 Excerpt: “Jazz, take pictures!” Eric pokes me hard in the side with his bony elbow. I wince and raise the camera, clicking a shot. “Go to the front, like they’re doing.” He points at the photographers running to the front and clicking madly on their cameras. Heaving a sigh, I drag my ass off the chair to walk forward. I rake my hand through my hair before I glance back at the monstrosity on the platform. Never in a million years would I have thought I’d be in this position. Suddenly oil paint and new guitar strings don’t seem all that important. I just wanna get out, but Eric needs these pictures for the magazine and I’d rather die than let one of my friends down. My heart thuds when I see Dean looking right back at me as I approach. His brow furrows as if he’s trying to place me. Typical. Of course he wouldn’t remember me. Why would he? My heart hammers a fast beat as my body breaks out in sweat. The inside of my throat thickens, stopping half of the oxygen from reaching my lungs. And still, I’m having the hardest time looking away. Am I nervous under his green-eyed gaze? Or is it just the hate? It’s been years since I last saw him. Not wanting to give the wrong impression of an adoring fan, I narrow my eyes and spew out all the venom I feel for this man into one, hateful glare, just before I raise the camera and snap my shots.  Cover Artist: Scarlet Tie Designs Publisher: MLR Press Tour Dates/Stops August 11: Because Two Men Are Better Than One August 18: Full Moon Dreaming August 25: MM Good Book Reviews, Hearts on Fire September 1: Velvet Panic, Fallen Angel Reviews, Havan Fellows September 8: Decadent Delights September 15: Up All Night, Read All Day, Love Bytes September 22: Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Smoocher’s Voice September 29: Prism Book Alliance October 6: It’s Raining Men, Michael Mandrake October 13: Cate Ashwood October 20: The Novel Approach October 27: The Hat Party October 27: My Fiction Nook November 3: Tara Lain, Dawn’s Reading Nook November 17: Emotion in Motion, Kimi-Chan November 24: Amanda C. Stone Erica Pike Erica lives in Iceland with her adorable little twin boys. She often says that her real name sounds like Klingon to foreigners. Seriously, if “Eyjafjallajökull” looks like a random strings of characters, it’s nothing in comparison to Erica’s name. She’s been writing for several years, or ever since reading became an obsession. Aside from a business degree, Erica has taken English courses at the University of Iceland and gulped down anything that might help her in her career as an author. She takes great interest in English, but will break every single grammar rule for the sake of The Voice. 
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Trix
11/17/2014 03:35:53 pm
I love this series, and harmony-laden guitar bands like Sloan! Leave a Reply. |
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