Thank you for joining me I am delighted to be on the blog tour for Perfect Summer by Karen King. I have an extract to share with you today but first of all let's take a look at the description for the book...
About the book
Set in a society obsessed with perfection, 15 year old Morgan is best friends with the seemingly perfect Summer. But when Morgan’s brother, Josh, who has Down’s syndrome, is kidnapped, they uncover a sinister plot and find themselves in terrible danger.
Can they find Josh before it’s too late? And is Summer’s life as perfect as it seems?
Buy Links
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2mMXTzI
What people are saying about Perfect Summer
'This book was amazing, as it was easy to relate to the characters, and it put a perfect twist on society’s obsession with perfection.' Shehayamsani - Litpick reviewer.
‘King does an amazing job of writing about the discrimination children with disabilities face’ http://strollinginstoryland.blogspot.co.uk/
I was really taken away by this book - it is full of excitement, danger, shocks, gripping scenes and a thick plot. It is a truly brilliant story, with some fun - but SO realistic - characters. It makes the reader think - could the future turn out to be something like this?? Bookworm1, Amazon UK review
'The story line was fascinating and kept my attention. Could also be a good book club discussion book.' Donna - More Than A Review
Extract
Later that evening, totally beautified, flawlessly made up and dressed in our finery, we got into a hire car with Leo and Tamara and set off for Roxy’s. As we drove along the riverbank towards the exclusive nightclub, I noticed the trail of glamorous people winding along the pavement like a colourful, exotic snake. Butterflies fluttered in my stomach. When we got nearer, and I saw how stunning the girls in the waiting queue were, the butterflies took flight and my stomach went with them.
“Look at all those people waiting to get in,” I stammered. “What if we’re turned away?”
Leo smiled at me. “How could they turn away two gorgeous girls like you?”
I hoped he was right. I didn’t think I’d get over the humiliation if I was. Not only would it be cringingly embarrassing, it would also ruin the evening for everyone as Summer and her family would probably leave with me.
The hire car dropped us outside the building, then Leo and Tamara led us right to the front of the queue, the stares and whispers from people as we walked past made me feel like a celebrity. Two bouncers barred the doorway, legs wide, arms crossed. One was an exotic flame-haired woman dressed in a slinky black dress with slits right up to the thighs. The other, a drop-dead gorgeous blond hunk, wore tight black trousers and a white shirt open to the waist to reveal a tanned, toned torso. I was so nervous I thought I was going to be sick. But I needn’t have worried. The bouncers both gave us wide smiles. The man said, “Good to see you again, Mr Maddison, Ms Price.” Then they stepped aside to let us through, without a second glance. I couldn’t believe it. I was actually going into a nightclub, and not just any old nightclub, the nightclub. I felt like I was floating on air.
Author
Bio
Karen
King is the author of over 120 children's books and has had two YA’s
published, Perfect
Summer
and Sapphire
Blue. Perfect Summer
was runner up in the Red Telephone Books YA novel competition in 2011
and has just been republished by Accent Press.
Karen
is also the author of two romance novels, and has been contracted for
three chick lit novels by Accent Press. The first, I
do?... or do I?
was published in 2016 and the second, The
Cornish Hotel by the Sea,
is due out in the Summer. In addition, Karen has
written several short stories for women’s magazine and worked for
many years on children’s magazines such as Thomas the Tank Engine
and Winnie the Pooh as well as the iconic Jackie magazine.
When
she isn’t writing, Karen likes travelling, watching the ‘soaps’
and reading. Give her a good book and a box of chocolates and she
thinks she’s in Heaven.
Author
links
Website:
http://www.karenking.net/
Twitter:
@karen_king
Pinterest:
https://uk.pinterest.com/karenkingauthor/
Thanks so much for interviewing me, Rae. x
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