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A Conversation with C.J. Campbell, Author of TEMPEST (with a giveaway!)

Thanks so much for agreeing to be with us today, C.J.! Thrilled to be here, too. Love any opportunity to get nerdy about stories. What 5 things should readers know about you? Ah! It’s awesome to be hanging with you guys too. Oooh. Straight in with a tough question. Hm. Lemme think . . . Okay; I’m not shy. I’m just quietly trying not be weird. Like, people always assume ‘oh you’re a bookworm you must be shy and introverted.’ NO, Susan, I’m just a nerd with social awkwardness. So, please, if you ever meet me feel free to be…

New Release! MOUNTAIN OF FLAME by Diane E. Samson (plus GEMS OF FIRE is on sale!)

Happy release to Diane E. Samson for her third Gems of Fire book, MOUNTAIN OF FLAME! Grab the first book in the series for only 99¢! Reeling from Jack becoming king of Oclen, Princess Anna returns home as Sunderland’s Defender. Earning her title was a hard-fought honor, but Anna can’t escape the guilt of leaving Jack alone in that cursed, starving place. When Jack comes to Sunderland seeking aid from Anna’s father, she must decide whether to return with him and help defeat the curse plaguing the cold northern land. If she remains Sunderland’s Defender, she knows her heart would never forgive…

New Release Review and Giveaway! INSTRUCTIONS FOR DANCING by Nicola Yoon

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the INSTRUCTIONS FOR DANCING by Nicola Yoon Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Title: INSTRUCTIONS FOR DANCINGAuthor: Nicola YoonPub. Date: June 1, 2021Publisher: Delacorte PressFormats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobookPages: 304 #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon is back with her eagerly anticipated third novel. With all the heart and hope of her last two books, this is an utterly unique romance. Evie Thomas doesn’t believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a…

Book Blitz and Giveaway! ZINNIA by Christina Bauer (Angelbound Offspring #3)

Zinniaby Christina Bauer(Angelbound Offspring #3)Published by: Monster House BooksPublication date: July 30th 2019Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult As the last dragon shifter, I live alone, hiding in one of Earth’s sacred deserts. My human handlers tell me that I have no parents, no name, and no purpose other than to train for battle and one day become a vessel for the reincarnation of Chimera, the greatest dragon shifter of all. Sadly, Chimera’s rebirth will mean my own death. But my handlers say this sacrifice is a noble fate that will rebuild the dragon shifter world. I shall die on my seventeenth birthday. That’s five days from…

New Release and Giveaway! SOMETHING WICKED by Nicole M. Rubino (Something Wicked #1)

Something WickedNicole M. Rubino(Something Wicked, #1)Publication date: November 26th 2019Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult A break-up and a car accident are no way to begin your seventeenth birthday. For Theo Montgomery, that is exactly how it began. Her bad luck turns worse when she returns home from a school dance to find her home engulfed in flames – with her parents still inside. Theo is sent to live with her estranged aunt, Elizabeth, in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem proves to offer many new discoveries, one of those being that Theo, like her aunt, is a witch. A witch who must keep her…

Series Celebration! OFFSIDES (RIGHT TEXT WRONG NUMBER and RIGHT KISS WRONG GUY) by Natalie Decker

Hello, Readers! Summer is the perfect time to dive into the Offsides Series! Join us in celebrating Right Text Wrong Number and Right Kiss Wrong Guy by Natalie Decker! Grab a copy of this series today! Right Text, Wrong Number (Offsides #1) by Natalie Decker Publisher: Swoon Romance Publication Date: July 11, 2017 High school juniors Layla and Tyler are complete opposites. Sure she’s a cheerleader and he’s a football player, but she thinks he’s the biggest jerk in the school and he thinks she is too high on her horse to even be worth of a second glance from him.…

New Release and Giveaway! FURYBORN by Claire Legrand

Title: Furyborn Author: Claire Legrand ISBN: 9781492656623, Hardcover Release Date: May 22nd, 2018 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire The stunningly original, must-read fantasy of 2018 follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world…or doom it. When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed…unless the trials kill her first. One thousand…

A Conversation with Tiffany Brooks, Author of REALITY GOLD (with a giveaway!)

Thanks so much for agreeing to be with us today, Tiffany! THANK YOU for having me! What 5 things should readers know about you? I live in California and I take pride I’m usually the first one in my family to yell “who felt that” after an earthquake. I think of myself a reader first, writer second. I can read really fast—usually I can read nearly any book in an hour, although I’ve noticed as I’ve gotten older it’s closer to two hours, which is worse sign of aging than finding a bunch of new wrinkles. When I was in…

Karole Cozzo, Author of THE GAME CAN’T LOVE YOU BACK, Tells Us 10 Things She Wished Someone Had Told Her About Being an Author (with a giveaway!)

Ten things I wish someone had told me about being an author… 10) There are times you will be a slave to word count. Especially if you are unendingly wordy like I am! Especially if you write YA or MG, sub-genres where the word counts are particularly restricted. You may suffer bouts of anxiety as you watch the word count creep up, running calculations to determine where the number you’re likely to reach by the time you type “the end.” You may long for the days of writing fifty-plus chapter fanfics with nary an editor telling you to keep it…

New Release and Giveaway! BITE ME by Louise Cypress (Puritan Coven #1)

Bite Me by Louise Cypress Publication Date: May 14, 2018 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Paranormal Romance SYNOPSIS: A nerdy high school senior transforms into a vampire vixen who’s unaware that her hunky date for prom is the slayer sent to destroy her. Morgan Taylor-Jackson can’t wait for high school to end. In six months she leaves for UCLA and says goodbye to La Jolla, California and her parents’ messy divorce. But when Morgan is bitten by a four-year-old boy, she becomes infected with a mysterious condition. Fever, insomnia, and a new bustline are only the beginning; Morgan morphs from nerd to…

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