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Book reviews, giveaways & more!Good Choice Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642003814176567517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158531286462009257.post-89857311631966632572022-02-23T16:11:00.002-05:002022-02-23T16:11:06.197-05:00BLOG HAS MOVED!Hey GCReaders, <div><br /></div><div>We have some amazing news! </div><div><br /></div><div>We have recently relaunched our virtual signing website and have decided to combine our blog and signings in one. </div><div><br /></div><div>We will be moving things over slowly, but in the meantime feel free to check out our NEW blog and enter our current giveaway, as well as check out our latest signings currently open! </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gcreadingvs.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Good Choice Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642003814176567517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158531286462009257.post-88866218120671514722021-10-15T11:47:00.001-04:002021-10-15T11:47:45.217-04:00Blog Tour: Violets Are Blue by Barbara Dee<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20h5Fx3hE4-31BDToIHeK8NnvTjtrvxEYhP1BTkSrRj-Cq0hZrO5EUUK9qlIrh4tvRVSnqxXgaUlftXW61bH5zBOAZSCuDzFkbuqe5CznCNYWHmihHCFt5tExXTL0zK4J5n7OAP_cEaM/s1640/violets+tour+banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20h5Fx3hE4-31BDToIHeK8NnvTjtrvxEYhP1BTkSrRj-Cq0hZrO5EUUK9qlIrh4tvRVSnqxXgaUlftXW61bH5zBOAZSCuDzFkbuqe5CznCNYWHmihHCFt5tExXTL0zK4J5n7OAP_cEaM/w400-h225/violets+tour+banner.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Welcome to the <em>Violets Are Blue</em> Blog Tour!</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">To celebrate the release of <strong><em>Violets Are Blue </em></strong><strong>by Barbara Dee</strong> on October 12th, blogs across the web will be featuring exclusive guest posts from Barbara as well as 5 chances to win a signed copy all week long!</p><hr /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;">Eight Things I Need to Write </span></strong><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span>by Barbara Dee</p><p id="isPasted">I’m basically a low maintenance sort of person--and a low maintenance sort of writer, too. Seriously, I can write anywhere: on a moving train, at a Starbucks.</p><p>But lately, when I sit down in front of the computer, there are a few non-negotiable must-haves:</p><ol><li>A mug of green tea with mint. Can’t be plain green tea, or green tea with any other flavors, like lemon (bleh). Occasionally I’ll switch to chai tea with milk, but 95% of the time, when I’m writing I’m sipping green tea with mint.</li><li>YumEarth Organic Pops. These are virtuous--vegan, gluten-free—lollipops in a variety of fruit flavors. I toss the strawberry and watermelon pops because they’re too sweet for my tastebuds. Very Very Cherry is mouth-wateringly tart, Razzmatazz Berry is complicated and delicious, Perfectly Peach is satisfying—but the best is definitely Mango Tango, which I save for when I’m writing something especially tricky. </li><li>Uncle Jerry’s Pretzels. These are handmade Pennsylvania Dutch pretzels I get at my local supermarket. They’re serious snacks—substantial and not too salty. Great for when you’re frustrated and need to stress-chew.</li><li>Chocolate. When you’re super stressed (you just discovered a gaping plot hole, you can’t think of a title, you realize the chrononlogy of your plot is all messed up, your pub date has been postponed due to supply chain issues, etc, etc, etc) even a small bite of dark chocolate, preferably with almonds, helps. So does chocolate ice cream. Or any kind of ice cream, actually.</li><li>Quiet. I’m not the kind of writer who makes a playlist. I need almost total quiet to work—no music, or leaf blowers or ringing telephones. Although I do make an exception for my dog’s loud snores, which I find cozy and calming. </li><li>Post-it notes and legal pads. I don’t write longhand; every book is typed. But as I’m writing I make myself endless notes. Which I promptly lose on my messy desk.</li><li>Uniball Jetstream pens. My friend Nick Bruel raved about these pens at a book festival a few years ago so I went out and bought a few. They’re now my go-tos for all the notes I scribble on the post-its and legal pads. Somehow they make your words flow. Also highly recommended for book signings.</li><li>Screenplays for when I need to procrastinate. Whenever I’m stuck, or just need a break, I like to read screenplays of my favorite movies and tv shows. My own books are basically dialogue, and reading screenplays helps me hear how characters speak. Fortunately, my local library has tons of screenplays, so I have plenty more procrastination in my future! </li></ol><hr /><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgur.com/jCYTVzp"><img class="fr-fic fr-dii" src="https://i.imgur.com/jCYTVzp.jpg" style="width: 365px;" title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Violets-Are-Blue-Barbara-Dee/dp/1534469184"><strong>Amazon</strong></a><strong> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/violets-are-blue-9781534469181">Bookshop</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56980389-violets-are-blue">Goodreads</a></strong></p><p id="isPasted" style="text-align: center;"><strong>“Barbara Dee has done it AGAIN! She tackles tough topics with such great care. She is to middle schoolers today what Judy Blume was to me in the 80’s. I give <em>Violets Are Blue</em> ALL the stars and thumbs up.”<br /></strong>– Amanda Jones, 2021 <em>School Library Journal</em> Co-Librarian of the Year</p><p id="isPasted" style="text-align: center;"><strong>“[F]requently poignant… With flawed, realistic characters and dynamics, this reconciliatory novel is a believable balm for young people at the mercy of adult choices and scenarios.”<br /></strong>– <em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><p id="isPasted">From the author of the acclaimed <em>My Life in the Fish Tank</em> and <em>Maybe He Just Likes You</em> comes a moving and relatable middle grade novel about secrets, family, and the power of forgiveness.<br /> <br />Twelve-year-old Wren loves makeup—special effect makeup, to be exact. When she is experimenting with new looks, Wren can create a different version of herself. A girl who isn’t in a sort-of-best friendship with someone who seems like she hates her. A girl whose parents aren’t divorced and doesn’t have to learn to like her new stepmom.<br /> <br />So, when Wren and her mom move to a new town for a fresh start, she is cautiously optimistic. And things seem to fall into place when Wren meets potential friends and gets selected as the makeup artist for her school’s upcoming production of <em>Wicked</em>.<br /> <br />Only, Wren’s mom isn’t doing so well. She’s taking a lot of naps, starts snapping at Wren for no reason, and always seems to be sick. And what’s worse, Wren keeps getting hints that things aren’t going well at her new job at the hospital, where her mom is a nurse. And after an opening night disaster leads to a heartbreaking discovery, Wren realizes that her mother has a serious problem—a problem that can’t be wiped away or covered up.<br /> <br />After all the progress she’s made, can Wren start over again with her devastating new normal? And will she ever be able to heal the broken trust with her mom? </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="ui-droppable" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8n4N6RXFbMQ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">Learn how to create the mermaid makeup effect from the cover!:</span></strong></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="ui-droppable" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mdkqPAY8dlc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgur.com/UX8c4rn"><img class="fr-fic fr-dii" src="https://i.imgur.com/UX8c4rn.jpg" style="width: 390px;" title="source: imgur.com" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Follow Barbara:</strong> <a href="https://barbaradeebooks.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Barbara-Dee-125059416673/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Barbaradee2">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://instagram.com/barbaradeebooks">Instagram</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Barbara Dee is the author of twelve middle grade novels published by Simon & Schuster, including <em id="isPasted">Violets Are Blue</em>, <em>My Life in the Fish Tank</em>,<em> Maybe He Just Likes You</em>,<em> Everything I Know About You</em>,<em> Halfway</em> <em>Normal</em>, and <em>Star-Crossed.</em> Her books have earned several starred reviews, have been shortlisted for many state book awards, and have been named to best-of lists including the <em>The</em> <em>Washington Post</em>’s Best Children’s Books, the ALA Notable Children’s Books, the ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project List, the NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, and the ALA Rainbow List Top Ten. Barbara lives with her family, including a naughty cat named Luna and a sweet rescue hound named Ripley, in Westchester County, New York.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 30px;">GIVEAWAY</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a class="rcptr" data-raflid="a195e820162" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/a195e820162/" id="rcwidget_rmmxsm0n" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script> </strong></p><ul><li><strong>One (1) winner will receive a hardcover of <em>Violets Are Blue </em>by Barbara Dee with a SIGNED bookplate</strong></li><li>US/Can only</li><li>Ends 11:59pm ET on 10/24</li><li>Enter using the Rafflecopter above</li><li>Check out the other stops along the tour for more chances to win!</li></ul><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Blog Tour Schedule:</strong></p><p id="isPasted" style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><strong>October 11th</strong> – </span><a href="https://www.pragmaticmom.com/">Pragmatic Mom</a><br /><strong>October 12th</strong> – <a href="https://imaginationsoup.net/">Imagination Soup</a><br /><strong>October 13th</strong> – <a href="https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/">From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors</a><br /><span style="white-space: pre;"><strong>October 14th</strong> – </span><a href="https://www.yabookscentral.com/" target="_self">YA Books Central</a><br /><strong>October 15th</strong> – <a href="http://www.goodchoicereading.com/">Good Choice Reading</a></p><p><br /></p>
Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14212211603783929630noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158531286462009257.post-81442954256979310152021-05-04T07:00:00.028-04:002021-05-04T07:00:00.275-04:00Release Blast: Fated Sight by Skye Malone!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaxIauO69R3goHw3lBjAouW77anweMtfOiBmhN6MnZgG5YGa96HcZPC0-vDBWzjvko46ya0ZBY6pdmp2vG8LRImyzIls-v42S5HR69bskmtrhSI6W_FobhEnavvlFULvg_7V2MhpUvYA/s1000/FS_Mockup_Resized.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaxIauO69R3goHw3lBjAouW77anweMtfOiBmhN6MnZgG5YGa96HcZPC0-vDBWzjvko46ya0ZBY6pdmp2vG8LRImyzIls-v42S5HR69bskmtrhSI6W_FobhEnavvlFULvg_7V2MhpUvYA/s320/FS_Mockup_Resized.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fated Sight by Skye Malone</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://skyemalone.com/shifters-of-ragnarok/" target="_blank">Shifters of Ragnarok #1</a></span></p><p>A shifter in hiding. An heir to a werewolf empire. With an apocalypse brewing, can these fated mates find a way to trust each other, or will their differences doom them both?</p><p>As the lone werewolf in her small town, Hayden has spent her life terrified of her own kind. They’re monsters. Killers of children. Nothing she could ever trust. Just as terrifying are the apocalyptic visions that haunt her, though she’s convinced those can’t be real. But then the sexy stranger from her nightmares walks into her flower shop.</p><p>Sole heir to his clan alpha, Connor lives a life of duty with no need for love. Protecting his wolves is all that’s mattered since humans murdered his mother years ago. But when his father’s apocalyptic obsession brings him to the very town where his mother died, the last thing he expects is to discover the shy local florist is his fated mate—and she’s determined to protect the humans from him.</p><p>When signs of the apocalypse appear, ancient enemies arise, threatening the wolves and humans alike. Can Connor and Hayden learn to trust their eternal bond and save everyone, or will old wounds tear them apart?</p><p>Get ready. The end of the world starts today.