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Thanks!Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-37681276014468793282016-04-18T07:00:00.000-04:002016-04-18T07:00:29.658-04:00Review: Nobody's Lady by Amy McNulty<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<i>Nobody’s Lady (Never Veil #2) by Amy McNulty<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Publication Date: April 12, 2016<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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For the first time in a thousand years, the men in Noll’s
village possess the freedom to love whom they will. In order to give each man
the chance to fully explore his feelings, the lord of the village decrees all
marriages null and void until both spouses declare their love for one another and
their desire to wed again. What many women think will be a simple matter
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Rejected by the lord and ashamed of her part in the
village’s history, Noll withdraws from her family and lives life as an
independent woodcarver. This changes when her sister accuses her of hiding her
former husband Jurij from her—and when Jurij eventually does ask to move in.
Determined not to make the same mistakes, Noll decides to support her male
friends through their new emotional experiences, but she’s soon caught up in a
darker plot than she ever dared imagine possible from the men she thought she knew
so well. And the lord for whom she still has feelings may be hiding the most
frightening truth of them all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><b>MY REVIEW:</b></u><br />
Wow. I DEVOURED NOBODY'S LADY and its prequel NOBODY'S GODDESS in, like, two days. (while working a full-time job). And now I can't WAIT for book 3 (NOBODY'S PAWN, January 2017).<br />
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You *could* read NOBODY'S LADY without reading NOBODY'S GODDESS, bit I don't recommend it. I think you need to go through that journey with Noll to really get Book 2.<br />
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I loved the exploration of the consequences of the happenings in Book 1 (no spoilers--but the description of Book 2 is itself a bit of a spoiler for Book 1, so just, you know, go read it already). The concepts of love and identity are fascinating to watch play out--and a little frustrating, but in a good way.<br />
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And the love interest--well, that's the main reason I'm now dying for Book 3. I can say no more on that--too spoilery. ;)<br />
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Finally, I really appreciated how NcNulty brought in a whole new thread of mystery in Book 2. I like how the new mystery (again, no spoilers) saves NOBODY'S LADY from "book 2 syndrome"--like all the best sequels, it deepens and broadens the story in an unexpected way.<br />
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This was one of my favorite reads of 2016 so far. I highly recommend it for lovers of YA fantasy, romance, and mystery.<br />
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**I received a copy of the ebook for review.</div>
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Amy McNulty is a freelance writer and editor from Wisconsin
with an honors degree in English. She was first published in a national
scholarly journal (The Concord Review) while in high school and currently
writes professionally about everything from business marketing to anime. In her
down time, you can find her crafting stories with dastardly villains and
antiheroes set in fantastical medieval settings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tony turned on his left blinker. “Didn’t your dad say something about getting you a car soon?”
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Alice gave a single, grating laugh. “He’s been saying that ever since I got a license.” Tony knew this as well as she did; if he was teasing, she wasn’t in the mood. She slouched down in the passenger seat as they pulled into the library parking lot. It was almost empty; the library was closing in twenty-five minutes. She rapped her fingers against the car door, gripping a notebook and a pen tightly in her other hand.
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“Hey.” Tony parked. He grabbed her arm before she could jump out of the car. “Everyone forgets an assignment sometimes.”
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She tried to smile, but her mouth ended up in a lopsided grimace. “You’re right. I’ve just been so . . . you know.”
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Concern flashed across Tony’s face, and his grip on her arm tightened for a second before he let go. Alice clicked her pen as they hurried into the library. She’d had this assignment for weeks—how could she have left it until now? This wasn’t like her. Tony grabbed her hand as they walked and she looked down at their entwined fingers, glad that this at least was surviving, despite her half-present brain.
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It wasn’t sudden, this relationship, so it baffled her why it still felt fragile—why she was still relieved every time he wanted to spend time with her. They’d been officially dating for two months now, and they’d known each other for three. She was certain she had gotten the better end of the deal; Tony had been helping her keep her head above water ever since last summer. Meeting him had been one of the only good things to come out of that vacation from hell. He’d helped save her life when she had nearly died, the victim of a witch’s curse on a creepy old hotel.
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Physically, her recovery had only taken a few weeks. But everything else … well, it was still an uphill battle. Daily life was mundane and mind-numbingly routine—more meaningless than it had ever seemed before. Alice zoned out on a regular basis. The world would fall away and she would stare into space, not thinking anything, not feeling anything but the empty space inside her where everything was quiet. That empty space had never been there before, and it was only with Tony that she felt it close up for a few precious hours at a time. Only with Tony was she herself again.
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Tony noticed her looking at him and smiled.
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“We’ll find something here. I know it.”
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“We’d better.”
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It was hard to be hopeful after spending three hours driving around to all the libraries in the area with no luck at all, courtesy of this supremely dumb assignment. They’d been talking about primary and secondary sources in English class and Mr. Segal was requiring them to find one primary source (not on the Internet either—at the library) to include in their research paper. Alice knew she shouldn’t have put it off. She just hadn’t known it would be this hard. Now, with the paper due tomorrow, she had absolutely nothing to show but a blank computer screen and mounting panic.
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“I think I chose the wrong topic,” she said as they walked by the front desk. A librarian looked up and scowled at them.
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“We’re closing in twenty minutes,” she said. Her expression made it clear that if they made her stay a moment later, they would regret it.
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Alice squeezed Tony’s hand and spoke through clenched teeth. “I’m gonna fail this project. And the class. And I’ll become a high school dropout. And I’ll never get into college. Will you still like me when I’m living under an overpass?”
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“Yes. But you’re not going to fail. And I wouldn’t let you be homeless.”
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“My hero,” she grumbled and he laughed.
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They hurried through the nonfiction sections, passing row after row of packed shelves. The farther into the library they went, the more overwhelming the smell of old paper became. Alice wasn’t sure if the musty library air was thanks to rotting books or the persistent mold problem that had shut the library down for months a while back. The city said everything was under control; Alice’s nose told her otherwise.
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“Ugh, I was hoping we wouldn’t have to come here.” She ran her fingers along the book spines as they hurried down a row. “This place creeps me out.”
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Tony looked up at the dim rectangles of fluorescent lights scattered across the ceiling. “Not exactly cozy, is it?”
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Alice shook her head and then stopped, squinting at the books to her left. “804 . . . 804.01 . . . here we go.”
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She traced the call numbers with her fingers. Tony knelt down next to her, scanning books as he spoke.
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“Excellent. Let’s hope Mr. Librarian Number Two was right.”
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They’d been hunting down a copy of Literary Criticism of the 1800s for three hours now. Alice had discovered it while digging through the online library catalog—it was the only thing she could find that fulfilled the “contemporary criticism” requirement for her paper. The only problem was that the full text wasn’t online and, thanks to an interlibrary loan snafu, the only copy had slipped under the radar almost completely. The librarian at the last library they’d visited had been ninety-nine percent sure it was at the downtown branch, and so they had braved the rush-hour traffic and hurried over.
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“What a nightmare,” she groaned. “I don’t see it.”
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Tony grabbed her notebook and squinted at the call number she’d written. “Are you sure that’s a four? Looks like it could be a nine to me.”
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“Let’s hope it’s a nine, then.” She jumped to her feet and grabbed his hand, pulling him up as well. They hurried to the next aisle.
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He squeezed her hand. “Hey—we’ll find it. Don’t worry.”
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She squeezed back but said nothing. Don’t worry. If only it were that easy. Unfortunately, her blank moments didn’t bring Zen into the rest of her life. They were more like blackouts than meditations—moments when fatigue got the better of her. The rest of the time, she was sprinting to keep up with the mindless churn of to-do lists that filled her days. How did people live like this? Every day stuffed with pointless urgency. It was exhausting. Sometimes Alice found herself longing for just a taste of magic again. Magic was a glimmer of something beyond logic and reason and sunrise and sunset. Without it, life melted into a meaningless churn of waking and sleeping.
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Tony was patient with her—in more ways than one. She wasn’t sure how he managed to put up with her frequent mental lapses and her total lack of girlfriend know-how. Frankly, she was mortified by her own awkwardness. In her more positive moments, she told herself it wasn’t her fault. He was her first boyfriend. No one had warned her about these things.
