Hey everyone! Welcome to my stop on the No More Goddesses Blog Tour! Today, I’m pleased to share an excerpt from the book with you. First, here’s the cover and synopsis:

Jordan Lake discovers an ancient bracelet in her grandmother’s house and uncovers a family mystery that links her favorite actress, Audrey Hepburn, a romantic movie, and an aunt she never knew. Jordan hopes the bracelet will bring her love. Instead, it brings one nightmare after another, unleashing Hathor, the Egyptian love goddess, who decides it’s fun to mess with the McKnight High School social scene. Jordan holds the key to vanquish Hathor, but will she figure out what it is in time to save her school, one of her best friends, and get a date to the Valentine’s Day dance?
 

And here’s the excerpt!

Heart-shaped posters announcing CANDYGRAMS! 25 CENTS! were plastered all over campus. It was here, the day I had anticipated with dread and hope, although it would probably end in disappointment.

As if the guy I drooled over would ever send me one. I dreamed of the moment anyway. Every night since the announcement, I had played it all out in my head. I would be so cool, so sophisticated—just like Audrey Hepburn in Tessa’s Treasure.

If I closed my eyes, I knew I’d go right to that dream, but then I’d risk being battered by the throng of students bumping and jostling in the overcrowded hall. Thank God there had never been a real emergency. Us lowly freshmen would be floor splatter.

Then, like the parting of the Red Sea, the crowd flowed to the sides of the hall as the star of my dreams, Ethan Taylor, and his bunch of basketball friends walked down the center, flipping their heads as if they owned the place. Who am I kidding? They did.

They were McKnight High.

“There he is,” said my best friend Selena Garza with a subtle wag of her eyebrows. Lost in all the Candygram stuff, I’d almost forgotten she was there. “Go talk to him.”

She gave me a gentle shove, and I stumbled forward. Ethan stopped talking to Coby Jett. I straightened out my dress, all non-chalant-like, acting as if nothing had happened, before I chanced a glance at Ethan. He was watching me with two of the most beautiful blue eyes ever.

Here was my moment. My chance. Say something, dang it! I felt as if someone had shoved a load of cotton in my mouth. I tried to say something clever but I only croaked.

My face burned with embarrassment. I nervously rubbed my sweaty palms on my skirt while a bazillion thoughts and emotions went swirling through my head. What do I do? Do I look good enough? Why is it so hot all of a sudden?

“Hey,” Ethan said, his husky voice setting off fireworks inside me. My gosh, his eyes were so blue and, at this moment—did I dare admit it?—inviting?

My heart leaped, doing one somersault after another. I opened my month again, determined to say something, anything.

“He–ey.”

Now I knew my face was on fire.

The other guys snickered. I thought for sure I’d die right on the spot. Audrey would never have gotten herself into this situation.

About Kim Baccellia:
 
I grew up in Sacramento, California, the oldest of seven. I earned an elementary teaching degree from Brigham Young University.

I’ve been a telemarketer, library helper at the university, assistant manager, sales clerk, tutor, and bilingual teacher. Now I’m a stay-at-home mom and writer.

I love to read and write! I am also a reviewer for Young Adults (& Kids!) Book Central.

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