In case you hadn’t heard, I am going to have a booth at the Ann Arbor Book Festival tomorrow, from 1:00PM-6:00PM. I will have limited copies of my new release When You Least Expect It available for sale. There will also be copies of The Wind Could Blow a Bug. Please consider stopping by and saying “hi!”
This is a FREE event, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I will be at the Street Fair, located on Washington Street Between Fourth & Fifth Avenues. In addition to me, there will be: “local vendors, readings, spoken word performances, as well as one-on-one experiences with local authors, booksellers, and small presses!” For more info, check out the Ann Arbor Book Festival website.
Remember to check my “Events” page right on this very website to view my upcoming appearances. I am excited and nervous, and I hope to see you there!
The Wind Could Blow a Bug by Jennifer Friess
When You Least Expect It by Jennifer Friess
Follow the romantic entanglements of The Riley Sisters in my books When You Least Expect It & The Wind Could Blow a Bug AVAILABLE NOW! (The Wind Could Blow a Bug is ON SALE for only $.99 for a limited time.)
Caffeine? Mountain Dew-check.
Sugar? Hostess little chocolate donuts-check.
Happy pills? St. John’s Wort-check.
The breakfast of champions.
Well, I guess I am ready. Seems it is time to publish a second book.
A SECOND BOOK!!!
Now presenting:
When You Least Expect It by Jennifer Friess
When You Least Expect It
The Riley Sisters Book 2
By Jennifer Friess
Fiction—New Adult / Young Adult Contemporary Romance
ISBN-13: 978-0692452165
Available Now on Amazon.com in Paperback and eBook.
Haven’t yet read The Wind Could Blow a Bug-Book 1, you say?
Well hop on over now and snap it up while it is ON SALE NOW for only $.99! Limited Time Only.
Kiley Riley seems to have it all. Fresh out of college, she is a successful author with a perfectly pleasing boyfriend. The only thing her life is lacking is an idea for her next novel. She heads back home to Alabama for the holidays, and the birth of her sister Jane’s baby. Things soon become complicated when caring for the baby becomes more appealing than writing. It doesn’t help matters that they are all staying in the overcrowded farm house of the Tucker family, royalty in their small town. As Kiley stays up late struggling for inspiration, she frequently has run-ins with the other resident night owl, Josh Tucker.
Looking scruffy with a reputation for trouble, Josh has something to hide. Kiley tries to keep her distance, but is drawn into his world. She will learn the hard way that actions have consequences, and sometimes everything you thought that you wanted just isn’t enough. Kiley discovers that you find love When You Least Expect It…
Thank you to everyone who has supported me. I know it is a crazy dream, this writing thing. Somedays I feel like a rock star. Today I mostly feel nervous, but very proud of this book. It doubled in size during the revision process, and it is the better for it. Hope you enjoy it. As always, sharing my mildy entertaining random thoughts with you.
Follow the romantic entanglements of The Riley Sisters in my books When You Least Expect It & The Wind Could Blow a Bug AVAILABLE NOW!
Sorry I haven’t posted very frequently. I have been busy with two very important projects of late. Here is a preview of both.
I am trying my hand at interior decorating…of a 4-year-old boy’s room. The transformation is still in progress.
I can tell time. The clock on the left is defective, I swear!
I am very close to the release of my second book, When You Least Expect It. Here is the cover, and a little taste from my favorite scene.
“So, wait. You want your dad to see you as more grown up, yet you keep doing stuff like trespassing on the water tower?” Kiley asked.
“I am trying to cut down, believe me. And we didn’t come all the way up here just to trespass.”
As Kiley looked at Josh, puzzled, he produced a can of black spray paint from the backpack. He began to shake it, the ball rattling rhythmically inside with his motion.
“Vandalism! What happens if we get caught?” Kiley exclaimed.
“That’s why we come in the dark,” Wade leaned over and drawled into her ear. “You act like it is a surprise that we can climb tall things and paint graffiti. You have seen Jane’s wedding proposal.”
“Oh ya,” Kiley replied.
Excerpt from When You Least Expect It by Jennifer Friess, coming soon.
My first book, The Wind Could Blow a Bug, is NOW AVAILABLE!
This week I learned that my car cannot get fixed if there is no Internet.
Can you believe that?
I mean, I understand that stores can’t load gift cards or access your EBT account without Internet, but car repair?
Typical dashboard warning lights
My car started doing very funky things on Memorial Day. Warning lights that I had never seen before and had no name for kept illuminating on my dashboard. (I literally have NIGHTMARES about this exact sort of thing.)
So, on Wednesday, after a rather large storm, mind you, I took my car in to get it looked at. The car dealerships Internet was down. With no Internet capabilities, they could not plug in my car to the diagnostic to see what was wrong. They could not access my warranty information to see if it was covered. So, I left my car there. The dealership was nice enough to give me a ride home. I assumed I would be picked up again by the end of the day. I didn’t get my car on Wednesday. Or Thursday, for that matter, although, to be fair, I did add another repair onto my order for the dealership. The warning lights only indicated that the sensor was bad, and needed to be changed.
My husband was disgruntled that I didn’t get a loaner car. I was grumpy because they had my car there to work on at their leisure. I assume they probably gave priority to the customers who were waiting in the lounge, repairing their cars first.
I ended up getting my car back on Friday. I mentioned my long wait to the cashier, hoping they had planned on giving me a discount or something. No, I just got an earful about how hard the outage had made her job
I learned something else this week as well.
Let me tell you a little story. You know how sometimes you hear music in your head, like a certain song that just won’t stop? Well, in high school, I used to have Garth Brooks and George Michael singing in my head. At the same time. Singing different songs. This went on for weeks, maybe months. Long enough that I still remember it to this day. It made me realize that they both had really nice voices that actually went pretty well together. I also realized this dueling music in my head made it hard to concentrate on listening to the boring teachers.
I actually just found out today that this magic in my head actually became a reality back in 2000. I found the video below of Garth Brooks joining George Michael on the song “Freedom” at an event called Equality Rocks on YouTube. Garth shows up at the 2:30 mark. See below.
Have I mentioned that I was fortunate enough to see Garth Brooks in concert this year? Thanks Patti Keno!
Garth Brooks at Joe Louis Arena, 2015
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