YA Romance
Title: Weaving Magic
Author: Mindy Hardwick
Date Published: 4/27/12
Synopsis:
Synopsis: He loves magic.
She loves romance. But the biggest illusion is the one Shantel and Christopher
perform together. Sixteen- year- old Christopher fights to stay sober
while fifteen-year-old Shantel struggles in the aftermath of her mother’s death
and seeks refuge in a fantasy world. But the unacknowledged roots of their
problems refuse to stay buried and soon, the two are headed toward a deadly
magic trick. Can Shantel and Christopher move beyond magical illusions to find
love?
WEAVING MAGIC EXCERPT
Everything would be okay, I told myself. Christopher was my boyfriend. I trusted him. I crunched inside the wicker basket and curled my legs underneath me. I wiped my sweating palms onto my black slacks. The audience stopped calling for an encore. They were so silent I wasn’t sure anyone was still out there.
I’d barely gotten my balance before the first sword barreled into the basket with a lot more force than we’d practiced. Startled, I realized Christopher was keyed up from the magic show performance. He was overestimating the force he was putting behind the swords.
I tried to figure out how to tell him to slow down. I couldn’t very well call out to him or the audience would hear.
Before I could it figure out, the second sword zoomed past me and into the basket. The two swords crossed over my head, and I rearranged myself so I could crouch lower. As I shifted, a third sword whizzed by my left arm and peeled off a small layer of my skin. I saw the blood before I felt the searing pain.
Author Bioindy
Hardwick enjoys writing tales of romance for teens and adults. Her books for
young adults include Weaving
Magic and Stained Glass Summer.
Mindy gets many of her ideas from the poetry workshop she facilitates at a
juvenile detention center. Some of the real life teen poems can be found at www.denneypoetry.com
Mindy is included on the Washington State Arts Commission Teaching
Artist Roster, and holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from
Vermont College. She is a member of SCBWI. Currently, Mindy is hard at
work on her next romance for teens which is a spin-off Holiday story from Stained Glass Summer.
CONTACT
Website: www.mindyhardwick.com
Blog: www.mindyhardwick.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weavingmagic
Goodreads Page: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13509406-weaving-magic
Twitter: @mindyhardwick
Blog: www.mindyhardwick.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weavingmagic
Goodreads Page: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13509406-weaving-magic
Twitter: @mindyhardwick
Purchase Links
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/weaving-magic-mindy-hardwick/1111816803?ean=2940033288854
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Weaving-Magic-ebook/dp/B00800SFK4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1336059274&sr=8-2
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