Friday 56: 9/28/12

This weekly meme is hosted by Freda's Voice!!!

Rules:

• Grab your current read

• Turn to page 56

• Find any sentence that grabs you

• Post it

• Add your URL to her Linky!

"'Can you believe she's still into me after all this time?' he said. 'She told me when I saw her at your gig, says I didn't even notice her at Falcon.'"
Pg 56, ARC of Rock On by Denise Vega

WOW: 9/26/12

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine! It showcases books that we can't wait on to come out!

This week I am waiting on Elixir by Jennifer Armentrout.

Aiden's novella
Aiden St. Delphi will do anything to save Alex.
Even if it means doing the one thing he will never forgive himself for.
Even if it means making war against the gods.

Elixir is released November 2012. 

Teaser Tuesday: 9/25/12

This lovely weekly feature is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading!

Rules:

• Grab your current read!

• Open to a random page

• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page!

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS

• Share the title and author!

"My songs were the only only place I could say this kind of stuff, so I did. But this was the first time I was actually going to do it in public, so I was definitely nervous."
Pg 16, ARC of Rock On by Denise Vega
 

Cover Reveal!

Title: Just for Now (Sea Breeze, #4)

Age Group/Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Expected Release: October 23, 2012

Cover Design: Mooney Designs

Book trailer created by: Hellion Works

Cover reveal organized by: AToMR Tours

Summary:

The day Preston Drake figured out that wealthy women paid well for a set of tight abs and a pretty face his life turned around.
The run down rat-infested trailer he had shared with his alcoholic mother and three younger siblings was now only a place he visited to pay the bills and stock the pantry with food.
He no longer worried about his family starving or living without electricity. The money he made entertaining rich older women more than covered his family’s needs and his own. He had it all figured out. Except…
There was this girl.
She was as innocent as he was tainted.
Amanda Hardy wished her knees didn’t get weak when Preston walked into a room. She hated the fact her heart raced when he flashed his smile in her direction. He had a different girl in his bed every night. He was the kind of boy a smart girl ran from. So, why was she coming up with ways to get close to him? Even when it was obvious he wanted to keep her at a distance.
Maybe her heart knew something the world didn’t. Maybe Preston Drake was more than just a pretty face.

      

Bio:

Abbi Glines can be found hanging out with rockstars, taking out her yacht on weekends for a party cruise, sky diving, or surfing in Maui. Okay maybe she needs to keep her imagination focused on her writing only. In the real world, Abbi can be found hauling kids (several who seem to show up that don’t belong to her) to all their social events, hiding under the covers with her MacBook in hopes her husband won’t catch her watching Buffy on Netflix again, and sneaking off to Barnes and Noble to spend hours lost in the yummy goodness of books. If you want to find her then check Twitter first because she has a severe addiction to tweeting @abbiglines.   Facebook is also somewhere she visits a little too often. She blogs regularly but rarely about anything life changing. She also really enjoys talking about herself in third person.

Abbi Glines| Facebook| Twitter

Friday 56: 9/21/12

This weekly meme is hosted by Freda's Voice!!!

Rules:

• Grab your current read

• Turn to page 56

• Find any sentence that grabs you

• Post it

• Add your URL to her Linky!

"'Tempting as it is to mess with you. Again." He slid me a sideways glance that sent my cheeks scarlet.
Pg 56, Demons at Deadnight by A&E Kirk

Guest Post: Chealsea Fine + Giveaway!

The Differences Between Sophie & Carter and Anew 

Guest Post by Chelsea Fine 

There are many differences between my YA contemporary title, Sophie & Carter, and the first book in my YA paranormal series, Anew.

Sophie & Carter is about two high school seniors who grow up next-door to one another and find strength, safety and—eventually—love in the friendship they develop through the years. They are from abusive and negligent families and have little to believe in, yet they find hope for a brighter future in each other.

Anew (the first book in my Archers of Avalon series) is about a girl who wakes up without her memories and struggles to piece together her past as she battles a five hundred year-old curse, searches for the fountain of youth, and tries not to fight her attraction to her boyfriend’s brother.

Right off the bat, these are very different books. Sophie & Carter is told in first person, from two POVs, while Anew is written in third person, from three POVs. Sophie & Carter is contemporary, while Anew is paranormal. Sophie & Carter is a novella, while Anew is a full-length novel. But the truest distinction between these two stories?

The “vibe”.

That’s right. I just used the word “vibe”.

Sophie & Carter is a heavy story. I cried a lot while I was writing it. Like choking-on-my-tears-while-boogers-ran-down-my-face kind of crying. It was super sexy. :)

It drained me to write this little book and, because I didn’t have an outline, I had no idea where the story was going. So every word I typed out was really raw, unplanned, and utterly terrifying to create. But when I was finished…ahhh! :) I was euphoric. Sophie & Carter was an intense emotional roller coaster ride that filled me with hope, but also made me want to take a weeklong nap, haha.

