This is my stop during the blog tour for When Faults Collide. This blog tour is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. The blog tour runs from 1 till 14 July, you can view the complete tour schedule on the website of Lola’s Blog Tours.
When Faults Collide (Faultlines #1)By Claire Granger
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age category: New Adult
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Blurb:
Asha is a 23 year old graphic designer and blogger living in Richmond VA with a dark past. She grew up in India in a brothel where her mother was a prostitute and came to America to live with her father when she was 13. 10 years later and while she has survived, she lives her life under a strict set of rules and lives fairly sheltered in order to protect herself. Her most important rule: never get involved romantically.
Then she meets Blake, a 25 year old music venue owner with an equally dark past. From their first encounter, Asha finds it difficult to follow her own rules and can't deny the connection between the two of them.
Can Asha overcome her demons to go beyond surviving to thriving and will Blake be the perfect broken piece to the puzzle of her heart?
You can find When Faults Collide on Goodreads
You can buy When Faults Collide here:
- Amazon
- Barnes & Noble
About the Author:Claire grew up in Texas, but her family moved to Virginia in 2001. She now resides in Richmond with her husband, 4 children (2 sets of twins!), and their fur babies.
She blogs over at The Granger Bunch and has her first novel releasing this summer! "When Faults Collide" is a contemporary romance, the first of the "Faultlines" series! She is already working on book two of the series as well as a non fiction and a few other exciting projects!
She is passionate about racial identity and equality issues, foster care, adoption, and non-profits that work to help victims of sexual assault and trafficking.
She is shamelessly addicted to romance, erotica, dark/twisted/taboo, smutty, sexy, anti-hero, flawed hero, controlling, mind blowing books! Basically everything that would make her mother cry. ;)
She loves hearing from her readers- it keeps her going! Thank you so much for all of your continued support!
You can find and contact Claire here:
- Website
- Goodreads
Here are some fabulous excerpts from her new book:
Excerpt 1:
As I
walked back into my bedroom, I thought about Blake. Was he sleeping on the
other side of my wall? Could he hear me in here?
I shook
away my thoughts. I didn’t need to worry about what he was doing because he
didn’t matter.
That’s
when I heard the music.
“No way”
I whispered.
The
Lumineers “Stubborn Love” was playing softly through the wall.
It was
one of my favorite songs, and obviously Blake had no idea why I loved the
lyrics so much.
Talk
about a crazy coincidence. I decided to tweet my favorite line.
AshaGirlRVA:
It’s better to feel pain than nothing at all. #Lumineers #GoodnightMrGreenEyes
I
plugged my phone into the spare charger on my nightstand and climbed into bed.
I heard my phone ding a notification, which was nothing new, but decided to
turn them off for the night.
I swiped
my phone on, and then saw the comment left on twitter. I gasped.
Blake_RVA:
@AshaGirlRVA Glad you like it. #GoodnightMsBlueEyes
“Well
shit.” I said before turning my phone off and throwing my arm over my eyes.
Excerpt 2:
“So are
you upset because he follows your tweets or because you tweeted about him to
begin with?” Katherine asked me from across the table, sticking a piece of
pastry in her mouth.
She was
pretty nontraditional as far as therapists go. Sometimes we met in her office,
but many times- like today, we met at a restaurant in the city and just chatted
like friends. She was my fifth therapist and her model of talking to me like a
person and a friend instead of like a client is the only reason she was able to
get through to me.
Despite
my disagreements with her, I valued her input on things in my life. She knew
the whole story, the things that Lily, Tom, my dad, and Marcy would never hear
about. She knew it all.
I
breathed out in frustration. “I don’t know. I don’t want to censor what I write
about. But I also don’t check every follower. I get new followers every day.
I’m annoyed that he knows he got to me. That’s what I’m annoyed about. What if
he reads my blog?”
She
shrugged. “Why not? If you really never have any intention of talking to this
guy romantically, then he’s just another reader. If you were thinking you may
like to get to know him, your blog is a great way for him to learn about you
and your story.”
I pursed
my lips. “Well, I am not interested in ANYTHING with him. Nothing. I just don’t
like it.”
She
laughed. “Asha, you’ve been seeing me for almost 9 years. You’ve had a lot of
guys show interest in you. You have never once been flustered at conversation
with them, nor have you spent any length of time talking about them with me.
So, obviously, you have some interest there.”
I
nodded. “Right, but how can I un-interest myself?”
She
chuckled again. “I don’t think it works that way, dear. It’s okay to be
interested in a guy.”
I opened
my mouth to protest but she continued.
“I get
it. Your rules. But Asha, we’ve talked about your rules before. You cannot live
your life in a bubble and refuse to let anyone in romantically.”
I nodded
again. “Yes I can.”
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