Emily McKee's Blog, page 3
July 25, 2013
A Beautiful Mess
I can't believe I'm sending in Ashlynn and Jason's story for editing August 20!! If all goes well their story should be out at the beginning of September. (cross your fingers) I'm working with someone now on the cover so I will post it as soon as it's completed! In the meantime I'm slowly working on Jade's story and a standalone called, The Path that Led Me to You, which I might release sooner than 2015. Not sure yet?!?!
Until then, xoxo Emily
Until then, xoxo Emily
July 8, 2013
Barnes & Noble Release
Hey everybody!
My book is finally available on Barnes & Noble!! I'm so sorry it took so long to upload, but I hope you enjoy it!
Here's the link to my book, A Beautiful Idea for $2.99 :)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-bea...
My book is finally available on Barnes & Noble!! I'm so sorry it took so long to upload, but I hope you enjoy it!
Here's the link to my book, A Beautiful Idea for $2.99 :)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-bea...
June 14, 2013
Smashwords Release!
You can now get A Beautiful Idea on Smashwords for $2.99!!! :)
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June 13, 2013
Amazon Release!
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A Beautiful Idea is available on Amazon for $2.99!!!A Beautiful Idea
A Beautiful Idea is available on Amazon for $2.99!!!A Beautiful Idea
Kobo Release
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You can now pre-order A Beautiful Idea on Kobo for tomorrow!! :)
A Beautiful Idea
You can now pre-order A Beautiful Idea on Kobo for tomorrow!! :)
A Beautiful Idea
June 11, 2013
Final Teaser Until The Release Date!! :)
My heart swelled and we stared at one another for a few moments and then Maddox started to walk over to the bed. My bed. I was sitting up on my elbow drinking him in. He stopped right in front of me pushing his sweatpants down his body leaving his boxers on. He was breathtaking. I sat up and let my legs dangle on either side of him. He rested his hands at the middle point of my thighs and waited. It was almost as if he wanted to see what I was going to do.
He was giving me permission to do what I wanted. So I touched him. I touched his abs. His nipple rings. His arms which were covered with tattoos. His face. I touched his lips. His dimples. His nose. His ears. I was going to memorize his entire body so I would never forget tonight and how he felt up against me. In me.
I could feel Maddox’s eyes on me the whole time I touched him and could feel his breath against my face. I didn’t look in his eyes the entire time and then I cradled his face in mine and looked up at him. I was still in shock. Not because I was about to have sex, but because it was going to be with Maddox.
I smiled up at him and pulled his head down to mine so he would kiss me. The kiss was like none we had ever had before. Most of our kisses were wild and crazy. But not this one. This one meant something so much more.
We could have kissed for five minutes or five hours and I would have never known the difference. Maddox started to kiss down my neck and his hands made their way to the bottom of my t-shirt. He pulled back to look into my eyes asking for my permission. I couldn’t form words so I just nodded my head yes. He pulled the shirt up and over my head and then moved his hands to my back to unclasp my bra. His fingers never left my body when he took the bra off and let it fall to the floor.
“Lie down on the bed Isabelle.” I looked up into his eyes and they were filled with such hunger that I gulped and did as he said. My head hit the pillow and I turned to look up at him. He was looking down at me and smiling. He walked to the edge of the bed and his fingers started at my toes and he lightly grazed his way up to my stomach without taking his eyes off mine. It was almost as if he were drinking me in, memorizing me too. Memorizing my touch, my taste.
For a while he just stood there and a million thoughts were running through my mind. I felt like my heart was beating out of its chest and my lungs couldn’t get enough oxygen. It felt like all of the air had escaped my bedroom and that I was living on borrowed time. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. I thought I was going to pass out or fall over dead. Then I looked up into Maddox’s eyes and I felt like everything was going to be okay. That this huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. That for the first time in my life I could finally breathe and with his help I could get through anything. I just had one question for him to answer.
One question that I had literally been running away from. But at this moment, here in this room, I felt brave enough to finally ask the question I had been dying to know the answer to for months now.
