Welcome Today's' Featured Author
Sara Shirley!!!
Frozen Barriers (Barriers #1)
by
Sara Shirley
"Live your Dreams, Follow your Heart"
Emily Cameron is America's newest figure skating star looking for her own personal identity. Her high profile life was never her dream, it was her parents.
Jeremy Page is a minor league hockey player who always imagined himself playing for the NHL.
A chance encounter has them crossing paths after several years apart. Which way will his heart lead him? Will Emily embrace his charm?
Just when things finally fall into place, an unexpected event occurs leaving Emily reevaluating everything in her life.
Can Emily escape from under her parent's intrusive ways and take a chance on love? Will Jeremy be able to break down the barriers that have held her back for so long?
Book 1 of the Barriers Series. This story does not have a cliffhanger.
**Mature Subject matter. 18+ due to strong language and sexual situations**
Emily Cameron is America's newest figure skating star looking for her own personal identity. Her high profile life was never her dream, it was her parents.
Jeremy Page is a minor league hockey player who always imagined himself playing for the NHL.
A chance encounter has them crossing paths after several years apart. Which way will his heart lead him? Will Emily embrace his charm?
Just when things finally fall into place, an unexpected event occurs leaving Emily reevaluating everything in her life.
Can Emily escape from under her parent's intrusive ways and take a chance on love? Will Jeremy be able to break down the barriers that have held her back for so long?
Book 1 of the Barriers Series. This story does not have a cliffhanger.
**Mature Subject matter. 18+ due to strong language and sexual situations**
Hidden Barriers (Barriers #2)
by
Sara Shirley
**You
should read Frozen Barriers (Barriers #1) first. Hidden Barriers can be
read as a standalone, but some situations overlap with those in Frozen
Barriers.**
Josh & Sam's Story
Love has been hiding for too long. What happens when it reveals itself?
Josh Page, a Massachusetts State Trooper, wants nothing more than to put his first love behind him. His career is all he’s ever known for the last ten years. Seeing her is a constant reminder of what he could have had if he had not put his career first years ago.
Relationships and dating women have never been part of his lifestyle. He continues to have meaningless sex with women as an attempt to distance himself from his past. That is until he opens the door and a sassy roller derby girl stares back up at him.
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Samantha Daley’s past haunts her. After college, she spends years building a new life with new friends, roller derby, and a bustling business under her feet. Her past suddenly comes rushing back after just one phone call.
Afraid to love, she never imagines a life where one man can turn her world inside out and make her reevaluate what she wants in her future. Almost instantly, she’s attracted to the man in front of her. He pushes her trust to a new level and is willing to take a chance with her.
Will Sam be able to handle the reminders of her troubled past enough for her to be with Josh, or will it be Josh’s secrets that threaten to tear them apart in the end?
***As with all the books in the Barriers Series, there isn't a cliffhanger.***
**For mature audiences. 18+. This book contains sexual and abusive situations, and strong language.**
Josh & Sam's Story
Love has been hiding for too long. What happens when it reveals itself?
Josh Page, a Massachusetts State Trooper, wants nothing more than to put his first love behind him. His career is all he’s ever known for the last ten years. Seeing her is a constant reminder of what he could have had if he had not put his career first years ago.
Relationships and dating women have never been part of his lifestyle. He continues to have meaningless sex with women as an attempt to distance himself from his past. That is until he opens the door and a sassy roller derby girl stares back up at him.
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Samantha Daley’s past haunts her. After college, she spends years building a new life with new friends, roller derby, and a bustling business under her feet. Her past suddenly comes rushing back after just one phone call.
Afraid to love, she never imagines a life where one man can turn her world inside out and make her reevaluate what she wants in her future. Almost instantly, she’s attracted to the man in front of her. He pushes her trust to a new level and is willing to take a chance with her.
Will Sam be able to handle the reminders of her troubled past enough for her to be with Josh, or will it be Josh’s secrets that threaten to tear them apart in the end?
***As with all the books in the Barriers Series, there isn't a cliffhanger.***
**For mature audiences. 18+. This book contains sexual and abusive situations, and strong language.**
Burning Barriers, a Novella
by
Sara Shirley
Synopsis:
Lucy
We were high school prom king and queen.
He moved on. I moved East.
Seven years ago, I left Breckenridge, Colorado, hoping to never return.
All it took was one horrific night not too long ago to change all that.
