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POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:" The Secret of Isobel Key" by Jen McConnel,"The Portrait" by L.V. Piresand"My Sister's Reaper" by Dorothy Dryer Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
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Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!  The Secret of Isobel Key byJen McConnelLou is in the middle of a quarter-life crisis. Fresh out of college, she’s unemployed and unsure of herself. But when she gets the chance to escape to Scotland with her best friend, it could be the answer to her quest for self-discovery. The trip is not at all what she expected, especially when her tour guide turns out to be the dreamy historian Brian, and together they embark on a hunt for information about Isobel Key, a woman accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century.
They set out to learn the truth of the condemned witch, but Lou isn’t prepared for the knowledge that awaits her. She must face her own demons if she has any hope of righting the wrongs of the past.

Flashing between seventeenth century Scotland and a contemporary romance, THE SECRET OF ISOBEL KEY is a mystery that will please readers of all ages.
The Portrait byL.V. Pires Karen is a young and semi-talented art student attending her first summer at an overnight camp for talented youth. Her first day at school seems to be going well, especially when she meets her roommate, Cypress Myers, a unique portrait artist. But, as Karen gets to know Cypress she realizes there is something strange about her roommate. Her roommate’s talent for drawing may be inspired by a certain innate mystical ability with deadly results.
My Sister's Reaper (Reaper's Rite, #1) byDorothy Dreyer  Sixteen-year-old Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it.
When Zadie accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister Mara, things go horribly wrong. Mara isn’t the same anymore—Zadie isn’t even sure she’s completely human, and to top it off, a Reaper is determined to collect Mara’s soul no matter what. Now Zadie must figure out how to defeat her sister’s Reaper, or let Mara die … this time for good.a Rafflecopter giveaway

POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring: "Streamline" by Jennifer Lane, "My Sisters Reaper" by Dorothy Dreyerand"The Portrait" by L.V. PiresEnter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!  Streamline byJennifer LaneSeems like Leo Scott has it all: looks, brains, and athletic talent. He's captain of his high school swim team with a bright future in college and beyond. But Leo has secrets. His mother's crippling car accident has devastated his family and left Leo to deal with his father's abuse, battered and alone.
Leo's girlfriend Audrey Rose is poised for her own share of success. As one of Florida's top high school swimmers, Audrey dreams of college swimming stardom. But there's an obstacle to her glorious rise to the top. Her number-one supporter--her father--is in prison for murder.

Part murder mystery, part tale of young love in a military family, this gripping story takes readers on a journey from Pensacola to Annapolis. Leo and Audrey must band together to rise above the adversity they encounter and find their true selves in the process. When everything's on the line . . . streamline
My Sister's Reaper byDorothy DreyerSixteen-year-old Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it.
When Zadie accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister Mara, things go horribly wrong. Mara isn’t the same anymore—Zadie isn’t even sure she’s completely human, and to top it off, a Reaper is determined to collect Mara’s soul no matter what. Now Zadie must figure out how to defeat her sister’s Reaper, or let Mara die … this time for good.


The Portrait byL V PiresKaren is a young and semi-talented art student attending her first summer at an overnight camp for talented youth. Her first day at school seems to be going well, especially when she meets her roommate, Cypress Myers, a unique portrait artist. But, as Karen gets to know Cypress she realizes there is something strange about her roommate. Her roommate's talent for drawing may be inspired by a certain innate mystical ability with deadly results





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JEREMY'S ANGELS

Don't you just love the badge! If awards were to be given out for the best badge for A-Z, I am sure this one would win!Thanks Tara, for creating this awesome badge for us. 
Yes, I have taken on the challenge once again this year, as a minion for   Jeremy (Retro)     @ http://www.beingretro.com/p/welcome-to-retro-zombie.html
 My fellow Angels - Tara Tyler and River Fairchild 
Have been given our list And will be checking it more than twice To weed out those who don't play nice.

 Yes, as well as the devious sitesWho spam or have ulterior motives, Included this year, will be 
Those who have not participatedBy the first three letters.

So, beware and take the warning!Or you might find your nameAnd site removed without learning,What a great, rewarding game The A-Z Challenge can beEach day, Throughout the coming month of April!

