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March 12, 2013
UK- LONDON! Come see me!
Here are the two events that my UK publishers are hosting:
Event #1 is an exclusive private event where only ten readers will be allowed to participate in at Hot Key with me-
10 fans in the UK will join me in a private gathering on Sunday 14th April, from 2pm-4pm. It will be a very laid back small event where you can ask me questions and I'll talk about my books and what's next. Find out more here http://pages.simonandschuster.co.uk/a...
Event #2 is open to the public! YAY!-
LOCATION:
West End Lane Books
77 W End Ln
London
NW6 1QS
INFO from publisher:
The event will take place on Tuesday 16th April from 7pm - 8.30pm approx. Abbi will do a talk about the books, take questions and sign your books. All of Abbi's currently available UK paperback books will be on sale on the day, including the Sea Breeze series (Because of Low, Just for Now, While it Lasts) which you will be able to get a whole week before publication date!
Tickets cost £5, but the £5 will be redeemable on the evening against any of Abbi's books. To book a ticket or to find out more information, please email the store at info@welbooks.co.uk or tweet them at www.twitter.com/welbooks. Please book your tickets quickly to avoid disappointment!
March 10, 2013
Twisted Perfection – tiny sneak peek…
If you’ve read Fallen Too Far and Never Too Far then you KNOW who Woods Kerrington is. This is his story….
THE FIRST ever tiny sneak peek.
“You okay? Need some help?” a deep smooth drawl startled me and I jerked my head around to see a guy smiling at me from the other side of the gas pump. His dark brown eyes appeared to twinkle with laughter as he stared back at me. I didn’t have much but I did have some experience with guys. Enough to know even when they were gorgeous, like this one, it didn’t make them a good person. I’d lost my virginity to a smooth talking southern boy with a smile that made panties drop all over the place. It had been the worst experience of my life. But this one might be helpful. He wasn’t offering sex. He was offering to help me. At least I thought he was.
“I can’t… I, um… See I’ve never…” God, I couldn’t even say it. How did a nineteen–year-old girl explain that she didn’t know how to pump gas? Laughter slowly bubbled up in my chest and I covered my mouth. He was going to think I was insane. I swallowed my laughter the best I could and smiled up at him. “I don’t know how to pump gas.”
Too find out more about Twisted Perfection read the summary here http://www.abbiglines.com/fallen-too-far/twisted-perfection/
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March 5, 2013
Apple’s iBookstores in the U.K. and Ireland launched new Breakout Books
Predestined and Fallen Too Far are featured in the iBookstores Breakout Books. YAY! I thought that was pretty cool.
You can check out Predestined here https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/predestined/id593551294?mt=11 It’s currently only .99
You can check out Fallen Too Far here https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/fallen-too-far/id590566928?mt=11 It is also only .99
Learn more about this Breakout Books promotion at the Smashwords Blog http://blog.smashwords.com/2013/03/apple-ibookstores-in-uk-and-ireland.html
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March 3, 2013
NEVER TOO FAR- The Bonus Chapter
WARNING: Do NOT read this if you haven’t read Fallen Too Far and Never Too Far. It contains spoilers.
NEVER TOO FAR - The Bonus Chapter
(YES, I have agreed to write Rush and Blaire ONE MORE book. So this is not an epilogue. It is a special bonus chapter that will lead into book #3. I am not sure yet when that book will release.)
GRANT
It was a kid. A baby. Rush’s baby. How fucking crazy did that sound? It wasn’t something I ever imagined I’d see. Rush, a father, sounded like the most ludicrous thing on the planet. Sure he’d been Nan’s stand in parent all her life but this was different. This was an actual baby.
I stood across the bar watching him as he showed anyone who would stand still long enough the picture in his hand. He and Blaire had been to get one of those things where you see the baby in her stomach. Now, Rush was armed with pictures of his kid and he was showing them to the world. Who knew a damn woman could make him go so soft. Not that I was complaining. I liked the new Rush. He had something he wanted to live for now.
I was itching to go outside and sneak a smoke. My nerves were on edge. I’d called Nan twice in the past two days and she still hadn’t returned my calls. Since she’d been released from the hospital she’d been different. Everything had been different. I wasn’t okay with it. And if she kept this up, I’d chase her down.
“What put that snarl on your face?” Blaire asked as she came to stand beside me. Her voice always had such a thick drawl to it. You couldn’t decide if she was going to go all southern badass on you or sweet talk you into doing naughty things when you heard it.
