Melissa Maygrove

Today on the tour, author Kelly F Barr interviews  First Love authors about our stories. To be respectful of your time, we've kept these short, sweet, and interesting.  Check it out ! 

To celebrate the release of Elizabeth Seckman's new book, Bella's Point , I'm participating in her blog hop challenge. The instructions were: write 'something readers want to read' (anything—no restrictions, no word limit), using the prompt provided, and hope it pleases the judges. Want to join the challenge to win cash, prizes, and bragging rights? The linky is open to accept new participants all the way up until the 31st!  Sign up here ! Well, here goes. This short piece was written hurriedly, with minimal research, and is unedited.  It's also a tad gritty. You've been warned! The prompt: The year is 1865 ...

Hi everyone, thanks so much to Melissa for letting me take over for the day! Here’s a small snippet from Sidelined’s opening chapter. For those who are unfamiliar with the Game On series and have never met Bree before, you should know, she's a total ditz. But a ditz with a dark past which is explored later in the story. :) ** "Stop calling me!" “Bree, I just-” “I don’t want to hear it, Taylor. Leave me alone!” I flung my cell onto the bed and threw myself backwards against my soft, fluffy pillows. So over having the same conversation. I should have stopped answering the phone to her but Taylor’s calls didn’t always come from the same number, and what if it was someone important? I hated missing calls from friends – any excuse for a good chat, right?

In preparation for this interview, I did quite a bit of stalking, and — let me tell you — Jeff Beesler is not an easy man to track. The NSA couldn't do much better. But seriously... Jeff and I met at #NALitChat. When he published his latest book, I liked the premise and the cover so much, I begged to be part of his blog tour. *grin* First a little about the book...

I'm super excited to have author Cally Jackson on the blog today. Cally was here a short time ago for a cover reveal , and now she's back with an interview to announce the release of her debut novel, The Big Smoke .  Congratulations, Cally!  *cue balloons & streamers* Cally's a real sweetheart, and I enjoy hosting her despite the fact her regional spellings give my word processor fits. :P First a refresher of the cover and blurb...