Excerpt:
Someone
else came over to offer Nadine their congratulations, so Josh said goodbye and
went to his locker to get his backpack. He figured he would meet up with Andrea
and Rosa in the parking lot. He fumbled with the combination before finally
getting the door to swing open. Something glittered on the top shelf and caught
his eye. He reached for it, and a small scrap of paper fluttered to the floor. At
first he wasn’t sure what he was holding. It was a pink plastic tiara with some
big gaudy plastic jewels. It was the type of thing he had seen in dollar stores
for little girls’ birthday parties. It was practically broken in half, and the
edges were sharp. Josh pricked his finger on the jagged point, and a few drops
of blood welled from the small wound. He put his finger in his mouth as he bent
to pick up the paper that had fallen. When he read it, the broken crown
suddenly made sense and he wondered how he could have been so naïve. He should
have realized from the instant he saw it what it meant.
“Josh
decided to play around
Now
one of his girls is under the ground.
Another
has a big bump on her head.
And
by the end of the dance, the queen will be dead.”
Guest Post:
While Player is my most recent release, it is actually my
very first book. I wrote in high school when I was only sixteen. Don't worry, I
updated it quite a bit and it’s pretty modern now. It was originally titled
"Playboy", but since lingo has changed a lot since the nineties, I
decided to change it to Player. Revamping the story got me thinking about the
old days, so I pulled out some old photos, including this prom picture! The guy
in the picture is my friend George. It’s been almost twenty years, and he's
still one of my very best friends. He was also the inspiration for Josh, the
main character in Player.
My friend George never got into quite as much trouble as
Josh does, but trust me; we had our fair share of crazy times. Don’t ever let anyone tell you that the private school kids are better
behaved that the public school kids. But that’s another story. In the meantime,
reminiscence about the nineties with me and listen to "The Freshman"
by The Verve Pipe. If I had to pick a theme song for "Player", this
would be it!
About the Author:
Laura "Luna" DeLuca lives at the beautiful
Jersey shore with her husband and three children. She has been writing stories
for as long as she can remember. Old high school friends would tell you she was
always scratching in her notebook instead of paying attention in class and the
children she used to babysit for always loved to hear her scary stories at
bedtime. In addition to writing fiction, Laura is also the sole author of a
popular review blog called New Age Mama. She is an active member of her local
pagan community, and has been studying Wicca for close to eight years.
She loves writing young adult novels, because it keeps her young at heart. She
is the author of three published works including Destiny, Destiny Unveiled, and
Phantom, and has several more projects in the works.
Author Links:
Giveaway:
Laura is giving away a print copy of
Player during her Tour. For a chance to win just fill out the Rafflecopter
Below. This is open to US residents only.
Thanks for hosting today!
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