Love Hard : A Memoir by Monica James ~ Blog Tour with Excerpt

 

If love is an addiction, your first love is the first hit. 
Love Hard: A Memoir, an all-new work of creative nonfiction from International bestselling author Monica James is now available!

How many of you remember your first love?

Because falling in love for the first time…I remember that.

And that’s the thing about your first love—we all have a love story.

But this isn’t a love story.

This is a life story.

The good.

The bad.

The heartache.

It’s all here.

Love is truly a battlefield…

Love is scary, and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying.

When you love someone wholeheartedly, you leave yourself open to being destroyed…and that’s what I did, what I still do even though I know better.

But it doesn’t make a difference.

The best kind of love doesn’t make sense. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.

This one-in-a-million story is mine, and if you take anything away from this book, it would be to never be afraid to love.

So, let me introduce myself. You may call me Z.

Buckle up, besties, because this will be a bumpy ride.

Love hits you when you least expect it.

Are you ready for the fall?

Preface

This memoir is a work of creative nonfiction.

While all persons and the situations the author writes about are inspired, in part, by real people and events, no names are used to protect the innocent…and the guilty.

This is not a story of the author’s life. But rather, it’s a story about life.

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Love.

What is it?

What is it about love that has driven many throughout the ages to the point of insanity?

How can one single emotion have the ability to transform rational-thinking humans into infatuated, neurotic, lovestruck fools? Whether you’re the heartbreaker or the brokenhearted, we all know how it feels to fall in love.

But that’s the thing about your first love—we all have a love story. A story that usually shapes you into who you become because the thing about falling in love is that it’s usually brutal, grueling, and often, at times, it ends—period.

Love is truly a battlefield…

Love is fucking scary, and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying.

When you love someone with your entire heart, you leave yourself open to being destroyed…and that’s what I did and still do even though I know better.

But it doesn’t make a difference.

Love doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t have a conscience. It doesn’t care who it hurts. Honestly, the more it hurts, the happier love seems. It takes what it wants, consequences be damned.

So why do we bother? Why are we seeking out love when we know it has the power to destroy us beyond repair?

Because that’s the best kind of love. To lose yourself and just let go is…freedom. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t fucking suck.

I want to make one thing clear, however…I chose love…it just didn’t choose me.

It is so hard letting the one you love go. But I had to do this to save myself because I knew from the moment I met him that he would be the death of me. 

Love is awkward at times. And honestly, I have no idea why it takes hold and doesn’t let go. We can all wave goodbye to our sanity because love seems to take over, leaving us helpless in the aftermath. When I find my person, I’ve come to learn that I am loyal and stubborn.

Great traits to have, right?

Wrong.

When it comes to love, these characteristics can cause you to bend where you wouldn’t normally. You make excuses and exceptions for those you “love” because you want to believe that the love you give is reciprocated.

I shake my head daily at some decisions I’ve made.

Many will try to help the brokenhearted with positive affirmations—bless.

It’s their loss…

You can do better…

Or my all-time favorite—there are plenty of fish in the sea.

That may be the case, but the fish in my tiny pond was hard enough to find with his light eyes, dark hair, tattoos, and piercings. Imagine if I were to dive into the depths of the seas. I would surely drown.

It’s not that easy finding your someone, which is why I think we put up with their shit because better the devil you know and all that.

And if they have a killer dick game, then we’re screwed…

For more information about Monica James and her books, visit her website: https://authormonicajames.com