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In the three years after a horrible crime claimed her family, Elise Halliwell has been alone, shut off from the world in a self-imposed emotional exile. She goes through the motions, finishes high school and moves across country to start college and begin the next step in her pre-destined life.

But her exile is dramatically cut short by the entrance of a dark haired, blue-eyed, smirking man who shakes her to the core, achieving what everyone else before him has failed to do, he makes her feel again.

As much as he wishes it were different, fate has not brought Braxton James into Elise’s life, or has it. Brax has to keep her safe from people in her life who have ulterior motives and may want to hurt her.

Elise has no idea the threat she faces, and Brax wants to make sure it stays that way. But as Brax struggles with getting close to her, he begins to live a lie. Unable to resist the pull that is Elise’s bright green eyes, infectious giggle, and loving heart, he finds it impossible to stay away, so the double life of being Elise’s boyfriend and keeping her safe begins.

Full of twists and turns, danger and revelations that no-one could predict, you won’t be the only one lost in distraction.

EXCERPT:

While I’m waiting, I receive a text message from Elle. I open it up and soon see a photo of Elle wearing the hottest corset top I’ve ever seen, stopping me in my tracks. One photo and I’m instantly turned on—that is what she does to me. Damn, I’m a lucky man. I text her back to let her know that.

Brax: Damn, woman, what are you trying to do to me? 

Elle: Just reminding you what you left behind at home this afternoon. 

Brax: Believe me, babe, I’m painfully aware of what I walked away from. 

Elle: Are you sure about that, baby? Maybe I need to show you… 

Brax: Grrrr, you are such a tease. I’m definitely taking care of this when I get home. 

Elle: Don’t make promises you can’t keep, young man ;) 

Brax: Oh, don’t worry. This is a promise I’m planning to make good on, over and over again…. 

Elle: Dammit! Now I have to buy these panties, too. 

My smile is huge when I read that last text. I love this little game of ours. Shit, that girl can drive me crazy. Now I have to think about something totally unsexy to calm my body down. What doesn’t help is that I can’t get that image of Elle in a corset out of my damn mind.

That photo is definitely being saved on my phone.

Author Profile:

Having always loved reading, and having been befriended and inspired by some awesome self published authors and book lovers alike, I decided to start writing my first novel, Lost in Distraction in December 2012. It was a conscious decision that started with a song, then the prologue and then catapulted from there. I love music too, like REALLY love music, if there isn't music playing, something is wrong. Out and Proud Vampire Diaries fan as well. 

I'm also a wife, mother, full-time university student and I do contract work for myself from home.

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Come To Me Quietly

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Hi Everyone! I’m so very excited to have the opportunity to give you a first peek at Come To Me Quietly, the first in my upcoming series, Closer.

I received some really incredible news that I want to share with you all – Come To Me Quietly will be published with New American Library/Penguin as part of a two-book deal and should come out no later than early 2014—just a little bit longer than first anticipated, but I do hope it will be worth the wait. This will be the first time any of my books have been widely distributed in print to bookstores, and I can’t wait for the chance for more readers to have access to Come To Me Quietly.

AND the good news is since Come To Me Quietly will be pushed back, you all are going to get more of Christian Davidson sooner rather than later. Christian and Elizabeth’s story from Lost to Youand Take This Regret will be coming late summer. Stay tuned J  

But first let’s take a closer look at my latest working manuscript, Come To Me Quietly. I can’t even wait to get Jared and Aleena into your hands. Jared Holt has absolutely taken over my heart and mind, and I hope you fall in love with him just as hard as I have. Come To Me Quietly will be packed with all the emotion you’ve come to expect from my novels, but it’s also a whole lot sexier and much Closer. So here you go—the complete synopsis for Come To Me Quietly.

                                               

Aleena Moore is content with her life. She has goals and dreams and an easy smile. She also has a secret she holds locked inside.

Jared Holt believes he doesn’t deserve to love or be loved. He destroys everything he touches. Haunted by the mistake that shattered his life, he’s fled from the memory of that pain.

Jared doesn’t know why he’s compelled to return, but finds himself drawn back to the place where it all began. The exact place where it ended. When he runs into his childhood best friend, Aleena’s older brother Christopher, he agrees to share Christopher and Aleena’s apartment while he looks for a place of his own.

Aleena is no longer the little girl Jared remembers from his past and evokes feelings in him he never wanted to feel again. Terrified of destroying her, he fights to keep her away. But her touch is something he can’t resist—the touch that sealed his fate.

Their pasts are intertwined and their futures uncertain. The only truths they know are the secrets they whisper in the night.

A taste of what I’ve been tossing around as I delve into Jared and Aleena’s World:

Dashed lines blur until they become a solid line. My bones vibrate from the thousands of miles I’ve spent straddling this leather seat, the muscles in my right arm screaming from the hours my hand has been locked on the throttle.

But I don’t stop. I can’t, and I don’t know why. Something in my gut spurs me forward. I plough ahead.

