Title: Rock'n Tapestries
Series: A Rock'n Tpestries Novel, #1
Author: Shari Copell
Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 23, 2013
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Book Blurb:
“Asher Pratt had been a drug for
me, and I wasn’t sure I wasn’t still addicted.”
Chelsea Whitaker works as a waitress at
Tapestries, a trendy Pittsburgh bar. She’s doing her best to avoid Asher Pratt,
the Pittsburgh rock legend who shattered her heart years ago.
When he takes a job at Tapestries just to be
near her, Chelsea has some decisions to make.
She soon discovers that some things never
change. It’s all she can do to keep a tight hold on her heart as Asher takes
her for another wild ride.
As she struggles to gain some perspective on
their relationship, she learns that he’s never needed her more. She must put
the past aside for the sake of the future.
What a travesty, Chels and Asher have such a strong connection but not being 100% honest Is their downfall.
My heart went out to Chels with all the heartbreak and scary sitsituations that happen to her. Throughout it all she didn't break but def changed, no one could go through all that and not change. I felt for her in the decision she made to move on and lay the past to rest. The seed that will always be planted in her head. Overall good book, characters are realistic and gradually evolve with changes happening around them.
Heres a sneak peek at a deleted scene from Rock'n Tap
i put my hand against Asher’s cheek, reveling in the warmth
I felt there. His face was smooth
with just a slight hint of stubble near his jaw line. God, he was so...mine.
Couldn’t he sense what he meant to me?
I soaked him in
like a sponge: his scent, his presence.
Everything about him lit a fire inside me. I remember thinking you only get this once in a lifetime.
Once. And the man who triggered
such a violent chemical response inside me didn’t want me. How was I supposed to make that right in
my mind?
. I give Rock'n Tap
Though I
write contemporary romance under the name Shari Copell, my real name is Sherry
Jesberger. I write a historical
fantasy/paranormal romance series under the name S.L. Jesberger.
I am an
eleventh generation native of Pennsylvania. My husband Gordon and I raised three lovely daughters, one
of whom designs my book covers. Another daughter drew the map in the front
cover of my historical fantasy series.
I’ve always
had stories swirling through my head. Crazy stuff, totally whack situations. I was a voracious reader as a child, choosing to
escape into the world of books. I wrote stories when I was a teen, but quit as
I grew up. (Keep in mind, there were no computers then. Writing a book or story
consisted of a brand-new notebook and a ballpoint pen.) I found some of these
early stories as I cleaned out my grandmother’s house after she passed.
Unfortunately, I threw them away.
I started writing again in 2012 after my
husband lost his job. Aislin of Arianrhod was published in October of that
year. I immediately began to work on the second book in the series, Winter’s
Child.
Sometime in
the middle of writing Winter’s Child, I had the inexplicable urge to swear like
sailor, use modern vernacular, and write steamy sex scenes. I was amused and
tried to push it aside. The language in a historical fantasy is obviously much
different from a contemporary romance, so I had to behave myself.
I finally just thought, fuck it. I’ll do it. It was during that time that I started
to write “Micah’s Island.” I simply needed to purge the wild story that had
taken over my brain by then. It was so much fun to write. What would happen if you met a man who
had never seen a grown woman before?
I chose the
pen name Shari Copell because Micah’s Island was so very different from the Àlainnshire
series. Copella was my grandmother’s maiden name—I just dropped the A.
For the most part, people seemed to like Micah, though he was a
man of few words. I got some nice
(and not so nice) emails about it, mostly from people wanting a better ending.
I promptly wrote them one.
I wasn’t sure I would ever write another contemporary romance
until Rock’n Tapestries dropped into my head, nearly complete from beginning to
end (though I did run some things past Tara Chevrestt, who edits for me. Her
suggestions were invaluable.) You
just have to indulge your muse when that happens, as it doesn’t happen often.
Though the names and situations have been changed to protect the
not-so-innocent, some of the things in Rock’n Tapestries were things that
actually happened to me. My
husband was wearing a bass guitar the first time I ever laid eyes on him. As
Chelsea says of Tage, “ I think I might’ve had to scoop my jaw off the
floor.” He’s the skinny dude in
the gray tank top and orange guitar on the far right in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lXGyaHNWRI
I hope you’ve enjoyed Rock’n Tapestries. I’m currently having a
blast working on a book about Nicks Sorenson, Asher’s daughter. I love this
girl! It should be out sometime in 2014.
In the meantime, rock on!
Author Contact Info:
Tour wide giveaway:
Shari is offering up (3) signed copies & (3) eBook
copies of Rock'n Tapestries up for grabs. Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM CST 11/25/2013
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Book 2 of the Rock'n Tapestries series out 2014
A young guitar prodigy trying to discover who she really is.
A husband fighting to hold his family together. A wife struggling with the feelings she has for a musician
who’s been dead for nearly nineteen years.
And a man who
will battle from beyond the grave to protect his only child.
Nicks Sorenson, guitarist extraordinaire for the band Wild
Angel, has a lot going on during her last year of high school. In fact, she
sometimes wonders if someone has painted a bull’s eye on her forehead.
Stone Jensen, lead
guitarist for the band Heavy Remedy, shows up everywhere she plays despite the bad blood between
them. The high school principal is
targeting her with endless detentions for some reason. And she’s starting to
think maybe her mother is losing her mind.
A dream seems to set inexplicable events in motion. Things get even weirder when she learns
the name of the man who willed her the four guitars she now owns.
Nicks Sorenson is about to find out what you don’t know can hurt you.
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