Stop By The TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS!

Meet YA Author Michele Kwasniewski on Sunday, March 10th from 1:30-4:30pm in the Indie Author Tent at the Tucson Festival of Books! Bring your copies of Rising Star, Burning Bright & Falling Star to be autographed, pick up some free bookish swag and learn about the series prequel that is in the works!

FALLING STAR, the final installment in the exciting Young Adult trilogy, THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART is here!

Falling Star by Michele Kwasniewski
Find Out What Happens In The Final Installment of This Pop Music Saga

Watch The FALLING STAR Book Trailer:

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You fell in love with Dani in RISING STAR, and BURNING BRIGHT ended with Dani making a life-changing mistake. Watch the BURNING BRIGHT book trailer:

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Listen to Michele’s Interview on the Syndicated Radio Show THE WEEKEND WITH ED KALEGI

RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ED KALEGI

While in SoCal, Ed Kalegi visited with author Michele Kwasniewski to talk about the success and critical acclaim paid to: “Rising Star” and “Burning Bright,” books one and two in the rise and fall of Dani Trueheart series.

About FALLING STAR

Minutes before her scheduled performance at the party for her third album, sixteen-year-old pop sensation Dani Truehart regains consciousness amid the smoking wreckage of a car accident, the crumbled body of a cyclist splayed on the ground. Moments after the accident, Dani’s manager, Jenner Redman, reaches the scene and his impulsive decision sets in motion a chain of events that will have catastrophic consequences for everyone in the starlet’s orbit.

Later, when scandal threatens to destroy the dazzling career of the world’s most beloved pop star, Dani must choose between accepting responsibility for her disastrous choices, possibly destroying her fame and fortune, or sacrificing those who made her famous and everyone she loves to preserve the stardom she has spent her entire life working to achieve.



About BURNING BRIGHT

Fresh off the debut of her EP, sixteen-year-old Dani Truehart is flying high on a string of number one hits. After locking down her first full-length album in record time and furiously preparing for her world tour, Dani is torn between leaving her loved ones behind and embracing her burgeoning stardom.


Dani’s career explodes as her tour moves across the globe. Elated when two of Hollywood’s hottest young actors, Kayla Spencer and Trey Connors, befriend her, Dani finds herself living life in the fast lane and recording her second album as she tours. Constantly dogged by the paparazzi, Dani basks in the adoration of The TrueHart Nation, her loyal super-fans who are ready to follow her around the world and go to war with anyone who dares dis their favorite pop star, whom they’ve dubbed “The Queen of Harts.”

With her ego growing as fast has her fame and fortune, a string of platinum hits and her jealous mother desperate for a piece of her wealth, sixteen-year-old pop sensation Dani Truehart navigates the glamor and perils of stardom as scandal threatens to ruin her and everyone who helped make her a star.

Have you read the first book yet?

RISING STAR, the first book in THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART SERIES from YA author Michele Kwasniewski is your next must-read young adult novel.

Best Young Adult Fiction Novel Rising Star

About RISING STAR, a Young Adult Novel

In the first book in THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART series, RISING STAR, fifteen-year-old Dani Truehart is living a life that is not quite her own. On the brink of discovery, doubts begin to creep into Dani’s mind as she questions her own desire for fame. She wonders whether she can trust the motivations of the adults who are driving her forward.

In the first book in THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART series, RISING STAR, fifteen-year-old Dani Truehart is living a life that is not quite her own. On the brink of discovery, doubts begin to creep into Dani’s mind as she questions her own desire for fame. She wonders whether she can trust the motivations of the adults who are driving her forward.

Isolated from her life at home and trying to stay apace with her demanding schedule, Dani struggles to find her voice as an artist and stay connected to those she loves. Finding herself unprepared to handle the pressures of her future singing career, Dani’s debut album and future stardom are at risk of falling apart.


While [Rising Star] is an obvious must-read for its YA audience, I think you will love it if you once were a teenage girl (I was not) or parent to one (I was).

J. Perez-Gillespie

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Copies of RISING STAR & BURNING BRIGHT Are Now Available In Libraries Around The Country!

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“Sometimes you have to do things in this business that you don’t want to do to get where you want to go. The tricky part is making compromises that don’t alter your principles.”

There’s a tiny part in all of us that wonders what it would be like to be rich and famous. To be the center of attention and in the limelight. We all like the idea of being there but we never fully know what it actually takes to make it to the top. There’s a lot more to it than looking beautiful and waving your money around.

This book gives us a sneak peek at what someone is willing to go through to make it to the top and all while being a teenager.

Dani is not your typical teenager. Her Mom controls her life and is trying to get her daughter to the top of the singing food chain. And her Mom will stop at nothing to make it happen. She monitors everything she eats, plans out her entire day, and hires an ex-boyband member from the ’80s to help her on her journey. No cost is too expensive.

Martin knows that Dani will make it huge and she’s on the cusp of finally being discovered. He makes an offer to fully take her under his wing and become her guardian when it comes to her career. With some arm twisting, the papers are signed and Martin is now in charge of her upcoming career.

Dani is excited to leave her high-stress and conniving Mom behind and move to Malibu to start recording her EP. She moves into a mansion in Malibu with her guardian and her new manager. Things are getting more stressful and demanding as her schedule gets packed with things to do to get ready for her single to release.

Being isolated from family, friends, and her boyfriend hits her hard as she has no time in her schedule to see or speak to them. Will the demands of her upcoming career swallow her whole? Or will she finally be able to juggle everything and become a success?

This was a great story and it opened my eyes to the high demands it takes to become a star. I never realized how much a person gives up to follow their dreams. They rarely see family and friends and often times make poor health choices along the way. Talk about dedication!

What hit me the hardest was the way her Mom treated her and her sister. This brought back a lot of personal memories. It made me so sad to see how terrible her Mom treated her and others to get her hands on her daughter’s money. It was sickening.

Rising Star was a great book and a book that I couldn’t put down. The character development was superb as Dani finds her way in life. I’m excited to travel with Dani and see how her career pans out in the next book.

Stacy – A Court of Coffee And Books

Nostalgic and entertaining: Rising Star is a wonderfully exciting read that appeals to all with a fresh, witfull and often humorous reminiscence that is Kwasniewski’s signature style. Certainly looking forward to the next book in the series!

Amazon Customer