CHAT
It is now six days until the release of Never Too Far in the US. I have several things going on for the release.
First thing is a live chat with me on February 25 at 8pm CST – I will be answering questions, chatting about Rush and Blaire and the future of the Too Far series.
In case you missed this piece of information, Fallen Too Far and Never Too Far have been signed with Simon & Schuster in the UK. I am excited about this because #1 I really love Simon & Schuster UK. They have my Sea Breeze series as well and they are an awesome bunch of people to work with. #2 Fallen Too Far and Never Too Far will be in book stores there this summer. That isn’t something I could have accomplished self published.
BECAUSE of this change in the UK it makes the release date for the UK and Australia March 7. S&S are doing everything they can to get it to you as quickly as possible. So that leads me to this….
8pm CST is 2am London Time and I can’t expect my UK readers to stay up to 2am to ask me questions. Honestly, I’m just not that interesting. So, I have scheduled another live chat for 8pm London Time on March 6 which is the night before the UK release. I will be answering questions, chatting about Rush and Blaire etc.
Go here and be sure to “follow” the channel and scroll down to “Upcoming Shows” and click the remind me for the chat you want to be a part of
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-abbi-glines-chat
GIVEAWAY
I am holding back on all the info on this one for a few more days BUT I wanted to go ahead and give y’all a heads up on this. Feb 25 I want #NeverTooFar to trend on Twitter. In order to make this happen I will be giving away 5 prize packs that are STACKED with great stuff. Keep your eyes open for more details coming soon….
TEASER
And here it is… Chapter One from NEVER TOO FAR
Blaire
Fifteen miles out of town was far enough. No one ever came this far out of Sumit to visit a pharmacy. Unless of course they were nineteen and in need of something they didn’t want the town to know they had purchased. Everything bought at the local pharmacy would be spread throughout the small town of Sumit, Alabama within the hour. Especially, if you were unmarried and purchasing condoms… or a pregnancy test.
I put the pregnancy tests up on the counter and didn’t make eye contact with the clerk. I couldn’t. The fear and guilt in my eyes was something I didn’t want to share with a random stranger. This was something I hadn’t even told Cain about. Since I forced Rush out of my life three weeks ago I’d slowly fallen back into the routine of spending all my time with Cain. It was easy. He didn’t press me to talk and when I did want to talk about it he listened.
“Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents,” the lady on the other side of the counter said. I could hear the concern in her voice. Not surprising. This was the purchase of shame all teenage girls feared. I handed her a twenty dollar bill without lifting my eyes from the small bag she’d placed in front of me. The one that held the one answer I needed yet was terrified of. Ignoring the fact my period was two weeks late and pretending like this wasn’t happening was easier. But I had to know.
“Three dollars and eighty-five cents is your change,” she said as I reached out and took the money in her outstretched hand.
“Thanks,” I mumbled and took the bag in front of me.
“I hope it all turns out okay,” the lady said in a gentle tone. I lifted my eyes and met a pair of sympathetic brown eyes. She was a stranger that I’d never see again but in that moment it helped having someone else know. I didn’t feel so alone.
“Me too,” I replied before turning from her and walking toward the door. Back into the hot summer sun.
I took two steps out into the parking lot when my eyes fell on the driver’s side of my truck. Cain stood there leaning against it with his arms crossed over his chest. The grey baseball cap he was wearing had a University of Alabama A on it and was pulled down low shading his eyes from me.
I stopped and stared at him. There was no lying about this. He knew I hadn’t come here to buy condoms. There was only one other option. Even without the ability to see the expression in his eyes I knew… that he knew.
Swallowing the lump in my throat that I’d been fighting since I got in my truck this morning and headed out of town. Now it wasn’t just me and the stranger behind the counter that knew. My best friend knew too.
I forced myself to put one leg in front of the other. He’d ask questions and I would have to answer. After the past few weeks he deserved an explanation. He deserved the truth. But how did I explain this?
I stopped just a few feet in front of him. I was glad the hat shaded his face. It would be easier to explain if I couldn’t see his thoughts flashing in his eyes.
We stood in silence. I wanted him to speak first but after what felt like several minutes and him not saying anything I knew he wanted me to say something first.
“How did you know where I was?” I finally asked.
“You’re staying at my grandmother’s. The moment you left acting strange she called me. I was worried about you,” he replied.
Tears stung my eyes. I would not cry about this. I’d cried all I was going to cry. Clenching the bag holding the pregnancy test closer to me I straightened my shoulders. “You followed me,” I said. It wasn’t a question.
“Of course I did,” he replied then shook his head and turned his gaze away from me to focus on something else. “Were you gonna tell me, Blaire?”
