Author: Shana Norris
Release date: June 17, 2013
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Group: Young Adult
Event organized by: AToMR Tours
Synopsis:
Hannah Cohen has always lived her life by a set of carefully
constructed rules to maintain the image of perfection. But now, the rules
aren't helping control the chaos that is quickly taking over.
Opting out of spending the summer in Paris with her mom, Hannah
instead heads to the mountains of North Carolina to stay with her aunt. The
Blue Ridge Mountains provide a barrier between Hannah and the rest of the
world, a safe haven where her secrets can be forgotten.
When Hannah crosses paths with Jude Westmore, a guy who hangs a
different shirt from the tree in his front yard every day, she finds herself
breaking out of the comfort of her rules and doing things she had never dared
before. As the summer passes, Hannah and Jude grow closer and make up their own
rules for dealing with life.
But when the secret Hannah has tried to forget is finally
revealed, even the new rules can't save her from possibly losing
everything--including Jude.
This young adult romance is a standalone companion novel to
Shana Norris's The Boyfriend Thief.
Keep reading for an excerpt from The Rules of You and Me and to ENTER TO WIN your own digital copy!
Excerpt
I caught sight of a shirt
hanging from the same tree on the corner again and I slowed to a stop on the
empty street to study it. It could have been just a shirt that was hung there
and forgotten, maybe leftover from a yard sale. But I could have sworn that the
shirt I’d seen before was red plaid. Today, a blue button up shirt hung from
the tree branch, the sleeves flapping back and forth in the wind.
My
gaze focused just beyond the tree and I saw a familiar dusty gray truck parked
in the driveway of the house. The hood was up and as I watched, a figure
emerged from the other side of the truck, wiping his hands on a dirty rag.
Jude
Westmore. Shirtless.
He
obviously didn’t spend his spare time laying around on the couch watching TV.
Lightly muscled arms led up to a pair of broad shoulders that met a chiseled
chest and abs. He had the kind of tan you got from working outside in the sun.
The tattoo on his arm was a band, some kind of tribal design that wrapped around
a nicely shaped bicep.
I
leaned forward, my hands gripping the steering wheel until my fingers started
to tingle.
BEEP!
I
jumped back, slamming the back of my head against my seat and held my hands up
away from the steering wheel. My gaze darted back toward the gray truck, hoping
by some miracle he hadn’t heard me accidentally blare my car horn at him.
But
no such luck. Jude straightened, shielding his eyes with one hand as he looked
directly at me. Would I look too much like a stalker if I sped away? Did he
remember that this was my car?
I
lifted one hand and gave a small wave. I didn’t know what else to do.
About the Author: Most days, Shana Norris still feels like she's stuck at sixteen, which is probably why she enjoys writing about teens. She lives in a small town in eastern North Carolina with her husband and small zoo of pets, which currently includes two dogs, five cats, and five chickens.
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