but I’ll be back soon!
Did you hear the news? Breyer Model Horses is releasing BLACK JACK (!!) just before BreyerFest 2015! I’ve seen pics and he’s sooo gorgeous! Y’all will LOVE him! ❤
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Gamers Unite Against Jason’s Cancer Fight!
Asking for help for my brother, Jason. Calling especially on gamers–from League of Legends to Magic: The Gathering.
xo
Off to Florida!
Tomorrow afternoon, I’m off to Orlando then Daytona Beach! I get to see my brother, finally! I’m making a trip down there to see him while he battles Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He’s doing well with his treatments and I can’t wait to see him.
We (my friends and I) were going to hit up Harry Potter at Universal but decided to wait until the fall because I really want my brother to go with us and hopefully he’ll be feeling up to go then.
Instead, we booked a hotel with a water slide, water fall, wall rock climbing, canoes, paddle boats, etc for 2 nights in Orlando. It’s going to be a BLAST!
I will be pool side writing a ton on ROYALS, but I worked super hard this week so I could take a day or two off if I wanted and still make my deadline.
I can’t wait for the pools and the beach! Oh, and my furry babies are going too! Yup, I’m leaving them with my brother until I make my move down there soon. Cats are healers, I think. Bella especially knows when someone isn’t feeling good and I really believe she’ll take care of Jason.
❤ what are you guys up to?
Custom Canterwood Crest phone cases
Hi, guys! I’m making custom iPhone 4, 5 6 and 6+ cases AND Samsung Galaxy cases. I have DOZENS of designs and colors available. They are 2 pieces–hard shell and rubber protectant layer. You can choose any book cover for your case and also choose from available colors and whatever wording (if any) that you want.
Email me at hartsforjess AT gmail DOT com with a subject like “Canterwood phone case” and we’ll make you something cool!
The prices vary and start at $40. This is only for a limited time! Like, a couple of weeks! 🙂
Apartment via AirBNB in Cincinnati for MLB All Stars Game
2 mins from Cincy for MLB Game! in Covington
Apartment in Covington, United States. The building has: elevator, parking, and key fob entry. It is within walking distance to Cincinnati. PERFECT place to stay for the MLB All Stars Game. Quiet apartment in Roebling Row. Restaurants w/in walking distance. A lovely place to stay! You… View all listings in Covington
Order a custom Canterwood Crest Loves BreyerFest tee!
Making CUSTOM limited edition tees for Harts attending BreyerFest! If you show up in one of these shirts, you’ll automatically win a PRIZE! I am taking color orders, so if you want a shirt, email me at hartsforjess AT gmail DOT com and I’ll hit you back with the color options for text and the shirt. 🙂
All proceeds will go to my brother, Jason, who is battling Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. ❤
Event on Wednesday! Please come!
Hi, all!
How was your weekend? Mine was B-U-S-Y working on Secret Project for Editor LC. I am going absolutely crazy having to keep the news secret from you guys!! SO HARD! But hopefully, I’ll get the green light soon to share. 🙂
I wanted to remind everyone that I have my first WILD HEARTS book signing at Joseph Beth Booksellers in Lexington, KY THIS Wednesday at 7pm. I’ll be signing copies of WILD HEARTS, Canterwood Crest, Unicorn Magic AND Charm and Aristocrat Breyer models.
Please come so I’m not all alone! (I would die of embarrassment . . . srsly . . .)
NJSCBWI Annual Conference
Hi, all!
I will be speaking about “How to Start and Maintain a Successful Tween Series” in Plainsboro, NJ on June 13th and 14th! This is for NJSCBWI. Here’s the detailed schedule.
Here’s a link to the conference, too. I’ll also be critiquing manuscripts. 🙂
Hope to see you there!
Side note: I want to set up a book signing in NJ!
Please leave a comment here, Tweet me, email me or Instagram me with YOUR top 2-5 choice cities in NJ and whatever city gets the most votes (it HAS to have a Barnes and Noble), will be one that I’ll try to set up a book signing in! Please vote! 🙂
WILD HEARTS it OUT!
