Spotted: #AWTeen Twitter Chat Happening April 6th at 8pm CST

Join 10 YA authors from AW Teen on Wednesday, April 6th at 8 pm CST for a Twitter chat and giveaway! You can tweet your questions and follow along using the hashtag #AWTeen.

I'm really excited to share some new happenings in the bookish world lately, on April 6th (next Wednedsay) don't forget to mark your calendars for an awesome Twitter Chat that's going to be taking place with 10 different YA author's. They'll be talking and chatting about their upcoming books to be released, there's going to be a giveaway where 5 lucky participants will be winning an AW book of their choice, and so much more. 

I have to say that after looking at all of these books and reading through their fantastic premises, the ones that I'm the most looking forward to are Girl Last Seen (because I absolutely love anything Anne Greenwood Brown writes), South of Sunshine, Biggie (because I feel like there is a big need for more books like these in the YA market), and Hurricane Kiss because that's so my jam! 

Really, though! I'm just so excited for all of them and can't wait to read them. Take a look through the list and tell in the comments below if you're looking forward to any of these books and why. :)

Happy Reading!

Authors:

Susan Moger (@SusanMoger), Of Better Blood (2/1) 

Anne Greenwood Brown (@AnneGBrown), Girl Last Seen (3/1)

Heather Anastasiu (@h_anastasiu), Girl Last Seen (3/1)

Laura Hurwitz (@hurwitzlaura), Disappear Home (paperback 3/1) 

Amy Allgeyer (@amy7a), Dig Too Deep (4/1)

Elizabeth Briggs (@lizwrites), Future Shock (4/1)

Dana Elmendorf (@DanaElmendorf), South of Sunshine (4/1)

S.A. Harazin (@SAHarazin), Painless (paperback 5/1)

Derek E. Sullivan (@DerekESullivan), Biggie (paperback 5/1)

Deborah Blumenthal (@deborahblu), Hurricane Kiss (5/1)

Prize: 5 participants will be randomly selected to receive an AW Teen book of their choice!

Hope to see you there!

Welcome to the YA Spring Fling Giveaway Blitz!!!

Spring has sprung and I'm legit excited to be sharing the YA Spring Fling Giveaway Blitz with you guys! 

Just like the banner says, there's going to be OVER 70 author's participating in this Spring Fling blitz, OVER 100 eBooks offered up as a giveaway, along with some really awesome signed paperback copies, super swanky swag, audiobooks and SO MUCH MORE!!! There's going to be books from all genre's offered, so it doesn't matter if you're a paranormal buff, a contemporary enthusiast, a sci-fi/dystopia lover of all kinds, or just love a really great historical mystery or horror book ever now and then. There will definitely be something that will play to everyone's taste. 

There's a lot of amazingly talented authors taking part in this, like Beth Revis, Nikki Goodwin, Katie French, H.S. Stone, Sarah Dalton, Jaime Campbell, etc. So, you don't really want to miss out on such an awesome event that's going on. Plus, it's a really super cool way to recognized both traditionally published and Indie/Self-Published authors too. All of them each have their own style, flare, and ways of telling a story in whatever genre they've chosen to write in and they want to share their books with YOU!

How freakin' awesome is that!?

An awesome opportunity for readers and authors to connect!

From March 20th to April 3rd, over 70 authors are coming together to give away hundreds of books and I get to share that with you today! The YA Spring Fling is a superb opportunity for any and all voracious readers to find new books, new authors and take part in something super duper special. Today I have a sneak peek of some of the books that will be involved in the giveaway. 

All are totally featured in the YA Spring Fling giveaway, which you can find HERE!

I'm really excited to be sharing a special Q&A with Sarah Dalton, who is the generously talented author who has spent loads of time organizing this special event! So, I'm going to let her tell you a little bit more about it, because she can do it better than I could. :)

Q & A with the Organizer 

– Sarah Dalton

How can readers enter the YA Spring Fling giveaway?

Head over to my website Sarahdaltonbooks.com and find the page for the YA Spring Fling (handy hint, it’s HERE). Once you’re there you can browse through the books on offer, or check out more information about the participating authors. 

