Flat-Out Matt

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Jessica Park mines the territory of love’s growing pains with wit, sharp insights, and a discernible heat and heartbeat. Her previous novels include Flat-Out Love and Relatively Famous, and her NA book, Left Drowning, will be out July 16, 2013.

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Left Drowning , Coming July 16, 2013

Weighted down by the loss of her parents, Blythe McGuire struggles to keep her head above water as she trudges through her last year at Matthews College. Then a chance meeting sends Blythe crashing into something she doesn’t expect—an undeniable attraction to a dark-haired senior named Chris Shepherd, whose past may be even more complicated than her own. As their relationship deepens, Chris pulls Blythe out of the stupor she’s been in since the night a fire took half her family. She begins to heal, and even, haltingly, to love this guy who helps her find new paths to pleasure and self-discovery. But as Blythe moves into calmer waters, she realizes Chris is the one still strangled by his family’s traumatic history. As dark currents threaten to pull him under, Blythe may be the only person who can keep him from drowning.

This book is intended for mature audiences due to strong language and sexual content.

Acknowledgments

Once again, Jim Thomsen provided lightning-speed editing and unfailing cheering throughout my writing career.

How Lori Gondelman catches the things she catches will always astound me, and I am in awe of her proofreading skills. Liis McKinstry and Maria Gowin also swooped in at the last minute to do final reads, and they are now stuck with me for life.

Without David Pacheco, my characters would be posting about weather and meals. So a big thank-you goes to Dave for writing all of the status updates for Flat-Out Matt and sharing a bit of his genius. Also for bailing me out and making me laugh. His ego will totally stay swollen for more than four hours now, but you should still follow him on Twitter @whatdoiknow.

Andrew Kaufman got me through tough writing days because he knows how to “listen to Jessica, damn it!” He also has quite the Celeste fixation, which both she and I enjoy to no end.

Tremendous, unrelenting love to In Like Lions for allowing me to use the lyrics to “Shallow Cars.” James Bridges (guitarist and songwriter for ILL) wrote this gorgeous song, and I ca

Massive gratitude to the entire team at Amazon Children’s Publishing/Skyscape for the enthusiastic support they’ve given Flat-Out Love.

Most of all, thank you to my fans, whose Facebook and Twitter rallying for Flat-Out Matt absolutely stu