Always and Forever

Falling Awake Playlist

As I've mentioned before, music plays a big role in my writing. I'm constantly being inspired by songs, music videos, and my favorite bands!

So, in honor of its big audiobook release, I've compiled a list of songs that I listened to and/or drew inspiration from while writing Falling Awake.

Here it is:

The Killers – Be Still

Decyfer Down – Crash

Athlete – Wires (basically the theme song for the whole book!)

Morning Parade – Headlights

July for Kings – Blue

Cold War Kids – Hospital Beds

Zack Hemsey – Vengeance

Keane – Higher than the Sun

The Killers – Smile Like You Mean It

Paramore – The Only Exception

Travis – Mother

Art of Dying – Best I Can

Lifehouse – Easier to Be

Fran Healy – Anything

Lifehouse – From Where You Are

Long-view – When You Sleep

Saliva – So Long

Listen, read, and enjoy!

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FALLING AWAKE Audiobook Now Available!

 

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Rachelle Vaughn

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Ainsley Drake

Claire Embry

Shasta Larken

 

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Falling Awake

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Falling Awake by Shasta Larken

Unrequited love. I’m sure most of us have experienced it in some way or another. Someone you admired from a distance...a friend who was so much more to you...a secret crush. Carli’s story of unrequited love has a bit of a twist. Her best friend fell into a coma before she could tell him her feelings.

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Being in love with your best friend when he doesn’t know it is tough—especially when he’s in a coma (and shows no signs of waking up again).

Falling Awake

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Sweet High School Romance Novel

Carli Thornley and Josh Thornton grew up together in the picturesque town of August Lake. Despite their family's differences, the two banded together to face high school together, becoming best friends. Carli immerses herself in her education while Josh lives for hockey and his dream of becoming the Red Valley Ravens’ next draft pick.

One warm spring day, in broad daylight, Carli's worst fears come true. In the blink of an eye, a terrible accident happens and Josh slips into a coma. His family is torn apart and Carli is left to pick up the shattered pieces. Her loyalty is tested like she never could have imagined and shocking secrets about Josh's family are revealed. Carli strives to hold his family together, but even with her best efforts, Josh remains unreachable. Until one day everything changes.

In the summer that follows the accident, Carli must face the consequences of that single fateful day and find a way to cope...or the courage to move on.

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Falling Awake ~ Sweet YA Romance Book

When hope wears thin, love can fill in the blanks...

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Carli Thornley doesn’t believe in lost causes. Her best friend Josh is in a coma, and every day for the past six weeks, she’s sat by his side, read to him, played his favorite music, and basically willed him to wake up out of the darkness. In the summer that follows the accident, Carli must face the consequences of that single fateful day and find a way to cope...or the courage to move on.

Shasta Larken Bio

Shasta Larken moved around a lot as a child and was always “the new kid.” Making friends is tough, so she started writing her own stories where the cute boy always asked her to the school dance and every girl had a best friend forever. Now, she’s settled down in one place and writes heartwarming stories about finding the courage to love unconditionally. She lives in California with her husband and is working on a happily-ever-after of her own.

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