I felt like it was a now or never moment, a pass or fail. I felt like in life we are given a test and this one was mine. That if I didn’t ask the question I would suffocate and regret it for the rest of my life.
But now lying here I realized that to me it didn’t matter what the answer was. What mattered to me was that I had been brave enough to finally ask it. That I had put my heart out on the line and that maybe, just maybe Maddox could show me that not everybody is like Cynthia. Just one question.
“What do you want from me Maddox?” Without taking his eyes off me he put his hand to my cheek and said, “Everything Isabelle. Everything.”
A Beautiful Idea
He was giving me permission to do what I wanted. So I touched him. I touched his abs. His nipple rings. His arms which were covered with tattoos. His face. I touched his lips. His dimples. His nose. His ears. I was going to memorize his entire body so I would never forget tonight and how he felt up against me. In me.
I could feel Maddox’s eyes on me the whole time I touched him and could feel his breath against my face. I didn’t look in his eyes the entire time and then I cradled his face in mine and looked up at him. I was still in shock. Not because I was about to have sex, but because it was going to be with Maddox.
I smiled up at him and pulled his head down to mine so he would kiss me. The kiss was like none we had ever had before. Most of our kisses were wild and crazy. But not this one. This one meant something so much more.
We could have kissed for five minutes or five hours and I would have never known the difference. Maddox started to kiss down my neck and his hands made their way to the bottom of my t-shirt. He pulled back to look into my eyes asking for my permission. I couldn’t form words so I just nodded my head yes. He pulled the shirt up and over my head and then moved his hands to my back to unclasp my bra. His fingers never left my body when he took the bra off and let it fall to the floor.
“Lie down on the bed Isabelle.” I looked up into his eyes and they were filled with such hunger that I gulped and did as he said. My head hit the pillow and I turned to look up at him. He was looking down at me and smiling. He walked to the edge of the bed and his fingers started at my toes and he lightly grazed his way up to my stomach without taking his eyes off mine. It was almost as if he were drinking me in, memorizing me too. Memorizing my touch, my taste.
For a while he just stood there and a million thoughts were running through my mind. I felt like my heart was beating out of its chest and my lungs couldn’t get enough oxygen. It felt like all of the air had escaped my bedroom and that I was living on borrowed time. Tick-tock. Tick-tock. I thought I was going to pass out or fall over dead. Then I looked up into Maddox’s eyes and I felt like everything was going to be okay. That this huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. That for the first time in my life I could finally breathe and with his help I could get through anything. I just had one question for him to answer.
One question that I had literally been running away from. But at this moment, here in this room, I felt brave enough to finally ask the question I had been dying to know the answer to for months now.
I felt like it was a now or never moment, a pass or fail. I felt like in life we are given a test and this one was mine. That if I didn’t ask the question I would suffocate and regret it for the rest of my life.
But now lying here I realized that to me it didn’t matter what the answer was. What mattered to me was that I had been brave enough to finally ask it. That I had put my heart out on the line and that maybe, just maybe Maddox could show me that not everybody is like Cynthia. Just one question.
“What do you want from me Maddox?” Without taking his eyes off me he put his hand to my cheek and said, “Everything Isabelle. Everything.”
A Beautiful Idea
June 9, 2013
Release Date!!
A Beautiful Idea will be released Friday June 14. It will be available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords for $2.99!!! :)
A Beautiful Idea
A Beautiful Idea
June 8, 2013
Teaser 4. <3
After graduating high school, I took general classes at the local community college and worked at a grocery store to save up money so I could move out. some girls smacked their gum and lost brain cells I passed the boring time with my head in a good book.
I wasn't dealt the best hand in life. My mom was a junkie and my dad bailed when he found out she was pregnant with me. I liked to refer to him as "the sperm donor," and ever since then Cynthia has loathed me. Children’s Services stepped in a couple of times and every time I was placed back into the "stable environment" of a crackhead alcoholic.
Huh, some legal system we have?