Was I going to tell him? I didn’t know. I hadn’t thought that far. “I’m not sure there is anything to tell just yet,” I replied honestly.
Cain shook his head and let out a hard low chuckle that held no humor. “Not sure, huh? You came all the way out here because you weren’t sure?”
He was angry. Or was he hurt? He had no reason to be either. “Until I take this test I’m not sure. I’m late. That’s all. There was no reason I should tell you about this. It isn’t your concern.”
Slowly, Cain turned his head back to level his gaze on me. He lifted his hand and tilted his hat back. The shade was gone from his eyes. There was disbelief and pain there. I hadn’t wanted to see that. It was almost worse than seeing judgment in his eyes. In a way judgment was better.
“Really? That’s how you feel? After all we’ve been through that’s how you honestly feel?”
What we had been through was in the past. He was my past. I’d been through a lot without him. While he enjoyed his high school years I had struggled to hold my life together. What exactly did he think he’d suffered through? Anger slowly boiled in my blood and I lifted my eyes to glare at him.
“Yes, Cain. That’s how I feel. I’m not sure what exactly you think we’ve been through. We were best friends, then we were a couple, then my momma got sick and you needed your dick sucked so you cheated on me. I was left to take care of my sick momma alone. No one to lean on. Then she died and I moved. I got my heart and world shattered and came home. You’ve been here for me. I didn’t ask you to but you have. I’m thankful for that but it doesn’t make all that other stuff go away. It doesn’t make up for the fact you deserted me when I needed you the most. So excuse me if when my world is once again about to be jerked out from under me that you aren’t the first person I run to. You’ve not earned that yet.”
I was breathing hard and the tears I hadn’t wanted to shed were running down my face. I hadn’t wanted to cry dammit. I closed the distance between us and used all my strength to shove him out of my way so I could grab the door handle and jerk it open. I needed out of here. Away from him.
“Move,” I yelled as I tried hard to open the door with his weight still against it.
I expected him to argue with me. I expected something other than him doing as I asked. I climbed inside the driver’s seat and threw the little plastic bag in the seat beside me before cranking the truck and backing out of the parking spot. I could see Cain still standing there. He hadn’t moved that much. Just enough so that I could get inside my truck. He wasn’t looking at me. He was staring at the ground as if it had all the answers. I couldn’t worry about him right now. I needed to get away.
Maybe I shouldn’t have said those things to him. Maybe I should have kept them inside where I’d buried them all these years. But it was too late now. He’d pushed me at the wrong moment. I would not feel bad about this.
I also couldn’t go back to his grandmother’s. She was on to me. He’d probably call her and tell her. If not the truth, something close to it. I didn’t have any other options. I was going to have to take a pregnancy test in the restroom at a service station. Could this get any worse?
SQUEEEEEEE!!!! I am so excited!!!! 6 more days!!!!
:O
Wow…I’m glad she jumped his rump over what he did but it’s kind of sad because he was there for her. He might have been support she needed. I can’t wait…that’s all I have to say. I love it.
“Could this get any worse?” …she thinks…well, I HOPE SO! XD
Wow…
I love it!! I love you Abbi and all your books. Thank you for my many hours of escape:)
Thank you and I’m glad you enjoy my books 🙂
Wow!! Wasn’t exactly expecting that twist!!! Can’t wait for next week to get here.
Can’t wait.
OMG! My proverbial socks have been knocked off!!!! Cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m GLAD she told him off! He deserved it. Now let’s get this book so we can find out what happens next 🙂
agreed
Love it!
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Holy crap where is Doc Brown with a Delorean when you need one! Tuesday needs to hurry up and get here!
Your comment is greatness! Lmao
Can’t wait for 7th March! Looks like I’ll be spending my birthday (8th March) reading Never Too Far!! Thanks for my birthday pressie!
Happy Birthday to me!!!!! Thank you!!! I can’t wait.
I hope Blair’s pergnant. I want Rush to go all sweet daddy I Would love him to be father of my own children
Me too I so agree.
OMG I knew it, yep I did. Can’t wait to see if it is just a scare or not but I think not. This can’t come out any faster 🙂
brilliant loved it cant wait till 7th march
I knew it and I love it too !!
Soo excited. Can this be preordered with barnes and noble? I cannot find it.
I’M DYING here!!!!! This is gonna be the best!!!
*gulp* now if that don’t beat all! holy mackrel, Blaire can’t catch a break 0_0 ay, yay, yay!! Rush has got some stuff comin’ his way,hope he’s got his seat belts on, Rocker boy is going to have his world Rocked over alright!
