DATING ON THE DORK SIDE
by Charity
Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance
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GENRE: Contemporary Young Adult
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BLURB:
Stung by an epic betrayal, Camy Cavanaugh relies on the sure things: her
best friend, her job as peer tutor, and her safe spot on the sidelines of life.
But when she hacks into a secret, trash-talking website, it ignites a war
between the sexes that won’t end until the whole school is turned upside
down–and Camy’s world is turned inside out.
Now the
hottest girls in school refuse to date the A-List boys. But with the Homecoming
dance looming, everyone from the queen bee to the girl “most likely to” pushes
Camy to hook them up with guys from the nerd herd.
And then
there’s quarterback, A-lister–and former crush–Gavin Madison. He hasn’t spoken
to Camy in three years … but he’s talking now, begging her to pair the guys on
the football team with girls from the Honor Roll.
It’s a
contest of wills and everything is on the line–even Camy’s heart. Will she
retreat to the sidelines, or will she find the courage to get back in the game?
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I’ve
had eleven years to think about this (twelve if you count kindergarten) and if
you ask me, the first day of school should come with a checklist:
• Your best guy friend manages to wear
matching socks?
A
good sign.
• Your homeroom teacher turns out to be
a drama king?
Proceed
with caution; hilarity may ensue-- but so may humiliation.
• You find a jock in the tutoring room?
A
sign of the apocalypse.
On
my last first day of school, I counted the minutes to the final bell, then took
the stairs to the third floor tutoring room two at a time. I paused at the
threshold and sucked in a breath.
The
monitors inside the room, at least the ones that I could see, were spotless. I
had new pencils sharpened to deadly points. My notebooks were filled with blank
pages and promise. Everything was still first day fresh. Everything was still
possible. And through the open windows, came the wondrous sounds of the Olympia
High School football team warming up, “O-L-Y-M-P-I-A!”
“Switch!”
Coach Cutter’s voice, amplified by the megaphone, rode the breeze through the
windows. The trip seemed to soften all the hard edges, making him sound like
someone you might actually want to talk to.
“O-L-Y-M-P-I-A!”
the siren song came again. I loved it when jocks spelled. I loved the first day
of school. I really, really loved my view of the football field from the
windows of the tutoring room.
But
Jason “The Ab” Abernathy was ruining all of it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHOR Bio:
Charity
Tahmaseb has slung corn on the cob for Green Giant and jumped out of airplanes
(but not at the same time). She spent twelve years as a Girl Scout and six in
the Army; that she wore a green uniform for both may not be a coincidence.
These days, she writes fiction (long and short) and works as a technical writer
for a software company in St. Paul.
Her
short speculative fiction has appeared in UFO Publishing’s Unidentified Funny Objects and Coffee anthologies, Flash Fiction Online and Cicada.
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/charity.tahmaseb
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/geekgirlx2
Blog:
https://writingwrongs.wordpress.com
Mail
list/newsletter: http://eepurl.com/RGffv
Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/charitytahmaseb/
Darcy
Vance is the slacker half of the author duo of Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy
Vance. She didn’t start writing seriously until she was 40, and didn’t publish
her first novel until she was 50. Even then, she needed a co-author to get the
job done.
While
Charity was busy slinging corn for Green Giant and jumping out of airplanes for
the Army, Darcy was busy making out with boys and perfecting the art of the
doodle. She only makes out with one boy now (her husband) but she still doodles
wantonly.
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/darcy.vance.3
Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/edeevee/
Wattpad:
https://www.wattpad.com/user/DarcyVance
(there is a free story there)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RAFFLECOPTER Giveaway!
Charity and Darcy will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to one
randomly drawn winner, a print copy of "Dating on the Dork Side" to
another randomly drawn winner (US/Canada only) and a print copy of "The
Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading" to a third randomly drawn commenter
(US/Canada only) via rafflecopter during the tour.
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