I forced thoughts of Nan out of my head. I’d deal with her later. Tonight was about my brother, his fiancée and the baby they would be bringing into the world in a few months. “Sorry. I need a smoke. Guess it shows,” I whispered. Blaire knew my secret. She also knew Rush hated for me to smoke so I hid it. A pinched frown touched her forehead but she didn’t scold me.
“That baby has got him all kinds of wrapped up. He’s amusing as hell to watch,” I said nodding toward the man we were both looking at while he retold the story of the baby kicking during the ultrasound.
“I never expected this of him… you know this kind of reaction. If I didn’t already love him completely this would make me love him more,” she replied in a dreamy voice.
“I hear there’s gonna be a wedding in just a few weeks instead of months. That’s exciting.” Yet another thing that baffled me. Rush as a smitten daddy was one thing but Rush getting married was another. The man was in deep with this girl.
“I don’t want to be big and fat in my wedding dress. Rush may change his mind if I’m waddling down the aisle.” The teasing tone in her voice was masking a real fear. I could tell by the way her voice cracked.
I looked away from my brother and down at Blaire. “I hope you’re kidding. Because nothing could send Rush running away from you. You’ve got to know that. He chose you. When he had to choose, it was you he chose. I’m proud of him for thinking of himself for once and taking what he wanted. You’re good for him Blaire. He’s never had anyone to care about him the way you do. I mean… I love him and all but it’s different with you.”
Tears pooled in her eyes and she sniffled. I hadn’t meant to upset her. I was just being honest. The guy needed her like he needed air. His life had been about being available for everyone else and holding down the insane that ran in his mother’s veins. With Blaire he was just happy. I liked seeing him happy.
“Don’t cry. Please. Think of me and how badly Rush will hurt me if he sees me making you cry.” I begged as I reached down and squeezed her hand.
A soft laugh escaped her lips and she sniffled again then wiped away the tear that had escaped. “It’s happy tears. I get those a lot lately. It’s the pregnancy hormones.”
Blaire shifted her eyes from me back toward Rush. The amusement in them had me following her gaze. Jimmy, a server at the club, was openly flirting with Rush. He wasn’t being serious. He knew Rush was taken and it was obvious Jimmy adored Blaire.
“I need to go rescue Rush. Jimmy has a naughty streak. He does this just to make Rush squirm. I wish you wouldn’t smoke, but if you need to take a break I’ll cover for you,” she said with a small smile before going over to Rush.
WOODS
Rush Finlay was actually doing this. He was acting like a proud daddy. I was glad. He should be. He’d wanted the girl and he’d won her. I hadn’t ever stood a chance. Once she was pregnant, I didn’t want a chance. I just wanted Rush to take care of her. It wasn’t right for her to deal with all this alone.
Blaire was like a wounded little bird that needed special care. Men were drawn to that. Hell, I was drawn to it. The male gene wants to protect. But the responsibility that comes with it isn’t something we all want. At least not me. Even if it means you get a gorgeous blonde in the package.
I’d rather go shop for a fun, strong, wild female that just wants a good time. Right now that was all I needed. With the stress my dad was laying on me with this job and the need to prove myself to him, I couldn’t deal with a woman who was fragile. But I did need a distraction. A sexy, long-legged, bad girl distraction.
Taking a sip of the bourbon I’d poured myself, I walked out from behind the bar at the club and toward Rush and Blaire. It was time I properly congratulated them and saw the pictures they were so happily flashing around.
Blaire’s green eyes lifted to meet mine as I approached them. They were hard not to get lost in. That was my first mistake with Blaire. Getting too taken in by her looks. The girl lucked out in the gene pool because her dad wasn’t that attractive.
“Let me see him,” I said as Blaire’s face broke into a grin and she held the picture in her hand out to me. I didn’t miss the way Rush’s arm slipped around her waist and pulled her closer to his side while he shifted his focus off of the conversation he was having with Jace to watch me.
He was protective or either crazy jealous of Blaire. Maybe a little of both but I couldn’t blame him.
“Let me see this baby,” I repeated taking the photo she held out to me. It was surprisingly clear. Rush had obviously paid to have that 3D thing done I’d heard about. “So, it’s a boy. You think you can handle two Rush Finlay’s?” I asked Blaire.
She giggled. “Yes I think I can manage. I just hope he’s as pretty as his daddy.”
Rush cleared his throat. “I’m not pretty, Baby. Stop calling me that.”
Blaire sighed and shook her head in exasperation. “You said to stop calling you beautiful. You never said I couldn’t call you pretty.”
“Both are off limits,” he replied.