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If only someone had warned her about these things. Holding hands, kissing, it all looked so easy when other people did it. At first, for her, it had been a humiliating disaster. She didn’t know what to do with her body, how to move. She would press her lips into Tony’s without aim or direction, as haphazardly as she kissed her dad’s cheek. For Tony, on the other hand, finesse seemed to come naturally. His kisses were caresses. He was artistic. When they held hands, while her arm went stiff as a board, he would stroke the back of her hand with his thumb, making little circles—or hearts. She liked to think of them as hearts.
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Her heart was pounding from half-jogging to the end of a row.
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“Do you see it?” Alice asked, trying to read the call numbers on both sides of the row simultaneously.
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Tony shook his head. “Not yet.”
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“I don’t believe this,” Alice grumbled, sinking to her knees. “It’s got to be here. I can’t rewrite this whole paper—I don’t have time!” She ran her hands across the books on the bottom shelf, vainly hoping that the right one would just jump out and grab her by the throat. Tony scratched his forehead. Alice was starting to recognize these things he did. She knew now that when he scratched his chin, he was thinking deeply; when he scratched right below his hairline, he was worried.
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“Maybe it was just shelved wrong,” he suggested. He turned around and started scanning the bookshelf behind him.
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Though Alice worried it was useless, she re-scanned the spines on the shelf in front of her. Maybe Tony was right—maybe they had missed something. But she had that sinking feeling in her gut and her eyes were burning; she was frustrated almost to tears. Her sight grew blurry as she stared at book after book.
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“The library will be closing in five minutes,” said a voice over the intercom.
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Five minutes.
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She blinked very quickly, trying to clear her vision. Her eyes stopped on a particularly tattered old book without a visible call number, and she reached out to grab it, glancing behind her at Tony, who still had his back to her.
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Her fingers touched the binding and she gasped. It was the strangest feeling—a tingling in her fingers, a warmth that traveled up her arm and into her shoulder. Alice pulled the book from the shelf and felt as if all the hair on her body were standing on end. She shivered and stroked the cover, which was brown leather and plain. It was blind-stamped with three concentric circles, like a rounded eye.
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Peeling the cover back, she scanned through a few pages at random and knew immediately what she was holding. There was a sharp tug in her abdomen, and she almost put the book back then and there. It wasn’t the first spellbook she had seen. She had discovered several while fighting for her life in the hotel last summer. They’d belonged to the witch who set the curse. One of them had been covered in scrawls and notes—an inconsistent, impossible mess.
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This little volume was an entirely different story. It was printed; the old monospaced type left odd gaps between letters. Someone had carefully underlined a few sentences throughout, but overall, it looked nearly untouched. If it hadn’t been for the yellowed pages and the smell of rotting paper, she might have called it pristine.
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Each page was laid out in the same way: a heading in large, capitalized type followed by an ingredient list and several paragraphs of instructions. To the left of each title were one to three small triangles. Some were colored in with solid black ink while others were empty. They were presented without explanation, but Alice felt sure they must be a scale of sorts: a rating to indicate how long a particular spell took to prepare or its difficulty or something like that. There were small sketches throughout. On one page, a tiny flower was drawn to the right of the ingredient list. On the bottom of another, a tiny frog, splayed out, cut open, its ink-drawn limbs hanging limply at its sides.
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Her stomach turned; quickly, she shut the book. A shiver tickled her spine—the familiar sensation of being watched. Was it a coincidence that she had come across this book? Or could it be that the curse had left a magical stamp on her, a kind of otherworldly magnetism? Had she found the book, or had the book found her?
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“I don’t believe it.”
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Alice jumped, clutching the book to her.
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“Hey—I found it!”
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Tony was holding the book out for her to see, smiling widely. She took it from him with one hand; with the other, she slipped the leather book behind her back. The movement was instinctual. All she knew was that she didn’t want to return the book and leave so many questions unanswered. Nor did she want to explain to Tony why she had to know more.
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“Thank God,” she said, grinning back. “You are a hero!” Maybe she could pass the book off as another ancient volume of literary criticism? Not a chance. Tony was too curious; he would want to look at it himself.
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“See?” He helped her up and put his arm around her shoulders. “Told you it would be okay.”
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“I guess you were right.”
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He took the book back from her and examined it. Alice’s grip on the spellbook tightened. No, she definitely could not let Tony near this book if she didn’t want him to panic and light it on fire or something. “It’s kind of like finding buried treasure.”
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“Except the treasure is a book and the only thing it was buried in was the library’s glitchy loan system.”
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“Still—it feels good.”
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“The library is closing. Please check out all books at the front desk,” the intercom blared.
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Alice and Tony jogged past row after row of dimly lit bookshelves. As they did, Alice slipped the leather-bound book into her bag before she could talk herself out of it. It wasn’t stealing, she told herself. Not really. She would take it home, glance through it, and return it to the shelf within a few days. It was just a quick investigation—albeit a secret one. But really, it had to be secret. Ever since the hotel, Tony couldn’t even watch a card trick without freaking out. If she told him a spellbook might have found her … maybe magically … well, she was doing him a favor by not mentioning it.
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She was just being responsible. Really.
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Tony dropped her off at home half an hour later. Still immensely pleased with his book-finding success, he’d suggested a celebratory dinner, but Alice insisted that she really did need to work on her paper. This was true.
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She didn’t mention that she was far more anxious to crack open the book she hadn’t checked out than read the one she had.
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The house was so quiet when she walked in that for a second she thought she was the only one home. Usually, the ruckus of her brother’s video games in the living room would be drowned out by the drone of her dad listening to NPR in his office. But the living room was empty and her dad must have stayed late at work because the doors to his office were open and the room was dark. Just the light in the kitchen was on, and it was only on second glance that Alice saw her mother sitting on a barstool, staring blankly at the faucet. Someone hadn’t turned it off completely and water was leaking out one drop at a time.
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“Mom?”
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Her mom jumped up.
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“Oh, hi, honey. I didn’t hear you come in.” She walked around the counter and turned off the faucet. “Were you with Tony tonight?”
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“Yeah, we were at the library.”
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“Good … that’s good … ” she said absently before lapsing into silence again.
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“Um … how was your doctor’s appointment?” Alice asked to alleviate the uncomfortable quiet.
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Her mother’s lips twitched upward, then tightened. She abruptly turned her back to Alice and opened the fridge.
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“Fine, fine … ” she said, her voice drowned out by the crinkling of plastic bags.
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Alice’s worries about her paper were immediately replaced by deeper, more insistent fears. “What’s wrong?” she demanded.
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“I can’t hear you, sweetie.”
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“What happened?” she repeated. “Is something wrong?”
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Her mom emerged from the fridge, holding some celery sticks and a jar of almond butter—her “guilty” snack. Normally she wouldn’t have had the almond butter. (She liked to remind Alice that too many nuts would make a person chub up like a squirrel before hibernation.) Her eyes briefly met Alice’s as she turned to the sink and started to rinse off the celery.
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“Oh, just a sad story in the news today.”
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Alice’s heart immediately slowed. “See, this is why I never read the news.”
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Her mom scrubbed the hollow of the celery stalk with one thin finger. “A single mom just moved into a new house with her two young girls. The girls went swimming unsupervised. The six-year-old drowned.”
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Alice’s chest constricted, but she tried to brush it off. “They didn’t know how to swim? Why did they get in the pool?”
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“Really, Alice.” Her mom’s voice went snappish. “You of all people should know—these things can happen to anyone.” She grabbed the celery stalks and the jar of almond butter and walked out of the room without another word. Alice heard the bedroom door close.
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Alice sat still on the bar stool for a moment. A weak trickle of water was leaking from the faucet; she got up and turned it off.
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You of all people.
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A final drop of water hit the sink like the tiniest of hammers. Last summer, at the cursed hotel, she had nearly drowned in a swimming pool. Tony had pulled her out just in time.
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She could remember all too clearly the press of water in her lungs. Not everyone knew the craving for air—the feeling that your head was being squeezed and squeezed until finally, in the last moments, when you thought you were going to explode … an arm around your waist pulling you up. A hand clapping you on the back, a voice telling you the coughing was okay, telling you to breathe when that was all you wanted to do until the end of time … just breathe.
