Hi guys, we have newish author Brooke Edwards popping in to show off the cover to her upcoming release When Fate Falls Short, we have a short guest post where Brooke tells us a little about herself, we have a really sweet excerpt and MM Good Book Reviews is throwing in a $5 Dreamspinner Press credit! So peeps, check out that cover and excerpt and leave a comment to enter the giveaway! <3 ~Pixie~

When Fate Falls Short

Brooke Edwards

Childhood sweethearts Nathan Maxwell and Sean Adams took ten years to realize they belonged together, followed by ten years of bliss. When it is snatched away, Sean is left alone with the aftermath. Lost and grieving in a world that doesn’t make sense without Nathan by his side, he struggles to keep himself afloat… until he meets Jesse Lawrence.

The shadow of a congenital heart defect has hung over Jesse like a dark cloud all his life. Nathan’s death saves Jesse’s life—providing the heart Jesse needs to survive—and a chance encounter between their best friends plants Jesse in Sean’s orbit. But how well can a love triangle between a dead man, his grieving lover, and the one with his heart beating in his chest possibly turn out? Real feelings and pure intentions might not be enough.

Brooke Edwards!

A little about me: Writing is the first dream I can remember having that has stood the test of time. It took fifteen years from the first time I put pencil to paper with the intent of creating an actual story for me to gather the courage to press send on a submission email with an original story attached. Those fifteen years were littered with the debris of hundreds upon hundreds of unfinished stories. The incredible kindness of so many people in so many of the writing communities I’ve dabbled in over the years is the only reason I was ever brave enough to even think about writing for publication.

My first submission with Dreamspinner Press was accepted and then I was overjoyed when they offered me a contract for When Fate Falls Short. The eight year old in me who picked up the first three Harry Potter books and was instantly hooked on the thought of telling stories for the rest of my life is much more satisfied with this side of my life than the boring financial industry job that pays the bills!

Excerpt

Sean is fourteen, and it’s the middle of summer when he looks up from the plate Leah is handing him, piled high with grilled meat and potato salad, and catches sight of Nathan laughing at Lauren and AJ across the grass.

His knees buckle a little as a swooping sensation unsettles his stomach. Leah clears her throat impatiently, and Sean just blinks, eyes wide and still fixed on Nathan. Leah follows his line of sight and takes in Nathan and then the shocked expression on Sean’s face before sighing.

“You couldn’t have waited another month? I had my money on you not making a move until August.” Her disappointment at being wrong is belied by the grin stretching over her face, and she reaches out to push at his shoulder. “Go on, loser.”

Sean stumbles across the yard, searching frantically for any words at all. He doesn’t find them until Nathan grabs his arm, concerned, and asks whether he’s okay.

“I’m great,” he says breathlessly and slides his arm through Nathan’s grip until their fingers are tangled. Nathan’s eyes widen a little, and Sean’s face aches with the force of his smile. “I gotta show you something inside, though.”

He heads for the house, holding their hands still entwined, and Nathan follows him just like he always has before.

About Brooke

Author, dreamer, fangirl and foodie – twenty-something Brooke Edwards will always call Australia home no matter where the wanderlust takes her. Her tertiary education bounced from history and linguistics to criminology and history and even went as far as nutrition and sports/exercise science. Making ends meet through a similarly wide variety of jobs from education, retail, fitness, hospitality and finance means she never has any shortage of inspiration for characters or their adventures. Writing, closely followed by the culinary arts, has been her longest-running and most consistent passion and her greatest dream would be to one day not have to do anything else but write. Until then, she can probably be found in a caffeine-induced haze either behind her computer or in the kitchen.

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Giveaway!

Win a $5 Dreamspinner Press credit!

(Just leave a comment on this post about what you think of this cover.)

(Ends 12th July 2016)