Music is integral to my story telling and these five songs really encompass THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO EMBER so perfectly.
“Come and Get Your Love” – Redbone
Redbone is a classic Native rock band, and this song encompasses summer love and summer Native love. It’s so fun and was my north star while drafting. When I felt lost or that the project felt too big, I’d put this song on and dance and get back into the drafting headspace.
“Little Lies” – Fleetwood Mac
Ember tells a lot of little white lies and if this is not the song for that then I don’t know what is. It’s a catchy, fun song.
“Sledgehammer” – Peter Gabriel
When readers get to chapter 25 this song will make sense. This song is entirely about sex and Danuwoa loves Peter Gabriel.
“Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” – Taylor Swift
I love Taylor Swift and so does Danuwoa’s sister Walela. It’s a song about forbidden love, and Ember and Danuwoa’s relationship is forbidden.
“In Your Eyes” – Peter Gabriel
When readers get to the end of The Truth According to Ember, IYKYK, this song is vital.
A Chickasaw woman who can’t catch a break serves up a little white lie that snowballs into much more in this witty and irresistible rom-com by debut author Danica Nava.
Ember Lee Cardinal has not always been a liar—well, not for anything that counted at least. But her job search is not going well and when her resumé is rejected for the thirty-seventh time, she takes matters into her own hands. She gets “creative” listing her qualifications and answers the ethnicity question on applications with a lie—a half-lie, technically. No one wanted Native American Ember, but white Ember has just landed her dream accounting job on Park Avenue (Oklahoma City, that is).
Accountant Ember thrives in corporate life—and her love life seems to be looking up too: Danuwoa Colson, the IT guy and fellow Native who caught her eye on her first day, seems to actually be interested in her too. Despite her unease over the no-dating policy at work, they start to see each other secretly, which somehow makes it even hotter? But when they're caught in a compromising position on a work trip, a scheming colleague blackmails Ember, threatening to expose their relationship. As the manipulation continues to grow, so do Ember’s lies. She must make the hard decision to either stay silent or finally tell the truth, which could cost her everything.
Romance | Fantasy Urban [Berkley, On Sale: August 6, 2024, Trade Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780593642603 / eISBN: 9780593642610]
Danica Nava is an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and works as an executive assistant in Silicon Valley. She graduated with an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business. When she is not chasing her one-year-old daughter around the house, she is dreaming up more silly, sexy stories.
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