I love how you write :)! Can’t wait
I knew it!!!!! I knew the scare of a pregnancy would be in the book!!!! Ahhhhh tuesday!!!!!
Oh wow. The 26th cant get here fast enough. This is gonna be great!. Love all of Abbi’s books. Camt wsit to have my Rush fix.
I’M DYING here!! I cant wait 🙂
Oh-Em-Gee!!! Holy unexpected events Batman! I’m dying over here!lol Can’t wait to read this book!!! Abbi Glines has done it again folks!
Say it ain’t so….. guess I’ll know the results next Tuesday……..Can’t Wait!!!
Rush will melt. 🙂
I absolutely can’t wait until next Tuesday!!
para cuando tu libros en España???
Seriously can’t wait for Tuesday! This makes an interesting story 🙂
This week is going too slow!! I need this book now!!!
Omg!!
Only 15 more torturing days left till I can read it, can’t come soon enough. I’m so glad she told him straight he had no right to know anything about her after what he did.
I think your a brilliant author, I get very excited every time you have a new book out. x
Wow is all I can say.. I am glad she told Cain off because of what he did to her before she found her true love throughout all the mess her father had put her through. I hope they get back together.. Can’t wait for these five days to pass so I can read the whole book.. Chapter one was hot..
I’m SO glad she told him off and now can’t wait until I can get the book! Thank you so much Abbi for this sneak peak!!!
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!!! What a great TEASER! AAHHH…can’t wait! I better hurry up and get my house cleaned so I can just sit and veg on the 26th!
i cant NOT wait until TUESDAY!.
So ready!
Oh please come to me! 😀
Yep, I’m definietly ready for Tuesday to get here!
YOU are killing me here!
OOMMGGG how could you do this to me?!?! Now I have to wait 6 agonizing more days to finish.. lol ok enough with the dramatics, I can’t wait!
OMG! When can I pre-order? Atleast that will give me some relief. I want more Blaire & Rush
I knew it! But I don’t know if I sould feel happy or sad…Blair has been through enough!
I am so freakin excited… Abbi Glines – Im a fan!! All your books are so beautifully written <3
I love how she tells Cain just how it is. He thinks he deserves more than he does so she had to set him straight!!!!
really wish i hadn’t read that, i have to wait till march…please no more and please all the us fans no spoilers :0)in the mean time i ‘ll be reading fallen too far again. You rock by the way Abbi :0
I think it’s coming out on the February 26th, so you may not have to wait that long.
unfortunately its the 7th march that it comes out for us in the uk 🙁 cant wait after reading all the teasers! x
i know!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The book comes out on February 26th
Oh heaven! I am extremely excited! Looks like I will be pulling an all nighter to read the book! Cannot wait….you are simply amazing!
Yes, yes, yes, yeees!!! Cant wait to read the rest’!!
omgggggggggggg i knew she was pregnant………. well atleast i hoped………….cant wait till next week
Sorry this is probably something already asked but I can’t pre-order on B&N.com or Amazon.com. Where can we order Never Too Far online for our Kindle or Nook app come Tuesday, February 26, 2013?
Abbi posted on her Facebook page that Never Too Far can’t be pre-ordered in the US and Canada because it is a self-published book but we will be able to buy it on Amazon and B&N sometime on Feb 26.
I just fainted!!………………..Deadpan…….. I can’t wait to read that she is not really pregnant ( too soon ). She has had a lot happen in her young life, had to really grow up fast. I would like to see her have time to be really happy with Rush!!! I cannot wait for this book to come out! Damn Abbi but I am glad she let Cain have it!!!!!
That wasn’t an entire chapter but it was soooo a tease!
OMG I can’t wait!! I’m so ready to read this!!
ditto- I knew she was pregnant from all the other teasers- I’m excited to see what happens adn I”m so glad that you took us there right out of the starting gate at chapter 1- you never disappoint abbi!
never too far…still nxt week is too far…i…cant wait!
Oh. my. word!!! I knew this would happen! eeeee! Feb 26th needs to hurry up and get here! I need my Rush fix!
Counting down the days!!
Good God!!!!! I hate teasers and I love teasers!!
I KNEW IT! I CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.
Eh I am hoping its just a scare.. I really want Blaire to finally live a little and of course enjoy it all with Rush!! I just think if she is pregnant it won’t be fair to her. I’ll love this book either way lol
she has to be pregnant cuz it’s the only way Blair will return to Rush after she left
Ugh!!! Can’t wait for tuesday!!!! Wanna read this ASAP!
I cant wait till the 26th…. on pins and needles waiting!
I think I should go ahead and use a vacation day and arrange for a sitter…just to have my bases covered!!!
