Publication date: July 13th 2014
Genres: Romance, Young Adult
Seventeen-year-old Mae is convinced that the consequences of her poor
decisions have caused the untimely deaths of three close family members
within a year, no matter how ludicrous her thoughts seem to those she
loves. The solution? Run away so no one else she cares for gets hurt.
Despite Mae’s efforts to blend in at a new high school just long enough to graduate, she meets Ty, the “perfect guy” with his own secrets and a relentless interest in her. She must decide if she can stop running from the past and still protect those she loves; and if she does return home, whether Ty is really the right person to protect her fragile heart.
Complete 4 Book Series:
To Know Me
To Love Me
To Forgive Me
To Choose Me
**To Know Me is an upper YA-New Adult Romance Series, not intended for younger readers.**
Despite Mae’s efforts to blend in at a new high school just long enough to graduate, she meets Ty, the “perfect guy” with his own secrets and a relentless interest in her. She must decide if she can stop running from the past and still protect those she loves; and if she does return home, whether Ty is really the right person to protect her fragile heart.
Complete 4 Book Series:
To Know Me
To Love Me
To Forgive Me
To Choose Me
**To Know Me is an upper YA-New Adult Romance Series, not intended for younger readers.**
“Is
this for me?” I ask as Ty stands in the center of the clearing with
a yellow rose in one hand.
“No.
It’s for that grandma who’ll be passing this area in about ten
minutes. I’m just practicing my delivery.” He’s so cute when
he’s being sarcastic. I take the rose. In an instant I am shocked
back to the day of Laura’s funeral. Everyone in her sixth grade
glass brought roses to the cemetery to lay upon her grave, yellow
ones, her favorite color. “Why aren’t you smiling?” Ty asks.
“Did I do something wrong?”
“N…no.”
“Your
hand is shaking,” he says coming over to my side. “Sit down.”
He points to the picnic table. “Mae, if you don’t tell me
anything I won’t ever be able to help you. I want to help you. I
know what it’s like to need help. There’s a lot you don’t know
about me, too. And I’m willing to tell you. It’s weird because I
hardly know anything about you, but I feel like we’re a lot alike.”
“We’re
nothing alike,” I say. I want to tell him. But if I do? Then what?
He won’t understand. No one does.
“Is
yellow not a good color for brunettes?” he jokes. I can’t help
but smile. He takes the rose, breaks off the stem, and tucks it
behind my ear. He leans in to smell the rose and kisses my cheek.
Only the crunching of sticks from the older couple on the path stops
him from reaching my lips.
Marcy
Blesy is the author of several middle grade and young adult novels and
short stories. Her picture book, Am I Like My Daddy?, helps children who
experienced the loss of a parent when they were much younger. She has
also been published in two Chicken Soup for the Soul books as well as
various newspapers and magazines. By day she runs an elementary
school library and enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys.Marcy is a believer in love and enjoys nothing more than making her readers feel a book more than simply reading it. She likes to connect with her readers via email (mablesy(at)yahoo.com).
GIVEAWAY
Blitz-wide giveaway (INTL)
- 3 paperback copies of To Know Me books 1-4 bound together in one bigger book
Grand prize giveaway - ends August 13th
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