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Tony had saved her life. But the little girl would have felt the tightness, the void in her chest that nothing could fill, until the darkness came slowly in—not a stranger knocking down the door, but a cool-headed thief waiting for the window to fall open. Rushing into the opening, filling the lungs with cold black water … and then darker and darker until there was nothing—no space left.
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“It’s okay. I’m okay.” Alice refused to turn into her mother, having panic attacks every time she heard a bit of disturbing news. She took a deep breath, shook her head, and walked slowly up the stairs to her room, pretending she was empty as a balloon floating higher and higher … out of her body, out of everything.
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When Zadie
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Mara, things go horribly wrong. Mara isn’t the same anymore—Zadie isn’t even
sure she’s completely human, and to top it off, a Reaper is determined to
collect Mara’s soul no matter what. Now Zadie must figure out how to defeat her
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Months have passed since Zadie faced her sister’s Reaper,
during which time she's been under her mentor's magical protection. But now
that she's turning 17, that protection is about to run out. When dark forces
lure Zadie to wander at night, she's manipulated into committing unspeakable
acts. With her friends and family at risk, Zadie must try to use her powers to
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<i>"Man, this
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highly recommend this book, especially if you're wanting something different in
a supernatural read that also has a splash of romance.” ~ <a href="http://lili-lost-in-a-book.blogspot.com/2013/10/review-my-sisters-reaper.html">Lili
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<i>“This was a
really original and zany novel that was a really fun read. The writing was well
done, and it had a great flow and fast pace that had me flying through the
pages. I highly recommend it to those who love YA paranormal fiction with a
weird and funny twist on things.” ~ <a href="http://adreamwithindream.blogspot.com/">A Dream Within A Dream</a></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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to reading the second book.” ~ </i><i><a href="http://fantasyparanormalbooks.blogspot.ie/2014/12/review-of-my-sisters-reaper-by-author.html">Fantasy/Paranormal
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you who enjoy young adult paranormal books. They are exciting and definitely
worth adding to your TBR lists!” ~ <a href="http://christyscozycorners.com/2014/08/10-amazon-book-my-tethered-soul-giveaway-and-blog-tour-open-ww-ends-912/">Christy's
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Dorothy Dreyer has always believed in magic. Born in Angeles
City, Philippines, to a Filipino mother and American Father, Dorothy grew up a
military brat, living in Massachusetts, South Dakota, Guam, New Jersey, and New
York. She now lives in Frankfurt, Germany, with her husband, two teens, and two
Siberian huskies. Dorothy not only writes books with some element of magic in
them, but has a fondness for reading those kinds of books as well. She also
enjoys movies, chocolate, take-out, and spending time with family and friends.
She’s known to make a pretty sweet cupcake when she has the time. She also
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Find Dorothy: <a href="http://www.dorothydreyer.com/">Website</a>
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the Red Magic Series, which releases March 8, 2016! Check out the gorgeous
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In a few weeks, the Red Magic series will be entirely in your hands, and while
it’s hard to let these characters go, I’m thrilled that you’ll be able to
follow Darlena as her journey culminates in Triumph. The cover is a perfect way
to wrap up this trilogy, and I hope you love it (and the story!) as much as I
do. Red Magic has been a part of my life for five years, and of all the
characters I’ve created, Darlena feels the most familiar, the most real to me.
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starting to get desperate. She knows the only way to defeat Hecate and the
other crazy Red Gods is by banding together with other Witches, but is it any
wonder she has a hard time trusting them?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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making fragile strides toward repairing the mess she made, but she just can’t
catch a break. As chaos runs rampant around her, Darlena begins to think that
things would be better if she’d never become a Red Witch in the first place.
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Chapter one
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For months, I thought I’d killed my best friend.
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Now I sort of wish I had.
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What kind of person does that make me?
Justin had once told me that I’d go crazy if I tried to decide who should live or die, but I kept thinking that if I’d been able to make that kind of choice in the first place, none of this would have happened. If Rochelle had really died on that rooftop last fall, then the world wouldn’t be falling apart, and I wouldn’t be to blame.
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Sometimes, it sucks to be a Witch.
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I used to scoff at people who preached about the end of the world, but ever since Marcus, I hadn’t been able to laugh off the sandwich-board crazies popping up everywhere. Maybe it would have been funny if I didn’t know the truth.
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The world was ending. Or at least it would be if I couldn’t stop it.
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Sulking, I followed my parents into our favorite breakfast place. They didn’t seem to notice the group of people standing on the corner holding signs that promised the end was nigh.
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“Phew,” Mom said, pulling off her light-blue cardigan. “Summer will be here before we know it!”
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A waitress bustled over, handing out menus and smiling at us. “Feels to me like summer’s already started!”
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“Weather like this is exactly why people need to pay attention to global warming. I’ll have a sweet tea, and the breakfast special,” my dad added, settling back into his chair without glancing at the menu.
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The waitress scribbled on a notepad. “I don’t know about all that, but eighty degrees in March is odd, even for North Carolina!”
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Mom nodded, shooting a look in my direction. “We just have to stay cool and try not to think about what July will be like.”
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After the waitress had taken our orders and moved on, I leaned forward. “You don’t think this heat has anything to do with … ” I gestured helplessly.
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Mom shook her head. “Not something we should talk about here.”
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Dad snorted, and I heard him mutter, “Not something we should talk about, period.”
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My stomach clenched, and I stared at my hands, trying to pretend I hadn’t heard him. Ever since I got back from Scotland in January, my parents had kept me at arm’s length. Well, not Mom as much, but even she was more reserved than usual. My father seemed to want to pretend that I didn’t exist.
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I had thought I’d only been away for a month, but the trip had actually taken over a year. I’d ended up in the Celtic Underworld, and time runs differently in Underworlds; I should have remembered that. While I’d been there, Rochelle had glamoured herself and pretended to be me. My parents said they believed I was who I said I was, but there was an edge to our relationship that hadn’t been there before.
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It probably didn’t help that I had participated in what had become the biggest nuclear disaster in the history of the world.
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Mom and Dad are both Green Witches, hippie-dippie earth-loving types, and they seemed to take it personally that their daughter had so thoughtlessly damaged the earth. To be fair, I had thought what Marcus and I did could be fixed, but that’s beside the point. My parents seemed to think the fact that I had messed with nuclear power at all was an intentional act of rebellion. It made talking to them nearly impossible, but I kept trying. Whether they liked it or not, I needed their help to fix the mess I’d made of things.
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“So,” I began, forcing myself to sound cheerful, “what are you guys going to do this weekend?”
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Dad muttered something about saving the world, but Mom shot him a dark look. “I might work in the garden.” She hesitated. “Did you want to help?”
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Before I could answer, Dad butted in. “Lena doesn’t exactly have a green thumb.”
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His words stung, but he was right—my gift seemed to be destruction, not growth. I tried to shrug it off. “I can help, if you want.”
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Mom smiled, and for a moment, I could almost forget about everything that had happened, but by the time the food came, the familiar knot was back in my stomach, and I picked at my pancakes without enthusiasm. It had been hard for me to eat ever since Marcus died.
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Marcus had been another Red Witch, like me. He was a little older than me and hard as granite. He’d been trained by his patron, the goddess Cerridwyn, and she had shown him how to use his magic by subjecting him to countless battles and acts of brutality. I’d never known anyone as powerful or frightening, and I had killed him.
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Well, not directly. I released this crazy god of chaos, Loki, and Loki was the one who instigated Marcus’s death. But it still felt like the guilt rested solely on my shoulders: if I hadn’t listened to any of the Red gods, maybe Marcus would still be alive, and then I could figure out if I hated him or was in love with him. Yeah, I’m not messed up at all, I thought sourly.
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“How’s breakfast?” Mom interrupted my thoughts, staring pointedly at my plate.
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I looked down, surprised. I had eaten everything in front of me, and it even looked like I’d licked the plate clean. I didn’t remember taking a single bite. “Um. Good,” I lied. “What about you?”
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She shrugged. “The toast was a bit dry, but the omelet was good.”
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I nodded, struggling to make small talk. Before I could think of anything else to say, someone cranked up the volume on the TV suspended over the doorway.
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“Europe is still in a state of chaos as leaders scramble to secure the countryside of France. Meanwhile, the president is preparing for a visit to Germany to discuss nuclear energy. It is assumed that he will push for stricter safety regulations.” The reporter read the teleprompter with no emotion, clearly unaware of the effect his words were having on my family.
