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Fractions of seconds can do lots of damage. One decision can ruin lives.\u00a0 A blink can be tragic. And loving a Hollister\u2026can hurt like hell.<\/p>\n
I would know.<\/p>\n
They say the average person can hold their breath under water for two full minutes when pushed to the extremes. Will Hollister has been holding his for years. The oldest of two elite swimming brothers, Will was always a dominant force in the water. But in life, he preferred to let his younger brother Evan be the one to shine.<\/p>\n
Evan got the girl, and Will\u2026he got to bury all of the secrets. A brother\u2019s burden, the weight of it all nearly left him to drown.<\/p>\n
The daughter of two Olympians, my path was set the day my fingertips first touched water. My future was as crystal clear as the lane I dominated in the pool\u2014swim hard, win big, love a Hollister.<\/p>\n
My life with Evan burned bright. He gave me arms to come home to, and a smile that fooled the world into believing everything was perfect. But it was Will who pushed me. Will\u2026who really knew me.<\/p>\n
And when all of the pieces fell, it was Will who started to pick them up.<\/p>\n
In the end, the only thing that matters are those few precious seconds\u2014and what we decide to do while we still have them in our grasp.<\/p>\n
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An emotional, heart-wrenchingly beautiful sports romance<\/strong><\/p>\n 4.5<\/strong> stars!<\/b><\/p>\n Wow, what an amazing book! A beautifully written story with lots of feels, lots of heart and a great mix of sweet and sexy with a gorgeous love story.<\/p>\n Maddy Woodsen is a swimming champion. Coached by her father from a young age, she is about to commence his training camp in preparation for Olympic trials. But a surprise late addition to the camp brings her past, and all of the grief and torment that she has tried so hard to move on from, screaming into her present.<\/p>\n Maddy grew up with Evan and Will Hollister. They were swimmers just like her, and she doesn\u2019t have one childhood memory that doesn\u2019t contain the two brothers. Will is the oldest of the trio and when he turned 18 and went off to College, 16 year old Maddy and Evan became a couple and were together until a tragic accident left Will as the only surviving member of his family. He hit rock bottom and after overcoming his physical injuries, emotional trauma and highly publicised drug and alcohol use, he is back on the swimming circuit and attending the training camp with his old coach in a bid to win his final shot at glory.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been four years since the devastating accident that took Will\u2019s brother and parents and Maddy and Will haven\u2019t seen each other in all of that time. Their reunion is awkward and uncomfortable, and full of all of the emotion that they have never addressed. Hints are given at the type of relationship that they had as teenagers, but it\u2019s not until they finally face each other and start to find their way back to the friendship they had lost that we really start to see the chemistry between them. It\u2019s always been there, but circumstances kept them apart and now they are brought back together, sharing their grief, recapturing the spark that was always been them, and allowing themselves to feel more<\/i>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re the only thing that doesn\u2019t make me want to drown,\u201d Will says, and my hands fall softly into his hair. My lungs fill at the touch. \u201cI think I came here knowing you were my only shot at peace.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n I don\u2019t want to go into details about everything that happens in this story because you just need to dive in and experience, but let me say that I felt absolutely everything that these characters went through – the fun, the friendship, the sweet moments, the heartache and all of the emotion that their reconnection brings. And the love story is absolutely beautiful \u2013 emotional, meaningful, intense, natural and so, so functional, it\u2019s beautifully written and I loved watching their relationship develop.<\/p>\n Our worlds have been on this slow descent, but they\u2019ve collided together here and now. Our truths have tangled, and it\u2019s clear now as I look at him that there is no going back for us.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The emotion between these two is so, so beautiful, and parts of this book had me in tears.\u00a0 I hold her head in my hands, my forehead against hers, and I let myself beg for it. Because I need to hear it. I don\u2019t think I can come back from this now \u2013 I\u2019m too far gone. *sniff*<\/div><\/div>\n OMG, Will Hollister absolutely stole my heart. He is the ultimate tortured good guy who has been through SO much yet persevered through it all. He\u2019s been broken over and over again, but he remains strong, and I want to hug him so badly! The story is written in dual POV so we get to see all that he is thinking and feeling, and I thought he was an amazing hero.<\/p>\n And Maddy is just as fantastic. She\u2019s incredibly strong, and the way she opens up to Will, at the same time standing firmly by his side, dealing with all that happens with them, is just amazing. And she\u2019s still relatable, and I could empathise with everything that she was feeling, and I was cheering for her happy ending as much as I was Will\u2019s.<\/p>\n Ginger Scott has again given us an amazing book. She has put her characters (and therefore the reader) through the wringer, but with all the twists, turns and emotional upheavals there is also healing, and finding the strength to follow your heart and move forward. And the love story that is woven through every aspect of that is just gorgeous.<\/p>\n I really loved this one. 4.5 stars.<\/p>\n An Advanced Reader Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i> <\/p>\n The Escapist Book Blog is not responsible for this giveaway<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A sucker for a good romance, Ginger\u2019s other passion is sports, and she often blends the two in her stories. (She\u2019s also a sucker for a hot quarterback, catcher, pitcher, point guard\u2026the list goes on.) Ginger has been writing and editing for newspapers, magazines and blogs for more than 15 years. She has told the stories of Olympians, politicians, actors, scientists, cowboys, criminals and towns. For more on her and her work, visit her website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.littlemisswrite.com<\/a>.\u00a0Follow her on\u00a0Twitter: @TheGingerScott<\/p>\n When she\u2019s not writing, the odds are high that she\u2019s somewhere near a baseball diamond, either watching her son field pop flies like Bryce Harper or cheering on her favorite baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ginger lives in Arizona and is married to her college sweetheart whom she met at ASU (fork \u2019em, Devils).<\/p>\n FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 PINTEREST<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0YOUTUBE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GOOGLE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GOODREADS<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0WEBSITE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Buy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0 |\u00a0 iBooks\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N\u00a0 |\u00a0 Google Blurb Fractions of seconds can do lots of damage. One decision can ruin lives.\u00a0 A blink can be tragic. 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\n\u201cPlease,\u201d I whisper.
\n\u201cI love you, Will Hollister,\u201d she says, and I let my lips dust hers just at the sound of those words.
\n\u201cIt has been forever, Maddy. That\u2019s how long,\u201d I say against her skin. \u201cI have loved you\u2026forever.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\nGiveaway<\/strong><\/h4>\n
To celebrate the release of Hold My Breath, the author is giving away a $20 Amazon gift card.<\/h4>\n
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\nAbout the Author<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Ginger Scott is an Amazon-bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-nominated author of several young and new adult romances, including Waiting on the Sidelines, Going Long, Blindness, How We Deal With Gravity, This Is Falling<\/a>, You and Everything After, The Girl I Was Before, Wild Reckless<\/a>, Wicked Restless, In Your Dreams and The Hard Count<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Wordsmith](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\")
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