BLOG TOUR: Everything That Follows by Meg Little Reilly

Welcome to the Official Blog Tour for Meg Little Reilly's Everything That Follows!!! Today, on our tour stop, we have an exciting excerpt AND tour-wide giveaway to share! From Meg Little Reilly, comes a stunning thriller that will keep readers up turning pages long onto the night, Everything That Follows! Check out all the tour festivities and grab your copy now!!! You can even follow the tour... Check out the tour schedule at the end of this post!

Genre:

New Adult

Suspense/Mystery Thriller

Publish Date:

May 1, 2018

Publisher:

Mira Books

Synopsis:

CAUGHT IN THE BACKWASH, THEY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES…

For fans of Megan Abbott and Chris Bohjalian comes a novel of moral complexity about friends who must choose between self-preservation and doing the right thing in the wake of a fatal boating accident. Set in the moody off-season of Martha’s Vineyard, Everything That Follows is a plunge into the dark waters of secrets and flexible morals. The truth becomes whatever we say it is…

Around midnight, three friends take their partying from bar to boat on a misty fall evening. Just as the weather deteriorates, one of them suddenly and confusingly goes overboard. Is it an accident? The result of an unwanted advance? His body disappears quickly, silently, into the dark water. The circumstances are murky, but what is clear is that the other two need to notify the authorities. Minutes become hours become days as they hesitate, caught up in their guilt and hope that their friend has somehow made it safely to shore. As valuable time passes, they find themselves deep in a moral morass with huge implications as they struggle to move forward and live with their dark secret.

   

    

*Excerpt*

Hunter kissed Ashley’s naked legs, knees and thighs, working his way up her body and through his A-game stuff. But she intercepted his advances with her own moves and eventually he was out of his head and totally in the act. They were both drunk, but it didn’t feel like drunk sex in the out-of-body way he usually settled for. She was energized and athletic, a real go-getter. It was almost comical. She insisted on reading the expiration date of the condom, which struck him as hilarious. Ashley was above him, and then below. It was exhausting, but also a relief to have someone really running the show. He was happy to follow.

Ten minutes later, the entire episode concluded in a conventional but thoroughly satisfying missionary position.

And it was exactly three seconds after ejaculation that Hunter remembered all the horrible things he’d been trying to forget. The investigation of Kyle’s death was still open. The boat was still banging against the dock posts. This little adventure had changed nothing. Hunter’s body was calm but his mind wasted no time getting back to its baseline of panic. He needed a drink. He needed Ashley to leave so he could pour himself something tall. He liked her and hoped for an encore one day, but wanted her to get the fuck out at that moment.

“That was fun. I suppose I should go,” she said, moving not a muscle in her body. She was splayed out under the down comforter with her eyes closed.

Hunter got out of bed and walked toward the bathroom. “Yeah, it was fun. Can I call you again?”

If she answered, he didn’t hear her before the bathroom door closed. He peed and splashed water on his face. When he returned to the room, Ashley was halfway dressed, watching local news on a small TV that sat on a dresser.

“Why do they think he was swimming in Katama Bay?” she said, one sock in hand at the edge of the bed.

“What?”

“This guy who died—Kyle Billings. Why do they think he was swimming in Katama Bay?”

Hunter turned his back to her and rifled through drawers. What was going on? Why was she asking these questions?

“Oh, I don’t know,” he said. “I haven’t been paying much attention. Do you want me to call you a car?”

“No, I’m fine to walk.” Ashley continued to watch from the edge of the bed. “I just know for a fact that a Katama Bay swimmer would have been carried further south by the current, if that’s actually where he started from. It doesn’t make any sense.” She pulled her sweater over her head.

Hunter walked to the doorway. “I heard he was on oxy or something, so who knows.”

Ashley considered this information. “Still, the current…it wouldn’t matter. He had to have been further north if it took two days for the body to wash ashore in that place. That’s what the coroner said, that it had been about two days.”

