Nicole Tillman

Secondhand Sapphire: a Hopeless Heritage Novel Nicole Tillman

Sapphire has come to grips with the fact that she was a failure as a wife and an even bigger failure as a mother. Resigning herself to a life of simple detachment, she lives by one rule- No men. That is, until she meets Collin. He is able to see past her inked skin, her pierced features, and her hardened heart. He is determined to worm his way into her life, even if she pushes him away at every turn. But once her defenses are lowered, she remembers exactly why she erected them in the first place. She fears loss. She knows that the world is a dark, unforgiving place and doesn't need another reason to be angry. Can she open herself up and take a chance on someone who could eventually leave? Or will she run from from her fear of inevitable failure? As she is tested time and time again, she realizes that she does have a sliver of control over the things that happen in her life. Not everything is predestined and doomed to fail. Or so she hopes... At the precipice of a most important decision she wonders if she has the courage to step back into the roles she once failed to fill. She is tired of living with only rubble and destruction to keep her company and is faced with only two options. She can fall- relinquishing all control to the arms of someone she loves. Or she can jump.