RELEASE BLITZ ~ HOW TO SAVE A LIFE {EMERALD COVE #1} By Lauren K.McKellar
Title: How To Save A Life
Series: Emerald Cove #1
Series: Emerald Cove #1
Author: Lauren K. McKellar
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Life is not a love song …
I learnt the hard way that labels stick. Laura took “lovely”, and the teacher branded me “lady-like”.
I learnt the hard way that labels stick. Laura took “lovely”, and the teacher branded me “lady-like”.
It stuck with me, even through my high school years. It felt like that was all I’d ever be.
Until everything changed.
Lonely Lia.
Until everything changed.
Lonely Lia.
Little Lia.
Lia the liar.
Lia the lost …
Now the choices are endless. But I don’t want to be any of those either. My name is Lia Stanton. And this is my story.
Now the choices are endless. But I don’t want to be any of those either. My name is Lia Stanton. And this is my story.
***ARC provided in exchange for an honest review - Jacquie / Scandalous Book Blog***
This is the first book I have read by Lauren K. McKellar and I loved it so much I am off to one click
some of her other books.
Lia is a 17 year old budding pianist who uses music and her boyfriend to help escape from the
disastrous family life. Since the death of her father 18 months before Lia’s mum has been in self
destruct mode and seems determined to take Lia along for the ride. When Lia meets Jase the
attraction is instantaneous but will the lies that Lia feels she has to tell to survive tear them apart.
From the very first page I knew I was going to be taken on a roller coaster ride of emotions and at
one point I wondered how much the poor girl could be put through and survive.
By the end of the book I was an emotional wreck.
Despite being angst ridden and a little confusing in the middle the writing style was wonderful and
effortless and I can’t wait to see where this new series takes us next.
AMAZON US / UK
"Mum," I call, and this time on the staircase, she spins around.
"Yes?" She frowns.
Don't go up there,
I try to say the words, but my stupid voice won't work. My mouth moves, but no sound comes out, and Mum tilts her head to the side. "Lia ..."
Don't!
I try to scream so loud my lungs hurt, and still, nothing.
Don't go into your bedroom.
You can't see that.
It will ruin you.
"Lia, you're normally such a sensible girl." She sighs and turns her back, then walks up the stairs again.
My voice mightn't work but my feet do, and I charge after her, leaping up those stairs two at a time. She floats down the hall toward their room, and I run, run as fast as I can, and grab onto her shoulder just as she tightens her grip on the door.
"Lia, will you drop it?" She turns to face me. "I'm just going to see if your father is home. What harm could I possibly do?"
My stupid voice is without once again, and as I try to yell at her, to tell her that no, she shouldn't go in there, that seeing what's behind that door will destroy her—
She twists the handle.
She opens the door.
And she screams.
And straight away I'm back on the couch, hearing that blood-curdling noise that chills me to my very bones, that signifies the start of the end of life as I know it. I race up the stairs to try help her, to try and make it stop, but when I get there she has collapsed in the hall.
She's broken. And nothing I try to do will fix that.
Lauren K. McKellar is the author of romance reads that make you feel. She lives by the beach in Australia with her husband and their two dogs. Most of the time, all three of them are well behaved.
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