Reader's Edyn: Blitz: The People We Meet Along The Way by Beth Rinyu + GIVEAWAY

Friday, September 18, 2020

Blitz: The People We Meet Along The Way by Beth Rinyu + GIVEAWAY

**The People We Meet Along The Way by Beth Rinyu**

Good Morning, Everyone! So thrilled to see you all today! I am thrilled to be able to share more of this book with you today! Not too long ago I featured the cover reveal for this book and now it is available for purchase! Yay! Please allow me to re-introduce to the blog Beth Rinyu and her latest release, THE PEOPLE WE MEET ALONG THE WAY … Plus, a GIVEAWAY!

**BETH RINYU**

**BIO**

Ever since I can remember, I have always enjoyed Creative Writing. There was always something about being able to travel to a different place or become a different person with just the stroke of a pen - or in today's world a touch of the keyboard. I love creating deep characters who you will love or love to hate.

My life is not as interesting as my books or the characters in them, but then again whose life is? My happy place is a seat by the ocean with my feet in the sand or on the busy streets of New York City. You will more than likely find one of these places as the setting for most of my books.

To find out more about Ms. Rinyu, please visit:

**THE PEOPLE WE MEET ALONG THE WAY**

Release Date: September 17^th, 2020

Designer: Amy Queau at QDesign
Genres: Women’s Fiction

**BLURB**

Would you be able to grant the same forgiveness that you’re so desperately seeking yourself?

Jillian O’Rourke’s marriage died long before her husband’s tragic accident. Years of battling with infertility and demanding careers melted their once solid relationship. Bearing the burden of guilt over his death, Jillian gets lost in despair and a series of "what-ifs". But one chance encounter with a stranger, changes everything. Now being faced with newfound knowledge and a painful decision, Jillian must push past her anger, learn to forgive and open her heart in ways she never could’ve imagined. As she comes to grips with the devastation of her past, she learns to embrace the possibility of a future she never thought possible. A bittersweet story of love, forgiveness, and the unexpected destiny that is sometimes handed to us in life from the people we meet along the way.

**EXCERPT**

His eyes clouded over, and I watched as he swallowed hard. Something was upsetting him. I knew that feeling all too well, battling in unison with the lump in your throat and the burning in your eyes. Hoping the dam wouldn’t break and expose how badly your heart was breaking inside. It was like a fragile mirror into your soul, one that you tried desperately to prevent others from looking into. One that could be shattered into a million pieces at any time, taking everything that was seen on the other side along with it by exposing every last bit of your emotions.

“I just wish you didn’t hate me so much.” I concentrated on the coffee in my cup as I swirled the wooden stirrer round and round.

“I don’t hate you,” I said, focusing my attention back to him. “I hate what we did. I hate that I let it define who I was for so long, and I hate that I hurt someone I cared about so much because of it. But I don’t hate you—you were just one of the many cracks in my life.”

He creased his forehead. “I don’t understand.”

I gazed at him long and hard, finally fearless of the shame the man staring back at me conjured up inside of me. He held no control over me, and he never had. I stood up and pushed my chair in as he sat there waiting for an explanation. “And I wouldn’t have expected you to. Goodbye, Jonathan.”

As we sat in silence and I rested my head on Theo’s chest, listening to his heartbeat, it occurred to me how lucky I was. I had found another heart to listen to. The rhythm and the melody may have been different than Evan’s, but the peace and love it brought to me was the same.

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