So, a long time ago, back when Squish was a teeny baby, I used to go shopping on Black Friday. I had a friend who’d get me at 5 in the morning, we’d gas up on coffee and hit the stories.
It was horrible.
I remember once, we were at Target, and I just sort of noped out of all that chaos and hunched over my full cart of crap and knit until she found me and dragged me someplace equally as awful.
Since then, Mate and I have made it a point to go out together. A. He keeps me from spending so much money, and B. He knows which electronic things they want and need, and that really helps. C. As sort of a side benny, I get to go out to lunch with my husband–win!
Anyway–I miss that friend– she was a casualty of the teaching job debacle–but I don’t ever miss going out on Black Friday.
I’m going to stay home and make chicken and stuffing instead. This is important, mind you– I didn’t cook yesterday, and when people offered me leftovers, I took them for Big T and Chicken instead, because starving students, I remember it well. (They ended up with an entire pie and a loaf of bread–I’m like, damn, I don’t think I ever walked away with that much when I was their age!)
So, Black Friday is going to be a decent time for me, which is good–because I have a book coming out!
Yes– Summer Lessons is out today. Now, I don’t have quite the huge blog tour planned like I did for Freckles, but I do have a few stops where I’ve written some original content, and I’ll post that here too.
Now, a few words about Summer Lessons-– this book sort of walks the knife edge between yellow and orange. There’s a lot of humor in this book, but unlike Freckles, there’s some pain and some tears too. I know there are a couple of parts that made my eyes burn through the final edit. Be ready for them– but be ready for the laughter too. I know Mason and Terry took my by surprise every single time.
Summer Lessons
by Amy Lane
Mason Hayes’s love life has a long history of losers who don’t see that Mason’s heart is as deep and tender as his mouth is awkward. He wants kindness, he wants love—and he wants someone who thinks sex is as fantastic as he does. When Terry Jefferson first asks him out, Mason thinks it’s a fluke: Mason is too old, too boring, and too blurty to interest someone as young and hot as his friend’s soccer teammate.
The truth is much more painful: Mason and Terry are perfectly compatible, and they totally get each other. But Terry is still living with his toxic, suffocating parent and Mason doesn’t want to be a sugar daddy. Watching Terry struggle to find himself is a long lesson in patience, but Mason needs to trust that the end result will be worth it, because finally, he’s found a man worth sharing his heart with.
Cover Artist: Anne Cain
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Blog Appearances:
Mason and Terry Character Interview at Grave Tells
I hope everybody’s weekend is lovely, and your shopping painless! And let me know if you like Mason and Terry– don’t worry, Carpenter and Dane ARE going to get their story told!
