THE REASON IS YOU
by Sharla Lovelace
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BLURB:
Anything
but normal…
Dani Shane just wants her daughter to have what she never did—a normal life. But “normal” leaves the equation when sixteen-year old Riley is found talking to Dani’s only friend, Alex—who has been dead for forty years.
In the small river town ofBethany
As Dani scrambles to get solid footing under her family, secrets buried for forty years begin to unearth themselves. She and Alex have always been connected, but he is hiding something. The computer is making her hear things. Weird memories that she doesn’t recognize keep popping up in her mind. Then there’s that little thing she hasn’t told her daughter yet—that some of the people she sees aren’t breathing.
Dani Shane just wants her daughter to have what she never did—a normal life. But “normal” leaves the equation when sixteen-year old Riley is found talking to Dani’s only friend, Alex—who has been dead for forty years.
In the small river town of
As Dani scrambles to get solid footing under her family, secrets buried for forty years begin to unearth themselves. She and Alex have always been connected, but he is hiding something. The computer is making her hear things. Weird memories that she doesn’t recognize keep popping up in her mind. Then there’s that little thing she hasn’t told her daughter yet—that some of the people she sees aren’t breathing.
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EXCERPT
Starting over sucks, but at
forty it sucks the life out of you. This thought squeezed my brain on the
six-hour drive to Bethany from Dallas
Not that I wasn’t grateful
to have a destination. My dad loves me, and he’s never judged. But this time
was no visit. It was the real deal, with bath towels and Tupperware and
everything that would fit in a U-Haul trailer. My head started to bang out a
rhythm just thinking about it, but I knew it was the smart thing to do. I’d
tried everything after losing my job, and despite the number of times I pushed
reality aside, it kept waving at me.
I had Riley to think about.
I had to keep a roof over her head, and I couldn’t afford to be choosy on what
roof that was. We would be okay. I glanced over at her, eyes closed, jamming to
whatever her iPod was pumping into her head, and I prayed she would be okay.
That she wouldn’t be tainted by association with me.
“So, when do we get to
Podunk?” she said after we drove through Restin, the nearest big town. Not big like high-rises. Big like it has a Walmart.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Sharla Lovelace is the National Bestselling Author
of THE REASON IS YOU, BEFORE AND EVER SINCE, and the e-novella JUST ONE DAY. Being a Texas
girl through and through, she’s proud to say she lives in Southeast
Texas with her family, an old lady dog, and an aviary full of
cockatiels.
Sharla is available by Skype for book club meetings
and chats, and loves connecting with her readers! See her website
www.sharlalovelace.com for book discussion questions, events, and to sign up
for her monthly newsletter.
http://www.facebook.com/sharlalovelace
THE REASON IS YOU (available in trade paperback online and in
stores)
Mass Market version (978-0425254868) with new cover
available May 7th, and for preorder now!
Tagline: “Sometimes falling into the past is the way
forward.”
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also available anywhere books are sold.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a new to me author, I love finding them and their books! This one sounds really great. I'll be putting it on the wish list.
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