OMG! I am freaking out! My debut YA novel from Bloomsbury is out today!! Eeeek!!
If you get a copy on your e-reader or a print copy, take a pic and post it on Instagram or Tweet it to me. I’d love to see it and share it with my other Harts! 🙂
There’s one thing you can do that will help encourage others to purchase WILD HEARTS. If you could post an honest review of WILD HEARTS of ANY length on Amazon.com and/or BarnesandNoble.com (you can even copy and paste the review to both sites) it would mean SO, SO much to me! Reviews REALLY help people who aren’t familiar with my work decide if they want to take a chance on my book. Thank you in advance! ❤
Happy day to my 25th published book! 🙂 🙂
Lovely WILD HEARTS review
Happy Saturday!
I am spending the night at my friend Ellie’s house bc she is having a bday party tmrw! FUN!
The super sweet Emilie Tweeted me a link from her blog where she reviewed WILD HEARTS. I am copying it below. Def check out her awesome blog!
From Emilie…
Do I really need to explain why I wanted to read Jessica Burkhart’s Wild Hearts? It should be pretty self-explanatory by now why this would be the kind of book I would enjoy. So I’ll just say this: I loved Wild Hearts.
Brie Carter has moved around a lot. Because of her father’s job, she’s lived all over the country. But when her family arrives in Lost Spring, Wyoming, things are different. The locals don’t want her father to build a new hotel if it means hurting the local mustang population. At first Brie doesn’t understand, but when she meets Logan and sees his passion for the horses, she starts to change her mind. Before long Brie finds herself being drawn to Logan and the horses and becomes determined to find a way to protect them. Even if it means going against her dad and hurting her family in the process.
I’ve never had any particular desire to go to Wyoming. And then I read Wild Heats. Throughout the book there are all these descriptions of the mountains and the nature around this small town and I just wanted to go there and see it all for myself. Doesn’t help that it doesn’t take much to make me want to travel anywhere, but the descriptions just made me want to go to Wyoming. And like I said, not really someplace I’d ever considered going before. But that’s not the point, right now. Other than making me want to travel, Wild Hearts was everything I hoped it would be. I’ve read some of the other books in the If Only line and I have loved them, so I had certain expectations when it came to Wild Hearts. And those expectations were met. This was a fun, adorable romance and I couldn’t get enough of it. While I was reading I both couldn’t stop but also wanted to slow down to make the story last longer. And my favourite part of the romance was that it was pretty much drama free. Sure there was some drama in the story, if there wasn’t it would make for a pretty boring story, but the drama wasn’t between Logan and Brie. And I loved that. From the moment they were together, they stayed together. And they were pretty freaking adorable, if you want my honest opinion.
I don’t know how to talk about Brie without talking about Logan. Don’t get me wrong she totally stands on her own as a character, but I just loved her and Logan together so much. But I liked Brie on her own as well. I liked seeing her grow over the course of the story, going from automatically siding with her dad on the horse issue to doing some research and coming up with her own opinion on the subject. It was just nice to see that evolution in her character. And Logan obviously had something to do with that, what with him being so passionate about the horses and all. And Logan, well he was Logan. I mean, the guy was a real, live cowboy who was the sweetest and nicest guy ever. How was Brie supposed to resist all that. Because I know I stood no chance. But for real, though, Logan was great. He was just a genuinely good guy. And as much as I loved him with Brie, whenever I got to see him spend time with his little brother it absolutely melted my heart. Aside from Logan and Brie, the other character worth mentioning is Amy. I loved seeing the friendship develop between her and Brie. And as much as I loved the romance it was nice to take a break from it every now and then to see the friendship.
Needless to say that I loved Jess Burkhart’s Wild Hearts. The romance was just what I wanted it to be and I had a huge goofy smile on my face he whole time I was reading. If you like YA contemporary romance, you should definitely check out the If Only line.
Jessica Burkhart 