Blurb: High school senior Alexa Brooks had it all figured out: study hard, nail the extracurriculars, stay focused, and life would follow the carefully crafted plan. The problem is, this plan was designed for one thing: making her forget all about her once-best-friend/former-potential-boyfriend, Carson Knight. Four years ago, he was the boy who always made her laugh, the boy she loved, and the boy she mistakenly and very publicly betrayed...oh, and he was also the boy who grew up to become heartthrob A-list actor Cayden McKnight. An innocent-enough school assignment suddenly brings Cayden to the forefront of Alexa’s mind, and her celebrity-crazed best friend Lindsey discovers the old connection. Convinced that his Hollywood bad boy image is the direct result of their fallout, Lindsey convinces Alexa to find Carson and reconcile, but reaching an A-list movie star is not as easy as it used to be when he was the kid Alexa called every night before bed. Unable to apologise in person but determined to somehow right her wrongs, Alexa goes on a quest to remake Cayden’s image, doing good deeds in his name...but nothing is as it seems in Hollywood, and even when she’s able to finally face Cayden McKnight in person, Alexa can’t break through to the Carson she once knew. Is it really too late to make amends?
❓What's your favorite book written by a Hispanic or Latine author?
❤🔥 The Luis Ortega Survival Club - Sonora Reyes
✨ With the Fire on High - Elizabeth Acevedo
❤🔥 Brownstone - Samuel Teer & Mar Julia
✨ Suncatcher - Jose Pimienta
❤🔥 Mexican WhiteBoy - Matt de la Peña
❤🔥 The First to Die at the End - Adam Silvera
✨ Shut Up, This Is Serious - Carolina Ixta
❤🔥 Small Town Monsters - Diana Rodriguez Wallach
✨ I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter - Erika L Sanchez
❤🔥 Chronically Dolores - Maya Van Wagenen
✨ It's All Love - Jenna Ortega
❤🔥 Does My Body Offend You? - Mayra Cuevas & Marie Marquardt
✨ Bad at Love - Gabriela Martins
❤🔥 Northranger - Rey Terciero & Bre Indigo
✨ Before We Were Free - Julia Alvarez
❤🔥 Lucero - Maya Motayne
✨ Queerceañera - Alex Crespo
❤🔥 The Turning Pointe - Vanessa L. Torres
✨ Suddenly a Murder - Lauren Munoz
❤🔥 Always Isn't Forever - JC Cervantes
✨ It Sounds Like This - Anna Meriano
❤🔥 Flirting With Fate - JC Cervantes
✨ Undead Girl Gang - Lily Anderson
❤🔥 When We Make It - Elisabet Velasquez
✨ Diamond Park - Phillippe Diederich
❤🔥 Juliet Takes a Breath - Gabby Rivera
✨ Libertad - Bessie Flores Zaldivar
❤🔥 This Is How We Fly - Anna Meriano
✨ Viva Lola Espinoza - Ella Ceron
❤🔥 The Grief Keeper - Alexandra Villasante
✨ Just Another Epic Love Poem - Parisa Akhbari
❤🔥 Sanctuary - Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher
✨ Solis - Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher
❤🔥 We Are Not From Here - Jenny Torres Sanchez
✨ Azar on Fire - Olivia Abtahi
❤🔥 Up in Flames - Hailey Alcaraz
✨ Beyond the Break - Heather Buchta
❤🔥 Chasing After Knight - Heather Buchta
✨ Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas
❤🔥 The Sunbearer Trials - Aiden Thomas
✨ What the River Knows - Isabel Ibañez
High school senior Alexa Brooks had it all figured out. Study hard, nail the extracurriculars, stay focused, and life would follow the carefully crafted plan. The problem is this plan was designed for one thing: making her forget all about her once-best-friend, former-potential-boyfriend, Carson Knight. Four years ago, he was the boy who always made her laugh, the boy she loved, and the boy she mistakenly and very publicly betrayed. Oh, and he was also the boy who grew up to become a heartthrob A-list actor, named Cayden McKnight.
For fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han, Beyond the Break is a funny and gorgeous debut about a girl experiencing her first love. Well, second, if you count her faith... and that's where things may get complicated.
Manhattan Beach native Lovette has two rules in life. One: no surfing. Not after her brother's accident. Two: absolutely, no dating. And going into her junior year of high school, she's pretty happy with that arrangement. She has friends, her church youth group, and God to fall back on when things get dicey. But after Jake Evans walks into her life, following these two simple rules gets a lot more complicated.
Jake is the boy from Lovette's childhood who grew up. Handsome and sweet, he unlocks the part of Lovette that wants nothing more than to surf the waves again. And as their relationship grows, she begins to question what it means to be faithful: to her family, to God, but mostly, to herself.
Told with humor and heart, Heather Buchta delivers a sparkling debut that asks the question: Can you fall in love, be a teenager, and also be a good Christian?
So, I’ve been seeing on social media that a lot of debut authors on Amazon are having trouble promoting their books on the platform. First of all, it’s incredibly brave to publish your work and leave it open for criticism. Secondly, some of these writers are counting on sales during this difficult time.
Every once in a while, I’d like to post a list of some of the books that I really enjoyed reading! It’s not fan-fiction, but it’s still entertaining, and some of the books have really profound messages.
Most of these books aren’t that expensive (especially the ebook version), and maybe you guys might like them too?
Oh, and if you do like the book, then you should also consider leaving a star rating and a review because I saw that it helps with ranking!
You can also add some titles of your own to this post. Likewise, if you’ve ever published anything on Amazon, please drop the link so that I can check it out! I mean, this can be like a writer’s support chain 😂
Let’s help these aspiring authors reach their dreams. We can also spread some good-will during such a hard time. 💙