</p><p>Steamy paranormal romance intended for readers 18+</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57364668-fated-sight" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="41" data-original-width="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRzFIC_chxRr-zy8uUITtlv9PM_9IjyaH14Oq3XI0euIZUdyJ3TVSoooA4WWHitDBDVgz7m7dqQD0hjJaV3zCJ4ErVVOpupqbvgXdblZl9RLoNwz0p7Bur7yRdKWjbD14pRW8pB0b1ew/s0/AddtoGoodreads.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: none; outline: none !important;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">Special release week sale! Get Fated Sight for only 99 cents this week only!</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: none; outline: none !important;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><br /></span></em></div><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #6f6f6f; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XDVRCM6?&linkCode=ll1&tag=megjoepetfana-20&linkId=3c68c4948fa5c0c2b9e5cfe5087441cd&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl" style="color: #005cbd; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="Amazon">AMAZON</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1138889087?ean=2940162479314" style="color: #005cbd; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="Barnes and Noble">BARNES AND NOBLE</a> | <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=UCMgEAAAQBAJ" style="color: #005cbd; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="Google Play">GOOGLE</a> | <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/fated-sight/id1555327399?ls=1" style="color: #005cbd; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="iTunes">ITUNES</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/fated-sight" style="color: #005cbd; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title="Kobo">KOBO</a></span></h4><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mlContentTable mlContentTableDefault" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="mlContentTableCardTd" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14212211603783929630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158531286462009257.post-8730097974989635942021-03-09T13:00:00.001-05:002021-03-09T13:00:03.013-05:00Cover Reveal: Fated Sight by Skye Malone!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIO3gozIV_bQCBTSiBLR36X-CcvF4wz56atFkb5NFnKBdhvPVpZFOydNEROF_yH7o2Aaww9XOpMfxo7MAcPxTk7ywrh_pM9axNgdMVGIQE0w8CFgsOyxMT4oTgD9N8noY4wefagkl0ySM/s1000/apocalypse-fullcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIO3gozIV_bQCBTSiBLR36X-CcvF4wz56atFkb5NFnKBdhvPVpZFOydNEROF_yH7o2Aaww9XOpMfxo7MAcPxTk7ywrh_pM9axNgdMVGIQE0w8CFgsOyxMT4oTgD9N8noY4wefagkl0ySM/w389-h389/apocalypse-fullcover.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Ek Mukta", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Book One of the Shifters of Ragnarok</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Ek Mukta", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 800;">A shifter in hiding. An heir to a werewolf empire. With an apocalypse brewing, can these fated mates find a way to trust each other, or will their differences doom them both?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Ek Mukta", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">As the lone werewolf in her small town, Hayden has spent her life terrified of her own kind. They’re monsters. Killers of children. Nothing she could ever trust. Just as terrifying are the apocalyptic visions that haunt her, though she’s convinced those can’t be real. But then the sexy stranger from her nightmares walks into her flower shop.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Ek Mukta", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">Sole heir to his clan alpha, Connor lives a life of duty with no need for love. Protecting his wolves is all that’s mattered since humans murdered his mother years ago. But when his father’s apocalyptic obsession brings him to the very town where his mother died, the last thing he expects is to discover the shy local florist is his fated mate—and she’s determined to protect the humans from <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">him</em>.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Ek Mukta", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">When signs of the apocalypse appear, ancient enemies arise, threatening the wolves and humans alike. Can Connor and Hayden learn to trust their eternal bond and save everyone, or will old wounds tear them apart?</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Ek Mukta", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Get ready. The end of the world starts today.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Ek Mukta", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">PRE-ORDER<br /></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XDVRCM6" target="_blank">AMAZON</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fated-sight-skye-malone/1138889087" target="_blank">BARNES & NOBLE</a> | <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=UCMgEAAAQBAJ" target="_blank">GOOGLE</a> | <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/fated-sight/id1555327399?ls=1" target="_blank">ITUNES</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/fated-sight" target="_blank">KOBO</a></p></div><p><br /></p>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14212211603783929630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158531286462009257.post-47750002055357297162021-02-18T13:02:00.001-05:002021-02-23T13:06:07.161-05:00Cover Reveal: DISASTER GIRL by Michelle Dayton! <!--wp:image {"align":"center","id":36172,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"}-->
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Join us for the cover reveal of Disaster Girl by Michelle Dayton. Fans who love Second Chance Romances will sink their teeth into this spicy, humorous romance. Keep scrolling for more details about this sexy cover. </p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center" style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Title: Disaster Girl</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center" style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Author: Michelle Dayton</strong><strong></strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center" style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Release Date: May 20th, 2021</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center" style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Genres: Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction</strong></p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center" style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Trope: Sexy Hacker, Second Chance Romance, Will They or Won’t They, Stand-Alone Romance</strong></p>
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<p style="font-size: 18px;"></p><blockquote><p style="font-size: 18px;">Tess Greene knows disaster—dating disasters, computer disasters, family disasters, you name it. But just when her life is finally almost perfect, she’s targeted by an internet celebrity who runs a revenge porn site admired by douchebags across the country. She has one month before the entire world will have an up-close-and-personal view of her sexual history. Tess has always handled everything on her own, but for this disaster, she needs backup.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><em>He swept into my life, like an unexpected storm. One minute I’m planning forever and the next, I’m left picking up the pieces. Three years have passed and now he’s back wanting to reclaim what once was. Can lightning strike twice or will they be left broken? Readers who love second chance romances will enjoy this diverse, contemporary romance. </em></strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><em><br /></em></strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><em><br /></em></strong></p>
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</span><p><strong><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></strong></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>JULIA</strong><br />I never saw Noah Weston coming. He swept into my life like an unexpected storm, but soon, he was everything to me.<br />Until tragedy struck.<br />One day I was planning the rest of my life with my soulmate, and the next I was picking up the pieces of a love so strong, it broke me apart. <br />It took three years to put myself back together.<br />Three years until I was ready to move on.<br />I’ll never forget it. The day he came back.<br />Can lightening strike twice? Maybe, but when I look into his eyes, all I remember are the last words he ever spoke to me.<br />The words that left me broken.<br /><strong><br />NOAH</strong><br />I loved her before I knew her name. She was more than just my heartbeat. Julia Blake was a dream too good to be true.<br />When real life invaded the bubble we had created, I was left a broken man.<br />I survived, but I was dead inside. Half the man I used to be.<br />The half I needed had a new life without me.<br />Three years later, I’m back to reclaim what I’ve lost.<br />I’m back for her, only she wants nothing to do with me.</span></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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<p> I take another bite of the brownie and then lay flat on the grass, letting the October sun kiss my brown skin while I enjoy the chocolatey goodness.<br />“Ahh,” I say to myself, “after this, I can die happy.” I put both hands behind my head and squint at the sun beaming down on me.<br />“I hope not,” I hear a deep voice say.<br />I sit up and look at the figure, but the bright sun blocks his face. I block the sun by putting a hand on my forehead and look into a pair of familiar eyes, the clearest green I’ve ever seen. The sun dips behind a cloud, giving me a clear view of his face.<br />It’s the ginger hottie with the bun. He’s either a transfer or a graduate student because, in all my years here, I’ve never seen him until recently. But whatever the circumstances, he’s certainly noticeable. And I never turn down an opportunity to ogle good eye candy.<br />First, he’s head and shoulders taller than everyone on campus. He walks around, his shoulders broad, as if he owns the place. Unlike most of the people at this school, I’ve never seen him with an entourage. The few times I’ve seen him, he’s been alone.<br />His bun is messier than usual today. Half of it has fallen out of the elastic and hangs on his very broad shoulders. The wind blows, making his hair messier, and my fingers itch to put it back in place.<br />I’ve never been this close to him, and when I look into his face again, I notice a small scar above his left eyebrow. I envision running a finger over that scar fifty different ways.<br />“Well, if you ever had this brownie, you’d die a happy death too,” I finally say.<br />Normally, I’d be tongue-tied around someone as good looking as him, but knowing that he must be making small talk between classes and that someone like him would never be interested in me, I decide to just be myself.<br />“Are you going to share, then? I want to judge this brownie for myself.” His eyes twinkle when he smiles, and the smile reveals a dimple in each cheek. When he sticks his hand out, I stare at it, dumbfounded. “Noah Weston,” he says, and I finally shake his hand.<br />I’m a tall woman, only an inch shy of six feet. My hands have always been considered large, but now it’s totally engulfed in his. He wraps his hand around mine, holding it firmly, showing the contrast between my brown hand and his much lighter one. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say he doesn’t want to let go, but he does after I give it a little tug.<br />“Julia Blake.” I rub my hand on my jeans, trying to erase the electrical charge from his brief touch.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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<p>A Boston native, wife, mother, and wine enthusiast. If she’s not writing, thinking about writing, you will find Evelyn with a book in her hands. While a new publisher, she’s been writing for years, and she will continue to write for many years to come. </p>
