Salvaged by Shanna M. Heath

Thank you for welcoming me as a guest on your blog! I’m excited to share my debut novel, Salvaged, with your readers and I appreciate this opportunity. I’ve always been an avid reader of the young adult genre, even now–in my 40s–I guess the YA books keep me young at heart. 

A little about my motivation for writing YA–I have three beautiful children of my own (sixteen, thirteen, and nine) and work with teenagers as a Social Studies teacher. Also, YA is fun to read, plain and simple. 

A few years ago, I was browsing the books at a Book Fair sponsored by the school where I teach and was disappointed to find that many of the books blatantly pushed inappropriate themes to impressionable young readers. I lamented this sentiment to our librarian and mumbled “I should write a book.” Her response, “You should!” empowered me; it was like someone gave me permission to attempt something I’d been too afraid to try before. She validated my interest in writing a book, and all of the sudden I was excited to take on a new project. 

I joined the American Christian Fiction Writers association and got to work. I cringe sometimes when I think of the first submissions I made to the online critique group, but WOW, that group has been a Godsend. Salvaged was born, and next month it will be released in both Kindle and paperback format on Amazon and through IngramSpark. Here is a back cover blurb for a little sneak peek: 

High school senior Hadley is certain she must earn a summer internship at the Office of Naval Research, and she’s pretty darn confident she might! Unfortunately, her world is turned upside down by the news of her grandmother Nonny’s bleak cancer diagnosis. Hadley is forced to relocate from her home in Maryland to Kentucky to live with her estranged father and (gulp!) new step-family. As Hadley prepares to face a world of unknowns, she fears she will lose her beloved Nonny, and her hopes of snagging her dream internship seemingly disappear.

In the midst of adjusting to her new life in the bluegrass, Hadley steps into the unexpectedly pleasant role of half-sister and tackles a daunting senior project interning at a local business, Southern Salvage. Here, Hadley strives to befriend her peer mentor Colton, who seems all too eager to rid himself of a burdensome intern. At first. As Hadley navigates life in an unfamiliar state, school, and family, can she overcome the overwhelming sense she’s disrupted everyone’s happy normal? Is she just an unwelcome inconvenience? She wonders…has God abandoned Hadley Edwards? With the help of her family and Colton, Hadley might just learn the true meaning of “salvaged.”

If you’d like to read more, or know someone who might, Salvaged is available for purchase at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTJG8Y8B. 

Thank you again for allowing me to guest blog and I appreciate your kind readers for taking the time to read my post. 

Blessings, 

Shanna M. Heath 

About the Author: Shanna M. Heath resides in central Ky with her sweet family, two dogs, and a ball python. When she isn’t writing young adult Christian fiction, she enjoys teaching middle school social studies or taking Sunday afternoon naps. A sucker for teen rom-coms, her stories have a knack for weaving together the awkward and the flirtatious, with a healthy dose of real-life complications to boot.