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I'm offering an awesome prize for one lucky International winner:
A digital copy of my new YA novel, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
and
An audiobook of my YA novel, NEVER ENOUGH!
Here's a little more about these books...
As she sinks deeper into their web of pretense, she suspects that her best friend may not be on a safe exchange program at all. Jamie sets off to Europe on a class trip with plans to meet up with Tristan, but when Tristan stops all communication, suddenly no one seems trustworthy, least of all the one person she was starting to trust—Sawyer.
From the author of Losing Faith, a novel about two sisters and the eating disorder that threatens to destroy their family.
Loann’s always wanted to be popular and pretty like her sister, Claire. So when Claire’s ex-boyfriend starts flirting with her, Loann is willing to do whatever it takes to feel special… even if that means betraying her sister.
But as Loann slips inside Claire’s world, she discovers that everything is not as it seems. Claire’s quest for perfection is all-consuming, and comes at a dangerous price. As Claire increasingly withdraws from friends and family, Loann struggles to understand her and make amends. Can she heal their relationship —and her sister—before it’s too late?
And here is a little teaser excerpt from FOREIGN EXCHANGE. (Hint: you'll have to read it to earn an extra point for the giveaway!)
TEASER EXCERPT:
“Hi,”
I say when I find Sawyer at his locker. My face is beaming like someone plugged
me into a wall socket.
“Jamie.”
He smiles back, but his eyes are rimmed with red like he's really tired. “Have
you heard from my sister again?”
Not
exactly the topic of conversation I'd hoped for. I nod. “I got another email.
She got to Milan fine and is settling in.”
Sawyer
pulls out his phone. He looks at me, then at his phone, then back at me again.
“She's...everything's
okay with the exchange program?” he asks. His words are tentative.
“Tristan's
fine, Sawyer. She says the schoolwork is going to be harder than expected
because of not speaking Italian, but otherwise she's great. She loves Europe.”
He looks at his phone again. I put my hand out. “Here, you want me to show you
the email?”
He
hands me his phone. It takes me a minute to figure out how to log in through
his browser, but I hope I can put his mind at rest. My email is coming up on
the screen when the first bell rings. I have English first class and my
teacher's a real stickler about tardiness. I glance down the hall toward my
locker.
“You
go,” Sawyer says, his palm open for his phone. “I'll look it over and see you
in class later. Okay?”
“I—”
I’m not sure what to say. Tristan’s been talking about finding my dad in her
emails. It’s our big secret and she’d been adamant about not sharing it with
anybody. But I think I can trust Sawyer. And, after all, it is my secret to keep. If I’m making a
mistake it’ll only hurt me. “Okay,” I say, finally, passing his phone back to
him. Our fingers brush against each other, but we don’t have time to let them
linger.
By
the time I get to English, I'm thinking of another problem. Tristan hadn't
wanted me to tell anyone about her modeling over there. I’ll have to tell
Sawyer not to mention it.
When
I dash into class later, Sawyer’s already seated in his usual seat with his
head down. He's flipping through something on his phone, and again I think
about signing him into my email earlier. Instead of feeling nervous, after
having some time to think about it, trusting him makes me feel closer to him.
Like we share our private emails with each other all the time.
“Hey.”
I sit down beside him.
He
finishes typing something, and then shoves his phone away before Mr. Echols
catches sight of it. “Hey,” he says finally, smiling over at me. He still looks
really tired.
“Everything
okay?” I ask.
He
blinks a few times, looking down, and I wonder if he isn't okay. Is something
really wrong? “Do you...” he trails off and seems to rethink what he's saying.
“Do you think with the program... do you think everything's okay about that? I
don't know what's going on, but maybe...I mean, I think maybe Tristan’s over
there trying to model.”
I
swallow hard. This is the moment of truth, where I have to decide how much I
can trust him.
But
his pause is barely long enough for me to open my mouth. “I need to get on that
class trip, Jamie. I need to stop my sister from doing anything stupid.”
A
host of emotions rush through me. Fear, anger, betrayal.
“Wait,
what?” I ask him. “You're going to try to get on the class trip so you can
interfere with Tristan's dream?” Tristan’s told me how jealous he can be. How
he’s done this before.
Sawyer
looks over at me with wide eyes, like he can't believe I'm calling him out on
it.
Mr.
Echols interrupts us, starting class, but I'm too upset to pay attention to a
single word he's saying.
Sawyer
passes me a note halfway through class.
I’m seriously
worried about my sister, Jamie. I have to tell you more about the program. Just
hear me out. Please?
I
keep my eyes from Sawyer for the rest of class. I'm sure he knows I'm angry,
but he doesn't try to talk to me again, at least for now. I'm even angry at
myself for getting so caught up in my feelings for him and not noticing all the
things that Tristan's warned me about.
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