Now, I’m back, and there is one person I hope I don’t run into.
His name is Jake Galloway.
My prom date. My old boyfriend. My first true love.
Now, I’m back home to recover from a recent attack that nearly took my life as well as my best friend’s.
I’m more afraid of what will happen to me should my path cross with Jake’s again.
I know that will hurt me more than anything I’ve recently gone through.
He’ll own my heart and my body all over again.
Will Lucy be able to choose where her heart truly belongs after coming back to the town she grew up in?
Jake
She took off running when I confessed I love her, but couldn’t give her the committed relationship she wanted.
I needed to live my college years and party it up with lots of girls and booze.
Sex with Lucy Wyatt was an experience in of itself.
I thought I was doing right by moving on from her.
I thought there was more out there than just Lucy.
Even if we burned for each other like a raging wildfire.
Now, Lucy’s back, and I want her more than ever.
The minute my eyes trailed on her walking down the street my desire for her burned more than ever. It’s as though seven years apart never happened. It’s just this time I’m not sure I can have her anymore.
Can flames from years past be rekindled, or have they been extinguished for good?
This is a short story and is included in the Barrier Series. However, it can be read as a standalone.
For Mature audiences only for strong language and sexual situations
We were high school prom king and queen.
He moved on. I moved East.
Seven years ago, I left Breckenridge, Colorado, hoping to never return.
All it took was one horrific night not too long ago to change all that.
Now, I’m back, and there is one person I hope I don’t run into.
His name is Jake Galloway.
My prom date. My old boyfriend. My first true love.
Now, I’m back home to recover from a recent attack that nearly took my life as well as my best friend’s.
I’m more afraid of what will happen to me should my path cross with Jake’s again.
I know that will hurt me more than anything I’ve recently gone through.
He’ll own my heart and my body all over again.
Will Lucy be able to choose where her heart truly belongs after coming back to the town she grew up in?
Jake
She took off running when I confessed I love her, but couldn’t give her the committed relationship she wanted.
I needed to live my college years and party it up with lots of girls and booze.
Sex with Lucy Wyatt was an experience in of itself.
I thought I was doing right by moving on from her.
I thought there was more out there than just Lucy.
Even if we burned for each other like a raging wildfire.
Now, Lucy’s back, and I want her more than ever.
The minute my eyes trailed on her walking down the street my desire for her burned more than ever. It’s as though seven years apart never happened. It’s just this time I’m not sure I can have her anymore.
Can flames from years past be rekindled, or have they been extinguished for good?
This is a short story and is included in the Barrier Series. However, it can be read as a standalone.
For Mature audiences only for strong language and sexual situations
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Author Bio
Sara
Shirley currently resides just north of Boston, MA where she spends
her free time reading, writing, or just hanging out and having a good
time.
When
she is not dealing with books, she can be seen living it up on the
town with friends.
At
night she can be found watching Supernatural, Friends, or Sons of
Anarchy. All while curled up on the sofa with her cat Whiskey and a
glass of wine in her hand. If she's not there then she's most likely
dancing around her kitchen to the latest music playlist on her
Kindle.
A
lover of fine wine and constant traveling you may just see her at a
signing near you. Keep up to date with her on Facebook. She loves to
chat with friends and other book lovers
Frozen
Barriers is her debut novel. Her next book in the Barriers series,
Hidden Barriers, released August 12, 2014. Although she has said she
was putting the third and final book, Broken Barriers (Barriers #3),
off until 2015, Sara cannot rule out a possible novella due out
around the holiday season.
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Interview with Sara Shirley:
1. Can you tell us a little about your books?
Well,
I started The Barrier Series on Jan. 1, 2014 and I can tell you three
book later it's all become a whirlwind of a year. Frozen Barriers all
came about because it was a simple subject for me. The story was in my
head and after meeting a phenomenal friend at the New York Author Event
in 2013 it was finally rolling. I
Frozen
Barriers is a simple story about a guy and a girl who meet as kids.
He's a hockey player from a blue collar family and she's a figure skater
destined for the Olympics. The only problem for Emily is that her
parents are all about image and Emily is their "golden ticket". Jeremy
plays minor league hockey and through old acquaintances reunites with
Emily well after college.
Jeremy
and Emily realize they have the ability to help fight for what the
other wants but they hit a few speed bumps along the way.
