Author Name: Mia Kerick
Book Name: Love Spell
Goodreads
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25550836-love-spell
Publisher: Cool Dudes Publishing
Cover
Artist: Louis C. Harris
Release
Date: June 1, 2015
Blurb:
Strutting his stuff on the catwalk
in black patent leather pumps and a snug orange tuxedo as this year’s Miss (ter)
Harvest Moon feels so very right to Chance César, and yet he knows it should
feel so very wrong.
As far back as he can remember,
Chance has been “caught between genders.” (It’s quite a touchy subject; so
don’t ask him about it.) However, he does not question his sexual
orientation. Chance has no doubt about his gayness—he is very much out of the
closet at his rural New Hampshire high school, where the other students avoid
the kid they refer to as “girl-boy.”
But at the local Harvest Moon
Festival, when Chance, the Pumpkin Pageant Queen, meets Jasper Donahue, the
Pumpkin Carving King, sparks fly. So Chance sets out, with the help of his BFF,
Emily, to make “Jazz” Donahue his man.
An article in an online women’s
magazine, Ten Scientifically Proven Ways to Make a Man Fall in Love with You
(with a bonus love spell thrown in for good measure), becomes the basis of
their strategy to capture Jazz’s heart.
Quirky, comical, definitely flamboyant,
and with an inner core of poignancy, Love Spell celebrates the
diversity of a gender-fluid teen.
Pages or Words: 44,300 words
Categories: Contemporary, Gay Fiction,
Romance, Young Adult
Excerpt:
Not to say that I kept my
phone basically right beneath my chin for the next four days, but I kept my
phone basically right beneath my chin for the next four days. Yes, I was
oh-so-pathetically waiting for his call, which I am aware fully explains the
need for the phrase “get a life.” But Jazz hadn’t been at school on the
Thursday or Friday after he had called and cancelled our playdate, and now it’s
Sunday night, and I still haven’t heard from him. And although I’m frustrated
that all of my elaborate plans to make him fall head over heels in love with moi
have apparently tanked, I’m also growing genuinely concerned.
That’s when my cell phone, which I placed on my chest before
I lay down on my now “love-spell-pink” wrapped mattress, starts singing Express
Yourself.
“Yo.” I don’t check the number. It’s Emmy—who else would it
be?
“Hi, Chance.” The deep voice is so not Emmy’s.
Yaaassss!!! This is what ninety-nine percent of my
insides shout. One percent says quietly, “It’s about frigging time you called,
asshole.”
But my voice is calm. “Jasper,” I say blandly. In my opinion,
he hasn’t earned the right to be called Jazz any longer.
“Um, sorry, no. It’s Jazz.”
I try not to roll my eyes even though I know he won’t see,
but it’s an epic fail. “Whatever.”
“I’m sorry I haven’t been in touch for a couple days. My
mom’s been real sick. I was lookin’ after her, gettin’ her to the doctor, goin’
to the pharmacy, bringing JoJo back and forth to school, and stuff.”
Oh.
“Mom caught JoJo’s strep throat and had to go to the ER
because she couldn’t even swallow.” He stops talking for a second and then
clears his voice. “Alls she could do was spit into a rag whenever she needed to
swallow.”
Well, that’s definitely TMI, but I get the fucker-nelly
revolting picture. “I’m sorry.”
“Not your fault, dude.”
And then there’s silence.
“Gonna take JoJo to the library after school tomorrow. But
first I gotta stop by the cable company and pay up or we’re gonna lose our TV
and internet at home. They already warned us like twice.”
“Want me to pick up Yolo at school and take her to the
library?” I’m so freaking pissed off at him. Why am I offering to
save his ass again?
“That’s cool of you to offer, but there’s a bus she can take
to the library from her school. Could ya be waiting for her at the library, in
case I get held up?”
“Of course.” I’m a Class A sucker.
“You’re such a cool pal.” Ugh—so not what I’m going for.
“Thanks.”
“I’m not gonna be at lunch tomorrow seein’ as I’ll probably
be collecting my makeup work. So, I’ll see ya at the library. ‘Kay?”
I don’t say kkkk cuz it’s not even slightly cool.
“Sure. The libes after school, it is.”
“Thank you, bro,” Jazz offers.
One more silence, and then I say, “Later.”
I have research to do.
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About the author:
Mia Kerick is the mother of four
exceptional children—all named after saints—and five nonpedigreed cats—all
named after the next best thing to saints, Boston Red Sox players. Her husband
of twenty-two years has been told by many that he has the patience of Job, but don’t
ask Mia about that, as it is a sensitive subject.
Mia focuses her stories on the
emotional growth of troubled young people and their relationships, and she
believes that physical intimacy has a place in a love story, but not until it
is firmly established as a love story. As a teen, Mia filled spiral-bound
notebooks with romantic tales of tortured heroes (most of whom happened to
strongly resemble lead vocalists of 1980s big-hair bands) and stuffed them
under her mattress for safekeeping. She is thankful to Dreamspinner Press,
Harmony Ink Press, CoolDudes Publishing, and CreateSpace for providing her with
alternate places to stash her stories.
Mia is a social liberal and cheers
for each and every victory made in the name of human rights, especially marital
equality. Her only major regret: never having taken typing or computer class in
school, destining her to a life consumed with two-fingered pecking and constant
prayer to the Gods of Technology.
Stop by Mia’s Blog
with questions or comments, or simply share what’s on your mind. Find Mia on Facebook,
Goodreads, and Amazon.
Where to find the author:
Guest Post from author Mia Kerick
What
have you gained or lost by taking a risk to become a published author? Would
you do it again?
Hello everybody at Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews!! Thank
you so much for welcoming me to your blog on my book tour to promote my June 1st
release, Love Spell.
This is an excellent question, and one I have never been
asked before. I suppose most people would assume that being published is the
end-all for an author’s dreams, and it has been wonderful and affirming for me.
But your question has me asking myself, is being published all it is cracked up
to being?
In terms of what I have gained by being a published author,
I would first say that I have gained many practical things. I have gained
professional editing services and formatting and covers and some help with
promotions, which have saved me money and time. I have also gained a great deal
of confidence by being published. Somehow, having a publishing company accept
my work and invest in me as an author is very inspiring.
But when I really think about it, I realize I have also lost
something by being published. I have lost a degree of privacy. Many people in
my town know I am a romance writer and have asked me about the books I write. I
have written intimate scenes (some with three people involved) that I am not at
all ashamed of, but that I wouldn’t go screaming about from the rooftops. Well,
actually, maybe I would scream about my love scenes to adults, but I have kids
in school, and I don’t relish the idea of their friends teasing them about the
romantic scenes their mother writes. So there is a measure of privacy that
disappears when you are published.
When I weigh it out, though, I would not trade the
experience of being published and getting my books out in front of the widest
audience possible for anything.
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