Music Playlist
There
were a few songs that I really like that remind me of Wildest Dreams every time
they come on the radio. The first song that always gets me when I hear it is
The Kill by 30 Seconds to Mars. That is one of my favorite songs ever. If you
have read Wildest Dreams then you know that this song is mentioned in the book,
a special scene I might add.
Another
band that I really like is Linkin Park. Most of their songs are awesome and I
know the lyrics to a lot of them. A few of the songs that I listened to while
working on WD are: What I’ve Done, Leave out All the Rest, New Divide &
Burn It Down. Although Alaina knows 30 Seconds to Mars and Linkin Park, they
remind me more of Rayden and his sweet yet ruthless personality.
When
I hear Ellie Goulding on the radio, it reminds me of Alaina. Especially when I
hear: I Need Your Love and Anything Could Happen. Other songs by other artists
that I think would go with WD are: The Way by Ariana Grande, I knew You Were
Trouble by Taylor Swift and Set Fire to the Rain by Adele.
If
I were to make a playlist of songs for Wildest Dreams, these would be a few
that I listened to and really think it would go with the book theme. There are
of course more but I’ll save them for the next book coming out this year!
–S.R.
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Wildest Dreams
Sweet Dreams Series
Book 1
Stefany Rattles
Genre: Contemporary Romantic Suspense
ISBN: 978-1500659530
ASIN: B00MV3TO42
Number of pages: 172
Word Count: 50,863
Cover Artist: Stefany Rattles
Book Description:
When nineteen year old Alaina Sanders scores a position as an assistant at L&A law firm where her lifetime crush Rayden Matthews happens to work, feelings and emotions from the past resurface. With the physical attraction stronger than ever, soon they find themselves in a complicated situation. Rayden is engaged to his high school sweet-heart, but things are not what they seem and Rayden must make a choice before it’s too late.
L and A is Alaina’s first professional job, needless to say that the last thing she wants is drama or to lose her job. Unfortunately she finds herself surrounded by a series of events that are out of her control… like a stalker for one.
When her work and personal life intertwine, how will she be able to handle them? In a boring town like Springdale, Arkansas how much worse can things get for Alaina?
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/r6HWhZpWUnw
Enter to win a paperback copy at
Stefany’s website
Excerpt:
The first time
that I saw Rayden Matthews, I was in seventh grade. We were both on a bus on
our way to school I was talking to my friend at the time, Daisy.
"I'll give
you back your homework before you go to math class." she was saying.
I nodded, 'Okay,
don't forget because if I don't turn it in today I’ll get an__ Ow!"
My hair had been
pulled.
That day, I had
it up in a ponytail and it wasn't short.
I turned around
in my seat and scowled at the stupid boy that pulled it.
Boys...
There were two
of them.
"What was
that for?" I glared at both of them.
They both looked
a little older than me about two years but not much.
The boy sitting
by the window pointed at his friend who was intentionally looking away from me.
Daisy giggled
beside me.
Since neither
one responded I turned back around in my seat and forgot about them, that is,
until my hair was lightly pulled again.
"Hey!"
I spun around, "why are you bugging me?"
The boy by the
window laughed hard while his friend turned a little red, "he likes
you," explained the friend.
I looked from
one to the other, trying to figure out if it was a joke. But as I looked at the
kid that wouldn't look me in the eye I could tell he was blushing.
Hmm…
He was cute.
"What's
your name?" I asked him and just when he met my eyes and was about to
answer, the bus came to an abrupt stop and all the kids jumped out of their
seats shoving one another.
The kid that
liked me and his friend quickly walked past me and left the bus. Daisy and I
shared a confused look and then we both stepped off the bus.
"His name's
Rayden," said Daisy as she handed me back my math homework, "he's in
the ninth grade."
We were both now
in the cafeteria getting lunch. Daisy had told me that she had seen the kid
-Rayden- before, she had friends who had friends who were friends with him.
Finding out his name was not going to be a problem, she'd said.
In a matter of
hours she managed to find out what it was.
"Ninth
grade?" I asked a little skeptical.
She gave me a
look. "That's only two years! It's not like's old or something."