Hunter crossed his arms over his chest. “Kind of a morbid thing to be hung up on, don’t you think? You’re like some kind of citizen investigator. You sure you don’t want a car?”

What Others Are Saying About Everything That Follows

"Taut with moral complexity, and a subtly building tension, this is the kind of story that punishes you if you dare to put it down." ⏤ Kim Cross, New York Times bestselling author of What Stands In A Storm

"[a] skillfully wrought tale of atonement in a frame of psychological suspense." ⏤ Booklist

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**About the Author**

Meg Little Reilly is the author of the novels Everything That Follows and We Are Unprepared. She's a public radio commentator, essayist, and outdoors enthusiast. Prior to writing novels, Meg worked in national politics and the White House. She holds a B.A. from the University of Vermont and an M.A. from the George Washington University. These days, she lives in rural Vermont with her husband and two daughters.

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***The Giveaway***

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Tour Schedule

May 2^nd

Mythical Books – Excerpt

What Is That Book About – Excerpt

May 3^rd

Belle's Book Belfry – Review

Kindle Friends Forever – Review

May 4^th

A Southern Girls Bookshelf – Excerpt

May 5^th

Adventures in Writing – Excerpt

Movies, Shows, & Books – Excerpt

Suey Library – Review & Excerpt

May 6^th

Bookishly Yours – Excerpt

Friends Till The End Book Blog – Excerpt

Linz Readz – Review & Excerpt

May 7^th

Devilishly Delicious Book Reviews – Review & Excerpt

May 8^th

A Book Nerd, a Bookseller and a Bibliophile – Review & Excerpt

May 9^th

4TLOReading – Review & Excerpt

Brittany's Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

Literary misfit – Excerpt

TEXTTEASER BOOK BLOG – Review & Excerpt

May 10^th

A Bookaholic Swede – Excerpt

Jax's Book Magic – Excerpt

Miss Riki – Review & Excerpt

May 11^th

Books A-Brewin' – Excerpt

Jen in Bookland – Review & Excerpt

Literature Goals – Review & Excerpt

The Book Addict's Reviews – Review & Excerpt

May 12^th

Crazy Chaotic Book Babes – Review & Excerpt

I am a Book Hoarder – Review & Excerpt

Margaux – Excerpt

Shakespeare’s Wench Book Blog – Review

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RELEASE DAY BLITZ: Everything That Follows by Meg Little Reilly

Today, we are thrilled to celebrate this release!!! From Meg Little Reilly, comes a stunning thriller that will keep readers up turning pages long onto the night, Everything That Follows! Check out all the release day festivities and grab your copy today!

Genre:

New Adult

Suspense/Mystery Thriller

Publish Date:

May 1, 2018

Publisher:

Mira Books

Synopsis:

CAUGHT IN THE BACKWASH, THEY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES…

For fans of Megan Abbott and Chris Bohjalian comes a novel of moral complexity about friends who must choose between self-preservation and doing the right thing in the wake of a fatal boating accident. Set in the moody off-season of Martha’s Vineyard, Everything That Follows is a plunge into the dark waters of secrets and flexible morals. The truth becomes whatever we say it is…

Around midnight, three friends take their partying from bar to boat on a misty fall evening. Just as the weather deteriorates, one of them suddenly and confusingly goes overboard. Is it an accident? The result of an unwanted advance? His body disappears quickly, silently, into the dark water. The circumstances are murky, but what is clear is that the other two need to notify the authorities. Minutes become hours become days as they hesitate, caught up in their guilt and hope that their friend has somehow made it safely to shore. As valuable time passes, they find themselves deep in a moral morass with huge implications as they struggle to move forward and live with their dark secret.

   

    

*Excerpt*

It didn’t seem dangerous until the rain started. Not really. Until then, the evening still felt largely unwritten and within their control. But as the fog changed to mist and then to hard wet rain that soaked their boozy skin, the night started to get away from them. Doors were closing, options vanishing. And by the time Kat was being pulled by Kyle unwillingly toward the edge of the boat, the approaching danger was inescapable.

