Spotlight on #YA author Maddy Wells @BlueHeronBW

Maddy Wells (born 1986) is the author of the "Have a Life" series, three novels which explore the moral landscape of American woman from 1967 to the present. The first book in the series, "Have Love", released on Kindle on Oct. 15, 2016, is set in the Summer of Love, in New York City. The second novel, "Have Mercy", is about the daughter and granddaughter of the heroine in the first--the granddaughter having to navigate the waters of finding her voice as an artist at the same time dealing with an immature mother who is arrested for having sex with a student.The third book, "Have Faith", to be released next year, continues the theme of abortion and love which is begun in the first book.

Here is Maddy Wells' author page at Blue Heron Book Works

Have Mercy: 

Mercy O'Reilly's life plan is to become a rock goddess, a deity in the tradition of Patti Smith or Lady GaGa or maybe Madonna.  This is no pipe dream:  she's got the blue's blood because rock n' roll is the family business.  Her father is The Griffin, a metal rock god, her mother a mere mortal ex-groupie turned high school teacher.  Mercy is their love child so all the mythic elements are in place.

Mercy's made a fine start.  She has: a band, a hand-me-down Fender, juvenile deliquents for parents, ambition and talent.

What she needs now are words for her songs.  When Jane is arrested for conduct unbecoming a teacher the court awards custody to her dreadful grandmother.  

"Universe have mercy," she prays and the response is "Go on the road, my dear!  It's the ultimate rock place and solution to what ails the rock soul.  And most importantly:  it's fun!