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New Beginnings: Abel's Journey

By: Nicky James
Narrated by: Adam Gold
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Life is beyond our control. It can bring joy, laughter, and happiness, then turn around and rip your heart out of your chest without warning.

Abel Matheson received a cold dose of life's reality six months ago when the man he loved most lost his fight against cancer.

Free-spirited, easy-going Abel doesn't know how to cope with the rotting, festering grief growing inside him. What was once an easy life has become a struggle to put one foot in front of the other.

His grades are slipping, his job is suffering, money is tight, and the nightmares plaguing his sleep are relentless. Something has to give. He can't keep going like this.

Desperate to end his suffering, Abel falls back on old habits. Self-destructive habits he knows are wrong. Every time he tries to stand, he ends up face-first in the mud.

On the advice of a counselor, Abel makes attempts to find a support system to help him handle his grief. Unexpectedly, during his quest toward healing, Abel makes a connection with the most unlikely of people.

His mind wants to rebel against the man who stands before him. Run far and fast in the other direction. But his heart forms a bond that annihilates his fear.

Why this man of all people?

Sometimes you find help and love where you least expect it.

This audiobook has been written as a follow-up to No Regrets. WARNING: This audiobook includes self-harm, substance abuse, grief and loss, anxiety, and depression.

©2017 Nicky James (P)2018 Nicky James
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This is a very beautiful book about grief and how destructive and overwhelming it could be. Abel's pain was very difficult to read, it was raw and honest and rang very true, his desperation palpable. The novel presents an out-of-box relationship that, on the surface, should seem weird, but honestly, makes perfect sense. Abel and Kieran are the only people who can understand each others' pain, as they are both in love with Landon when they lose him. Anyone else would probably just tolerate Abel's attachment to Landon after his death, but Kieran not only truly understands, he also participates. I would even go as far as to say they form a kind of polyamorous relationship, which, again, makes perfect sense and works for them.

Adam Gold is a God among narrators, he is absolutely fantastic, he could bring cornflakes box text to life if he tried.

And the sex scenes are the hottest I have ever read.

My only issue was that at moments the writing was teeny tiny bit repetitive. Otherwise, a fantastically narrated, raw emotional rollercoaster of a book.

Beautiful

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