You should see plenty of links prompting you to enter the giveaway. Simply fill out the Google document telling us which books you’d like to win, the format you prefer, and whether you would also like to win paperbacks and swag. It’s that simple. Pick the books you want and sign off. 

How will I know I’ve won?

There are so many books on offer that I’d be surprised if you didn’t win something! So you will be hearing from us. 

After April 3rd, I will collate all the entries and pass them on to the participating authors. They will then choose the winners at random and Email the winners to let them know the good news. 

Will my Email or personal details be used outside the giveaway?

Absolutely not. We’re all against spam and promise not to use your Email for anything other than contacting you as a winner. If you joined up to the YA Spring Fling mailing list you will receive one Email telling you the giveaway is open, and another warning you it is about to close. That’s it! 

Is the giveaway open internationally?

Yes! But there are some paperbacks on offer that are region specific. Not all of our authors are sending paperbacks and swag internationally, purely because it costs us so much money and we ain’t made of it. ;) 

We will ask for your country of residence in the Google document. That’s so we can work out the winners for region specific paperbacks more easily. Everything else is open internationally.

I have a question, who can I contact?

Me! Send me a message on Facebook. My Email might be clogged by answering author queries, so Facebook might be the easiest method. 

Who can I tell about the giveaway? And what can I do to help spread the word?

You can tell everyone and anyone who might like YA books. If you’d like to spread the word it would be awesome if you could follow or like some of the authors and share their posts about the giveaway. You can find a full list of the participating authors and their social media links here.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! MAY YOU WIN MANY BOOKS!

About Sarah Dalton

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Sarah Dalton grew up in the middle of nowhere in the countryside of Derbyshire and as a result has an over-active imagination. She has been an avid reader for most of her life, taking inspiration from the stories she read as a child, and the novels she devoured as an adult.

Sarah mainly writes speculative fiction for a Young Adult audience and has had pieces of short fiction published in the Medulla Literary Review, PANK magazine, Apex Magazine and the British Fantasy Society publication Dark Horizons. Her short story ‘Vampires Wear Chanel’ is featured in the Wyvern Publication Fangtales.

She is the author of the popular YA dystopia series 'Blemished' and the gothic novella 'My Daylight Monsters'. She is currently working on a YA Fantasy series titled 'White Hart'.

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Book Blitz: Take Them By Storm (Angel Island #3) by Marie Landry

I am extremely super excited to be a part of this awesome book blitz for one of my favorite Indie Author's, Marie Landry. She is genuinely sweet, funny, and all kinds of crazy talented. The Angel Island companion series is definitely one of my favorite New Adult series out there. It's got pretty much everything that you could possibly want in a NA Contemporary series. The characters are beautifully written, they have so many lovable quirks, and their stories are just incredibly inspiring and full of so much positive hope. Plus, Marie writes some amazingly positive friendships and healthy relationships, which is definitely a plus in my book. 

I feel so lucky to have gotten to beta read two out of three of these books so far, with the second book in this companion series (After The Storm) being my absolute favorite because I ended up identifying with Ella on so many levels. I just don't even have the words to tell just how amazingly talented and awesome Marie is. You'll just have to find out for yourself and I definitely STRONGLY RECOMMEND this series to you and just all of her other books too.

JUST READ THEM!!!!

Take Them By Storm (Angel Island #3)

by Marie Landry 

Release Date: 01/06/15

Publisher: Self-Published

Age Demographic: New Adult

Pages: 211

This book is a standalone companion novel to Waiting for the Storm and After the Storm. The books do not need to be read together or in order, but please note that this synopsis contains mild spoilers for After the Storm.

Sadie Fitzgerald has always been different, and not just because she makes her own clothes and would rather stay home watching Doctor Who than party with kids her age. When it’s time to leave Angel Island for college, Sadie is eager to put her old life behind her. Small-minded people and rumors have plagued her for years, but with the love of her adoptive family, the O’Dells, Sadie has learned to embrace who she is. Now she’s not afraid to admit the rumors about her are true: she’s gay.

