Equilibrium

Hi everyone! :)
So my book is coming out soon! It's my debut novel, and I'm very excited about it. I thought I'd use this post to tell you about it...
I started writing over two years ago, and since then I have sent my books to more publishers and agents than I care to count. Finally, Equilibrium got accepted by an American publisher, Black Rose Writing. I've been working very hard to promote it, and the time is close. It comes out in America on August 22nd. I'm shipping some copies here (South Africa, where I live), which will arrive in late September.
So I'm guessing you want to know what Equilibrium is about? It's a young adult fantasy romance novel, the first in a trilogy. I try to write a book I would like to read, and since I love YA, that's what I've written. It is different from a lot of other YA titles in that it is set in a completely different world (not Earth). Many - like Twilight - have elements of fantasy, but are still set on this planet. I prefer different worlds, though - worlds where you can make up your own rules!

Here is the blurb:
“In times of old, powers unlike any we can imagine ruled the Five Lands. Now, those powers are being reawakened. Dark times are coming…”
Kim and Nick have been best friends since they were born. They live peaceful lives in the smallest of the Five Lands. That is, until mysterious strangers turn up and rip their lives apart. Kim and Nick are forced to flee..., with no idea of who is pursuing them or why. They find themselves in the middle of a war they never wanted to fight, a war between powers greater than any the world has ever seen.
Throughout, Kim is haunted by a wraith that only she can see, who insists that she and Nick must get their memories back. Of course, they have all their memories. They know exactly who they are… don’t they?
As the situation spins further and further out of their control, Kim and Nick are forced to confront the possibility that they are both much more than they have been brought up to believe. Who are they to each other? Were they ever more than just best friends? The fate of the world depends on them finding out exactly who they really are…

This is the piece about myself that I have written for the back:
Lauren Kirk-Cohen is a young woman with Asperger’s Syndrome. She grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, with her parents and sister, and started writing shortly after she left school. Her regular haunts include the fantasy sections in bookshops, and her bookshelf is filled with stories set in faraway worlds where anything is possible. Lauren regularly loses herself in writing magical stories where true love is real and there are always happy endings. After years of dreaming about becoming an author, her fantasy finally came to life when Equilibrium, her debut novel, was accepted for publication shortly before her twenty-first birthday.

Please take a minute to like the facebook page! Every bit of support counts. I'm going to make this book great, and you can help me!

https://www.facebook.com/EquilibriumForgottenGodsBook1

You can also follow me on Twitter, where I will be posting any updates on Equilibrium:
https://twitter.com/LaurenKirkCohen


Here's the cover art!



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Thanks
Lauren