The Mad Tatter 

By J. M. Darhower

Synopsis

Reece Hatfield has just one rule when it comes to falling in love: don’t fucking do it. There’s no room in his life for another person. He can barely keep a handle on things as it is. A shadow of the man he used to be, Reece spends his days tattooing, the artist inside of him longing for the chance to do something different.

Avery Moore is all dance, all the time. Ballet is all she’s ever known, and she’s damn good at it. Her body is her art, a living canvas that captivates Reece the first time he lays his eyes on her.

He yearns to leave his mark on her body… in more ways than one.

The tattooed degenerate with a shady past. The beautiful ballerina with a bright future. They live in different worlds, yet somehow, they fit. But just because they fit doesn’t mean they belong together. Cracks sometimes form. Two pieces don’t always make a whole. The course of love never did run smoothly. Things get messy.

And Reece doesn’t do messy.

Not anymore.

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Michel’s Review

The Mad Tatter by J. M. Darhower was fantastic!  J. M. Darhower stepped outside of her box and gave the readers a story that did not involve the mob,assassins, kidnappings, and violence.  She gave the readers an ordinary hero that was managing to get by in his ordinary life.  She gave us a heroine that was also trying to find her place in her own life that blended with the world she was born in.  Together these two regular people find the one thing we all search for.  They found love.  They had to find a way to blend their worlds together to make it one they could both live in. This is a story about the true struggles and triumphs that every relationship experiences in one form or another.  It is a story about real people working hard to make their relationship work.  It was refreshing to read a book that was about real people with ordinary problems in life.

Like most young men, at one time Reece Hatfield thought he was invincible.  He didn’t consider the consequences of his actions and how they would affect others.  Art was his passion.  Along the line he made some very serious mistakes that not only affected his art but also affected his future.  Six years later Reese is still paying for his mistakes.  He’s lost his passion for art.  The one bright and shining thing in his life is his five year old daughter.  Even though he is a good father his past mistakes have affected his parenting rights.  He has to deal with court appointed visitation rights and a resentful ex.  Although he makes his living with his art by being a tattoo artist, it is not his passion.

Reese is not your typical bad boy tattoo artist like we read about in so many books.  He is an ordinary man struggling to get by day to day.  When he meets Avert Moore things begin to change in his life.  She is the first woman he has allowed around his daughter.  She is the first woman he has taken to his home.  She is the first woman he has wanted a relationship with.  He fears that he won’t be enough for her.  He can barely rub two nickels together, he is a package deal that comes with a horrible ex, and his past mistakes are still very present in his life.

Avery Moore is a ballerina.  She is in her senior year at Julliard when she meets Reece Hatfield.  Although she loves dancing, the direction it is taking is not what she really wants.  Her dancing is lacking the passion she has buried away.  Spending time with Reece and his daughter will encourage her to find her own direction.  Encourage her to own her art.

These two people come from different worlds.  They both have lost their passion for their art.  When they get together they will make discoveries about themselves, about each other, and about their art.  Together they will find friendship and love.  Together they can build a life that has meaning.

This was a beautiful story of love, redemption, and family.

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Author Bio:

JM Darhower is the author of countless stories and poems, most of which only she has ever read. She lives in a tiny town in rural North Carolina, where she churns out more words than will ever see the light of day. She has a deep passion for politics and speaking out against human trafficking, and when she isn’t writing she’s usually ranting about those things. Chronic crimper with a vulgar mouth, she admits to having a Twitter addiction. You can find her there.

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