There were days and sometimes weeks when we didn't have electricity or sewage and I have been on food stamps for as long as I can remember. Let me just say that whoever invented powdered milk is a complete and total basket-case!
Anyway, Cynthia decided I was going to be her only mistake. So while there are families out there with numerous kids, I was all by myself. We were dirt poor so I couldn’t really do much and in high school I kind of kept to myself. Sure, I had a few friends here or there, but nothing lasted. They were never interested in sticking around. Plus, while kids were ditching class and getting drunk on the weekends, I was more interested in my books and steering clear of Cynthia’s wrath.
So while most teenagers were sucking face I had my head in the clouds or in a book. I'm an avid reader and when I read I escape. The point to reading and watching movies are to escape your shitty, fucked up life for just a few hours. That was why, on the rare occasions when I did get to see a movie and it sucked big time, I made a point to complain until I got a refund. I didn’t care that the girls were from my school and would make fun of me the following Monday morning. But anyway, back to why I read. I liked to think I was the leading lady getting the Happily Ever After.
My head was always filled with ideas and possibilities, but that's all they ever were. I decided a change was in order and I was going to make my dreams a reality. If you haven’t figured it out yet then you are a complete bonehead. I, Isabelle Katherine Clark, Iz for short, want to be an author.
I wanted to write about everyday people who live extraordinary lives. No, not like meeting a billionaire, but meeting a regular guy and falling in love, having the white picket fence, and 2.5 kids. I might throw in a serial killer to spice it up a bit, but you catch my drift.
We needed to get back to the times of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy or Tristan and Isolde. Where you felt that life altering, ground breaking, universe shifting true love. The simplicity of it that made me wonder if that could happen in real life. The events of my life up to that point had given me the answer. That no, it couldn’t.
Unfortunately, our stories and the paths we choose aren’t written by authors who sit behind a computer desk and have all the time in the world to calculate the perfect words for answering a question or how we’re going to throw ourselves at who we think is the love of our life. Nope.
We get one chance and that one chance can make or break us. Turn our event into enchantment or one of tragedy. Either tears are shed or the sounds of laughter fill a room.
We aren’t able to click backspace or delete. That’s the beauty of real life; good or bad we live in the moment. A Beautiful Idea
I wasn't dealt the best hand in life. My mom was a junkie and my dad bailed when he found out she was pregnant with me. I liked to refer to him as "the sperm donor," and ever since then Cynthia has loathed me. Children’s Services stepped in a couple of times and every time I was placed back into the "stable environment" of a crackhead alcoholic.
Huh, some legal system we have?
There were days and sometimes weeks when we didn't have electricity or sewage and I have been on food stamps for as long as I can remember. Let me just say that whoever invented powdered milk is a complete and total basket-case!
Anyway, Cynthia decided I was going to be her only mistake. So while there are families out there with numerous kids, I was all by myself. We were dirt poor so I couldn’t really do much and in high school I kind of kept to myself. Sure, I had a few friends here or there, but nothing lasted. They were never interested in sticking around. Plus, while kids were ditching class and getting drunk on the weekends, I was more interested in my books and steering clear of Cynthia’s wrath.
So while most teenagers were sucking face I had my head in the clouds or in a book. I'm an avid reader and when I read I escape. The point to reading and watching movies are to escape your shitty, fucked up life for just a few hours. That was why, on the rare occasions when I did get to see a movie and it sucked big time, I made a point to complain until I got a refund. I didn’t care that the girls were from my school and would make fun of me the following Monday morning. But anyway, back to why I read. I liked to think I was the leading lady getting the Happily Ever After.
My head was always filled with ideas and possibilities, but that's all they ever were. I decided a change was in order and I was going to make my dreams a reality. If you haven’t figured it out yet then you are a complete bonehead. I, Isabelle Katherine Clark, Iz for short, want to be an author.
I wanted to write about everyday people who live extraordinary lives. No, not like meeting a billionaire, but meeting a regular guy and falling in love, having the white picket fence, and 2.5 kids. I might throw in a serial killer to spice it up a bit, but you catch my drift.
