Gavin doesn’t have summer plans except to work at his two jobs and hang out in his room drawing. He likes to keep to himself, but lets his brother Nate talk him into going on a double date. Carly isn’t like the rest of the girls at school that drive him crazy. She doesn’t ask a lot of questions and seems to know when to give him the space he craves. Gavin always thought that she was beautiful, but he believes that relationships and love are a lost cause.
Will their date prove that summer love is right around the corner or will it be a dead end?
Author Interview
What is your latest news?
“Summer Love” was published July 8, 2013. It’s the first
book in the series “Senior Year.” A lot of hard work went into it and I am
truly excited about its release. I believe it is my best work so far. I have already
begun writing book two.
What inspired you to write this book?
I have always wanted to write a series. The summer before
senior year seemed like the perfect beginning point. Who doesn’t love summer
and the freedom it brings?
How did you come up with the title?
The word summer had to be in the title. I toyed around with
a few possibilities and took some polls—“Summer Love” was the clear winner.
All of the titles in the series will center around a season.
The next book is, “Falling Into You.”
Yes and No. I chose a four-year-old girl that I know and
imagined what she’ll be like when she’s seventeen years old and then plopped
her in the middle of a situation. Also I incorporated pieces of my own
daughter. She loves to sing and I could easily imagine her joining a band
someday or working toward a music degree. In the end, the characters are of my
own creation and imagination.
This is one of my favorite questions—to think people would
love my book enough to want to turn it into a movie.
I would choose Vanessa Hudgens to play Carly. She is
beautiful and perfect for the role. My ideal Gavin would be Landon Liboiron. He
is super cute and has brilliant blue eyes that look like the water in the
Bahamas (just like Gavin’s eyes are described in “Summer Love”.)
Coffee all the way. Once upon a time, I was an exchange
student in Spain where I fell in love with all things Spanish, including
coffee. I loved meeting friends “para
tomar un café.”
If you could wear your pajamas all day, would you?
Why or why not?
Of course, I would. And many times I do, especially when I’m
writing.
What’s your favorite dessert?
Ice cream. I would eat it every day if I could.
During the summer I love visiting all the different local ice cream stands and
sampling all the delicious flavors.
Excerpt
The band played and I held my breath, waiting
to hear Carly’s voice. I thought maybe she’d lost her nerve. I was ready to
rush in and rescue her, even if she didn’t want me to, when, like magic, she
began to sing. The notes that came out of her mouth were full and sensuous,
changing the band’s sound completely. It was harmonious, free flowing, and
full.
I’d heard the band last summer, and even though
they were good, something had always been missing. That something was Carly.
Her voice fit and molded perfectly with Nate’s, and I felt another tinge of
jealousy. Their sound filtered through the cracks and walls of the garage and
into the night air. For a second, I forgot how to breathe. I found myself
slinking back into the garage as the song came to an end. I felt empty and lost
when she hit the last note, and every cell in my body craved more. I’d been
wrong. So very wrong.
Everyone in the garage was silent, as if the
music had cast a spell on them. All of a sudden, led by Ed, claps and cheers
echoed. Carly looked elated until her gaze landed on me. I read in her eyes
that she thought I was a jerk for not believing in her, and I couldn’t blame
her. I was a jerk.
“Damn!” shouted Ed. “That gave me goose bumps.”
He hugged himself, rubbing his hands over his arms.
“I told you Carly could sing,” Becca said,
directing her words toward Nate.
Cover Reveal
Withstanding Me Release Date September 6th, 2013
Withstanding Me Synopsis
While the chaos and bloodshed have slowed for a short period, life is never quiet in the world of Breakneck. The club is taking time to regroup from internal betrayal and the changing of the guard in a rival group.
Zig Zag became a father at the age of thirteen. While raising a child has never been easy, now his eighteen year old daughter Tatiana makes his life downright hard. She has caught the eye of Travis, the new President of the rival MC Gunners, but all she really wants is Shadow, the newest addition to the Breakneck family. When Shadow’s rejection sends Tatiana running from the only family, home, and safety she’s ever known, ZZ is crazy with worry. The distraction caused by Tatiana’s disappearance could prove to be Zig Zag’s downfall.
If that isn’t enough, ZZ finds himself rampantly attracted to the one and only Storm. She’s beautiful, quick and witty. Their friendship is the one thing that keeps him from growing crazy, and Storm stands by ZZ through all the turmoil. Zig Zag is not accustomed to hearing the word no, so Storm’s constant withstanding just draws him in deeper. Their friendship is one thing keeping him from going crazy, until one night…
The club is regrouping and rebuilding from the mayhem known as the Russian Mafia. A hit is ordered on Tatiana, Storm, Winter, and Piper. Braxxon is out of reach while he helps Greg Cage deal with some dirty business. Tatiana’s egg donor reveals secrets that a thirteen year old Zig Zag was too young to understand.
Bloodshed… Secrets… Betrayal… Trauma… Welcome back to the Breakneck world.
Resenting Me Release Date December 2013
Resenting Me Synopsis
One look at the beautiful Hawaiian flower dancing on stage at his buddy’s strip club and Pyro’s world changes. He’s lost, captivated, head over heels. He tries to stay away, resist her charms, but he just can’t find the strength to do it. Instead, he hires Hazel and Winter as entertainment for the Breakneck President’s thirtieth birthday party, unknowingly putting the girls’ lives in danger.
Hazel convinces Winter to take the Breakneck gig so that she can get closer to Pyro. Playing the temptress to the max, Hazel appears on stage wearing white angel wings, and little else, drawing Pyro in to where she wants him. Needless tosay, they both get very little sleep that night.
One night together making love until the sun comes up and these two are in too deep. But this is the Breakneck world, and sunrise brings gunfire and bloodshed. Time brings Winter’s abduction and brutal rape. Hazel’s guilt burrows deep, and she pushes everyone away. She is resenting herself for convincing Winter to enter this Breakneck world. She is resenting Pyro for ensnaring her heart.
This is the story of Pyro and Lana. It is simply the story of how, sometimes, love just isn’t enough.
***Spoiler Alert: It is recommended that you read Seize Me before you read Resenting Me. Resenting Me is entwined with Seize Me and contains many, many spoilers.
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