Hi lovelies! It gives me
great pleasure today to host Justine Avery and her new book, “The One Apart”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in
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by! Wishing you lots of luck in this
fabulous giveaway!
The One Apart
by Justine Avery
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GENRE: Paranormal
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BLURB:
Only
one obstacle stands in his way of enjoying a normal life. He remembers—every
life he's lived before.
Tres
is about to be born... with the biggest burden any has ever had to bear. He is
beginning again—as an ageless adult trapped in an infant body.
He
and his teenage mother face life filled with extraordinary challenges as they
strive to protect, nurture, and hide how truly different he is. But Tres alone
must solve the greatest mystery of all: who is he? The answer is linked to the
one question he's too afraid to ask: why am I?
In
his quest, Tres discovers that all is considerably more interconnected and
dynamic than he could ever imagine—and fraught with far more danger. He cannot
hide from the unseen threat stalking him since his birth.
Life
as he knows it—as all know it—is in peril. And Tres is the only one aware.
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EXCERPT TWO:
A
casual knock pre-empted the arrival of an attending nurse. Sancha heard the
sounds of a metal cart rolled in, its wheels locked in place at her bedside.
She took a quick puff of air and released it as the knuckles of her fists began
to turn white.
She
heard a rustling of linens, then Maria leaning toward her from her chair on the
opposite side of the bed.
Something
heavy and warm was laid against Sancha’s arm.
“Sancha...”
Maria pleaded this time. “Please.”
Sancha
squirmed against the uncomfortable pressure on her arm.
“I
can’t let you live the rest of your life,” Maria whispered, “knowing you never
even saw him.”
Sancha
swallowed. Her breathing quickened. She rolled her lips between her teeth. And
she opened her eyes—as slowly as humanly possible.
The
brightest pair of crystalline blue eyes stared back at her.
They
blinked tenderly, giving away how new to blinking they actually were. Their
steady gaze pierced straight through to something rooted within Sancha.
The
eyes blinked again, temporarily cutting off the intense connection before
opening again to resume it. Sancha rested on her bed in silence, mesmerized by
the novice rhythm of blinking resembling Morse code.
Every
muscle in her body relaxed. Her mouth began to form an unthinkable smile. She
couldn’t help herself.
The
baby—her baby—beamed at her with his big, round eyes and flooded her with the
total contentment and perfect peace that wafts only from brand-new life.
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GUEST POST:
Who Inspired Your Love for Books?
I
actually can’t name one person who actually instigated my affection for books
and reading. My father used to read to
me when I was very young, and my mother allowed me an unlimited budget when the
book fair would come to school and there was that wonderful catalog full of
interesting things to read and experience.
Yet, between those ages, I had to find my love for reading all on my
own. Somewhere in there, I happened to
try a story that appealed to me in a really exciting way: ghost stories! And that love evolved into a very specific
interest in tales of ghosts and young female characters and horses! Then, I dropped the horses, and my love of
scary stories led me through Agatha Christie mysteries, true paranormal tales,
and all the best supernatural and horror writing. It wasn’t until college that I enrolled in a
“Science Fiction and Fantasy” literature course and actually discovered sci-fi and fantasy! Eventually, I would read anything and
everything: ancient literature, literary classics, and literary fiction, to all
genres and tons of nonfiction as well.
That
love for reading inspired me to write. I
think it’s natural for all of us who love to read to be drawn to the idea of
creating our own stories, developing our own ideas, and giving readers that
sense of surprise or happiness that we enjoy when we read a great story. I’ve been writing stories since I was about 7
years old when my second-grade English teacher required all her students to
write a new story every week. All my
stories were true then, based on some childhood adventure I had over the summer
or the weekend, and I remember the teacher praising them. I also remember her forcing me to stand up in
front of the class to read some of them—I was so shy!—and that made me want to
start writing boring stories. Years
later, when I was still a kid, I started my first novel, handwritten in a
spiral-bound notebook with a bright yellow cover. It was essentially a retelling of the
Cinderella story with a main character named Ella that—SURPRISE!—would be
revealed as a secret Cinderella. It’s a
good thing I never finished it! After
that, I believed the folks that told me that writing is more of a dream and not
really a career, so I only wrote sporadically when I was really moved to live
my biggest dream, only for life and that “real career” to get in the way. Finally, the urge to write, the feeling that
you’re supposed to write, took over,
and I finally gave my writing “dream” the priority it deserves.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Justine Avery is an
award-winning author of stories large and small for all. Born in the American
Midwest and raised all over the world, she is inherently an explorer, duly
fascinated by everything around her and excitedly noting the stories that abound
all around. As an avid reader of all genres, she weaves her own stories among
them all. She has a predilection for writing speculative fiction and story
twists and surprises she can’t even predict herself.
Avery
has either lived in or explored all 50 states of the union, over 36 countries,
and all but one continent; she lost count after moving 30-some times before the
age of 20. She’s intentionally jumped out of airplanes and off the highest
bungee jump in New Zealand, scuba dived unintentionally with sharks, designed
websites, intranets, and technical manuals, bartered with indigenous
Panamanians, welded automobile frames, observed at the Bujinkan Hombu Dojo in
Noba, Japan, and masterminded prosperous internet businesses—to name a few
adventures. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree that life has never required,
and at age 28, she sold everything she owned and quit corporate life—and her
final “job”—to freelance and travel the world as she always dreamed of. And
she’s never looked back.
Aside from her native English, Avery speaks a
bit of Japanese and a bit more Spanish, her accent is an ever-evolving mixture
of Midwestern American with notes of the Deep South and indiscriminate British
vocabulary and rhythm, and she says “eh”—like the Kiwis, not the Canadians. She
currently lives near Los Angeles with her husband, British film director Devon
Avery, and their three adopted children: Becks, Sam, and Lia. She writes from
wherever her curiosity takes her.
Avery
loves to connect with fellow readers and creatives, explorers and imaginers,
and cordially invites you to say “hello”—or konnichiwa.
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Justine ~ It is great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeletecongrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteReally great post, I enjoyed reading it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading!!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what the author has planned next?
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year, thanks for the giveaway!
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