KYRA DAVIS

Hi everyone! Sorry I’ve been out of touch for a while. I’ve been at Book Expo America in New York! There I signed copies of my upcoming September release, Obsession, Deceit and Really Dark Chocolate! Meeting all the book industry people and walking around the other publisher’s booths was incredibly fun (as it always is at BEA) and in the spirit of that event I decided to make this week “Book Blog Week.” Every day this week I’ll post a blog about a book that has recently been released and at the end of the week I’ll tell you a little about two books of mine that you’ll be able to lay your hands on in the very near future.

Kelly Parra’s book Graffiti Girl (published by the über-hip MTV Books) is the perfect novel to start with because it sort of ties in with my last blog about “bad boys and girls.” Parra’s protagonist, the young and headstrong Angel Rodriguez, is trying to make a name for herself as an artist but the she’s finding that to be an extremely difficult task. Frustrated she turns to Miguel Badalin and his notorious graffiti crew Reyes del Norte. What initially caught my attention was this books highly original premise. From what I can tell from the little I’ve read so far, Angel has no romantic interest in Miguel. What she can’t resist is the danger and excitement of the art form he pursues. And who can blame her? Imagine if you were an artist; could anything be more thrilling than sneaking out in the middle of night and painting on a forbidden canvas which the world will be exposed to whether they want to be or not? True graffiti artists (I’m not talking about gang members who scrawl their insignias on buses and subway stations, but actual honest-to-God-talented-painters) must feel like the Robin Hoods of the cultural world. They are bringing beauty and artistic vision to working men and women who may never have the time or the money to regularly visit a museum, let alone buy something at a gallery.

Of course there are complications. Angel’s boyfriend hates Miguel and eventually Angel feels like she must choose between the two men as well as the two art worlds--the “legitimate” art world and the graffiti art world.

Anyway, I strongly recommend that you check it out and while you’re at it take a look at Parra’s Myspace blog.

Tune in tomorrow to hear about another fabulous novel!

Kyra Davis
Bestselling Author of:
SEX, MURDER AND A DOUBLE LATTE,
PASSION, BETRAYAL AND KILLER HIGHLIGHTS
and
SO MUCH FOR MY HAPPY ENDING
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