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Good Choice Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642003814176567517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158531286462009257.post-41777435297837913682020-10-22T10:37:00.000-04:002020-10-22T10:37:27.041-04:00Review & Giveaway: The Bone Carver by Monique Snyman!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoFZ-Rbn8w21HLf5BHegFrkf_u0U5wQzjWScGageWZTlyvL07YCBoGoLEOw-PVJU8vBR1lJ6gwDqzioZHXgHclMejxE0EW8B5j9I-K0h3iMnRum3sbhVaUeZx2B-99Vwt5bF2gIVGf9s/s500/TheBoneCarverBlogBanner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="500" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoFZ-Rbn8w21HLf5BHegFrkf_u0U5wQzjWScGageWZTlyvL07YCBoGoLEOw-PVJU8vBR1lJ6gwDqzioZHXgHclMejxE0EW8B5j9I-K0h3iMnRum3sbhVaUeZx2B-99Vwt5bF2gIVGf9s/w530-h212/TheBoneCarverBlogBanner.png" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x40_tGobwdchHWml4pwGB87C9AaT8GxmGfoiqTW9q4mHkqOHq6tWRsNKxekflE1y3dLoOmI3pw94VYga0HrIWnxrKS9w7ek7lmeh-VGLiKYCQH42ESnWhDpVyF3BJlnufVPvxq867VM/s1000/52356350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x40_tGobwdchHWml4pwGB87C9AaT8GxmGfoiqTW9q4mHkqOHq6tWRsNKxekflE1y3dLoOmI3pw94VYga0HrIWnxrKS9w7ek7lmeh-VGLiKYCQH42ESnWhDpVyF3BJlnufVPvxq867VM/w416-h625/52356350.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><font size="6">The Bone Carver</font></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by Monique Snyman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/266978-harrowsgate" target="_blank">The Night Weaver Series #2</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Genre</b>: Young Adult, Horror</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Publication:</b> October 20th, 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For a small New England town, Shadow Grove has an uncanny ability to attract the worst kind of trouble. Not that the residents are too concerned about the various horrors living among them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the leaves change color and the weather grows colder, a foul presence is making itself known by leaving peculiar gifts for the students of Ridge Crest High. At first, the presents seem harmless—and a rash of accidents seem coincidental—but when seniors Rachel Cleary and her Scottish cousin, Dougal Mackay, find a boneless body in the boiler room, things take an ominous turn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something vicious is on the loose in Shadow Grove, but with Orion Nebulius gone, Rachel has little hope of anyone getting out alive.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Purchase</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Carver-Night-Weaver-Book-ebook/dp/B08FCQ6DTJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-carver-monique-snyman/1133203692?ean=9781645480099" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX2nPbTmEnGD8uDcQW2qgBaHahsuLb_Ua17ZZitI_MwONsE8Bg_r__zrk_xbv9o2EMsfYIiQt8nD206yNY_gypkga3R5c-vs1E_IY0Y8vBONuRhEBgutWYv1Uzn8aggsEU2VJKF0eRR4/s600/Monique-Silvertone-489x600.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="489" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX2nPbTmEnGD8uDcQW2qgBaHahsuLb_Ua17ZZitI_MwONsE8Bg_r__zrk_xbv9o2EMsfYIiQt8nD206yNY_gypkga3R5c-vs1E_IY0Y8vBONuRhEBgutWYv1Uzn8aggsEU2VJKF0eRR4/w163-h200/Monique-Silvertone-489x600.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><br />Monique Snyman’s mind is a confusing bedlam of glitter and death, where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive. Sorting out the mess in her head is particularly irksome before she’s ingested a specific amount of coffee, which is equal to half the recommended intake of water for humans per day. When she’s not playing referee to her imaginary friends or trying to overdose on caffeine, she’s doing something with words—be it writing, reading, or editing.<br /><br />Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her husband and an adorable Chihuahua. She’s the author of the Bram Stoker Award® nominated novel, THE NIGHT WEAVER, which is the first installment in a dark fantasy series for young adults.</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Review</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is just something about the atmosphere that Snyman creates that just works for this time of year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I really enjoyed The Bone Carver as a nice companion to The Night Weaver. I will say that I wish the two had been connected more, because it kind of felt like a whole new world with the same characters. However, that's not so much a complaint, because I really like the characters she has created! Rachel, Dougal, and Mrs. Crenshaw were always a fun group to read about, and I loved the addition of Mercia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I personally really appreciate the way Snyman has woven the fae world into the fictional town of Shadow Grove. I'm not a big fan of fae. As a lover of fantasy I'm probably in the minority on that, but it's just not my thing. However in this case it feels like a compliment to the story, rather than the focal point, and I like that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Overall, this is the perfect book to read in October, especially during these times. It was a nice escape. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmYJ1vvMnbYwliyGvVq2yAfSYqEAa_7IjRcy6aMPfYaoStk_FGVv5Qd_HiIXb-FkO2vKKHKu8Hi263FRSpml1Li2skynrIGZ6AOZz8xC0Y99CUvchjSUngSNbtUG79AyOdcIZvALNEDQ/s391/Mysignature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="391" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmYJ1vvMnbYwliyGvVq2yAfSYqEAa_7IjRcy6aMPfYaoStk_FGVv5Qd_HiIXb-FkO2vKKHKu8Hi263FRSpml1Li2skynrIGZ6AOZz8xC0Y99CUvchjSUngSNbtUG79AyOdcIZvALNEDQ/w278-h100/Mysignature.png" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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Not that the residents are too concerned about the various horrors living among them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the leaves change color and the weather grows colder, a foul presence is making itself known by leaving peculiar gifts for the students of Ridge Crest High. At first, the presents seem harmless—and a rash of accidents seem coincidental—but when seniors Rachel Cleary and her Scottish cousin, Dougal Mackay, find a boneless body in the boiler room, things take an ominous turn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something vicious is on the loose in Shadow Grove, but with Orion Nebulius gone, Rachel has little hope of anyone getting out alive.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Purchase</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Carver-Night-Weaver-Book-ebook/dp/B08FCQ6DTJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-carver-monique-snyman/1133203692?ean=9781645480099" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX2nPbTmEnGD8uDcQW2qgBaHahsuLb_Ua17ZZitI_MwONsE8Bg_r__zrk_xbv9o2EMsfYIiQt8nD206yNY_gypkga3R5c-vs1E_IY0Y8vBONuRhEBgutWYv1Uzn8aggsEU2VJKF0eRR4/s600/Monique-Silvertone-489x600.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="489" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX2nPbTmEnGD8uDcQW2qgBaHahsuLb_Ua17ZZitI_MwONsE8Bg_r__zrk_xbv9o2EMsfYIiQt8nD206yNY_gypkga3R5c-vs1E_IY0Y8vBONuRhEBgutWYv1Uzn8aggsEU2VJKF0eRR4/w163-h200/Monique-Silvertone-489x600.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><br />Monique Snyman’s mind is a confusing bedlam of glitter and death, where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive. Sorting out the mess in her head is particularly irksome before she’s ingested a specific amount of coffee, which is equal to half the recommended intake of water for humans per day. When she’s not playing referee to her imaginary friends or trying to overdose on caffeine, she’s doing something with words—be it writing, reading, or editing.<br /><br />Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her husband and an adorable Chihuahua. She’s the author of the Bram Stoker Award® nominated novel, THE NIGHT WEAVER, which is the first installment in a dark fantasy series for young adults.</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-de7256f1-7fff-5d8f-d6cb-176c84f0502e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something crunches nearby, like a foot accidentally sliding across the filthy floor. They both look in the direction of the sound, searching for a nonexistent lurker. Ice runs through Rachel’s veins. She grabs Dougal’s arm and stares at the unidentifiable heap lying near the bottom of a metallic container.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What?” he hisses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rachel points to the crumpled heap—</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please let it be fabric</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dougal’s gaze drifts over to the area. His frown becomes more pronounced as he places a hand on her shoulder. She can’t figure out if the gesture is to hold her back or if he wants to use her as a shield. At this point, anything’s possible. She drops her hand to her side and they slowly move together toward the metallic container, hesitant to find out what exactly they’re dealing with.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The closer they dare to move, the more intense the repugnant smell grows. A persistent buzzing becomes louder. Rachel swats a fat fly away from her face. The heap stirs slightly, making a sickly, squelching sound, disturbing the swarm of insects ever so slightly. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She and Dougal halt and wait for any other sudden movements. When nothing else occurs in the brief reprieve, they take another step closer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eyes stare up at Rachel from a flat, unrecognizable face that’s haphazardly folded into a neck and torso. Boneless limbs lie every which way, stretched out beyond recognition. A swollen tongue hangs from the mouth, lips pulled into an awkward, ugly gape. It looks like a film prop or a twisted Halloween decoration that’d been left out in the sun. The heap twitches again and a bulge appears in the neck. A thick, serpentine thing slips out of the mouth, protruding from between the lips, slinks across the flattened nose, and whips the chubby cheek. It quickly disappears before a bloody snout becomes visible. Whiskers move and beady eyes stares out from the jawless face, cradled between broken teeth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rachel steps back and suppresses a scream, which comes out as a squeak. She stares in abject horror at the scene. Her stomach flips in revulsion. The damage is done, though. The image will forever haunt her nightmares.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“In the name of the Wee Man,” Dougal whispers, aghast.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I told you,” she says. Anger takes over as she opens her eyes again. She averts her gaze to look directly at Dougal, his face now the shade of ash. “I freaking told you we shouldn’t come down here, didn’t I?” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His eyes fix on the boneless body, his jaw works as if he’s speaking under his breath, but somehow he can’t find his voice. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dougal, c’mon.” She nudges his shoulder, pushing his immense form backward so he can snap out of his stupor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“He’s boneless. Utterly boneless,” he finally utters, unable to prize his gaze away from the heap of human remains. Dougal raises his hand, wipes his palm over his forehead and eyes, and shakes his head. “How’s it even possible?”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“If we stick around here for much longer, I’m pretty sure we’ll find out.”</span></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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Not that the residents are too concerned about the various horrors living among them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the leaves change color and the weather grows colder, a foul presence is making itself known by leaving peculiar gifts for the students of Ridge Crest High. At first, the presents seem harmless—and a rash of accidents seem coincidental—but when seniors Rachel Cleary and her Scottish cousin, Dougal Mackay, find a boneless body in the boiler room, things take an ominous turn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something vicious is on the loose in Shadow Grove, but with Orion Nebulius gone, Rachel has little hope of anyone getting out alive.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Purchase</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Carver-Night-Weaver-Book-ebook/dp/B08FCQ6DTJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-carver-monique-snyman/1133203692?ean=9781645480099" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">About the Author</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX2nPbTmEnGD8uDcQW2qgBaHahsuLb_Ua17ZZitI_MwONsE8Bg_r__zrk_xbv9o2EMsfYIiQt8nD206yNY_gypkga3R5c-vs1E_IY0Y8vBONuRhEBgutWYv1Uzn8aggsEU2VJKF0eRR4/s600/Monique-Silvertone-489x600.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="489" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPX2nPbTmEnGD8uDcQW2qgBaHahsuLb_Ua17ZZitI_MwONsE8Bg_r__zrk_xbv9o2EMsfYIiQt8nD206yNY_gypkga3R5c-vs1E_IY0Y8vBONuRhEBgutWYv1Uzn8aggsEU2VJKF0eRR4/w163-h200/Monique-Silvertone-489x600.