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June 26, 2012
Book Birthday- A WANT SO WICKED
A WANT SO WICKED is out today. You can order it online, or pick it up in-store. There's also an exclusive scene written from Harlin's perspective HERE. A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL is also out in paperback. In case you missed it, here's a quick synopsis of AWSW:
Elise is a normal seventeen-year-old girl until the day she wakes up in a desert park with no idea who she is.
After that episode, her life takes a bizarre turn. She's experiencing unexpected flashes of insight into people's lives—people she's never met before. Strangers frighten her with warnings about the approaching Shadows.
And although Elise has never had a boyfriend, she suddenly finds herself torn between two handsome but very different young men: Abe, the charming bad boy whose effect on her both seduces and frightens her, and the mysterious Harlin, who's new to town but with whom Elise feels an urgent, elemental connection—almost as if they are soul mates.
Now Elise begins to question everything about her life. Why do these guys both want her so desperately? What are the Shadows? Why does the name Charlotte inspire a terrifying familiarity? And who is Elise, really?
To order A WANT SO WICKED: Amazon IndieBound B&N
A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL: Amazon IndieBound B&N
Elise is a normal seventeen-year-old girl until the day she wakes up in a desert park with no idea who she is. After that episode, her life takes a bizarre turn. She's experiencing unexpected flashes of insight into people's lives—people she's never met before. Strangers frighten her with warnings about the approaching Shadows.
And although Elise has never had a boyfriend, she suddenly finds herself torn between two handsome but very different young men: Abe, the charming bad boy whose effect on her both seduces and frightens her, and the mysterious Harlin, who's new to town but with whom Elise feels an urgent, elemental connection—almost as if they are soul mates.
Now Elise begins to question everything about her life. Why do these guys both want her so desperately? What are the Shadows? Why does the name Charlotte inspire a terrifying familiarity? And who is Elise, really?
To order A WANT SO WICKED: Amazon IndieBound B&N
A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL: Amazon IndieBound B&N
June 24, 2012
A WANT SO WICKED playlist
While writing A WANT SO WICKED, I went through several playlists. In fact, I listened to my iPod so much that my ears would ache at night. Here are a few of my favorites:
A WANT SO WICKED playlist:
Sinister Kid by The Black Keys (Abe)
Closer by Kings of Leon (Harlin)
Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars (Abe)
Jealousy by The Killers (Abe)
Just Breathe by Pearl Jam (Harlin)
The Killing Moon by Nouvelle Vague (Elise)
Oh It Is Love by Hellogoodbye (Harlin)
The End by Pearl Jam (Harlin)
Pick up your copy of A WANT SO WICKED today!!! Amazon B&N IndieBound
A WANT SO WICKED playlist:
Sinister Kid by The Black Keys (Abe)
Closer by Kings of Leon (Harlin)
Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars (Abe)
Jealousy by The Killers (Abe)
Just Breathe by Pearl Jam (Harlin)
The Killing Moon by Nouvelle Vague (Elise)
Oh It Is Love by Hellogoodbye (Harlin)
The End by Pearl Jam (Harlin)
Pick up your copy of A WANT SO WICKED today!!! Amazon B&N IndieBound
May 22, 2012
Happy Birthday to A NEED SO BEAUTFUL (again)
Today is the paperback release of A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL! Like with ANSB the original, it may be a little elusive--after all, Charlotte is a Forgotten. But you can order it online for now from pretty much anywhere. Or check your local indies who have been very kind to Charlotte, Harlin, and the rest of the gang.
You'll also find an excerpt from A WANT SO WICKED in the back of the book! Check it out today!!! It's only $8.99!
Where to buy:
IndieBound Amazon B&N
You'll also find an excerpt from A WANT SO WICKED in the back of the book! Check it out today!!! It's only $8.99!Where to buy:
IndieBound Amazon B&N
May 16, 2012
Welcome to THE PROGRAM...
Very excited to post the cover for my next series, THE PROGRAM. It will be released April 2013 from Simon Pulse, and here are the details!
SLOANE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO CRY IN FRONT OF ANYONE.
With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories.
Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other, it’s getting harder to hide the truth. They are both growing weaker. Depression is setting in. AND THE PROGRAM IS COMING FOR THEM.
(Case art on the hardcover underneath the jacket!)
SLOANE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO CRY IN FRONT OF ANYONE.
With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories. Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other, it’s getting harder to hide the truth. They are both growing weaker. Depression is setting in. AND THE PROGRAM IS COMING FOR THEM.
(Case art on the hardcover underneath the jacket!)
May 14, 2012
Book Signing and Author Event!
