Don’t Look Back teaser and giveaway!

We are under a month before the release of my YA Contemporary Thriller/Mystery/Suspense/Romance.

Haha. Why don’t I just call it romantic suspense for YA.

Don’t Look Back was actually the first contemporary I’d written… all the way back in November of 2011 and it was the book that landed me my agent Kevan Lyon and sold to Disney/Hyperion in January 2012.

I remember sitting at work back then, writing the first paragraph and thinking, what in the holy heck am I writing?

The main character Samantha is one of my favorite characters I’ve created– her story, outside of the suspense aspect–was a tough one to tell. And Carson Ortiz? He’s also probably one of my swoon-worthiest characters.

And now I have a teaser for you, one that introduces Carson, a.k.a. Car

***

Someone cleared his throat.

We twisted around and…wow, just wow. My jaw hit the bedspread. There was a tall boy standing in the doorway to my bedroom. Dark brown hair fell over his forehead and curled around his ears. His skin was deep, almost olive in comparison to my paler skin, hinting at a Native American or Hispanic ancestry. His cheekbones were broad, giving him an exotic look, and his jaw was strong, clenched tight. The long-sleeved shirt he wore stretched over his broad shoulders and biceps. His body was purely athletic, slender and yet muscular.

A black baseball cap dangled off the tips of his fingers, forgotten. Our eyes locked, and I felt a stirring in my chest. His were a magnetic, intense blue. The color of the sky right before the day ended and night took hold—the color of dusk. There was stark relief in his gaze, also a wariness I didn’t understand.

“Is that my boyfriend?” I whispered, hopeful and scared all at once. If he was my boyfriend, I had no idea what to do with him. Well, I did—I suddenly had lots of ideas that involved kissing, touching, and all sorts of fun things, but he was…mouthwateringly gorgeous, and that intimidated the hell out of me.

Scott choked on his laugh.

The boy in the doorway glanced at my brother and then at me. Heat crept across my cheeks. The relief was still in his eyes, and my lips split in a hesitant smile. He was happy to see me, but…but then his eyes hardened into chips of ice.

“Boyfriend? Yeah,” he said slowly, voice deep and smooth. “Not even if you paid my tuition to Penn State next year.”

Stung and embarrassed, I jerked back, and the question came out before I could stop it. “And why not?”

He stared at me as if I had an arm sticking out of my head and waving around. He turned to my brother, brows raised. “I’ll be waiting outside.”

“Sure, man, be there in a sec, Car.”

“His name is Car?” I said, folding my arms.

Vehicle Boy stopped and turned back around. “Car, as in Carson Ortiz.”

Oh. That made sense. I lowered my arms, feeling about nine kinds of stupid.

Carson’s eyes narrowed. “She really has no clue about…about anything?”

“Yep,” Scott replied, lips pursed.

He started to turn again but stopped once more. Muttering under his breath, he looked at me. “I’m glad you’re okay, Sam.”

Before I could even respond to that, he was gone. I twisted toward Scott. “He doesn’t like me.”

Scott looked like he wanted to laugh again. “Yeah, he doesn’t.”

A weird, twisty feeling sprang in my chest. “Why?”

Pushing off the bed, he sighed. “You don’t like him.”

I didn’t? Did I not have taste? He was baby-making material. Then I frowned. How did I know who was baby-making material? “I don’t get it.”

***

How I picture Carson.

Or maybe this version:

What? I bet you guys thought I was going to share a picture of Theo James.

Now I have FIVE giveaways for you. All contests are international. For the Spanish, Italian, Turkish, and Hungarian giveaways, please only enter to win those copies if you read those versions. The main giveaway is for anyone.

Signed Spanish copies of Half-Blood, Obsidian, Onyx, and Opal

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Signed Italian copies of Wait for You, Shadows, and Obsidian a Rafflecopter giveaway

Signed Hungarian Copy of Obsidian

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Signed Turkish copies of Obsidian and Onyx a Rafflecopter giveaway

And now, the big contest open to anyone.

Signed copies Sentinel, Don’t Look Back, White Hot Kiss, and Be With Me

Audio copies of Daimon, Half-Blood, Opal, and Origin

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