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><br />Monique Snyman’s mind is a confusing bedlam of glitter and death, where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive. Sorting out the mess in her head is particularly irksome before she’s ingested a specific amount of coffee, which is equal to half the recommended intake of water for humans per day. When she’s not playing referee to her imaginary friends or trying to overdose on caffeine, she’s doing something with words—be it writing, reading, or editing.<br /><br />Monique Snyman lives in Pretoria, South Africa, with her husband and an adorable Chihuahua. She’s the author of the Bram Stoker Award® nominated novel, THE NIGHT WEAVER, which is the first installment in a dark fantasy series for young adults.</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tour Schedule</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">October 19th</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://readmore-sleepless.blogspot.com/">Read More, Sleep Less</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://feywildbooks.blogspot.com/">Feywild Books</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">October 20th</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.mahkjchisnotsosecretbooks.com">Mahkjchi’s Not-So-Secret Books</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">October 21st</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://gwendalynbooks.wordpress.com">Gwendalyn Books</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">October 22nd</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href=" http://www.goodchoicereading.com">Good Choice Reading</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">October 23rd</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://justjaimereviews.blogspot.com/">Just Jaime Reviews</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://moviesshowsnbooks.blogspot.com/">Movies Shows & Books</a> | Review</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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Not that the residents are too concerned about the various horrors living among them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the leaves change color and the weather grows colder, a foul presence is making itself known by leaving peculiar gifts for the students of Ridge Crest High. At first, the presents seem harmless—and a rash of accidents seem coincidental—but when seniors Rachel Cleary and her Scottish cousin, Dougal Mackay, find a boneless body in the boiler room, things take an ominous turn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something vicious is on the loose in Shadow Grove, but with Orion Nebulius gone, Rachel has little hope of anyone getting out alive.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pre-order</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Carver-Night-Weaver-Book-ebook/dp/B08FCQ6DTJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-carver-monique-snyman/1133203692?ean=9781645480099" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Teaser</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4f3C1E_Gg0N673I735T7LthD-OutilzpAfMr1lUhabhlMrZRgKPVXIx4uTYDuWPXg5qTfI2-dKteIiTehOZgJvfK_BZxL__64klz_jWdU6ilC49FiyiEyHU_W-gw5kcwAMreaAtRvzGM/s610/TBC_Teaser4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="610" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4f3C1E_Gg0N673I735T7LthD-OutilzpAfMr1lUhabhlMrZRgKPVXIx4uTYDuWPXg5qTfI2-dKteIiTehOZgJvfK_BZxL__64klz_jWdU6ilC49FiyiEyHU_W-gw5kcwAMreaAtRvzGM/w391-h391/TBC_Teaser4.png" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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Until she didn’t.<br /><br />After leaving Winter Glen, the small town famous for its Christmas celebration and her family’s greeting card company, Abby is forced to return to the home she left behind when the unexpected passing of her father thrusts the business into her hands.<br /><br />Turning her back on the magic of the holiday beloved by her father and the town, she decides to sell the business. Signing the paperwork with the very pen her father used to create it, she is shocked to discover her hometown has become a whole new world.<br /><br />One where Christmas has vanished!<br /><br />Now stuck in a place devoid of hope, joy, and the spirit of the season, Abby sees family and friends altered in the most terrible of ways.<br /><br />Determined to set things right, though unsure how, Abby takes out her father’s pen and begins to draw. When she realizes her art is coming to life, she sets out to recreate the holiday and bring back the most wonderful time of the year.<br /><br />But some are determined to keep an iron grip on the town and will do anything in their power to stop her.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewNumberedItemContainer" style="background-color: #f2eaea; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsItemItem" data-item-id="1161252000" jscontroller="RGrRJf" jsname="ibnC6b" role="listitem" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(218, 220, 224); break-inside: avoid; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 24px; transition: background-color 200ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;"><div aria-level="2" class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderTitle freebirdCustomFont" role="heading" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 24px;">Teaser Blasts</div><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderDescriptionText" style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 16.2px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will be sharing Teaser Blasts throughout November and December! 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A Rafflecopter will be prepared for you to share your links as extra entries, with a new entry option added as each date comes around.<br /><br />Teaser Blast: November 18th<br />Teaser Blast: November 25th<br />Teaser Blast: December 14th<br />Teaser Blast: December 21st</div></div></div><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewNumberedItemContainer" style="background-color: #f2eaea; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsItemItem" data-item-id="1442018947" jscontroller="RGrRJf" jsname="ibnC6b" role="listitem" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(218, 220, 224); break-inside: avoid; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 24px; transition: background-color 200ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;"><div aria-level="2" class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderTitle freebirdCustomFont" role="heading" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 24px;">Release Blast: December 1st</div><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderDescriptionText" style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 16.2px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">HTML content will be provided for bloggers, but you can share her release on any platform. 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Not that the residents are too concerned about the various horrors living among them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the leaves change color and the weather grows colder, a foul presence is making itself known by leaving peculiar gifts for the students of Ridge Crest High. At first, the presents seem harmless—and a rash of accidents seem coincidental—but when seniors Rachel Cleary and her Scottish cousin, Dougal Mackay, find a boneless body in the boiler room, things take an ominous turn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something vicious is on the loose in Shadow Grove, but with Orion Nebulius gone, Rachel has little hope of anyone getting out alive.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pre-order</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Carver-Night-Weaver-Book-ebook/dp/B08FCQ6DTJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-carver-monique-snyman/1133203692?ean=9781645480099" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Teaser</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjN5OYZ5cBz5cLewFacJcukNksX5f5ZmutJqDbUlMGlgWyEUKjYhdVk-IMWBhQkGQMFsM8IZo8IKwkCZSJwu-kDkuS5tO9qSUUMp9V9lwh2MChJ0GBm8L6PTav9sYp5SiLc5rqDZ7DWG4/s610/TBC_Teaser3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="610" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjN5OYZ5cBz5cLewFacJcukNksX5f5ZmutJqDbUlMGlgWyEUKjYhdVk-IMWBhQkGQMFsM8IZo8IKwkCZSJwu-kDkuS5tO9qSUUMp9V9lwh2MChJ0GBm8L6PTav9sYp5SiLc5rqDZ7DWG4/w383-h383/TBC_Teaser3.png" width="383" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome to the <i>Pretty Funny for a Girl </i>Blog Tour!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt from <i>Pretty Funny for a Girl</i></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">by Rebecca Elliott</span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 29.3333px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><b>CHAPTER SEVEN</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;">The next day at school, Kas and Chloe are all hyper about our pub plans next Friday. They’re already talking about what they’re going to wear and which shoes would look best with Chloe’s new lipstick, but I’m just concentrating on trying not to sound too excited so as not to start up the whole “Pig <i>luurves</i> Leo” thing again.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“You do want to go, don’t you, Pig?” says Kas. “You don’t seem that up for it.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Yeah, sure. I’ve just gotta lot of other stuff on at the moment and it’s, well, it’s still a week away. I mean, I’m sure I’ll be excited nearer the time.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“What stuff?” Chloe scoffs at me with a grin.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Just…stuff.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Like…?”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Like…hobbies and stuff. I have a very busy life. It’s not all about you guys!”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Since when do have you have a hobby?” says Kas.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“I have hobbies…erm…sleeping…eating…toileting…”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kas laughs. “They’re not hobbies!”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“They’re leisure activities that give me pleasure, so I don’t see why not,” I say grandly, hoping to dismantle the conversation with another laugh.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“I think I know the real hobby you’re into,” says Chloe with a grin that could rival the Joker’s for evilness. “<i>Luurving</i> Mr. Leo Jackson.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Oh, for frick’s sake.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As the two of them giggle, Mrs. Perkins blasts over the class, “Right, who wants to take the roll back?”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I grab the opportunity for an escape route and shoot my hand into the air.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Ms. Swinton, I’m impressed! You’re not known for your volunteering,” says Mrs. Perkins.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“It’s one of her new <i>hobbies</i>, miss,” sniggers Kas.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Is it okay that I hate you both a little bit right now?” I whisper to them as I grab my bag and get up.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Aww, Pig, we’re only messing about. C’mon, you know that,” says Chloe.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Yeah, whatever, you evil old hags.” But I say it with a smile.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Then, as I walk between the desks to the front of the class, Dylan puts on a loud camp voice and says, “And coming down the catwalk now we have a glorious outfit from the latest collection by Jean-Paul Porkier…”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I grit my teeth, but I go along with the joke. What else can I do? So I strut down the classroom, my chin raised high, shoulders back, lips pouting, swaying my hips with each step and snapping my body then my head back to the room as I reach Mrs. Perkins. The class falls about in fits of giggles.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mrs. Perkins is less impressed. “Yes, thank you, Haylah, most amusing, but if you mess around like that again in my classroom it’ll be detention, okay?”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Sorry, miss,” I say, taking the roll from her.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dylan’s such a cack-nugget.