The danger in pretending is it becoming real…
Sebastian Stone, Sunder front man and guitarist with a rap sheet about ten miles long, escaped to Savannah, Georgia, to get away from the trouble he’d caused.
Not find more of it.
The moment he saw Shea Bentley, he saw beneath all her sweet and innocence to something that went deeper.
Darker.
Their relationship was built on secrets; their love built on lies.
Sebastian never imagined how deep her secrets went.
When the past and present collide, Sebastian and Shea find themselves fighting for a future neither believed they deserved. Their passion is consuming and their need unending.
Now, holding the truth in his hands, Sebastian is faced with sacrificing everything he’s come to love to protect Shea and his family.
Two pasts intertwined.
Two lives bound.
Will their demons drown them or will Shea and Sebastian finally learn to breathe?
Drowning to Breathe
A Bleeding Stars Novel, Book 2
MICHELLE’S REVIEW
Spoilers ahead of you didn’t read A STONE IN THE SEA. Also, read my review of that book HERE.
AL Jackson has done it again! If you read A STONE IN THE SEA (and you must before you read DROWNING TO BREATHE) you were left with the mother of all cliffhangers.
Shea is devastated over the loss of her daughter to that dickhole, Baz is torn between his love for Shea and Kallie and the fact that Kallie’s father is Martin Jennings.
As the book progresses, we follow Baz and Shea as they navigate through their relationship. They have to fully trust one another. Loving each other was the easy part. Getting through all of their past to get to their future becomes the challenge.
There were lots of twists and turns throughout this story. And you get some great interaction with the rest of Baz’s band mates and trust me- you will fall even more in love with them!! Plus there is definitely another love story brewing there!!

AL Jackson excels at putting together a story that will tear at your heartstrings from start to finish. She’s a master of writing in a way that makes you feel all the feels.
You must read this book and series. It’s truly an emotional roller coaster but the best kind!

Book #1 - READ MICHELLE’S REVIEW HERE
He wanted nothing at all…
Until he found she had everything to give…
Sunder lead singer and guitarist Sebastian Stone has everything—fans, fame, and fortune. He also has a heart full of bitterness and a reputation for a short-fused temper. But an outward reputation rarely reveals the true man inside. Facing assault charges after trying to protect his younger brother, Sebastian is sent to Savannah, Georgia to lie low until the dust settles in L.A.
Shea Bentley is beautiful, kind, and hiding from the very lifestyle Sebastian has always embraced.
When the mysterious, tattooed stranger begins hanging out at the bar where she works, Shea is quick to recognize he is nothing but trouble, but she’s helpless to the way her body lights up every time his intense gray eyes tangle with hers.
They both soon find themselves drowning in a sea of desire and passion that won’t let them up for air.
Sebastian knows firsthand secrets never die, and he’s not the only one who’s hiding them.
Loving someone always comes with a price. But will it be Shea’s past that costs them everything?
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AUTHOR INFO
A.L. Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Take This Regret and Lost to You, as well as other contemporary romance titles, including Pulled, When We Collide, and If Forever Comes.
She first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college student. She filled the journals she carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life.
Years later, she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two closest friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three children.







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