***** A to Z Team [2014]Arlee Bird: Tossing it Out
Alex J. Cavanaugh: Alex J. Cavanaugh
Stephen Tremp: Author Stephen Tremp
Tina Downey: Life is Good
Damyanti Biswas: Amlokiblogs
Jeremy Hawkins: [Being Retro]
Nicole Ayers: The Madlab Post
M. J. Joachim: M. J. Joachim's Writing Tips
Heather M. Gardner: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
AJ Lauer: Naturally Sweet
Pam Margolis: An Unconventional Librarian
To take part in the A-Z Challenge for 2014 sign up here: A TO Z CHALLENGE SIGN UP/LIST [2014]  Jeremy has also given us, 'Jeremy's Angels' a theme song! 


 I think it's perfect, but I also like Rage Against the Machine, Matrix and Keanu Reeves, so I might be bias. Carolyn

POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:"The Charge" by Sharon Bayliss, "Above Par" by Crystal Donahueand"Sin" by Sharron Riddle Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!  The Charge bySharon BaylissWhen the King of the Texas Empire kidnaps Warren's brother, Warren embarks into a still Wild West to save him. On his journey, he makes a discovery that changes his life forever—he and his brother are long-lost members of the Texas royal family and the King wants them both dead.
He gets help from an activist Texan named Lena, who's itching to take on the King and happens to be a beautiful firecracker Warren can't stay away from. Convincing her he's not one of the bad guys becomes harder when a mysterious energy stirs in his body, turning his brain into a hive of emotions and memories—not all his own.

A legacy of violence is not all he inherited from the brutal Kings of Texas. The myth that the royal family possesses supernatural powers may not be myth at all.

Gone are the days when choosing a major was a big deal. Now Warren must save his brother and choose whether or not to be King, follow a King, or die before he can retire his fake ID.


Above Par byCrystal DonahueThere are no mulligans in love.
Drew's life just got a whole lot harder. Her relationships are falling apart, her little sister is failing math, and her parents are leaving for Florida to take care of Grandpa. Now not only does she have to play surrogate parent, study to graduate from her last semester of college, and deal with the looming threat of full-on adulthood, she has to do it all while running the family's mini-golf course by herself. Even the upbeat Drew is starting to feel like she just drove her ball down the unfairway.

Her luck takes a turn when she meets Weston, the snarky geometry teacher. He's smart, capable, dependable, and handsome—a real hole in one. But even Weston has a few hazards of his own. Now Drew will have to decide whether his secret is the wedge that drives them apart, or pushes them together.

SIN

by Sharron Riddle

 My name is Sin.

I killed a man in self-defense when I was sixteen. Not something a girl wants to brag about. My dad wanted to lock me up in the nut house, but Mom sent me packing to my great aunts in St. Charles, IL.

They’re ancient druid priestesses, and they make me look like a pacifist.

I’d barely unpacked before the aunts sent me to find the stolen hellhounds. Without the hounds to herd them to the underworld, the souls of the dead are flocking to the cities in murders of crows. If they’re still hanging around after three days, they’ll turn into flesh eating, brain feasting zombies.

Van, an annoying but uber-hot Fey Prince, joins us in the hunt to find the hounds before the zombies overrun St. Charles and turn the cities into cemeteries.


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POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:  "Embrace" by Cherie Colier, "Face of Death" by Kelly Hashway and "Of Breakable Things" by A. Lynden Rolland.
Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!


One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!  

Embrace  (The Embrace Series #1) byCherie Colyer How far would you go to save the people you love?
Madison is familiar enough with change, and she hates everything about it. Change took her long-term boyfriend away from her. It caused one of her friends to suddenly hate her. It’s responsible for the death of a local along with a host of other mysterious happenings. But when Madison meets a hot new guy, she thinks her luck is about to improve.

Madison is instantly drawn to the handsome and intriguing Isaac Addington. She quickly realizes he’s a guy harboring a secret, but she’s willing to risk the unknown to be with him.

Her world really spins out of control, however, when her best friend becomes delusional, seeing things that aren’t there and desperately trying to escape their evil. When the doctors can’t find the answers, Madison seeks her own.

Nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover.
Dangerous, intoxicating, and darkly romantic, Embrace is a thriller that will leave you spellbound.


