Some say love is deadly. Some say love is beautiful. I say it is both.Faith Watters spent her junior year traveling the world, studying in exquisite places, before returning to Oviedo High School. From the outside her life is picture-perfect. Captain of the dance team. Popular. Happy. Too bad it’s all a lie.It will haunt me. It will claim me. It will shatter me. And I don't care.Eighteen-year-old Diego Alvarez hates his new life in the States, but staying in Cuba is not an option. Covered in tattoos and scars, Diego doesn't stand a chance of fitting in. Nor does he want to. His only concern is staying hidden from his past—a past, which if it were to surface, would cost him everything. Including his life.At Oviedo High School, it seems that Faith Watters and Diego Alvarez do not belong together. But fate is as tricky as it is lovely. Freedom with no restraint is what they long for. What they get is something different entirely.Love—it will ruin you and save you, both.
BUY BEFORE YOU:
Tell my fans a little bit about yourself and your books.
Hi, thanks for having me on the blog!
I have 2 series. Before & After series (YA), and Until You
Find Me series (NA).
BEFORE YOU (book 1) is an edgy contemp YA romance set in Central
Florida, about the forbidden love between a "good girl" with a secret
past, and a Cuban boy on the run from his own demons.
UNTIL YOU FIND ME (book 1) is a new adult romantic
thriller in which a young woman travels to the exotic rainforest of
Cameroon, Africa, following the death of her father, a gorilla activist, and
falls for a mysterious young man who turns out to be the heir to a poaching
empire.
How would you introduce your books to someone that has yet to
read them?
BEFORE YOU is West Side Story meets Perfect Chemistry.
What inspired you to start writing? What age did you start?
I've written as long as I can remember. I started writing as a
way to escape real life.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not writing?
I love reading and nature and family and chocolate. Preferably
all in one setting.
What advice would you give to an aspiring author?
Write. Read. Never give up. Repeat.
It's that simple.
And that difficult.
What’s your favorite scene/line from your works?
Love. It will ruin you. And save you.
Reason: I feel like this is love in a nutshell.
What's the hardest thing about writing? The easiest?
Hardest: Actually writing. Turning one letter into a word into a
sentence into a book.
Easiest: None of it. It's not meant to be easy.
What
are you currently reading?
Dangerous Creatures. Southern gothic magic.
Doesn't get much better :)
What
are you currently working on?
I'm currently writing book 2 in my New Adult African rainforest
romantic thriller. It might be the hardest book I've ever written. But I love
it.
What books did you read as a child?
As a child, I adored Goosebump books. As a
teen--and it is still my fav to this day--I fell in love with the Fearless series
by Francine Pascal. It's raw and gritty and lovely.
How has your life changed since you began
writing?
It has become more free, to share my words, experiences, and
characters with others.
Do you listen to music while you write?
I love music, but I
cannot listen to it while I write. I prefer quiet so that I can hear my
characters. But I sometimes listen to Rainy Mood, this website that makes it
sound like I'm in the redwood forest, rain coming down. It's serene. I often
lean on nature for writing inspiration.
What's been your favorite moment as an
author?
All of the firsts. First
agent phone call. First time on submission to publishers. First book contract.
First time I held my book in my hand and smelled the pages and read the words
in book form.
Out of all of your characters, who is your
favorite?
Couldn't possibly choose.
They all have parts of them that I love so dearly.
What do you want readers to take away from your
books?
If they
take away even one thing, let it be this:
HOPE IS
REAL.
You’re
stranded on a desert island. What books do you take with you?
All of them? Is that
allowed?
What
book(s) do you wish you would have written?
I think The Wizard of Oz
is such a brilliant book. And Alice in Wonderland. Harry Potter series, too.
But I know my mind could never create such worlds, so I'll leave that to L.
Frank, Lewis, and J.K..
Favorite
book character?
I love Alice, from Alice
In Wonderland. She's a special kind of strange. If it was in fact her mind while
sleeping that created such a world, I envy her for her intense
creativity.
What is
your dream vacation destination?
I prefer the Smoky
Mountains--waterfalls, drop-offs, trees, nature, animals. That's where I find
my peace.
Where
can fans find you?
Website: www.amberhartbooks.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorAmberHart
Twitter: www.twitter.com/AmberHartBooks
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/AmbersShelf
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/AmberHart
Amazon: www.amazon.com/author/AmberHart
Thanks for having me on
the blog! -xoxo
Amber Hart grew up in Orlando, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. She now resides on the Florida coastline with family. When unable to find a book, she can be found writing, daydreaming, or with her toes in the sand. She's the author of BEFORE YOU, AFTER US, UNTIL YOU FIND ME, and sequel to UNTIL YOU FIND ME (untitled as of yet). Represented by Beth Miller of Writers House.
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