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Winter Solstice
After her decision to leave behind the painful memories of her small-town life in York, Maine, Lexie Stone heads to California ready to live for herself. Carrying with her the memory of Angela, Lexie finds herself making new friends, enjoying new experiences, and falling in love.
For the first time in her life, Lexie believes she has finally found happiness. Except for one thing…she hasn’t been totally honest. When the truth about her past begins to unravel—threatening everything—she is forced to make a choice once again…pick up and run—denying the truth, even to herself—or open her heart and let the love she has found save her.
For the first time in her life, Lexie believes she has finally found happiness. Except for one thing…she hasn’t been totally honest. When the truth about her past begins to unravel—threatening everything—she is forced to make a choice once again…pick up and run—denying the truth, even to herself—or open her heart and let the love she has found save her.
447 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 15, 2014
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About the author
Megan McCooey
10 books44 followersI grew up in New England… close to the beach, eating seafood, practically from the day I was born. I typically can’t go to a restaurant without ordering some variation of it and when you get me back to my stomping grounds, I am pretty much out of control. My husband actually thinks it’s an addiction. LOL!
I currently live in North Carolina, close to UNC Charlotte and uptown (it’s not called downtown here, lol!) with my husband and our babies: our tortuous shell & white calico cat Cassi (who just kicked cancer's ASS!) our two wonderful rescues, Bailey & Madison and our sweet little papillion, Emma. The best part about living in North Carolina; I have the mountains 2 hours to the west and the beach 3 hours to the east…how can you beat that?
Reading is one of the things that got me to where I am today. I know that may sound crazy, but if you ask the small group of friends who have known me since birth, they will attest to this as well. When I was young I latched onto reading as an outlet and somehow it became just that. So while my walls were closing in, the screaming was growing louder, and the pain became more visible, I turned to my books and they SAVED MY LIFE! I think it was the idea that I could connect to the characters and pretend to be someone else…somewhere else, anywhere but in my own life. Over time this avid love for reading became like a mentor who never stopped showing me that I could have more, that I deserved more…My love for reading was something I both flaunted as well as hid over the years. It truly is my dirty little vice, and unless you’re an avid reader, it’s not always easy to understand -a love for…books? YES! Today I would scream it from my rooftop… I LOVE TO READ!!
Ahhh, so now that we have deduced that I am crazy about books, let me tell you I have an eclectic taste when it comes to reading and I can go from a YA novel to Dean Koontz, to A Dog’s purpose, to paranormal, all in a day’s time… I tend to get wrapped up in characters in the books I enjoy, and I hate to see a good book end, which is why I looove series.
As for my writing, I write from the heart. I experienced a lot of life lessons in my child and teen years, and this is when my love for reading manifested into my love for writing, which is probably why I love to write YA. I can relate (on a very real—very raw level) to a lot of the things my characters go through, which I believe is not only good for my writing, but therapeutic for me as well. As my characters work through their problems; stumble around and try to make sense of all the pain, as they learn the lessons they must learn—I learn too. I learn to let go of some of the things I’ve held onto for years—some of my own pain, and even some of the “why me” questions I struggle with.
I plan to dabble in other things, but I thoroughly enjoy this genre both in terms of reading and writing. So please feel free to check out all of my available and upcoming books at www.meganmccooey.com
I currently live in North Carolina, close to UNC Charlotte and uptown (it’s not called downtown here, lol!) with my husband and our babies: our tortuous shell & white calico cat Cassi (who just kicked cancer's ASS!) our two wonderful rescues, Bailey & Madison and our sweet little papillion, Emma. The best part about living in North Carolina; I have the mountains 2 hours to the west and the beach 3 hours to the east…how can you beat that?
Reading is one of the things that got me to where I am today. I know that may sound crazy, but if you ask the small group of friends who have known me since birth, they will attest to this as well. When I was young I latched onto reading as an outlet and somehow it became just that. So while my walls were closing in, the screaming was growing louder, and the pain became more visible, I turned to my books and they SAVED MY LIFE! I think it was the idea that I could connect to the characters and pretend to be someone else…somewhere else, anywhere but in my own life. Over time this avid love for reading became like a mentor who never stopped showing me that I could have more, that I deserved more…My love for reading was something I both flaunted as well as hid over the years. It truly is my dirty little vice, and unless you’re an avid reader, it’s not always easy to understand -a love for…books? YES! Today I would scream it from my rooftop… I LOVE TO READ!!
