Today Katey Taylor and Rockstar Book Tours are
revealing the cover for SAME PLACE, SAME STARS, her psychological drama book
which releases May 13th! Check out the awesome cover and enter the giveaway!
On to the reveal!
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Title: SAME PLACE, SAME STARS
Author: Katey Taylor
Pub. Date: May 13, 2025
Publisher: Katey Taylor
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Find it: Goodreads
Twenty-one-year-old Natalia battles a rare parasomnia sleep
disorder that propels her to act violently, experience night terrors, and put
herself in dangerous situations—all while she’s unconscious.
After waking up covered in unexplained bruises, she lands herself back in a
mental facility. Making friends has never been easy, but at Awana, she quickly
bonds with her fun-loving roommate Lindsay and falls for Gabriel, a handsome
yet severely depressed resident she secretly meets at night.
As Natalia wrestles with the harsh side effects of her medication, her reality
unravels, exposing disturbing truths about those she trusts most. Though
romantic relationships are strictly forbidden at Awana, Gabriel becomes her
lifeline amidst the chaos. To be with him, Natalia must risk
everything—including her sanity, and she learns some choices carry devastating
consequences.
Filled with shocking twists, Same Place, Same Stars, is a psychological drama
that unpacks the many layers of what happens when dark secrets refuse to be
ignored.
Book Trailer:
Excerpt:
CHAPTER 1
No sharp objects. Pack light.
My instinct is to run, but I
don’t know how far my sore limbs will carry me.
Apathy is my last line of
defense.
I reach for a baggy sweatshirt
and leggings. This has become my uniform when I go away, not for any fashion
statement but its functionality—it can be easily taken off before my body is
searched by a nurse’s gloved hands. The pressure from the fabric causes me to
hiss in pain. I carefully step each leg in to cover the tender scrapes and deep
purple bruises along my pale white shins and thighs. The bruises are a reminder
that I’ve messed up again.
I drag my worn leather suitcase
that’s on its last leg away from our cottage and into the trunk of Olga’s
station wagon. She doesn’t say a word as we head out of our driveway and onto
the tree-dense highway. The branches are grayer than normal, though it could be
my mood filtering the world in a cloud of indifference.
Olga rolls every window down even
though it’s a brisk fifty-two degrees. Long drives make her sweat. I think she
would never leave our small town if it were up to her, but I remain her forcing
agent.
My eyes wander from the pastures
filled with cows and horses to Olga and her wild blowing hair that is unusually
more silver than black for someone in their thirties.
“So, what’s this ward like?” I
ask, trying to break the tense silence.
“Don’t call it that. That’s not
what it’s called. This is a treatment center.”
She turns up her classical piano
playlist, the one she plays to calm her nerves, then hands me a folded piece of
stock paper filled with smiling faces of young adults—those who, like me, are
not teenagers anymore but not quite what I would consider adults either. Much
like our mental state, we’re something in between.
The brochure states this center
isn’t government funded. By the looks of it, it seems far out of the budget of
Olga’s ballet studio salary and my unemployed status, but it claims as part of
their philosophy that they take on special cases free of charge. Just my luck,
they happened to have room for a last-minute drop-in.
After the stunt I pulled last night, I’m sure
Olga would be willing to pay any price.
About Katey Taylor:
Katey Taylor is a San Francisco Bay Area-based author and
published poet, with work featured in online magazines such as DarkWinter
Lit, SWAAY, and Fauxmoir. She’s recognized for her
ability to address complex topics with sensitivity and depth. To find out more
about her previous and upcoming novels, visit www.kateytaylor.com
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will receive a $15 Amazon Gift Card, International.
