Simone Elkeles Guest Post + Giveaway!

CONTEST IS CLOSED.

I'm a huge Simone Elkeles fan so I'm honored to feature her with a guest post. Thank you to Kate for giving me the opportunity to participate in this amazing tour. Check out the guest post and awesome giveaway below!
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Simone Elkeles has written five young adult novels, including Perfect Chemistry and Leaving Paradise, and was recently named Illinois Author of the Year by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. She received her Master's of Science degree in Industrial Relations and also spends time mentoring other teen and adult authors.

For more info on Simone, visit her site(s):
Website: http://www.simoneelkeles.net
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/simonebooks
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perfect-Chemistry-by-Simone-Elkeles/56381232566?ref=ts
Perfect Chemistry Website: http://www.perfectchemistrythebook.com
Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/274533.Simone_Elkeles

Books By Simone:

-Perfect Chemistry (Book #1)
-Rules of Attraction (Book #2)
-Leaving Paradise (Book #1)
-Return to Paradise (Book #2) - 9/1/10
-How To Ruin A Summer Vacation (Book #1)
-How To Ruin My Teenage Life (Book #2)
-How To Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation (Book #3)

Guest Post:

Can you explain to us the theme of opposites attracting in both Perfect Chemistry & Rules of Attraction. Why did you decide to take that route? Have you ever fallen in love with a bad boy your parents would disapprove of? Also, since this series will be a trilogy what can we expect from the third book?

Opposites definitely attract. Dating and being with someone just like you is boring! I loved challenging guys and verbally sparring with them- it’s like foreplay (am I allowed to admit that here?). My husband is a brainiac and I’m SO not. He was valedictorian of his high school and I was a B-average student. We are definitely opposites, and where he excels (school and academics) I fail and where I excel (socially J), he fails. We definitely compliment each other, just like Alex and Brittany compliment each other in Perfect Chemistry and Carlos and Kiara compliment each other in Rules of Attraction!

I have to admit that I fell for the bad boy when I was in high school. His name was Andy and he was gorgeous and tall and…a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. He’d lived such a dangerous life before we met and was trying to get his life straight when I met him. My parents were not happy that Andy was 1) three years older than me and 2) barely holding on to his sobriety and 3) had been caught lying to his parents and 4) we’d fallen in love. Unfortunately Andy relapsed when I went away to college and we broke up, but he’ll forever hold a piece of my heart. He taught me how to live hard, laugh hard, and love hard…but my relationship with Andy also taught me the hard way what it means to have a broken heart. I love writing about the reformed bad boy and the girl he loves getting the happily-ever-after ending. What could be better than that?

The third novel in the Perfect Chemistry series will be about Luis Fuentes, the youngest Fuentes brother. He’s such a good guy who doesn’t live with the angst that his big brothers have always lived with. Luis is smart, funny, and has big dreams. When he falls for the wrong girl, Luis enters a dark world he’s never known to try and save her from herself. Just when he thinks he’s got life all figured out, Luis learns some disturbing news about his family that destroys his positive outlook on life. Will that Fuentes bad boy streak come out with a vengeance and lure Luis to live on the edge like his new girlfriend and his own father?

*GIVEAWAY DETAILS*

One person will win:

• Copy of Perfect Chemistry
• Copy of Rules of Attraction
• PC & ROA Bookmarks

-Deadline ends May 3, 2010 at midnight, EST
-Open to US & Canada

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