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PIECES OF US
“Into the
lake?”
“Into the
lake.”
For Jesse
Stetson, a boy who knows he is different and Dylan Sterling, Jesse’s best
friend, Sander’s Lake has served as a sort of scrapbook for them with
sentimental items being dropped into the lake from their dock after significant
events in their lives.
Life in 1988
was different from today. A boy
and a girl being best friends were uncommon. Not that Jesse or Dylan cared, they had each other and
that’s all that mattered. Or so
Jesse wished. While Dylan has been
meeting and dating guys, Jesse has yet to find the same connection with a
girl. The closest he’s come is
Dylan, but she’s a girl and a friend not a girlfriend. Jesse is struggling with his
feelings and trying his hardest to be normal.
Dylan and
Jesse are growing up and possibly growing apart. Dylan has a new boyfriend and is now splitting her time
between him and Jesse. To further
complicate things, Jesse meets Orion, a new boy in town. Jesse knows that his feelings towards
Orion must be wrong, yet it feels so right. Even if Orion feels about Jesse the same way that Jesse
feels about him, should they act on their attraction?
This story
is a journey of friendship and discovery, finding out who you are as a person,
and then being okay with who you are.
ARTWORK
Over 100
drawings were created, modified, merged, cropped and manipulated to create the
cover for Pieces of Us. This by and far was the most labor-intensive
cover on any of my books to date.
I feel with how it turned out, it made all the work worthwhile.
WHERE TO PURCHASE
Barnes &
Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/jayson-james
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/470080
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
My name is Jayson
James. I am an Indy author of
several novels and novellas. I was
born and have lived most of my
life in Washington State. My
interests beyond writing include drawing, reading a variety of books, watching
movies and hanging out with his friends, family and dog. Besides an author, I am an artist. The cover art on every one of my
published works are one of my own drawings. I take the drawing I do for each cover and then design the
rest of the cover around it.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Website: www.jaysonjamesbooks.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jaysonjamesbooks
Google+
& email: jaysonjamesbooks@gmail.com
Twitter:
@jaysonjamesbook
1988 COMMENT QUESTION
What was the
most annoying song from 1988?
Be sure to
check out other stops on the tour for more questions.
MORE BY JAYSON JAMES
How It Was Supposed To Be
Reese
Kennicott and his family were living the carefree life of an upper middle class
life. That was until one day when
his father arrives home from work and shares the company he has worked for
since he was Reese’s age has gone out of business. Adding to the stress of being out of work for the first time
in the worst economic downturn the United States has ever faced. Hope comes in the form of a new job for
Reese’s father. The downside is
this job is across the country, forcing Reese to leave behind his friends and
the life he’s always known.
Releasing Fall 2014.
T.E.D.
Tim-Eric-Delsin
Tim is
being bullied. No one in high school wants to be known as a tattle-tale
and to do so would only make things rougher for him. The repercussions
would most likely make him an outcast, and without any friends.
Eric is
frustrated with life. His parents are overbearing and if they ever knew
the person he really was, they would throw him out of their house. His
friends are not much better, they only like him when he is who they expect him
to be.
Delsin
is gay and ready to come out. Unfortunately,
life at home is on the brink of falling apart with his parents constant
fighting. Admitting the truth could bring his whole world crashing down
around him.
Each
of these three needs to decide whether the risks of being honest about who they
are outweighs the importance of being true to themselves. This
could mean ruining life as each of them knows it. Maybe it is better to
remain miserable in order to play it safe. On the other hand, doing
nothing doesn’t seem to working either.
Finding Our Way
Justin
Parker and Derrick Wilson have been best friends since meeting back in middle
school. Currently they are in their junior year at Chandler High School, and
living the good life as teenagers. They have great girlfriends, plenty of close
friends, their own cars, and parents who are well off. As nice as things might
look to an outsider, something is missing from each of their lives.
Justin has
become the invisible son in the midst of his parents failing marriage. In an
effort to get his parent’s attention, Justin keeps getting into trouble. So far
he has been able to get away with anything without facing any repercussions,
while Derrick is feeling distant and tired of what he feels is a too “perfect
family”. He just wants to have a normal social life and spend time with his
friends without the pressures from his family to spend time with them. With
blurring the lines of friendship in the process to realizing what was missing
and discovering who they really are.
Justin and
Derrick take turns narrating the story of their junior year in high school and
all of the events that take place in their lives. Being a teenager can be
tough. Being gay can be tougher. For Derrick and Justin they are both, and life
cannot get any more complicated.
What happens
when two best friends cross the boundaries of friendship? Will they be able to
be happy together? Will they keep their secret?
Tormented Discovery
Justin and
Derrick have a secret that they revealed only to their closest friends. They are gay and are now a couple. The story of Justin and Derrick continues
as they learn more about being a gay couple in their senior year of high school
and the complications that arise from it.
Some friends will have their backs while others simply stand on the
sidelines. Other friends will be
accepting and others will ridicule them.
Sometimes
love is almost not enough to save a relationship and both Derrick and Justin
begin to have their doubts as they watch relationships around them rise and
fall. Justin and Derrick both want
to have new experiences, new choices and make new friends, which leads to them
questioning their own relationship.
They soon discover that some of the people they consider friends have
their own secrets, some darker than others. The couple begins to see how people react towards
homosexuality and just how people want to deal with it and them.
Will Justin
and Derrick be able to hold onto each other while their lives and secrets
spiral around them?
Or will they decide to step back and give up on themselves and each other?
Or will they decide to step back and give up on themselves and each other?
Drifting
What happens
when the person you love is having doubts?
These two
boyfriends have been through a lot. Best friends since childhood, fell in love
in high school and thought they would be together forever. They stuck together
even when their friends and family found out about their relationship.
Struggling with challenge after challenge, they have finally made it to college
and are living on their own. Living together is a whole new world and being
open with their relationship is even more so.
Spending
every day together as a couple they begin to learn about their differences.
Things that never bothered them are now annoying traits driving a wedge between
them. Can their relationship survive their differences? Can it handle new
friends and new romances? Will they find their way together or will they drift
apart?
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