Ruby Lioness Press has offered me a 4 book contract for my YA series called
Best Friend Series (there will be 8 books total in the series). These
books will be geared toward high school students.
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Book one is targeted to release September 2012
Book two December 2012
Book three April 2013
Book four June 2013
Here is information on the series:
Welcome to Claycreek, a small town in upstate
New York.
The Best Friend Series will follow this group of
girls that grew up together as they deal with the pressures of High school
life. These books will always end on a positive note with a lesson learned.
Dana Adams
Taylor Jones
Heather Moore
Tina Clarke
Alexis Wright
Kara Sanders
Here are the summaries for books 1- 4:
Book
One : Standing Strong
Topic: bulling
Topic: bulling
Heather
a freshman is floating on cloud nine after Marc a popular sophomore asks her to
The Snowball Dance. She can't stop dreaming about the possibilities of her
first real date and maybe her first kiss. She has so much to think about, what
to wear, how to do her hair, and what accessories she needs. The news of Heather and Marc's date travels fast
in a small school and it ignites anger in Lucy who wants Marc for herself. Lucy
sets out to make Heather’s life hell and tarnish her reputation. Heather’s friends do help her stand strong
against the person that bullying her.
Book
Two: Runs Deep
Topic:
cutting
Taylor
a sophomore seems like the happy go lucky person on the outside, but on the
inside she is afraid and feels very much alone. Her mother’s is a drug addict and
her father works two jobs and is never around. Taylor has her friends all
fooled, they think that she just brushes off the pain and humiliation. Inside
she is dying and can’t find an outlet for the pain. She refuses to turn to
drugs or alcohol.
One
night after Taylor gets into a fight with her father she feels like she has
nothing left in her to give. He takes a knife and slices her thigh. The pain is
intense but yet she finally feels in control of something. That night sets her
a path that could destroy her. Can a friend that finds out what’s going on be
her saving grace?
Book
Three: Fitting In
Topic:
Drinking /Drugs
It’s
Saturday night and Tina a freshman and her friends are invited to a huge party
being thrown by a senior. Once at the party the girls are offered beer. Tina’s
friends are all older than her and they each take a glass. Tina’s never drank
before so she politely declines. A few of her friends tease her so she gives in
and takes a glass.
A
few weekends later the girls are at another party and Tina is downing the beers
pretty fast. She is feeling no pain from the excessive drinking and the room is
filled with marijuana smoke.
As her friends dance and talk around her Tina’s world is spinning and the last
thing she remembers is passing out until she wakes up in the hospital with alcohol
poising.
Book
Four: Rumors & Reputations
Topic:
oral sex
Dana a junior has been dating Kevin for a month now and he wants her to go down on him. He told her it was no big deal that all the girls do it and that if she really liked him she would show him how much.
That weekend Dana fearing that he would dump her for
another girl decides that she will please him with her mouth. After all her
friends told her oral sex is nothing, it’s just the next step from making out.
They told her it was no big deal and it really meant nothing. Friday night Dana
used all the tips her friends told her and all the info she found on the
internet to orally please Kevin. She wasn’t expecting the amount that spilled
into her mouth, she gagged and spit it out. Kevin was mad and ended their date by
taking her home.
Monday at school Dana wanted to die. The whole school seemed to know what happened. Dana thought the only way the teasing would stop was if she learned to do it right. She just needed to find a willing guy or two that would teach her. What she didn't know was the reputation she was beginning to form.