In
Hidden Barriers you are introduced to Josh and Sam. You briefly meet
Josh in Frozen Barriers since he's Jeremy's older brother.
A Massachusetts State Police Officer who through events that occur at
the end of Frozen Barriers ends up meeting Samantha (Sam) a wine bar
owner and roller derby girl.
Sam
knows her feelings are there for Josh, however something very tragic
happened in her past that holds her back from finally seeing what's
right in front of her. When tragedy strikes again it's Josh who has to
find the strength within him to fight for the one he truly loves.
And
now, in Burning Barriers, which is due out in late Dec. 2014 you will
hear Lucy and Jake's story. Lucy has a role in Hidden Barriers as Sam's
roommate and roller derby teammate. After tragedy strikes she's forced
to return to the place she grew up in. She has not been back to
Breckenridge, Co since the day her high school sweetheart broke up with
her. Unfortunately she's still in love with him and the minute she gets
back to town Jake is the first one she runs into.
Who knows? Perhaps love is frozen in time. Love could be hidden from us. But, can it burn forever?
2. Do you prefer ice skating or playing hockey?
I
have to say ice skating. I figure skated for nearly 12 years of my
life. The knees aren't what they used to be but it's just like riding a
bike. The minute I break out the old figure skates on a clean surface of
ice I'm in heaven. Shhh. don't tell my mom. She'll have me competing
and training all over again. =)
3. Who's story was your favorite to write, Josh & Sam's or Jeremy and Emily's?
Oh
boy...tough one. Jeremy and Emily will always be my first born babies
since it's my first book. However, I wrote Josh and Sam in five weeks
time. Their story just spoke to me. I hadn't even published Frozen when
people were saying they needed Josh's story and I just wrote it. It was
darker and stirred the waters a little more than I expected. As a fan of
the dark and suspenseful romances I have to say Josh and Sam were my
favorite at the time.
4. What do you do when you are not writing?
LOL.
This SHOCKS everyone. I work a full time job as an accountant. You
expected something exciting didn't you? When I'm not doing that I'll be
hanging out with friends doing normal everyday stuff. I travel a lot and
most times it's to go see friends I've met through the book world. I
ski, go to wine tastings and hang out at the beach as well.
5. Do
you listen to music while you write?
Absolutely. Music is my
sanctuary. It allows me to go off into my own world and just feel what I
need to write. I start a playlist and just keep adding as my mood
changes. I set songs to specific scenes and at the end of my books
you'll see portions of my playlists that inspired me. Some of my
favorite artists that are always listened to are The Civil Wars, Brandi
Carlile, Delta Rae, and anything acoustic.
6.
When did you know you wanted to write a book?
I had been a reader for a
number of years. I would literally read four books a week. By sheer
chance I ran into a woman in NYC at an author event who would forever
change my life. Kiki is a staple to the book world and she told me to
write one afternoon in NYC over drinks when we didn't even know each
other and just happened to run into each other in the lobby bar. I owe
every page of every book I have written or will ever write to her. I may
have muses for my characters when I write, but Kiki is heart and soul
behind my books.
7.
What's one random fact about yourself that you can share?
Awww...just
one. lol. Alright. You can read any of my books and find out a lot about
me in my characters. There is some truth in some of them. But a little
known fact is that I hate the smell of bacon. Hate it! Some have heard
this already but I make my husband take it outside to cook on the grill
because I start gagging if I'm anywhere near it.
8. What's
your favorite holiday?
Halloween. No question about it....It's
Halloween! Costumes, cider, candy and festivals....and costumes! LOVE
IT!
9. Are
you attending any author signing event in 2015?
Right now I'm scheduled
to sign in April at the North Shore Author Signing in Peabody, MA and
will be attending the Toronto event June 13, 2015 but am on the waitlist
to sign. But, either way I'll be at these events for sure. There is a
possibility I'll be present at the Rebels and Readers event next
November as well. I just need to inform my husband about that one ;)
10.What
are writing projects are you currently working on? Well, Burning
Barriers (Barriers 2.5) is scheduled for release before Jan. 1, 2015.
Totally excited for that one since I am proud to say a very talented
individual helped create a piece that is so phenomenal it's hard to
believe he wrote it just for my readers! I've also started working on
Broken Barriers which will close out the series and then I can relax for
a while and just read and help the Street Teams I'm on promote the
other authors I passionately support everyday.
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