Title: The Space Between
Author : Victoria H. Smith
Release date: April 2, 2013
Age Group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tour organized by: AToMR Tours
When Drake started the night at his
father’s campaign fundraiser, he never imagined he’d end it being conned into
buying drugs on the West Side. Losing high-stakes poker has its consequences,
but he’d repeatedly face them just to hear Lacey Douglas sing. Drake sees Lacey
light up the stage, and he has to have her. But his intentions for being on her
side of town turn out to be the reason he can’t.
Chicago native Lacey has dreams of the
opera, but life has its obstacles. Lacey has come to know her hardships as part
of living in the real world and accepts them fully. When Lacey meets the
intense and invigorating Drake, a fire is lit inside her, unleashing those
dreams again.
Two paths that should have never
crossed prove to create the exact pairing the other needs. But when their
worlds take time to catch up, everything they have is tested. Finding the space
between the two sides that challenge them will
be hard, but it’s the only place that will keep them together.
The Space Between is a new adult
contemporary romance.
Interesting Facts about THE SPACE
BETWEEN
1. Drake’s
struggle with his identity is quite common for international adoptees. To help
with his development, I researched many stories of adoptees and actively
participated in online discussions to portray his struggle as accurately as I
could.
2. Drake is
stated as a Korean-born adoptee in the novel. I chose this country of origin
because many boys were adopted from this country in the 1990s, which is the
decade Drake was born. At first, I considered China, but it is rare boys are
adopted from this country due to the nations’ one child policy.
3. Drake
calls Lacey his “angel of song.” I’m a huge fan of Phantom of the Opera,
especially the song “Angel of Music,” which the Phantom sings to his heroine.
Drake’s nickname for Lacey was inspired by that.
4. Cooper’s
original name was Blair, but I decided to change it after realizing I had
written another character (in a different series) with a similar name.
5. The scene
when Drake first sees Lacey sing is inspired by the balcony scene in Romeo and
Juliet.
About the Author
Victoria H. Smith has a
Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. She puts it to good use writing romance
all day. She resides in the Midwest with her Macbook on her lap and a cornfield
to her right. She often draws inspiration for her stories from her own life
experiences, and the twenty-something characters she writes give her an earful
about it.
In her
free time, she enjoys extreme couponing, blogging, reading, and sending off a
few tweets on Twitter when she can. She writes new adult fiction romance in the
sub-genres of science fiction, urban fantasy, and contemporary, but really,
anywhere her pen takes her she goes.
I've been seeing this book around a lot during the tour. Thanks for sharing the interview and great giveaway!
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