These Battered Hands

By Laurel Ulen Curtis

Callie Blood, sweat, hard work, and a disconcerting lack of tears-my entire life-was meant to culminate in a flourish of glory and significance. I'd thought I'd always known exactly what that meant. But I'd had the timing wrong by about three minutes. I knew now. This moment wasn't everything. The one person I found myself wanting more than anything during it was. Nik One preconceived notion can haunt you for the entirety of your life. I thought I owed it to myself and to everyone who'd ever backed me to do what was expected. What was right. What I was supposed to do. But nothing is forbidden in love. Not circumstances or propriety or the denial of the object of said affection. I knew now. This was it. If I wanted it, I had to take it. This gymnastics love story is more than grips, rips, and battered hands. For Calia Nickleson and Nikolai Bagrov, it was everything.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517496012
• ISBN13: 9781517496012
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"