About the Book
Title: Living the Shallows
Author: Tani Hanes
Genre: YA Romance
Aileen Foster, a shy,
22 year old student from LA, thinks she has landed a dream job as an
interpreter for some actors making a film in Japan. She gets a surprise when
she arrives in Tokyo and finds out that they are UK Crush, the hottest boyband
around. She has been orphaned for most of her life, and it's a shock for her to
enter their world of frank physicality. The boys come to love her, and Aileen
is forced to look at her life and choices, and decide if she's ready to be
brave and start living.
Author Bio
My name is Tani Hanes, and I am a 51 rear old substitute teacher.
Im from central California and am a recent transplant to New York City. The
most important things to know about me are that I'm punctual, I love grammar
and sushi, and I'm very intolerant of intolerance. The least important things
to know about me are that I like to knit and I couldn't spell
"acoustic" for 40 years. I've wanted to write since I was ten, and I
finally did it. If you want to write, don't wait as long as I did, it's
pointless, and very frustrating!
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Book Excerpt
The laughter
and talking had stopped as soon as they entered the room and saw me. They
stood, as if unsure what to do. The boy with the long brown hair recovered his
composure first and held out his hand.
"Hello,
I'm Theo," he said in a deep voice that didn’t quite match his young boy
look. He had a British accent, too, though it was different from Betsey's. He
added a smile as we shook hands, and I saw gray eyes and dimples to go with the
perfect teeth.
The blond boy,
whose eyes were a dark, rich brown, held out his hand next. "I'm Ronan,
nice to meet you." For a moment, my jet-lagged brain refused to process
the words because his accent was so thick. I desperately flipped back through
all the movies I'd seen, trying to place it. Irish. This boy was Irish. Just as
I was wrapping my mind around that, the redhead stepped forward.
"Hi, I'm
Gethin, pleasure to meet you." He, too, had a lovely smile, but his eyes
were green. And his accent was different, kind of British, but more sing-song,
with elongated vowels, like English on a graceful roller coaster.
Was there
something in my coffee besides coffee?
The curly
haired boy stepped forward to introduce himself. I stared at him warily. He had
stunning dark blue eyes, which contrasted with his brown skin, and the longest
eyelashes I'd ever seen on a boy. Given what had come out of the other boys'
mouths when they'd spoken, if he started speaking Icelandic or produced yet
another English accent, I was going to jump right out the window.
He held out his
hand, and as I reached for it, he said, "My name is Matthew, and I'm very
happy to meet you." I nearly yanked my hand back. This boy was Scottish,
sounded just like Professor McGonagall from Harry Potter, and looked like he
should be breaking hearts on the Nigerian soccer team.
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