For the first time in her life, Sadie feels free to be herself. She dives into college life and begins volunteering at the local LGBT center, where she discovers her small-town upbringing left holes in her education about life outside Angel Island.

The world is a bigger and more accepting place than Sadie ever imagined. She’s finally found where she belongs, but with the reappearance of someone from her past, an unexpected new friendship, and a chance at love, Sadie soon realizes she still has a lot to learn about life, friendship, and love.

Buy Links:

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Book in this series:

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About the Author

Marie Landry

    

Marie Landry has the best job in the world—one where she gets to make stuff up for a living and shamelessly eavesdrop on everyone around her. She writes happily ever afters while dreaming about the day she’ll have her own epic love story to tell. Most days you can find her writing, reading, fantasizing about traveling the world, listening to U2, watching copious amounts of TV on DVD, or having grand adventures with her nephews and niece. 

For more on Marie and her books please visit http://sweetmarie-83.blogspot.ca. She also loves to chat with fellow book lovers, so feel free to tweet her @SweetMarie83 any time!

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Reveca Beauregard had long ago been dubbed the Queen of Darkness by the dead. To the living she was known as the Pentacle Daughter, the only acknowledged female member of the Pentacle Sons MC, the most lethal biker correlation known to exist. She was rumored to be a witch. That rumor, of course, was true.

New Orleans was her home, at the Beauregard Boneyard, the safe haven the Club resided within. Only those in the inner circle were as Reveca was—immortal. To be as such you had to choose the life, and the life had to choose you. For either to occur, death came first.

Those deaths came from wars the Sons fought with both the mortal and immortal worlds, as they bent the decrees of the modern lawmen and the paranormal world at large who had no
hope of opposing the dark splendor of their vengeance.

Presently, the mysterious murder of a mortal coupled with the cold-blooded slaying of Reveca’s close friend has led the lawmen to place their corrupt accusations upon the Sons. A
forced barter with a Lord of Death has landed the Club with a soul that is set to rock the foundation the Sons as a whole stand upon.

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Jamie Magee

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Jamie Magee has always believed that each of us have a defining gift that sets us apart from the rest of the world, she has always envied those who have known from their first breath what their gift was. Not knowing hers, she began a career in the fast paced world of business. Raising a young family, and competing to rise higher in that field would drive some to the point of insanity, but she always found a moment of escape in a passing daydream. Her imagination would take her to places she’d never been, introduce her to people she’s never known. Insight, her debuting novel, is a result of that powerful imagination. Today, she is grateful that not knowing what defined her, led her on a path of discovery that would always be a part of her.

Four Houses by Victoria Scott Available on Amazon + Awesome Giveaway (International)

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You guys know who Victoria Scott is, she wrote the AH-MAZING and intensely suspenseful Fire & Blood and the awesome Dante Walker trilogy that I saw everyone talking heaps about. She's written a new YA short story, Four Houses, that sounds like it's going to be uber suspenseful and lots of fun to read. It's pretty much dark short story told in an unusual format that'll to leave you thinking, WTF?! 

It's now available on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and iBooks for purchase. 

Four Houses
Victoria Scott

Four Houses

Victoria Scott

Published: July 26, 2014

Publisher: Self

Age Demographic: YA Suspense Novella

A frightened girl. An empty field. Four houses. Which house would you choose?

FOUR HOUSES is a dark short story told in an unusual format that leaves readers wondering how they'd react if found in the same situation as seventeen-year-old Maddy.

Victoria Scott, is also hosting a pretty awesome giveaway that's open internationally. So, if you're a fan of her novels, then I wouldn't miss out on this if I were you. It's pretty cool, these are the things that you could possibly win...a digital copy of Four Houses and a signed copy of The Warrior.  Just fill out the Rafflecopter below and cross your fingers!

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Victoria Scott

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Victoria Scott is a teen fiction writer represented by Sara Crowe. She's the author of the FIRE & FLOOD series published by Scholastic, and the DANTE WALKER trilogy published by Entangled Teen. Her books have been bought and translated in eleven foreign markets including the UK, Turkey, China, Poland, Germany, Australia, Israel, Taiwan, Brazil, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.

