M. Leighton's Blog, page 15
May 9, 2013
Until I Break- the trailer's here and the countdown begins
Today marks exactly 5 more days until UNTIL I BREAK releases. OMG OMG OMG Eeeeeeeeeeeeeep Not that I'm excited or anything. *grins* Today also marks a super special day in this process, too. Not only is the countdown official, but I just received the link for the best fan-made trailer EVAHHHHHHHHHHH! It's by the awesome and lovely Rosette Doyle of Literati Literature Lovers. I have been absolutely DYING to get this out to you ever since I saw it. And today's the day, people! O. M. G. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Feel free to share Alec's countdown wherever you like. And thank you SO, SO MUCH in advance for doing so and helping me spread the word:)
ALSO, here is an early review for Until I Break by the fabulous Ellen with Always YA at Heart. It seriously makes me want to squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal at the top of my lungs!! *happy dance*
Feel free to share Alec's countdown wherever you like. And thank you SO, SO MUCH in advance for doing so and helping me spread the word:)
ALSO, here is an early review for Until I Break by the fabulous Ellen with Always YA at Heart. It seriously makes me want to squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal at the top of my lungs!! *happy dance*
May 7, 2013
Until I Break Teaser #3 and Playlist
I don't know if y'all are inspired and moved by music as much as I am, but those of you who are might appreciate the playlist for Until I Break. I think not only the lyrics, but the mood and tone of most of them will guide you through the feel of the story. I love to listen to the whole thing in retrospect, when I'm done, and see how it flows with the story. As soon as a song starts, I'm immediately transported to a specific place in the book. *happy sigh* Yeah, for me, it enriches the story. I hope you find that it makes it even more enjoyable for you, too:) It's located right on my sidebar ----->
And to go with it, here's a little peek at the delicious Alec Brand. (and FYI, Daire and Mason are the characters in Sam's books)
"I think, in many ways, you’re Daire. And I think, in some ways, I’m your Mason.”
Her voice is small when she asks, “Does that bother you?”
“No. I’m not Mason. And you know that. I think you see things in me that you find desirable. You’ve found a dominant person to trust, much like Daire found Mason. I think that’s what you’ve been searching for all along—someone to trust, someone to be strong and let you be you and not crush you in the process.”
“And what is it that you’re searching for?”
The million dollar question.
And to go with it, here's a little peek at the delicious Alec Brand. (and FYI, Daire and Mason are the characters in Sam's books)
"I think, in many ways, you’re Daire. And I think, in some ways, I’m your Mason.”
Her voice is small when she asks, “Does that bother you?”
“No. I’m not Mason. And you know that. I think you see things in me that you find desirable. You’ve found a dominant person to trust, much like Daire found Mason. I think that’s what you’ve been searching for all along—someone to trust, someone to be strong and let you be you and not crush you in the process.”
“And what is it that you’re searching for?”
The million dollar question.
May 6, 2013
The story behind Until I Break
I don't very often feel the need to spill my guts in a super public way...
Okay, maybe I do...
And I feel that need today, so grab your pillow because this might be a long one.
I want to tell y'all a little about how Until I Break came about. This book is almost a year in the making. It didn't take me that long to write it, but the story itself actually began in June of 2012.
I think I've mentioned to y'all that I had a bit of a crisis in May and June of last year. I don't know if it's an artist thing (I totally consider myself an artist, mainly because I make things up and because I experience every emotion known to man at least 3 times per day), a writer thing or simply a Michelle thing, but I was completely discouraged with my work and where my career was going. Or not going, as it were.
Although I've always read historical and contemporary romance for the most part, I began my writing career dabbling in the paranormal. I loved it because it really exercised my imagination! Anyway, I digress.
I was feeling trapped and restless and just...out of sorts and I didn't really know what to do about it. I knew that I wanted to write something different, but I was afraid to do it as Michelle Leighton since I'd established myself as the writer of super-wholesome paranormal romance.
I wrestled with several options for a month or two, finally deciding to start writing under a pen name. During the course of this troublesome few weeks, I wrote 35 thousand words of a novel titled Beautifully Broken. It was a little darker than my usual fare and much more adult than what I'd written up to that point. My plan with that book was to release it in three 30-thousand word sections and publish it as a serial novel. I even gave the beginnings of it to a wonderful and trusted friend and blogger named Autumn. I love her. She was so supportive and understanding of my plight. I will be forever grateful to her for being so amazing. Anyway, we talked about it and I told her my predicament and what I'd like to do to fix it and she kindly agreed to help me launch the book and a new identity to go with it. So that was the plan.
