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Signed bookmark giveaway!

I love swag & I really love giving it to readers! I have 5 sets of bookmarks (most of them signed) from authors Cheyanne Young, Nikki Godwin, Emily Godwin, Christina Channelle and of course, me. Unfortunately this giveaway is for USA only, but stay tuned next week for an international giveaway.



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Cover Reveal: SUMMER ALONE

YOU GUYS! I am so excited for this cover! And for the series as a whole. And it's all thanks to YOU, my perfect and amazing and super good-looking readers. You guys asked for a series from Becca's point of view, and now you're getting it.

If you liked Summer Unplugged, now you'll get to see what happened during Bayleigh's best friend Becca's summer that year. Becca had planned to spend the summer hanging out with Bayleigh and then her plans all came crashing down when her best friend got grounded and sent away for the summer.

Now Becca is alone and can't even talk to Bayleigh on the phone. Not wanting to miss out on the summer before senior year, she takes a job at the local indoor BMX track. The job is fun, her boss is laid back, and the place is packed with hot guys. This may be a summer without her best friend, but it doesn't mean she'll have to spend the summer alone.

Expected publication date: October 2014

Add Summer Alone on Goodreads now!

An Announcement

Happy Friday! 

I am excited to announce the new series I am working on, which was inspired by your suggestions...

Bayleigh's best friend Becca will now get her own series! Now we can see what happens with her and if she'll ever find love. (Knowing me, I'm sure she will!)

Now I need to think of a cute title!

Note to Bloggers & Bookish people

Hey guys! I have one metric crap ton of these Summer Unplugged bookmarks available. Right now they are sitting in a box on my shelf. They need to be in the hands of readers! If you're a book blogger or an author who frequently mails out giveaways and/or swag, and would like some of these to include with your mailings, please let me know!

OR, if you have a great idea for them, like if you work at a library or bookshop and it's allowed to leave book swag, please feel free to request these as well. I would love to see how far my bookmarks can go and how many hands they can get into.

Please fill out this form with your address and under the address please let me know approx how many you'd like.

Thanks!

Last Light Falling by J.E. Plemons

If your fate has already been chosen for you, would you change it? Fifteen-year-old Arena Power blindly accepts her destiny in a world filled with tragedy, chaos, and a lingering wickedness that will tempt every man's soul until the last days on Earth. Set in the United States in the year 2053, America, like most of the world, has undergone catastrophic earthquakes, famine, and an economic collapse, which has rendered the nation hopeless. It has turned to other nations, like Russia and China, to help restore what was once a world power. Unfortunately, the new America has grossly caused civil unrest that will eventually be the precursor to a much bigger war of biblical proportions.
Orphaned at the age of nine, Arena and her twin brother, Gabe, have learned to rely on each other through the toughest times. Not only do they share the same birthday and the tragic loss of their parents, they both have a birthmark on the back of their necks in the shape of a crucifix. This is only but a small sign of the destiny that will follow. On their fifteenth birthday, they receive a mystery letter and key from their estranged Uncle Finnegan. This key will unlock their fate, and it will be up to a priest, who has vowed to protect them since birth, to unfold the layers of their destiny—to undo the evil that has spoiled the world, and to help unleash God's wrath upon those who have turned from Him in the last days of history.

Last Light Falling weaves righteousness with evil, treachery with truth, and shows just how far the will of man can survive on faith alone. Arena and Gabriel's fate will determine that course of history for which has already been written. They were not born to save the world; they were chosen to prepare it for the final days.
Get Last Light Falling: The Covenant, Book Ion Amazon now.

About the Author Jay Plemons’ life is nothing short of ordinary. From an aspiring chef, carpenter, educator, musician, husband, and father, nothing ever seems too busy when adding yet another hat into the mix as a fiction novelist. With a degree in music business, and a minor in English from Middle Tennessee State University, the aspirations to continue his journey in the arts, has followed Jay to write the Last Light Falling series, which has not only touched on some of his personal experiences, but has also helped him further explore the heightened convictions of faith. Though his first love is music, writing has profoundly changed the way he expresses himself to others, which has recently impacted his son to follow in those same emotional footsteps. When Jay isn't drumming, writing is his cure to life's distractions.

Jay's only philosophy is to enjoy whatever time you can whenever you can, with whoever you can, because the uncertainties that tomorrow may bring will have a profound impact on how you give your time today. If we could all just stop for a moment and enjoy the little things in life that make the big things worthwhile, our troubles would all seem inconsequential.  

