mattress.
He flinched and looked at my hand, frowning. I feared he would pull his hand away, but he didn\u2019t. \u201cWhy?\u201d
My pulse beat madly in my throat. \u201cBecause… Because you matter to me.\u201d I tightened my grip around his hand, feeling exposed. My eyes went to his scar, and I wished I could touch it, definitely not for the first time. \u201cI want to know everything about you.\u201d
His breathing sped up. \u201cEverything?\u201d
\u201cEverything.\u201d
He sucked in a quick breath, taking in every line of my face with undiluted hunger. He balanced his cigarette on the edge of the ashtray and met my gaze.
\u201cI felt at peace there,\u201d he said hoarsely. \u201cI felt like…\u201d
I leaned even closer to him. \u201cYes?\u201d
He swallowed. \u201cLike I belonged there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Vera Hollins:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vera Hollins is the author of the Bullied series, which has amassed over 30 million reads online since 2016. She loves writing emotional, dark, and angsty love stories that deal with heartbreak, mental and social issues, and finding light in darkness.
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She’s been writing since she was nine, and before she knew it, it became her passion and life. She particularly likes coffee, bunnies, angsty romance, and anti-heroes. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, plotting her next book with as many twists as possible, and watching YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connect with Vera Hollins: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | BookBub<\/a> | Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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