      Kat blinked the water out of her eyelashes. When her vision cleared, Kyle’s face was just inches from her own. Someone watching from behind might have mistaken them as a couple in an intimate embrace, that suspension of breath before a first kiss. But that person would have been wrong. Their closeness was not voluntary.

     Kat twisted her torso around and tried to get a clearer view of where behind her Hunter was seated, but Kyle’s fingers dug harder into her waist. He was leaning back against the wall of the whaler’s stern, pulling her weight toward him. All she could see beyond his body was the black, churning ocean.

     Three of them were on the boat—Kat, Kyle and Hunter—so maybe the encounter didn’t really look romantic. Three people made it something else. But what, Kat couldn’t pinpoint. She twisted around again, trying to catch Hunter’s attention, but it was useless. Hunter had passed out somewhere around the last finger of whiskey and hadn’t budged since. Now he was slumped along the white leather bench at the bow, his face pressed into the smooth cushions that formed a half-moon. He didn’t flinch as the rain pelted his tanned skin.

     Kat turned back to Kyle. His face was too close, distorted. The sharp angles of his jaw, his prominent nose and dark eyes. He looked surprisingly hideous at such proximity.

     The night wasn’t supposed to end this way. Nothing they planned pointed to this. It was supposed to be a celebration. And yet, there they were, alone on the Atlantic in the driving rain.

     Kyle shouldn’t have been there, either. That, it seemed now, was where they’d taken a wrong turn. If anyone were to be out on that fishing boat late at night, it should have been Kat and her boyfriend, Sean, and their friend Hunter.It was Hunter’s boat. They were supposed to be celebrating her biggest sale ever: a large, blown-glass sculpture she called The Selkie. The Selkie was the size of a toddler and twice as heavy, and its sale would pay for a year’s worth of rent. Glassblowers don’t make a lot of sales like that—not even on Martha’s Vineyard—and so a night of overindulgence might have been expected. But the party at the bar went on too long, and the after-party shouldn’t have happened at all. With or without Kyle, the boat had been a bad idea.

     Kyle’s shoulders swayed with a gust of wet wind. He looked around nervously at the choppy waters and used one hand to steady himself on the edge of the boat before returning it to Kat’s waist. Was that hesitation she saw? A second thought about where he was taking this? In his inebriation, Kyle seemed to be oscillating between asking permission and not asking. He was a beggar and a predator both at once. But his grip on her body didn’t relent for long. Kat still felt trapped.

     “Kyle, let’s drive back in. It’s starting to really come down.”

     “We will, we will,” he said. “In a few minutes.”

     Even if she broke away from him, where would she go?

     Kat was usually good at this—recognizing untrustworthy characters and threatening scenarios. It was a skill learned of necessity, unfortunately for her. But the whiskey had dulled her powers. And Kyle had seemed so desperate to impress, too passive to be a threat. She didn’t see this move coming. She’d overlooked the signs, and at some point along the way, the evening simply got away from her.

What Others Are Saying About Everything That Follows

"Taut with moral complexity, and a subtly building tension, this is the kind of story that punishes you if you dare to put it down." ⏤ Kim Cross, New York Times bestselling author of What Stands In A Storm

"[a] skillfully wrought tale of atonement in a frame of psychological suspense." ⏤ Booklist

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**About the Author**

Meg Little Reilly is the author of the novels Everything That Follows and We Are Unprepared. She's a public radio commentator, essayist, and outdoors enthusiast. Prior to writing novels, Meg worked in national politics and the White House. She holds a B.A. from the University of Vermont and an M.A. from the George Washington University. These days, she lives in rural Vermont with her husband and two daughters.

Stay connected with Meg Little Reilly

    

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***The Giveaway***

Note: Not Responsible for Lost & Damaged Prizes in Your Mail Box

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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