August 12, 2013

Another New Teaser from Coast to Coast



Thank you to everyone who participated in my recent giveaway by entering and sharing and congrats to the winners! I hope you enjoy your copies of Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover and A Different Blue by Amy Harmon. These really are some great books and I encourage all of you to check them out. You will not be disappointed. Here are the links again:

                                           Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover                                     



                                         A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
 
 
But now on to the fun stuff you guys have been so patiently waiting for...A NEW TEASER from Coast to Coast.  This one is a scene at the beach party between Emerson and Shane. It features a song from Connor Christian & Southern Gothic, an incredible band that I had the privilege of meeting last month and plan on using their songs and lyrics throughout the book. So at the request of a few people close to me, the first song in the book is "I Only Need You" Enjoy the new excerpt and be sure to check out CC&SG's music too. 
 
 
                    Connor Christian & Southern Gothic Website
 
 
 
 

New Teaser:
 
Wait! Logan! Shit! I sit up and push him off.

“Shane, really this is too much. I can’t do this. I’m not that kind of girl.”

“I know you’re not, that’s why I like you.” He rolled over on his side and propped up his head with his hand. “Emerson, I just wanna be around you. I find you intoxicating and I don’t care that you have a boyfriend, I’m going to say it anyways, because thoughts should be spoken out loud. And I don’t care if you laugh at me, but I feel like you and I are meant to be. I’m going to do everything within my power to drive Logan out of your mind so that I can fill that hole…and so much more. I want to own your heart.”

“Wow, that’s pretty intense for someone you just met a few hours ago.” I playfully slapped his arm. He grabbed my wrist and spun me onto my back. Once again his gorgeous face was looming over mine.

“Emerson, my soul has known your soul from the beginning of time and my heart is connected to yours for eternity. It’s only now that our bodies are finally meeting.”  There wasn’t any playfulness anymore. This was serious. Intense. I felt like I couldn’t breathe. But I did.  He had just knocked down every single brick out of the wall I had worked so hard to build. And it felt good.

“Shane…really, we have to stop.” I continued to stare directly into his eyes wishing that the words I’d just said would be ignored and he would really continue to hold me.  Instead, he rolled over onto his back, tucked his hands behind his head, and starring up at the starry sky he began to hum.  I relaxed myself into the sand as well and listened to Shane harmonizing with the music from the bonfire that was floating our way down the beach.

“You know this song? It’s beautiful. Who is it?”  I asked as we continued to lay there next to each other on the beach.

“Yeah, I kind of know the lead singer, long story but we’re friends.  It’s Connor Christian and Southern Gothic. They’re a really talented band and nice guys too.  They had a bit of a break on their tour schedule so we got them to play the beach tonight.  This song is actually called “I Only Need You” and it’s one of my favorites.  It’s about a guy that has his heart broken because the girl he loves only wants him when she finds it convenient for her.  He promises that when he finds his true love it will be just that. True Love. Unconditional. Unwavering. It’s a beautiful song because it changes from the conditional terms of “I only need you” to “I only need you” Very poetic and meaningful.  But sorry, I’m just rambling now.”

“No, I think it’s interesting and beautiful.” I sit up and face him, he’s still lying recumbent in the sand.  “You sound like maybe you know firsthand about that kind of heartbreak.”

“Yeah, maybe I do.  But then again…no…I was young and I don’t think you could really call it love.  But then again, you never know.  Come on, we’re getting too deep now.” He pushed himself up out of the sand and offered me his hand to help me up.  “Let me walk you back to your place.  Give me your phone and I’ll download the song by them that you really need to hear.”  I took his hand, grabbed my sandals, and handed him my iPhone after opening and logging into iTunes.

“Well, that is certainly an offer I can accept because I like being safe, but I LOVE good music.  You’ve got a deal.”

-From Coast to Coast by Lisa Royea

-Music & Lyrics by Connor Christian & Southern Gothic

August 8, 2013

How can I win a great book? Easy. Enter my Giveaway.

For all of you email subscribers...fear not...there is still time to enter my giveaway.  Whew!  OK!  Good!  Now that we got that out of the way, you can relax and enjoy reading the rest of this post. (But make sure you read down to the bottom to get all the info on ways to enter the giveaway.)

In case you haven't already heard from Facebook, I have a giveaway going on right now.  Maybe you didn't hear Facebook telling you about the giveaway because you don't have me in your news feed.  Hhhmm, you should probably have my Facebook page in your news stream so you don't miss out on any important updates like this in the future.

Anyways, back to the details of my giveaway.  It's super easy to enter and the prizes are super fantastic incredible wonderful books that I recently read and loved.  The contest is through the Rafflecopter entry form below and the prizes are e-reader copies of these super fantastic incredible wonderful books...

A Different Blue by Amy Harmon



I can't say enough about this book.  If you want more info on why I love it so much, read my last post which is a real and true review of the book itself.  I'm happy now to be able to gift an e-reader copy to one of you and share Amy Harmon's brilliant writing with you if you haven't already read it.

Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover

 
And of course my next pick...Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover...enough said.  I've already told you all how much I love her writing.  I loved Hopeless, but don't usually care much for the same story being told over again from a different point of view.  Losing Hope was different though.  It had drama, emotion, heartbreak, love, everything you look for in a good story. Colleen Hoover has never disappointed me in the past, and Losing Hope is a wonderful "POV Sequel".  I don't foresee future disappointments either, so I'd love for you to win and experience her writing as I have.
 
 
 
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Complete the Rafflecopter form below. Just like, share, tweet,etc. Everything you do is another entry.
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