Beneath the Strokes - Paperback

by Amanda Courtney (Author)

One day, Sage Anderson is putting on her wedding dress; the next, she's leaving for her honeymoon with a man who's not the groom. Callum Ridge is a grumpy do-gooder who looks down his nose at Sage's obnoxious laugh. But he's the only one available, and no one would want to spend their honeymoon alone, especially not an extroverted cuddler like Sage.

During their trip full of car troubles, limited beds, mischievous ghosts, and mind games, Sage is determined to change his opinion of her. And she thinks the plan is working, until a confusing, hurtful moment at a restaurant, which ends with Sage throwing water in Callum's face.

What Sage doesn't know is that Callum fell for Sage the moment he saw her two years ago. Trouble is, he isn't worthy of happiness after unforgivable mistakes in his youth, and his expression of desperate longing is often mistaken for distaste. But when he sees a ghost from his past, his self-hatred roars to life once more.

**This novel has dark themes, including depression, low self-worth, bullying, bird death, and thoughts of dying.