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I head to the school office, the flush leaving my cheeks with each step. Thinking back to the conversation with Chloe and Kas, I know I should just stop denying it and tell them that yes, I have a little thing for Leo, and yes, I know it’s going nowhere. Try to make a joke out of it. But this feels different. This time the joke is very much on me. I know there’s no hope for this crush. And they know it too. So if I own up to it I go from being the funny, strong one in the group to being the pathetic, heartbroken loser.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I drop the roll off at the office and walk toward the history rooms for my first class of the day. But, as I go past the lockers, I hear a familiar voice booming its big warm laugh.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Leo</i>. He’s leaning up against his locker, talking to a bunch of his friends (mostly girls) all hanging on his every word. My heart begins to pound so loudly I start to think everyone can hear it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Stupid heart.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I could keep walking. I <i>should</i> keep walking. Look at the ground, attract no attention. Instead, with what seems like no instruction from me, my feet walk into the rows of lockers behind where Leo’s is. My locker isn’t here, I have no reason to be here. So I fiddle with someone else’s locker as I listen to Leo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;">For the second day in a row, I’ve turned into creepy stalker girl. Maybe <i>that’s</i> my new hobby.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“So your dad doesn’t mind if we all come down the pub next Friday?” says one of the girls.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Nah, he’s cool with that, as long as you don’t try to buy any drinks—Jax, I’m looking at you!” says Leo. “And no heckling!”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“I’ll only heckle you if you’re not funny, dude,” says Jax as I continue to fiddle with the lock on my pretend locker.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Oh God, I’m an actual nutter.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Then I look around and realize there’s no one down this aisle to see me anyway, so I stop and just lean up against the locker backing on to Leo’s, willing my heart to stop clanging against my chest so loudly.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Oh, no pressure then!” says Leo. “Actually, I haven’t got anything new written, and if I can’t bang anything out by next Friday I won’t be getting up at all.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And now my traitorous heart skips a beat.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>What? But he’s got to get up and do his thing! So that I can be there in the audience. Adoring him.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As I flip out at the thought of Leo not performing, his friends give him a hard time, asking, “How difficult can it be to write a few knock-knock jokes!” But what do they know. Bunch of comedic simpletons.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I understand, Leo—I totally get how hard it is to write the funny.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Then they leave, apparently for art class, and as they go Leo puts on a ridiculous high-pitched voice and does an uncanny impression of Mrs. O’Farrell, the art teacher. “Use your inner eye, students. Don’t draw what’s in <i>front</i> of you, draw the spaces <i>between</i>. Don’t draw what you <i>think</i> you can see, draw what you <i>feel</i> in your hearts. UNLEASH the artist within!”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>They laugh. I laugh (quietly). He leaves. Then I do something stupid.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I don’t know whether it’s the thought of Leo not performing at the pub, the adrenaline from hiding making me go slightly insane, or the high of being so close to him that makes me do it. But whatever it is, with my blood pumping around my body at lightning speed, I get out a pen and paper from my bag and write down one of the jokes I’d written in my comedy diary last night.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>One I could imagine Leo laughing at, but now I can also imagine him telling.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Man, it was hot the other day. So hot. I threw open the freezer, took great handfuls of whatever I could find: frozen peas, Ben & Jerry’s, you name it, and just shoved it all down my shirt. And pants.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lay face down on the floor just enjoying the cold on my skin. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I mean, I know it’s probably not great for the food or anything, but man, it felt good.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>You understand, right? ’Cause the Aldi’s manager sure didn’t.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I sneak around the corner, check no one’s looking, and then post it through the gap at the side of his locker.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And I stride away triumphantly down the hallway.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And with this one truly heroic act she saved humanity from the impending disaster of a Leo-less comedy stage!</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Then the full force of my utter dumb-nuttery begins to hit me.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Oh…holy…crapballs.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And I walk to my class on shaky legs, the harsh sting of regret hitting me a little more with each step.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What oh what the hell was I thinking?</i></span></div><div style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></div></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">*****</span><br />
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</div><div><div>A candid and laugh-out-loud journey of family, friends, and fierce mistakes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Haylah Swinton is an ace best friend, a loving daughter, and an incredibly patient sister to a four-year-old nutcase of a brother. Best of all, she’s pretty confident she’s mastered making light of every situation—from her mom’s new boyfriend to unsolicited remarks on her plus-sized figure. Haylah’s learning to embrace all of her curvy parts and, besides, she has a secret: one day, she’ll be a stand-up comedian star.</div><div><br /></div><div>So when impossibly cool and thirstalicious Leo reveals he’s also into comedy, Haylah jumps at the chance to ghost-write his sets. But is Leo as interested in returning the favor? Even though her friends warn her of Leo’s intentions, Haylah’s not ready to listen—and she might just be digging herself deeper toward heartbreak. If Haylah’s ever going to step into the spotlight, first she’ll need to find the confidence to put herself out there and strut like the boss she really is.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rebecca Elliott’s hilarious and authentic narrative voice is sure to capture readers’ hearts as her plus-sized, teenage heroine navigates learning to love the body she’s in while dealing with friends, family, and boys.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cfSdXYx3NlpRlZEB3Ap-0xREPRZLsahdmfuqsXWHgIIJ3MqQM8JIezBOTNHts9ULmJ0M6MAhJ2bfXX0VrMJDQDdId29UkodAGe2ZFNTDUiqbp5ivYq-CoA62i9chfpk99PXvCV-ShWI/s600/grey-divider-no-background-hi.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="52" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cfSdXYx3NlpRlZEB3Ap-0xREPRZLsahdmfuqsXWHgIIJ3MqQM8JIezBOTNHts9ULmJ0M6MAhJ2bfXX0VrMJDQDdId29UkodAGe2ZFNTDUiqbp5ivYq-CoA62i9chfpk99PXvCV-ShWI/s320/grey-divider-no-background-hi.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>
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Good Choice Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642003814176567517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158531286462009257.post-84153387750549945222020-09-30T07:00:00.003-04:002020-09-30T07:00:03.602-04:00Teaser Blast & Giveaway: The Bone Carver by Monique Snyman<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x40_tGobwdchHWml4pwGB87C9AaT8GxmGfoiqTW9q4mHkqOHq6tWRsNKxekflE1y3dLoOmI3pw94VYga0HrIWnxrKS9w7ek7lmeh-VGLiKYCQH42ESnWhDpVyF3BJlnufVPvxq867VM/s1000/52356350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x40_tGobwdchHWml4pwGB87C9AaT8GxmGfoiqTW9q4mHkqOHq6tWRsNKxekflE1y3dLoOmI3pw94VYga0HrIWnxrKS9w7ek7lmeh-VGLiKYCQH42ESnWhDpVyF3BJlnufVPvxq867VM/w416-h625/52356350.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><font size="6">The Bone Carver</font></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by Monique Snyman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/266978-harrowsgate" target="_blank">The Night Weaver Series #2</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Genre</b>: Young Adult, Horror</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Publication:</b> October 20th, 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For a small New England town, Shadow Grove has an uncanny ability to attract the worst kind of trouble. Not that the residents are too concerned about the various horrors living among them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the leaves change color and the weather grows colder, a foul presence is making itself known by leaving peculiar gifts for the students of Ridge Crest High. At first, the presents seem harmless—and a rash of accidents seem coincidental—but when seniors Rachel Cleary and her Scottish cousin, Dougal Mackay, find a boneless body in the boiler room, things take an ominous turn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something vicious is on the loose in Shadow Grove, but with Orion Nebulius gone, Rachel has little hope of anyone getting out alive.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pre-order</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Carver-Night-Weaver-Book-ebook/dp/B08FCQ6DTJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-carver-monique-snyman/1133203692?ean=9781645480099" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Teaser</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizN5pRxR615Zz9QbQU5B6Rgaj9pWzyo36kjmWyNBtZvyqFQpug8NYLlPs2oBgM6-q4asVkefeKpJVTyjSxvw3NPTXNdlLQh8Yb8UzaAzB5taJ0doEMm_eJ0vjGhvhNPDbZ8PVqp_suvpY/s610/TBC_Teaser2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="610" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizN5pRxR615Zz9QbQU5B6Rgaj9pWzyo36kjmWyNBtZvyqFQpug8NYLlPs2oBgM6-q4asVkefeKpJVTyjSxvw3NPTXNdlLQh8Yb8UzaAzB5taJ0doEMm_eJ0vjGhvhNPDbZ8PVqp_suvpY/w415-h415/TBC_Teaser2.png" width="415" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Eager to finish her book and get over a recent break-up, she ditches Christmas with her family and retreats to a secluded cabin in the mountains.<br /><br />Appliances rarely work, and cell service is spotty, but Courtney senses there is more to her rustic rental—something dark and haunting.<br /><br />Then Peter, the attractive Stone Mountain Lodge owner, and a meddling cook, Mrs. Finn, keep coming around, shattering her peace and offering advice on how to fix her heavy heart.<br /><br />Courtney grows closer to Peter, but Mrs. Finn warns her of his troubled past. Undaunted, Courtney sets out to win him over. 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They will be sized for Instagram but you can share on any platform. 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Not that the residents are too concerned about the various horrors living among them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the leaves change color and the weather grows colder, a foul presence is making itself known by leaving peculiar gifts for the students of Ridge Crest High. At first, the presents seem harmless—and a rash of accidents seem coincidental—but when seniors Rachel Cleary and her Scottish cousin, Dougal Mackay, find a boneless body in the boiler room, things take an ominous turn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something vicious is on the loose in Shadow Grove, but with Orion Nebulius gone, Rachel has little hope of anyone getting out alive.