Enter Patrick Henley, better known as Trick. He showed up in my life and took my writing and my career in a direction I hardly ever dared to dream might be possible.
And so the adult novel got put on hold.
But the characters never left my mind. Not really. Through the next several roller-coaster months, I kept thinking to myself that I'd really like to finish that book. Night after night, I'd find myself thinking about the characters and thinking about their story. And, over time, they became more and more real to me, their story more and more concrete in my head. Then, about a month ago, I sat down to give them their voice. To finish what I'd started.
And I'm so glad I did. This book, Until I Break, is without a doubt one of my favorite stories. It scares me to think of publishing it because it's different to what I usually write and the subject matter won't be for everyone. But to tell it any other way would be so unfair to Alec and Samantha, and to broken people everywhere who just want to find someone to share their hurts with, someone who will love them for who and what they really are. So I wrote it the way it happened. I wrote the book and stayed true to Alec and Samantha. I did everything as delicately and tastefully as I could, and I wrote their story. And now that it's finished, I'm convinced that it's one of the best things I've ever done. You see, writing their story has changed me. Maybe as a person, but definitely as a writer.
I write fast and hard, but these two people couldn't be captured that way. They took time to grow and it took me a while to understand them and their story, and the way in which they were damaged. But now, I feel like I've breathed life into something more real than any story I've ever written. I hope and pray that I'll be able to take this experience and translate it into many more stories about people I've come to know so well. This subject will never be repeated in my work. It likely won't ever get this...racy again. I simply mean that I plan to take the time to really dig deep inside the characters that I'm fortunate enough to be writing about. I want to know what has hurt them. I want to know how to help them. I want to live with them until they can find happiness. I want to tell their story, their real story. The scars, the wounds and the beauty of it all.
I think it's safe to say that there's a big piece of my heart in this work. For a lot of different reasons. I hope that a little of that seeps into yours as you read. I hope the story speaks to you and leaves you feeling better for having read it. Life isn't always pretty. It isn't always something we feel comfortable sharing with others. But we have to share it with someone. And this is the story of two people who finally found their "someone."
UNTIL I BREAK, May 14, 2013
Okay, maybe I do...
And I feel that need today, so grab your pillow because this might be a long one.
I want to tell y'all a little about how Until I Break came about. This book is almost a year in the making. It didn't take me that long to write it, but the story itself actually began in June of 2012.
I think I've mentioned to y'all that I had a bit of a crisis in May and June of last year. I don't know if it's an artist thing (I totally consider myself an artist, mainly because I make things up and because I experience every emotion known to man at least 3 times per day), a writer thing or simply a Michelle thing, but I was completely discouraged with my work and where my career was going. Or not going, as it were.
Although I've always read historical and contemporary romance for the most part, I began my writing career dabbling in the paranormal. I loved it because it really exercised my imagination! Anyway, I digress.
I was feeling trapped and restless and just...out of sorts and I didn't really know what to do about it. I knew that I wanted to write something different, but I was afraid to do it as Michelle Leighton since I'd established myself as the writer of super-wholesome paranormal romance.
I wrestled with several options for a month or two, finally deciding to start writing under a pen name. During the course of this troublesome few weeks, I wrote 35 thousand words of a novel titled Beautifully Broken. It was a little darker than my usual fare and much more adult than what I'd written up to that point. My plan with that book was to release it in three 30-thousand word sections and publish it as a serial novel. I even gave the beginnings of it to a wonderful and trusted friend and blogger named Autumn. I love her. She was so supportive and understanding of my plight. I will be forever grateful to her for being so amazing. Anyway, we talked about it and I told her my predicament and what I'd like to do to fix it and she kindly agreed to help me launch the book and a new identity to go with it. So that was the plan.
Enter Patrick Henley, better known as Trick. He showed up in my life and took my writing and my career in a direction I hardly ever dared to dream might be possible.
And so the adult novel got put on hold.
