Tuesday, November 11, 2014

RELEASE DATE for Book Two!


It's official: The release date for TEMPORARY HIGH is May 26! :)

Don't forget to add TH to your goodreads shelf:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23125033-temporary-high

Excerpt from Chapter one:

     The side of his mouth quirked up as he studied me. "I think I might be fallin' in love."
     I picked up the keys off the bedside table and tossed them to him. "That makes one of us."
     He clutched at his heart in mock pain. Then his perfect red lips formed the word, "Liar."

     I took one last draw off his cigarette and delighted in its sizzle when I deposited it into a near-empty bottle of water. Then I followed him down a set of groaning wooden steps that led to the garage where he kept his bike.

     Hard as I tried, I couldn't deny that I loved everything about the time I spent with Luca. I loved the way he pushed his hair back into a ponytail before he slid onto his motorcycle, the way his black t-shirt hugged his biceps, partially concealing the tattoo wrapped around his left one. I loved the feel of my wrists resting against the worn fabric of his blue jeans, and the wind whipping through my hair as the bike accelerated. 

     But most of all, I loved the smooth purr his Harley Davidson made right before he sent it exploding down the highway--the two of us becoming one with that beautiful, powerful machine. Everything about those moments with him signified power, risk, escape, and freedom. And those were the things I lived for.



Saturday, October 25, 2014

The HELL YES!!!

I'm really looking forward to the signing today. For me, this moment won't be about how many people show up or how many books I may or may not sign. It's about what signing at a Barnes & freaking Noble symbolizes. It's about all those times I stood in that store or other bookstores or libraries, found the YA section and alphabetically where my book would be placed, and envisioned that someday... someday I would have a book on those shelves.

Today will symbolize that journey; all the hard work, the years of blind faith, determination, and desire it took to get there. All the rejection letters and the close calls, the nos and the Hell nos. This moment will symbolize the YES! I mean the HELL YES!!!! 
#bucketlist

Thursday, October 23, 2014

5 Author Event at B&N!

5 Young Adult Authors in Louisville this Sat @3!
Come out and join Julie Kagawa, Katie McGarry, Kelly Creagh, Bethany Griffin, & Me for some fun book talk & a signing!

http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/4748294

Monday, October 20, 2014

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Maggie FINALIST! :)


So honored that ROE is one of five finalists chosen by librarians and booksellers for the Maggie Award for Excellence in Young Adult! Winners TBA this weekend at the Georgia Writer's Conference! 


Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Woo Hoo! RUNNING ON EMPTY won ACRA's Heart of Excellence Readers Choice Award!
(YA category)





http://acrareaderschoicecontests.com

Monday, September 29, 2014

Dreams Do Come True!

Barnes & Noble signing with my critique group girls!
(Hurstbourne Pkwy. Louisville, KY)