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pre-order</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Carver-Night-Weaver-Book-ebook/dp/B08FCQ6DTJ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-carver-monique-snyman/1133203692?ean=9781645480099" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Teaser</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDvItQzr25bQbmUtmJ2hHHk-bxb_mLcRb7eXWJwy93hQli40W1kvUuuIfBSKM8wGn_ThWA4FAs3P-P_D_91ZwY1EPvciIUbxdDH-tZOm1GV3YcvJ5a5GMfdfi_loZu9N-jhz-V_RJUiQ/s610/TBC_Teaser1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="610" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDvItQzr25bQbmUtmJ2hHHk-bxb_mLcRb7eXWJwy93hQli40W1kvUuuIfBSKM8wGn_ThWA4FAs3P-P_D_91ZwY1EPvciIUbxdDH-tZOm1GV3YcvJ5a5GMfdfi_loZu9N-jhz-V_RJUiQ/w395-h395/TBC_Teaser1.png" width="395" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">____________________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The epidemic struck at the end of the Third World War. Fighting over oil, power, and religion, governments ignored the rise of an anti-bacterial-resistant plague. In just five years, the Earth was annihilated. Only one city survived—Etyom—a frozen hell-hole in northern Siberia, engulfed in endless conflict.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The year is 2251.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two groups emerged from the ashes of the old world. Within the walled city of Lower Etyom dwell the Robusts—descendants of the poor who were immune to the New Black Death. Above them, in a metropolis of pristine platforms called Lillipads, live the Graciles—the progeny of the super-rich, bio-engineered to resist the plague.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mila Solokoff is a Robust who trades information in a world where knowing too much can get you killed. Caught in a deal-gone-bad, she’s forced to take a high-risk job for a clandestine organization hell-bent on revolution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Demitri Stasevich is a Gracile with a dark secret—a sickness that, if discovered, will get him Ax’d. His only relief is an illegal narcotic produced by the Robusts, and his only means of obtaining it is a journey to the arctic hell far below New Etyom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thrust together in the midst of a sinister plot that threatens all life above and below the cloud line, Mila and Demitri must master their demons and make a choice—one that will either salvage what’s left of the human race or doom it to extinction...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><font size="6">In the Shadow of a Valiant Moon</font></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by <a href="http://www.ittakesdeathtoreachastar.com/about-the-authors.html" target="_blank">Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46066760-in-the-shadow-of-a-valiant-moon" target="_blank">It Takes Death to Reach a Star #2</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Publication:</b> August 25th, 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Valiant-Takes-Death-Duology-ebook/dp/B08BTQHTKC" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-the-shadow-of-a-valiant-moon-stu-jones/1133203686?ean=9781944109974" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/in-the-shadow-of-a-valiant-moon" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">DESTINY HAS NO ALLEGIANCE.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Four years have passed since the lillipads fell and Etyom slipped into darkness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The New Black Death has mutated again, spreading to near epidemic proportions. What little order existed in Earth’s last city has disintegrated into chaos. Rippers roam the Vapid, robbing and leaving their victims butchered. The Robusts have spilled out of their broken enclaves and hide in any dark corner that will conceal them. Meanwhile, the elite Graciles, fallen from their pristine towers in the sky, have all mysteriously disappeared.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Demitri is a prisoner in his own mind. His demon, Vedmak—now known as the Vardøger—is manipulating Demitri’s body and knowledge to execute a secret plan far more disastrous than even the Gracile Leader dared.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mila, her status among the fractured resistance elevated to that of Paladyn—a protector of the people—leads the fight against zealots intent on destroying what little remains of Etyom. It is a responsibility she never wanted, a calling that prevents her from doing what she truly desires.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yet, Mila should be careful for what she longs. Caught between annihilation and loyalties that refuse to die, she must reconcile a single immutable truth: following your heart comes at a price.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________________________________</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmSxAN3PCnmbC-t2K2n1gSbNhRvu7EdC_0sjrfIcTECU-db2gwH3jXymS3jjRmfibt_QDWcKwLgFc8A8vmP0dcF0YgE-WAGN1ZBSqQZqJVk4SDwi06_CyDSzcYUDp9jEifIYhAuYNeQQ/s610/DuologyTeaser4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="610" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmSxAN3PCnmbC-t2K2n1gSbNhRvu7EdC_0sjrfIcTECU-db2gwH3jXymS3jjRmfibt_QDWcKwLgFc8A8vmP0dcF0YgE-WAGN1ZBSqQZqJVk4SDwi06_CyDSzcYUDp9jEifIYhAuYNeQQ/w405-h405/DuologyTeaser4.png" width="405" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">GIVEAWAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><center><a class="rcptr" data-raflid="9722f57e390" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/9722f57e390/" id="rcwidget_wdbcnih7" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
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Sold for taxes, she and her two companions tend to the nuns and their collection of cats. At night, she combs the library for details on the order, the remote island, and the beasts howling outside her window.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But when a prank reveals the sisters’ gruesome secret, Durra is forced to accept a new fate. Bestowed an unearthly power, she must choose between life as a nun or living among the monsters beyond the convent walls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Her path is about to change the tide in the ultimate war. The war between good and evil.</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;">About the Author</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alexandrea Weis, RN-CS, CRRN, ONC, PhD, is a multi-award-winning author of over twenty-seven novels, a screenwriter, ICU Nurse, and historian who was born and raised in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Having grown up in the motion picture industry as the daughter of a director, she learned to tell stories from a different perspective and began writing at the age of eight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Infusing the rich tapestry of her hometown into her novels, she believes that creating vivid characters makes a story moving and memorable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A permitted/certified wildlife rehabber with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, Weis rescues orphaned and injured animals. She lives with her husband and pets in New Orleans. Weis writes mysteries, suspense, thrillers, horror, crime fiction, action, historical, and romance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alexandrea Weis is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers Association.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://alexandreaweis.com/home2/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/alexandreaweis" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alexandreaweis/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authoralexandreaweis" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;">Excerpt</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> A pair of dark oak doors,
masterfully carved with six different panels, came into view. Winged creatures,
with horns and pointed tail, appeared in every panel terrorizing humans who
fought against them with pitchforks and fire. The tale was of a fierce battle
set in a field not far from a village. Large snarling dogs assisted the humans
in fighting off the agents of the Devil. The carnage recreated in painstaking
detail had dead men and dogs with gashes across their middle, spilling their
guts onto the blood-soaked ground. The bottom panel showed the forces of good
overtaking the fiends and driving them from the battlefield. But it was the
last panel that unsettled Durra. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> This carving depicted the dogs
that survived the fight. They gathered around a fiery pit and pushed the dead
monsters into a vast hole, returning them to hell. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .6pt; margin-left: .3in; margin-right: 2.55pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 2.55pt 0.6pt 0.3in; text-indent: 0in;">Durra touched the carved figures. “What
story is this?” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .6pt; margin-left: .3in; margin-right: 2.55pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 2.55pt 0.6pt 0.3in; text-indent: 0in;">Monica put her hand on a door pull of a
wolf’s face with a brass ring through its mouth. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;">“The Battle of Cadizia. It’s
where man and his faithful dogs first drove back the agents of the Devil.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;">“Cadizia?” Durra furrowed her
brow. “I never read about that in the Bible.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .6pt; margin-left: .3in; margin-right: 2.55pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 2.55pt 0.6pt 0.3in; text-indent: 0in;">Monica pulled the heavy doors open. “Nor
will you.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .6pt; margin-left: .3in; margin-right: 2.55pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 2.55pt 0.6pt 0.3in; text-indent: 0in;">“But what—?” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> Monica nodded inside the doors.
“It’s time to pray.” She walked beneath a stone lintel and entered the
abbey. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> Durra followed, a million
questions running through her head, but when she stepped inside the abbey, all
her apprehensions faded away. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> Thick columns with capitals of
more winged creatures, their pointy tails directed at the altar, complemented
the mural painted on the panels of the ceiling.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> The story was the same as on the
door, but the details emphasized the role of the dogs. Silver-backed, with
thick dark coats and bright glowing eyes, the beasts appeared like magical
beings while confronting the demons. They stood, surrounding a gaping pit
filled with a lake of fire, snarling and driving the winged creatures back to
hell. “That’s scary.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .6pt; margin-left: .3in; margin-right: 2.55pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 2.55pt 0.6pt 0.3in; text-indent: 0in;">Leida stood next to Durra, gaping up at
the ceiling. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> Sister Monica appeared in front
of them and took their hands. Her face contorted in an angry scowl as she
whisked them to the back of the abbey. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .6pt; margin-left: .3in; margin-right: 2.55pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 2.55pt 0.6pt 0.3in; text-indent: 0in;">Monica pointed at a bench, “Stay.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 120%; margin: 0in 2.55pt 0in 0.3in; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 120%; margin: 0in 2.55pt 0in 0.3in; text-indent: 0in;">Durra took her seat while scouring the six stained-glass windows, eager
for more on the strange<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 120%; margin: 0in 2.55pt 0in 0in; text-indent: 0in;">dogs, but all she found were images of a woman in a black nun’s habit,
carrying a large wooden staff. The figure had different animals gathered at her
feet, and the kindness of St. Gertrude contrasted sharply with the violence of
the painting on the ceiling. But the windows had no portraits of dogs, only
squirrels, birds, and, of course, cats. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> Emily nudged her and then
pointed to a white linen altar, sitting before a carved figure of Christ on the
cross. The odd-shaped skull atop the altar struck her as grotesque. “What is
that?” Emily asked. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> “Wolf,” Leida whispered. “You
can tell by the flat part from the top of the skull to the tip of the nose. A
dog’s head has a steeper angle.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> Durra regarded the girl with a
newfound appreciation. “How do you know that?” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> Leida demurely folded her hands
in her lap. “I told you—I grew up with them. My family used to hunt them.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> “A wolf hunter in our midst.”
