Genre:
New Adult Contemporary
Synopsis:
Growing up in an apathetic household with
an abusive family friend, Kristen Weatherly doesn't know life can be better or
that she even deserves it. When all your life you're told to be grateful for
what little you have, no matter how awful, how do you know that your life can
be more fulfilling?
Kristen's perspective begins to change her senior
year in high school when she's befriended by Mila, a girl who shows Kristen
that there are people in the world who care without expecting anything in
return. Then comes Chris, a boy she's dubbed Mystery Eyes. She soon discovers
that Chris' life is similar to her own in ways she never could have imagined.
Can the two get past their shocking and
dreadful family histories together, or will their pasts come between them when
it matters most?
This novel contains dark themes, sensitive
issues and is intended for mature audiences only.
Snippet:
It
all started years ago. Everything. Clara's apathy toward me, Travis' descent,
John. It all came back to John. I wiped a hand over my face. What was I
supposed to do? I was seventeen. I'd be eighteen soon enough, though not ever
soon enough, but what good did that do me? I'd be eighteen, but still here
trying to graduate high school. As much as I loathed my parents, they were
still my parents. I couldn't abandon them. They hadn't abandoned me. As much
hell as we put each other through, we were still there for each other. It
wasn't like they'd kicked me out. I knew they could have. Not that I hadn't
wondered, given how strained everything was between us. I wouldn't ask why they
didn't.
This
was my life. That was all there was to it. I'd grown up this way. This was how
life was. It was hard, but it was a life. What other choice did I have? If I'd
made it to my senior year in high
school, I could make it through, too.
I needed to prove to myself that I could do it. This was the hand I was dealt,
and I was strong enough to handle it. Sometimes I had to remind myself that I
was going to make it out and it would be okay. I'd picture myself at a bus
station, or a train station, hell, an airport, and I'd have a ticket in my
hand. I'd look behind me and I wouldn't see anything. Because I was starting
over. I was going to get on that bus or train or airplane and I'd get to be
Kristen Weatherly. I wouldn't be Krissie. I wouldn't be someone's mistake of a
child. I'd be my own.
I
scratched behind my ear and looked out at the backyard. Empty, but it had life
to it. Sort of how I felt.
Screw
it, I wanted the chocolate chips. Who cared about peanut butter?
About
the author:
Allie lives in North Carolina and works at
a university bookstore. She reads and writes in her spare time, including lunch
breaks. When she's not reading or writing she's usually watching something on
television, whether a good show or movie; or she's hanging out with
friends...also perhaps drinking. A small amount. Usually rum. She likes rum.
Oh, chocolate! She also enjoys eating things chocolate-y. She's always open to
book recommendations. She listens to music while she cooks, usually throwing in
a few dance moves. Allie thinks random things at random times and writes them
down, even when they don't seem to be in any sort of order. She is a work in
progress.
Links:
Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Slow-Hand-Quickens-ebook/dp/B00EQIOK62/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377469874&sr=8-1&keywords=slow+hand+quickens
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slow-Hand-Quickens-ebook/dp/B00EQIOK62/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378504109&sr=8-1&keywords=slow+hand+quickens
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18371060-slow-hand-quickens
Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/allie.mathews.author?ref=hl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathews_allie
Paperback to be released this fall.
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