Cover Reveal for Gun Shy AKA #ChrisPineProject

A standalone romantic psychological thriller.   There are two thousand people living in Gun Creek, Nevada. Only one of them knows what really happened that night.   One year ago, my boyfriend almost killed my mother. One year ago, my stepfather became my legal guardian. One year ago, my whole world ended.   The boy I loved was the boy who ended my world; Leo drank too much, got behind the wheel and smashed his car into my mother's as she drove home from work. I believe him when he says it was an accident, but there’s only so much you can forgive when you’ve seen your mother laid out on a hospital gurney, all pale skin and damp hair from where they’ve tried to wash the blood away. There's only so much you can forgive as you watch a nurse feed her through a feeding tube, because your mother has turned into a ghost.   There’s only so much you can forgive when your stepfather—the untouchable town Sheriff—moves into your bedroom and forces you to fulfill his every dark desire.   Yesterday the mailman handed me a letter from the prison where Leo’s being held. Leo’s getting out. The boy who stole my mother and thrust me into this hell? He gets to walk free after one lousy year. He gets to move on with his life, and start again, and I’m trapped in this nightmare that never seems to end.   One year ago, my boyfriend almost killed my mother. One year ago, my stepfather became my legal guardian. One year ago, my whole world ended.   Goodreads * Exclusive Excerpt *

Damon smiles; his lazulite eyes crease up ever-so-slightly at the edges. I imagine how beautiful he would have looked as a young child. How his mother would have melted whenever he smiled up at her. Because his eyes deceive. They don’t look empty. They’re beautiful, full of the souls of everyone else he’s sucked dry and left in his quest to find that something, that perfectthing to fill him up.  I can see myself in his eyes. My soul. He’s taken it from me.  I think about Leo Bentley. The way his face fell when he saw me after the accident. After he ploughed his car into my mother’s and rendered her a living corpse, trapped between the living and the dead while a machine breathes for her. The way he cried as he begged me to forgive him for what he’d done.  I wonder where he is. If he’s as miserable as me.  I guess I’ll never know. Pre Order on iBooks A note from Lili.... I'm having so much fun writing GUN SHY! I can't wait for you guys to read it. It's different from my usual stuff in that there's no bikers or drug cartels, just one seriously messed up Town Sheriff, his resourceful stepdaughter, and her incarcerated boyfriend who's still pining for her. It's also a little slower than my regular shoot-em-up style novellas! It's a slow burn thriller... which has been challenging for an impatient writer like me, but also incredibly fun and fulfilling. I mean, who doesn't want to think about Chris Pine all day? ;)