Emily nodded. “That might come in handy.” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> “Shh.” Monica stood in front of
their bench, her cheeks red with anger. “Have you no respect for the house of
God?” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.55pt;"> Durra eyed the skull once more. <i>If this is a house of God, what’s a wolf’s
skull doing here? </i><o:p></o:p></p>
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outstanding job of painting succinct, hard-hitting scenes that carry Durra from
a new role in a convent to a more active position confronting supernatural
forces and long-hidden truths that could change not just her life, but the
world. A superior blend of action and mystery. Highly recommended for those who
like their supernatural mystery stories to embrace a sense of character growth
where the fine line between good and evil proves more mercurial than most.”<b> ~<i>Midwest
Book Review</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;">About the Author</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alexandrea Weis, RN-CS, CRRN, ONC, PhD, is a multi-award-winning author of over twenty-seven novels, a screenwriter, ICU Nurse, and historian who was born and raised in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Having grown up in the motion picture industry as the daughter of a director, she learned to tell stories from a different perspective and began writing at the age of eight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Infusing the rich tapestry of her hometown into her novels, she believes that creating vivid characters makes a story moving and memorable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A permitted/certified wildlife rehabber with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, Weis rescues orphaned and injured animals. She lives with her husband and pets in New Orleans. Weis writes mysteries, suspense, thrillers, horror, crime fiction, action, historical, and romance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alexandrea Weis is a member of the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers Association.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://alexandreaweis.com/home2/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/alexandreaweis" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alexandreaweis/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authoralexandreaweis" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both;">Follow the Tour</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>September 21st</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Good Choice Reading, <a href="http://www.goodchoicereading.com">http://www.goodchoicereading.com</a> | Promotional</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>September 22nd</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mahkjchi's Not-So-Secret Books, <a href="https://www.mahkjchisnotsosecretbooks.com">https://www.mahkjchisnotsosecretbooks.com</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>September 23rd</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ashley J Reads, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ashleyjreads/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/ashleyjreads/?hl=en</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Black Words White Page, <a href="http://blackwords-whitepages1977.blogspot.com">blackwords-whitepages1977.blogspot.com</a> | Promotional</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>September 24th</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2 Girls & A Book, <a href="https://www.2girlsandabook.com/">https://www.2girlsandabook.com/</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>September 25th</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Movies, Shows, & Books, <a href="http://moviesshowsnbooks.blogspot.com">http://moviesshowsnbooks.blogspot.com</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Melissa’s Book Nook, <a href="http://melissasbooknook.home.blog">melissasbooknook.home.blog</a> | Review</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;">Giveaway</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><center><a class="rcptr" data-raflid="9722f57e391" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/9722f57e391/" id="rcwidget_l45k0lxk" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
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<b>Welcome to the <i>My Life in the Fish Tank </i>Blog Tour!</b></div>
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To celebrate the release of <b><i>My Life in the Fish Tank </i>by Barbara Dee on September 15th</b>, blogs across the web are featuring original guest posts from Barbara, plus 5 chances to win <i>My Life in the Fish Tank </i>and swag! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>by Barbara Dee</b>
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I've seen many authors joke on social media that life under quarantine is really not so different from business as usual. Authors are introverts who crave uninterrupted solitude. Our favorite hangout is our computer desks. We dread in-person appearances, and any type of shmoozing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To some extent, all that's true. I know a few authors who consider themselves extroverts, but many more who land on the "I" end of the Myers-Briggs scale. And a surprising number who, like me, identify as INFJ --a notable phenomenon, given that INFJs are rare in the population as a whole.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But I think it's wrong to call authors antisocial loners. Authors socialize with other authors <i>all the time</i>, engaging in the same sort of water-cooler conversation you find in any office, virtual or not. We compare notes. We offer advice and support. We share challenges and frustrations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Because being an author is a privilege, a dream job, a joy--but also not an easy gig. Some days the challenges seem overwhelming. It's not just about writing and revising (a zillion times). You also have to sell and position your work in a chaotic, super-competitive and possibly shrinking market. You have to deal with rejection and criticism-- without responding. And you have to make peace with self-promotion, forcing your introverted self into some extremely uncomfortable terrain, especially these days, when we're all on camera. And who better to commiserate with about all this than another author?<o:p></o:p></div>
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So one piece of advice I'd give to new and not-yet-published authors: find your pack. Even if you're an introvert, look for other authors to hang with. Don't think of them as mentors who'll take you under their wings because (to mix metaphors) authors have enough on their own plates. Think of them as colleagues.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And then: <i>be a good colleague</i>. Listen to other authors' experiences. Don't betray confidences. Cheer them on when they have success, and try to avoid comparing yourself. Promote their books every chance you get. Include them when you're proposing book giveaways and panels. Recommend their work to educators, booksellers and librarians. Celebrate their #bookbirthdays.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here's my most important advice: never, ever snipe or spread negative gossip about another author, online or in person. The publishing world is small, and subcategories like kidlit make it even smaller. When you say or post something negative, it gets around, just like it would in any bricks-and-mortar office setting. You never know when you'll be asking authors for a blurb, or sitting across from them on a panel. If you can't say something nice...well, you remember what your mom told you. (But you're good with words, right? So go ahead, <i>say something nice</i>.) <o:p></o:p></div>
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A long time ago I realized that life in the book world could be tough. If I was going to make a career out of it, I couldn't do it alone. So I decided to try to surround myself in positivity-- at least, as much as I could from my solitary computer desk. Now I have a few author buddies who aren't just colleagues--they're cherished friends. We may not hang around actual water coolers, but we're always there for each other.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Especially when we need to procrastinate. Because even if we're working in a virtual office, coffee breaks are definitely more fun with buddies. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 29.3333px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: start; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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From acclaimed author of <i>Maybe He Just Likes You </i>and<i> Halfway Normal </i>comes a powerful and moving story of learning how to grow, change, and survive.</div>
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When twelve-year-old Zinnia Manning’s older brother Gabriel is diagnosed with a mental illness, the family’s world is turned upside down. Mom and Dad want Zinny, her sixteen-year-old sister, Scarlett, and her eight-year-old brother, Aiden, to keep Gabriel’s condition “private”—and to Zinny that sounds the same as “secret.” Which means she can’t talk about it to her two best friends, who don’t understand why Zinny keeps pushing them away, turning everything into a joke.</div>
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It also means she can’t talk about it during Lunch Club, a group run by the school guidance counselor. How did Zinny get stuck in this weird club, anyway? She certainly doesn’t have anything in common with these kids—and even if she did, she’d never betray her family’s secret.</div>
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The only good thing about school is science class, where cool teacher Ms. Molina has them doing experiments on crayfish. And when Zinny has the chance to attend a dream marine biology camp for the summer, she doesn’t know what to do. How can Zinny move forward when Gabriel—and, really, her whole family—still needs her help?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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</div>Good Choice Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642003814176567517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158531286462009257.post-3819680346228675202020-09-16T07:00:00.004-04:002020-09-16T07:00:07.438-04:00Teaser Blast & Giveaway: It Takes a Death to Reach a Star & In the Shadow of a Valiant Moon by Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOeV69X5fKYEyMZC647wtXIkRdo9xuVL8BaqXQ6F4qtmTQsXNcL-vG1I1_RGYMGzcqZjZsG63AU3t3qx5VinLfYrfFS3i3oUZPRnqP4WALfyo0ZFr3g5eLXM4PJuokiZ-LXauD8XWcAE/s1114/AllFourBookCovers.png" style="display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1114" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOeV69X5fKYEyMZC647wtXIkRdo9xuVL8BaqXQ6F4qtmTQsXNcL-vG1I1_RGYMGzcqZjZsG63AU3t3qx5VinLfYrfFS3i3oUZPRnqP4WALfyo0ZFr3g5eLXM4PJuokiZ-LXauD8XWcAE/w512-h184/AllFourBookCovers.png" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>[Cover Variations with original artwork by Justin Paul (Sony, Lionsgate)]</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><font size="6"><br /></font></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><font size="6">It Takes Death to Reach a Star</font></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by <a href="http://www.ittakesdeathtoreachastar.com/about-the-authors.html" target="_blank">Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32186084-it-takes-death-to-reach-a-star" target="_blank">It Takes Death to Reach a Star #1</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Publication:</b> May 22nd, 2018</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X37TBMW" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/it-takes-death-to-reach-a-star-stu-jones/1127969105?ean=9781944109530" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/it-takes-death-to-reach-a-star-3" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">THE WORLD YOU KNOW IS DEAD. WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The epidemic struck at the end of the Third World War. Fighting over oil, power, and religion, governments ignored the rise of an anti-bacterial-resistant plague. In just five years, the Earth was annihilated. Only one city survived—Etyom—a frozen hell-hole in northern Siberia, engulfed in endless conflict.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The year is 2251.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two groups emerged from the ashes of the old world. Within the walled city of Lower Etyom dwell the Robusts—descendants of the poor who were immune to the New Black Death. Above them, in a metropolis of pristine platforms called Lillipads, live the Graciles—the progeny of the super-rich, bio-engineered to resist the plague.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mila Solokoff is a Robust who trades information in a world where knowing too much can get you killed. Caught in a deal-gone-bad, she’s forced to take a high-risk job for a clandestine organization hell-bent on revolution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Demitri Stasevich is a Gracile with a dark secret—a sickness that, if discovered, will get him Ax’d. His only relief is an illegal narcotic produced by the Robusts, and his only means of obtaining it is a journey to the arctic hell far below New Etyom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thrust together in the midst of a sinister plot that threatens all life above and below the cloud line, Mila and Demitri must master their demons and make a choice—one that will either salvage what’s left of the human race or doom it to extinction...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><font size="6">In the Shadow of a Valiant Moon</font></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by <a href="http://www.ittakesdeathtoreachastar.com/about-the-authors.html" target="_blank">Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46066760-in-the-shadow-of-a-valiant-moon" target="_blank">It Takes Death to Reach a Star #2</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Publication:</b> August 25th, 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Valiant-Takes-Death-Duology-ebook/dp/B08BTQHTKC" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-the-shadow-of-a-valiant-moon-stu-jones/1133203686?ean=9781944109974" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/in-the-shadow-of-a-valiant-moon" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">DESTINY HAS NO ALLEGIANCE.