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Dad slurped his sweet tea loudly. “I thought you said you were working on it.”
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I shrugged, but I felt my hands starting to shake. “I’m trying. There’s not a lot I can do, remember? It’s not my territory.” If I didn’t get a grip on myself, I knew I’d light up like a sparkler in a minute.
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“You should have thought of that before.”
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“Richard.” My mom’s voice was low with warning. “This is not the place.”
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He glared at me. “Fine. But she needs to think about the consequences of her actions.”
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I met his gaze, furious. “Believe me. That’s all I’ve been doing lately.” A burst of Red energy crackled on my skin, and I gritted my teeth, pulling the power back inside.
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Dad snorted, oblivious, and Mom flagged down the waitress for the bill. When my arms stopped sparking, I stood up and headed for the door. Neither of them asked where I was going, but I didn’t care.
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I marched up to the apocalyptic group, still chanting on the corner. “Give me one,” I said, sticking my hand out for a flier.
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An older man with gray hair and a sagging chin frowned at me. “There isn’t much time left.” He handed me a flier solemnly. “Repent now, before it’s too late.”
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“It’s already too late.” I pretended not to notice the fearful look he shot me as I sat down on the curb, skimming the paper. It was the same old religious drivel, talking about Armageddon and God. According to this group, the only way to escape the coming end times was to give up worldly goods and join them in their quest to spread the truth.
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I crumpled the flier in disgust. It had been foolish of me to expect Nons to have a solution, but I couldn’t stop hoping that they might know more than they let on. Evidently, that group didn’t. What am I going to do? Resisting the urge to bury my head in my hands and sob, I slapped the hot pavement underneath me instead. Cracks shot through the sidewalk, like ice, and someone in the little group on the corner shrieked. Good. You should be afraid. I glared at them, and one by one they picked up their signs and crossed the street.
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When my parents finally walked by me, I stood without a word and followed them to our Subaru parked at the curb. The seatbelt buckle burned my fingers, but I barely noticed. The heat was miserable, but something about it made me feel powerful, too. I almost laughed at that thought. Powerful and destructive. Red magic was linked to fire, something I’d learned firsthand after meeting Loki. It’s no wonder the hot weather is winding me up. I glanced up at the front seat, wondering if I should tell my parents how close to exploding I’d come that morning, but then I shook my head.
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We drove home in silence, even though I knew the storm would have to break sometime.
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A few blocks from our house, my phone buzzed insistently in my pocket, and I looked at the screen. My throat clenched. Justin. My ex had been trying to get me to sit down and talk with him ever since I came back, but I hadn’t felt up to it. I didn’t know what to say to him about Loki and Rochelle, and I couldn’t even imagine telling him about Marcus. So, yeah, I met the other Red Witch, and we sort of made out, but now he’s dead, so we can get back to normal, right? Still, talking to him would be a break from not talking to my parents. Anything was better than that.
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“Mom,” I leaned forward, tapping her on the shoulder, “could you drop me off at Justin’s house?”
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She hesitated, glancing at Dad, but he didn’t act like he’d heard my question. Finally, Mom nodded. “I suppose. But be home in time for dinner.” Her eyes flicked quickly to the rearview mirror, and I heard her unspoken thought: sooner or later, we’d have to deal with all this.
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“Thanks.” I hopped out of the car as soon as we pulled up in front of Justin’s house. He only lived a few blocks away from us; I could have just walked over once we got home. But for some reason, now that I’d decided to see him, I couldn’t wait a minute longer.
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He was sitting on the sidewalk in front of his house. His shoulders looked a little wider, and maybe his hair was shorter than I remembered, but nothing else about Justin had really changed. He was still the first boy I’d ever loved, and the poor guy had been the recipient of my disastrous attempts at love magic twice. And he’d spent a year with the fake me. My stomach clenched.
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I had no idea what had happened between him and Rochelle while I was gone, but I had a feeling whatever it was would be more than I could handle. That was only one of the reasons I had been avoiding him: the whole Marcus situation had been holding me back, too. I tried to push the other Red Witch out of my head when I saw Justin.
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He stood up and smiled his heart-melting smile, and just like that, it was like I’d never been gone. Without thinking, I threw my arms around his neck. He embraced me, and it felt good to just stand there, safe in his familiar arms. Tingles raced up my spine, and I shivered in pleasure. It wasn’t the same electric shock I’d gotten whenever I touched Marcus, but I still leaned into his body, enjoying the sensation.
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“That’s quite a hello.” He chuckled, letting me go, and I tugged on the bottom of my T-shirt, not meeting his eyes. Maybe I still wasn’t ready to be around him.
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I cleared my throat, preparing to tell him everything. “I’ve been gone a long time.”
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He nodded. “I know.”
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Startled by his serious tone, I looked at him closely. “What do you know?”
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Instead of answering, he silently opened the front door. He led me up to his bedroom, and then warded the door behind us. “I know that you were gone for over a year.”
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If I had been sitting down, I would have fallen off the chair. Instead, I lowered myself shakily to perch on the corner of his desk. “How long have you known?”
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“Lena, come on. Do you really think I can’t tell the difference between the real you and a glamour?”
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I blushed, thinking about the glamour Aphrodite had taught me to weave. Justin had been fooled by that for a few days, but there was no way I was going to bring that up. “My parents didn’t know.”
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He shrugged. “They probably expect you to be different all the time. We’re teenagers, right?”
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I laughed weakly. “So you knew this whole time. But I thought—” I broke off, remembering something Mom had said over the phone while I’d been gone.
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“I kept hanging out with her. I mean you. I didn’t know who it was, and I didn’t want to do anything to make your parents suspicious. But nothing happened.” He spread his palms wide. “I wouldn’t do anything to hurt you.”
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So you got back together with the fake me, but you didn’t do anything? I looked at him, wanting desperately to believe what he said. “It was Rochelle.”
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He stared at me as if I’d slapped him. “I thought she was dead.”
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“So did I. But I didn’t kill her, I guess, and she glamoured herself to look like me to take revenge.” I forced a laugh, trying not to imagine Rochelle making out with Justin. “I’m actually surprised she didn’t hurt you. She’s always hated you, you know.”
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His brown eyes were full of concern. “How did you get rid of her?”
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“My friend Izzy helped me.” I kept my words short, hoping he wouldn’t ask me any questions about Izzy. Talking about her would lead to talking about Marcus, and I wasn’t sure I could do that yet.
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Justin closed his eyes, pressing his fingertips to his forehead in concentration. “How has she gained so much power? Black magic is strong, but this is ridiculous.”
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I took a deep a breath. We’d gotten there quicker than I’d hoped, but I couldn’t lie to him. I could never lie to Justin, but that didn’t mean I had to tell him everything. I measured my words carefully. “Another Red died, and Rochelle took his place.”
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Justin opened his mouth, and I shook my head.
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“It’s complicated. But Rochelle is a Red Witch now.” I took a deep breath. “And it’s even worse than that. While I was gone, I found out what Hecate wants.”
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I told Justin what I could, haltingly, doing my best to leave out Marcus while telling him about Hecate’s plan to remake the world. Finally, with shaking hands, I told him about Loki.
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“So now the worst of the Red gods is free again, and between him and Hecate, the world could end at any time.” I swallowed the lump in my throat and tried to sound matter-of-fact. “Rochelle controls a third of the world, and if you’ve been watching the news, this hasn’t been a good few months for Europe.” I held up my hands helplessly. “I just don’t know how to stop any of it.”
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Justin didn’t say anything for a minute. I watched him nervously, waiting for the cold glances and accusations that I’d gotten used to from my parents, but he didn’t tell me I was a monster. He studied me, and then he sat down on his desk chair and reached for my hands. Smoothly, he pulled me into his lap, one arm circling me firmly for support, and I leaned against him, surprised at how easy it was to be so close. “You said your friend Izzy helped you stop Rochelle. So maybe it’s a question of working together.”
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I nodded, relieved that he wasn’t asking any questions yet, and I tried to think straight. It wasn’t easy with his breath tickling my ear. “Did you know that there are six types of magic?”
