Solitary By Travis Thrasher (The Solitary Tales Series)

The wonderful David Cook publishing did it again! They knew how much I love to read, and how much I hate getting the end before any of the rest of the story. Thus when I signed up to read Hurt by Travis Thrasher came up for review with my Christian Fiction Blog Alliance, Cook Publishing sent us the entire series! YEAH!!! :D

So here is the first book in The Solitary Tales series - Solitary. Due to my reading schedule I have not been able to read this book like I want to, but I will be catching up as fast as possible!

Carol 

 

About the Book:
When Chris Buckley moves to Solitary, North Carolina, he faces the reality of his parents’ divorce, a school full of nameless faces—and Jocelyn Evans. Jocelyn is beautiful and mysterious enough to leave Chris speechless. But the more Jocelyn resists him, the more the two are drawn together. Chris soon learns that Jocelyn has secrets as deep as the town itself. Secrets more terrifying than the bullies he faces in the locker room or his mother’s unexplained nightmares. He slowly begins to understand the horrific answers. The question is whether he can save Jocelyn in time. This first book in the Solitary Tales series will take you from the cold halls of high school to the dark rooms of an abandoned cabin—and remind you what it means to believe in what you cannot see.

The Book Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Solitary-Novel-Tales-Travis-Thrasher/dp/B004IEA342/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358290021&sr=1-1&keywords=travis+thrasher

After college, he targeted working in the publishing industry and was fortunate to find a job early after graduation. He worked as Author Relations Manager for Tyndale House Publishers, the publisher of his first two novels. 

The thirteen years he spent working in author relations taught him the business of publishing as well as the psyche of writers. 

Early on, he made a deliberate choice of not wanting to be boxed in by a brand or a genre. Instead, Travis has chosen time and time again to write the stories that mean something to him at that moment. He views his first ten years of being published as training and practice. Those novels in many ways were written for himself. 

The four years of writing full time have taught him the discipline and determination necessary to make it as a novelist. They’ve also served to close the chapter on what is hopefully just one era in his writing journey. 

The stories continue to fill his head like they did when he was in third grade. The only difference is that Travis now knows what to do with those stories. His goal continues to be to tell stories that move him as well as his readers. He wants to continue to experiment and take risks, but more than anything he wants to provide readers a satisfying experience. 

The dream remains the same. To try and write something magnificent. To make up wild worlds full of wonderfully rich characters. To make sense of the world through the stories he tells. And to try and inspire hope with the words he writes.

The Author's Web Site: http://www.travisthrasher.com/