New Release & Excerpt – Birds Beyond Reach by Dwayne Ulliac
Synopsis
Peter thought his life would look different at thirty-two. Instead, he’s stuck bartending in Thunder Bay, drinking too much, and watching his ambitions slip away. But when an opportunity to relocate to Ottawa arises, Peter sees a chance to reinvent himself.
He meets like-minded Ruby one night in a pub, and before long he has built his world around her. But alcohol-fueled nights soon give way to constant arguments, eating away at their little paradise. Fearful of ending up alone again, Peter becomes determined to hold everything together — even as he starts losing himself in the process.
A raw and emotionally grounded contemporary novel, Birds Beyond Reach explores relationships, addiction, and the difference between loving someone and needing them.
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Excerpt
They each raised a shot with sorrow on their minds. It was a habit they shared, this visceral reaction to heartache.
“Into your mouth and over the tongue, makes the world a lot more fun,” Peter said. They clinked the little glasses together and returned them to the bar top, as empty as the wooden chairs
and leather booths behind them. He sucked a sticky droplet off his thumb. ’ugar and licorice coated his mouth. “That’s one thing that’ll never disappoint me.”
Sophia, standing opposite him, wet a cloth in the sink beside the ice well. ’he wiped the liqueur bottle and returned it to the back shelf. “So, your date was a smash, I take it?”
“Ha. Yeah, right.” Peter slumped back in his chair.
“Was it worse than the girl with the booger dangling from her nose? Remind me why you didn’t tell her about it?”
“I didn’t know what to say.”
“You’re so awkward sometimes.”
About the Author
Dwayne is a Canadian author living in Bath, England with his wife and dog. Birds Beyond Reach is his debut novel and he is currently developing a highly anticipated second project.
