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December 17, 2014
Holiday Blog Hop Giveaway
Today I am taking part in a holiday blog hop/giveaway. I’ve been following it the last couple of days and each blog is giving away something and there is an overall giveaway too. Each blog is giving away something to each reader and I have seen some cool things.
I should have had this post up sooner but work went a little long this morning. One of the associates asked me if I had heard the Christmas song “I want a hippopotamus”. I hadn’t and before I left she had it playing and I have to say i...
December 6, 2014
Looking for a place to submit your young adult work?
Today I’ve got a guest post from Judith Graves who isthe acquiring editor for Leap publishing.
As acquiring editor for SHINE, the new YA/NA line from Leap Books, I’m always in the market for great reads and what better way to seek them out than to share news about our upcoming releases and provide our submission guidelines?
Leap Books, LLC has been around since 2009, but we’re just venturing into the world of ebook novellas for both young adult and new adult markets. Early in 2015 we’ll see th...
November 12, 2014
THE CASE OF THE INVISIBLE WITCH
Title: Poison Ivy Charm School: The Case of the Invisible Witch
Author: Patrice Lyle
Publisher: Leap Books
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 10/2/2013
THE CASE OF THE INVISIBLE WITCH, is part of the Poison Ivy Charm School series. In THE CASE OF THE INVISIBLE WITCH, thirteen-year-old Tulip Bonnaire, Witch PI, runs Spells & Spies out of her dorm room at Poison Ivy Charm School, a school for polite witches and warlocks. She has only 72 hours to figure out her latest case, or her classmate, Missy, will ne...
October 31, 2014
A New Adventure
How about starting the month off with some pretty cool news? Today I start a six month journey. In rough terms that is 181 days, 4,343 hours, 260,639 minutes or 15,638,399 seconds. Can you tell I’m excited about this to go as far as to figure all that out?
Anyway, I am starting a six month internship in the publicity department of a publishing company called Leap Books. I can’t express how excited I am about this. I have no doubt that I will learn so much during this time. I will get to be cre...
October 28, 2014
THE COLLECTORS’ SOCIETY
THE COLLECTORS’ SOCIETY Synopsis:
From the author of the Fate series and The Deep End of the Sea comes a fantastical romantic adventure that has Alice tumbling down the strangest rabbit hole yet.
After years in Wonderland, Alice has returned to England as an adult, desperate to reclaim sanity and control over her life. An 
enigmatic gentleman with an intriguing job offer too tempting to resist changes her plans for a calm existence, though. Soon, she’s whisked to New York and initiated into the...
A Beautiful Star
Title: A Beautiful Star
Author: Lilliana Anderson
Release date: November 17
Genre: Contemporary Romance
iBooks preorder link – http://bit.ly/1qaAnvv
Blurb
***CONTENT WARNING*** New Adult Romance for ages 18+ due to sex scenes and adult situations.
BEAUTIFUL SERIES, BOOK FIVE – MAY BE READ ON ITS OWN OR AS A PART OF THE SERIES.
When Jonathan decided to help Lisa, he was trying to atone in some way for his past sins. He certainly wasn’t expecting to be pulled into a night full of hiding out from the pr...
Atlantia breathes anew
Today Atlantia by Ally Condie comes out. At BEA they handed out a three chapter exert. It sounds like a good book. Be sure to check it out.
Description: Can you hear Atlantia breathing?
For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamt of the sand and sky Above—of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But in a single moment, all her plans for the future are thwarted when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, stranding Rio Below. Alone, ripped away from the last person who kne...
Dragons, Slayers, Oh My
Title: Talon
Series: Talon Book 1
Author: Julie Kagawa
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Pages: 400
Description: Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they’re positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser. Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragon kind. Trained to infiltrate...
October 27, 2014
BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
About BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE Anthology:
Outside it may be frosty, so turn the heat way up with these stories of desire!
Can a determined woman executive and a playboy billionaire survive being stranded together in a snowstorm? Jennifer Probst depicts an encounter almost too hot to handle…
Drew and Kate play an encore to Tangled in this sexy take on a “Christmas Carol” by Emma Chase. When a Christmas Eve argument condemns Drew to a troubled night, three dream women teach him that no gift could be...
October 26, 2014
The Darkness Within
Title: The Darkness Within
Author: Kelly Hashway
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Publication Date: June 2, 2015
After dying of cancer at seventeen and being brought back to life by an evil witch who turned her into a monster, Samantha Thompson thinks she’s finally gotten past all the tragedy in her life. Now she’s part of a coven of good witches who are helping her and her boyfriend, Ethan Anderson, learn to use the powers they received from other witches. Aside from the fact that Sam and Ethan are...
