Everlasting
Everlasting Trilogy, #1
by L.K. Kuhl
Published February 18th 2016
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Genre: Young Adult, YA Romance, YA Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
At 17, I was not thinking much of spending a entire summer away from my parents on the beach with my dearest friend. I certainly was not afraid of boys and dying was not even on my radar. L.K. Kuhl has brought me a beautiful, intriguing world of paranormal romance and fantasy wrapped in a subject that is not often approached by the young adults. Most young adults view themselves as invincible. Sweet Sophia is a realist and she knows dying is to be forever. There is much here to find fascinating and luring to a world that has not been seen before. This day on the beach turns in to something that Rachel would never had dreamed of. She experiences the world in a way that she never thought possible. In the process she has to confront her fears boys and dying.
I am not one to give away the details but this is a read that will and should be enjoyed. There is fascination around each page. Be some of the first to get in on this craze. Everlasting is one to remember for the future. There could be more here than we realize. I see a future movie coming from this one.
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Seventeen-year-old Sophia Bandell is
scared of boys, and her biggest fear is dying. Boys make her uncomfortable and
itchy and dying is …well …dying. She is ecstatic when her long lost friend
calls her, inviting her to spend the summer with her on the beach at
Charleston, South Carolina.
When a plastic saucer hits her in the head
as she’s sunbathing, Sophia has no idea it will forever change the course of
her life. It is there she comes face to face with the impressive Tate Forester.
She is scared and …itchy, but he’s
gorgeous and she can’t shake him from her mind. They begin dating and Sophia
soon knows he’s the one.
But things turn dark when she learns Tate
isn’t the person she thinks he is, and the real reason her friend has brought
her to the beach will teach her about life after death.
This everlasting summer on the beach gives
Sophia a sweet taste of first love—the happiness as well as the heartbreak.
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I lay back and closed my
eyes to relax. No more than ten seconds had passed when a light tap on my
shoulder startled me. I froze. Here he was. Tate. It had to be. Loud caterpillars
crawled in my stomach—tickling. Everyone on the beach had to have heard
them.
“Excuse me, is anyone
sitting here?” The squeaky voice pitched out…odd. Is this coming from a duck or
a kid entering puberty?
My heart tumbled to my
feet. I squinted up into the bright sunlight, holding my hand above my eyes to
shade my view, and stared up at a curly headed guy that would have to scrunch
down to keep from disturbing the clouds he was so tall. He clutched a weathered
beach chair in his left hand; a yellowed towel, full of frayed holes, draped
over his shoulder. Black, plastic-framed glasses held together in the middle
with white masking tape sat on a giant nose, and his face was long and pitted.
Humongous, white high-top sneakers with white socks pulled up to his knees
glared back at me when I looked down.
He surprised me, and I
blurted my answer out too fast. “No...go ahead, have a seat.” I couldn’t think
fast enough to tell him that this spot was for someone else, and besides that,
hurting people’s feelings wasn’t in my DNA.
“Why, thank you. Brian
Tarris is the name.” His voice squeaked again, and he held out a large, dry
hand—skin flaking. “I noticed you looked lonely and could use a friend. I’m all
by myself, too.” He sat down in his chair and untied his shoes, pulling his
socks off with them. The odor drifted from his pasty, mammoth-size feet, and he
wiggled big, hairy toes at me.
I feebly shook his sweaty
hand. “Sophia Bandell. My friend’s usually here with me, but had some errands
to run.” I covered my mouth, sickened by the smell, and fought back a snicker
when he used his pointer finger to push his glasses back up on his nose.
His eyes squinted. “Girl,
or boyfriend?”
I hesitated, wrestling
with the urge to spew out the word boyfriend.
It bounced on the tip of my tongue, primed and ready to fling itself airborne.
“Girl…Mandy Stuart’s her name.”
He held up his foot and
wiggled his calloused, peeling toes. “Oh, good, I didn’t want to be stepping on
any toes.” A funky laugh consisting of a bunch of snorts blowing through his
nose flew in my face. “So, are you new to these parts? Do you live around here?
Are you in college?”
“I’m a senior in high
school in Montana, and I’m staying with Mandy for the summer.”
“Good, we’ll be seeing a
lot more of each other, then, if you’re here for the whole summer.”
Author Info:
L.K. Kuhl lives in Nebraska with her
husband Gene of twenty-nine years, young son, Nathan, and Greg, their Black Lab
dog. She has two older daughters, Morgan and Brittani and son-in-law, Trevor.
L.K. has been writing for over twenty years. She first began writing children’s
books and poetry, moved on to writing music, and is now writing Young Adult and
Adult novels. She loves spending time with her family, vacationing, writing,
reading, and taking long walks. It’s the characters who write their own stories
in her novels, and she is just their messenger, sharing it with the world.
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1: Where
did you get the idea for Everlasting?
I got the idea for
Everlasting basically from a dream, where my brother-in-law who had recently
passed away came to me in my dream and I was able to ask him questions about
life after death. The dream was so real and life-like, I felt he was right
there with me. Everlasting took me six months to write and three to four rounds
of edits.
2: What are you currently working on?
I am currently
working on the second book in the Everlasting Trilogy Series. This book is
called, The One, and I am halfway through. It is getting very exciting!
3. How do you deal with writer’s block?
Chocolate and
Wine…just kidding, but they do give me a nice boost. When I get writer’s block,
I try to keep writing, even if it’s silly, goofy stuff. A lot of times this
brings out the good stuff and I can go on from there. If not, I take a walk or
exercise, just getting out and moving around gets the creative juices flowing.
4. What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Never give up! If
I can do it, anyone can! It took me over two years of countless rejections, but
I persevered and kept plugging away. Don't let the rejections get you down and
fold you, you can do it! Even the best of the best had rejections. There were
days when I wanted to give up, but kept on. And besides, who else will catch
your dreams if you don't? You create your own destiny. Live it to your fullest!
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