Just
Sing
Book
One
of
the
Seven Oaks Series
by
René
Gilley
“Follow you dreams,
follow your heart, love your family and Just
Sing."
Release
Date: 5th June 2014
Genre: Young Adult/Performing
Arts/Music
Published by: The Writers Coffee
Shop
Available from: Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and TWCS PH
Summary:
Sixteen-year-old Lily O’Brien has one goal in life—to
sing. Her dream is to get into a top notch college vocal program, but the
summer before her junior year, her high school cuts their awarding-winning
vocal ensemble. She might as well kiss her dreams
goodbye.
When the snobby new neighbors move
into their mansion up the hill, Lily is positive summer can’t get any worse,
and she’s determined to hate and ignore them—until she meets Aiden.
He’s broken and beautiful, and
they become reluctant friends. Through her newfound friendship, she finds the
strength to step outside the comfort of her plan and follow her dream.
But when Lily’s family is about to lose their home, she
puts her wishes aside and finds the answer to save their generations-old ranch
in the last place she
expected.
Author
Bio:
By day, René Gilley works as a
portfolio manager for a Fortune 50 company, but her nights and weekends are
spent writing young adult and new adult romance books. Her brain never shuts
off—always dreaming up new situations her characters can get
into. 
Her California home is often the backdrop for her books. Her
debut novel, Just
Sing of the SEVEN OAKS SERIES, was years in the making. Like her
character, René seeing Just Sing being published is a
dream come true.
She’s a wife,
mother to two beautiful daughters, and four dogs. She’s proud to be a triple negative
breast cancer (TNBC) survivor and believes in giving back through book profits
to charities that support breast
cancer.
Connect with René Gilley
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Excerpt:
I was
only half paying attention and noticed Aiden didn’t appear to
be listening either.
Instead, we had our own silent conversation. I was dying
to know why
he was there, and he seemed content to keep that little nugget
of information from
me.
“...
want to, Aiden?” Shawn
asked.
Aiden looked
from me to Shawn and rubbed the back of his neck.
“Uh, do I want
to what?”
Shawn sighed.
“Come play video games with me?” He shook his
head and shifted
his eyes to me. “If you weren’t googly-eyed over my sister,
you might have
heard me.”
“Shawn!” Gram
frowned and shook her
head.
When Gram
looked away, I threw a piece of ice at
Shawn. He dodged
it, stuck his tongue out at me, and crossed his
eyes.
“Uh, maybe
later at my house.” Aiden gave me a sheepish look.
“Aiden came by to drop off these wonderful cookies
for us.” Gram handed me a
peanut butter cookie that had a chocolate chunk in the
middle of it.
Coffee and cookies . . . breakfast of
champions.
I grabbed
an apple out of the table’s fruit bowl in an attempt to
balance my junk
food breakfast. Gram
and
Aiden continued chatting. I used
to think Aiden was an enigma. Now, I simply thought he had
walls — a
barrier
he kept up to protect himself, and when I was lucky enough
to catch those
rare moments his guard was down, it was like watching little bits of brilliance.
Video
Trailer:
Praise:
Just Sing evolves mostly
around Lily’s struggle with her family, the reality of her dreams, and her
first relationship issues with the neighbors’ son Aiden. Honestly Lily is a
truly amazing... She is strong-willed and her loyalty and love for her family
is admirable. -Between Dreams and Reality
Blog
With the popularity of
shows like American Idol and The Voice, Gilley's Just Sing promises to bring
high engagement to any YA reader who dreams of the stage, lives the
stage, or enjoys the stage as a spectator...
-Fictionally Yours
Blog
Just Sing was a complete
and pleasant surprise. There's not many YA novels out there that can capture my
heart and soul wholly. And this book is definitely one of them.
-Goodreads
Review
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