Hot air blasts my face and my hair thrashes in uncontrolled chaos.

I bite back a bitter laugh.

Uncontrolled chaos. That’s exactly how they described me.

The desert sky goes on forever, an ocean of the deepest blue. The city rises like a beacon in the distance. Because I am drawn.

What am I doing?

There is nothing here for me. I know it. I’ve already destroyed it all. I destroy everything I touch.

Still I can do nothing but press on.

I hope you’re all as excited to meet Jared Holt and Aleena Moore as I am to bring them to you! I want to thank you so much for all the support! You all have rocked this year and made this 100% possible!! Be sure to check out the drawing below – we are giving away some FUN FUN stuff!!!

Xoxo

Amy

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 A.L. Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Take This Regret and Lost to You, as well as other contemporary romance titles, including Pulledand When We Collide.

She first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college student.  She filled the journals she carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life.

Years later, she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two closest friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three beautiful children. Her favorite pastime is spending time with the ones she loves.

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Reckless Abandon

November Harris is lost. After a failed romance with musician Bo Cavanaugh, Ember is left struggling to regain her true self. The problem is, Bo won’t go away and Ember's stance is firm—she doesn't want him back.

Adrian Turner, Ember's ex-boyfriend-turned confidant, is patient with her heartbreak, but he can't hold back his own feelings forever.

As she sorts through her past, in an effort to plan a solid future, Ember will find that sometimes even the best laid plans bow to the soul's desire for reckless abandon.

To say that I LOVED this book is an understatement!  Who ever said that the sequel never lives up to the original never read an Andrea Randall book!  Reckless Abandon brings us right back where Ten Days of Perfect left off.  Ember is hurt and lost.  The man she knew for a short 10 days, the man that rocked her world, is gone.  He maybe gone physically but mentally Bo was never far.  Ember tries to pick up the pieces and in the process finds she is falling into old habit by the name of Adrian.  Ember is fighting to forget the one man that took hold of her soul.  In the way a beautifully written song can strip you to your core, Bo is the music and lyrics to Ember’s life song.  How long can Ember last without the man who completes the soundtrack of her life?

 “He fills my thoughts, my dreams, and my nightmares. The memory of him, and his touch, pound on the door to my soul with such force that cracks are forming in the wood. I do my best to act like no one is home by keeping the door locked and the lights off.”  

First I have to say BRAVO!  Andrea has proven that “one hit wonder” isn't even on her radar.  Andrea’s writing grabs hold of you from page one.  I read this book weeks ago and yet it feels as if I just put it down.  Words are a powerful tool and with that said I never want to meet Andrea in a dark alley!  Because that chicks got mad skills!  The way her words flood the page and with the feelings they create its no wonder everyone I talk to about this book agrees that Reckless Abandon is an amazingly written story.

I fell in love with both Ember and Bo the moment The Wailin’ Jennys lyrics poured from their lips in Ten Days of Perfect.  All of the characters in Reckless Abandon grab hold of you!  Well I take that back everyone EXCEPT Ainsley!  I know I know she was a necessary evil but boy do I hate her!  But on the brighter side we got to meet Regan and we now know that he will be the continuing story in book three of the November Blue series.  Once you read this book and hit the 73% mark you will know what is just so special about Regan!  Be ready for a reading marathon!  This is a read that will keep you tied to your e-reader till you read “The End”.  Once again Andrea has made me fall in love with a story that I will never forget and will be sure to read over and over again so a HUGE thank you is in order!  I am looking for to many more late night reads brought to life via one Andrea Randall!!   

The Interview:

1.      What was the inspiration behind Ember's character?  I wanted to read something other than the helpless virgin who finds herself unattractive, honestly. I wanted to get to the meat of a relationship and the meat of insecurities that go way beyond what happens in a mirror.

2.      I love that she comes from a free spirited back ground…is there a little of you in Ember? There is. She’s a fantasy version of myself; hippie parents, living on the beach, free to do as she pleases.

3.      Can you tell us a little about how you came up with the concept for Ten Days of Perfect? I broke my leg in April 2012. With loads of time on my hands I was reading a ton and decided I wanted to create an MC like I described above. I knew there had to be a musician, because music’s really important to me. I put that on the back burner, wrote the first “garage” scene, and took it from there.

4.      Did you find it hard to create the story within a ten day time frame? That kind of just happened. I knew it was going to be a lightning-quick attraction-explosion...then I heard Jose Gonzalez’s “Heartbeats” and thought “okay, I can do ten days. That sounds good.”

5.      Reckless Abandon has Ember making some hard life choices and I almost felt that there were points that the book could have went two totally different paths.  Did you have a clear cut end when you are started writing Reckless Abandon?  I thought I did. Then I didn’t. Then I decided to let them lead the way. The original outline for Reckless Abandon is QUITE different from how it turned out. I got a little too attached to Adrian for a second, so I went and wrote a bunch of Bo scenes to see where we stood. I made Bo prove some things to me.

