In Which I Tell You About a Must-Read YA Suspense in October

Look no further, dear friends. THIS book is your October book.

From the author of Take Me There, a fast-paced novel in verse about a girl caught between life and death—and the boy who will do anything to save her.

Ally is devastated when a scandalous photo of her is texted around school. With her reputation in shambles and her life essentially over, she hides out in a back hallway trying to figure out where everything went wrong.

Elijah has loved Ally for years and would do anything to save her from her in-between place. But if she's going to live, Ally must face her inner demons, and find the will to save herself.

Elijah has spent time in that hallway too. He landed there after taking a whole bottle of sleeping pills. Now he can see ghosts, and he knows what Ally has yet to suspect - that she's already half dead, and one choice away from never coming back.

Told in interwoven verse narratives, this crushingly honest and poetic exploration of pain and redemption will appeal to fans of Ellen Hopkins.

*****

 Here is the brand new book trailer!

***I got to read this manuscript while Carolee was writing it (we've been crit partners and friends for about 10 years) and it's fantastic!  I think it's her best work yet.

Go read Carolee's latest blog post about one of her adventures in getting the flowers for the trailer: http://caroleedeanbooks.blogspot.com/2012/08/preparing-for-book-launch-searching-for.html?showComment=1344807027170#c7490442130742362632

Here's her website with tons of cool stuff: www.caroleedean.com

See more about FORGET ME NOT here.

Find Carolee on Facebook, too, and Twitter. 

~Kimberley

P.S. When FORGET ME NOT arrives I'll be giving away a copy right here!!!

P.P.S. Tomorrow is my DEADLINE. Kill me now. Give me some cookies!!! (Chocolate chip please and heavy on the chips, thank you very much.)

Winner of TAKE ME THERE!

Sickness - again! - has overcome me and blogging . . .

I'm sorry this announcement is so late, my darling peeps.

The winner of TAKE ME THERE by the fabulous Carolee Dean is . . .

DRUMROLL!!!

DAVID P. KING!!!

David, send me your email addy and we'll chat privately to get your snail mail address and I can send you your copy of TAKE ME THERE! You're gonna love it.

Despite the *sexy*, romantic cover, this is an amazing, adventurous, dramatic and dangerous boy book!

But yeah, there's a girl, too . . . of course. :-)

And stay tuned for Carolee Dean's next novel in 2012: NO WAY OUT. It will blow your mind. It's an innovative, creative, and superbly written YA written in verse about a haunted high school hallway and a cast of characters who are all keeping secrets. Cool huh?

TAKE ME THERE by Carolee Dean

Carolee Dean caroleedean has been one of my good writer friends and critique partners for at least 10 years. We've been through So much together on this journey (angst) of writing and publishing. We both had our last books pubbed in 2002 (hers is COMFORT) and we both went through EIGHT YEARS of trying to sell our next novel. We both kept writing. And Writing. And Writing. And reading for each other. And wrote a book TOGETHER. And critiqued for each other. And changed agents together. And went to SCBWI conferences together.



(This is Carolee in the park, writing her FAB poetry.)

And then we sold our next books in the very same month - October 2008. And now, just two weeks apart, our newest novels hit the shelves. It's sorta like we're twins or something!

It's been an honor to share this writing and publishing journey with you, Carolee. 

And I'm so very, very pleased to show off her new book, TAKE ME THERE.


Gorgeous, eh? And provocative? And heart-swoony? And delicious?

TAKE ME THERE IS all that and more.

Gorgeously written, it's an important book about literacy and crime and prisons and how a kid caught up in events beyond his control, can change his life for the better. And it's a love story, and a family story, and  a thriller to boot with an incredible ending.

I have an AUTOGRAPHED COPY to give away as soon as I hit 100 followers on my Blogspot blog - or if you're an LJ reader, get your friends over here to add me to their list so I can hit 150.

That's it! Friend me, Follow me, check out THE HEALING SPELL, ask your library to order it. Just share the love of a writer's book journey. Yep, I'm also at http://kimberleylittle.livejournal.com

Carolee is also having aTAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR with a prize package full of wowza goodies.

AND!!! Just two weeks after the book hit the bookstore shelves - TAKE ME THERE has already gone into a SECOND PRINTING!

CONGRATULATIONS, CAROLEE!!!!!