Tuesday Teaser/ EPHEMERAL to release Friday!

Welcome back to the Tuesday Tease!

Yes, I’ve moved the content to my blog for now. Strange right?

There was some talk of content issue and who owned what once I put it on Facebook so until I figure it out I’ll keep the teasers here for a while. Hope you don’t mind!

*** UPDATE: EPHEMERAL will release this Friday September 14! I'm SUPER excited to share this book birthday with you! ****


GREAT news from my editor! TOXIC Part One should be back in my hands by the end of the week, or early next week. In truth, this final stage of edits is my favorite part so I’m super excited!

EPHEMERAL is done. As in laid to rest, finished—forever to be left alone. It’s going through some last minute formatting issues. Anyway I had SO much fun with Laken, Wes, and Cooper. I can’t wait to share them with you!

On to the teasers!

EPHEMERAL (The Countenance Book 1)

Fun Facts about the Countenance series:

*Skyla’s original name was Laken but I didn’t think it fit her.

*Skyla was originally going to have an older sister named Jen, but when I moved Laken I moved Jen along with her.

*EPHEMERAL takes place two years before Skyla sets foot on Paragon.

*The Countenance storyline eventually converges with Celestra. Characters from EPHEMERAL are in TOXIC Part One and Part Two.

*The second book in the Countenance series EVENESCENT will most likely be in 3 POV (point of views) Laken, Wesley, Cooper unless of course my editors decide it is totally botched. In that event I will happily blame Wes and Cooper.

*There were a few scenes I refused to edit before bed because I'm a big chicken. (I’m looking at you- end of chapter 39 beginning of chapter 40)

*I’ve been doing Tuesday Teasers for EPHEMERAL longer than most Celestra books combined. True Story.

Anyway, hope to get the book to you SOON!

TOXIC (Celestra Series Book 7)

*Just a tiny fun fact for both parts of TOXIC: On a few occasions Marshall says the most outrageous things that I would never dare put on my blog or facebook. I blush just reading them.

 *(Skyla speaking with Marshall while Gage is present)

“I can’t wait until our honeymoon,” I say with the last bit of energy my body is able to dispense. I have high hopes of Gage having a coronary episode while envisioning my post marital vacay with our math teacher—how apropos for him to succumb to his demise in the morgue of all places. And with no Dr. O around to save him—tsk, tsk.

*(Skyla about to witness an encounter with her two mothers)

Then it happens.

“Lizbeth?” My mother, the one who gave birth to me, the one who bears my striking resemblance and has long since passed away, approaches the partially clad woman I now call Mom. Candace wears her signature I’ll cut your throat smile. Honest to God, she might have been better suited as Chloe’s mother than mine.

*(Skyla and Gage)

“Are you a liar, Gage?” It comes out lower than a whisper.

He holds my gaze much longer than he ever should have to. His left eye twitches as if he were weighing his options.

“No, Skyla.” He takes up my hand and dips my finger into his mouth as if it were a confection. “I’m a lot of things, but I’m not a liar.”

It makes me wonder what exactly those things might be.

*(Skyla and Logan at a secret location)

“Skyla,” Logan shouts victoriously. He lands a kiss over my cheek and holds me while tumbling us down the hillside. He kisses my lips, my nose, my eyelids. “We're here. We made it.” He jumps to his feet and pulls me up.

*(Extra tease: Skyla yelling at Gage in front of Chloe, Drake, Brielle)

“Oh, my God. She did see your baseball bat!” I scoot my chair the hell away from him in the event his pants decided to catch on fire because he is so a liar.

“Dude.” Drake marvels. “You’ve got a baseball bat down there?”

Brielle walks in and breezes over.

“Talking about Gage?” She says it so nonchalant and so correctly pegged the phallus in question all eyes redirect themselves to her. “What?”

Hope you enjoyed the teasers!

I’ll give you the heads up for EPHEMERAL’s release as soon as I can!

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