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Finding Us Quote

Quote from Garret, taken from Finding Us (Jade #6).

Now Available: GARRET

The GARRET book is now available. This is a Jade Series Companion novel and is not part of the regular series. The book developed out of some bonus scenes I wrote last winter from Garret’s point of view. I didn’t plan to make those scenes into a book but then I wrote some more and long story short, it ended up being a book. And I decided to release it on the anniversary of Choosing You’s release last year. Here’s some more info about GARRET.

-The GARRET book is Garret’s point of view from Choosing You (Jade #1). It does not include scenes from the other books.

-GARRET has a lot of new scenes, so as you’re reading, you may be thinking ‘I don’t remember this scene from Choosing You’ and if so, it’s probably one of the new scenes.

-Although a lot of the new scenes take place when Jade isn’t around, there are some scenes that include Jade that she didn’t talk about in Choosing You. For example, she didn’t tell you everything that happened when Garret took her out on her birthday, but Garret does.

-The scenes from Choosing You that include both Jade and Garret reappear in GARRET, but now you’re reading them from Garret’s point of view. He has a lot more to say than Jade, so his thoughts, along with the new scenes, are what made this book so long.

-This is the longest of the Jade books thus far. It’s significantly longer than Choosing You.

-There are a few flashback scenes from when Garret was younger. And he tells us a little more about his mom.

-You’ll also see the challenges Garret has with his friends and family and how he deals with those challenges when Jade’s not around.

-GARRET starts and ends where Choosing You started and ended, but since we’re not reading Jade’s side of things, the scenes are different. Remember at the end of Choosing You when Jade got that phone call? When that happened, Garret had left with his dad, so the ending reflects that.

-Overall, I feel like the GARRET book proves once again that Jade and Garret were meant to be together. They each have their individual struggles and they needed each other to get through those struggles. In a way, they saved each other from themselves and the destructive habits that were holding both of them back. To me, seeing Garret’s side of things in this early part of their relationship makes their love story even stronger.

Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo

Coming soon to iBooks

Garret Teaser – Confidence

Garret is a Jade Series companion novel. It’s a full-length novel that’s Garret’s point of view from Choosing You (Jade #1).

What’s Ahead for The Jade Series

Some of you have asked if Finding Us is the last book in The Jade Series. And the answer is no, it is not the last book.

I consider this series to be two parts. Part one is books 1-4 in which Jade and Garret are dating and going to Moorhurst College. Part two, which began with Forever You, shows Jade and Garret married and at a new location. It also kicked off a new storyline that will continue in forthcoming books.

As for this new storyline, I can’t say much but I’ll give you a hint, which is that the storyline in the remaining books takes some dark turns that I would say are darker than books 1-4. But to balance it out, there will still be plenty of lighter moments between Jade and Garret and their friends.

I’ve already started writing book 7 and my goal is to wrap everything up with book 8. But given everything that’s going on, that will be a very long book. If it gets to be too long and I feel like I’m rushing to cram everything in, then it’s possible it’ll be broken into two. But I won’t know until I write it.

So if you love Jade and Garret and drama and mystery and suspense, get ready for more!

 

Teaser from GARRET

This excerpt is taken from GARRET, a Jade Series companion novel, releasing September 19. The excerpt is from the part of the story when Garret is no longer speaking to Jade.

Scene from Finding Us – Getting Ready for Class

In Finding Us, Jade and Garret are going to a new college in California. This is a scene from Garret’s point of view as he watches Jade get ready for the first day of classes. Finding Us releases October 3.

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When we get home, Jade packs her backpack for class. She’s like a little kid. She takes it so seriously. She puts pens and pencils in the little slots in the front of the backpack, then packs extras in a zippered pouch. Then she opens another zippered pouch and tosses in a calculator and a protractor.

“Why are you bringing a protractor?”

“Because it’s a mathematical supply,” she says, as if that should make sense.

“Those are for geometry. You’re taking calculus.”

“I still should have one.”

“You’re not going to use a protractor, Jade. You’re not going to be measuring angles.”

“Maybe not, but I need the calculator.”

“What does that have to do with the protractor?”

She sighs and points to the pouch. “This is the mathematical supply pouch. I can’t just have a calculator in there and nothing else.”

“Why not?”

“Because then it wouldn’t be a supply pouch. It would just be a calculator pouch and that doesn’t make sense.”

I give up trying to understand her logic and watch her fill up another pouch, this time with miniature Kleenex packets, some lip balm, several headbands, hand lotion, some aspirin, cough drops, and after that I lose track of what she’s tossing in there.

