Title: Not The
One
Author: Amy
Daws
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Release Date: Dec 1
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Date: Dec
8
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~Not The One is Full Length
Standalone Adult Romance~
My name is Reyna
Miracle.
Even though a part of my name
is Miracle, there’s nothing miraculous about
me.
My body portrays the tales of
my life.
Every feeling, every heartbreak,
every emotion.
Marked. Inked.
Stained.
A walking canvas of my messed
up truth.
But there’s one
confession I can’t put in a
tattoo.
A confession that will kill me
to tell, but my best friend died before I had the
chance.
Now I’m left with
him.
The only one who can hold me in
the night and squeeze that spot on my neck that feels like my lifeline between
sanity and chaos.
But we don’t work
together.
We’re
absolute poison for each
other.
We’re a stifling,
suffocating, sickness of darkness.
But I feel safe...because
I’ve made an art of pushing people away.
Now he’s pushing
back…
And
making me believe...
Making me
wonder...
Maybe, just
maybe...
I could be the one.
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“Liam,” I
groan. “You bought a fucking ring for her. For Marisa. Were you ever
going to give it to her?” I turn to face him to watch his reaction.
He has the nerve to look
offended. “That’s your question right now?”
“Yes. I need to
know.”
“I don’t
want to tell you because it shouldn’t fucking matter, Rey!
We’re living in today. Right now. I thought we could be each
other’s salvation if you’d have just
allowed us to be!” He slices his hands up through his hair.
“Hell, even after all this, I still think we
belong together!”
“Stop saying
that!” I scream. “I’m not meant for anyone, Liam!
Don’t you get that? I just fucked my best friend…and
kicked him out of my flat. Don’t you see? I will
crush you. I leave a wake of dead bodies everywhere I
go!”
Q:
Readers are calling Not The One a “painfully beautiful love
story.” Why is that? What was the writing process like?
A: Writing this book was
terrifying. I’ve never been so far outside my comfort zone with any
other book. This storyline literally terrified me and I got pretty depressed
during the process. It was crazy hard, but crazy cathartic. It feels good to
sink into those dark corners sometimes. It makes finding the light that much
more magical.
Q: What
inspired this story?
A: Well, Reyna was a character
in my London Lovers Series that I couldn’t get out of my head. I had
an idea for an interesting backstory for her…a mother/daughter
dynamic that I’d never read before but could relate to because of
some of my own personal struggles. I needed to know more about her, so I wrote
it.
Q: But
this book isn’t a London Lovers Series novel,
correct?
A: Correct. I’m
calling it a spinoff. A cross-pollination so to speak. There are characters
from my London Lovers, but it reads best as a total
standalone.
Q:
Who the heck is Frank? And how did you create him?
A: LOL! Ohhh, Frank and Beans.
He is my London Lovers secondary standout. He’s a fantastical
redheaded gay Brit that everyone needs in their life. Magically, he fit into
Not The One like it was meant to be. Frank is the comedic lightness that this
story needed, but he’s so much more. He’s
special.
Q: Will
he get a story?
A: He is my most requested
story.
That’s not an
answer.
LOL…Let me be
“frank” when I tell you…it is a distinct
possibility. ;)
Q: Who
designed your cover? It’s stunning!
A: I’m so glad you
like it because I did! LOL. My sister in law took the photos. We do all of my
covers together. We both come armed with cameras and click away until our
models can’t take anymore. But I always end up using my
sister-in-laws pictures for the cover. I just like to see through the lens
instead of my eyes. But I do all my own layout and designing in
Photoshop.
Q: And
the cover models?
A: All of my covers have just
normal people. I never shoot models. The cover models on Not The One are just a
couple of local hairdressers that my sister-in-law knew! It’s
funny…I had met the girl a couple of times and talked with her
briefly about her incredible ink and through the writing process, her tattoos
fit my story perfectly. It was kind of
chilling.
Q: So
what’s next for you?
A: I’m pretty sure
I’ll be continuing on this London path for a couple more stories.
Without revealing any spoilers, I’m really hoping readers will be
interested in one of the characters’ HEA. I’d love to write
his story next. And then…finally, Frank and Beans.
:)
Amy
Daws is a commercial producer and lives in South Dakota with her husband and
daughter. The long-awaited birth of Lorelei is what inspired her passion for
writing. Amy is a lover of all things British and her award-nominated romantic
comedy series, The London Lovers Series, is centered around Americans in
London. It's emotional and self-deprecating with lots of humor
sprinkled in. On most nights, you can find Amy and her family dancing to
Strawberry Shortcake’s theme song or stuffing themselves inside
children’s-sized playhouses because there is nothing they
wouldn’t do for their little
miracle.
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