I am excited to announce that my third book, Under Your Scars (Tri-Town Book 2), has been contracted by eXtasy Books, and will be live sometime in 2020! This is the book I’ve been working on for over 2 years, between actually writing it, editing it, and making a lot of changes. I had started it in 2014, but Away to Me hit me like a ton of bricks, and it was set aside while I wrote that one and rewrote Stricken.
Under Your Scars follows the romance of Seth Mitchell, a carpenter with a lot of baggage from an abusive ex-wife, and Alexis Graves, an orphan with a questionable past who has a secret big enough to make her growing relationship with Seth implode. Its timeline is the shortest of all of my stories to date – less than 3 months pass between the first scene and the grand finale – and it is a fast paced ride that has highs into the stratosphere, and lows that go deeper than the Marianas Trench. There are a few twists and turns in it that not even I saw coming. It was a fun yet heartbreaking story to write.
Introducing…
Book 2 of the Tri-Town Series
TAGLINE: You can run from your past, but it will catch up to you eventually.
Blurb (unedited):
Alexis has that special something about her that Seth can’t fathom. His friend Mirabelle’s new employee is even prettier than the merchandise she sells. Too bad she’s distantly polite when he tries talking to her.
Alexis is attracted to Seth, but she’s in hiding from her past and her mistakes. Getting involved with the one person she's attracted to could blow her cover.
Forced to work together, their libidos ignite. Alexis is terrified to open up and give into her feelings for Seth. If he remembers that night, five years ago, he’ll never speak to her again.
It becomes a question of whether Seth will expose her and force her to keep running, or if he'll help her face her past.
Alexis is attracted to Seth, but she’s in hiding from her past and her mistakes. Getting involved with the one person she's attracted to could blow her cover.
Forced to work together, their libidos ignite. Alexis is terrified to open up and give into her feelings for Seth. If he remembers that night, five years ago, he’ll never speak to her again.
It becomes a question of whether Seth will expose her and force her to keep running, or if he'll help her face her past.
As of today’s date (December 27, 2019) we are unsure of what its release date will be. I just signed the contract this week, and sent in the information for the cover yesterday morning. At eXtasy Books and Devine Destinies, the rule of thumb is about 120 days between contract signing and the story going live, but that’s not written in stone. The contract for Away to Me was signed at the end of June 2019, and it came out less than 3 months later. So many factors can be variables – the amount of upcoming releases, the amount of revisions and edits needed to get the story just right, which side of the house it will be published through (eXtasy Books or Devine Destinies, generally eX releases more books each week), and a lot more.
I did hear from my editor a few days ago. I should be seeing Round One of edits/revisions needed land in my inbox sometime soon. I can’t wait to get it. Under Your Scars needs a lot of work, and I’d like to get to them ASAP so I can finish it and get back into finishing a draft I’ve been working on for a while. I’m not ready to discuss that one yet… In time, I will be, like if eXtasy Books decides to take it on.
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| December 23, 2019: At the Cineplex Theaters in Bridgewater, NS. |
Part of my Christmas present this year was going to see the final chapter of the Skywalker saga on Monday night – “The Rise of Skywalker”. HOLY SMOKES. It was awesome! We saw it in 3D, and it was beyond cool! I’m still paying for it a few days later, with my trigeminal neuralgia going bananas from wearing the 3D glasses and how BIG everything looked, but I don’t care.
It was worth it!
JJ Abrams did a fantastic job of tying everything together from The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. Seeing the late Carrie Fisher on the screen made me cry, and what happens to the remainder of the Skywalkers is…
NOPE! No spoilers allowed here!
If you go to see it, take tissues. You will need them. It was such an epic and fun ride, and it really felt like the original trilogy. It’s much sadder in spots but it is still a great film. Only Rogue One is higher in my likes of the new movies than TROS.
Go see it! You won’t regret it.
As for The Mandalorian, I don’t have Disney+, so I am unable to catch it until it either hits a channel I already have, or something like Amazon Prime. It’s supposed to be an epic show from what I’m seeing in my one Star Wars group. The Child, aka “Baby Yoda” rocks!
Have a great new year everyone, and all the best in 2020! I leave you with one of my favorite songs of all time, “Heaven” by Warrant, fronted by the late, great Jani Lane. Enjoy!
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