Release Blitz: He Loves Me Not by Tierney Fowler
Title: He Loves Me Not (Lifestyles of the Rich and (In)Famous #2)
Author: Tierney Fowler
Genre: Young Adult
Release Date: April 20, 2016
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In the game of love, everyone roots for
the underdog. You know, that girl-next-door type who wears glasses
and has a shy smile and who falls for the most popular boy in
school…she’s the hero of every story. And when the shy girl takes
off her glasses and the quarterback kisses her and the crowd roars
and the movie fades to black, people sit back and are satisfied.
But what about the cheerleader? The one
he dumps at the fifty-yard line and the one who runs off the field
humiliated and sobbing? What about her feelings? What about her?
He Loves Me Not tells the story of what
happens after the cheerleader is denied her fairy tale ending.
Maggie's life was perfect--she had perfect friends, perfect parents,
and a perfect boyfriend. But when she's abruptly dumped in front of
the entire county by that perfect boyfriend, her life falls apart.
With her clique, her friends, and her social standing obliterated,
Maggie is resigned to a lonely, humiliating senior year of high
school.
...at least until she meets AJ Abbott,
a musician who breaks every rule her mother ever taught her. He has
no college degree. He wants to be a rockstar. He wears entirely too
much black and leather.
But despite their differences, Maggie
is slowly drawn into AJ's rock and roll lifestyle, and she'll be
forced to choose which is more important--clinging to her nonexistent
popularity or learning that maybe there's more to her than her beauty
queen tiaras and cheerleader pom-poms.
Looking back, Bobby hadn’t
acted that different that day, or even that week. The first
weird thing had happened at lunch a few weeks later. Maggie and her
friends had been all sitting at their usual table with Tommy, Abby
and Artie Souter—identical twins who looked like matching blond
supermodels—Caroline, who was her best friend in the world, and a
few other assorted football players and cheerleaders.
Maggie snapped her can of Diet Coke
open, watching Bobby shovel tacos down his throat with envy. She was
monitoring her calorie intake like a chicken hawk observing a pen
full of hens. Not only was this new cheerleading uniform making her
incredibly aware of her figure, but her homecoming dress had
accidentally been ordered in a size zero—where Maggie normally wore
a two—and there wasn’t enough time to buy a new dress that half
the school hadn’t already rejected in their own shopping trips.
To distract herself from the gnawing
pain in her stomach, Maggie took another bite of her dressing free
salad and chewed slowly, pretending it was pizza. God, she loved
pizza so much. It’d been years since she’d had it.
“Bobby, what was with that weird girl
talking to you after Chem yesterday?” Caroline asked, her Boston
accent softened after spending her entire high school career down in
South Carolina. Maggie and Caroline had met in gymnastics class in
middle school, and they’d bonded over their love of country music,
cheerleading, and carb-free diets.
“Her name’s Chloe, and she’s
actually really nice,” Bobby replied evenly.
Maggie remembered Chloe from one of her
English classes. The girl never spoke to anyone other than the
teacher, and once she had read a poem that had lots of references to
the dark wings of ravens. It was all very strange. And she wore way
too much black. Okay, and the real kicker was that Chloe had laughed
at her a few weeks ago when Maggie had written an essay about how the
proudest moment of her life was winning Miss Dixie Bell last year.
“I just don’t understand people
like her,” Maggie started to say, flattening her hand on her
stomach as it growled loudly. Hopefully no one had heard. “Like,
it’s just so selfish to be so grumpy all the time. Everyone hurts.
Everyone has bad things happen to them. Maybe people should just
focus on the wonderful things in their lives and stop dwelling on the
negativity.”
“Here, here, Maggie May!” Tommy
raised his can of Coke over his head. The entire table laughed.
Giggling, Maggie continued. She was on
a roll. “And, I mean, really, bless her heart, but how is that much
black flattering on anyone’s complexion? Maybe we can
give her a makeover!” Maggie loved makeovers. They were the best.
Maybe they could take her shopping and help her do her makeup and—
Just then, Maggie heard a sharp intake
of breath behind her. When she turned, she saw a girl with pale skin
and long dark hair standing behind them. It was Chloe. Why did she
look so upset? Maybe she didn’t hear the “bless her heart”
part. Everyone knew that saying “bless her heart” balanced out
anything negative that followed because it originated in a good
place. Her momma always said that people needed a good dose of the
truth, but they needed to know it came from the heart.