“Jade, why are you bringing all that shit to class?”

“You have to have this stuff in case something happens.”

“Like what? A hair emergency? Dry lips? You suddenly develop a cold in the middle of a 50-minute class?”

“Yes, those are all possibilities,” she says very seriously. “What’s in your backpack?”

I motion to it. “Take a look.”

She picks it up and sets it on the kitchen table. Inside I have my laptop and the one book I need for tomorrow.

“You haven’t packed it yet.”

“It’s packed and ready to go.” I yawn and stretch out on the couch.

“There’s nothing in here. Where are your notebooks and pens?”

“I don’t use that stuff. I take notes on the laptop.”

“What if your battery dies?”

“I’ll charge it. Hey, could you throw the cord in there? That’s what I forgot to pack.”

Jade appears in front of me, holding my backpack. “Garret, I can’t let you go to class like this. You need supplies. You want some Kleenex?”

I laugh as I imagine myself sitting in class, pulling out one of those tiny packets. Yeah. Not gonna happen. “No, Jade. I’m not bringing those.”

“What if you have to blow your nose?”

“I’ll go to the bathroom and do it.”

“You can’t just get up in the middle of class.”

“Sure I can. I did it all the time last year.”

“At least let me put some pens in here. I have extras.”

“I know you do, but I don’t need one.”

Jade has a ton of pens. She pretends it’s a collection but it’s really just a bunch of freebie pens she picks up at various locations. Frank and Ryan bought her some better ones last year and she guards them with her life. I don’t dare use them because I always lose pens and she’d kill me if I lost one. For Christmas I’ve decided I’m going to buy her an assortment of nice pens so she’ll toss out those freebie ones that never work.

”I’m going to put a pen in here, just so you’ll have it.”

“Okay, Jade. If it makes you feel better, go ahead.”

I watch as she returns to the table with my backpack and starts searching through her pen box for just the right one. This is more entertaining than watching TV.

“Were you always this way?” I ask her.

“What way?”

“Do you always pack like this for class?”

“Usually, but I didn’t last semester and it was a complete disaster. I went to the first day of class totally unprepared and it was all your fault.”

“What did I do?”

“You kept luring me to your room for sex and because of that, I didn’t get myself organized for class.”

“I don’t think that was my fault.”

She finally picks a pen and sticks it in one of the pen slots in my backpack. “It was totally your fault.”

“How so?”

She sighs and looks over at me. “Like you don’t know this already? You’re really hot. And you smell good. It’s completely distracting. I’m lucky I got anything done last year.” She unzips one of the pouches on the front of my backpack. “You still need more supplies, Garret. You want some cough drops?”

She’s so serious about it, I have to laugh. “I don’t want any cough drops.”

“At least we see each other between classes. I can loan you stuff if you need it. Hey, you’re taking accounting. That’s a math class, which means you’ll need a calculator. And you don’t have one. Ha! I told you you weren’t packed.”

“I’ll use my phone. It has a calculator app and so does my laptop.”

She comes over and slumps down beside me. “Okay, I think I’m done.”

“You didn’t pack your laptop or your books. The two most important things.”

“Damn!” She bolts up. “I knew I forgot something.”

I’m laughing again. I should’ve got this on video.

Teaser Quote from Finding Us

Book Summary for GARRET

This full-length novel is Garret’s point of view from CHOOSING YOU, (The Jade Series #1).

Releasing September 19th.

My life is nothing but rules. Rules for how I act. How I dress. Who I date. Who my friends are. I hate the rules and yet I keep following them. Until I met Jade. Being with her is forbidden. She’s not one of us. She’s not allowed in my world. But I don’t care. She’s different and I like her and I want her. And the fact that she wants nothing to do with me makes me want her even more.

But my father won’t allow it. Neither will the people around me. Being with Jade means making deals, blackmail, bribes–whatever it takes to keep my relationship with her a secret.

Jade has no idea what my life is like. She doesn’t know the rules. She doesn’t know about my family and what they’re involved in. And although I can’t tell her all my secrets, there’s one rule she must know: Never ask questions. It’s a rule that I live by. Because in my world, knowing the answers can get you killed.

Finding Us Release Date

Cover Reveal for Garret

Here’s the cover for GARRET, A Jade Series Companion Novel. This book is Garret’s point of view from Choosing You (Jade #1). This novel is not part of the regular series. It’s a bonus book for fans who want to learn more about Garret, his family, and how he felt during those first few months he knew Jade. Release date is TBD, but I’m hoping to have it out sometime late September.