Thank you so much
for having me here on your blog! This week, I’m excited as my young adult
contemporary novel, The Breakaway, releases from Rhemalda Publishing.
I’ve been waiting for this week for what feels like half my life—since I was
around sixteen, actually. I first wrote the book when I was fifteen. It was my
first novel-length work.
Do you remember
back when you were seventeen going on eighteen? (If you’re seventeen now, even
better!) Think about how you felt at that age. Vulnerable, maybe? Constantly
self-conscious. Irritated with the adult world because you are in that gap—a
place no longer for children, but it still doesn’t seem fit for an older teen
preparing for adulthood, either. I remember that age, and it frightened me. Of
course, back then, I was full of confidence and anger and excitement and all
sorts of other emotions constantly rolling around. I was preparing to go to
college, and that meant preparing for a huge change in my life.
Naomi, my main
character in The Breakaway, is seventeen when she is kidnapped by the
strangest criminals ever. She’s almost eighteen, about to graduate high school,
and dealing with a boyfriend she thought she was in love with until he…well,
until he hit her. Talk about some adult stuff coming straight at you. So, then
she’s kidnapped and ripped away from all these decisions and changes. Her life
suddenly revolves around survival. Instincts. Fear. Plans to escape.
But does she want
to escape?
The Breakaway revolves
around that question. Naomi comes from an unloving background. Her parents are
obsessed with their careers and her boyfriend is obsessed with keeping her in
her place. So being “adopted” into this new family who actually cares about her
(not to mention she’s falling in love with one of the younger kidnappers… )
doesn’t seem like the worst thing to happen in her life. In fact, she’s
wondering if it’s a better life than before.
The Breakaway is one of those
books that has haunted me since the day I started writing it. I wrote other
books back then, but this is the one I kept working on over the years—until now
when I can share it with the world. It’s filled with suspense, psychological
tension, and a bittersweet love story. Author Zoe Winters calls The
Breakaway, “Lush, literary, and
multi-layered.” Author Karen Amanda Hooper says it is, “A total mind-bender that will leave you breathless.” And Jennifer
Hillier claims, “You won't be able to put it down until you've
read every last word.”
I’m happy to finally
have The Breakaway out there after
all these years. It’s truly exciting and uplifting. I hope you’ll check it out!
BOOK DESCRIPTION: When Naomi Jensen is
kidnapped, it takes her parents two days to realize she’s missing. Escape isn’t
high on her list of priorities when all she has to return to is an abusive
boyfriend and parents who never paid much attention to her. For the first time
in her life she’s part of a family—even if it is a family of criminals. But
she’s still a captive. In a desperate attempt to regain some control in her
life, Naomi embarks on a dangerous plan to make one of her kidnappers think
she’s falling in love with him. The plan works too well, and when faced with
the chance to escape, Naomi isn’t sure she wants to take it.
The Breakaway is available now!
You can find it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and anywhere else books are
sold, both as an e-book and in print. Find it for a discounted price on the
publisher’s website here: http://shop.rhemalda.com/
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michelle lives and writes in Utah,
surrounded by the Rocky Mountains. She loves the seasons, but late summer and
early fall are her favorites. She adores chocolate, sushi, and lots of ethnic
food, and loves to read and write books in whatever time she can grab between
her sword-wielding husband and energetic daughter. She believes a simple life
is the best life.
You can find Michelle
on her blog, http://theinnocentflower.blogspot.com.
LINKS
AUTHOR WEBSITE: http://www.michelledavidsonargyle.com/
AMAZON PURCHASE PAGE FOR
THE BREAKAWAY (PAPERBACK): http://www.amazon.com/The-Breakaway-Michelle-Davidson-Argyle/dp/1936850613/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332094920&sr=8-1
PUBLISHER’S BOOKSTORE FOR
THE BREAKAWAY: http://shoprhemalda.mivamerchant.net/mm5/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=RP&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=978-1-936850-61-7
AUTHOR PHOTOS: http://www.michelledavidsonargyle.com/2010/10/author-photos-feel-free-to-use-any-of.html
THE BREAKAWAY OFFICIAL AUTHOR’S
PAGE: http://www.michelledavidsonargyle.com/2008/07/breakaway-for-her-entire-life-naomis.html
THE BREAKAWAY READER GUIDE: http://www.scribd.com/ladyglmis/d/82489689-The-Breakaway-Reader-Guide
7 comments:
This sounds like a really interesting read! I definitely need to get this! Also, I really loved the music in the book trailer :)
I know Michelle. She looks just like her author photo. I know that sounds obvious, but there are plenty of people that don't look like they are photoshopped. Michelle actually looks photoshopped in person. It's great.
It sounds like a really interesting book!
I can't wait to read this book.
I can't wait to read this book.
Good luck with this! The premise sounds fascinating.
I've seen this book a lot lately, and I've liked the cover ever since I first saw it, but I never actually knew what the book was about! Thankfully, now I do :) And it sounds fascinating!
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