Face of Death  (Touch of Death #3) byKelly Hashway Having fallen at the hands of Hades, Jodi's enduring torture like she never imagined. Worse, she has to watch her Ophi friends suffer along with her--the punishment doled out by the very people she'd sentenced to life in Tartarus. Hell. This is one reunion Jodi hoped would never happen, but now she must find a way to free them all.
Except the underworld is nearly impossible to escape.

Jodi's one chance may rest in raising the human soul she killed when she drank Medusa's blood.

But splitting her human soul from her Ophi soul means living a double life: One as an Ophi experiencing unspeakable torture and the other as the human she could have been if she never came into her powers. With her two worlds colliding, Jodi will have to make the toughest decision she's faced yet.

Of Breakable Things byA. Lynden Rolland A captivating debut about the fragility of life, love, and perspective.

Alex Ash was born broken. Living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is like living on death row, but she is willing to fight for her frail life as long as it includes the boy next door. Chase has always held the pieces of her together, but when he dies tragically, Alex’s unfavorable fate becomes a blessing in disguise.

Faced with a choice, she finds herself in a peculiar world where rooms can absorb emotions and secrets are buried six feet under. Among limitless minds, envious spirits, and soulless banshees, Alex hardly rests in peace.

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TEASER TUESDAY

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by
http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/of Should Be Reading.Anyone can play along!Just do the followingGrab your current readOpen to a random pageShare two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that pageBE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE ANY SPOILERS!
Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away!


You don't want to ruin the book for others! 

Beyond Earth (Book #1) byArlene Lagos   Hidden in the fabric of our own galaxy are five planets, anchored to Earth and thriving with life. Each one unlocks a secret to many destinies that bring seven brave warriors together to fight the ultimate evil set to destroy their existence.
Life for Adaminia was ordinary…and she hated ordinary. She always felt she was meant to do more. That opportunity presents itself when she follows a strange sound, gets sucked up into a wind tunnel, and spit out onto a hidden planet. Here she meets Joanie who reveals to her the truth about her real parents, the five hidden planets anchored to Earth, the murdered leaders, the missing heirs, and the role she will play in saving all mankind from extinction.

MY TEASER: 
 
The surrounding walls are black and as I turn in a circle to examine my surroundings, I realize that the door that was once behind me has disappeared and where it was is now just another black wall. I rub my eyes again to make sure I am seeing clearly. Where am I? Where did the door disappear too? How did they plant a tree in the floor? Where does the water go? How do I get out of here? Claustrophobia kicks in and I lean against one of the walls to keep myself from falling down.

Lagos, Arlene (2013-08-05). Beyond Earth (Beyond Earth Series) (Kindle Locations 45-48).  . Kindle Edition.

HOTTEST YA & NA AUTHORS - ST. PATTY'S DAY PINTEREST + FACEBOOK PARTY

Join your favorite YA and NA authors as we celebrate being Irish for a day and play on Pinterest. There will be over 45 e-book giveaways! 
You can join the Facebook party HERE!

You won't want to miss it!

Participating Authors:

Lila Felix   A. W. Exley  Melissa Pearl   Jessica Gibson  Cindy M. Hogan  Sarah Ashley Jones  
Marie Landry  Rachel Morgan  Jennifer Snyder 

POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring: "Hyperion Keats" by Molly Zenk,"Reaping Me Softly" Kate Evangelista and"Who RU Really?" by Margo KellyEnter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!   Hyperion Keats byMolly ZenkThree teens, a 200-year-old diary, and a literary mystery to solve...
Twelve-year-old Hyperion Frances Keats, great-great grand niece of poet John Keats, hates tip-toeing around her older sister's "medical diagnosis." Why is Isabella so determined to turn her back on what makes her unique in a sea of wannabes? Is popularity more important than the truth?

The sisters and boy-next-door Will find themselves in the middle of a mystery after discovering a 200-year-old diary written by the girl who inspired the sonnet "To A Lady Seen For A Moment At Vauxhall." The teens aren't the only ones after the answers found in the pages from the past, though. The LBT Brotherhood - a secret society dedicated to preserving the Romantic Poets three creeds of love, beauty, and truth - want the secrets contained in the diary to remain lost to time and will stop at nothing to silence Hyperion, Isabella, and Will forever.

