BLOG TOUR STOP~DEVIATION by Deni Morales

Blurb

It takes just one week to realize that you’re broken, but not unfixable. ONE week to realize everything doesn’t come with a price. One week to fall in love with love. One week to fall in love with you. 

Family torn apart at thirteen by a drunk driver.

Fifteen foster homes in five years.

Determined to keep everything at bay, Nevaeh Rodgers will do whatever it takes to forget.

Until she meets Angel Barajas at a party. He can’t keep his eyes off of her. Saving her from a guy at the party and an overdose, he can’t just let her walk out his door. Determined to help her whether she wants the help or not, he sets out to find her and not a moment too soon.

  It takes ONE day to realize the relationship you’re in isn’t healthy and leave. TWO days to realize you’re as pathetic as the loser you stayed with. THREE days to get a combination of drugs out of your system. FOUR days to wish life would end so you can take matters into your own hands. FIVE days to be saved. It takes a week to realize that everything each and every one of those days has in common, is the vibrant blue eyes that are staring at me right now.

Excerpt

When I come to again the first thing I notice is the fragrance of laundry. It smells just like when it comes out of the dryer. I roll over, shocked to come into contact with a warm, hard, body. I shoot up and scoot across the bed, only to end up falling on my ass on the other side. I bite back a groan and see that I’m only wearing my pink bra and panties. Sober. Shit!  I’m totally fucking sober right now. I crawl around looking for my pants but find nothing. I glance up at the bed and see a guy lying there asleep. I stand up and tiptoe towards the door that I’m hoping is the bathroom. I open it, but instead of a bathroom, there’s a hallway.

 Part of the wall looks like the shape of a door, so I start pressing on it. When it finally opens, I see my clothes on the floor of the bathroom by the tub. Shutting the door behind me, I grab my pants and look for the pills but they’re gone. My backpack is missing too and I’m starting to freak out. I stand up and grab the counter when suddenly the door opens. I can’t even bring myself to look at whoever came in. All my focus is on trying to slow my breathing before I have a panic attack.

“Just take a deep breath in; now slowly release it, deep breath in and out.” A deep voice says as the door clicks shut behind him. He places his hands on my hips and a shudder races through my body. I look up into the mirror and see a face that looks familiar but I can’t place it.  I focus on his blue eyes which are the same shade mine used to be when I was younger. The same blue that reminds me of the innocence and happiness I had in my life before it was taken from me.

“Who are you and where am I?” My voice is shaky from the warmth of his skin on mine.

“Do you remember anything from last night?” He looks concerned.

I try to remember. I remember walking home in the morning, I remember Timo walking in with that bitch, I even remember meeting up with Ice. I shudder. This guy flexes his hands on my hips, and when I look up in the mirror I see him watching me. Click. “You were at the party. I remember staring at you and then I was coming to talk to you when Timo showed up. He was about to punch me-“I stop. He meets my eyes in the mirror, “You stood in front of me and knocked Timo out, right?”

He nods his head yes. I try to understand what’s going on and remember what happened after that but I come up with nothing. “Okay, so why am I here and who are you?”

He sighs, “Well, my name is Angel and you are in my house because you blacked out.”

I blacked out? I guess I took the wrong pill last night. “Okay, but that doesn’t explain why I’m still here. Yeah, okay, I blacked out and now I remember my vision getting blurry but that doesn’t explain why I’m still here-not that I’m ungrateful, but I’m not sure I should be thrilled either.”

He laughs at me. “Well, after I knocked out Timo, your friend said you could stay with her but she was worried Timo would find you. So I decided to bring you to my place.”

Alright. Well that makes perfect sense, I think. I feel myself nodding, “Okay, so…. why am I also half naked?” 

REVIEW

Holy Shit!! I love, love, love this book!
There are so many paths one can take, but what happens when one deviates from current path?
Nevaeh was given the gift of life more times than she deserved, or so she thinks. 
5 years ago on her birthday, her family died leaving her to the Texas foster system. She had been through 15 homes, 5 of which she was sexually abused at, as well as, told she was worthless and only good for lying on her back.
She started believing exactly what she was told. Which is why she found herself living to get high with her loser boyfriend Timo. Well until he walks in their "shack" with another girl. Will he just let her go?
When Nevaeh needs her fix she runs to Ice. She doesn't have money though, so her body does the trick. Since her "candy", ecstacy was not lasting for her, he gives her his own thing called "dreams". At a rave, however, she takes too many and blacks out after being protected by Angel.
Angel takes her back to his home and takes care of her. Unfortunately for her, he flushed her stash too so she wouldn't O.D. This does not stop her from getting more, but it won't be the last time she is saved or her stash is flushed. She does not want help, but all Angel cares about is her welfare and safety.
"You might be right. Everything you said might very well be true, but at least come home with me now. I just want you to at least have a safe place to sleep. And who knows, Nevaeh? I might not be 'Prince Charming' and this might not be a fairytale but maybe, if you just give me a chance, it could lead to something magical," he pleads."

When no longer given the choice, she begins to kick her habit. No drugs, no alcohol. Unfortunately, the withdrawal is not so pretty. Especially when she begins to remember.
"Nevaeh you're nothing but a whore, a bitch, you're not good for anything, all you'll ever be is white trash, an easy fuck, a conquest without the challenge."

Through it all though, Angel decides to stay by her side. Even when she tries to push him  away, he pushes right back. She starts realizing that when she is with him she doesn't need the drugs or alcohol. Things with him go so much deeper.
"Somewhere along the line I started having feelings for this guy. He may make me angry but he also makes me feel safe at the same time."

Will she totally kick her habit? Will Angel be able to help her, or will she destroy him in the process?

Deviation is written from mainly Nevaeh's point of view with like two parts from Angel's point of view. The author, Dani Morales, did a wonderful job portraying the characters, as well as, their action. The withdrawal scene felt so real, I was shaking with her. I could not get enough of this book.
5 stars from Alyssa 

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Author Bio

Dani Morales is a native Texan currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada with her three boys and her mother.  She adopted the boys in December of 2011 and loves spending every minute playing with them. On her spare time you can find a book in her hand or sitting in front of the computer typing out stories that run rampant in her mind. Her debut novel Entrelacen was released April 2013.

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