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He looked at me as if I’d grown wings. “There’s White, Black, and Green. And of course, Red.” He squeezed me gently when he said that, and my heart began to speed up.
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I shook my head, trying to focus. “For some reason, when magic came to America, part of it was left behind. There’s also Blue and Yellow; my friend Izzy is a Blue Witch.”
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Justin paused for a moment, digesting what I’d said. “Why wouldn’t they teach us that?” He rested his chin on my shoulder, and I shivered at the contact.
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“I don’t know.” I wanted to lose myself in the simple sensation of being pressed against Justin, but finally I leaned away from him, still perched on his knees. “I have a lot of questions, and I don’t know where to start. But the important thing is the six magics. Together, they’re balanced. Green is earth magic, Blue controls water, Yellow is for air, and Red is for fire. And White and Black are the balance of spirit.” I twisted around, watching his face. “If we can balance the paths, maybe all six together is more powerful than any Red Witch.”
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“Or the Red gods.” Justin spoke without inflection, and I watched him nervously.
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“If we could form a group, a Coven—”
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He stood up abruptly, dropping me onto the chair. “What kind of crap did you get into over there?”
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I hopped out of the chair, clenching my fists. “It isn’t crap! I met a Coven there, and Izzy and I think that might be our only option.” I could feel the swirl of Red energy pulsing through my hands, but I struggled to control it.
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His lips parted in surprise. “Covens are things in horror movies, Darlena! And besides, how could Witches of such different paths work together? It would all turn into chaos.”
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“No,” I said tightly. “This is our only chance to stop chaos.”
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He shook his head. “Look, I want to help you. You know that.” His eyes searched mine. “But you’ve changed since you came back. I can’t,” he paused, taking a deep breath, “I can’t tell what it is, but it’s as if you’re somebody else.” He stared at me for a long moment. “Maybe I just got used to the way Rochelle felt.”
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I reeled as if he’d slapped me. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
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He held up his hands quickly. “You were gone for over a year. I knew that she wasn’t you, but I still spent a lot of time with her. I got used to the way her energy felt. Yours feels—well, it isn’t the way I remember it.”
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I glared at him, fighting the urge to kiss him and show him I was exactly the girl he remembered. Instead, I gritted my teeth. “People change. That’s part of life.”
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Justin shook his head. “But are you sure you’ve changed for the good?”
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jen McConnel first began writing poetry
as a child. Since then, her words have appeared in a variety of magazines and
journals, including Sagewoman, PanGaia, and The Storyteller (where she won the
people’s choice 3rd place award for her poem, “Luna”).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Michigander by birth, she now lives
and writes in the beautiful state of North Carolina. She's a graduate of
Western Michigan University, and she also earned her MS in Library Science at
Clarion University of Pennsylvania.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fiction, she teaches writing composition at a community college. Once upon a
time, she was a middle school teacher, a librarian, and a bookseller, but those
are stories for another time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-29623346078166149222015-04-28T13:54:00.001-04:002015-04-28T13:54:45.916-04:00Dragons Are People, Too! By Sarah Nicolas Release Day!I am SO EXCITED to announce the release of DRAGONS ARE PEOPLE, TOO by my friend Sarah Nicolas! I've just finished reading the ARC, and you are gonna LOVE this book! I will be posting my review tomorrow!!!
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Sixteen-year-old Kitty Lung has everyone convinced she’s a normal teen—not a secret government operative, not the one charged with protecting the president’s son, and certainly not a were-dragon. The only one she trusts with the truth is her best friend—and secret crush—the über-hot Bulisani Mathe.<br />
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Now the government is hunting down and incarcerating dragons to stop a public panic, and a new shape-shifting enemy has kidnapped the president’s son. Kitty and Bulisani are the last free dragons, wanted by both their allies and their enemies. If they can’t rescue the president’s son and liberate their fellow dragons before getting caught themselves, dragons might never live free again.<br />
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Sarah is a 30-something YA author who currently lives in Orlando, FL. She believes that some boys are worth trusting, all girls have power, and dragons are people too.<br />
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She's a proud member of the Gator Nation and has a BS in Mechanical Engineering, but has switched careers entirely. She now works as an Event Coordinator for a County Library. She also blogs at YAtopia.<br />
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Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-40668546700471807692015-04-24T08:00:00.000-04:002015-04-24T08:00:06.557-04:00Cover Reveal and GIVEAWAY! Eternal Sacrifice by Stacey O'Neale<div style="text-align: left;">
I am very excited to post the cover reveal for Eternal Sacrifice by Stacey O'Neale! If you want to check out my posts on the first two books in the series (which are currently FREE), go <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/913205483?book_show_action=false">here</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/952652803?book_show_action=false">here</a>.</div>
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If you're new to the series, this is the <strong>BEST TIME</strong> to check it out!!!</div>
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Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-6774490542668642522015-03-11T07:00:00.000-04:002015-03-11T07:00:02.173-04:00Dragons Are People, Too Cover RevealToday, I'm revealing the cover for <i>Dragons are People, Too</i>, a young adult contemporary fantasy by Sarah Nicolas releasing April 28th from Entangled Teen. Read all the way through and scroll to the bottom for a giveaway.<br />
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<i>Never judge a dragon</i><br />
<i>by her human cover...</i><br />
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Sixteen-year-old Kitty Lung has everyone convinced she’s a normal teen—not a secret government operative, not the one charged with protecting the president’s son, and certainly not a were-dragon. The only one she trusts with the truth is her best friend—and secret crush—the über-hot Bulisani Mathe.<br />
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Then a junior operative breaks Rule Number One by changing into his dragon form in public—on Kitty’s watch—and suddenly, the world knows. About dragons. About the Draconic Intelligence Command (DIC) Kitty works for. About Kitty herself.<br />
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Now the government is hunting down and incarcerating dragons to stop a public panic, and a new shape-shifting enemy has kidnapped the president’s son. Kitty and Bulisani are the last free dragons, wanted by both their allies and their enemies. If they can’t rescue the president’s son and liberate their fellow dragons before getting caught themselves, dragons might never live free again.<br />
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Sarah is a 30-something YA author who currently lives in Orlando with a 60-lb mutt who thinks he’s a chihuahua. She believes that some boys are worth trusting, all girls have power, and dragons are people too.<br />
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She’s a proud member of the Gator Nation and has a BS in Mechanical Engineering, but has switched careers entirely. She now works as an Event Coordinator for a County Library and as a freelance book publicist and author’s assistant.<br />
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My name is Larissa, and I'm the Submissions Coordinator for <a href="http://www.georgiamcbride.com/#!">Georgia McBride Media Group</a> (Month9Books, Swoon Romance, and Tantrum). Part of my job is to go through the submissions inboxes and Submittable account and organize your submissions. I've noticed a few things, and I wanted to point them out to you. These are pretty universal things, so keep these in mind no matter who you're submitting to. :)<br />
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1. Email subject line:<br />
I have recently looked at an inbox with FIFTEEN emails labeled "FB Request" (or some variation of that) and NOTHING ELSE. If the submission directions say to include "FB request" in the subject line, that doesn't mean ONLY "FB req." ALWAYS include your title--at the very least.<br />
Your title should be eye-catching or intriguing anyway. Show it off! Make the person going through submissions want to open YOURS first. Don't be one of 15 anonymous FB requests or conference submissions.<br />
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2. Include your query:<br />
Just because your query was posted on FB or wherever, or you pitched to the agent/editor live or via twitter, doesn't mean you shouldn't include it in your email. Editors, publishers, and agents see TONS of queries. You need to REMIND THEM why they requested your manuscript. And that's not even counting when the person looking at your email (ahem, me) was not the person doing the requesting.<br />
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3. Get to the point:<br />
As Submissions Coordinator, I organize submissions. It is annoying (sorry) when I have to sift through half a novel ;) to find the information I need. Your email should include the basic components of a query: category and genre, title, novel blurb, and contact information. IN GENERAL, I don't care about anything else. Unless your day job has some connection to your book, leave it out. Unless you've been published before, I don't need to know about your publishing journey. <br />
I (or whoever is going through subs) have a limited amount of time, and a lot to get through. It makes me cranky to have to wade through a bunch of information I don't need in order to get to the information I DO need--if it's even there. Keep it simple. We care about your manuscript and whether it's a good fit. That's all.<br />
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So, those are the top 3 things that occur to me as I go through submissions. Got questions? Leave 'em in the comments!<br />
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And, in case you missed it, check out the <a href="https://month9books.submittable.com/submit/39160">submissions info on the new Month9Books anthology</a>! You have a few days left to submit! It's going to be EPIC. <3<br />
<br />Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-90340318561855876732014-11-25T09:30:00.000-05:002014-11-25T09:30:01.309-05:00Fragile Reign Release, Excerpt, and Giveaway<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><em>It’s been a week since all hell broke loose…</em>
Rumors of King Taron’s weakened powers have left the air court vulnerable. Kalin is desperate to awaken her akasha powers, except she doesn’t know how. Tension within the court is at an all-time high. Pressure is mounting for her to ascend to the throne, but a halfling has never ruled over any court. To solidify her position, the council has advised her to marry Sebastian—a high ranking air elemental she’s never met and her betrothed.