I'm so excited to have my first Arizona event scheduled. If you live in the area (or are planning to visit) I'd love to have you stop by! I have lots of candy! :-) Here is the information for my upcoming signing at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona:
Suzanne Young - Author event and book signingThursday July 12th, 7 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
6428 S. McClintock Dr Tempe, AZ 85283
480.730.1142 www.changinghands.com
Praise for A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL (new in paperback):
Young’s clever and well-written fantasy features a likable protagonist and supporting characters. Whether Charlotte is an angel or a being less freighted by religious tradition is left up to the reader, but certainly the dilemma of how we can make a lasting impression on those we touch is a very human concern. Young offers an elegant solution that is well worth consideration.”— Booklist (starred review)
“A gripping supernatural romance… An imaginative twist on the timeless battle between dark and light.”
— Kirkus
“A beautiful, poignant, and gripping tale of love and sacrifice.”
— Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH
A WANT SO WICKED (available June 26th, 2012)
The heart-pounding and thrilling follow-up to Suzanne Young’s provocative and original take on angel lore, A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL.
Elise is a normal seventeen year-old girl until the day she inexplicably loses two hours of time. She has no idea what happened--that time just disappeared. Since her episode, things have been different. She’s experiencing bizarre flashes of and insights into people’s lives--people she’s never met before. Strangers approach her and frighten her with warnings about the approaching Shadows. And two handsome but very different young men are vying for her affections: Abe, the always-in-a-good-mood charmer, and mysterious Harlin, who has just came to town and whose presence stirs something elemental and urgent within Elise.
Elise’s world is turned upside down. Who is she, exactly? Who are these guys who both want her? What are the Shadows? And why does the name Charlotte inspire a terrifying familiarity?
Suzanne Young - Author event and book signingThursday July 12th, 7 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
6428 S. McClintock Dr Tempe, AZ 85283
480.730.1142 www.changinghands.com
Praise for A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL (new in paperback):
Young’s clever and well-written fantasy features a likable protagonist and supporting characters. Whether Charlotte is an angel or a being less freighted by religious tradition is left up to the reader, but certainly the dilemma of how we can make a lasting impression on those we touch is a very human concern. Young offers an elegant solution that is well worth consideration.”— Booklist (starred review)“A gripping supernatural romance… An imaginative twist on the timeless battle between dark and light.”
— Kirkus
“A beautiful, poignant, and gripping tale of love and sacrifice.”
— Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH
A WANT SO WICKED (available June 26th, 2012)
The heart-pounding and thrilling follow-up to Suzanne Young’s provocative and original take on angel lore, A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL. Elise is a normal seventeen year-old girl until the day she inexplicably loses two hours of time. She has no idea what happened--that time just disappeared. Since her episode, things have been different. She’s experiencing bizarre flashes of and insights into people’s lives--people she’s never met before. Strangers approach her and frighten her with warnings about the approaching Shadows. And two handsome but very different young men are vying for her affections: Abe, the always-in-a-good-mood charmer, and mysterious Harlin, who has just came to town and whose presence stirs something elemental and urgent within Elise.
Elise’s world is turned upside down. Who is she, exactly? Who are these guys who both want her? What are the Shadows? And why does the name Charlotte inspire a terrifying familiarity?
April 24, 2012
SO WICKED!
The very awesome Epic Reads has selected A WANT SO WICKED as one of their upcoming book club picks!!! And right now you can download FREE samples from all of their picks! And that includes the first five chapters of A WANT SO WICKED!! Get your copy HERE.
Hope you enjoy! The finished book will be available June 26th.
Hope you enjoy! The finished book will be available June 26th.
April 17, 2012
A WANT SO WICKED
“If I destroy you,” she says quietly, “destroy the light—there will be no hope. The misery I spread will be unstoppable, not by anything. Only then might it let me go. Can you imagine if your every thought, your every impulse, was covered in thick smoke—a choking desire that’s only relieved by the most dastardly of things. The Shadows create the horror of this world. But humans cultivate it—putting it into action. I’m cursed, darling. I will never die, never find peace. And that’s the cruelest fate of all.”
-Onika, A WANT SO WICKED
A WANT SO WICKED June 26th, 2012
Pre-Order your copy today! IndieBound Amazon B&N
April 11, 2012
LOVE IS EPIC!
A new contest is running now through 5/14!! It's the Love Is Epic Facebook sweepstakes on Epic Reads. Each week, 6 lucky winners will receive 5! of the featured titles.
Wanna know what you're playing for? These are the titles up for grabs:
THE TEMPTATION by Alisa Valdes
UNRAVELING by Elizabeth Norris
HEMLOCK by Kathleen Peacock
UNTIL I DIE by Amy Plum
IMMORTAL HEARTS by Ellen Schreiber
A WANT SO WICKED by Suzanne Young
TIGER LILY by Jodi Lynn Anderson
DREAMLESS by Josephine Angelini
ARISE by Tara Hudson
SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY by Susan Dennard
Nice list! So enter HERE for a chance to win! Good luck!!