We needed to get back to the times of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy or Tristan and Isolde. Where you felt that life altering, ground breaking, universe shifting true love. The simplicity of it that made me wonder if that could happen in real life. The events of my life up to that point had given me the answer. That no, it couldn’t.
Unfortunately, our stories and the paths we choose aren’t written by authors who sit behind a computer desk and have all the time in the world to calculate the perfect words for answering a question or how we’re going to throw ourselves at who we think is the love of our life. Nope.
We get one chance and that one chance can make or break us. Turn our event into enchantment or one of tragedy. Either tears are shed or the sounds of laughter fill a room.
We aren’t able to click backspace or delete. That’s the beauty of real life; good or bad we live in the moment. A Beautiful Idea
June 7, 2013
Teaser #3. Enjoy <3
“Shut the front door, you bitch!” Jade was jumping up and down and squealing. Sarah just had this mega watt smile on her face and her eyes were twinkling. “So what, are you guys like a couple or something? Oh my god, this is fucking crazy!”
I stood up and started to pull Jade back down to her seat. “Jade please calm down, we are in the library for goodness sakes.”
The second Jade’s ass touched the seat she jumped back up and started to leave the library. “Jade, where do you think you’re going?”
Jade stopped dead in her tracks and turned around. “Um, what does it look like I’m doing? I’ve never seen pigs fly. I’m just going outside to see what they look like.” With that she turned and walked out of the library.
“Cheese and rice, it’s not that crazy that we’re dating. Is it Sarah?”
Sarah was still smiling at me and I hadn’t seen in her blink in a while so I waved my hand in front of her face. “Sarah, are you ok? Are you broken or something? Do I need to reboot you?”
Sarah laughed and slapped my hand away. “Oh you smartass, I’m fine. I’m just shocked is all and extremely happy. My two best friends are dating. I just can’t wait to help you pick out your wedding gown and throw you the best bachelorette party ever!”
The second I heard the word wedding my stomach dropped and I became speechless.
Sarah waved a hand in front of my face like what she had just said was not that big of a deal. “Oh sweetie, calm down. I’m just kidding around, but honestly, I could see it happening. Don’t worry and don’t you dare let it get to you, ok. Matter of fact, how about you just forget I said anything, ok?”
“Um, yeah. O – Ok.” Like that would happen.
By the time I was done with my internal freak out Jade came back in the room and fell down into her seat. “Well, I missed them. Thanks a lot, Iz. So how amazeballs is he at kissing? Did you instantly orgasm?”
“Oh my gosh Jade, you really are crazy! All I will tell you is that his lips are amazing and his hands are . . .”
“What about my hands, sweetheart?”
My heart sped up and I started to turn around. Maddox was looking down at me with a huge smile on his face and those damn dimples were making a sexy ass appearance. “Um, exactly how much did you hear? And who said I was talking about you, munchkin?”
He started to laugh and bent down and kissed me on the lips. I thought it was going to be a simple peck but he put one of his hands behind my head to deepen the kiss. Then his tongue was in my mouth swirling around with mine and the other was on my hips holding me still. I heard sighs from behind me but I was way too mesmerized by Maddox’s lips. I was hypnotized. I started to put my hands up around his neck to play with his wavy hair but he broke away. His lips moved up into a devilish grin and his eyes sparkled. “So who were you talking about, sweetheart?”
Maddox knew he had me right where he wanted me. I decided to go with the truth and see what he had to say about that. “You. Only you.”
His smile got even bigger and I swear I saw fireworks go off in his eyes. “So you ready to leave? I’m really hungry and am ready to have some dinner.”
“Um yea-” I didn’t get to finish my sentence because Maddox pulled me up over his shoulders and turned to walk away. Before we made our way out of the library I heard Gabe yelling, “Atta boy,” Sarah laughing and Jade yelled, “So that’s what the kids are calling it these days? Dinner? Well, I hope you two have some really spicy, hot, dirty dinner!” and then she winked at us. A Beautiful Idea
I stood up and started to pull Jade back down to her seat. “Jade please calm down, we are in the library for goodness sakes.”
