Release Blitz & REVIEW ***Without You by Marley Valentine***

Title: Without You

Author: Marley Valentine

Genre: M/M Romance

Release Date: March 13, 2020
Cover Design: PopKitty Design
Photographer: Wander Aguiar
Models: Jacob Cooley & Luke Schaeffer

“Tragedy brought us together, but something stronger made me want to stay.”

Julian was the boy next door. My brother’s best friend, he fit with my family in ways I never could. While he and Rhett went on to play house, I left the only life I knew, desperate for a fresh start.

Until everything changed. 

Heartache came along, and the aftermath of my brother’s death was here to stay. I was now face to face with Julian more than I ever wanted to be. 

Being around him brought up all my insecurities, forced me to deal with hard truths, and conjured up feelings I had no business entertaining. He wasn’t the man I thought I knew. He was complex and layered, and inherently beautiful in all the ways I’d never noticed. 

Not on another person.

Not on another man.

Not until him.

Review by: Jennifer

(4 stars)

I was so not expecting what we ended up getting with this story. Deacon and Julian dealing with the loss of Rhett, each dealing with it in a different way, yet both struggling. When Deacon goes back home for the year anniversary of Rhett's death, he was obviously not looking forward to it. What Deacon wasn't looking forward to the most, was seeing Julian again; Rhett's Julian, so the feelings that Deacon has should not be happening, but he can't seem to help himself. When he realizes that Julian is also dealing with the same guilt, will the two just walk away? Or will they take this chance to move on, to feel again?

A really good story that had me in tears in the beginning, and really rooting for the two to figure out how to make it work. This story also gave us some very accurate details about what happens to the family dynamic when something like this happens. I actually would really love to have had a look into the future a bit more for the two. I give this 4 stars.

Marley Valentine comes from the future. Living in Sydney, Australia with her family. When she's not busy writing her own stories, she spends most of her time immersed in the words of her favourite authors.

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