6.      You have written two books with very strong secondary characters.  Can you share if you have books in the works for those characters? I do have plans for books for them. :) I can’t share much more than that without giving away the ending to RA. BUT, I can say, we WILL see Regan Kane again, hopefully soon.

7.      Will continue Ember’s story into a third book? It will. And, thank you for calling it “Ember’s story,” because, it is. :)

8.      Music became its own character in both of your books.  I know that the title of Ten Days of Perfect and Embers name were taken from songs.  Do you find it easier to relate your words with music?   I always have songs and soundtracks playing in my head. I want the books to read like one long love song.

9.      If you had to sum up both books in one song what would that song be? Oh Jesus. Um. OKAY...just off the top of my head.... “If You Ever Come Back” by The Script.

10.  Do you have a person moment of reckless abandonment that you can share? This writing thing I find myself doing ;)

11.  Now that Reckless Abandon is out and there is amazing feedback is there anything you would change? Not a thing.

Ten Days of Perfect is available for Kindle and paperback through Amazon now!

I started writing poetry long before writing fiction. I firmly believe Poetry is a solid foundation for all other forms of writing. It taught me that a single word can make or break the world.

I write fiction because my characters have a story and they want me to tell it. 

I hope you enjoy the pieces of my soul that I share with you.

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Blurb:

How do you keep going when you feel like your life is over?

Maggie never thought she’d see Clay again. So, she attempts to put her life back together after her heart has been shattered to pieces. Moving on and moving forward, just as Clay wanted her to.

Clay never stopped thinking of Maggie. Even after ripping their lives apart and leaving her behind to get the help he so desperately needed. He is healing...slowly. But his heart still belongs to the girl who tried to save him.

When a sudden tragedy brings Maggie and Clay face to face again, nothing is the same. Yet some things never change. Can the darkness that threatened to consume them be transformed into something else and finally give them what they always wanted? And can two people who fought so hard to be together, finally find their happiness? Or will their demons and fear drive them apart for good?

The thing about love, is even when it destroys you, it has a way of mending what is broken. And in the shadows, you can still see the light.

"I'm not going anywhere. Because no on is abandoning you. People can move on and live their lives but that doesn't mean you're not apart of it anymore. I love you, Clay. Ruby loves you. Because you, Clay, are worthy of that love. You deserve it. All of it. And Ruby and I just want you to find the place where you'll be okay and healthy. You can get angry with me, tell me to leave. But not once have I ever turned my back on you and I won't start now," she told me, putting her hands on me for the first time.

Her fingers gripped my chin and pulled my face around to her. The sight of her in my confused state of mind was like striking a match. And I lost it. I just fucking lost it. I started to sob and I couldn't stop. I don't know exactly what I was crying for, except that everything that had been dammed up inside of me was pouring out.

I had always believed I was irredeembable. That I couldn't expect others to love me when I didn't even love myself. But Maggie's words hit me at a moment when I so desperately needed to hear them. I needed to believe that she was right, that I was worthy.

Bleed- Hot Chelle Rae: You Tube | Itunes | Amazon

After Clay writes Maggie the letter. His struggles with his love for her while in treatment.

In the Sun- Joseph Arthur: You Tube | Itunes | Amazon

After the phone call to Maggie on Clay's birthday. He thinks of all the things he'd say to her.

Walking Dream- Natalie Walker: You Tube | Amazon

The aftermath of Lisa's death for Clay. His conflicted emotions about seeing Maggie again intertwined with his grief.

Shattered-Trading Yesterday: You Tube | Itunes | Amazon

This is Maggie after seeing Clay again. The words are so perfect.

Begin Again-Measure: You Tube | Itunes | Amazon

After Clay decides to stay in Davidson and to try and live his life by his terms.

All About Us: You Tube| Itunes | Amazon

He is We- a sweet love song that perfectly describes the way Maggie and Clay are together. This fits wonderfully as a song when they decide to be together again.

Holes Inside- Joe Brooks: You Tube | Itunes | Amazon

Clay's fears that he will fall apart again, that he isn't ready to have the future he wants. His final realization that he can't hold it all together.

Holding on or Letting Go-Ross Copperman: You Tube | Itunes | Amazon

When Clay decides to go back to treatment and asks Maggie to wait for him.

Near or Far- Carissa Rae: You Tube | Itunes | Amazon

Maggie and Clay's long distance relationship. They are separated by distance but not emotion.

Perfect for Me- Ron Pope: You Tube | Itunes | Amazon

This has always been Clay and Maggie's Happily Ever After song.

The New York Times bestselling author of Contemporary and Paranormal romance including Find You in the Dark, Cloud Walking and Bad Rep.

A. Meredith spent ten years as a counselor for at risk teens and children. First working at a Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault program and then later a program for children with severe emotional and mental health issues. Her former clients and their stories continue to influence every aspect of her writing.

A. Meredith recently moved to England and is trying to get used to driving on the other side of the road, eating fish and chips and all things British.

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