A
FIGHTING CHANCE
By
A.J. Sand
New
Adult/Adult Romantic Suspense
Released
February 4, 2014
Jesse Chance is
a bastard.
And that’s all he heard his entire life growing up
once news got out that he was the illegitimate child of womanizing ex-con,
Henry Chance.
Stuck in Glory, Texas, a town too small to escape
the sins of his parents, Jesse turned into exactly what everyone expected him
to be: a lover of liquor and women, and so good with his fists, he became a
teenage champion of the secret underground fighting rings that float around the
South, while doubting the only people who ever believed he could be more, his
ailing mother, and his girlfriend, Drew Hallisay.
But determined to make his mother’s dying wish come
true, he enrolled in a college on the East Coast, far away from his past. Jesse
Chance is reborn into a new life, and set on keeping Glory, Texas--and Henry
Chance--in his rear view.
Until a visit from his father in the middle of the
night changes everything.
Forced to return to Glory to prevent a tragedy,
Jesse is soon back on the fighting circuit with Drew's help and facing the
history he was so desperate to escape, the part of him he would prefer to hide.
As he slips
back into his old ways--Henry Chance's ways--he finds himself torn between the
guy he was and the one he’s been struggling to become. And in a world dead set
on betting against you, can you ever really overcome your past… or your
destiny?
About
the Author
A.J. Sand grew up an only child whose parents bought her many, many books
to keep her busy, so it was only natural that she would start writing her own
stories. She is the author of “Documentary,” “Remake” and “Recklessly.” She
lives just outside of Washington, D.C.
Author
social media links:
Twitter: @ajajajsand; https://twitter.com/ajajajsand
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
Guest Post with Author A.J. Sand
Writing A Fighting Chance
By
A.J. Sand
I
read a quote from Shonda Rhimes (my idol!), the creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal,
in an interview with Vulture, where
she said that “character likeability” isn’t really something she worries about
with Scandal, and it’s more about
illuminating who those people are, good or bad, because that’s more interesting
to her. I agree. I think that’s the mindset I had when I was writing, and it’s
why I opted to get away from contemporary romance, which I think comes with an
expectation of certain—and maybe idealized—qualities in the male and female
leads. I wanted everyone in AFC to either be sort of bad or really, really bad, and then a few of
them to be sort of good, too. Human nature has always fascinated me, especially
the dark parts, so to actually write something without concern about
likeability or a black and white moral structure was a breath of fresh air. All
of these characters were far more interesting to me than any others I’ve ever
written.
My
discomfort guided a lot of the storytelling. If I got an idea, a line of
dialogue, or an action—whatever—and it made me uncomfortable (because of the
way a reader might react), I wrote it down anyway. I have a habit of reining
myself in when I write usually, and I refused to do that here.
HAPPY READING!!!
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