Because Of You

About the Book

As of three years ago, Angie’s life has been centered on her son, Jake. He has been her love, her strength, and her air. Other than a meddling grandmother, her life is simple, safe, and uninvolved. After a long overdue night out with her two best friends, Gina and June, she finds herself in the arms of a beautiful, young woman who has secretly longed to be with her for years. The passion and desire sweeps Angie into the past, which threatens everything she loves and holds dear.

Angie’s life takes a complicated turn when Clark Rogers, a kidnapper whom she helped put behind bars, is released on parole. She fears her worst nightmare of her son being kidnapped will come true. Something must be done, but by whom? Will Angie kill to protect her son? Will she be able to live with herself after taking a life? The clock is ticking away and five days are all she has to decide…

Will Angie risk everything Because Of You? Discover the answers you unravel this intricate web of suspense, passion and secrets…

In general, I´m a fantasy Sci-fi buff, but Because of You by Chrystine Alyx got my attention. I found it suspenseful, and myself smiling, pissed, and physically yelling YEAH!! at the activities of the characters. Angie, at the age of eleven, found herself living with her grand mother, Lena. This was not because her parents died or were incapable of taking care of her, but because they brought her there while they settled their divorce, and never returned. This seventy-one page lesbian book takes the life of an ordinary mom, and her three and a half year old son, Jake, and throws it upside down where no mother wants to find herself...defending the life of her child by any means necessary, even if it means murder. The would be kidnapper from twenty years ago, whom Angie saved a six year old girl from, now haunts her very existence. Because of my insatiable curiosity, I couldn´t put Because of You down until finished.

For those of you who read the last page first, DON´T! The ending was unexpected, and was both simultaneously shocking and pleasing; I had no clue.

Chrystine Alyx has a refreshing knack for detail, which allows the reader to feel the emotions implied by her words. She provides just enough information in a love scene to make your mouth water, but not too much, which allows your imagination to do the rest, and I have a good imagination. I give it five and a half colors out of six from the rainbow. Good for you Chrystine! S.Q.

Mattie lives vicariously through family and friends. In her every day life, her experiences are derived from the pleasure of watching her dog, Harvey’s tail wag when he greets her, and the sounds the bullfrogs make from the pond behind her old farmhouse. Dana, her co-worker at the ad agency, is in a 13 year lesbian relationship, but longs to know what happened to the woman she let get away. Her unanswered question, What If, drives her to ask Mattie to help her find Jamie. Mattie´s need for excitement, compels her to say yes to the quest, where she discovers Jamie has been missing for two years! In her search, she finds herself confronting her own past; the death of her brother, and two failed relationships, the last ending horribly.

Blindly, Mattie dives deeper into the where abouts of Jamie, and becomes involved with a beautiful, yet mysterious woman; finds that someone has poisoned Harvey; and accuses Dana’s life long partner of murder. In the end she finds Jamie, as well as herself.