Cover Reveal & Excerpt: DEAR CASSIE

Today, I’m thrilled to reveal the cover for DEAR CASSIE (companion novel to PRETTY AMY) by Lisa Burstein, and share an exclusive excerpt! 

What do you think of the Cover?!

I absolutely love this cover. If I saw this in a store, I’d have to it up to check it out. I’d want to hold it in my hands, and read the writing. Between the cover and the synopsis, I’m sold. DEAR CASSIE is a companion novel to PRETTY AMY, and I want to get my hands on both of them, now.

Excerpt from DEAR CASSIE:

We kept walking on the lake trail, the bullfrogs croaking. There was also a humming in my ears from the nicotine.

It could only be from the nicotine. It had nothing to do with being outside, at night, alone with Ben. It had nothing to do with Ben coming to the cabin and taking me instead of Nez and it definitely had nothing to do with the stars above us shining like they were the sky’s tiara.

I stopped on the trail and looked up, taking them in, when all of a sudden bright colored lights exploded in the sky—fireworks, one after another, on top of each other, huge kaleidoscopes of light, like sparkling rainbow spiders.

“How did you know?” I asked, my voice going softer, like if I talked too loudly they would stop. It was so beautiful, after weeks of so much ugly.

Ben turned to look at me, the colored lights in the sky turning his skin pink, blue, green. “I’m magic.” He shrugged.

I geared up to tell him to fuck off, because that was some corny-ass shit, but then I realized that he really kind of was. In that moment he was able to actually make me forget being me.

“I would try to kiss you,” he said, “but I’m afraid you’d kick me in the balls.”

“I probably would.” I laughed, the sky filling with noisy color like paint launching from a giant popcorn popper. “But like I said, it wouldn’t be about you.”

“I guess I’ll have to figure out how to make it about me,” he said, taking off his boots and socks and standing. “Come on.”

“There is no way I am getting near that water again,” I said.

“I’ll make sure nothing happens to you,” he said, holding his hand out to help me up.

I looked at his palm, open, waiting, just wanting to hold mine. For once, I didn’t think about anything except that there was a cute, sweet, smart-ass boy standing in front of me with his hand out.

I pulled off my boots and socks and took it.

We stood at the lakeshore, our hands still clasped, the water licking our feet, fireworks decorating the sky.

I turned to him. He was looking up, his mouth open in wonder like he was trying to swallow the moment.

It was definitely one worth keeping.

 

Readers, Lisa is hosting an EPIC CONTEST to celebrate DEAR CASSIE’s cover reveal. Lisa wants you all to share diary entries of your favorite fictional characters. You can choose ANY character from books, TV, movies, a cereal box and write a 500-750 length diary entry from their point of view.

The top 5 will be chosen, and then the masses will vote on their favorite. The favorite will be published in the final version of DEAR CASSIE. You read that right, published with the author’s name! The additional four will win $20 book buying gift cards.

So get diary-ing! Send you entries to prettyamystories@yahoo.com by January 1st! Voting for the top 5 will begin January 7th, with the winner being announced January 14th!

Let me know what you think of the cover and excerpt in the comments. Thanks to Lisa and Entangled Teen for having me as part of DEAR CASSIE’s cover reveal!