Blog Tour + Review: Written with Regret by Aly Martinez

Written With Regret, the first in an all-new emotional duet from USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez, is available now!

Every little girl dreams of the fairytale. The one where the white knight rushes in to save her from the clutches of evil. They fall in love, have babies, and live happily ever after.
By that definition, my life should have been a fairytale too.
When I was eight years old, Caven Hunt saved me from the worst kind of evil to walk the Earth. It didn’t matter that I was a kid. I fell in love with him all the same.
But that was where my fairytale ended.
Years later, a one-night stand during the darkest time imaginable gave us a little girl. It was nothing compared to the pitch black that consumed me when I was forced to leave her with Caven for good.
At the end of every fairytale, the happily-ever-after is the one thing that remains consistent. It wasn’t going to be mine, but there hadn’t been a night that passed where I hadn’t prayed that it would be hers.
I owed Caven my life.
However, I owed that innocent child more.
And that included ripping the heart from my chest and facing her father again.

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"We
were both ruined a long time ago, Caven. Maybe it's time for us to clear the
wreckage and rebuild. Starting with her."
Written with Regret is the 13th book I've read by Aly Martinez, and I love that she continues to surprise me with stories that haven't been told yet. I can always depend on her to come up with books that will be suspenseful, emotional and full of twists. I haven't been disappointed yet, and I really hope I won't be because Aly is one of my favorite authors. This book really played with my emotions, and I felt a strong connection to the characters. I was really feeling what they were feeling and it brought tears to my eyes a couple of times. The author has just a way with words that hooks me from start 'til finish. I didn't know what to expect or which direction the story would take, and I loved that. I love a story that can surprise me. Caven is a great guy that will do anything to protect his little girl. He has come a long way and I am really proud of him. His interaction with his daughter Rosie was just the cutest and I loved every scene where they were together. But I also loved seeing Rosie interact with Hadley, and the bond they quickly developed with each other.
I am not going into the plot of the story because I think you'll enjoy this book much more not knowing what is going to happen. Aly Martinez has given us another great contemporary romance novel, that is filled with great things. The story was different and the characters as well. I actually couldn't put the book down, and I almost finished it in one sitting. I just had to stop because it was 1:30AM and I was falling asleep. I am super excited to get my hands on the next book in the duet, and I can't wait to see what is going to happen next. There are still secrets that need to be told, and I really look forward to seeing how the characters are going to react.
Written with Regret is the 13th book I've read by Aly Martinez, and I love that she continues to surprise me with stories that haven't been told yet. I can always depend on her to come up with books that will be suspenseful, emotional and full of twists. I haven't been disappointed yet, and I really hope I won't be because Aly is one of my favorite authors. This book really played with my emotions, and I felt a strong connection to the characters. I was really feeling what they were feeling and it brought tears to my eyes a couple of times. The author has just a way with words that hooks me from start 'til finish. I didn't know what to expect or which direction the story would take, and I loved that. I love a story that can surprise me. Caven is a great guy that will do anything to protect his little girl. He has come a long way and I am really proud of him. His interaction with his daughter Rosie was just the cutest and I loved every scene where they were together. But I also loved seeing Rosie interact with Hadley, and the bond they quickly developed with each other.
I am not going into the plot of the story because I think you'll enjoy this book much more not knowing what is going to happen. Aly Martinez has given us another great contemporary romance novel, that is filled with great things. The story was different and the characters as well. I actually couldn't put the book down, and I almost finished it in one sitting. I just had to stop because it was 1:30AM and I was falling asleep. I am super excited to get my hands on the next book in the duet, and I can't wait to see what is going to happen next. There are still secrets that need to be told, and I really look forward to seeing how the characters are going to react.
Excerpt:
Life had never been easy for me.
Chaos had been following me like a dark cloud, looming and hovering, casting