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Four years have passed since the lillipads fell and Etyom slipped into darkness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The New Black Death has mutated again, spreading to near epidemic proportions. What little order existed in Earth’s last city has disintegrated into chaos. Rippers roam the Vapid, robbing and leaving their victims butchered. The Robusts have spilled out of their broken enclaves and hide in any dark corner that will conceal them. Meanwhile, the elite Graciles, fallen from their pristine towers in the sky, have all mysteriously disappeared.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Demitri is a prisoner in his own mind. His demon, Vedmak—now known as the Vardøger—is manipulating Demitri’s body and knowledge to execute a secret plan far more disastrous than even the Gracile Leader dared.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mila, her status among the fractured resistance elevated to that of Paladyn—a protector of the people—leads the fight against zealots intent on destroying what little remains of Etyom. It is a responsibility she never wanted, a calling that prevents her from doing what she truly desires.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yet, Mila should be careful for what she longs. 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WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The epidemic struck at the end of the Third World War. Fighting over oil, power, and religion, governments ignored the rise of an anti-bacterial-resistant plague. In just five years, the Earth was annihilated. Only one city survived—Etyom—a frozen hell-hole in northern Siberia, engulfed in endless conflict.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The year is 2251.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two groups emerged from the ashes of the old world. Within the walled city of Lower Etyom dwell the Robusts—descendants of the poor who were immune to the New Black Death. Above them, in a metropolis of pristine platforms called Lillipads, live the Graciles—the progeny of the super-rich, bio-engineered to resist the plague.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mila Solokoff is a Robust who trades information in a world where knowing too much can get you killed. Caught in a deal-gone-bad, she’s forced to take a high-risk job for a clandestine organization hell-bent on revolution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Demitri Stasevich is a Gracile with a dark secret—a sickness that, if discovered, will get him Ax’d. His only relief is an illegal narcotic produced by the Robusts, and his only means of obtaining it is a journey to the arctic hell far below New Etyom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thrust together in the midst of a sinister plot that threatens all life above and below the cloud line, Mila and Demitri must master their demons and make a choice—one that will either salvage what’s left of the human race or doom it to extinction...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><font size="6">In the Shadow of a Valiant Moon</font></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by <a href="http://www.ittakesdeathtoreachastar.com/about-the-authors.html" target="_blank">Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46066760-in-the-shadow-of-a-valiant-moon" target="_blank">It Takes Death to Reach a Star #2</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Publication:</b> August 25th, 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Valiant-Takes-Death-Duology-ebook/dp/B08BTQHTKC" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-the-shadow-of-a-valiant-moon-stu-jones/1133203686?ean=9781944109974" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/in-the-shadow-of-a-valiant-moon" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">DESTINY HAS NO ALLEGIANCE.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Four years have passed since the lillipads fell and Etyom slipped into darkness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The New Black Death has mutated again, spreading to near epidemic proportions. What little order existed in Earth’s last city has disintegrated into chaos. Rippers roam the Vapid, robbing and leaving their victims butchered. The Robusts have spilled out of their broken enclaves and hide in any dark corner that will conceal them. Meanwhile, the elite Graciles, fallen from their pristine towers in the sky, have all mysteriously disappeared.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Demitri is a prisoner in his own mind. His demon, Vedmak—now known as the Vardøger—is manipulating Demitri’s body and knowledge to execute a secret plan far more disastrous than even the Gracile Leader dared.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mila, her status among the fractured resistance elevated to that of Paladyn—a protector of the people—leads the fight against zealots intent on destroying what little remains of Etyom. It is a responsibility she never wanted, a calling that prevents her from doing what she truly desires.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yet, Mila should be careful for what she longs. Caught between annihilation and loyalties that refuse to die, she must reconcile a single immutable truth: following your heart comes at a price.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________________________________</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnCV6RLwvZRQTCwf2uIHQU1vd_zNmEmfiakEWU95FU7kzMbTH1jOfm8iU4CaHhzAVWxZiXEzTAPQAHpa8UVG69U2nATcHXgm_InuRX3LNwGWmuTHVkxbPKZbrlK4FQhl56uijSO8MlFo/s610/DuologyTeaser2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="610" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnCV6RLwvZRQTCwf2uIHQU1vd_zNmEmfiakEWU95FU7kzMbTH1jOfm8iU4CaHhzAVWxZiXEzTAPQAHpa8UVG69U2nATcHXgm_InuRX3LNwGWmuTHVkxbPKZbrlK4FQhl56uijSO8MlFo/w400-h400/DuologyTeaser2.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">GIVEAWAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><center><a class="rcptr" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/9722f57e390/" rel="nofollow" data-raflid="9722f57e390" data-theme="classic" data-template="" id="rcwidget_wdbcnih7">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script></center>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14212211603783929630noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158531286462009257.post-14773825832203997152020-09-08T07:30:00.001-04:002020-09-08T07:30:04.263-04:00Teaser Blast & Giveaway: Sisters of the Moon by Alexandrea Weis!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBtKk7Rfj2t7ZkJxlP_fwohdJEA3ee_7GVKyugJBJHiR3dFAue3chRE5wCNIwCw5HQK9bcdKts0QUrIM8XpG_0-mDNsBGR5kS88osd_HtSbYHfdaiJ9YJzR1REQiTra3fWsslSsY0NEw/s1026/SistersoftheMoon_Weis_684x1026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="684" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBtKk7Rfj2t7ZkJxlP_fwohdJEA3ee_7GVKyugJBJHiR3dFAue3chRE5wCNIwCw5HQK9bcdKts0QUrIM8XpG_0-mDNsBGR5kS88osd_HtSbYHfdaiJ9YJzR1REQiTra3fWsslSsY0NEw/w416-h625/SistersoftheMoon_Weis_684x1026.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Sisters of the Moon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by Alexandrea Weis</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Release date</b>: September 22nd</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08C76FY81" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Amazon</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b></b></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>A monstrous fate will turn a girl into a legend.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On an island in Lake Obersee, where The Sisters of St. Gertrude abide, a destitute Moor named Durra arrives. Sold for taxes, she and her two companions tend to the nuns and their collection of cats. At night, she combs the library for details on the order, the remote island, and the beasts howling outside her window.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But when a prank reveals the sisters’ gruesome secret, Durra is forced to accept a new fate. Bestowed an unearthly power, she must choose between life as a nun or living among the monsters beyond the convent walls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Her path is about to change the tide in the ultimate war. The war between good and evil.</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEfQrtVC2hf96_UcJEHrplj8IOhegKJJLUcTEWlkPc-BIsHnRMgPtDA0xCVFYK6JT6Pz0vcjQ8nWxyqEFOg5sQQZoKNhtTyDYIr5uU_kAVIRwBU9azFFTDvXrFTySYea9M4aYvdeX2V4/s610/SotM_Teaser3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="610" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEfQrtVC2hf96_UcJEHrplj8IOhegKJJLUcTEWlkPc-BIsHnRMgPtDA0xCVFYK6JT6Pz0vcjQ8nWxyqEFOg5sQQZoKNhtTyDYIr5uU_kAVIRwBU9azFFTDvXrFTySYea9M4aYvdeX2V4/w400-h400/SotM_Teaser3.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Giveaway</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><center><a class="rcptr" data-raflid="9722f57e391" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/9722f57e391/" id="rcwidget_koq4b2m9" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a>
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She also begins to paint again, something she’s been unable to do since her breakup. It’s tempting to stay on Kauai, but she has obligations back in Los Angeles.<br /><br />Life gets more complicated when circumstances keep putting her close to Leonardo Medici. Not only is he drop-dead gorgeous, he’s a local celebrity. But Kaitlyn can’t shake the feeling he’s hiding something.<br /><br />Should she believe the rumors that he’s romancing half the island’s single women?<br /><br />Or is the random sound of wind chimes when he’s close-by a sign that an angel is near and the secret to her happily ever after? </blockquote></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: xx-large;">PROMOTIONAL EVENTS</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewNumberedItemContainer" style="background-color: #e3dad9; color: #202124; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsItemItem" data-item-id="1161252000" jscontroller="RGrRJf" jsname="ibnC6b" role="listitem" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(218, 220, 224); break-inside: avoid; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 24px; transition: all 200ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;"><div aria-level="2" class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderTitle freebirdCustomFont" role="heading" style="font-family: "google sans", roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Teaser Blasts</b></div><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderDescriptionText" style="font-family: roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 16.2px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will be sharing teasers as a countdown to release day (November 17th) for WHEN THE WIND CHIMES! They will be sized for Instagram but you can share on any platform. A Rafflecopter will be prepared for you to share your links as extra entries, with a new entry option added as each date comes around.<br /><br />Teaser Blast: December 2nd<br />Teaser Blast: December 9th<br />Teaser Blast: December 16th<br />Teaser Blast: December 23rd</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewNumberedItemContainer" style="background-color: #e3dad9; color: #202124; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsItemItem" data-item-id="1442018947" jscontroller="RGrRJf" jsname="ibnC6b" role="listitem" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(218, 220, 224); break-inside: avoid; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 24px; transition: all 200ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;"><div aria-level="2" class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderTitle freebirdCustomFont" role="heading" style="font-family: "google sans", roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Release Blast: November 17th</b></div><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderDescriptionText" style="font-family: roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 16.2px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">HTML content will be provided for bloggers, but you can share her release on any platform. You will be able to submit your links as extra entries for the giveaway.</div></div></div><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewNumberedItemContainer" style="background-color: #e3dad9; color: #202124; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsItemItem" data-item-id="1679178773" jscontroller="RGrRJf" jsname="ibnC6b" role="listitem" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(218, 220, 224); break-inside: avoid; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 24px; transition: all 200ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;"><div aria-level="2" class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderTitle freebirdCustomFont" role="heading" style="font-family: "google sans", roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Twitter & IG Blast: November 19th</b></div><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderDescriptionText" style="font-family: roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 16.2px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teasers will be provided to share on Twitter & Instagram. You will be able to submit your links as extra entries for the giveaway.</div></div></div><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewNumberedItemContainer" style="background-color: #e3dad9; color: #202124; font-family: roboto, robotodraft, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsItemItem" data-item-id="268156848" jscontroller="RGrRJf" jsname="ibnC6b" role="listitem" style="background-color: white; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgb(218, 220, 224); break-inside: avoid; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 24px; transition: all 200ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1) 0s;"><div aria-level="2" class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderTitle freebirdCustomFont" role="heading" style="font-family: "google sans", roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Blog Tour: November 16th - 20th</b></div><div class="freebirdFormviewerViewItemsSectionheaderDescriptionText" style="font-family: roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; line-height: 16.2px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promotional and Review spots available!</div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5E6CEvqovQm9ZA2gkmEn7Wo9yQtR20A1vzn8swc9nmknCAQ/viewform" target="_blank">SIGN UP HERE</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtt5BiAGuV_ZJHLiqmFg4PMEN8YeZEIVUclkAL-zEMm1iHsHH8cQNwcpH3zo1xm6-av4YoJvaJ_NyTAHpmhiGqWy4pL6QUmXI3RHS4ARzJAnJWNRUqf6I1ruxxPCFYqjqLPH4EMGQBlk/s500/WTWC_TourBanner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="500" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtt5BiAGuV_ZJHLiqmFg4PMEN8YeZEIVUclkAL-zEMm1iHsHH8cQNwcpH3zo1xm6-av4YoJvaJ_NyTAHpmhiGqWy4pL6QUmXI3RHS4ARzJAnJWNRUqf6I1ruxxPCFYqjqLPH4EMGQBlk/w400-h159/WTWC_TourBanner.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14212211603783929630noreply@blogger.com0