A Different Blue
Author: Amy Harmon
Genre: YA/New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Description:
Blue Echohawk doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know her real name or when she was born. Abandoned at two and raised by a drifter, she didn't attend school until she was ten years old. At nineteen, when most kids her age are attending college or moving on with life, she is just a senior in high school. With no mother, no father, no faith, and no future, Blue Echohawk is a difficult student, to say the least. Tough, hard and overtly sexy, she is the complete opposite of the young British teacher who decides he is up for the challenge, and takes the troublemaker under his wing.
This is the story of a nobody who becomes somebody. It is the story of an unlikely friendship, where hope fosters healing and redemption becomes love. But falling in love can be hard when you don't know who you are. Falling in love with someone who knows exactly who they are and exactly why they can't love you back might be impossible.
I groaned, falling back away from the door where I was steps away from making my exit. I got a few smirks from some of the other kids as they vacated the room. They all knew I was in trouble.
“I thought we discussed the Miss Echohawk thing,” I growled at him when the room had emptied around us.
Wilson started gathering up the papers littering the desks, pushing and straightening as he went. He didn't say anything to me but there was a deep furrow between his brows. He looked kind of......pissed – the American definition.
“Am I missing something?” His voice was subdued, and when he finally looked up at me his eyes were troubled.
I tossed my hair and shifted my weight, popping one hip out the way we girls do when we're aggravated. “What do you mean?”
“Why are you so angry?”
His question surprised me, and I laughed a little. “This isn't angry,” I smirked. “This is just me. Get used to it.”
“I would really rather not,” he replied mildly, but he didn't smile. And I felt a stab of something close to remorse.
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Giveaway: (2) signed copies of A Different Blue plus a
blue bracelet with charms from the book and some signed swag
Question for author: How did you come up with the idea for this book?
ReplyDeletehow long did it take you to write the book?
ReplyDeleteLaurie, A Different Blue took me about six months to write. My first book took me a year! Erika, I didn't know anyone like Blue, per se, but I think most women will relate to her. The background kind of unfolded as I wrote. Kim, when I have writers block I write dialogue. Sometimes it can be the most silly conversations, but it helps me to get my fingers and my brain working, and often some of the best scenes develop from writing silly dialogue.
DeleteDid Blue take on any characteristics of people you know? How did you come up with her character's background?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you use as your inspirations? And what helps you most if you have writers block?
ReplyDeleteHi Alicia,
ReplyDeleteI actually wanted to write about a girl who wasn't like me. In my first book, Running Barefoot, the main character has a lot of me in her. Blue? Not so much. But as I started to create her, I realized we really weren't so different after all.
Do you like to use events from your life, or use your emotions to fuel your characters and how they act?
ReplyDeleteDid you decide to have Blue's teacher British/English by choice or did it just happen naturally?
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance to win!
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What made you decide that you wanted to become a writer? And at what age did you start writing? Thanks for the generous giveaway and I can't wait to read this book!!
ReplyDeleteWhat has been your best exprience as a writer thus far?
ReplyDeleteIs anything in your book based on real life experiences or purely all imagination?
ReplyDeleteHow did you come up with the name Blue Echohawk for the main character? Thanks for having the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love Ya Contemporary Romance. It's quickly becoming one of my favorite genres. How did you get into it? Was it a conscious decision or did you just realizing you were writing a YA Contemporary romance novel?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
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