But the characters never left my mind. Not really. Through the next several roller-coaster months, I kept thinking to myself that I'd really like to finish that book. Night after night, I'd find myself thinking about the characters and thinking about their story. And, over time, they became more and more real to me, their story more and more concrete in my head. Then, about a month ago, I sat down to give them their voice. To finish what I'd started.
And I'm so glad I did. This book, Until I Break, is without a doubt one of my favorite stories. It scares me to think of publishing it because it's different to what I usually write and the subject matter won't be for everyone. But to tell it any other way would be so unfair to Alec and Samantha, and to broken people everywhere who just want to find someone to share their hurts with, someone who will love them for who and what they really are. So I wrote it the way it happened. I wrote the book and stayed true to Alec and Samantha. I did everything as delicately and tastefully as I could, and I wrote their story. And now that it's finished, I'm convinced that it's one of the best things I've ever done. You see, writing their story has changed me. Maybe as a person, but definitely as a writer.
I write fast and hard, but these two people couldn't be captured that way. They took time to grow and it took me a while to understand them and their story, and the way in which they were damaged. But now, I feel like I've breathed life into something more real than any story I've ever written. I hope and pray that I'll be able to take this experience and translate it into many more stories about people I've come to know so well. This subject will never be repeated in my work. It likely won't ever get this...racy again. I simply mean that I plan to take the time to really dig deep inside the characters that I'm fortunate enough to be writing about. I want to know what has hurt them. I want to know how to help them. I want to live with them until they can find happiness. I want to tell their story, their real story. The scars, the wounds and the beauty of it all.
I think it's safe to say that there's a big piece of my heart in this work. For a lot of different reasons. I hope that a little of that seeps into yours as you read. I hope the story speaks to you and leaves you feeling better for having read it. Life isn't always pretty. It isn't always something we feel comfortable sharing with others. But we have to share it with someone. And this is the story of two people who finally found their "someone."
UNTIL I BREAK, May 14, 2013
May 5, 2013
Street Team
It's official. I have the best street team known to man. I love you, minxes!
May 2, 2013
Until I Break Teaser 2
Before I post this teaser, just a quick reminder that the giveaway for a signed paperback ARC of Until I Break ends tonight at midnight so hurry hurry! Enter over on my sidebar. There are a variety of things you can do to earn entries, both on Facebook and Twitter, so go give some love to the Rafflecopter monster:) hehe
Okay, Teaser #2 coming right up!!
I get the feeling that a man like this could be the end of me, the end of my life as I’ve known it. I write about star-crossed love every day, about people who need so deeply and feel so passionately that their world caves in around them. I’d be crazy to risk something like that.But I’d also be crazy not to. As surely as I’m sitting here, I know I would forever regret it if I didn’t say yes to this man. At least once.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep I can't wait for y'all to meet Alec and Samantha! OMG But until then, feel free to share, share, share away with the teasers! The more, the merrier.
Happy Thursday!!! The weekend's almost here!
Okay, Teaser #2 coming right up!!
I get the feeling that a man like this could be the end of me, the end of my life as I’ve known it. I write about star-crossed love every day, about people who need so deeply and feel so passionately that their world caves in around them. I’d be crazy to risk something like that.But I’d also be crazy not to. As surely as I’m sitting here, I know I would forever regret it if I didn’t say yes to this man. At least once.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep I can't wait for y'all to meet Alec and Samantha! OMG But until then, feel free to share, share, share away with the teasers! The more, the merrier.
Happy Thursday!!! The weekend's almost here!
April 29, 2013
Until I Break Cover Reveal and signed ARC giveaway
OMG it's finally time! This wait is killing me! Now, if only May 14th would hurry up and get here... GAH!
But, it's still April. And cover reveal day. Wahoooooooooooooooo I think I'll give away another signed paperback ARC of Until I Break. Only one box arrived, but I kept out the 4 I promised to give away as ARCs:) YAY me for thinking! LOL Anyway, all you have to do to enter is tweet the link to the reveal here or share it on Facebook. Easy peasy. And you'll have until the end of the week (Thursday at midnight) to do it. That way I'll have time to get the book to the winner via snail mail. hehe The Rafflecopter for it is on my sidebar---->
Without further ado, here it is! I hope it's as dark and spicy as the book, and that you'll love, love, love both!!
Until I Break
In love, sometimes what you fear most is exactly what you need.
Laura Drake is an author. She writes bestselling paranormal romances that continue to top the charts. She is sharp. She is confident. She is in control.
