The Release Blitz for Love Hard: A Memoir by Monica James!

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LOVE HARD: A MEMOIR BY MONICA JAMES
Release date: May 15th
Genre: Creative Non-Fiction

Get ready to dive into the raw and emotional journey of first love in Love Hard: A Memoir by Monica James

This creative non-fiction memoir explores the highs and lows of love, reminding us that love is not always a fairytale but a battlefield.

Buckle up for a bumpy ride and prepare to be moved by this captivating memoir.


If love is an addiction, your first love is the first hit.

How many of you remember your first love?

Because falling in love for the first time…I remember that. And that’s the thing about your first love—we all have a love story.

But this isn’t a love story.

This is a life story.

The good.

The bad.

The heartache.

It’s all here.


Love is truly a battlefield…

Love is scary, and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. When you love someone wholeheartedly, you leave yourself open to being destroyed…and that’s what I did, what I still do even though I know better.

But it doesn’t make a difference.

The best kind of love doesn’t make sense. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.

This one-in-a-million story is mine, and if you take anything away from this book, it would be to never be afraid to love.

So, let me introduce myself. You may call me Z.

Buckle up, besties, because this will be a bumpy ride.

Love hits you when you least expect it.

Are you ready for the fall?



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Monica James

Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare, and Emily Dickinson.

When she is not writing, Monica is busy running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt, and turbulent stories, hoping to leave an imprint on her readers. She draws her inspiration from life.

She is a bestselling author in the U.S.A., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, and the U.K.

Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals. She is slightly obsessed with cats, chucks, and lip gloss, and secretly wishes she was a ninja on the weekends.


Connect with the author:





Instagram: @authormonicajames

TikTok: @authormonicajames


Amazon: https://amzn.to/2EWZSyS

Reader Group: http://bit.ly/2nUaRyi



Everyone of us has experienced some part of Z's life at some point, thinking we found the one only to have them turn out to be anything but. We've poured our hearts into a relationship hoping it's finally our chance at forever, only to learn we are the only ones doing the work to make that forever last. Met the person who became a rebound we didn't know we needed, or met a dud that had so many annoying traits that it made us realize what we do want in a partner and decide we're not settling for less, or the dud. It's a love story everyone can connect to in one way or another.

This story follows Z through her life of first love, dating multiple wrongs, and finally finding the one only to realize he might not be the only one. It's a story with many emotional ups and downs, moments to laugh about or resonate with, and of course moments that'll make you swoon or remember why your partner is your one. It's an honest and eye opening journey, one that will have you entranced the whole way through, dying to know how it all ends. It's a story that you will read and never know just how much you needed to read it. It's love at it's best and worst... and all the things in between. A story everyone should take a chance on, who knows it might just wind up being the best story you read all year! Highly recommend.

I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.






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