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A Christmas present for all of you

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Hi everyone!

I hope you are all having a great week, celebrating the holiday of your heart.  My holiday is Christmas, and as I was wrapping the last of my presents and getting them all ready for tomorrow morning I realized that I have yet to give a present to all of you–the readers who make my professional life possible.

So, without furture ado.  I give you this…a gift I hope you all thoroughly enjoy.

 

a Mega Excerpt from
OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TIME
available in the US & Canada March 13, 2012

There are fourteen routes a person can take from the library
to the suite where I’ve lived since my first day of seventh grade.  I knew which one was fastest, which was
busiest, which one had the most awesome views and the route that was most
likely to make a girl freeze to death in winter.

But that night I didn’t settle for any of those.  No, that night I went straight for the part
of the mansion that no one but the teachers ever used.  The halls were long and narrow and empty,
nothing but faculty living quarters and the occasional bookcase to mark the
way.

It was easy to feel like I was the only person in the
mansion (which was totally what I was going for) right up until the point when I
heard a voice say, “Cammie?”

Zach was there.  Zach
was there wearing nothing but a towel, but the being there part was far more concerning than the towel part to tell you the truth (the
towel part brought up a whole different set of issues.)  Because something in the way he was looking
at me told me that I had completely and totally failed in my attempt to hide.

I didn’t know which was more frustrating, his penchant for
showing up at utterly embarrassing portions of my life or the looks he gave me
when he did– like he knew more, saw more, understood better than anyone else
on earth and right then I kind of hated him for it.

 

Have a great one, everyone!

With lots of love,
Ally

 

 

Comments

  3. Oh. Em. Gee. I’m so excited I can’t stand it. March 13 needs to hurry up and get here! And Zach in a towel? Super hot.

    Merry Christmas Ally! I hope you have a great one!

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  6. OMG!!! thank you ally this is the best present you could of gave us, and i alomost hypervenilated when i realized that zach was only in a towel;).thx again and merry christmas

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  7. Ooohhhhh myyyy goodnessss!!!! That was such a tease!!! But I am even more excited now for the book(if that was even possible)!!!!! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!!!

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  10. AAAHHHHHH!!!!!
    I’m hyperventilating imagining this.
    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
    I need to find out what happens in the end of this scene NOW.
    But this is the best Christmas present ever!

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  12. EEP! <3 It!!! Oh, March can't come soon enough! But that's okay, because I have so much else in between now and then (like my b-day, which is one day before the GG4 paperback comes out!!)

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  17. Ahh I can’t wait! Ally, you are such a great author! I follow you on Twitter and I check this site on a regular basis! This book is going to be great! Merry Christmas Ally!

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  18. Thank you, Ally!! I’ve been wondering about this for a while… and this only makes me want the next book more!! Merry Christmas Gallagher Girls!

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  19. OMFG Ally
    Best. Christmas. Present. Ever.
    Thank you sooooo much I love it. Escpecially Zach in only a towel wow you cease to amaze me Ally
    Can’t wait on my birthday I am going to officially attend the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women
    You have given me the Best. Christmas/Birthday. Presents. Ever

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  20. OH MY GOD!!!!!! YOU… ITS….. TOWEL…. ZACH!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!! ALLY!!!!!! I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!!!! ITS SO BRILLIANT AND AMAZING AND ZACH IS IN A TOWEL!!!!

    But why was Cammie trying to hide in the first place?

    Excuse me as I hyperventilate.

    Okay. Wow. Okay. Wow…

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!

    See what you’re writing does to me??? It makes me insane it’s so good.Wow.

    I’m am freaking out. That was possibly one of the best excerpts you’ve ever released.

    I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, Ally <3

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  22. Ahhhhhhh!!!!! Yaaaaay! An excerpt! I saw this on Twitter and FLIPPED out_!!! So happy you posted this! You made my Christmas:) and ohhh yes we see Zach!!!!!! IN A TOWEL. NOTHING BUT A TOWEL. YESSSSSS! hahahaha. I can’t wait for the website to be up! I’m sooo gonna be on it every day! Haha. I love your books!!!!! And I really loved this part;) haha. Can’t wait for March 13!!!!!! Aaaahhh! So excited!!! Can you tell?;)

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  23. Yes you mentioned this part earlier and you said it might not make it into the book! Does this mean it did! YES! I can’t be more excited! Omg the book can’t come any sooner! I might just die of excitement! I am so pumped! Merry Christmas Ally! I actually thought for a second i was re reading part of book to but then the Zach was in a towel!

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  24. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I wonder what was so embarrasing when she said “utterly embarrasing portions of my life.” Can’t wait for March 13th!!!!!

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  25. AAHH!
    I’m not sure whether to love you or hate you!!!
    Love: Neat excpert from amazing book by amazing autor
    Hate: Now it feels like OOSOOM is centuries away!
    (Is this part of the Back to december towel scene?)

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  29. heyy so i just read the book and i never read the part when zach was only wearing a towel:( what chapter is this scene on???

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