Saturday, December 2, 2023
Smashwords 2023 End of Year Book Sale
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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.
Sunday, August 20, 2023
Teen Romance Book Tropes
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
by Shasta Larken
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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.
Falling Awake
by Shasta Larken
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
I will wait for you...
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.