And she doesn’t exist.
Samantha Jansen is the woman behind the wig, the woman most of the world doesn’t know exists. She is shy. She is insecure. She is nothing like her main character or her alter ego. She is scarred—deeply scarred—by a past she can’t let go of and a present she can’t make peace with.
Samantha’s dreams are consumed by one man, the broken hero from her books. Mason Strait is both her wildest fantasy and her most terrifying nightmare.
When Samantha meets Alec Brand, a corporate consultant, it is as though Mason has come to life. Alec is handsome to a fault, as elegant as he is arrogant, and more intense than any man has a right to be.
Samantha is soon sucked into a world that mirrors the fiction she writes. Just like her main character, Daire Kirby, Samantha finds herself unable to resist the forbidden lure of Alec. And just like Daire, she also finds that she is faced with taking a chance on a man who could either set her free or destroy her.
The scale tilts toward destruction when Samantha finds out that Alec is as much a work of fiction as Mason. And he has scars of his own, scars that could ruin them both.
But, it's still April. And cover reveal day. Wahoooooooooooooooo I think I'll give away another signed paperback ARC of Until I Break. Only one box arrived, but I kept out the 4 I promised to give away as ARCs:) YAY me for thinking! LOL Anyway, all you have to do to enter is tweet the link to the reveal here or share it on Facebook. Easy peasy. And you'll have until the end of the week (Thursday at midnight) to do it. That way I'll have time to get the book to the winner via snail mail. hehe The Rafflecopter for it is on my sidebar---->
Without further ado, here it is! I hope it's as dark and spicy as the book, and that you'll love, love, love both!!
Until I Break
In love, sometimes what you fear most is exactly what you need.
Laura Drake is an author. She writes bestselling paranormal romances that continue to top the charts. She is sharp. She is confident. She is in control.
And she doesn’t exist.
Samantha Jansen is the woman behind the wig, the woman most of the world doesn’t know exists. She is shy. She is insecure. She is nothing like her main character or her alter ego. She is scarred—deeply scarred—by a past she can’t let go of and a present she can’t make peace with.
Samantha’s dreams are consumed by one man, the broken hero from her books. Mason Strait is both her wildest fantasy and her most terrifying nightmare.
When Samantha meets Alec Brand, a corporate consultant, it is as though Mason has come to life. Alec is handsome to a fault, as elegant as he is arrogant, and more intense than any man has a right to be.
Samantha is soon sucked into a world that mirrors the fiction she writes. Just like her main character, Daire Kirby, Samantha finds herself unable to resist the forbidden lure of Alec. And just like Daire, she also finds that she is faced with taking a chance on a man who could either set her free or destroy her.
The scale tilts toward destruction when Samantha finds out that Alec is as much a work of fiction as Mason. And he has scars of his own, scars that could ruin them both.
April 25, 2013
Until I Break Teaser
Let the games begin...
“I’m not the warm and fuzzy type, Samantha. It’s not my intention to make you feel love. I don’t have that kind of emotion in me. But there are other things I can give you, things I can make you feel. Really feel.” His eyes are hooded as he looks down at me and takes one more step forward. This time, I don’t back up. “Excitement,” he says, reaching up to wind one long, red curl around his finger. When his eyes meet mine, I feel like he’s doing the same thing to me—winding me around his finger. “Anticipation. Desire. Warmth. I can make you feel very, very warm.”
As though his words alone can evoke the sensation, I feel hot blood rush to the surface of my skin and pool in the lowest part of my belly.
“You might even feel a little fear,” he continues softly. “But even that can be intoxicating in its own way.”
UNTIL I BREAK, COMING MAY 14TH
“I’m not the warm and fuzzy type, Samantha. It’s not my intention to make you feel love. I don’t have that kind of emotion in me. But there are other things I can give you, things I can make you feel. Really feel.” His eyes are hooded as he looks down at me and takes one more step forward. This time, I don’t back up. “Excitement,” he says, reaching up to wind one long, red curl around his finger. When his eyes meet mine, I feel like he’s doing the same thing to me—winding me around his finger. “Anticipation. Desire. Warmth. I can make you feel very, very warm.”
As though his words alone can evoke the sensation, I feel hot blood rush to the surface of my skin and pool in the lowest part of my belly.
