Copyright © K A Sands 2020.
Summer Storm, Book #1, Broken Circles Series.
Summer Storm is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, events and incidences are either a figment of the author’s imagination or used in a fictious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events are purely coincidental. Any and all trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners and are acknowledged by the author.
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Contents
Summer Storm
Blurb - Summer Storm
A note from the author
Dedication
16 Years Ago
Irina Ischmova
Yannick Ischmov
Jolie Summers
Yannick
Jolie
Irina
Yannick
Jolie
Yannick
Jolie
Irina
Yannick
Jolie
Yannick
Irina
Jolie
Yannick
Jolie
Yannick
Jolie
Yannick
Irina
Jolie
Yannick
Irina
Jolie
Irina
Yannick
Jolie
Yannick
Jolie
Irina
Yannick
Jolie
Yannick
Jolie
Yannick
Irina
Jolie
Yannick
Jolie
Yannick
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Broken Circles, Book #1
By K A Sands
Blurb - Summer Storm
Yannick Ischmov had everything he never wanted. Money, notoriety, and the wife. The unconventional contract holding him to his biggest regret had an expiration date; one he was counting the days down to. Fifteen years of penance paid would have been easier behind a cell door, instead, he walked free and bore the weight of the shackles imposed upon him.
Jolie Summers lived in her own private hell. A scornful mother and little desire to change her life, she was content to muddle on through, not expecting more than she was given. Uninteresting was an apt word to describe the woman people affectionately called ‘Bunny’.
They’d met once before, an unpleasant experience, and their paths should never have crossed again. But they did, and the second time was far more exciting than the first. While Yannick was moving on, Jolie was standing still, yet something… something stirred between them.
Yannick pushed; Jolie pulled.
Jolie fell, Yannick rose.
Everything in between was one step closer to that perfect summer storm.
A man with a past he was ready to walk away from, Yannick ached to live the life he’d always desired. Just so happened, he’d found the woman he wanted to share it with too, and she wanted nothing to do with him.
A note from the author
From the minute Yannick Ischmov stepped on to the page in Craving Truths (Book #3, The Razer Series), I knew he had a story. I thought he’d be dark and broody, a menace like he was initially portrayed. Turns out he was just misunderstood and was dying to tell his story. Summer Storm is the introduction to a new series titled ‘Broken Circles’, an introduction to Yannick’s world and the people he holds close to his heart.
I wrote this book, and the four that follow, during lockdown. I’d climb into bed at night and write so I could forget about everything falling apart around me, forget about the enormous responsibility of keeping people other than myself safe. The couples and their stories became my sanctuary - I sincerely hope you can find some reprieve while reading them.
As always, I have people to thank and I do so from the bottom of my heart.
Yannick was given to me by Lesley, and I can’t thank her enough for doing so. I hope I did him justice. I also have to apologise for giving you half manuscripts (eek) but keep cracking the whip. You’re the reason I try to type up as quick as I can. Love you.
Marian, thank you for doing an unusual beta read this time around but I think I need the old way back. Driftwood, that’s what I felt like without your thorough input. Psst, again… don’t leave me!
Tracy did her first beta read with me. Thank you so much! I hope you will be on board for the rest of the series.
To the readers, bloggers, reviewers - anyone who supports and reads us authors - I am sending a huge hug and massive thanks for taking time out of your day to flick through the pages of the books we write. They are a passion we pour from our hearts and you make us smile every time you read us. There is no better time to be a creative artist. Love x
Dedication
This is for anyone who has suffered, is suffering and will suffer. We are all in this together.
2020 can sit on my middle finger and spin… After I’ve washed my hands, of course.
16 Years Ago
Yosef stared from one man to the next until those steel-grey eyes landed on Yannick and remained so. Defiant. Cold. Unyielding. Yannick wanted to flinch away from the look of resignation that finally swept across his brother’s face, a face that looked so much like his own, like their father’s.
He stood solemnly in one corner of the empty room, Irina’s father in the opposite, Lev behind Yosef. Yannick blocked the door. His brother had nowhere to go, which had been the point. There was no leaving this room, no escaping the fate which had brought them all there.
“Look at you.” Yosef cackled. A manic sound Yannick hadn’t ever heard from