Anew was the complete opposite. I had the series outlined before I started writing book one so I knew where the story was headed long before I began. And there were no tears or snot puddles this time, which was nice because, during my tears-on-the-keyboard experience with Sophie & Carter, the ‘x’ button got all clogged up and hasn’t worked properly ever since. So yeah. Snot-free Anew was awesome. It was really fun to write and, because it was the first book in my series, it was also really exciting to write!

I didn’t intend to write such different books, but I did. And honestly, I loved—and grew—from the two experiences.

Sophie & Carter pushed me out of my comfort zone, broke my heart, put it back together, and kicked my butt. But it was an amazing challenge for me as a writer and I think I’m better because of it. I had to throw away everything I knew about storytelling and just let the story write itself. It was scary, but it was also liberating.

Anew really forced me to grow as a narrator. I had to keep track of three POVs and a giant back-story that, if told too soon or too quickly, would have killed the book, haha. It was like herding cats. But with characters. And an unruly plot. And less “meow”ing.



So, thus far, I’ve attempted contemporary and I’ve attempted paranormal. I think I’m ready to move on to my next challenge: Historical science fiction told in multiple first person POVs.

Just kidding!

I’m totally not doing that. That would be crazy. That would be like herding cats on crack. Cracked-out cats are crazy.

So I’m not doing that.

I don’t think.

Well…maybe.

How hard could it be? *taps chin*

Actually…now that I think about it… *runs away to open a new Word document* ;)

Wow! That was amazing! I loved reading Sophie and Carter, and I can't wait to start Anew! :)

Now more about Anew!

Two years ago, Scarlet awoke in a forest alone, afraid, and with no memory. Lost and confused, her past was a complete mystery...until she met Gabriel Archer. Intrigued by his voice and its familiarity, Scarlet immerses herself in his life only to stumble on a secret. Gabriel has a brother. Once Scarlet meets Tristan Archer, her life becomes even more muddled. She’s instinctively drawn to both of them and confused out of her mind. She can’t figure out why Gabriel feels so familiar or why she’s so attracted to Tristan. But the Archer brothers have more than just one secret and they know a lot about Scarlet that she doesn’t—including the fact that she’s cursed. They all are.

 



More about Chealsea!


Chelsea lives in Phoenix, AZ where she spends most of her time writing young adult fiction, painting murals, and avoiding housework at all costs. Her obsessions include: superheroes, coffee, sleeping-in, and crazy socks. She lives with her husband and two children, who graciously tolerate her inability to resist teenage drama on TV and her complete lack of skill in the kitchen.

Links:

Goodreads ANEW | Goodreads Chelsea Fine | Chelsea Fine’s Facebook | Chelsea Fine’s Twitter 

Chelsea Fine’s WebsiteArchers of Avalon Series Website
Amazon | Barnes and Noble

Now onto the giveaway! Follow Chelsea and me in some form and fill out the rafflecopter for a chance to win a paperback copy of Anew! :)

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WOW: 9/19/12

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine! It showcases books that we can't wait on to come out!

This week I am waiting on Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter!

She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.
Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.
Her father was right. The monsters are real….
To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies….

I wish I could go back and do a thousand things differently.
I'd tell my sister no.
I'd never beg my mother to talk to my dad.
I'd zip my lips and swallow those hateful words.
Or, barring all of that, I'd hug my sister, my mom and my dad one last time.
I'd tell them I love them.
I wish... Yeah, I wish.

Alice in Zombieland is released September 25, 2012  

Teaser Tuesday: 9/18/12

This lovely weekly feature is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading!

Rules:

• Grab your current read!

• Open to a random page

• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page!

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS

• Share the title and author!

"'Hey, give it back!' I yelled before I had the sense to censor myself but the jerk just smirked and kicked it with a vengeance, arcing it well into the surrounding forest."
Pg 26, Demons at Deadnight by A&E Kirk
 

Cover Reveal!

Fireblood: Fireblood #1

By Trisha Wolfe

Release Date: 2013

From Spencer Hill Press

To save a kingdom, Zara must choose between a prince who could be the answer and a rising rebellion that threatens to take control.

When Zara Dane is chosen to marry Prince Sebastian Hart, son of the man who ordered her father’s capture, Zara knows she must fight to save everything she loves from ruin.

Being betrothed to the prince means a life trapped behind the towering stone walls of the Camelot-forged realm. Under the watchful eye of the prince's first knight, Sir Devlan Capra, changing her future becomes difficult.