“You might even feel a little fear,” he continues softly. “But even that can be intoxicating in its own way.”
UNTIL I BREAK, COMING MAY 14TH
April 24, 2013
Giveaway: Breakfast with me and Courtney in the Big Apple
First of all, let me assure you that there is ample squealing going on in my house right now as I contemplate my first trip to New York City. OMG OMG OMG I still can't believe it! I'll be attending BEA and my fabulous BFF Courtney Cole will be there as well!
Us. There. Together. In New York City.
New. York. City.
*jumps up and down like a crazy person*
Well, in celebration of this awesomeness, we've decided to take 2 people and the "plus one" of their choice out to a posh breakfast and private signing in amazing NYC on Saturday morning, June 1st at 10:00 a.m. (airfare/travel and hotel not included). The location will be sent by invitation to the winners. I can promise you two things: 1. If there are mimosas, we'll both be having one; and 2. I'll say something goofy. It's my way. Just go with it;)
So, if you're going to BEA or if you'd like a reason to go to NYC, or if you'd just like to come hang out, then enter right over on my sidebar for your chance to win. It's easy as pie:) You can enter here AND at Courtney's blog. The contest ends May 18th at midnight.
Also, I don't think I'll be spoiling anything by saying that there will be some gifts and special prizes that you'll get as well; I just can't tell you what they are. hehe *wink wink* Let's just say we'll be doing our best to spoil you and to put the epic in...well... EPIC!
Now help me sing!
Us. There. Together. In New York City.
New. York. City.
*jumps up and down like a crazy person*
Well, in celebration of this awesomeness, we've decided to take 2 people and the "plus one" of their choice out to a posh breakfast and private signing in amazing NYC on Saturday morning, June 1st at 10:00 a.m. (airfare/travel and hotel not included). The location will be sent by invitation to the winners. I can promise you two things: 1. If there are mimosas, we'll both be having one; and 2. I'll say something goofy. It's my way. Just go with it;)
So, if you're going to BEA or if you'd like a reason to go to NYC, or if you'd just like to come hang out, then enter right over on my sidebar for your chance to win. It's easy as pie:) You can enter here AND at Courtney's blog. The contest ends May 18th at midnight.
Also, I don't think I'll be spoiling anything by saying that there will be some gifts and special prizes that you'll get as well; I just can't tell you what they are. hehe *wink wink* Let's just say we'll be doing our best to spoil you and to put the epic in...well... EPIC!
Now help me sing!
April 23, 2013
Two new releases today! Welcome Sam and Bethany!
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Ari Johnson wishes adjusting to living with her boyfriend was her only source of excitement and anxiety.
She wishes a lot of things.
But then wishing was what got her here in the first place.
Ari chose to be a Guild Hunter. She wanted to hunt dangerous Jinn and destroy them before they could harm innocent people. But now that Ari is a member of The Guild, she finds herself in the impossible position of hunting her ex-best friend – human-turned-dangerous sorcerer, Charlie Creagh. As Ari struggles to come to terms with her duty, an ancient Jinn and his companion want revenge on her for using the command of the Seal against them; the White King refuses to give up on his quest to resurrect Lilif, and Asmodeus isn’t done toying with her.
When Ari can take no more, rushing to the Sultan Azazil’s side to demand of him the favor he owes her, the events she sets in motion will not only alter everyone’s lives, it will kindle a darkness that will shake the realms to their very core.
About the Author [image error] Samantha Young is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author from Stirlingshire, Scotland. She's been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Author and Best Romance for her international bestseller ON DUBLIN STREET.
She is a 27 year old Scottish book addict that graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2009. She studied ancient and medieval history at uni, and it was in her first year there, in the middle of a classical literature lecture, that she first came up with the idea for The Tale of Lunarmorte. She’s been writing since as long as she can remember, and she writes in a number of genres including romance, paranormal, urban fantasy, fantasy, and contemporary.
She loves pulling pieces of historical fact (or mythology) and twisting it to fit my stories, and she is more than thankful her degree is being put to good use in her writing. She began self-publishing in 2011 and now writes full time.
Where to Stalk Samantha Young's BlogFire Spirits Blog Goodreads Twitter Facebook
Fire Spirits Series (books 1-3) [image error]
Where you can buy Samantha Young's books: Amazon Barnes and Noble
GIVEAWAY: One lucky winner will win an ebook set of the Fire Spirits series (Books 1-4)4 winners will win an ebook copy of Darkness Kindled
ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND...
