{Review/Promo} Kayden:The Past by Chelle Bliss

Title: Kayden: The Past

Author: Chelle Bliss

Release Date: 1.1.14

Synopsis: 

** CAN BE READ AS A STAND ALONE NOVEL**

Kayden Michaels has a past filled with sex, addiction, and heartache. A past that he’s avoided sharing with the love of his life, Sophia, and held close to his core not risking rejection. Needing to get his addictions in check and gain control of his life for the sake of his family, Kayden is forced to confront his past and make amends for the path he’s walked.

Kayden must recount every carnal act and the betrayal from those he’s loved to identify the triggers that spur his addictions and overcome it all to be worthy of Sophia’s love – his sole reason to exist.

This is NOT a novella.

Excerpt:

I was an addict.

Sophia didn’t know this about me when we met – when I stole her heart.

I struggle every day with my sobriety, and Sophia is my compass. She’s what keeps me grounded and always points me in the right direction. She doesn’t nag or yell but smothers me in her love and understanding.

Sophia asked to hear my story, my past. She wanted to know everything about me…what led me to her. I gave her a condensed version – one that is closer to PG-13 compared to the NC-17 reality that I lived. No matter how much the person you love the most, the one who is the center of your universe asks about your past, you never give the full truth. I never want Sophia to compare herself to any of the women or experiences that I’ve had before her. Sophia is perfection in my eyes. No one could ever compare to her.

I’d like to say my life began again when I met Sophia, that I was given a clean slate. Sophia met me at the point in my life where I had given up on love. My life consisted of work and pleasure – pleasure from the unattached sexual relationships and the booze that had filled my nights.

When my life spiraled out of control, Sophia caught me in her web of security and love. She is my savior, the only thing that is true in my life. She can’t know my entire story. Who would want to know the true story of the love of their life, the father of their child?

The thought of Sophia being with another man makes my skin crawl and pisses me off. She’s mine, and I’d like to think that I’ve been the only man in her life and the first one to taste her, but I know I’m lying to myself. Ignorance is bliss, and I’d rather stay in the dark.

After our child was born, I thought it was necessary to get help to control my drinking. I needed to make sure I never walked down the path of self-destruction again. I had too much to lose. For the first time in my life, there was something more important than myself or even Sophia. There’s a tiny little life that depends on me and needs my love and adoration.

I didn’t want to go to group counseling – I’ve done that before, and it sucked; it wasn’t more than a temporary fix. I needed something to get to the root of my addiction and allow me to find other ways to cope with the pressures in life besides at the bottom of a bottle. The counselor told me to write down the major events in my life – the ones that caused my drinking to go out of control or drove me to drink. He said I needed to understand the cycle. What came first – the booze or the problems? He asked me to write a journal about my life. Everyone who I could remember that triggered my drinking, use of drugs, and events that were caused by my addiction that had an impact on my life. I didn’t see the use in writing it for someone else to read and analyze, but he said I would understand it in time.

Where do I start the tangled mess that was my life? Do I start with my first taste of booze, the first sniff of coke, or the crazy bitches I’ve experienced? There will be bits that I leave out; things I don’t want the world to know. I’ve included the ones that show what has molded me into the man I am today. The ones that will fill in the gaps on my troubled journey that Sophia and I overcame and show the depths of my depravity and addiction before Sophia walked into my life and turned my world upside down.

I’ll start at the beginning, what led me off the path of righteousness through my moment of self-destruction and finally salvation in the arms of a loving woman too good to be mine.

4 Star Review:

Awww Kayden. I think that’s pretty much all I can say about him….. I think I laughed and cried about Kayden’s life more than anyone should have. His father was an asshole and I really wanted Kayden to kick it every chance he got but he didn’t so he just got in more trouble than any person should have.

Kayden’s way to deal with life ended up being through his sex and alcohol addiction and it sucked. I felt so bad for him and wanted him to find his happy ending so bad. Sophia and his child were that ending but to get to that, he had to go through a horrible life. I found some of the women on his life kind of sad and they were looking for things that Kayden could give them and they couldn’t give him. Hell fell in love so fast and so hard that it killed the happy spirit that he could have had.

I’m happy that I was able to read this book and although I didn’t read the Untangle first, I’m definitely reading it now to get a better understanding. There was a lot…ummm, a hell of a lot of women in his past to get to his happy future.

Buy Links:

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00HMTHGZ4
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HMTHGZ4
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00HMTHGZ4

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/393666

About the Author:

I have been a teacher for over ten years, and needed a creative outlet for all my naughty thoughts. I received a bachelors degree in History and a Masters in Education, which led me to becoming a high school history teacher.

I love to read, I can devour a book a day, when given the chance or having the time. I can't pick one favorite book, there are just too many that come to mind. I do have favorite authors though. My top five authors are: Colleen Hoover, S.C. Stephens, Tarryn Fisher, CJ Roberts, and Kele Moon. I agonized over the top five. There are so many fantastic Indie authors that help feed my quest for the next best story.

Writing has been a journey unlike; filled with anguish, love, fear, and creativity. I'm excited for the next step and to share Kayden and Sophia.

Contact the Author:

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18730380-kayden?ac=1

Website: http://authorchellebliss.wordpress.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorchellebliss1

Twitter: @chellebliss1

Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6evoonl5hAs

Playlist:

Demons ~ Imagine Dragon

Crazy Bitch ~ Buck Cherry

Gorilla ~ Bruno Mars

Livin’ on a Prayer ~ Bon Jovi

Sex and Candy ~ Marcy PLayground

Love the Way You Lie ~ Eminem

Everything I’ve Known ~ KoRn

Bring Me to Life ~ Evanescence

Cold Hard Bitch ~ Jet

What Goes Around Comes Around ~ Justin Timberlake

Waiting for the End ~ Linkin Park

The Reason ~ Hoobastank

Control ~ Puddle of Mud

I Hate Everything About You ~ Three Days Grace

Closer ~ NIN