Monday, April 28, 2014

Cover Reveal: Having Hart



I've already had several questions about the cover of Having Hart. The main one is: Why is it so plain?! 

Having Hart is a complicated book for me. While Marlow and Hart were fun to write, they're funny, sarcastic, and well, Hart is simply Hart. It does have some very serious moments in it. 

Now, I did think of putting a model on the cover. 

But in the end, I wanted something different. I didn't want something that looked like the cover of every other contemporary/new age/whatever label you want to put on it, romance novel. Now, I understand that people are going to skip over this book because of a so-called "boring cover". But if they take two seconds to read the back/blurb, I think they're going to see something there. And if they don't, well, then they're missing out. 

Blurb for Having Hart: 



"I hope you live a beautiful life, Hart Ellis Adler. It is what you absolutely deserve. I know I will think of you often for you have been part of all of my favorite memories.
But make no mistake, you will from now on be the worst part of my favorite memories."


Marlow Tayte fell in love with Hart Alder at first sight, as cliché as it might be. But the feeling was definitely not mutual. After the most humiliating introduction in history, he left her in the worst spot imaginable, the friend zone. 

Two years later, Marlow is still in love with her best friend. The worst part? Marlow thinks Hart has no idea. 

Hart Alder is a proud notch on more than one girls bedpost. He drinks too much, talks with his fists, and has no problem taking home any girl that looks his way. 

There has only been one girl he ever truly wanted and it's the one he doesn't deserve. His best friend, Marlow. 

After a tragedy befalls the Tate family, Hart will realize that tomorrow is never guaranteed for anyone. He knows he has to get the only girl who has ever mattered. Only once he has her, he knows, keeping her is not an option.

A fateful decision, a broken heart, and a shattered trust.

Hart leaves Marlow at the lowest she has ever fallen. Her only choice is to start her life over, far, far away from Hart. But when he shows back up, she just can't make her own heart listen to her head. How do you leave behind the only person you've ever loved

What seems unforgivable will fail in comparison to what life has planned for them.

A story about forgiving all that is seemingly unforgivable.


If that didn't grab your attention, maybe a snippet will? 


“You know I can’t love you, Low. I don’t know how to. No one ever taught me how to love someone.” Hart reached out to touch me, causing me to jerk away as if he had burned me. 

“Love is not something someone teaches you, Hart! It’s something you feel; it’s an emotion. It’s not an equation, there is no formula, nothing there to decipher, there is no X or Y you can solve for. You learn how to love by loving someone, from experiencing it. Not how to love someone because a person necessarily taught you how. No professor or book can show you how to do it. It’s something that just happens and you buckle up and go for the ride. Whether that’s a straight and narrow road or a roller coaster. You hold on with both hands, hold your breath, and let go. Sometimes it comes to an abrupt end with a sudden jerk, or a short walk with a sudden stop on a dead-end street. Then every once in a while something special happens and it turns into a road trip. Your trip around the world. It’s taking the long way with someone that already feels like home.” I choked out the words, pushing away from him. 

“Marlow...” 

“Thank you though, you just made my decision for me. I think that was just about the worst thing I’ve ever had to hear. No reason for you to come over now, right? I mean there can’t possibly be anything else you can hurt me with. Unless maybe you want to tell me that Dawn’s pregnant and you’re getting married because that would be the cherry on top of this shit cupcake.” I held my hands up to keep him from touching me again. Apparently butterflies don’t give a crap about my broken heart. 

“Would you let me finish? Just let me speak!” Hart hissed as I took another step back. “Give me five minutes, Marlow, please.” 

“Why would I want to hear anymore, Hart? I give up, I’m no match for you. I will gladly fall on the sword to keep this from going on. You have a far superior powers when it comes to hurting me. You win and I am bowing out gracefully.” I curtsied, then turned with a quick snap. And with my head down to the ground, eyes blurred with unshed tears, I walked into my next class. 

Leaving both Hart and my own heart behind me yet again. 


What else? God, you want more? Greedy, greedy, I swear. Fine, I also have the name of book four and a teaser for it! 

The name of book four... Drum roll, if you please? 


Street Lights in Wonderland


“Thanks,” he grinned, standing back up. “So, tell me, do you have a boyfriend? Or a girlfriend? I won’t judge.” 

“I am in a very serious relationship.” 

“Oh, anyone that goes here?” 

“Afraid not.” 

“What’s his name?”

“Netflix, we’re really hitting it off well. I can see it lasting for a while. Going the distance, ya’ know.”

Langston stared at me for a moment, blinking rapidly, his face contorted in a mix of confusion and amusement. “You have a sense of humor.” He finally started laughing. “That automatically makes you at least 76.3% better than any of the other girls here.”

“Well, I do aim to be an overachiever.”

“Want to go do something?”

“Huh?” I laughed incredulously, looking around the parking lot. “With me?”

“Yes, Friendless Shaine, I want to go do something with you.” He leaned against my car, reaching out to brush my hair away from my face.

“And what did you have in mind Langston but not Hughes?”

“Here’s the thing, Friendless Shaine, I’ve got a gypsy soul and my heart went wild one beat from my very first breath. I need a constant sense of adventure, lust, love, and to capture every moment of life as it's thrown at me. Are you in?”

I looked up at Langston, tilting my head to the side, and for the first time in a long while a genuine smile graced my lips. “Langston but not Hughes, I am so in.”



There will be much more about book four later. Probably around/after Having Hart is released so stay tuned! 

That's all I've got. Seriously, this time. That's it. 

XOXO

Ashley

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