Title: Crushing Summer
Author: C.M. Stunich
Release
Date: November 7, 2013
Genre: New Adult Romance
Hosted
by: Love Between the Sheets
Synopsis
I'm a girl. I met a boy. Why can't it stay that simple? Here, in this town, summer doesn't just mean tiny bikinis and sunglasses, white toothed grins and lounging at the beach. It means pain. And loss. And false promises. It means liars pretending to be saints, friends pretending to be enemies, rivals pretending to be lovers. For me, it means being crushed. The Crush, actually. The one they all want simply because they were told to. It means being surrounded by beautiful faces and gorgeous bodies, sweet words and sizzling kisses. It means being wanted and despised. My name is Chloe Summer, and I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, this summer could be my last.
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“Casper,” I began, knowing I couldn't put this off any longer. I hated to
break the moment, but I could hear the shouting and cheering coming from
the drive-in and knew it was only a matter of time before he figured out
there was something odd going on. “I know we just met and this might
sound a little weird, but there's something you should know about this
town.” His raised his thin brows and sat back, draping his arms over the
back of the bench.
“Do you sacrifice kittens on the full moon? Because if so, I'm totally
out. I won't sacrifice kittens. Goats, maybe. But not kittens.” I tried
to smile back at the joke, but thinking of The Assignment was akin to
strapping weights on either side of my mouth. The corners of my lips
pulled down into a frown.
“Tonight is Assignment Night.” Casper remained still, listening, not at
all nervous about what I was going to say. He didn't think it was going to
be bad or that it was going to affect him, but I knew it would. Somehow, I
just knew.
“Like, for classes or something?”
“Like, for the summer. All summer. Tonight, all the students, ages
thirteen to eighteen, will be assigned a title. Most of them will stay
Students, but a select lucky and unlucky few will be … Something else.”
Casper gave me a look that said I was totally and completely nuts. Again,
I attempted a smile, but this one fell even flatter than the first. I resorted to
keeping my eyes on the sea and letting my fidgety hands spin the conch
around in circles. “You know all the stereotypes people think about when
they talk about high school? Jocks? Losers? Party boys? Goths?”
Casper pulled a cigarette out of his pocket and slipped it between his lips.
“Yeah, sure, okay.”
“Well … on Assignment Night, tonight, people get nominated by their
peers for certain … positions, and then they have to act them out until the
Friday before Labor Day. Every day until that day, at midnight, they have
to be who everyone wants them to be, for good or bad. And everyone
else, the Students, they have to play along.”
“Um, you're kidding right? Is this some kind of game?” My faux
smiled turned into a grimace.
“I wish it were. If it were just a game, it'd be fun, right? But it's not.
I mean, I used to think it was, but not anymore. People get hurt playing
this game.” I paused, not necessarily for dramatic effect, but there it was.
“They get killed."
CRUSHING SUMMER PLAYLIST
"About A Girl" by The Academy Is…
"Summer Hair = Forever Young" by The Academy Is…
"Swing, Swing" by The All-American Rejects
"One More Sad Song" by The All-American Rejects
"Flavor of the Weak" by American Hi-Fi
"Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne
"The Great Escape" by Boys Like Girls
"Just the Girl" by The Click Five
"Catch Your Wave" by The Click Five
"Hot Mess" by Cobra Starship
"Brand New Skin" by Count the Stars
"On the Way Home" by Count the Stars
"The Curse of Curves" by Cute is What We Aim For
"If It Means a Lot to You" by A Day to Remember
"Graveyard Dancing" by Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows
"Note to Self" by From First to Last
"Secrets Don't Make Friends" by From First to Last
"Ride the Wings of Pestilence" by From First to Last
"Hot N Cold" by Katy Perry
"Roar" by Katy Perry
"The Show" by Lenka
"Trouble" by Never Shout Never
"Time After Time" by Quietdrive
"Both Ways" by Quietdrive
"Say You Like Me" by We The Kings
"Skyway Avenue" by We the Kings
"Check Yes, Juliet" by We The Kings
About the Author
C.M. Stunich was raised under a cover of fog in the
Uarea known simply as Eureka, CA. A mysterious place, this strange, arboreal land
nursed Caitlin's (yes, that's her name!) desire to write strange fiction novels about
wicked monsters, magical trains, and Nemean Lions (Google it!). She currently
enjoys drag queens, having too many cats, and tribal bellydance.
Always a fan of the indie scene and 'sticking it to the
man,' Ms. Stunich decided to take the road less traveled and forgo the traditional
publishing route. You can be assured though that she received several rejections as
to ensure her proper place in the world of writers before taking up a friend's offer to
start a publishing company. Sarian Royal was born, and Ms. Stunich's books slowly
transformed from mere baking chocolate to full blown tortes with hand sculpted
fondant flowers.
C.M. is a writer obsessed with delivering the very
best and scours her mind on a regular basis to select the most unusual stories for
the outside world.
Ms. Stunich can be reached via e-mail or by post and
loves to hear from her readers. Ms. Stunich also wrote this biography and has no
idea why she decided to refer to herself in the third person.
Come visit me at www.cmstunich.com and follow me on Facebook !Giveaway
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