*SIGNED* GIVEAWAY of CRASH & Interview with NICOLE WILLIAMS

NICOLE WILLIAMS

I’m a wife, a mom, a writer. I started writing because I loved it and I’m still writing because I love it. I write young adult because I still believe in true love, kindred spirits, and happy endings. Here’s to staying young at heart *raises champagne glass* . . . care to join me?

CRASH

Southpointe High is the last place Lucy wanted to wind up her senior year of school. Right up until she stumbles into Jude Ryder, a guy whose name has become its own verb, and synonymous with trouble. He’s got a rap sheet that runs longer than a senior thesis, has had his name sighed, shouted, and cursed by more women than Lucy dares to ask, and lives at the local boys home where disturbed seems to be the status quo for the residents. Lucy had a stable at best, quirky at worst, upbringing. She lives for wearing the satin down on her ballet shoes, has her sights set on Juilliard, and has been careful to keep trouble out of her life. Up until now.

Jude’s everything she needs to stay away from if she wants to separate her past from her future. Staying away, she’s about to find out, is the only thing she’s incapable of.

For Lucy Larson and Jude Ryder, love’s about to become the thing that tears them apart.

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My spoiler-free review of CRASH

“I’ll be here, each day and every day on, as long as you want me to be.” 

“…I’ll need you to promise me something…If I ever mess things up again, whether it’s a missunderstanding or shit luck, or I just do what I was created to do and screw everything up… I want you to promise me you’ll leave. Drop me like a bad habit and don’t look back, because god knows, it can’t be me that walks away since I’m incapable of it.”

My spoiler-free review of CLASH

 “Jude wasn’t just my first love. He was my forever love.“

CRUSH – To be released April 23, 2013

Here are some of our readers’ questions answered by Nicole.

Jaqueline W  ~  Do you have any pre-writing rituals that get you ready to write?

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Nicole  ~   Not really! With a toddler running around, I have to be able to sit down, get to work, and take advantage of those few precious minutes I get in between all the chaos. If I have a coveted few hour chunk of time, I make sure I have my headphones, a good play list, a smelly candle burning, and something good to drink. 

Tiffany Z  ~ With the names Jude and Lucy, are you a big Beatles fan?

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Nicole  ~   I am! I’m not one of the super hardcore fans that wear their Beatles shirts every place they go, but I have a definite appreciation for them. Their music is iconic and I hope it always stays that way.

        Alexis A  ~  Will your third novel be the last in the series or will there be more?

Nicole    ~  Yes, CRUSH will be the third and final book in the CRASH series. I’m just about to send it to my editor and I’m so in love with this last installment. I know we’re not supposed to pick favorites, but this one pretty much is my favorite in the trilogy.

       Jaspreet K  ~  Are you planing to write more books for Eden series?

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Nicole  ~  I get this question a lot! I love my loyal, hardcore EDEN fans! At this time, I’m not planning on writing any more EDEN books. I lived in the Haywards’ world for a couple years and it’s been fun living in Jude and Lucy’s world and, most recently, Cole and Elle’s, but the Haywards will always hold a special place in my heart. 

Chrissy R  ~  Do you already know how and where you want to end Jude and Lucy’s story?

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Nicole   ~  Yes! CRUSH is officially written and I’m just putting my final polish on it before I send it to my editor at HarperTeen. As I mentioned in an earlier question, this installment is my favorite in the trilogy. Teasers and lots of fun pre release stuff will be starting after the first of the year! 

Andrea T  ~  What are you working on right now?

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Nicole  ~  I’m just finishing up my initial edits for CRUSH and I just released UP IN FLAMES, my New Adult Romance this month. This is a three part sizzle to one part sweet kind of read.

One small town girl with a bright future.
One smokejumper with a dark past.
One summer that will forever change them both.
They’re going . . .

UP IN FLAMES

Elle’s life couldn’t possibly get any more small town than it already is. She was raised in the same home as the two generations before her were, her family owns the iconic downtown cafe, and she’s been dating the pastor’s son since she was allowed to go on her first date at sixteen.