Wanna know what you're playing for? These are the titles up for grabs:
THE TEMPTATION by Alisa Valdes
UNRAVELING by Elizabeth Norris
HEMLOCK by Kathleen Peacock
UNTIL I DIE by Amy Plum
IMMORTAL HEARTS by Ellen Schreiber
A WANT SO WICKED by Suzanne Young
TIGER LILY by Jodi Lynn Anderson
DREAMLESS by Josephine Angelini
ARISE by Tara Hudson
SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY by Susan Dennard
Nice list! So enter HERE for a chance to win! Good luck!!
March 27, 2012
Win an ARC of A WANT SO WICKED
In about three months A WANT SO WICKED (A Need so Beautiful #2) will be set free! Want an early copy? First here's more about the book:
Of course, you can preorder your copy HERE. If you haven't read A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL, it's available now. Or you can preorder a paperback copy HERE.
But now about the contest... A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL and A WANT SO WICKED are a duology, but if there was another book, what would you call it? Be clever.
Two Winners (US only, sorry!) will be selected from the comments below to receive an early copy of A WANT SO WICKED. But everyone can get a signed bookmark! Email me a mailing address at aneedsobeautiful@yahoo(dot)com to have one sent to you. Contest and giveaway ends 4/5/12
And go!
Elise is a normal seventeen-year-old girl until the day she wakes up in a desert park, with no idea who she is.
After that episode, her life takes a bizarre turn. She's experiencing unexpected flashes of insight into people's lives—people she's never met before. Strangers frighten her with warnings about the approaching Shadows. And although Elise has never had a boyfriend, she suddenly finds herself torn between two handsome but very different young men: Abe, the charming bad boy whose affect on her both seduces and frightens her, and the mysterious Harlin, who's new to town but with whom Elise feels an urgent, elemental connection—almost as if they are soul mates.
Now Elise begins to question everything about her life. Why do these guys both want her so desperately? What are the Shadows? Why does the name Charlotte inspire a terrifying familiarity? And who is Elise, really?
Of course, you can preorder your copy HERE. If you haven't read A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL, it's available now. Or you can preorder a paperback copy HERE.
But now about the contest... A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL and A WANT SO WICKED are a duology, but if there was another book, what would you call it? Be clever.
Two Winners (US only, sorry!) will be selected from the comments below to receive an early copy of A WANT SO WICKED. But everyone can get a signed bookmark! Email me a mailing address at aneedsobeautiful@yahoo(dot)com to have one sent to you. Contest and giveaway ends 4/5/12
And go!
March 10, 2012
Available Now
If you missed it yesterday, I announced the third and final book in the Naughty List series--A GOOD BOY IS HARD TO FIND--is now available as an ebook for only 2.99. I love this one, so I hope you'll enjoy it too!
Summary:
Tessa Crimson's the sweet and spunky leader of the SOS (Society of Smitten Kittens), a cheer squad-turned-spy society dedicated to bringing dastardly boyfriends to justice, one cheater at a time.
But after her center-court split with her boyfriend Aiden, Tessa has had to reevaluate her role in the SOS, and her closest friendships. Now it's the semester leading up to the state championships, and the Smitten Kittens have admitted their former nemesis Chloe Ferril to the squad. So when the cheerleaders are exposed as the SOS and humiliated by the football team, they have to wonder: Is Chloe a true kitten or a saboteur?
Now Tessa must again tease out the truth while navigating her own less than strawberry smoothie love life. Should the squad continue to catch cheating boyfriends and bring them to justice? Or have they really been using sleuthing as a romantic crutch?
Where to buy it:
Kindle
Nook
Smashwords
THE NAUGHTY LIST (Kindle, Nook) and SO MANY BOYS (Kindle, Nook) are also available as ebooks.
Summary:
Tessa Crimson's the sweet and spunky leader of the SOS (Society of Smitten Kittens), a cheer squad-turned-spy society dedicated to bringing dastardly boyfriends to justice, one cheater at a time.
But after her center-court split with her boyfriend Aiden, Tessa has had to reevaluate her role in the SOS, and her closest friendships. Now it's the semester leading up to the state championships, and the Smitten Kittens have admitted their former nemesis Chloe Ferril to the squad. So when the cheerleaders are exposed as the SOS and humiliated by the football team, they have to wonder: Is Chloe a true kitten or a saboteur?
Now Tessa must again tease out the truth while navigating her own less than strawberry smoothie love life. Should the squad continue to catch cheating boyfriends and bring them to justice? Or have they really been using sleuthing as a romantic crutch?
Where to buy it:
Kindle
Nook
Smashwords
THE NAUGHTY LIST (Kindle, Nook) and SO MANY BOYS (Kindle, Nook) are also available as ebooks.
