I've been dreaming of writing YA fantasy for nearly a decade. My hope was to write an exciting, unique fantasy world with an equally compelling romancI've been dreaming of writing YA fantasy for nearly a decade. My hope was to write an exciting, unique fantasy world with an equally compelling romance. This book really took hold of me, and demanded to be written. It began with the idea of magic storms, storm hunters, and a black market. It took shape through the lens of a princess with a dire secret. I fell in love with so many characters as I wrote this first book, and I can't wait for you to meet them all and see how all their journeys unfold as the story moves forward! <3
I can't believe I've not written a character like Mateo Torres before. He's my favorite kind of guy..I'm so excited to share this book with everyone.
I can't believe I've not written a character like Mateo Torres before. He's my favorite kind of guy... Fun, sweet, brazen, maybe a little perverted (okay... A lot). He's the class clown who knows how to make everyone else laugh, but there's a deeper, more vulnerable side to him that's hidden behind all the jokes. And the sexy?! GAH... Watch out Silas. Torres is looking to outdo you.;)
Nell is the ultimate fish out of water. She doesn't do well around people, but she does do well in the classroom. Her mind is her whole identity, but when she's not sure she can trust her own thoughts about the future, it's her heart's turn to come into play. She makes a bucket list of epic and crazy college-themed activities, hoping to break out of her box a little.
So Nell (with some help from Mateo) begins checking items off her list, and I have to say that this is the most fun I've had with a book since LOSING IT. Which is good, because after tackling some darker themes in both ALL BROKE DOWN and my new series INSPIRE, I needed some light and funny in my life. That break from the angst was especially crucial since I'm about to dive into Stella's book (Rusk University #4). And we all know that book is break me up into teeny, tiny pieces. In this book I also got to dive deeper into Rusk and show the school off the football field. And it was such a blast to work in campus traditions and secrets. *cough* sweet six *cough*
I hope you enjoy a break from the angst as well, and that you love Torres and Nell as much as I do....more
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I'm the author of this book. So I'm biased, but I love these characters.
If you read All Lined Up, you'll know that Silas was actually a secondary antagonist of sorts in the last book. I'm always looking for something new and fun to do with my books, so I knew from the moment I ever wrote a word about Silas that he was going to be the hero of book two. He's my first true bad boy. He's cocky and dysfunctional, but I hope you'll see at his heart, he's a fiercely loyal guy who is maybe not as bad as he seems (or as bad as he thinks he is).
And Dylan. I've been itching to write a book about a political activist for a while now, but I thought I would have to wait until I was finished with the Rusk series. Then one day, (after I'd given my agent a massive list of book ideas), she suggested I try to combine some ideas. So I took my passionate do-gooder and threw her into a story with my bad boy., and what resiulted is one of my favorite stories I've ever written. That's probably why this is my longest book to date. I just had too much fun with these characters to let them go.
Other things about this book: it's my sexiest book yet (seriously), there's cute guys with puppies, and a healthy dose of Texas with football, trucks, and dirt roads. But don't worry, you don't have to like or understand football to read this book. I promise.:) And while this is a companion novel within the Rusk series, it can be read without reading the previous book.
Oh, and Dylan that I met at BEA in 2013-- thanks for letting me borrow your name!
I hope you all enjoy Silas and Dylan's story! And I hope you'll come back to check out All Played Out, book three in the series, in 2015! And if you think you might be into an NA Paranormal romance, check out my new series starting with INSPIRE in December 2014!...more
I'm the author of this book. And out of all the books I've written, this book is the most personal for me. I wanted to do two things with this story.I'm the author of this book. And out of all the books I've written, this book is the most personal for me. I wanted to do two things with this story.
1. Write my tribute to Texas Football. I grew up in a small Texas town with a coach for a father. So much of my childhood revolved around sports, so it's a world I know very well. It's also a world I spent years of my life resenting. So, my challenge was to capture the things I loved about football and Texas, but also to tell a story that you don't have to be a sports fan to read and enjoy. With Carson and Dallas, I hope I've done that.
2. I wanted to write a different New Adult perspective. I get asked to define NA a lot. And for a long time, my explanation included something about how characters in their twenties are experiencing a new kind of freedom. And while that's true for many twentysomethings, there are also tons of people out there for whom college (or Post-HS) wasn't a period of freedom. In All Lined Up, Dallas doesn't leave home to go to college, and her father takes a job at her university. So, everything college was supposed to be for her? Yeah... it no longer is. So for Dallas, the question is: How do you figure out who you are and who you want to be for the rest of your life, when you can't get any distance from who you've always been?
I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. And I hope you fall for the characters of the Rusk University series, and join me for the companion novels, beginning with All Broke Down, releasing October 2014....more
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