Funny story about that cover… Ask an author about any topic and you’ll probably hear this response: “There’s a story behind that….” It’s true for me as well. As with every book I’ve written, there are weird stories, serendipitous moments, and fiction that soon turns into true life events, so now I enjoy watching it all unfold and letting Karma work her magic. When people ask about how I conceived the cover for the B.R.A.G. Medallion winning A Girl Like That, my answer is of course: that’s a funny story. Obviously, the reader needs to know a little about the book’s summary. It’s set in North Carolina and is about a woman named Elle (also known as Badass Barbie), who was that mean girl in high school who did something so awful in the first book of the Kyle and Chelsea series, The One, it landed her in prison for a year after everyone else graduated and went on to college and happier times. Elle learned baking as a trade in prison so nineteen years after high school, she is starting over in coastal Wilmington, as far away from her mountain home as she dares to go, and opens a…
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