I have been bouncing-off-the-walls excited about today. So much came together this past weekend to get me ready for Burnouts Book 2 to go live on Amazon on November 2nd. First the design goddesses, namely Kitten and Kim, at Deranged Doctor Designs sent me the final work on my cover. I love it! Not only does it tie in perfectly with the first Burnout cover, but it also perfectly captures MG and Steve and the color is what I call a “night sky dreamer’s blue.”
So without further ado, here is the awesome cover you should be looking for on Amazon starting November 2nd.
And I finished the book blurb so I could tell you a little about the story I want to share with you of this really unique couple:
“The poorest man is not the one with no penny in his pocket, but the one who has no dream.”
– The Burnouts, Class of ‘99
For two weeks Steve Shrader lived a dream. A dream that he didn’t even know existed until he felt it. For two weeks the kid with no mom had good food, clean clothes and sheets and Christmas. For two weeks he had love – in the form of Hello Kitty bandaids and hot soup and his best friend, MG. Then he screwed up, like he always did, and the dream he was living went away.
Now school is over, MG is gone and he’s headed down the same path as all the adults in his life; drifting along, dodging or dealing with one sh*t-storm after another, numbing themselves with cigarettes, drugs and alcohol. But he’s seen a better life. He’s seen what he wants. He wants MG. The question is how to get to her from where he is now.
MG dreams of living large in New York City. (OK, to tell the truth, it’s her mom’s dream, and she is just along for the ride.) But she’s gonna make it work–in a kick-ass, cool apartment, with a glam fashion job and photo shoots with rich friends in magazines–or not. She left everything she was sure of back home in St. Louis and almost everything she thought she knew about Manhattan and life isn’t turning out to be true.
When her false dreams crumble and fall though her hands she’s left with what’s real. A real life with a real job and real love; and it can all be hers if she’s brave enough to believe in herself and go after what she truly wants.
Their love story started in Burnouts, Geeks & Jesus Freaks: a love story, now it continues in Popstars, Friends & Lovers: a dreamer’s tale. MG, the best friend with a talent for trouble, and Steve, the most laid back hero in romance novel history, are back. With old friends from high school and a crazed array of new ones they go for a win in the game called life.
Just like Burnouts 1, this is not your typical romance novel. It’s a laughing, crying, coming of age romance between two out of the ordinary people.
Check back each week, because starting next Monday I will share the first few chapters with you then let you know when you can get your copy at the introductory sale price. Are you ready for a dreamer’s tale?
Karen Gordon, Author 