Guest Post: Why did you do that to your heroine? by Jessica Subject
I am psyched to have fellow sci-fi romance author Jessica Subject here at my site today. She's here telling us about the heroine in her newest book and she's got a giveaway for one luck commenter!
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In Beneath the Starry Sky, the heroine, Tamara Johnston, has Alopecia Areata, an autoimmune skin disease. It is a disease which affects nearly 2 percent of Americans, regardless of sex, age, or ethnic background.
Often, Alopecia Areata begins in childhood, the effects of which are primarily socially and emotionally disturbing. Being a tween and a teen is hard enough, but imagine going through that stage of your life with your hair falling out, or in extreme cases, without hair.
Currently there is neither a cure for Alopecia Areata, nor drugs approved for its treatment. And although medications approved for other purposes can help hair grow back, it may also fall out again.
So, not only did I want to tell Tamara and Josh's story, but I also wanted to bring awareness to this common, yet unfamiliar to most, autoimmune disease.
To learn more about Alopecia Areata and to help find a cure, visit the National Alopecia Areata Foundation http://www.naaf.org and the Canadian Alopecia Areata Foundation http://canaaf.org/
Giveaway
I will randomly draw a name from those leave a comment to WIN an ebook copy of Beneath the Starry Sky. Please leave your email address in the body of your comment so that I may contact you if you win. Contest will run until December 23rd.
Beneath the Starry Sky Blurb
Left at the altar with bald patches on her head and her self-confidence stripped away, Tamara Johnson must pick up the pieces of her life and face her Alopecia Areata, the autoimmune disease causing her hair to fall out. She is convinced no man will date a bald woman and arranges a one-night stand through Madame Evangeline's popular service, 1Night Stand. With her new wig held firmly in place, Tamara arrives at the Castillo Hotel in Las Vegas for a night of passion and pleasure. Anything more than one night would mean exposing her bald head, and she will never do that to any man again.
Running into the Castillo Hotel, away from the paparazzi constantly at his heels, Josh Summers wants to spend his next few days locked away from the flashing lights and screaming fans. When he finds an incredibly sexy woman lying on his hotel room bed in nothing but lingerie, he thinks management has made a mistake. Leaving her behind, he heads for the lobby to get the situation rectified. But an unexpected text from Madame Evangeline sends him back to his room. Though unsure whether the woman on the bed is really his perfect match or just another fan believing him to be like his character on television, he knows he must find out, even if it means he must risk telling her his own secrets. If Tamara can handle his imperfections, she just might be his ideal woman.
Available from Decadent Publishing and other ebook retailers.
Buy Link: http://www.markofthestars.com/wp/?page_id=7250
Bio:
Jessica Subject started writing to encourage her daughter to read. Now she writes to keep herself grounded. Although she reads many genres, she enjoys writing Science Fiction Romance the most and believes everyone in the universe deserves a happily ever after. She lives Southwestern Ontario, Canada with her husband and two kids and loves to hear from anyone who has enjoyed her stories.
Website/Blog: http://www.markofthestars.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jsubject
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