Black Sheep: Loving in the Present Blog Tour!!

Hey guys!  Today I’d like to welcome back to the blog the very talented Kia Zi Shiru.  She’s here to introduce her new release Black Sheep: Loving in the Present.  If you’ve read the first Black Sheep tale, Black Sheep: Letting go of the Past, you know how gripping and insanely beautiful Kia’s writing is.  The story is raw and realistic and gut-wrenching, while staying true to the disappointing twists and innocence of growing up.  It’s my pleasure to host Kia today, and hopefully introduce a few of you newcomers to her stories.  For all of you blog veterans, this sequel is a must!

            ***Just a quick note before we dive in, Kia wanted to inform you all that for the duration of the Black Sheep Blog Tour, Black Sheep: Loving in the Present will be on sale for $0.99! From February 13-25 you can get your copy for less than a dollar at the following links:

Amazon COM . Amazon UK . Smashwords . Kobo

*does a little dance for you*  Lol.  Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

BLURB:

Vic has taken a turn for the worse and is back in the psychiatric hospital. Jack gets kicked out of his house when his parents find out that he is gay. The reason Adam is not getting better is revealed. And that is just the beginning.

Everybody is lost and trying to not let it spiral out of control. Jack moves in with Vic’s family, making it his temporary home until he can move in with his brother and sister. Vic’s health doesn’t improve until he hears about Adam, at which point he put his mind to getting better. Adam on the other hand is fighting his own feelings about Vic’s illness and questions their friendship.

When Vic and Jack visit Adam and Tom for Tom's birthday, it seems like a great way to let loose, but Vic is hiding more secrets than anyone knew and when they are exposed the situation explodes. Vic storms off in anger and seeks solace in dangerous places and, unknowingly, putting not just himself, but Jack too at risk.

EXCERPT:

Vic is lying on his bed, he seems to almost disappear into the rest of the room. He is so pale that even his stark white sheets seem to carry more colour. He keeps his eyes closed, a small wet trail going down his cheek. I clear my throat to get his attention. He doesn’t move but he stretches his arm to me and wiggles his fingers. I gladly grab his hand as I sit in the chair next to the bed. We sit in complete silence for a couple of minutes as I kiss the top of his hand.

“I’m so sorry. Are you okay?” His words surprise me and I look at his face. The tears haven’t stopped flowing and his lower lip trembles, but he has still not opened his eyes.

“No,” I answer shortly and truthfully. No need for lying right now, no use when he is like this. His eyes flutter but he keeps them closed.

He keeps hiding, he keeps thinking of ways to make us feel like he really is sorry about all this. Hiding the fact that he doesn’t think of anyone but himself. We’ve known each other for too long to play these games any longer.

“I’m so sorry.” He tightens his grip on my hand.

“You’re not. You’re sorry you didn’t succeed.” His surprise is obvious as his grip on my hand lessens and I tug my hand out of his. “You’re not sorry for trying. Otherwise you wouldn’t keep your eyes closed, hiding your real feelings. I feel sorry for Jack and the others, they don’t deserve this.” I spit out the words. I don’t know when it happened, today, yesterday, or before this, but I realise I have stopped loving Vic. He hasn’t been the guy I used to love for a long time, but it hits me, unless something changes soon I will start resenting him for hurting the people I still do love.

He keeps quiet for a while, opening his eyes but staring out the window on the other side of the room. “Has Anne signed the papers yet?”

MEET THE AUTHOR: KIA ZI SHIRU:

Kia Zi Shiru is a Dutch girl studying English and Creative Writing in the UK. Amongst her interests she finds writing, reading, doing research and learning different languages (including but not limited to: English, Dutch, French, German, HTML, Java, PHP and Assembly). Her writing and reading habits include books with Young Adults, gay themes, strong female or minority characters and fantasy elements (more often then not all at the same time).

AUTHOR LINKS:

Website www.5timeschaos.com

Twitter http://twitter.com/kiazishiru

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/KiaShiru

One more time.... THE BUY LINKS:

Amazon COM . Amazon UK . Smashwords . Kobo

Thanks again, Kia, for stopping by!  It's always a pleasure.  I hope you all have a wonderful day.

~xx Night