Yay, I finally made it back to participating in Snippet Sunday just in time to reintroduce my novel, Shades of Blue. This book was still just a WIP the last time I did a Snippet Sunday post, but I finally got my butt in gear and finished it! It's another one of my coming-of-age/YA/mystery/whatever-the-hell-Joyce-likes-to-write books that didn't fit neatly into any genre, but I love the story and refused to change it just to fit in (kinda like me and all my characters!) I decided to publish it myself and couldn't be happier about the decision.
My first snippet is from the opening of the book so that everyone can meet Sam and JoJo, the young couple so perfectly depicted by the photo on the cover.
The day I saw the bruises on Sam’s back, I knew his stepfather was beating him. I also knew somebody needed to kill the SOB for it. I just didn’t know who, when, or how.
Looking back on it now, I realize Sam had already been acting strange for a while that year. I thought it was just some kind of hormonal craziness he was going through from being fourteen. Then I saw the bruises.
Of course, I’d known Sam was different from other boys since the day he’d moved in next door, when he was just a little five-year-old blond kid staring at me through the fence. He always seemed older than me, even though our birthdays were only two days apart.
I hope you'll want to get to know these two precocious teens a lot better as they deal with some very adult issues, as if growing up and falling in love isn't hard enough.
And now is the perfect time to buy your own copy of the Kindle ebook! Not only is it on sale right now for 99 cents, when you use the link below, you can enter for a chance to win a $400 Amazon Shopping Spree! No purchase necessary to enter or win, but every purchase supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation via the Amazon Smile program!
Go here to purchase your copy of Shades of Blue. Just scroll down and click on my book cover, and don't forget to fill out the Rafflecopter form to enter the giveaway. Buy a few more books while you're there since every purchase helps to make a sick child's wish come true! :-)
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I'm so glad to see this story again, Joyce! And congrats on publishing it yourself. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity, but I'm VERY glad to see this book in reality. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on publication. I can already tell that this is going to be one of those books that makes me want to hurt a fictional character. Great snippet. :)
ReplyDeleteYou've hooked me into the story and made me really want to get to know the characters.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your release! Sounds like things are about to get interesting for these two.
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued to know more about your two characters.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the release too!
Congratulations on the release! And, yes, I'm hooked. I definitely want to know more about the two. Great start.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to see Sam and jojo again.
ReplyDeleteTough scene. You've baited the hook well, generating interest and sympathy in just a few lines.
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