{"id":84015,"date":"2020-02-06T01:06:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T07:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=84015"},"modified":"2020-02-05T22:09:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T04:09:13","slug":"just-in-time-for-valentines-day-ya-rom-com-author-will-read-at-off-square-books-wednesday-feb-12-at-5-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/just-in-time-for-valentines-day-ya-rom-com-author-will-read-at-off-square-books-wednesday-feb-12-at-5-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in Time for Valentine’s Day: YA Rom-Com Author Will Read at Off Square Books Wednesday, February 12 at 5 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ashley Elston<\/strong> is the author of several novels including The Rules for Disappearing<\/em><\/strong> (a finalist in the Best Young Adult Novel category of the International Thriller Writers Thriller Awards) and This Is Our Story<\/em><\/strong>. She has a liberal arts degree from Louisiana State University<\/strong> and worked for many years as a wedding photographer before turning her hand to writing. Ashley lives in Shreveport with her husband and three sons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophie wants one thing for Christmas-a little freedom from her\noverprotective parents. So when they decide to spend Christmas in South\nLouisiana with her very pregnant older sister, Sophie is looking forward to\nsome much needed private (read: make-out) time with her long-term boyfriend,\nGriffin. Except it turns out that Griffin wants a little freedom from their\nrelationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heartbroken, Sophie flees to her grandparents’ house, where the\nrest of her boisterous extended family is gathered for the holiday. That’s when\nher nonna devises a (not so) brilliant plan: Over the next ten days, Sophie\nwill be set up on ten different blind dates by different family members. Like\nher sweet cousin Sara, who sets her up with a hot guy at an exclusive\nunderground party. Or her crazy aunt Patrice, who signs Sophie up for a lead\nrole in a living nativity. With a boy who barely reaches her shoulder. And\na screaming baby<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Griffin turns up unexpectedly and begs for a second chance,\nSophie feels more confused than ever. Because maybe, just maybe, she’s started\nto have feelings for someone else . . . Someone who is definitely not\navailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is going to be the worst Christmas break ever . . . or is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about Ashley and her books, please visit www.ashleyelston.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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