“I just—I just wanted—here.
Here’s your half of the outline.” Chloe’s sharp voice matched
her movements as she shoved a piece of paper into Bobby’s hand and
then turned to rush back inside the school. Maggie had examined her
closely in those ten seconds, trying to make sense of a girl who
seemed to think black eye shadow was appropriate for the entire
eyelid. The only spot anyone needed black eye shadow was in the outer
crease of their eyelid and even then, it should be blended to near
oblivion. Her momma considered black eye shadow appropriate
only for strippers and rock star groupies.
The table fell silent for a minute.
Maggie’s mouth curved into a nervous smile. Bobby’s green eyes
cut in her direction. “Really, Maggie? That was mean of you.”
Maggie had never heard Bobby use that
tone with her, and she wasn’t sure how to respond. Her chest
tightened. “I wasn’t trying to be mean. I was just talking in
general…like, how Momma always says that you should look your best
so others are happy to…” She trailed off, shrinking under the
disappointment in Bobby’s eyes.
She didn’t want Chloe to think she
was being mean for no reason. Maybe Maggie needed to go chase her
down and explain. “You know what? I’ll just go apologize—”
Maggie stood up to follow her, but Bobby interrupted again.
Instead of the sharp tone he’d just
used, now he sounded tired. “Don’t worry about it. Let me go talk
to her.” He smiled, but it was a weird smile. Like it didn’t
reach all the way up to his eyes.
Maggie tried to smile back, but she
couldn’t get her lips to lift. “Are you sure? I can just go and—”
“It’s fine, Maggie. I’ll be back
in a few.” Bobby stood up to walk away, and then he stopped and
came back to squeeze her shoulder. Normally he’d say goodbye with
at least a little kiss, but his grip on her shoulder was more how he
interacted with the football team. Maggie didn’t like the feelings
it brought, so she focused on his beautiful eyes, chiseled features,
and sweet smile, and she thought he had the kind of face a girl could
look at the rest of her life and be happy.
That was the day she began to lose him.
Lifestyles of the Rich and (In)Famous –
Released Aug 19, 2014
Nicole "Nyx" Green, notorious
for her red lipstick and over-the-top personality, has just snagged
the man of her dreams–the brooding Crashbang bassist AJ Abbott.
Well, he was the man of her dreams. Now that they’re together, Nyx
is realizing that he’s way too obsessed with his music to even
think about having a girlfriend.
AJ’s obsession pays off when the band
meets with record executives in New York City, and Nyx meets her
half-brother Jeremy. Reuniting with long lost family is complicated
enough (especially a long lost family who are tabloid staples), but
Nyx never expected to meet Tristan.
See, Jeremy happens to be best friends
with the gorgeous, arrogant Tristan Halifax, an A-Lister with a
penchant for beautiful women. Nyx and Tristan might experience love
at first sight, but rock star ex-boyfriends are hard to
forget—especially when they keep writing chart topping love songs
dedicated to her red lipstick.
Overnight, Nyx becomes America’s
Sweetheart—scandalizing parties, frolicking with Manhattan’s
Golden Boys, and being hounded by photographers. Sure, it’s fun,
but then the press starts turning nasty—jeopardizing her
relationship with Tristan, ruining her reputation, and discovering
her old skeletons. Plus, there’s AJ, who’s suddenly morphed into
a great guy, and now is fighting to reignite their high school
romance.
Celebrities are supposed to have it
all, right? Money. Looks. Love. But suddenly, a downward spiral
doesn’t seem all that unrealistic, and Nyx will have to decide
what’s more important–her new infamous lifestyle or her familiar
small-town roots.
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The long lost Wakefield twin. Blair's
head minion. The BSC party planner. The original Pink Ranger.
Stephanie Tanner's BFF.
In addition to crafting young adult and
new adult novels, Tierney Fowler works as an IT consultant
by day and a style blogger by night. She resides in Northern Virginia
near four shopping malls, counts leopard as her favorite color, and
once shot a reality TV show pilot...that never went anywhere.
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