HEY GUYS, HERE IS MY PROMO POST FOR THE SUMMER LOVE ANTHOLOGY, I HAVE THE BLURB, COVER, SUMMARIES AND AUTHOR BIOS FOR EACH BOOK IN THE ANTHOLOGY, AN EXCERPT FROM ONE OF THE BOOKS, A GIVEAWAY AND EVEN AN AWESOME GUEST POST FROM AUTHOR ELLA J. ASH YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS, SO COME ALONG AND JOIN THE FUN:
Book Name: Summer Love
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Blurb:
Summer Love is the first collection of short stories published by Duet, the young adult imprint from Interlude Press. These short stories are about the emergence of young love of bonfires and beaches, of the magical in-between time when young lives step from one world to another, and about finding the courage to be who you really are, to follow your heart and live an authentic life. The contributing authors have written stories about both romantic and platonic love featuring characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, pansexual and queer/questioning. The authors also represent a spectrum of experience, identity and backgrounds.
SUMMARIES & AUTHOR BIOS
Beautiful Monsters
A campaign volunteer is assigned to assist his high school’s Gay Straight Alliance for the Pride Parade, forcing him to face the students he had previously avoided, and the truth about himself.
Author: Rachel Davidson Leigh is a writer, educator, and small town native who tells stories she wishes she could have read as a teen. Beautiful Monsters is her first published work of fiction. She lives in Wisconsin with her family and two dogs who are spoiled out of their tiny minds.
The Willow Weeps for Us
Jack, the young son of a grocer, falls for a charming piano teacher at the dawn of World War II.
Author: Suzey Ingold is a writer, linguist and coffee addict, currently based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Brought up in a household where children's books are quoted over the dinner table, literature has always had a strong influence on her life. She enjoys travelling, scented candles and brunch.
The Fire Eater’s Daughter
When a traveling carnival comes back to town, Ruth must choose between caring for her mother and a life with the beautiful and mysterious Constance, the fire eater’s daughter.
Author: Amy Stilgenbauer is a writer and aspiring archivist currently based in southeast Michigan. She is the author of the novelette series, Season of the Witch, as well as the Young Adult novel, The Legend of League Park. When she isn’t writing, Amy enjoys all things bergamot and tries to keep her cats away from her knitting.
Surface Tension
Logan just wants a summer where he can be anonymous and fit in without labels, but that all changes when he meets out-and-proud Dave at summer camp.
Author: Ella J. Ash is a lawyer by day and an author by night. She has been a writer in online fan communities since 2006. She also enjoys dance parties with her family and cooking experimental vegetarian cuisine. She lives in Toronto with her partner, three daughters and four tropical fish.
My Best Friend
In a letter to his best friend, a young gay man reminisces about their relationship.
Author: H.J. Coulter lives in Winnepeg, Canada, where she works as a respite worker and studies music, in hopes of one day becoming a musical therapist. My Best Friend is her professional writing debut.
What the Heart Wants
A young student discovers attraction and desire through her experience drawing figures in her summer art class.
Author: Naomi Tajedler was born and raised in Paris, where art has always been a part of her life—including painting, restoring books, and working in auctions. She started writing in online fan communities in 2009.
The Most Handsome
Carter, a Cape Cod boy who recently came out as transgender, meets and falls in love with a college student visiting for the summer.
Author: S.J. Martin lives with his partner and their cranky, rotund cat in Washington D.C. He’s a barista by day and a writer by night. He makes a mean cappuccino and lives for good coffee, good books, and good company. The Most Handsome is his first published story.
Something Like Freedom
A boy finds a safe space from which to imagine a new future after leaving his conservative parents’ home, thanks in part to a new friend.
Author: Caroline Hanlin is a full time statistician, a part time stage manager, and an avid sports fan. She currently resides in Boston, where she enjoys writing during her commute. Something Like Freedom is her first published short story.