Please join me in celebrating the Release Day Blitz for Bethany Lopez's YA Contemporary Fantasy, Nissa: a contemporary fairy tale.
At 900 years old, Nissa is finally ready to follow her mother's path and become the best Fairy Godmother she can. She’s not thrilled when her first assignment turns out to be a teenage human girl with self-esteem issues, but she knows she has to start somewhere. Her assignment has dealt with bullies since her freshman year and they haven’t let up. If Nissa can’t help her regain her self-confidence her future is bleak. To complicate matters Nissa experiences all the signs that she's met the being fated for her. This impossibility distracts her from her purpose. After all, fairies and humans aren't meant for each other. How can her heart believe otherwise? Can Nissa successfully complete her first assignment as a Fairy Godmother? Will the fates allow Nissa and Levi to be together? And even if they do, will Levi believe Nissa once she reveals the truth?
Buy Links:
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CF88XO0Barnes & Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nissa-bethany-lopez/1115125446?ean=2940016665139Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/307124
Bethany Lopez was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Michigan and San Antonio, Texas. She went to High School at Dearborn High, in Dearborn, Michigan, which is where she has set her Young Adult series. She is married and has a blended family with five children. She is currently serving in the United States Air Force as a Recruiter in Los Angeles, California. She has always loved to read and write and has seen her dream realized by independently publishing her novels through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords.
Ari Johnson wishes adjusting to living with her boyfriend was her only source of excitement and anxiety.She wishes a lot of things.
But then wishing was what got her here in the first place.
Ari chose to be a Guild Hunter. She wanted to hunt dangerous Jinn and destroy them before they could harm innocent people. But now that Ari is a member of The Guild, she finds herself in the impossible position of hunting her ex-best friend – human-turned-dangerous sorcerer, Charlie Creagh. As Ari struggles to come to terms with her duty, an ancient Jinn and his companion want revenge on her for using the command of the Seal against them; the White King refuses to give up on his quest to resurrect Lilif, and Asmodeus isn’t done toying with her.
When Ari can take no more, rushing to the Sultan Azazil’s side to demand of him the favor he owes her, the events she sets in motion will not only alter everyone’s lives, it will kindle a darkness that will shake the realms to their very core.
About the Author [image error] Samantha Young is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author from Stirlingshire, Scotland. She's been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Author and Best Romance for her international bestseller ON DUBLIN STREET.
She is a 27 year old Scottish book addict that graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2009. She studied ancient and medieval history at uni, and it was in her first year there, in the middle of a classical literature lecture, that she first came up with the idea for The Tale of Lunarmorte. She’s been writing since as long as she can remember, and she writes in a number of genres including romance, paranormal, urban fantasy, fantasy, and contemporary.
She loves pulling pieces of historical fact (or mythology) and twisting it to fit my stories, and she is more than thankful her degree is being put to good use in her writing. She began self-publishing in 2011 and now writes full time.
Where to Stalk Samantha Young's BlogFire Spirits Blog Goodreads Twitter Facebook
Fire Spirits Series (books 1-3) [image error]
Where you can buy Samantha Young's books: Amazon Barnes and Noble
GIVEAWAY: One lucky winner will win an ebook set of the Fire Spirits series (Books 1-4)4 winners will win an ebook copy of Darkness Kindled
ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND...
Please join me in celebrating the Release Day Blitz for Bethany Lopez's YA Contemporary Fantasy, Nissa: a contemporary fairy tale.
At 900 years old, Nissa is finally ready to follow her mother's path and become the best Fairy Godmother she can. She’s not thrilled when her first assignment turns out to be a teenage human girl with self-esteem issues, but she knows she has to start somewhere. Her assignment has dealt with bullies since her freshman year and they haven’t let up. If Nissa can’t help her regain her self-confidence her future is bleak. To complicate matters Nissa experiences all the signs that she's met the being fated for her. This impossibility distracts her from her purpose. After all, fairies and humans aren't meant for each other. How can her heart believe otherwise? Can Nissa successfully complete her first assignment as a Fairy Godmother? Will the fates allow Nissa and Levi to be together? And even if they do, will Levi believe Nissa once she reveals the truth?
