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Thursday, May 07, 2015

New Indie Book Release: Welcome To Hickville High (Mary Karlik)


New Indie Book Release:
Welcome To Hickville High - Mary Karlik
Contemporary YA Romance (342 pages - March 2015)

- "Welcome To Hickville High is a riches-to-rags story that will make you cringe and make you cheer. Between characters to root for and a Texas setting I could practically feel, this book lassoed me, drew me in, and left me eager for the sequel." " - Reader Review

About the Book

Welcome To Hickville High (Mary Karlik)
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The Universe has completely dumped on High School senior Kelsey Quinn’s life. Credit card at Nordstrom’s? Deactivated. Honda Accord? Sold. Life in the burbs of Chicago? Gone. And it’s all her sister’s fault. Yep. Drugs, alcohol, and getting caught with the boss’s son was all it took. Dad loses job, family loses money, and the next thing she knows she’s crammed in a cell on wheels for the next two days as they make their way to a dilapidated farmhouse in Texas. But Kelsey doesn’t just leave the good life in Chicago. She leaves the boy who-has-it-all, Drew Montgomery.

Hillside senior, quarterback, Austin McCoy works for Kelsey’s dad at the feed store and helps with the farm chores in the morning. He sees through Kelsey’s surly attitude to the girl whose eyes light up when she’s with the animals. He is determined to help Kelsey see that not only does she love the Farmville life, but that the guy she really wants is him.

Will Austin convince Kelsey he’s the guy she wants? Will Kelsey embrace the simple life and find forgiveness for her sister?







About the Author

Author Mary Karlik
Author Mary Karlik

Following a career as a nursing instructor, award-winning author, Mary Karlik earned an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania.

A native Texan, Mary loves horses, dogs, cats, and small town diners.

Although she has recently relocated in northern New Mexico, her heart remains in the Lone Star state.



Connect with Mary Karlik via the Author's Facebook Page
and on Twitter: @MaryKarlik.


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