Spotlight & Giveaway: Jace by Sasha Summer

Posted March 17th, 2020 by in Blog, Spotlight / 30 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Sasha Summer to HJ!
Spotlight&Giveaway

Hi Sasha and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Jace!

 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

After winning a reality-television show, Jace Black goes from working three-jobs to an overnight singing sensation. He’s never wanted fame but singing with superstar Krystal King isn’t half bad. Spending time with her, and her family, opens doors he’d never dreamed of. But the longer he spends with Krystal the more he realizes none of it matters—without her.

Krystal has spent the last few years learning to deal with the wounds of her past. If she has a reputation for being difficult, it’s only to keep people at arms-length. Which was easy, until Jace Black came along. Loving him means protecting him from the damage she always causes. The secrets of her past might tear her world apart, but she won’t let them destroy his life.
 

Please share your favorite quote from the book:

He ran a hand through his wet hair. “And then you jump down my throat for hooking up with someone who doesn’t exist. It’s easier to believe the worst. Is that it? Hell, I think you want to believe I’m that guy. But I’m not. If that’s your reason for acting like this thing between us doesn’t exist, then you’re out of luck. I will never be that guy. And now you know.”

 

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

  • The three songs from the book have been made into songs! Ashes of My Heart, One Boot At A Time, and Let Me Love You have all been recorded. I think that is super cool!
  • Clementine was sort of inspired by Taylor Swift’s love/social media posts with her cats
  • Krystal bakes when she is thinking of a new song. I tend to bake and cook when I’m plotting a story.

 

Tell us about the book with this fun little challenge using the title of the book

J is for justice – Jace encourages Krystal to seek justice
A is for acceptance – Krystal has to accept her past to move forward
C is for chance – both of them have to take a chance to be together
E is for exposed – they both have wounds they fear exposing

 

If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would you use for the audition of the main characters and why?

I love this scene – they are all spark and sizzle when they are together and this scene does a great job of embodying that:

His dressing room door slammed shut and they were alone.
Her hand fell from his chest.
“You’ve been hiding from me.” It wasn’t a question. Or an accusation. Just a fact.
She swallowed but didn’t say a word.
“Why?” He pushed, needing to know.
She stared at the top pearl snap on his shirt. “I never pegged you as someone with such a high opinion of him¬self, Mr. Black. Why on earth would I be hiding from you?” But her bite was halfhearted and she couldn’t meet his gaze.
He tipped her chin back, waiting for her to look at him. “That’s what I’m asking.”
But staring into her green eyes made things go hazy around the edges. She did that to him, put the rest of the world on mute so she was all that registered. The heat in her gaze was countered with something wary—something fragile. Unless she talked to him, he’d never know what she was struggling with.
“It doesn’t matter, Jace.” She cleared her throat. “Don’t let the song we’re singing confuse you. This is business. Work. I’m the first duet you’ve had. I have no doubt, no doubt, there will be plenty of others.”
He knew good and well they weren’t talking about their song. Did she really have such a low opinion of him?
“It’s music. When it’s good, it should stir things up inside.” Her voice faded to a whisper.
“You’re telling me what I’m feeling isn’t real?” He knew better than that.
She blinked, her mouth opening. “Feeling?”
He nodded once, his heart damn near beating out of his chest. Yes, dammit, feeling.
“No.” She shook her head, stepping away from him.
She was scared. Of this? Of him? Of the feelings she was hell-bent on denying?
She tried again, her voice thick. “It’s not.” She kept shaking her head, determined to shut him down. “It’s a good song.” The panic on her face was unexpected. “I need to go. I was looking for my father.” She tore her gaze from his and made a show of staring down the hall in both directions.
“I thought it was Travis?”
She glared back up at him. “Travis, too. They’re together.” Her gaze fell from his.
She was a terrible liar. “I’ll tell them if I see them.” He ran his hands over his shirt front. “No pearls snaps? They’re growing on me.”
A ghost of a smile crossed her face. “If it makes you feel better, you can pull it off.”
“As long as the ink shows?” he clarified.
She stared long and hard at the black that covered most of the inside of his forearms. The cross covered up the skin graft he’d had from a pipe explosion on a rig. He’d been lucky. Two others had ended up with perma¬nent disabilities and another dead. His other arm was covered with the day his son was born and the day he died, in roman numerals. A reminder, always, of how pre¬cious time was and to make the most of every second. Like now. This moment.
“Yup. Play up your strengths. You are hot.” She shrugged, that hard coldness seeping in, stiffening her posture and turning her voice brittle. “Follow my broth¬er’s lead and you’ll learn how to make the most of it. Like he said, you’ll never have to sleep alone.”
He stepped closer, closing the distance between them. “Don’t get me wrong, I like your brother but that’s not who I am, Krystal. If you’d stand still long enough to listen to me, to give me a chance, you’d know that.”
Emerald green eyes sparkled up at him. “A chance at what? Making a mistake? One I promise you’ll regret?”
His chest pressed in, squeezing the air from his lungs. “Krystal—”
She covered his mouth, her gaze falling to her hand. “Leave it, Jace. You’ve got a show to worry about. Fans to dazzle. A career to build. That’s what you should be think¬ing about right now. That’s what matters. A lot of people are counting on you. Heather. My dad. Don’t screw this up.” She stepped around him and walked quickly away.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
 

