I’ll be honest. I first signed up for this to support Stina. I’d read Tell Me When (and loved it!) and I knew this blog hop was the first perfect way not only to spread the word about her book but obviously to spread the word on stalking. So everyone out there would become more aware. So far, I’ve read personal stories on stalking. I’ve read tips on what to do and how to prevent it. I definitely walked away from this touched and more aware of this issue.
My impression is that leaving items without signing your name seems to happen a lot in the stages of stalking. I’m not sure if this is a way to manipulate the victim in terms of fear or guilt, but I’m guessing it works.
I’ve had several codependent friendships and if you’ve ever been in one you’ll realize that manipulation is a huge part of it--from a friend over sharing to acting possessive and their feelings getting hurt often. With these friends, I’d spend every week or two apologizing for things that I’m not really sure I ever did. Oh, the guilt. Through tears and accusations. I know this isn’t the same thing as stalking but it’s the only aspect I could relate to in all these shared stories.
Thank you, everyone, for sharing that part of your life.
And now as far as friendships? I know to stay away from potential friends who over share the first time I meet them or who leave home-baked goods in my car after I’ve known them a week. I go with my gut now all the time.

Tell Me When will be released on January 20th. But it is so much more than a book about stalking. It’s a beautiful love story that I know you’ll fall in love with!


Amber Scott should be enjoying life as a college freshman. She should be pursuing her dream of becoming a veterinarian. She should be working hard to make sense of her precalculus math class.She shouldn’t be waking up her college roommate with screaming nightmares. She shouldn’t be flashing back, reliving the three weeks of hell she barely survived last year. And she definitely shouldn’t be spending time with sexy player Marcus Reid.But engineering student Marcus is the only one keeping Amber from failing her math course, so she grudgingly lets him into her life. She never expects the king of hookups will share his painful past. Or that she’ll tell him her secrets in return, opening up and trusting him in a way she thought she’d never be able to again. When their fragile future together is threatened by a stalker Amber thought was locked away for good, Marcus is determined to protect her—and Amber is determined to protect Marcus…even if that means pushing him away.