Victoria lives in Dallas with her husband and hearts cotton candy something fierce.

99 Cents Sale for the Daughters of the Sea series by Kristen Day!

Don't miss out on the awesome 99 cent sale that's going on for the Daughters of the Sea series by the lovely and talented Kristen Day!!!

I love fantasy books that involve mythical Gods and Goddesses, they just have this way of gripping me in the palm of the pages and keep rooted to my seat, so I'm excited that Kristen is being kind enough to drop the price of the first three books in what looks like is going to be a pretty darn amazing mythical fantasy series. I can't deny, I've had Forsaken on my Goodreads TBR list for quite a while. So, this just might be the incentive that I need to go ahead and nab them up and binge read, until the fourth book in the series is released next month. 

I was reading a blog post of the day that Kristen Day wrote about who moves her herione and I thought it was both interesting and definitely enlightening to me, because when I'm reading a really great strong fantasy heavily involved story, I want to know that I am reading about equally strong heroine's (which, I feel we don't have enough of in YA fiction) who are passionate, unafraid to make the hard choices that no one else would be able to make, and ones who can rise above their pain and ashes of sorrow and still be able to stand strong and tall in the rubble. Apparently she feels this way too, because she dedicated a whole blog post as to who moves her heroine and who inspires them. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when you read this blog post and I would definitely encourage you to do that, because you'll learn a lot about who Kristen is as a person and as a writer. She's just extremely amazing in so many ways and just as incredibly strong as her heroine featured in this compelling fantasy series.

But, enough about me and my tbr lists that are waaaay too crazy for me to even begin to think about tackling right now, let me let her books tell you why YOU SHOULD BE READING them right now. Yeah... :)

(Psst...That's just a small teaser for what's to come in Hearken (DotS #4) in July 22nd.)

Want to learn more about the series in general, keep reading and find out!

Forsaken (Daughters of the Sea #4)
Kristen Day

The Forsaken
Daughters of the Sea #1
Kristen Day
Publisher: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly
Published: January 28, 2014
Pages: 348
Buy Links: Amazon & B&N

Once you’ve been touched by darkness, it never leaves you…

Abandoned by her parents as an infant; seventeen year old Hannah spent her childhood wading through countless foster families until being adopted by the Whitmans three years ago.

Unfortunately, Atlanta’s high society wasn’t quite ready for Hannah…or the strange events that plague her.

Chilling visions of murder, unexplained hallucinations, and  dark, mysterious guy who haunts her nightmares all culminate to set in motion a journey of self-discovery that will challenge everything she’s ever believed; not to mention her sanity.

Sent to live at The House of Lorelei on Bald Head Island, NC for ‘kids like her’, Hannah quickly realizes things are not what they seem. Her fellow ‘disturbed’ teens are actually the descendants of mythical Sea Gods and Goddesses. And so is she.

But when Finn, the ghost from her dreams, appears in the flesh; her nightmares become reality and her dark visions begin coming true. Inexplicably drawn to him, she can’t deny the dangerous hold he has on her heart. The deadly secrets he harbors will ultimately test her courage and push the boundaries of her love.

She must decide if she is ready to embrace the ancient legend she is prophesied to be a part of. The fate of all the descendants will forever depend upon it.

Awaken (Daughters of the Sea #2)
Kristen Day

Awaken
Daughters of the Sea #2
Kristen Day
Publisher: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly
Published: March 24, 2014
Pages: 358
Buy Links: Amazon & B&N

The sacrifices we make have the power to shift the very fabric of who we are, and ultimately who we are meant to be…

After learning of her true destiny as the intended Leader of the Tydes, Anastasia Whitman must now embark on a perilous quest to the Underworld before the age of eighteen in order to plant the seed of immortality and complete her essence to become a true Sea Goddess. But before she can make her legendary journey, an unexpected new student transfers to Lorelei; initiating a sequence of events that will unravel Stasia’s new life, and test the boundaries of her relationship with the mysterious, dark, and sexy Finn Morrison. 
The line between the Underworld and the Living begins to blur as gruesome ghosts, morbid reveries, and pure evil haunt her waking hours as well as her sanity. Once the details of Finn’s own startling destiny are revealed, the dangerous secrets he’s been hiding will threaten the very love Stasia believed to be indestructible. As time begins to run out, she will be forced to choose between the one she loves and the destiny she cannot escape.