What do you want people to take away from reading this book?

Everyone deserves love—no matter what they’ve been through or what they’ve done. It’s a risk, sure, but it’s worth it.

 

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Book Info:

Music is all he has…but is it enough to heal them both?

Jace Black went from an oilfield roughneck to an overnight singing sensation. Now he’s working on a duet with country music legend Krystal King, and he’s determined to earn his way to the top. But the more time he spends with Krystal, the more he finds himself falling for her—and he’s beginning to be more interested in her than he is in making a name for himself.

Krystal King grew up on stage and in the spotlight. No matter how golden her life appears, her past left deep wounds. But Jace Black makes her wish things were different. To do that, she’d have to risk letting him in… And that might be too big a risk for her battered heart to take.

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Meet the Author:

Sasha Summers’s passions are storytelling, romance, and travel. A bestselling and award winning-author of more than 20 romance novels and novellas, Sasha continues to fall in love with each hero she writes. She lives with her family in the suburbs of the Texas Hill country near San Antonio.

Author Website: https://sashasummers.com/
 
 
 

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30 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Jace by Sasha Summer”

  1. erahime

    There are way too many songs that convey all facets of love. One song just can’t tell it all, at least in my eyes.

    I will admit, one of my faves is Perfect by Ed Sheeran. It just touched me.

  3. Natalija

    Lee Brice’s “That Way Again” is one of my favourites, so it’s a no surprise I love a good marriage on the rocks romance.

  4. laurieg72

    WOW It’s hard to narrow it down to 1-2.

    I love the simplicity, the emotion and feeling in the words of the following two songs.

    1) Chris De Burgh’s SO BEAUTIFUL

    I’m spending all the days
    Dreaming of the nights we’ve had
    I never knew that love would be a miracle, when I think of
    All the ones before
    But now that I’ve found you I am flying
    I never knew that love would be so beautiful to me I never
    Knew that love would be so beautiful to me

    I’m standing here tonight, thinking of the time we’ll have,
    I never knew that you would be so beautiful,
    From the day you came into my life,
    I just want to say, you make me happy,
    I never knew that you would be so beautiful to me,
    I never knew that you would be so beautiful to me;
    So beautiful to me
    So beautiful to me
    So beautiful to me
    To me;
    I’m lying here tonight,
    I’m dreaming here tonight,
    I dance with you tonight

    2) Led Zeppelin’s THANK YOU

    My love is strong, with you there is no wrong
    Together we shall go until we die
    My, my, my inspiration is what you are to me
    Inspiration look, see

    And so today, my world it smiles
    Your hand in mine, we walk the miles
    Thanks to you it will be done
    For you to me are the only one
    Happiness, no more be sad
    Happiness, I’m glad

    If the sun refused to shine
    I would still be loving you
    Mountains crumble to the sea
    There will still be you and me

  7. Pamela Conway

    Beautiful Crazy by Luke Combs because he accepts her the way she is; Maybe I’m Amazed by Paul McCartney & In Case You Didn’t Know by Brett Young.

  8. Lori R

    There are so many. I like John Michael Montgomery’s I Love the Way You Love Me because of the lyrics.

  9. dbranigan

    “Maybe I’m Amazed” by Paul McCartney because it is song about his love for Linda McCartney. They were definitely soulmates.

    • Shannon Capelle

      Its Your Love by Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hill is my favorite love song and me and my husbands wedding song.

  13. Kathleen Bylsma

    “He Stopped Loving Her Today” George Jones…forever love; “Don’t Take the Girl” …what yuo’d sacrifice for your true love

  15. Joy Tetterton Avery

    Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton because it portrays what a marriage looks like when true love is there.

  27. BookLady

    The Wind Beneath My Wings and I Will Always Love You are two of my favorites.