Buy Links:
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CF88XO0Barnes & Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nissa-bethany-lopez/1115125446?ean=2940016665139Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/307124
Bethany Lopez was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Michigan and San Antonio, Texas. She went to High School at Dearborn High, in Dearborn, Michigan, which is where she has set her Young Adult series. She is married and has a blended family with five children. She is currently serving in the United States Air Force as a Recruiter in Los Angeles, California. She has always loved to read and write and has seen her dream realized by independently publishing her novels through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords.
April 22, 2013
Until I Break ARC #1 winner and tiny teaser
I know, I know. It's Monday. I'm hoping that a little taste of Until I Break might help dull the pain. It sure works wonders for me! LOL But before I get to that, I have something to announce.
The winner of the first Until I Break ARC giveaway is Lexie Louk! CONGRATULATIONS!!! To everyone who participated, THANK YOU!! If I haven't heard back from her within 48 hours, Rafflecopter will draw another winner. And don't think this was your last chance at winning. I'll be doing three more ARC giveaways before Until I Break releases on May 14th:) Wahooooooooooooo
Now...on to the tease...
"Stop trying to convince yourself you should be resisting me. We both know you don’t even want to try. But only I know why. I’m your inevitability. I’m the one thing you can’t avoid."
Until I Break
In love, sometimes what you fear most is exactly what you need.
Laura Drake is an author. She writes bestselling paranormal romances that continue to top the charts. She is sharp. She is confident. She is in control.
And she doesn’t exist.
Samantha Jansen is the woman behind the wig, the woman most of the world doesn’t know exists. She is shy. She is insecure. She is nothing like her main character or her alter ego. She is scarred—deeply scarred—by a past she can’t let go of and a present she can’t make peace with.
Samantha’s dreams are consumed by one man, the broken hero from her books. Mason Strait is both her wildest fantasy and her most terrifying nightmare.
When Samantha meets Alec Brand, a corporate consultant, it is as though Mason has come to life. Alec is handsome to a fault, as elegant as he is arrogant, and more intense than any man has a right to be.
Samantha is soon sucked into a world that mirrors the fiction she writes. Just like her main character, Daire Kirby, Samantha finds herself unable to resist the forbidden lure of Alec. And just like Daire, she also finds that she is faced with taking a chance on a man who could either set her free or destroy her.
The scale tilts toward destruction when Samantha finds out that Alec is as much a work of fiction as Mason. And he has scars of his own, scars that could ruin them both.
STAY TUNED FOR THE COVER REVEAL ON APRIL 29TH!
The winner of the first Until I Break ARC giveaway is Lexie Louk! CONGRATULATIONS!!! To everyone who participated, THANK YOU!! If I haven't heard back from her within 48 hours, Rafflecopter will draw another winner. And don't think this was your last chance at winning. I'll be doing three more ARC giveaways before Until I Break releases on May 14th:) Wahooooooooooooo
Now...on to the tease...
"Stop trying to convince yourself you should be resisting me. We both know you don’t even want to try. But only I know why. I’m your inevitability. I’m the one thing you can’t avoid."
Until I Break
In love, sometimes what you fear most is exactly what you need.
Laura Drake is an author. She writes bestselling paranormal romances that continue to top the charts. She is sharp. She is confident. She is in control.
And she doesn’t exist.
Samantha Jansen is the woman behind the wig, the woman most of the world doesn’t know exists. She is shy. She is insecure. She is nothing like her main character or her alter ego. She is scarred—deeply scarred—by a past she can’t let go of and a present she can’t make peace with.
Samantha’s dreams are consumed by one man, the broken hero from her books. Mason Strait is both her wildest fantasy and her most terrifying nightmare.
When Samantha meets Alec Brand, a corporate consultant, it is as though Mason has come to life. Alec is handsome to a fault, as elegant as he is arrogant, and more intense than any man has a right to be.
Samantha is soon sucked into a world that mirrors the fiction she writes. Just like her main character, Daire Kirby, Samantha finds herself unable to resist the forbidden lure of Alec. And just like Daire, she also finds that she is faced with taking a chance on a man who could either set her free or destroy her.
The scale tilts toward destruction when Samantha finds out that Alec is as much a work of fiction as Mason. And he has scars of his own, scars that could ruin them both.
STAY TUNED FOR THE COVER REVEAL ON APRIL 29TH!
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