Chosen (Daughters of the Sea #3)
Kristen Day

Chosen

Daughters of the Sea #3

Kristen Day

Publisher: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly

Published: January 7, 2013

Pages: 324

Buy Links: Amazon

The essence of who we are lies not in what we have, but in what we are willing to give up. Because in the end, Time and Tide wait for no one.

After sacrificing all that she had, the evil princess of the Underworld is still successful in her bid to tear Finn from Stasia’s life. In the midst of her search to reclaim him, Stasia is summoned to the island nation of Cyprus to take part in an age-old ritual; unveiling the missing pieces of her ancestry and re-igniting an ancient war. 

As she struggles to both save Finn’s soul and free Carmen’s mind, Stasia’s bravery and determination will be pushed to its breaking point. A dark storm is forming on the horizon, and the forces who are vying to destroy her may be much closer than she thinks. Destiny weaves a sticky web of evil, betrayal, and revenge that can only be undone by the purity of love and the soul’s unyielding will to survive. In the last installment of the Daughters of the Sea trilogy, the past will collide with the present as Stasia’s future hangs in the balance. 

The prophecy that paved the way for her new life may indeed be the very thing that strips her of the ones she loves the most.

Hearken (Daughters of the Sea #4)
Kristen Day

Hearken

Daughters of the Sea #4

Kristen Day

Publisher: Crushing Hearts & Black Butterfly

Published: July 22, 2014

Pages: 439

When the evil you fear is born from within, who will save us…from ourselves?

Sometimes our souls hear what our minds and hearts refuse to accept. It will whisper its continuous cadence until we're strong enough to glimpse the truth. But when the soul's whispers morph into screams, we're forced to gaze into the mirrors of time and see ourselves for who we really are.

Grappling with her newfound leadership position, Stasia begins to experience a recurring nightmare of murder, as well as curious reveries about a violet-eyed girl who can control the moon. When tragedy grips the Tydes and several important relics are stolen from the Sons of Daimon, Stasia’s Council leaves for the forgotten island of Atlantis. Unfortunately Atlantis harbors its own secrets, and they are all calling to Stasia. As her nightmares become worse and she begins to lose control of her mind, those around her must find a way to reach her…and fast.

Olivia Campbell is used to getting what she wants, when she wants it. But destiny never asked Olivia what she wanted. Being Chosen to be a Paladin at birth had not been something she wanted, and she definitely hadn’t wanted her charge to be Anastasia. Unfortunately their irritatingly persistent Atlantean guide, Sebastian, seems to know all about her and the secrets she’s been hiding. As she fights to protect Stasia from an unknown force, Olivia’s own courage and loyalty will be tested in ways she never imagined. Will she be able to tell Stasia the truth before it’s too late for them both.

Hurry, don't miss out on the first three books in this epic series!

Kristen Day

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Kristen Day is a southern belle at heart with a crazy streak that desperately tries to escape at every opportunity. She loves all things nostalgic, rustic, and quirky. She's been told she see's the world through rose-colored glasses, but she prefers to think of them as kaleidoscope glasses - swirling and morphing reality into something she can digest (who hasn't pretended those pasty lima beans were really kiwi strawberry jelly beans?). 

She is the talented author of the DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA series, which includes FORSAKEN, AWAKEN, CHOSEN, HEARKEN, PROVEN (2014). She loves all books, but really enjoys writing young adult, paranormal romances. She's loved to write for as long as she can remember. Her first published work was her poem RED in second grade (you guessed it - it was a poem about the color red - life altering, she knows) that won her 5 gold stars and a spot in her elementary school's poetry book. That's when her addiction to the written word officially began. She was the only kid in fifth grade that actually enjoyed diagramming sentences. Go ahead and laugh - its okay. 

When she's not writing she's making jewelry, painting, drinking sweet tea, watching the discovery channel, or going on random adventures in the mountains of North Carolina with her amazing husband.