Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Rogue's Angels Present: Finding Jackson by Anne Holster

Please welcome Anne Holster author of Finding Jackson

One randomly chosen winner via rafflecopter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card.


Finding Jackson
by Anne Holster 

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GENRE: YA Romance  

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INTERVIEW

Have you ever had an imaginary friend?
Nope, can’t say that I’ve ever had an imaginary friend, but I do remember my sister having a few, lol!
Do you have any phobias?
Phobias?? Yes! SPIDERS!! I’m so terrified of those critters especially if I find one in the house!
Do you listen to music when you’re writing?
I love music; I listen to it all the time…but never while I’m writing! I like it super quiet when I’m writing – the less distractions the better!
Do you ever read your stories out loud?
Absolutely! I always read parts of my books out loud – sometimes to myself and sometimes to others. If I’m struggling with whether a particular passage makes sense or not, I find that reading it aloud really helps!
Tell us about the main character and who inspired him/her.
The main character in my new novel ‘Finding Jackson’ is an aspiring young musician named Jackson. Jackson has had a difficult childhood made worse after the death of his mother at the age of seven. His passion in life is his music and his goal is to make a living with it – a tough goal in the always competitive music industry. Life takes a turn for the better when he meets Leah and soon after hooks up with an incredible new band. Things snowball from there and without giving too much away I’ll just say that life changes for Jackson – some for the better and some for the worse.
I honest can’t say that any one person in particular was the inspiration for Jackson. I guess he’s just a combination of different characters I’ve come across in my life.

BLURB:

It's 1977 - Star Wars is breaking records at the box office, Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run tour is taking the country by storm, and born-and-bred Jersey girl Annalise Keller has fallen in love for the first and last time. Hot and charismatic with dreams of making it as a rock star, Keith "Ace" Foxx is everything a teenage girl dreams of. He falls as hard for Anna as she does for him and the two decide to run off to California in search of his big break. Fate has other plans though, and several years and three kids later, Ace has traded in his guitar for a job at the local post office and Anna has become a symbol of all he has given up. Ace spends most nights at the local bar, trying to drink away his anger and resentment.

Flash forward a decade, and their youngest child, Jackson, is headed nowhere fast. In a life filled with meaningless jobs and too much partying, music is his only true escape from the pain of a childhood that abruptly ended one rainy night. The accident had destroyed his family and left him with a slew of unanswered questions.

Everything changes the night Jackson meets Leah. Shy and reserved, she doesn't smoke and barely drinks; she certainly doesn't put out. Not exactly the girl from the Bon Jovi videos he watched as a kid. Yet, before he knows it, she has become his world.

Then, just when it looks like his dreams might come true, betrayal and loss once again threaten everything he holds dear. As Jackson struggles to keep his world from spinning out of control, he knows one thing for sure, the choices he makes now will either be the start of a whole new life, or it just might be the end of him.

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EXCERPT:

You hear people talk about this feeling, that once-in-a-lifetime, struck-by-a-thunderbolt feeling; you know, like when two cartoon characters are staring at each other and their eyes look like two big hearts bugging out of their heads. You hear about it but never really believe it could happen in real life. That is until it happens to you and then it completely consumes you, leaving you exhausted and worn out from falling for someone so hard so fast. It’s a high that you never, ever want to come down from. I think they call it love at first sight and, well, that’s exactly how I felt when I saw him. I can’t even explain why I was so taken with him – he definitely wasn’t what you’d call “classically handsome” - I just knew I couldn’t take my eyes off him. 


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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Anne Holster resides in Northern New Jersey with her husband and two children. When she's not writing she enjoys spending time with her family, playing tennis and reading angsty romance novels. She is currently working on her fourth book.

https://www.facebook.com/Anne-Holster-885353721587102/?ref=bookmarks

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13762475.Anne_Holster

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZR3GWXF/ref=sr_1_2

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE

One randomly chosen winner via rafflecopter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card.

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/28e4345f3244

19 comments:

  1. Good morning and thank you for hosting my tour!

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    1. Thank you Edgar! I'm glad you enjoyed the interview! Thanks for stopping by!

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  4. You're very welcome James! Thank you for stopping by!

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  5. Welcome to the Angel's blog. Hope you have a great tour. Allana Angel

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  6. Great post, sounds like my kind of book!

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    1. Great to hear Victoria! Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. Sounds like an interesting read! A story that spans all the way back to the 70s (what a time to be alive), is right up my alley. I'm definitely looking forward to this one.
    Also, I gotta agree with you on the spiders...can't stand those guys.

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    1. Thank you Tom! And, lol, spiders totally creep me out!

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  8. I love the cover and the blurb and except are intriguing. This sounds like a must read for me. Thank you for shjaring your book details.

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  9. Thank you Bea! I'm glad you enjoyed the excerpt!

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  10. Jackson sounds like a very interesting character.

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    1. Yes, Kim, he certainly is! Thanks for stopping by!

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  11. the cover looks really nice, this sounds great

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