Golden Touch Release

 Happy Thursday everyone! 

Today is the release day for Golden Touch!! 

I wrote this book in December 2019. This book has a huge part of my heart and encapsulates the many things I was feeling before and during 2019 in so many ways. It feels really vulnerable to say this, but part of the reason - a big part of the reason - that this book holds a piece of my heart is because I wrote it with my best friend of nine years in mind. I see him in Amaya a lot. He was selfless and kind and compassionate and sweet. Amaya is a little bit of me, but she's mostly a whole lot of him. Her friendship and relationship with Darren was inspired by my friendship with him and some of the things I felt when I was with him. Let's just say... I channeled a whole lot feelings into Amaya, Darren and their friendship/relationship that I was experiencing during that time. Whenever I think of Amaya, I think of him and I don't think I'll ever be able to read that book and not think of him. 

It's bittersweet to say that, to admit those things because we aren't best friends anymore. It's a long story, but the friendship sort of imploded a year later. To the dot, literally in December 2020 things started to not work out and everything unraveled. I don't know what to make of that still. All I know is Golden Touch will always be like a time capsule for me. I'll get to read that book and go back to December 2019 and feel all the things I felt during that time. Remember the good parts instead of the bad. 

Amaya is selfless to a fault. She would rather run herself into the ground for everyone else than find time for herself. She fiercely loves her family and would do literally anything for them. 

While Amaya reminds me a lot of my friend... Darren is some of me. I always think of Amaya and Darren as holding all the little pieces of me between the two of them. I don't really know how to explain Darren. He's been unable to be explainable since the moment I wrote him on the page. Maybe that's why he feels like me because a lot of the time I feel unexplainable. He's sort of lost and he doesn't quite fit into the world he's woken up into. That's me too. I feel lost most of the time. I feel like I woke up and don't quite fit in, like everyone else has the instruction manual for life, they've got it all sorted out and I don't... And Darren's the same way. I didn't go through the pain he went through... but I get him. Also, on a lighter note, Darren doesn't drive and I think I'm gonna make it cannon that he never really figured it out haha

Darren's my lost boy and Amaya is my selfless girl. 

So, this book is for all the ones who feel like they don't quite fit. For all the ones who feel lost and aimless, who don't feel like they have a place. For all the ones who are carrying around painful pasts. And this is for all the selfless ones. The ones who run themselves into the ground for the people they love. The ones who don't take care of themselves, but take care of others first and foremost. I hope Darren teaches you that there are good people in the world and that there are people you can trust. I hope Darren shows you that your past doesn't have to define you. And I hope Amaya teaches you that you can love your people and be selfless, but still take care of yourself. It's Ok to want things for yourself and do things for yourself. You don't have to be stuck. You just have to be willing and strong enough to break the cycle and step out of the situation you feel trapped in, the situation that is holding you back. 

I'm so excited to put this book out into the world and I hope it touches the hearts of others the way it touched mine. 

You can find Golden Touch on Amazon Here or you can order signed copies through me Here. 

What's next? 

Well, I'm starting edits for book 2 this week. The second book is called Emerald Phantom and it will pick up a few weeks after where Golden Touch left off. There's no blurb or release date yet and I don't want to give away too much, but I promise Emerald Phantom will be worth the wait. 

Here's a aesthetic sneak peek of what Emerald Phantom is all about. And if you read to the end of Golden Touch... I think that's another pretty good sneak peek. The epilogue sort of teases book 2 and the title a little bit. 

Also, what's next for me? While also editing Emerald Phantom, the first five episodes of The Runaway will be launching next week on Kindle Vella! I don't have a link yet to send you to, but that's what will be happening next for me in an immediate sort of way haha Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be doing a mad scramble to edit the first five episodes all over again and be super nit-picky before Kindle Vella launches cus I am so nervous and excited about how this whole thing is going to go haha 

Thank you to everyone for your support and love toward Golden Touch! I hope you all enjoy reading as much as I have enjoyed writing it!