<em>Will Kalin sacrifice her relationship with Rowan to strengthen her court?</em>
Rowan and Marcus return to a fire court in turmoil. Liana’s death has fueled the fire elementals’ distrust against the air and woodland courts. The unbalanced elements have set off natural disasters all over the mortal world. Rowan takes the throne to restore balance, promising to unite the fire court. But not all elementals are happy with his leadership. Many are secretly loyal to Valac, which means Rowan needs to find allies for his cause.
<em>Can Rowan unify the court of fire before the elements destroy the world?</em>
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If you haven't read Stacey's <em>Mortal Enchantment</em> series, you can get the first book for <strong>FREE</strong> on Amazon and Barnes & Noble! <a href="http://amzn.com/B00IT1DQX0" target="_blank"><em>The Shadow Prince</em></a> won GOLD at the 2014 Readers' Favorite Book Awards in the Short Story/Novella category!</div>
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After Marcus left, the lack of sleep and overuse of my power had finally caught up to me. My lids were heavy, making it hard to keep my eyes open. I laid down on the nearest bed, sinking into the softness of the vanilla scented pillows. I could rest here until tomorrow, and then meet Kalin on the beach at sundown. As I closed my eyes, I imagined her in that sexy sundress with the ocean breeze wafting through her red curls. My lips tingled remembering the raspberry taste of her kisses. With all this craziness going on, she was the one thing that made sense. The only person who could make me forget about everything for a little while. </blockquote>
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Kalin was the one I wanted. The only one I needed. I shook my head. What was wrong with me? It was too soon to be thinking about this stuff, right? It had only been a few weeks. And what did I know about real feelings, anyway? Had it not been for Marcus, I would never even know what it felt like to care for someone. Love was never part of my life. My mother thought love was a weakness—a totally worthless emotion compared to power and control. </blockquote>
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But that still didn’t explain how I was feeling. Why everything seemed better when Kalin was around. Why my fingers ached to touch her. Why her pain shattered me to the core. I put my hands over my face. Or, maybe the lack of sleep was making me delusional. With a smirk, I gave in to the darkness that was overwhelming me and fell asleep.</blockquote>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Stacey O'Neale lives in Annapolis, Maryland. When she's not writing, she spends her time fangirling over books, blogging, watching fantasy television shows, cheering for the Baltimore Ravens, and hanging out with her husband and daughter.
Her career in publishing started as a blogger-turned-publicist for two successful small publishers. Stacey writes young adult paranormal romance and adult science fiction romance. Her books always include swoon-worthy heroes, snarky heroines, and lots of kissing.
Stacey loves hearing from readers. Follow her on Twitter @StaceyONeale, look for her on Facebook, Pinterest, and GoodReads. You can also visit her blog at <a href="http://staceyoneale.com/">http://staceyoneale.com/</a>.
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Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-53324224889463488462014-11-12T10:23:00.002-05:002014-11-12T10:23:47.340-05:00Resisting Ruby Rose Blog Tour and Giveaway!I'm back with the second installment in Jessie Humphries' Ruby Rose series! Check out my review of the first book, Killing Ruby Rose, <a href="http://lchardesty.blogspot.com/2014/05/killing-ruby-rose-blog-tour.html">here</a>. Scroll all the way down for a rafflecopter giveaway, too!!!<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">About RESISTING RUBY ROSE:</span></b> Still reeling from the
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a stone-cold killer. Everyone from her therapist to her smoking-hot boyfriend
keeps trying to convince her that she hasn’t crossed over to the dark side, but
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When an alleged CIA agent named Skryker shows up and asks
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force of young assassins, including Skryker’s right-hand guy, Quinn Donovan.
Quinn is distractingly charming, handsome—and deadly. Ruby resists becoming a
killer again, but as she becomes more ensnared in a web of deceit, no one
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received a BA from San Diego State University, where she cultivated her love of
the beach, then lived in France, where she cultivated her weakness for shoes,
and finally earned a law degree from UNLV, where she cultivated her interest in
justice. After practicing law for several years she began writing, and,
appropriately, her debut novel <i>Killing
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California with a shoe-obsessed protagonist. Jessie currently writes and
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Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-86587603660758710082014-11-03T07:00:00.000-05:002014-11-03T07:00:18.485-05:00Trailer Release! HELLHOLE by Gina DamicoAre you ready for this?!<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">The Soulless are coming.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><br /></span><span style="color: purple;">Alexia manipulated time to save the man of her dreams, and lost her best friend to red-eyed wraiths. Still grieving, she struggles to reconcile her loss with what was gained: her impending marriage. But when her wedding is destroyed by the Soulless—who then steal the only protection her people have—she’s forced to unleash her true power.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><br /></span><span style="color: purple;">And risk losing everything.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirv3vXYA7iFpl67B7xzNrIGX9LaeGLrWWnFNw7hLNleprS1QjiYqzljbKSt29dMevngPj2h1AJnLzcy1quB8ZIHsPJQcWhRI04QtSggTHO0hJKz4dL4BNr5X_1u-ObO5hq3JocDKmQW-M/s1600/crystal+collier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #333333; float: right; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirv3vXYA7iFpl67B7xzNrIGX9LaeGLrWWnFNw7hLNleprS1QjiYqzljbKSt29dMevngPj2h1AJnLzcy1quB8ZIHsPJQcWhRI04QtSggTHO0hJKz4dL4BNr5X_1u-ObO5hq3JocDKmQW-M/s1600/crystal+collier.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Crystal Collier is a young adult author who pens dark fantasy, historical, and romance hybrids. She can be found practicing her brother-induced ninja skills while teaching children or madly typing about fantastic and impossible creatures. She has lived from coast to coast and now calls Florida home with her creative husband, four littles, and “friend” (a.k.a. the zombie locked in her closet). Secretly, she dreams of world domination and a bottomless supply of cheese. </span></span></div>
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<b>Title: </b>SOULLESS<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Author: </b>Crystal Collier<o:p></o:p><br />
<b>Publisher: </b>Raybourne Publishing</div>
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<b>Series: </b>Maiden of Time, #2<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Publication: </b>October 13th, 2014</div>
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<b>Category: </b>Young Adult (YA)<br />
<b>Genre: </b>Paranormal Historical</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alexia manipulated time to save the man of her dreams, and lost her best friend to red-eyed wraiths. Still grieving, she struggles to reconcile her loss with what was gained: her impending marriage. But when her wedding is destroyed by the Soulless—who then steal the only protection her people have—she’s forced to unleash her true power.</span><br />
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Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-55806944097016503442014-10-07T01:00:00.000-04:002014-10-07T01:00:07.693-04:00White Lady by Jessica Bell<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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To celebrate the release of Jessica Bell's latest novel, <a href="http://www.jessicabellauthor.com/fiction.html" target="_blank">WHITE LADY</a>, she is giving away an e-copy (mobi, ePub, or PDF) to the first person to correctly guess the one true statement in the three statements below. To clarify, two statements are lies, and one is true: <br />
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<b> The following is a chapter title from the book:</b><br />
<b>a. </b> Is this how you be a mother?<br />
<b>b. </b> Is this how you cut up bodies?<br />
<b>c. </b> Is this how you get away with murder?<br />
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What do you think? Which one is true? Write your guess in the comments, along with your email address. Comments will close in 48 hours. If no-one guesses correctly within in 48 hours, comments will stay open until someone does. <br />
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Want more chances to win? You have until October 31 to visit all the blogs where Jessica will share a different set of true and false statements on each one. Remember, each blog is open to comments for 48 hours only from the time of posting. <br />
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If you win, you will be notified by email with instructions on how to download the book. <br />
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<i>Click <a href="http://www.jessicabellauthor.com/white-lady-blog-tour-participants.html">HERE</a> to see the list of blogs. </i><br />
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<i><b>*This novel contains coarse language, violence, and sexual themes.</b></i><br />
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Sonia yearns for sharp objects and blood. But now that she's rehabilitating herself as a "normal" mother and mathematics teacher, it's time to stop dreaming about slicing people's throats. <br />