Blaire shifted her feet and stared up at him. “Then what do I call you?”
Rush smirked. “Smoking hot or fucking sexy. Either of those work.”
Blaire laughed and slapped his arm.
I envied them. A little. Not enough to want that too. It was work. They had a world of issues still to overcome. Rush’s mother. Nan. A new born. Rush’s dad. Blaire’s pain. Blaire’s father. The list went on. I hoped their future was a happy one.
Even if it seemed as if they had a mountain of obstacles in their way.
RUSH
If I hadn’t been so taken in by Blaire and the way she lit up the room, I would have seen him walk in. But I hadn’t. It wasn’t until the talking surrounding me went silent and eyes all stared at the door my back was to. Glancing down at Blaire who was still talking to Woods and didn’t notice the change in the room, I moved her behind me in a protective measure before turning around to see what had captured everyone’s attention.
The same silver eyes that I saw every day in the mirror were focused on me. It had been awhile since I’d seen my dad. Normally we kept in contact more but with Blaire coming into my world and completely turning it on its axis I hadn’t taken the time and energy to track my father down so I could talk to him.
It looked like he had come to find me this time.
“That’s your father,” Blaire said quietly beside me. She’d moved from where I’d tucked her behind me and was holding onto my arm now.
“Yeah, it is.”
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February 27, 2013
All about the “Too Far” series
WOW. Okay…. um… Wow.
The response to Never Too Far has blown my mind… and it has made me want to close myself off in my office and write all the time. When readers love your book so much that they make it #1 on iTunes, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon within twenty-four hours then you start to think you might need to write all the time. Nonstop. My kids and husband may get a little hungry but they’ll survive. Joking! I promise my eight year old hasn’t mastered the technique of ordering off menus… (that might be a small lie).
When I wrote Fallen Too Far, I intended for it to only be two books. That was it. BUT I made a promise that if Never Too Far made it to #1 on Amazon that I would write that third book. It made it… so I’m writing it. I do not have a title yet. It is safe to say “too far” will be two of the three words in the title 
When will it be out? I don’t know yet. Woods story is in my head and wants out. So I’m going to write his story next. Then Cage and Eva from While It Lasts is getting a story. Jason Stone had been on the calendar to get his story mid summer. It looks like I could have the third book for Rush and Blaire out by late summer.
I have decided to leave Fallen Too Far at .99 in the self-published territories. If you haven’t read the first book yet then… please do 
You can get it here
Never Too Far is available in the US here
Woods story Twisted Perfection will be out late April hopefully. You can read more about it here:
http://www.abbiglines.com/fallen-too-far/twisted-perfection/
Who else in the series can you expect books from? Well Grant has a book that I hope to get out sometime this fall. And then there is Nan… not sure if she should get a book yet or not. We’ll see.
Was Grant who was in Nan’s bedroom? How am I supposed to know? I was in Rush’s head in that POV You will have to wait and see.
What about Cain? I get asked this one a lot. Cain may one day get his own book but as of right now I have no story idea in my head for him.
Thanks again for everything. When I started writing I never imagined I’d have so many readers. Not only do I have more than I could have ever hoped for but I have THE BEST readers ever. I owe the success of Never Too Far to all of you. So thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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February 26, 2013
NEVER TOO FAR IS NOW AVAILABLE
Never Too Far is LIVE!!! YAY!!
It is already #1 on Apple iTunes US https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/never-too-far/id608623323?mt=11 and Canada!
#1 on Barnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/never-too-far-abbi-glines/1114696742?ean=2940016174471
and just went live on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BLBK1QK
Those who live in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland it goes live for you on March 7. You are all under the Simon & Schuster UK rights.
Thanks everyone for being patient while we worked out all the kinks!
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NEVER TOO FAR - Amazon
NEVER TOO FAR is NOW on AMAZON http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BLBK1QK
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February 25, 2013
TOO FAR Giveaway
In the morning, I will be giving away 5 “Too Far” prize packs (this is international)
Each pack includes:
A signed copy of Fallen Too Far
A $10 Amazon, iTunes, or Barnes & Noble gift card
A pair of “Rush Crush” undies/panties (special ordered for your size)
A Fallen Too Far Tote Bag (signed)
A Fallen Too Far Key Chain
A Fallen Too Far poster signed
A Never Too Far poster signed
To enter to win one of FIVE of the prize packs with all of those things included in each one here is what you do:
Twitter- #NeverTooFar
Tweet anything about Rush, Fallen Too Far, Never Too Far, etc and ADD THE HASHTAG #NeverTooFar
It is really important you add the hashtag #NeverTooFar. Do not tag me. I am keeping a tally of entries by who uses the #NeverTooFar -not who tags me.