Reaping Me Softly  (The Reaper Series #1)byKate EvangelistaEver since a near-death-experience on the operating table, seventeen-year-old Arianne Wilson can see dead people. Just as she’s learned to accept her new-found talents, she discovers that the boy she’s had a crush on since freshman year, Niko Clark, is a Reaper.
At last they have something in common, but that doesn’t mean life is getting any easier. All while facing merciless bullying from the most powerful girl in school, Arianne’s world is turned upside down after Niko accidentally reaps the soul of someone she loves. This sends them both into a spiral that threatens to end Arianne’s life. But will Niko break his own Reaper’s code to save her? And what would the consequences be if he did?
Who RU Really? byMargo Kelly  Margo Kelly’s debut WHO RU REALLY? (previously titled SAFE) is a modern take on “the call is coming from inside the house” old urban legend, in which a young girl falls in love with a guy online who comes for her.
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STEPHEN TREMP RELEASES - ECALATION, BOOK #3 IN THE ADVENTURES OF CHASE MANHATTAN

Stephen Tremp's last novel - The Adventures of Chase Manhattan, has just been released!Although I have not signed up for this Tour, I would like to show my support for Stephen with this post.All the best with the release Stephen!
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Escalation: The Adventures of Chase Manhattan (Breakthroguh 3) byStephen Tremp
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones” - Albert Einstein

In Escalation, the final installment to Stephen Tremp’s Breakthrough Trilogy, a seemingly innocent discovery in Einstein-Rosen Bridges, or wormholes, becomes a Pandora’s Box—opening doors to other unexpected and unpredictable realities such as parallel universes, time/space travel, and an evil hitchhiker from another dimension.

Chase Manhattan has survived attempts on his life from numerous sources in his effort to destroy the technology. But he is far from safe. Now Chase and his comrades must not only break world renowned physicist Professor Nicholas Fischer out of prison a second time, but also smuggle him across hostile borders in Europe and the Middle East to prevent events threatening to spiral into World War III.

At stake: an end to Western civilization as we know it. The result: an epic clash where science and the supernatural take center stage, vying for mankind’s destiny. The setting is global as the world divides into an East vs. West climactic battle. The action is swift, adrenaline-charged, and non-stop. Unending twists and turns will keep the reader turning pages and wanting more.

Together, Breakthrough, Opening, and Escalation follow the lives of the unlikely participants from innocence to a coming of age through sacrifice, betrayal, passion, lust, unconditional love, and hope. Escalation is an international thriller and will appeal to fans of modern-day science fiction, action, horror, and a bit of romance.

POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:  "Watcher of Worlds" by Brinda Berryand "Darkness Watching" by Emma L. Adams
Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!   Watcher of Worlds  (Whispering Woods #3) byBrinda BerrySenior year should bring fun, friends, and happiness. Not portals, treachery, and murder.
Seventeen-year-old Mia Taylor, gatekeeper to an interdimensional portal, wants nothing more than to heal from her romance gone wrong. Illegally falling for her co-worker Regulus had been a huge mistake. But when Regulus goes rogue to hunt down a murderer, Mia must forget her broken heart and use her unique abilities to save him. Traveling across dimensions, she enters a strange and hostile world where a rebel faction holds the key to their escape. Her gift of synesthesia is in high demand, and a secret organization of the otherworldly kind has her in their sights. But sabotage and murder may be the least of her worries. Her ex-boyfriend wants a relationship. Her dad wants her to act normal. Her friends want her to stop moping. Who knew faking happy would be the easiest part of senior year?

Darkness Watching 
 (Darkworld #1) 

byEmma L. Adams  Eighteen-year-old Ashlyn is one interview away from her future when she first sees the demons. She thinks she's losing her mind, but the truth is far more frightening: she can see into the Darkworld, the home of spirits– and the darkness is staring back.
Desperate to escape the demons, Ash accepts a place at a university in the small town of Blackstone, in the middle of nowhere - little knowing that it isn't coincidence that led her there but the pull of the Venantium, the sorcerers who maintain the barrier keeping demons from crossing from the Darkworld into our own world.

All-night parties, new friendships and a life without rules or limits are all part of the package of student life - but demons never give up, and their focus on Ash has attracted the attention of every sorcerer in the area. Ash is soon caught between her new life and a group of other students with a connection to the Darkworld, who could offer the answers she's looking for. The demons want something from her, and someone is determined to kill her before she can find out what it is.

In a world where darkness lurks beneath the surface, not everyone is what they appear to be...

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