Ahhh, so now that we have deduced that I am crazy about books, let me tell you I have an eclectic taste when it comes to reading and I can go from a YA novel to Dean Koontz, to A Dog’s purpose, to paranormal, all in a day’s time… I tend to get wrapped up in characters in the books I enjoy, and I hate to see a good book end, which is why I looove series.
As for my writing, I write from the heart. I experienced a lot of life lessons in my child and teen years, and this is when my love for reading manifested into my love for writing, which is probably why I love to write YA. I can relate (on a very real—very raw level) to a lot of the things my characters go through, which I believe is not only good for my writing, but therapeutic for me as well. As my characters work through their problems; stumble around and try to make sense of all the pain, as they learn the lessons they must learn—I learn too. I learn to let go of some of the things I’ve held onto for years—some of my own pain, and even some of the “why me” questions I struggle with.
I plan to dabble in other things, but I thoroughly enjoy this genre both in terms of reading and writing. So please feel free to check out all of my available and upcoming books at www.meganmccooey.com
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December 30, 2015
I was so looking forward to this book and it didn't disappoint.
The beginning was a little odd for me. The first book was so raw and emotional that this one started off a little too good to be true. The people seemed too perfect and the situations too good. She was too lucky.
Her friends are terrific characters and friends that anyone would be lucy t have. Caitlyn is fantastic, supportive and mature, she is funny as heck and I can see her in my life. The only issue I had was that they seem older than they actually are - it could be because I'm so old I can't associate anymore LOL *hush*
I liked the way she interacted with everyone and the way she slowly came out of her shell with each person.
The descriptions and creativity in this book are fantastic. I was curled up in my bed and it was frikkin cold but I was there with my cup of tea and I felt like I was out with these girls sometimes - I forgot where I was lol. * I want so bad to go to the Green Iguana lol - what a cool place - seriously, check this book out and you'll know what I mean, give me a call and we'll go ;)
"OK so are we talking Channing Tatum or ian Somerhalder hot?"
Well come on, it's always Ian Somerhalder!!! lol - I loved this line in the book cause he is always "my" hot.
Now I know I said at the top that it was a little too perfect - ya well I was waiting for that show to drop and it did! (no I won't tell you, read the book ;)
The shoe dropping was predictable but what kind of shoe was not - I knew "something" was coming but not what it was, and that ending?
There's a reference to a weeping willow at the end of this book - it's actually all through this series but the one at the end caught my attention more than any others. When I was little we moved into a little old house that had a huge weeping willow in the side yard and under that tree was an old rusted love swing. It was my favourite place when we moved in.
If you haven't started this series yet you should. It's a great YA series filled with emotion, love and issues we all face at one time or another.
The beginning was a little odd for me. The first book was so raw and emotional that this one started off a little too good to be true. The people seemed too perfect and the situations too good. She was too lucky.
Her friends are terrific characters and friends that anyone would be lucy t have. Caitlyn is fantastic, supportive and mature, she is funny as heck and I can see her in my life. The only issue I had was that they seem older than they actually are - it could be because I'm so old I can't associate anymore LOL *hush*
I liked the way she interacted with everyone and the way she slowly came out of her shell with each person.
The descriptions and creativity in this book are fantastic. I was curled up in my bed and it was frikkin cold but I was there with my cup of tea and I felt like I was out with these girls sometimes - I forgot where I was lol. * I want so bad to go to the Green Iguana lol - what a cool place - seriously, check this book out and you'll know what I mean, give me a call and we'll go ;)
"OK so are we talking Channing Tatum or ian Somerhalder hot?"
Well come on, it's always Ian Somerhalder!!! lol - I loved this line in the book cause he is always "my" hot.
Now I know I said at the top that it was a little too perfect - ya well I was waiting for that show to drop and it did! (no I won't tell you, read the book ;)
The shoe dropping was predictable but what kind of shoe was not - I knew "something" was coming but not what it was, and that ending?
There's a reference to a weeping willow at the end of this book - it's actually all through this series but the one at the end caught my attention more than any others. When I was little we moved into a little old house that had a huge weeping willow in the side yard and under that tree was an old rusted love swing. It was my favourite place when we moved in.
If you haven't started this series yet you should. It's a great YA series filled with emotion, love and issues we all face at one time or another.
December 17, 2014
Love this series!
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