On the Shore
A young woman retreats to her parents’ beach house to nurse a broken heart, but instead meets a vivacious girl who helps her find joy again.
Author: Rachel Blackburn is a writer, musician and librarian based in central Ohio. When free from work, she enjoys cuddling with her cats, drinking tea, and baking more cupcakes than necessary. On the Shore is her professional writing debut.
Pages or Words: 276 pages
Categories: Please keep in mind that as an anthology, not all stories contain all elements listed.
Bisexual, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, Lesbian Romance, M/M Romance, Romance, Trans*, Young Adult, Collection
Excerpt: (From Beautiful Monsters)
Beautiful Monsters
By Rachel Davidson Leigh
“Glad to see you could join the party,” Terrence deadpans, pressing a rainbow bandana into André’s hand. André grabs a second bandana out of the bag, stuffs one in each of his back pockets, and then goes in for a third.
“Cody was checking out the parade route,” André replies, in a smooth lie. “It turns out we’re still walking six blocks through absolutely nothing and then calling it a day.” Terrence laughs, and, as he turns away, André presses a handkerchief into Cody’s hand. “Use it wisely,” he whispers into Cody’s ear. “You’re one of us now.”
One of us. He’s never been part of an “us.” Cody stares down at the lines on the handkerchief and then at the two patches of color on the back of André’s jeans as he walks toward the arriving cars.
Cody expects panic, but it doesn’t come. Maybe he isn’t ready to be Gay with a capital G, but if “us” can mean being one of these idiots, then maybe he’s ready to have people of his own. As he watches the sharp sway of André’s hips, the heat rising up his neck doesn’t feel like fear. It feels like... clarity, as though the run put everything in perspective and now he can’t stop seeing André in crisp, dazzling color.
Someone presses a sign into his hand and guides him toward the parade staging area with the rest of the crew. Once again, he can’t hear himself think over the din, but it’s different now. At the meeting, and for years before that in the hallways, he felt like an invader locked out by a wall of sound, and now he’s somehow wandered inside.
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Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25375979-summer-love
Publisher: Duet, a Young Adult imprint form Interlude Press
Cover Artist: BuckeyeGrrl Designs
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Rafflecopter Prize: One $25 Interlude Press gift card. Five multi-format Summer Love eBooks.
Now for the amazing guest post I was telling you about, you are gonna enjoy this one friends:
VBT: Summer Love Ella J. Ash
Five Things I would Never Do Again
- Childbirth. I’ve had twins and another. The second one without any drugs. Amazing, insane, powerful. Definitely not happening again.
- Whale watching on a zodiac boat on the open Pacific Ccean. I love being on open water. I love boat rides. But wow you are literally bouncing up and down off your seat on open tide for TWO HOURS before you reach the destination. I was green. Never again.
- Rent a car in the Sierra Nevada, South of Spain. There is a reason why guide books recommend taking public buses in the beautiful, windy, narrow streets of Grenada, Spain. When we were driving our little bitty rental car out of the little bitty garage, the turn was so tight we gashed the side, freaked out about having to explain ourselves to the rental company in Spanish, found out we were insured, and have never been so happy to say goodbye to a car before. Buses. The way to go.
- Calculus. I went to this high school for nerdy kids (the best kind) but one of its flaws was that there was this idea that to succeed in life, calculus is a must. I took it. I did fine. I have never so much as looked at a calculus problem since my last year of high school. Life success in tact.
- Go to a general admission, standing room only concert (unless I am in the front two rows – it’s worth the wait) – I’m very short – 4’11”. I went to a Bjork concert years ago, stood somewhere in the middle of the pack for 2 hours and literally all I saw the entire time was the top of Bjork’s head. And only occasionally. The next time this situation arose was for Darren Criss. I bought VIP tickets and stood in the front. Worth it.
Thanks Ella, this was great, and thank you friends for joining me for my blog tour stop, grab this book, I know I am gonna read it right now!
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