I can’t wait! Just reread the first book last night. It is great.
Wow. My heart breaks for her. I love this series. Can’t wait.
OMG, I’m so excited! I’m glad Blaire got that off her chest, now I can’t wait to read the rest of the book. Abbi, you my friend are GREAT!
I love it already! The 26th can not come fast enough!!!!
Omg! Omg! Omg! Omg! I know it’s annoying, but I just can’t seem to find words! I’m soo excited!!! <3 <3 <3
is it gonna b on amazon?
Omg i want to read thewhole book already, suspense is killing me 🙂
I really want to read this book. I have for awhile now. I think it needs to be here.
excited to read the book!
Can’t wait for this book!!
Im so excited to reah the whole thing. Its one if my fave series!
Very exciting, almost makes me want to start writing a book too.
/Avy
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Am I the only one who is bummed out she is probably pregnant? I just want them to find their way back to each other without a the obligation of a child. NOt that a child is not a blessing and that Rush wouldn’t adore the baby it just adds a level of stress that i don’t want. But i’ll still read it and love it.
OMG OMG i hope she’s is pregnant Rush and Blaire belong together always and baby makes 3 !!!!!!!! Either way i need this book so bad im obsessed with this series.Incredible writing Abbi is brilliant(:
ahhh I am SOO excited for this book to come out and that first chapter is killing me for more! Can’t wait(:
Does anyone know if this book will be available on the nook from B&N on the 26th??
It comes out on Feb 26 right?!?! How come it isn’t on amazon yet?!
Love it, cannot wait to read it next week!!!
I am stalking your website looking for any teasers that you may post 😉
I can’t wait until the release.
I fell in love with this story and the characters.
I am a true fan of your writing 🙂
Thank you for sharing your talent <3
ARRRGGGHGHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I KEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT! I BET 5 PEOPLE BLAIRE WOULD TURN UP PREGNANT OR HAVE A PREGANCY SCARE IN THIS BOOK WHERES MY MONEY!!!! CAN’T WAIT 2 MORE DAYS!!!! YAY!!
Hey even though I’m in the uk do you know if I can download through kindle or iBooks from the 26th?
I have read all your books I am so excited!
Charlotte
it sucks us in the UK have to wait until the 7th March, dont understand why we all read the same text, why is the UK one more than a week later????
That was AMAZING AWESOME i loved it, when does it come out in the US.
will it also come out in electronic form in february?
I knew she was pregnant!!!! I can’t wait for Rust to find out!!!
Rush*
Oh my goodness! This isn’t exactly how I expected it to start out and I can’t say for sure if I am glad or sad about this turn of events. I guess I’ll just reserve judgement 🙂 24 more hours! This is the best birthday present (ok, so almost birthday present, since today is my day, but I have to wait until tomorrow to get it) ever! My husband just shook his head when he asked what I wanted for my birthday and I told him a book…hehe. I am such a nerd!
why can’t i preorder on Amazon for my kindle?
1 more day!!!! I can’t wait!!!
Will this be available on iBook and the Kindle store tomorrow?
omg! i knew this was coming, but i hoped it wasn’t! to be fairly honest i hope she runs to rush and tells him that she’s pregnant, but knowing her she probably wont and then cain will get in the middle of things and tell rush himself! thats just what i think!
OH MY GOSH… this just blew my mind… can’t wait to grab the book NOW.
It is only 7:30am and already there are over 600 reader reviews on the barnes and noble site!! Meanwhile, I have a Kindle not a Nook so I can’t get the book yet!! Uggghhh hurry up and put
Ok its feb 26 and I cant find never too far anywhere! Anyone know where I can find it?
The book is out, however we cant download if we have a kindle? Why is that?
why isn’t it available on kindle today?
I can’t find Never Too Far ANYWHERE on my Kindle! The release date is Today in the States, my girlfriends with Nooks are all reading as I sit here going through withdrawals. What is up ?
Urgh! Why isn’t this available on Amazon? I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release. I’ve been checking to see if it were available for pre-order, but I’m disappointed. The day finally comes and I can’t order it. I don’t have a nook or an I-anything. 🙁 Please tell me when to expect it on Amazon.
Does anyone know when the release date is in Canada?
When is Amazon getting this book
I should have bought a nook!!!! This is soooo frustrating!!!! Why can’t I get this in my kindle?!!
Oh no! How sad. I hope shw’s not pregnant!
When is this released on Kindle??
OMG OMG OMGGGG Blarie is pregnan!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok no but maybe? God i need to read this book like right now!
Wow that was awesome and i won’t say more than tha! Thank you
i really want a this book to continue its storie. please tell me there is a book 3 coming out?