Conversation
stops for a few minutes while we get our tray with food and sit to eat.
"So anyway,
his name's Rayden Matthews, he's in the ninth grade and he's cute." So
Daisy thought so too, well that made two of us.
I rolled my
eyes. “Do you see him anywhere?” I asked while I looked around the cafeteria
myself but there were too many kids, hard to find one out of over a hundred.
Daisy shook her
head, “he’s a ninth grader, so he’s probably the other half that eats after we
do.”
She had a point.
Days later I
don’t really pay attention to Rayden, I didn’t think he was taking the bus to
or from school.
I didn’t see
him.
Daisy wanted to
talk about him and his friend, she said that his friend’s dad had been taking
them to school extra early because of band practice and they also stayed after
school.
I told her that
I didn’t care. There were many boys and it’s not like at that point I was old
enough to date yet, especially a ninth grader.
But I saw him
again.
I was at the
school library, looking through books. After searching for over fifteen minutes
I picked one of those mystery/scary books and was ready to check out, Daisy was
with me.
“Oh my god,” she
covered her mouth.
I looked over at
the direction where she was staring.
“Oh.” There he
was, standing by a window looking at some books on a shelf. The sun light was
hitting him directly and he’s hair looks a little lighter, it almost looks like
there’s a halo. He’s__
Our eyes met and
we stare at each other for a minute…
In that very
moment, it’s like the world had stopped and it literally revolved around us. We
had made a connection deeper than anything I could have felt in my life. It was
a weird feeling that as young girl I could not possibly explain to anyone,
ever. The only word that could come to mind was mesmerizing.
It was
mesmerizing.
And then I’m
being pulled.
“Ah!” Daisy is
pulling my arm and I’m trying to shove her out of the way.
“Hey,” He said
to me and smiles.
I smiled back.
“We have to go
back to class,” said Daisy pointing at the clock on the wall.
“Fine,” I looked
over my shoulder one more time. And catch Rayden looking at me and then he
walked away.
I didn’t
understand why Daisy didn’t want me to talk to Rayden and then other times when
she where she would be such a brat.
Later I found
out she had a crush on him.
Well wasn't that
great!
She was my best
friend for about a year until I realized what a sneaky… you know, she really was.
A little later I
met Brie.
Rayden and I
spoke on a few occasions. I finally got his phone number a year later and
called him.
We had the
longest conversations and it was nice talking to him. There were times where we
even passed notes during school but it never went beyond that. I even tried to
hook him up with some Costa Rican chick that he’d been crushing on but
unfortunately for him -and fortunately for me- she was never interested.
Daisy transfers
to a different school and as far as I know, she has no communication with
Rayden.
One day I
discovered he had a girlfriend, he was dating a teacher’s daughter her name
wasn’t important. I still talked to him and we still wrote to each other, once
in a while.
Eventually they
broke up.
One day we
stopped talking, I was fifteen and new to high school. I learned that he had a
new girlfriend, Jessica. She had a pretty face, not a great body. But I could
tell he really liked her, not because of her looks but maybe it was her
personality, that’s just the kind of guy he was.
It wasn’t fair
but all through high school they continued dating. I did meet someone and we
started a relationship that lasted a few years, we even lived together.
But it wasn’t
the same and that’s why I was single again.
I saw him from a
distance for the rest of the week. We didn’t end up in the elevator together
again.
Which was only a
little disappointing but I got over it.
From a distance
I could see a few changes in Rayden. He had more of a toned body than he used
to, he had a confident walk unlike the shy boy I remembered.
I wished I could
talk to him...
***
About the Author:
Stefany Rattles, lived in Los Angeles California for eight years and then moved to Arkansas and has been living there ever since. She has a full time office job and writes on her free time.
She wrote Dark Night when she was eighteen years old after it sat on her computer for several years. One day that she decided to work on it and finish it. Now, she has published 3 books, one of them is her first New Adult- Contemporary Romantic Suspense book in the Sweet Dreams Series.
She graduated Springdale High in 2007. Currently she is also attending Post University and hopes to get her degree in Computer Science.
She loves to read, write, read and write… when she’s not playing with her two little ones.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StrlngGry
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