Pocketful of Sand



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Other books by M. Leighton on Amazon





All the Pretty Lies ** All the Pretty Poses





All Things Pretty ** All Things Pretty (part two)





Down to You ** Up to Me





Everything for Us





Pocketful of Sand





Strong Enough ** Tough Enough





Brave Enough





The Wild Ones ** Wild Child





Some Like It Wild ** There’s Wild, Then There’s You





YA and PARANORMAL





Fragile





Madly ** Madly & Wolfhardt





Madly & the Jackal ** Madly Boxed Set





Blood Like Poison: For the Love of a Vampire





Blood Like Poison: Destined for a Vampire





Blood Like Poison: To Kill an Angel





Blood Like Poison Boxed Set





The Reaping ** The Reckoning





Gravity





Caterpillar





Wiccan





Beginnings: An M. Leighton Anthology





New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, M. Leighton, is a native of Ohio. She relocated to the warmer climates of the South, where she can be near the water all summer and miss the snow all winter. Possessed of an overactive imagination from early in her childhood, Michelle finally found an acceptable outlet for her fantastical visions: literary fiction. Having written over a dozen novels, these days Michelle enjoys letting her mind wander to more romantic settings with sexy Southern guys, much like the one she married and the ones you'll find in her latest books. When her thoughts aren't roaming in that direction, she'll be riding wild horses, skiing the slopes of Aspen or scuba diving with a hot rock star, all without leaving the cozy comfort of her office.





About Michelle: I love coffee and chocolate, even more so when they are combined. I'm convinced that one day they could be the basis for world peace. I also love the color red and am seriously considering dying my hair.





STRONG ENOUGH


Is she strong enough to trust the most dangerous man she’s ever met?

And is he strong enough to let her?

How would I describe myself? Well, I’m Muse Harper. I’m a twenty-something painter who loves red wine, quirky movies and men with a fatal flaw. But that was before I met Jasper King. He became my fatal flaw.

Eight months ago, I had a choice to make– abandon everything I’ve ever known to protect my family, or stay and risk someone getting hurt. I chose the former. My plan was working just fine until I found out my father had gone missing.

That’s when I met Jasper. A bounty hunter with the eyes of a tiger and the nose of a bloodhound, he was supposed to help me find my father. What I didn’t know was that meeting him was no accident. Hunting people isn’t all that Jasper does. And helping me was only part of his plan. I just wish I’d found out sooner, before my heart got involved. But even then, I don’t know if I’d have done things differently.

Now, I have another choice to make– trust the man that I’m falling in love with and hope that he’ll do the right thing, or run as far away from him as I can get.





PROLOGUE


Jasper, seventeen years ago



“WHAT’S HE GONNA do, Mom?” I try to wriggle away from her, but she holds me too tight. I feel like something bad’s gonna happen, but I don’t know why. “Maybe I can make him not be mad. Let me go!”

“Shhh, baby. It’ll be okay. You have to stay here with me or he’ll take you, too.”

My heart’s beating so hard it hurts, like it did that time when Mikey Jennings punched me in the chest. Not even my mother’s arms around me make the pain go away, and her hugs usually make everything better.

My eyes water as I stare out the window. I can’t blink. I’m afraid to. I don’t want to see what Dad’s going to do to my older brother, Jeremy, but I can’t look away either.

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