Raised in a fundamentally sound Christian home, Jay's quest for knowledge was under a jaded, but compassionate moral compass. But with all questions about life, there's never a good time for harsh scrutiny, but being a child of God, timing is everything. While scrutiny may come under experiences, it's our experiences that breeds humility, and that's what bridges our relationship with God. This is the true nature in which man may take several paths before realizing his chosen path was never meant to be in judgment, hidden in shame and guilt, or riddled with harm. We may not understand the world around us, but comprehending its vast secrets was never the true intentions of our being. We were called to serve one another and accept a gift greater than our minds can possibly fathom—love.
Connect with Jay Plemons online: Website | Twitter

The Wisherman by Danielle Racey

Super excited about the book I have to share with you. I'm even more excited because it's an awesome price as well! Check it out below:


Oliver Donovan isn't exactly what you might call a normal teenager. Not anymore. The sudden emergence of an uncommon gift changes his entire life, and not for the better. After he is suspected to have had a hand in a family tragedy, he is shipped off to The Delafontaine School to learn discipline and good manners. He soon discovers that there is nothing typical about The Delafontaine School either. 
When a group of senior boys invites him into their circle, he discovers that his admittance to the school is no accident. When he and his friends set out to expose the true nature of Delafontaine, they find themselves caught in a war with an administration determined to extinguish anything and everything extraordinary. And unfortunately, that means them as well. 

Warning: Brief mentions of drug use, abuse, some harsh language. 15+ recommended.

Get The Wishermanon Amazon now for only 99 cents! 

Connect with Danielle Racey online: Website | Facebook | Twitter

Special offer for students! (and adults returning to school!)

You have the opportunity to get a $20 DVD for free by just ordering a $10 book "thinking reading remembering" from Amazon.

It's suitable for adults and students soon returning to school. The DVD "Enriched Learning" is a perfect companion to the book.

This offer expires on August 1st and is open to Canadian and American residents.

If you live in the US, get more information here:
http://walshseminars.com/2014_promo_july/2014promousa.htm

If you live in Canada, find more information here:
http://walshseminars.com/2014_promo_july/2014promocanada.htm

Awesome Book Alert! Attached by Talie D. Hawkins

This is a sweet book that is perfect for a summer read. I love ghost stories and I especially love crushes! Check it out!

Hadley can't catch a break. Almost murdered, dealing with the ghost of her best friend, new school, new state...and to top it off, the boy across the street hates her! Can she keep her new friends and crush safe from her dark past?

Buy Attachedon Amazon.

Connect with Talie  D. Hawkins online: Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads

Awesome book alert - The 17 by Mike Kilroy

This book is next on my TBR list. It has aliens, arenas and love. Check it out and let me know what you think!


YOLO? Not here where You Only Live Forever. 
In the center of the universe, an ancient species known as the Ankhs are in their death throes. What they seek is a "Spark." 
Zack Earnest, a rather average seventeen-year-old boy from a small town in Maine, and sixteen others may be able to provide it. The odd and lonely teen is whisked away from his home, from his best—and only—friend, Caroline, and from his mom's scrumptious eggs to a place where the rules of life and death don't apply. 
Teenagers from his world—and from many others as well—are tested in elaborate arenas. They die and are resurrected in a brutal and tortuous vetting process by the Ankhs. 
Zack passes the test and a whole universe is revealed to him. He becomes smitten with Mizuki, the girl (in the solar system) next door, and they soon discover the Ankh's intentions are not what they seem. 
From the best-selling author of Nine Meals comes a story of hope and redemption, of patience and understanding, of acceptance and belonging and that, even in the center of the universe, love is a constant.

Buy The 17on Amazon today!

ABOUT THE AUTHORSince he wrote his first book at the age of 8 about "The Venusians" for a school project, Mike Kilroy has been hooked on writing. An award-winning journalist for more than two decades, Kilroy has now authored two novels: the best-selling, post-apocalyptic tome "Nine Meals," and the swashbuckling YA science fiction tale "The 17."

Connect wtih Mike Kilroy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KilroyWasHere7
And on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7849159.Mike_Kilroy

Signed Bookmark Giveaway

Look at these pretties! They are shiny and awesome and I love them. I have tons of them to giveaway, so if you'd like a signed bookmark, fill out this form! Open internationally.