You can tweet as many times as you want. Each tweet with the #NEVERTOOFAR will be one entry. You can enter as many times as you like.
Example of tweet:
One more day until #NEVERTOOFAR is released!
Or
FINALLY! The rest of Rush & Blaire’s story #NEVERTOOFAR
You can also share the chat link I will be doing that night in a tweet http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-abb...
(Just be creative. As long as #NeverTooFar is in the tweet it counts as an entry)
Facebook & Pinterest users: If you don’t tweet and want to enter the Tweet-A-Thon then I am giving you an option to.
Facebook users: Post a Facebook status about the release of Never Too Far and tag my author page so I can see it. It will get you five entries for posting a Facebook status. You can do this twice. Once in the morning and once in the evening. I am limiting it because Facebook is different. You could even share this link in your Facebook status http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-abb... and invite friends to the chat I am doing that night about the series. That would get you five entries.
Pinterest users: You can post book covers, images you made yourself about the series, dream cast, whatever! Just make sure you post the link to my author page on Facebook or email me the link to abbiglines@yahoo.com. That’s the only way I can see it and add your entry. For each picture you post on Pinterest you will get 5 entries. If you create a Pinterest board with several pictures then that gets you 10 more entries on top of the 5 each for the photos you added.
Good Luck! I can’t wait to see what y’all tweet, Facebook, and Pinterest!
February 23, 2013
Live "TOO FAR" chat
February 20, 2013
Never Too Far a chat, a giveaway, and a…. teaser ;)
CHAT
It is now six days until the release of Never Too Far in the US. I have several things going on for the release.
First thing is a live chat with me on February 25 at 8pm CST – I will be answering questions, chatting about Rush and Blaire and the future of the Too Far series.
In case you missed this piece of information, Fallen Too Far and Never Too Far have been signed with Simon & Schuster in the UK. I am excited about this because #1 I really love Simon & Schuster UK. They have my Sea Breeze series as well and they are an awesome bunch of people to work with. #2 Fallen Too Far and Never Too Far will be in book stores there this summer. That isn’t something I could have accomplished self published.
BECAUSE of this change in the UK it makes the release date for the UK and Australia March 7. S&S are doing everything they can to get it to you as quickly as possible. So that leads me to this….
8pm CST is 2am London Time and I can’t expect my UK readers to stay up to 2am to ask me questions. Honestly, I’m just not that interesting. So, I have scheduled another live chat for 8pm London Time on March 6 which is the night before the UK release. I will be answering questions, chatting about Rush and Blaire etc.
Go here and be sure to “follow” the channel and scroll down to “Upcoming Shows” and click the remind me for the chat you want to be a part of
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-abbi-glines-chat
GIVEAWAY
I am holding back on all the info on this one for a few more days BUT I wanted to go ahead and give y’all a heads up on this. Feb 25 I want #NeverTooFar to trend on Twitter. In order to make this happen I will be giving away 5 prize packs that are STACKED with great stuff. Keep your eyes open for more details coming soon….
TEASER
And here it is… Chapter One from NEVER TOO FAR
Blaire
Fifteen miles out of town was far enough. No one ever came this far out of Sumit to visit a pharmacy. Unless of course they were nineteen and in need of something they didn’t want the town to know they had purchased. Everything bought at the local pharmacy would be spread throughout the small town of Sumit, Alabama within the hour. Especially, if you were unmarried and purchasing condoms… or a pregnancy test.
I put the pregnancy tests up on the counter and didn’t make eye contact with the clerk. I couldn’t. The fear and guilt in my eyes was something I didn’t want to share with a random stranger. This was something I hadn’t even told Cain about. Since I forced Rush out of my life three weeks ago I’d slowly fallen back into the routine of spending all my time with Cain. It was easy. He didn’t press me to talk and when I did want to talk about it he listened.
“Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents,” the lady on the other side of the counter said. I could hear the concern in her voice. Not surprising. This was the purchase of shame all teenage girls feared. I handed her a twenty dollar bill without lifting my eyes from the small bag she’d placed in front of me. The one that held the one answer I needed yet was terrified of. Ignoring the fact my period was two weeks late and pretending like this wasn’t happening was easier. But I had to know.
“Three dollars and eighty-five cents is your change,” she said as I reached out and took the money in her outstretched hand.
“Thanks,” I mumbled and took the bag in front of me.