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While being the wife of Melbourne's leading drug lord and simultaneously dating his best mate is not ideal, she's determined to make it work. <br />
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It does work. Until Mia, her lover's daughter, starts exchanging saliva with her son, Mick. They plan to commit a crime behind Sonia's back. It isn't long before she finds out and gets involved to protect them. <br />
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But is protecting the kids really Sonia's motive? <br />
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<a href="http://www.jessicabellauthor.com/">Jessica Bell</a>, a thirty-something Australian-native contemporary fiction author, poet and singer/songwriter/guitarist, is the Publishing Editor of <a href="http://www.vineleavesliteraryjournal.com/">Vine Leaves Literary Journal</a> and the director of the <a href="http://www.homericwriters.com/">Homeric Writers' Retreat & Workshop</a> on the Greek island of Ithaca. She makes a living as a writer/editor for English Language Teaching Publishers worldwide, such as Pearson Education, HarperCollins, MacMillan Education, Education First and Cengage Learning. <br />
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As I lay there, trying to swallow a loud, obnoxious yawn, I remembered something he’d said when we first met, about life being too short. I imagined he had firsthand experience with shortened lives while he was serving. That mentality came from experience. I got that now. Could even understand it, but there was something I didn’t understand. </div>
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“Why?” I asked.</div>
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There was a beat. “Why what?”</div>
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Jax sounded tired, and I should shut up or point out that I was now tired and could sleep, so he could leave. But I didn’t. “Why are you here? You don’t know me and . . .” I trailed off, because there really wasn’t anything left to say. </div>
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A minute went by, and he hadn’t answered my question, and then I think another minute ticked on, and I was okay with him not answering because maybe he didn’t even know. Or maybe he was just bored and that was why he was here. </div>
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But then he moved. </div>
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Jax pressed against my back, and the next breath I took got stuck in my throat. My eyes shot open. The sheet and blanket were between us, but they felt like nothing. </div>
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“What are you doing?” I asked. </div>
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“Getting comfortable.” He dropped an arm over my waist, and my entire body jerked against his. “It’s time to sleep I think.”</div>
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“You can’t sleep when you talk,” he remarked.</div>
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“You don’t need to be all up on me,” I pointed out.</div>
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His answering chuckle stirred the hair along the back of my neck. “Honey, I’m not all up on you.”</div>
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I freaking begged to differ on that point. I started to wiggle away, but the arm around my waist tightened, holding me in place. </div>
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“You’re not going anywhere,” he announced casually, as if he wasn’t holding me prisoner in the bed. </div>
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Okay. The whole prisoner thing might be melodramatic, but he wasn’t letting me up. Not when he was getting all kinds of comfy behind me. </div>
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Oh my God, this was spooning. Total spooning. I was spooning with an honorary member of the Hot Guy Brigade. Did I wake up in a parallel universe?</div>
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“Sleep,” he demanded, as if the one word carried that much power. “Go to sleep, Calla.” This time his voice was softer, quieter.</div>
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“Yeah, it doesn’t work that way, Jax. You have a nice voice, but it doesn’t hold the power to make me sleep on your command.”</div>
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He chuckled.</div>
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I rolled my eyes, but the most ridiculous thing ever was the fact that after a couple of minutes, my eyes stayed shut. I . . . I actually settled in against him. With his front pressed to my back, his long legs cradling mine, and his arm snug around my waist, I actually did feel safe. More than that, I felt something else—something I hadn’t felt in years. </div>
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I felt cared for . . . <i>cherished.</i> </div>
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<strong>STAY WITH ME Synopsis:</strong><br />
From the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Wait for You </em>and <em>Be with Me</em> comes a daring tale that pushes boundaries . . .
At 21, Calla hasn't done a lot of things. She’s never been kissed, never seen the ocean, never gone to an amusement park. But growing up, she witnessed some things no child ever should. She still carries the physical and emotional scars of living with a strung-out mother, Mona—secrets she keeps from everyone, including her close circle of college friends.
But the safe cocoon Calla has carefully built is shattered when she discovers her mom has stolen her college money and run up a huge credit card debt in her name. Now, Calla has to go back to the small town she thought she’d left behind and clean up her mom’s mess again. Of course, when she arrives at her mother’s bar, Mona is nowhere to be found. Instead, six feet of hotness named Jackson James is pouring drinks and keeping the place humming.
Sexy and intense, Jaxis in Calla’s business from the moment they meet, giving her a job and helping her search for Mona. And the way he looks at her makes it clear he wants to get horizontal . . . and maybe something more. Before Calla can let him get close, though, she’s got to deal with the pain of the past—and some very bad guys out to mess her up if she doesn't give them her mom.<br />
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<strong>Jennifer L. Armentrout/J.Lynn Bio:</strong><br />
# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Brushing Off the Boss is a fun, flirty new story from Annie Seaton. I loved the heroine, Sienna! She's focused and determined, and I loved how she put herself first. She really held her own with the hero, Jack. </span><br />
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Holy cow, y'all! I am so excited to bring you the Cover Reveal for Jennifer L. Armentrout's WICKED! WICKED is a New Adult Paranormal Romance and is a part of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Wicked Trilogy. It is being released on December 8<sup>th</sup>, 2014. So make sure you pre-order it today!!</h2>
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<strong>WICKED Synopsis:</strong>
Things are about to get <em>Wicked</em> in New Orleans.
Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost <em>everything</em> at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.
Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny. Deep down, she wants… she needs more than what her duty demands of her, what her past has shaped for her.
But as Ivy grows closer to Ren, she realizes she’s not the only one carrying secrets that could shatter the frail bond between them. There’s something he’s not telling her, and one thing is for certain. She’s no longer sure what is more dangerous to her—the ancient beings threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her heart and her soul.
<strong><a href="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Author-Photo1.jpg"><img alt="Author Photo" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4834" src="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Author-Photo1-200x300.jpg" height="300" width="200" /></a>About Jennifer L. Armentrout:</strong>
# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-39239885051242974872014-09-12T18:03:00.000-04:002014-09-12T18:03:13.250-04:00GILDED by Christina Farley review and giveawayI should have posted this a LONG time ago, but it has been an incredibly busy summer! And, actually, the timing is great, because GILDED is book one, and book two, SILVERN, comes out soon!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sixteen-year-old
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When her widowed dad uproots her to Seoul from her home in L.A., Jae thinks her
biggest challenges will be fitting in to a new school and dealing with her
dismissive Korean grandfather. Then she discovers that a Korean demi-god has
been stealing the soul of the oldest daughter of each generation in her family
for centuries. And she's next.
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him. But Marc has a secret of his own -- one that could help Jae overturn the
curse on her family for good. It turns out that Jae's been wrong about a lot of
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Gilded is a captivating contemporary fantasy that takes the reader and immerses her in a wonderful mix of modern-day Korea and Korean mythology. The incredible world-building made me feel like I was right there walking the streets of Seoul. Add in a literally kick-butt heroine, a forbidden romance, and mythological creatures, and you have a compelling read that you can't put down. </span><br />
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Rumors of King Taron’s weakened powers have left the air court vulnerable. Kalin is desperate to awaken her akasha powers, except she doesn’t know how. Tension within the court is at an all-time high. Pressure is mounting for her to ascend to the throne, but a halfling has never ruled over any court. To solidify her position, the council has advised her to marry Sebastian—a high ranking air elemental she’s never met and her betrothed.
Will Kalin sacrifice her relationship with Rowan to strengthen her court?
