Anyone But You by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes: Promo and Giveaway

Authors Kim Askew and Amy Helmes are excited to offer a sneak peak at the third book in their “Twisted Lit” series of Shakespeare-inspired YA novels. This time around, they’ve put their unique spin on Romeo & Juliet. Published by Merit Press, Anyone But You will be released in January, and is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Powell’s.

Anyone But You: A Modern-Day Spin on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes

(Book #3 in the Twisted Lit series)

Summary:

Two Italian restaurants, both alike in dignity, in Chicago’s Little Italy where we lay our scene... After her family’s struggling eatery, Cap’s, falls prey to another of the Monte clan’s vicious and destructive pranks, sixteen-year-old Gigi Caputo finds herself courting danger during a clandestine encounter with Roman Monte, the very boy whose relatives have brought her family such grief. When the daughter and son of these two warring factions fall for each other, their quest to mend this bitter family feud turns out to be a recipe for disaster. Their story is irrevocably linked to the summer of 1933, when two twelve-year-olds, Benny and Nick, hop the turnstile at the Chicago World’s Fair. While enjoying some of the fair’s legendary amusements, Nick has a “love at first sight” encounter with Stella, a young girl who unintentionally causes a lasting rift between the two boyhood pals. Deftly winding its way through past and present day, this modern take on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet has much to do with hate — but more with love.

About the Authors
Authors Kim Askew and Amy Helmes have been writing together since 2004, when they launched Romancing the Tome, a blog dedicated to their obsession with book-to-film adaptations. For more information on the books in their Shakespeare-inspired series, visit TwistedLitBooks.com.

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Guest Post: Twisted Lit authors Kim Askew and Amy Helmes

Welcome Twisted Lit authors Kim Askew and Amy Helmes!

Hey everyone!

Call us crazy, but we happen to think English dramatist William Shakespeare could be classified as the original YA author. Just hear us out on this one: Be it Romeo and Juliet’s desperate passion, Hamlet’s stepdad-directed rage, the delinquent follies of a young Henry V, or Cordelia’s frustrations with her impossibly bitchy older sisters, the Bard had a knack for understanding the type of volatile emotions that can spring from an adolescent heart. With that in mind, we’re dusting off Shakespeare and reinterpreting his works as modern YA reboots. Regardless of whether you’re a classic lit geek like us (or an incurable Shakespeare-phobe), the first two novels in our Twisted Lit series have been called "compulsively readable." Here’s a quick glimpse at what you can expect:

 
Tempestuous: A modern retelling of Shakespeare’s 
The Tempest

Recently banished by the cool clique, Miranda Prospero finds herself in a brave new world: holding dominion amongst a rag-tag crew of geeks and misfits at the food court of her local mall. When the worst winter storm of the season snows in workers and last-minute shoppers to be snowed-in for the night, Miranda seizes the opportunity to get revenge against the catty clique behind her social exile. With help from her delightfully dweeby coworker, Ariel, and a sullen loner named Caleb who works at the mall’s gaming and magic shop, Miranda uses charm and trickery to set things to right during their rollicking night in captivity.

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About the Authors
Authors Kim Askew and Amy Helmes have been writing together since 2004, when they launched Romancing the Tome, a blog dedicated to their obsession with book-to-film adaptations. For more information on the books in their Shakespeare-inspired series, visit TwistedLitBooks.com.