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Forgetting How to Breathe
Edgy. Unpredictable. Weird goodness.
Things never go as planned when we fall in love. Sometimes we fall in love with people we're not supposed to. Fire meets ice and they burn so beautifully.
Nathan Walker is the face of a wholesome American boy. He’s a popular jock. He’s polite. He’s selflessly giving. He’s honest. He’s a virgin. He has every characteristic of a great hero. But Nathan’s good boy image begins to fade and utterly vanishes after a devastating milestone in his life.
Rain Holmes is the definition of a mean girl. She is impossibly shallow. She uses her power to manipulate and degrade others. She starts rumors and steals boyfriends. She destroys lives. But she’s forced to move to Texas when a prank goes too far. After six months away, she comes back to school with a new attitude and a camera crew filming her every move. Rain has her eyes set on Nathan, who now relishes in being an anti-hero.
Nathan loathes Rain and has no problem expressing it. He’s relentless in his impulses to bully her. But Rain takes it in stride and never gives up on her attempts to know Nathan. She understands what it’s like is to be a tormenter and what it’s like to be a survivor of overwhelming persecution.
They both explore themselves through unusual relationships. Nathan forms a strong bond with Teodor, his reserved British next-door neighbor. That bond flourishes into more as they get to know each other. But when Rain joins the picture, things get complicated. Nathan, Teodor, and Rain make their own rules to everyone else's games. Secrets are revealed and hearts are broken.
When reformed mean girl meets a converted bad boy it makes for great reality television. But reality gets dark and gritty. Their reality is morphed into a love story that goes disturbingly wrong. They both have their secrets and are not willing to share until tragic events bring them together.
When tortured souls unite sometimes things get out of control. Everyone may simply be doomed, because when it rains, it pours.
WARNING: This is not your typical romance story. This book contains sexual encounters and graphic language that some readers may find objectionable, including, but not limited to: M/F, M/M, M/F/F, M/F/M encounters and open relationships.
Young Adult meets New Adult fusion novel. Reading age +17
Things never go as planned when we fall in love. Sometimes we fall in love with people we're not supposed to. Fire meets ice and they burn so beautifully.
Nathan Walker is the face of a wholesome American boy. He’s a popular jock. He’s polite. He’s selflessly giving. He’s honest. He’s a virgin. He has every characteristic of a great hero. But Nathan’s good boy image begins to fade and utterly vanishes after a devastating milestone in his life.
Rain Holmes is the definition of a mean girl. She is impossibly shallow. She uses her power to manipulate and degrade others. She starts rumors and steals boyfriends. She destroys lives. But she’s forced to move to Texas when a prank goes too far. After six months away, she comes back to school with a new attitude and a camera crew filming her every move. Rain has her eyes set on Nathan, who now relishes in being an anti-hero.
Nathan loathes Rain and has no problem expressing it. He’s relentless in his impulses to bully her. But Rain takes it in stride and never gives up on her attempts to know Nathan. She understands what it’s like is to be a tormenter and what it’s like to be a survivor of overwhelming persecution.
They both explore themselves through unusual relationships. Nathan forms a strong bond with Teodor, his reserved British next-door neighbor. That bond flourishes into more as they get to know each other. But when Rain joins the picture, things get complicated. Nathan, Teodor, and Rain make their own rules to everyone else's games. Secrets are revealed and hearts are broken.
When reformed mean girl meets a converted bad boy it makes for great reality television. But reality gets dark and gritty. Their reality is morphed into a love story that goes disturbingly wrong. They both have their secrets and are not willing to share until tragic events bring them together.
When tortured souls unite sometimes things get out of control. Everyone may simply be doomed, because when it rains, it pours.
WARNING: This is not your typical romance story. This book contains sexual encounters and graphic language that some readers may find objectionable, including, but not limited to: M/F, M/M, M/F/F, M/F/M encounters and open relationships.
Young Adult meets New Adult fusion novel. Reading age +17
363 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2013
23 people want to read
About the author
Michelle Watson
28 books19 followersI have always envisioned how people lived their lives and who they were at the central of themselves. Who were these people behind the curtain of polite smiles and a friendly greetings. What did these people like? How would they behave in difficult circumstances and situations? Ever since I've asked myself those questions, I've been writing complex characters to answer them. I'm just a vessel attempting to tell the world the magnificent stories that are all cramped in my head.
I plan to be the most diverse author out. Whether it's genres, race, or religion. I want to write about a variety of things and characters. The imagination of my mind is limitless.
I write very edgy, raw , and gritty material. If you're open-minded and enjoy twists and mystery with a forbidding sense of being doomed, then you'll like my writing. I am not a fan of predictability and if you're with me, then you would be very interested in my novels.
I was born in the '90s and raised in North Carolina. I'm fond of animals, reading, writing, laughter, and the idea of love and acceptance that comes in all forms.
Read on, my friends.
I plan to be the most diverse author out. Whether it's genres, race, or religion. I want to write about a variety of things and characters. The imagination of my mind is limitless.
I write very edgy, raw , and gritty material. If you're open-minded and enjoy twists and mystery with a forbidding sense of being doomed, then you'll like my writing. I am not a fan of predictability and if you're with me, then you would be very interested in my novels.
I was born in the '90s and raised in North Carolina. I'm fond of animals, reading, writing, laughter, and the idea of love and acceptance that comes in all forms.
Read on, my friends.
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May 9, 2014
Totally different
This was truly a different kind of story. It grasped at you at let you into Nathan, Rain and even Teodor's world. Would not mind reading more from Michelle.
This was truly a different kind of story. It grasped at you at let you into Nathan, Rain and even Teodor's world. Would not mind reading more from Michelle.
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August 15, 2015
UPDATE:NEW EDITED EDITION OUT: 10/23/2014
To celebrate my newest novel, Forgetting How to Breathe, I've posted the first five chapters: Here
You know that feeling. The one where you're afraid to breathe. Sometimes it feels like you're drowning.
It’s like raindrops were meant to be caught. There are so many of them and they’re there for the taking. I wish that love was this simple to secure. If love were something tangible like raindrops, then I would collect it in glass jars and keep it for rainy days.-Nathan
To celebrate my newest novel, Forgetting How to Breathe, I've posted the first five chapters: Here
You know that feeling. The one where you're afraid to breathe. Sometimes it feels like you're drowning.
It’s like raindrops were meant to be caught. There are so many of them and they’re there for the taking. I wish that love was this simple to secure. If love were something tangible like raindrops, then I would collect it in glass jars and keep it for rainy days.-Nathan
April 6, 2016
Beautiful
This book is unique and rather difficult to describe. Overall, it is a book about the power of love, in all forms. Be sure to reading the disclaimer in case you are not comfortable with the content.
This book is unique and rather difficult to describe. Overall, it is a book about the power of love, in all forms. Be sure to reading the disclaimer in case you are not comfortable with the content.
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