Rowan and Marcus return to a fire court in turmoil. Liana’s death has fueled the fire elementals’ distrust against the air and woodland courts. The unbalanced elements have set off natural disasters all over the mortal world. Rowan takes the throne to restore balance, promising to unite the fire court. But not all elementals are happy with his leadership. Many are secretly loyal to Valac, which means Rowan needs to find allies for his cause.
Can Rowan unify the court of fire before the elements destroy the world?
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Her career in publishing started as a blogger-turned-publicist for two successful small publishers. Stacey writes young adult paranormal romance and adult science fiction romance. Her books always include swoon-worthy heroes, snarky heroines, and lots of kissing.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Crystal Collier is a young adult author who pens dark fantasy, historical, and romance hybrids. She can be found practicing her brother-induced ninja skills while teaching children or madly typing about fantastic and impossible creatures. She has lived from coast to coast and now calls Florida home with her creative husband, three littles, and “friend†(a.k.a. the zombie locked in her closet). Secretly, she dreams of world domination and a bottomless supply of cheese. You can find her on her <a href="http://crystalcollier.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.533334732055664px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">blog</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/crystalcollierauthor" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.533334732055664px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, or follow her on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/crystalcollier1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.533334732055664px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</span><br />
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Keeping Your Protagonists Distinct<br />
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The great thing about writing multiple series is that you get to explore different main characters’ stories. The bad thing about writing multiple series is that sometimes you wind up having to jump back and forth between projects, meaning that the protagonists’ voices can get a little muddled. Here are a few tricks I use to keep my characters distinct from one another:<br />
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Born in Poland and raised in the United States, Anna Staniszewski grew up loving stories in both Polish and English. Currently, she lives outside Boston with her husband and their crazy dog. When she’s not writing, Anna spends her time reading, daydreaming, and challenging unicorns to games of hopscotch. She is the author of the My Very UnFairy Tale Life series and the Dirt Diary series. Her newest book, <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1403733300338_14211" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Prank List</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, releases on July 1st from Sourcebooks. You can visit Anna at </span><a href="http://www.annastan.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #196ad4; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.annastan.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span>Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-10687470309316030992014-06-24T10:53:00.001-04:002014-06-24T10:53:25.456-04:00By Jove by Marissa Doyle and a friend's re-releaseMy friend and amazing author Marissa Doyle's newest book is out today, and it's FANTASTIC! This is her first foray into adult romance, and I LOVED this book. Read on to find out more!<br />
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<i>For Theodora Fairchild, returning to graduate school after three years of teaching Latin to unenthusiastic middle schoolers is a dream come true. The professors in the Classics Department at John Winthrop University in Boston are the best in their field; the classes are varied and intellectually stimulating…and she meets brilliant, sweetly nerdy post-doc Grant Proctor. </i><br />
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Theo is a graduate student excited to get her advanced degree in classical studies so she can stop teaching Latin to kids, and start teaching to students who actually want to learn it. At the university, she meets Grant Proctor, an intriguing new teaching fellow.<br />
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I just LOVED the nerdy atmosphere of this novel. The university setting, the characters who were all as obsessed with and knowledgeable about Classic Greek and Roman history, languages, and literature, it was like coming home even though the classics aren't my nerddom of choice.<br />
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Marissa Doyle has a way of pulling you into a novel and not letting go. I gasped at a particular plot twist, and stayed up way past my bedtime to finish this book.<br />
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Theo is a fun, nerdy character, and I loved her relationship with Grant. Even when I was frustrated with his behavior, I felt for him and rooted for their relationship.<br />
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I highly recommend this book. Marissa Doyle has officially taken her place as one of my favorite authors. I look forward to reading more from her.<br />
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<b>About Marissa Doyle:</b><br />
I was born and raised in a family of readers (big surprise there) not far from the ocean. Okay, in Massachusetts it’s hard to not be far from the ocean. But on or near the water is where I’m happiest. It took me a long time as a toddler to figure out that I couldn’t breathe water as well as I do air. I did, mostly, and still live in Massachusetts, still spend a lot of time in and on the waters of Cape Cod, and hope to never leave.<br />
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Living in a place where history is everywhere might also have a lot to do with my love of the past. I majored in history and archaeology in college and still read a lot of non-fiction on those subjects. Doing so has taught me that, quite often, real life is far stranger than any fiction.<br />
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In addition to writing, my other full time career is being a wife, mom to my terrific kids, and adoring slave to this handsome guy.<br />
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Also, re-releasing today is my friend Kell Andrews's MG DEADWOOD. To find out more about Deadwood and Kell's story of how she's releasing it for a second time, head over to her <a href="http://kellandrews.com/deadwood-book-birthday-debut-redux/">blog here</a>.<br />
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<br />Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-20567288934149647232014-06-09T09:00:00.000-04:002014-06-09T10:26:44.261-04:00New Release: DECENT by Kallie Ross! + Giveaway!<a href="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Descent-RDL-Banner.jpg"><img alt="Descent RDL Banner" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3592" src="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Descent-RDL-Banner.jpg" height="300" width="650" /></a>
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We are extremely excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for Kallie Ross' DESCENT!! DESCENT is an amazing young adult fantasy adventure that is out <em>today</em>!!</h2>
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DESCENT</h1>
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<strong>ABOUT DESCENT:</strong>
Seventeen year old Ollie Miller is ready to leave all of her hurt feelings behind, but moving on seems impossible while living next door to her ex-best friend, Mateo. When curious earthquakes begin to shake and rip open the foundation of her small town, the ground becomes as unsteady as her feelings for him. When they fall, they fall hard…
Ollie’s disastrous attempt to save Mateo’s brother from falling into a curious chasm results in their descent into a cavernous wonderland. Ollie, Mateo, Jesse, and Alexis search for a way back home, and encounter a mysterious tribe of natives. Gabriel, the next in line to lead his people, is granted permission to guide them to the surface. On their treacherous journey, an overzealous elder threatens all of their lives, because he can’t risk them exposing his people, or the power he wields. The group discovers ancient secrets, unexpected truths, and uncharted feelings. Ollie must find a way out or risk being stuck in the caves forever—or worse, dead.
<strong>“Descent is a gripping debut that takes you on a roller coaster - a page turner that has you asking - what happens next. I loved every single word of it.” <em>Fangirlish.com</em></strong>
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Over time my love for learning gravitated toward studying conspiracy theories and contradictions in our culture. My conclusions have ignited a passion to write compelling young adult fiction that incorporates legend, conjecture, fantasy, and conviction.
I love being a wife, mother, friend, writer, and teacher. I began teaching high school English in 2002 and started blogging and podcasting in 2008. I have a brilliant husband, two redheads, and never imagined my life would ever be this fun!
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Larissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319291603444594747.post-18496996075354388912014-06-03T11:00:00.000-04:002014-06-03T11:00:03.233-04:00Jennifer Armentrout's LUX Series Release Day!<h3 style="text-align: center;">
It's here! Today is the day you can get the beautiful new bindups of Jennifer L. Armentrout's LUX Series! Are you as excited as we are?</h3>
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LUX: Beginnings</h1>
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LUX: Consequences</h1>
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<strong>ABOUT LUX: Beginnings:</strong>
Now available together for the first time, don't miss <em>Obsidian</em> and <em>Onyx</em>, the first two books in Jennifer L. Armentrout's bestselling Lux series. Also includes bonus content exclusive to the print edition! "A thrilling ride from start to finish," says <em>RT Book Reviews</em>.
<em>Starting over sucks.</em>
When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring…. until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.
<em>And then he opened his mouth.</em>
Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something…unexpected happens.
<em>The hot alien living next door</em> marks <em>me</em>.
You heard me. <em>Alien</em>. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.
<em>If I don’t kill him first, that is.</em>
<strong>ABOUT LUX: Consequences:</strong>
Now available together for the first time, don't miss <em>Opal </em>and <em>Origin</em>, the third and fourth books in Jennifer L. Armentrout's bestselling Lux series. Also includes bonus content exclusive to the print edition! "A thrilling ride from start to finish," says <em>RT Book Reviews</em>.
<em>No one is like Daemon Black.</em>
When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.
<em>But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.</em>
After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.
<em>Together we’re stronger...and they know it.</em>
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OPPOSITION Comes out August 5<sup>th</sup>! Pre-Order It Now!</h1>
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# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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