“I hope it all turns out okay,” the lady said in a gentle tone. I lifted my eyes and met a pair of sympathetic brown eyes. She was a stranger that I’d never see again but in that moment it helped having someone else know. I didn’t feel so alone.
“Me too,” I replied before turning from her and walking toward the door. Back into the hot summer sun.
I took two steps out into the parking lot when my eyes fell on the driver’s side of my truck. Cain stood there leaning against it with his arms crossed over his chest. The grey baseball cap he was wearing had a University of Alabama A on it and was pulled down low shading his eyes from me.
I stopped and stared at him. There was no lying about this. He knew I hadn’t come here to buy condoms. There was only one other option. Even without the ability to see the expression in his eyes I knew… that he knew.
Swallowing the lump in my throat that I’d been fighting since I got in my truck this morning and headed out of town. Now it wasn’t just me and the stranger behind the counter that knew. My best friend knew too.
I forced myself to put one leg in front of the other. He’d ask questions and I would have to answer. After the past few weeks he deserved an explanation. He deserved the truth. But how did I explain this?
I stopped just a few feet in front of him. I was glad the hat shaded his face. It would be easier to explain if I couldn’t see his thoughts flashing in his eyes.
We stood in silence. I wanted him to speak first but after what felt like several minutes and him not saying anything I knew he wanted me to say something first.
“How did you know where I was?” I finally asked.
“You’re staying at my grandmother’s. The moment you left acting strange she called me. I was worried about you,” he replied.
Tears stung my eyes. I would not cry about this. I’d cried all I was going to cry. Clenching the bag holding the pregnancy test closer to me I straightened my shoulders. “You followed me,” I said. It wasn’t a question.
“Of course I did,” he replied then shook his head and turned his gaze away from me to focus on something else. “Were you gonna tell me, Blaire?”
Was I going to tell him? I didn’t know. I hadn’t thought that far. “I’m not sure there is anything to tell just yet,” I replied honestly.
Cain shook his head and let out a hard low chuckle that held no humor. “Not sure, huh? You came all the way out here because you weren’t sure?”
He was angry. Or was he hurt? He had no reason to be either. “Until I take this test I’m not sure. I’m late. That’s all. There was no reason I should tell you about this. It isn’t your concern.”
Slowly, Cain turned his head back to level his gaze on me. He lifted his hand and tilted his hat back. The shade was gone from his eyes. There was disbelief and pain there. I hadn’t wanted to see that. It was almost worse than seeing judgment in his eyes. In a way judgment was better.
“Really? That’s how you feel? After all we’ve been through that’s how you honestly feel?”
What we had been through was in the past. He was my past. I’d been through a lot without him. While he enjoyed his high school years I had struggled to hold my life together. What exactly did he think he’d suffered through? Anger slowly boiled in my blood and I lifted my eyes to glare at him.
“Yes, Cain. That’s how I feel. I’m not sure what exactly you think we’ve been through. We were best friends, then we were a couple, then my momma got sick and you needed your dick sucked so you cheated on me. I was left to take care of my sick momma alone. No one to lean on. Then she died and I moved. I got my heart and world shattered and came home. You’ve been here for me. I didn’t ask you to but you have. I’m thankful for that but it doesn’t make all that other stuff go away. It doesn’t make up for the fact you deserted me when I needed you the most. So excuse me if when my world is once again about to be jerked out from under me that you aren’t the first person I run to. You’ve not earned that yet.”
I was breathing hard and the tears I hadn’t wanted to shed were running down my face. I hadn’t wanted to cry dammit. I closed the distance between us and used all my strength to shove him out of my way so I could grab the door handle and jerk it open. I needed out of here. Away from him.
“Move,” I yelled as I tried hard to open the door with his weight still against it.
I expected him to argue with me. I expected something other than him doing as I asked. I climbed inside the driver’s seat and threw the little plastic bag in the seat beside me before cranking the truck and backing out of the parking spot. I could see Cain still standing there. He hadn’t moved that much. Just enough so that I could get inside my truck. He wasn’t looking at me. He was staring at the ground as if it had all the answers. I couldn’t worry about him right now. I needed to get away.
Maybe I shouldn’t have said those things to him. Maybe I should have kept them inside where I’d buried them all these years. But it was too late now. He’d pushed me at the wrong moment. I would not feel bad about this.
I also couldn’t go back to his grandmother’s. She was on to me. He’d probably call her and tell her. If not the truth, something close to it. I didn’t have any other options. I was going to have to take a pregnancy test in the restroom at a service station. Could this get any worse?
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