Vital Sign by J.L Mac Release Day Blitz

I used to have a great life. My little world was bright. I had no complaints. My perfectly simple life made the fall from grace that much more devastating. I plummeted from the heavenly little bubble that I shared with Jake. I fell fast and hard straight into the fiery pits of hell. The knowledge of how things used to be is a bittersweet torture that refuses me even one moment of respite. I live in a painful reverie that I can’t escape.
I had it good once.
That’s gone now.
All of it disappeared like vapor into the ether. I’m a lost woman, wandering through grief and struggling to come to terms with my new title: widow. My family says I need understanding and closure. I say a cigarette and a bottle of wine is a much better option for instant gratification.
I’m the awkward, depressed one standing in the corner making everyone around me miserably uncomfortable. I’m the one with vacant eyes that society strives to help but can’t. I’m the one who hands out tight smiles and derisive snorts. I’m the widow adrift in this world with no direction. No meaning. No hope. No vital sign.

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Sadie sets out on a journey to healing without knowing that things will get far worse before they get better. Despite her general indifference to organ donation, she finds herself on a journey to seek out the only people who benefited from her husband’s tragic death.
Resentment runs rampant as she meets the thriving organ recipients. Anger and jealousy spiral, sending the delicate structure of Sadie’s emotions into a tailspin.
Alexander McBride got a second chance—one that he didn’t necessarily want. Alexander is a game changer for Sadie. She hates him for his health but can’t help feeling at home in his presence. He soothes her grief in a way that is intoxicating, addictive even.
The heart that once fell in love with her now resides in Alexander McBride’s chest. It’s a circumstance that forces her to wage an internal war fueled by grief, anger, guilt, love, lust, and loyalty.
Sadie must discover the things that are vital to going on with her life if she has any hope of finding her way through the all-consuming grief that dominates every waking moment.

He looks at me, taking his time as his eyes drag over me from head to toe. “Not so smart today, Sadie.”

“What?” My eyes widen a little showing my confusion.

Zander’s eyes glance to my free hand. “No mace.”

I lower my head looking to my empty hand. “I’m not scared of you,” I admit, inwardly wondering exactly what that means to me.


“Are you sure?” Zander’s voice has taken on a sultry, husky tone.

“Yeah,” I breathe.

“Maybe you should be.” An unmistakable look of regret fills Zander’s eyes, making me curious where it has come from. Seeing that look on his handsome face makes me want to make it better. It makes me want to pull him to me, to wrap myself around him and vow on my life to guard him from all the bad that the world has to offer.

USA Today Best Selling Author,J.L. Mac is twenty-seven years old and currently resides in El Paso, Texas, where she enjoys living near her family. She was born and raised in Galveston, Texas. J.L. admittedly has had a long and sordid love affair with the written word and has loved every minute of it. She drinks too many glasses of wine on occasion,and says way too many swear words to be considered “lady-like.” J.L. spends her free time reading, writing, and playing with her children.

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4.5 Stars

Sadie had the perfect life a husband that she had known since kindergarten who was a cop and her protector always, but one night changed all of that with an intruder both were shot but only she survived now 2 years later she's trying to find a way to live again. forced into finding three of the people who received his organs Sadie goes on a journey to see the lives of the people her husband has saved with his death. She's bitter and hates them all for having what she doesn't, a second chance. As she gets to the last person the man who has Jake's heart, a heart she has loved all her life, something happens, something changes. Can she accept the change and live again or will she run and continue to live in the past?

Zander knows he doesn't deserve the heart he got he realizes the only reason he got it before anyone else was because of his family's meddling. When the widow of the man contacts him he finds himself intrigued her short to the point letter interested in her more than anything else he has been in the last 2 years somehow has a find a way to know her. He just wasn't expecting HER. He realizes right away that Sadie is different but there's something special about her if only he can find a way to help her see it and see how good they could be together they're both given a second chance but can either of them accept take it?

Sadie is locked in her grief she wants nothing more than to remember all the good times you had with Jake and live in the past just wishing for more time. She doesn't care what anyone thinks about her and yea sh feels bad about her behavior sometimes but that doesn't mean she's gonna stop being who she is. She's sad and lonely and I loved seeing her come to life with Zander. Zander has his own problems, but when he sees Sadie and the happiness she brings he knows it's something special and does everything he can to be with her. He's strong and an alpha male and he takes care of Sadie and is sweet with her. The two compliment each other so well and I loved seeing their story unfold. Great read and it's a standalone so no waiting to see how it ends!!!