Ten
After Closing
by
Jessica Bayliss
Genre:
YA Thriller
10PM:
Closing time at Café Flores. The door should be locked, but it
isn't, Scott Bradley and Winsome Sommervil are about to become
hostages.
TEN
MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING: Scott's girlfriend breaks up with him in the
café's basement storeroom because he's late picking her up for the
big end-of-the-year party. Now he can't go to the party, but he can't
go home, either--not knowing his dad will still be in a drunken rage.
Meanwhile, Winny wanted one night to let loose, away from her
mother's crushing expectations. Instead, she's stranded at the café
after her best friend ditches her in a misguided attempt at
matchmaking.
TEN
MINUTES AFTER CLOSING: The first gunshot is fired. Someone's dead.
And if Winny, Scott, and the rest of the hostages don't come up with
a plan soon, they may not live to see morning.
Jessica
Bayliss is a fiction author with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology who
loves all things reading and writing. Author of the young adult
horror novella, BROKEN CHORDS, and her upcoming YA thriller, TEN
AFTER CLOSING (Sky Pony Press, September 2018), she has been a
lover thrillers and ghost tales since her days scanning VHS rental
shelves—admittedly with eyes half-averted from the gory covers. She
also loves to eat, cook, and exercise—in that order—and is a firm
believer that coffee makes the world a better place.
She
has authored thirteen novels and several short stories that appear in
anthologies such as BEWARE THE LITTLE WHITE RABBIT, FRIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS, and ZOMBIE CHUNKS and in such literary magazines as
Sanitarium Magazine. Jessica is a Senior Editor for Allegory
Magazine.
In
the psychology world, she has more than fifteen years of experience
and training in the cognitive-behavioral model. She’s a
psychotherapist, a teacher, and a researcher. One day it hit her: Why
not combine writing and psychology? Just like that, PsychWRITE, her
series of lectures, workshops, and coaching services for writers was
born. Her blog features motivational posts for writers that combine
her passion for writing with her love of psychology.
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It sounds like a good read.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jessy! Thank you for stopping by! <3
DeleteGreat cover, I wonder what age this would be appropriate for. My son is a very advanced reader but I worry about content at times.
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Delete>> I would rate this book at 14+ as there is a bit of mild language and some violence, but there is no sexual content.
Hi, Derek.
DeleteI love the cover! As for content, there is no sex or anything like that. There is some swearing, including the eff-word scattered throughout. There is one shooting early on (which is hinted at on the back of the book), but no gratuitous violence. There's gunfire between the villains and the cops at the end, again, nothing gratuitous. If you do check it out, I'd love to know what you think!
Take care!
Sounds like a great book! Best wishes on your tour.
ReplyDeleteHow do you get inspired to write?
Hi, Ellen.
DeleteStory ideas just come to me. Sometimes they sit in my head for a while before I do anything with them. Other times, the hit fast and hard. But I'm often inspired by normal things around me that look a little off or uncanny. You know every day places or objects where there's a little something wrong with it. For this book, I was inspired by a thriller movie I loved back in the day, TOY SOLDIERS, which had TONS of delicious tension, and I was going for that with this book.
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The cover art seems appropriate for the book. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Paula! <3
Deletethe cover seems interesting
ReplyDeleteHi, LilDevilGirl. I LOVE this artist. His name is Kevin Tong. He's done a couple other covers recently, including the one for the book SCYTHE.
DeleteHi, John! Thank you so much for taking part in this blog tour and helping to spread the word about TEN AFTER CLOSING.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover. This sounds like a good book to read
ReplyDeleteThanks, Robin!!! And thanks for stopping by. <3
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