Due to an error with the spine on The Dream‘s paperback that prevented the book’s page from being live on the book’s actual release day (December 2nd), I didn’t feel like writing today’s blog post then. So, let’s pretend today’s blog image says “week” instead of “day” and celebrate now, okay? Okay. 🙂

First, Check Out The Dream‘s Paperback Cover!

Like with The Fall, The Dream‘s full paperback cover was not ready during the book’s cover reveal. So, if you’ve been wondering what it looks like, this is it! ❤

TA-DA! I love it, even though this thing has given me anxiety for a week straight.

So, what’s The Dream about? Let me tell you…

When you know God made you for more, why fall into the trap of settling for anything less?

Emery Brooks has carried a song in her heart since she was that little girl who took center stage during her family’s jam sessions years ago. Now that God has revealed a new opportunity to chase that pent-up dream of hers and she’s determined to freefall into His arms, will that be enough to guarantee a life of stability?

As Emery journeys into her twenties, she’s bombarded with well-meaning yet discouraging advice, and begins to compare her path to others’. Is she a failure for having no desire to take the beaten path, or is she merely doing what her Grandma Adeline always taught her to do: allowing God to write her story, and never settling for anything less?

In the conclusion of The Ballad of Emery Brooks trilogy, will Emery at last see her greatest dreams fulfilled, or is happiness a concept lost on her entirely?

The Dream is officially available now at all eBook retailers, and in paperback on Amazon! If you’d like to order a copy, all available retailers are listed at the link below. Happy reading, Arrowheads, and thank you so much for your continued support!

Now, you may be thinking, “I want to check out The Dream, but I haven’t read the first two books yet.”
Well, have no fear, my friend! Because the eBook for book one, The Crush, is permanently $0.99!

Never settle for anything less.

A combination hopeless romantic and old soul trapped in a teenager’s body, closet musician Emery Brooks wonders if she’ll ever find a love as timeless as her grandparents’. Fear of judgment and social alienation due to her older brother’s past mistakes render her incapable of writing a love song. Still, Emery holds fast to the ideals her Grandma Adeline instilled in her from a young age, vowing to allow God to handwrite her love story, to never settle for anything less.

That is, until love cynic Sawyer Alston enters her world. Broken by the wrath of his parents’ failed marriage, Sawyer has been uprooted from everything he’s ever known and now sees love as a void of empty promises. When Emery and Sawyer meet due to their mothers’ rekindled friendship, Emery soon realizes she’s in over her head.

For, despite her resistance, her first crush, her first glimpse at love, involves a boy who doesn’t believe in love at all.

A tale of love and loss reminiscent of old-fashioned values with a bit of sass and music mixed in, The Crush is perfect for fans of A Walk to Remember and This Lullaby.

If The Crush sounds like a love song you won’t be able to get out of your head, click the button below to order a copy from your favorite eBook retailer!

Last but not least, THANK YOU!

To be 100% honest, The Dream was an absolute nightmare to publish. Every little thing I tried to do to prepare this book for publication either fell flat or resulted in a bunch of mistakes that had to be fixed. My laptop barely functioned any time I tried to work on editing. I had to postpone the release from November 4th to December 2nd, and then the paperback wasn’t even available on the actual release date (though it was already live last week, I had to temporarily unpublish it because of a design error on the spine that I only discovered once my copy arrived). Besides the grace of God, readers like you are the only reason I was able to push through and finally release this book. Your continual words of encouragement and feedback for The Ballad of Emery Brooks trilogy mean more to me than you know. Thank you, readers, for taking a chance on me and this trilogy. I thank God for each and every one of you that I’ve been blessed to become acquainted with along this journey. ❤

Aim high, stay strong, and always hit your mark.

-Allyson 😀