Published by: Sourcebooks Fire
Publication date: May 5th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
Eve’s time as a fashion model nearly destroyed her-now she’s determined to build a career behind the camera lens. But landing a coveted photography internship brings her face to face with her dark past-and her ex.
While Eve is snapping pictures, up-and-coming male model Alex is launching his career-which, for him, involves maintaining a fake relationship with his (secretly) underage co-star, Elana.
But Alex is falling for Eve, and Eve won’t let herself get hurt again. If Alex can pull off a fake love with Elana, can he convince Eve to risk a secret affair with him?
Five Facts About HALFWAY PERFECT
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Co-author, Mark Perini, was the model who portrayed the main character on Julie Cross’ Tempest series books. He’s also been on many other YA covers https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21313153?shelf=books-i-am-on-the-cover-of
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In the book, main character, Alex books a big job modeling for Calvin Klein. CK is one of the few big designers/labels Mark hasn’t worked with (yet). Both authors are big CK fans
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co-author, Julie Cross, started out writing Eve’s chapters, and Mark writing Alex’s, but plot elements and scenes required occasional swapping
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Mark wrote parts of Halfway Perfect while in Milan, Italy for Fashion Week
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Julie has never met a model in real life, not even Mark.
Julie Cross
is the International Bestselling author of the Tempest series, a young
adult science fiction trilogy which includes Tempest, Vortex, and
the final installment, Timestorm (St. Martin's Press). She's also the
author of Letters to Nowhere (8/13), a mature young adult romance set in
the world of elite gymnastics, as well as several forthcoming young
adult and new adult novels with publishers like Entangled, Sourcebooks,
HarperCollins, and St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books.Julie lives in Central Illinois with her husband and three children. She's a former gymnast, longtime gymnastics fan, coach, and former Gymnastics Program Director with the YMCA. She's a lover of books, devouring several novels a week, especially in the young adult and new adult genres. Outside of her reading and writing credibility's, Julie Cross is a committed--but not talented--long distance runner, creator of imaginary beach vacations, Midwest bipolar weather survivor, expired CPR certification card holder, as well as a ponytail and gym shoe addict. You can find her online via twitter, her personal website, email, facebook, Goodreads, or co-moderating the YAwriters section of reddit.
Mark Perini
began his career as an international fashion model ten years ago, while
simultaneously obtaining a business degree from Seton Hall University.
Turns out fashion's hurry-up-and-wait mentality lends itself quite well
to writing. Mark is now a New York City based author, and
Halfway Perfect is his first young adult novel. He is also a featured
author in the New Adult anthology, Fifty First Times.When he's not working, Mark's traveling the world. He's made a blood pact with friends to see all seven ancient wonders of the world before he's thirty. Four down three to go.
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