The second Jade’s ass touched the seat she jumped back up and started to leave the library. “Jade, where do you think you’re going?”
Jade stopped dead in her tracks and turned around. “Um, what does it look like I’m doing? I’ve never seen pigs fly. I’m just going outside to see what they look like.” With that she turned and walked out of the library.
“Cheese and rice, it’s not that crazy that we’re dating. Is it Sarah?”
Sarah was still smiling at me and I hadn’t seen in her blink in a while so I waved my hand in front of her face. “Sarah, are you ok? Are you broken or something? Do I need to reboot you?”
Sarah laughed and slapped my hand away. “Oh you smartass, I’m fine. I’m just shocked is all and extremely happy. My two best friends are dating. I just can’t wait to help you pick out your wedding gown and throw you the best bachelorette party ever!”
The second I heard the word wedding my stomach dropped and I became speechless.
Sarah waved a hand in front of my face like what she had just said was not that big of a deal. “Oh sweetie, calm down. I’m just kidding around, but honestly, I could see it happening. Don’t worry and don’t you dare let it get to you, ok. Matter of fact, how about you just forget I said anything, ok?”
“Um, yeah. O – Ok.” Like that would happen.
By the time I was done with my internal freak out Jade came back in the room and fell down into her seat. “Well, I missed them. Thanks a lot, Iz. So how amazeballs is he at kissing? Did you instantly orgasm?”
“Oh my gosh Jade, you really are crazy! All I will tell you is that his lips are amazing and his hands are . . .”
“What about my hands, sweetheart?”
My heart sped up and I started to turn around. Maddox was looking down at me with a huge smile on his face and those damn dimples were making a sexy ass appearance. “Um, exactly how much did you hear? And who said I was talking about you, munchkin?”
He started to laugh and bent down and kissed me on the lips. I thought it was going to be a simple peck but he put one of his hands behind my head to deepen the kiss. Then his tongue was in my mouth swirling around with mine and the other was on my hips holding me still. I heard sighs from behind me but I was way too mesmerized by Maddox’s lips. I was hypnotized. I started to put my hands up around his neck to play with his wavy hair but he broke away. His lips moved up into a devilish grin and his eyes sparkled. “So who were you talking about, sweetheart?”
Maddox knew he had me right where he wanted me. I decided to go with the truth and see what he had to say about that. “You. Only you.”
His smile got even bigger and I swear I saw fireworks go off in his eyes. “So you ready to leave? I’m really hungry and am ready to have some dinner.”
“Um yea-” I didn’t get to finish my sentence because Maddox pulled me up over his shoulders and turned to walk away. Before we made our way out of the library I heard Gabe yelling, “Atta boy,” Sarah laughing and Jade yelled, “So that’s what the kids are calling it these days? Dinner? Well, I hope you two have some really spicy, hot, dirty dinner!” and then she winked at us. A Beautiful Idea
June 6, 2013
Teaser #2. ;)
The next morning we had breakfast with everyone. I don’t know how Sharon managed but she made everything and anything you could think of. Pancakes with real maple syrup, waffles with strawberries and whipped cream, bacon, sausage, eggs, buttered toast with your choice of homemade strawberry or grape jam and finally a fruit salad made up of honeydew, watermelon, strawberries, grapes, and cantaloupe. There was also freshly brewed coffee with cream and sugar, hot tea, and orange juice.
I couldn’t believe how amazing it all looked. I grabbed a bowl and a fork because I just wanted some fruit salad and a mug filled with hot coffee. I sat down at the dining room table and just as I was about to take a bite of honeydew and watermelon a plate was set in front of me with a waffle topped with strawberries and whipped cream. I looked up and saw Maddox sitting down next to me with a plate filled to the rim with eggs, sausages, and bacon and another plate with pancakes. He took a bite of his eggs and then looked over at me. “Isabelle, you need to eat.”
