Ebook number 2…

I’m both excited and nervous about my next ebook release. Excited because I’ve received good feedback on this book from those who have read it, and I really loved writing this. Nervous because it’s something different from me and the readers (all of you!) are the real test.

So, on to the title and summary reveal…

Surfacing by Shana Norris

Sixteen-year-old Mara Westray has just lost her mother, and now, being shipped off to live with the father she doesn’t know is not how she imagined grieving. She’s already counting down the days until she turns eighteen and can leave the tiny island of Swans Landing.

But from the moment she steps off the ferry, nothing is as ordinary as it looks. Whispers of a haunting song on the wind make her see impossible things, and she isn’t sure she can trust her judgment about what is real and what isn’t anymore. Maybe she can’t even trust her judgment about quiet Josh Canavan, whose way of speaking in riddles and half-truths only confuses her more, luring her deeper into the secrets hidden beneath the ocean’s surface.

As she tries to unravel the events that led to her mom fleeing the island sixteen years ago, Mara finds that the biggest secret of all is only the beginning.

Available in ebook format November 15, 2011.

As mentioned previously, this book takes place in one of my favorite locations–the Outer Banks of North Carolina, in a little fictional island I created, but which is based a lot on Ocracoke. It’s a paranormal, my first paranormal release. This is also the longest book I’ve written. It comes in at around 78,000 words (even after lots of chops and editing). For comparison: The Boyfriend Thief was 66,000; Troy High was 53,000; Something to Blog About was 44,000. I’ve joked before to friends that my books seem to keep getting longer each time I write a new one. 😉

Cover reveal is coming soon along with a peek at the first chapter!

Also, another huge thank you to my writer friends who gave comments and feedback on the summary. Did you know that writing those things is really, REALLY HARD? I bow down to the expertise of editors who do this all the time for the books they work on.