its shadow far and wide despite how bright the path in front of me should have
appeared. After growing up the way I had, where happiness had been more of a
privilege than a choice, I knew better than to believe that that moment would
be anything other than fleeting.
And
one second later, the universe proved me right.
I
opened the door to see who had rung the bell—a cursory check revealed an empty
hallway.
And
that’s when I heard it: the sound that changed not only my entire life in the
present, but my life for all future days to come.
At
first, it was just a grunt, but as if that baby could feel my gaze, the minute
my eyes made contact, it let out a sharp cry.
Confusion
hit me like a lightning bolt, sending me back a step. I used the door frame for
balance as I took in the yellow blanket with a hole only big enough to reveal a
pale-pink face.
“What
the fuck?” I breathed. Glancing around the hall, I waited for someone to jump
out and start laughing. When no one spoke up to issue a punchline, I took a
step closer and repeated, “What the fuck?”
I
was utterly unable to process the absurdity in front of me.
Of
course, I knew the facts.
It
was a baby.
On
my doorstep.
Alone.
But
the why in that equation was glaringly absent.
“Uhhh,”
Ian drawled, peering over my shoulder. “Why is there a kid at your door?”
“I
have no idea,” I replied, staring down at the squirming and now-screaming
bundle. “It was just there when I opened the door.”
Ian
shoved me to the side so he could stand beside me. “You’re shitting me, right?”
“Does
it look like I’m shitting you?”
He
looked from me to the baby, then back again. “How did it get there?”
We
were two incredibly smart men who had created a technology empire out of
nothing. But, clearly, a baby was too big for either of us to wrap our minds
around.
I
swept an arm out and pointed to the kid. “I have no clue, but I’m assuming it
didn’t catch a cab.”
A
light of understanding hit his eyes. He moved first, stepping over the crying
baby and hurrying down the hall, searching around the corner near the elevator
before returning alone.
The
party continued behind me, but even with the door open, the loud chatter was no
match for the ear-piecing cries happening in that hallway.
Veronica
suddenly appeared beside me, her body going solid as she stammered out. “Is
that…a baby?”
“Back
up,” I urged, throwing my arm out to block her path as though the infant were
going to suddenly morph into a rabid animal. And let’s be honest, I knew
nothing about babies. Anything was possible.
Ian
dropped to his knees, scooping up the wailing child. Meanwhile, I stood there
like a gawking idiot, paralyzed by a weight I didn’t yet understand.
“Call
the pol—” He stopped abruptly and reached into the top of the child’s blanket.
“Oh shit,” he whispered, his wide, panic-filled eyes flashing to mine.
“What?”
I asked, stepping toward him to get a better look at the kid. Only it wasn’t
that tiny baby cradled in his arms that made my heart stop and bile rise in my
throat.
There,
in my best friend’s hand, was a folded piece of notebook paper that had been
tucked into the child’s blanket. From the looks of it, the paper was
unremarkable in every sense of the word. Blue lines, white spaces, hanging
remnants from where it had been haphazardly ripped from a spiral bound
notebook. Even the crease was crooked. But it was my name scrawled on the
outside in messy, black ink that made it the most remarkable paper in
existence.
I
snatched it from his hand and, with blood roaring in my ears, opened it.
Caven,
I’m
sorry. I never meant for this to happen. This is our daughter Keira. I’ll love
her forever. Take care of her the way I can’t.
Written
with regret,
Hadley
The
hall began to spin, my head feeling like every ounce of blood had been drained
from my body. The thundering in my ears faded and the loud chatter of my
guests, who were suddenly aware that something was happening at the door,
roared to life.
And
then the chaos finally found me all over again—the past playing out in my head
like my life flashing before my eyes.
I
sucked in a deep breath and looked at the baby in his arms. The blanket had
fallen off its head just enough to reveal a patch of fine hairs, more orange
than its mother’s red.
“Call
the police,” I declared, turning on a toe and walking back into my apartment,
leaving Ian standing in the hall with Hadley’s child.
Shoving
through the crowd of concerned onlookers, I headed straight to the bottles of
liquor lining the counter. I didn’t bother with ice or even a glass. I threw
back that bottle of vodka, hoping like hell the burn of the alcohol could numb
the panic coursing through my veins.
Through
it all, that baby never stopped crying.

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About Aly

Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, mystery leggings, and olives. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person.
She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.
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