In all honesty, I wasn’t all that hungry. I leaned over and whispered, “I’d rather eat the strawberries and whipped cream off you.” I saw him start to choke on his eggs. He grabbed my hand and put it on his crotch. I took in a shaky breath because he was as hard as a rock and after he swallowed the food in his mouth he whispered for only my ears, “We can definitely make that happen and you bet your sweet tasting little pussy we will.”
I could feel my cheeks getting red and then I looked over at him and saw that his pupils were dilating. I thought I was going to come right there but I shook the thoughts off and looked away. I took a bite of my food ignoring Maddox. By this time Todd, Sharon, and Callie were seated at the table eating their breakfast as well.
Todd was busy reading the morning paper and sipping his coffee. Sharon and Callie were stuck in their own world talking about going shopping and then going out to lunch to notice what I was about to do.
I don’t know what came over me but I went for it. As soon as Maddox took a bite of his eggs I pushed my hand into his sweatpants and grabbed his erection. He started choking but I kept my hand where it was and just started to move my hand up and down faster. I picked up my coffee cup and pretended to take a sip when in actuality I was giggling into it. I was also wondering how long I could keep this going. That’s when I noticed the waffle with whipped cream and strawberries staring at me. I put my coffee cup down and replaced it with a fork and picked up a strawberry and dipped it into the whipped cream.
Maddox must have noticed what I was doing because he said, “Oh God.” I turned to Maddox and placed the whipped cream covered strawberry to my lips. I stuck my tongue out, licked that strawberry clean and then pushed the fork as far as I could into my mouth. I sucked the strawberry off with a loud POP. All the while I was stroking him as hard and as fast as I could manage.
I never took my eyes off Maddox and the second the fork left my mouth he came in my hand.
Oh yeah, breakfast of champions right here!
I couldn’t believe how amazing it all looked. I grabbed a bowl and a fork because I just wanted some fruit salad and a mug filled with hot coffee. I sat down at the dining room table and just as I was about to take a bite of honeydew and watermelon a plate was set in front of me with a waffle topped with strawberries and whipped cream. I looked up and saw Maddox sitting down next to me with a plate filled to the rim with eggs, sausages, and bacon and another plate with pancakes. He took a bite of his eggs and then looked over at me. “Isabelle, you need to eat.”
In all honesty, I wasn’t all that hungry. I leaned over and whispered, “I’d rather eat the strawberries and whipped cream off you.” I saw him start to choke on his eggs. He grabbed my hand and put it on his crotch. I took in a shaky breath because he was as hard as a rock and after he swallowed the food in his mouth he whispered for only my ears, “We can definitely make that happen and you bet your sweet tasting little pussy we will.”
I could feel my cheeks getting red and then I looked over at him and saw that his pupils were dilating. I thought I was going to come right there but I shook the thoughts off and looked away. I took a bite of my food ignoring Maddox. By this time Todd, Sharon, and Callie were seated at the table eating their breakfast as well.
Todd was busy reading the morning paper and sipping his coffee. Sharon and Callie were stuck in their own world talking about going shopping and then going out to lunch to notice what I was about to do.
I don’t know what came over me but I went for it. As soon as Maddox took a bite of his eggs I pushed my hand into his sweatpants and grabbed his erection. He started choking but I kept my hand where it was and just started to move my hand up and down faster. I picked up my coffee cup and pretended to take a sip when in actuality I was giggling into it. I was also wondering how long I could keep this going. That’s when I noticed the waffle with whipped cream and strawberries staring at me. I put my coffee cup down and replaced it with a fork and picked up a strawberry and dipped it into the whipped cream.
Maddox must have noticed what I was doing because he said, “Oh God.” I turned to Maddox and placed the whipped cream covered strawberry to my lips. I stuck my tongue out, licked that strawberry clean and then pushed the fork as far as I could into my mouth. I sucked the strawberry off with a loud POP. All the while I was stroking him as hard and as fast as I could manage.
I never took my eyes off Maddox and the second the fork left my mouth he came in my hand.
Oh yeah, breakfast of champions right here!
