Saturday, 6 April 2013
Brook Cottage Books is delighted to have the lovely A.L Jackson back on the blog again, and this time she has some very exciting news for everyone...........take it away Ms Jackson!
Hi Everyone! I’m so
very excited to have the opportunity to give you a first peek at Come To Me Quietly, the first in my
upcoming series, Closer.
I received some really
incredible news that I want to share with you all – Come To Me Quietly will be published with New American Library/Penguin
as part of a two-book deal and should come out no later than early 2014—just a
little bit longer than first anticipated, but I do hope it will be worth the
wait. This will be the first time any of my books have been widely distributed
in print to bookstores, and I can’t wait for the chance for more readers to
have access to Come To Me Quietly.
AND the good news is
since Come To Me Quietly will be
pushed back, you all are going to get more of Christian Davidson sooner rather
than later. Christian and Elizabeth’s story from Lost to You and Take This
Regret will be coming late summer. Stay tuned!
But first let’s take a
closer look at my latest working manuscript, Come To Me Quietly. I can’t even wait to get Jared and Aleena into
your hands. Jared Holt has absolutely taken over my heart and mind, and I hope
you fall in love with him just as hard as I have. Come To Me Quietly will be packed with all the emotion you’ve come
to expect from my novels, but it’s also a whole lot sexier and much Closer. So here you go—the complete synopsis
for Come To Me Quietly.
Book Description
Aleena Moore is
content with her life. She has goals and dreams and an easy smile. She also has
a secret she holds locked inside.
Jared Holt believes he doesn’t
deserve to love or be loved. He destroys everything he touches. Haunted by the
mistake that shattered his life, he’s fled from the memory of that pain.
Jared doesn’t know why he’s
compelled to return, but finds himself drawn back to the place where it all
began. The exact place where it ended. When he runs into his childhood best
friend, Aleena’s older brother Christopher, he agrees to share Christopher and
Aleena’s apartment while he looks for a place of his own.
Aleena is no longer the little
girl Jared remembers from his past and evokes feelings in him he never wanted
to feel again. Terrified of destroying her, he fights to keep her away. But her
touch is something he can’t resist—the touch that sealed his fate.
Their pasts are intertwined and
their futures uncertain. The only truths they know are the secrets they whisper
in the night.
Dashed lines blur until they become a
solid line. My bones vibrate from the thousands of miles I’ve spent straddling
this leather seat, the muscles in my right arm screaming from the hours my hand
has been locked on the throttle.
But I don’t stop. I can’t, and I don’t
know why. Something in my gut spurs me forward. I plough ahead.
Hot air blasts my face and my hair
thrashes in uncontrolled chaos.
I bite back a bitter laugh.
Uncontrolled chaos. That’s exactly how
they described me.
The desert sky goes on forever, an
ocean of the deepest blue. The city rises like a beacon in the distance.
Because I am drawn.
What am I doing?
There is nothing here for me. I know
it. I’ve already destroyed it all. I destroy everything I touch.
Still I can do nothing but press on.
I hope you’re all as excited to
meet Jared Holt and Aleena Moore as I am to bring them to you! I want to thank
you so much for all the support! You all have rocked this year and made this
100% possible!! Be sure to check out the drawing below – we are giving away
some FUN FUN stuff!!!
Xoxo
Amy
Thank you so much Amy. Brook Cottage Books wishes you every success with the new book and book deal. Many congratulations.
To celebrate the release of Come to Me Quietly and the book deal we have a lovely giveaway for you!
About the Author
A.L. Jackson is the New York Times
bestselling author of Take This Regret
and Lost to You, as well as other
contemporary romance titles, including Pulled
and When We Collide.
She
first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college
student. She filled the journals she
carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the
difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life.
Years
later, she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two closest
friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length
novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern
Arizona where she lives with her husband and three beautiful
children. Her favorite pastime is spending time with the ones she loves.
Connect
with A.L. Jackson online:
www.twitter.com/aljacksonbooks
Heartiest congratulations A.L. - you are living the dream! Best of luck with the new book and much continued success!
A.L. that is FABULOUS news! I wish you all the best.