When an unlikely rebel reveals the truth about the deadly secrets that fuel King Hart’s twisted world, Zara’s path to rescue her father becomes clouded by deception. The Rebels clear her path by forcing Zara’s hand with an ultimatum: sway Prince Sebastian to join the Rebels, convincing him of his father’s evil nature, or they will take him out.

But Zara is uncertain about a future under the Rebels’ command and where the prince’s heart truly lies. She must decide who to trust, what to believe, and what she’s truly fighting for before the king destroys all of Karm, including her heart.

Add Fireblood to your Goodreads shelf!

About the Author
I’m the author of the YA Steampunk/Paranormal Romance DESTINY'S FIRE (Omnific Publishing) and the upcoming YA Sci-Fi Utopian FIREBLOOD from Spencer Hill Press, November 2013. My published short stories have appeared in YA literary journals, Fantasy magazines, and anthologies. I’ve written four books in the past two years, and I’m currently working on a new YA Sci-Fi project.

I’m the creator of YA Bound, a promotional blog for the Young Adult genre. Also a proud member of YALITCHAT.ORG, href="http://myscww.org/">SCWW, and The Apocalypsies.

And I’m also a business owner, partnered with my partner, my husband. When I’m not busy doing all of the above, I’m a wife and the mother of a gorgeous teen boy who's the sounding board for my male characters.

Check out my website TrishaWolfe.com for more on my books and short stories. Follow me on Twitter @TrishWolfe

Friday 56: 9/14/12

This weekly meme is hosted by Freda's Voice!!!

Rules:

• Grab your current read

• Turn to page 56

• Find any sentence that grabs you

• Post it

• Add your URL to her Linky!

"Now that Mr. Rathburn was here, the house seemed busier. Every time I turned a corner, I bumped into a new member of his entourage."
Pg 56, Jane by April Lindner

Cover Reveal: AToMR Book Tour!

 Hey guys! I am here today to feature a cover for one of the most awesome authors ever, Kate Evangelista! :) I loved her first book Taste, and I can't wait to read her new book, Reaping Me Softly! 

Here is the summary of the book!

Ever since a near-death-experience on the operating table, seventeen-year-old Arianne Wilson can see dead people. Just as she’s learned to accept her new-found talents, she discovers that the boy she’s had a crush on since freshman year, Niko Clark, is a Reaper.
At last they have something in common, but that doesn’t mean life is getting any easier. All while facing merciless bullying from the most powerful girl in school, Arianne’s world is turned upside down after Niko accidentally reaps the soul of someone she loves. This sends them both into a spiral that threatens to end Arianne’s life. But will Niko break his own Reaper’s code to save her? And what would the consequences be if he did?

I hope the piqued your interest! 

Now without further ado, here is the cover!

Isn't it gorgeous! Click on the picture to send you to the Goodreads page!

Tell me what you think of the cover! :)

WOW: 9/12/12

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine! It showcases books that we can't wait on to come out!

This week I am waiting on Black City by Elizabeth Richards. 

A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war. In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable--they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection that causes Ash's long-dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they're caught, they'll be executed--but their feelings are too strong. When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.

Black City is released on November 13, 2012.

Teaser Tuesday: 9/11/12

This lovely weekly feature is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading!

Rules:

• Grab your current read!

• Open to a random page

• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page!

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS

• Share the title and author!

"Lucia smiled cryptically. 'Not what you would expect.'"
Pg 23, Jane by April Lindner
 

Friday 56: 9/7/12

This weekly meme is hosted by Freda's Voice!!!

Rules:

• Grab your current read

• Turn to page 56

• Find any sentence that grabs you

• Post it

• Add your URL to her Linky!

"'The keepers killed my mother,' Ren finished. His eyes had gone flat."
Pg 56, Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer

WOW: 9/5/12

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine! It showcases books that we can't wait on to come out!

This week I am waiting on Renegade by J.A Souders.

Since the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has been trained to be Daughter of the People in the underwater utopia known as Elysium. Selected from hundreds of children for her ideal genes all her life she’s thought that everything was perfect; her world. Her people. The Law.
But when Gavin Hunter, a Surface Dweller, accidentally stumbles into their secluded little world, she’s forced to come to a startling realization: everything she knows is a lie. Her memories have been altered. Her mind and body aren’t under her own control. And the person she knows as Mother is a monster.
Together with Gavin she plans her escape, only to learn that her own mind is a ticking time bomb... and Mother has one last secret that will destroy them all.

Renegade is released on November 13, 2012. 

Teaser Tuesday: 9/4/12

This lovely weekly feature is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading!

Rules:

• Grab your current read!

• Open to a random page

• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page!

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS

• Share the title and author!

"But what if Ren hadn't chosen? What if we'd left him behind too soon? What if Monroe had been right?"
Pg 16, Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer