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Fall Into Fantasy Week #7

Welcome to the Fall Into Fantasy Tour, where we are keeping your mind off any end-of-summer blues and welcoming the cooler weather by introducing you to some incredible fantasy reads to curl up with and giving you plenty of chances to win awesome prizes!

Week 7: The Daath Chronicles
Book One: Broken Forest
Book Two: Wicked Path


Hopeless he’ll never be more than the boy who didn’t save his brother, 17-year-old Avikar accepts his life as the family stable boy, trying to forget the past. But when his sister, Jeslyn, is kidnapped, the thought of losing another sibling catapults him on a desperate quest. With his best friend by his side, and using the tracking skills he learned from his father, he discovers Jeslyn has been taken, kidnapped by one Lucino, the young lord of Daath, a mystical place thought only to exist in fables.

And Lucino has plans for Jeslyn.

His shape-shifting brethren feed off the auras of humans, and Jeslyn’s golden hue is exactly what Lucino needs to increase his power. The longer it takes Avikar to reach her, the more entranced she becomes with Lucino’s world, and the harder it will be for Avikar to set her free.

He failed his family once. He won’t fail again.

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EXCERPT:

The wagons surrounded the site in a semi-circle. Sweat pooled in my palms. I had to take out the guards closest to that entrance. If I failed, so did the mission.
Get a grip. 
I clenched the arrow in my right hand. Brushfire shifted nervously, sensing my fear. I rubbed her neck. I felt safer with her. She’d been with me since Jimri’s death. At night when the nightmares taunted me, I’d sneak out, riding until dawn forced us home. I’d rescued her from the burning woods, she’d rescued me from despair — today, I prayed both of us would make it out alive.




In Wicked Path: Book Two of the Daath Chronicles brother and sister are forced to opposite sides of Tarrtainya on a fast-paced adventure where the wildlife isn’t the only thing trying to kill them.
Three months have passed since Avikar defeated the Reptilian Prince, and he still can’t remember his battle with Lucino. On the hunt for answers, he returns to the scene of the fight and discovers a strange connection between his family’s dagger and the mysterious kingdom of Daath, and it seems only his distant father can reveal the truth behind it all.
Before Avikar can travel back home, Lucy assaults him in the market and forces him to flee to Nod Mountains—a place few dare to enter, and even less return from. With Raven and her childhood friend by his side, they must survive the treacherous journey through the pass with a vengeful Lucy hunting them. If they don’t, they’ll never see home again.
Jeslyn’s new life in Luna Harbor is the perfect remedy for her confused and broken heart. But when a group of mercenaries kidnap her beloved Grandfather, interrupting her daily routine as his jewelry apprentice, she's forced to join forces with the one person from her past she tried to forget.
And his assistance comes with a price.
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ABOUT ELIZA TILTON:
Eliza graduated from Dowling College with a BS in Visual Communications. When she’s not arguing with excel at her day job, or playing Dragon Age 2, again, she’s writing.
Her YA stories hold a bit of the fantastical and there’s always a hot romance. She resides on Long Island with her husband, two kids and one very snuggly pit bull.
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How To Improve Your Chances of Querying Success

I've been at this game for a while now, so I thought I'd give some advice on what I've noticed help people progress through the querying process. So, here's my advice....

1. Social Media
As an acquiring editor, this is something I know is a big deal. An author needs to show they are capable of promoting their work and building a fan base before even signing a contract. So, while preparing the query, set up an author page on Facebook, get involved in Twitter, and set up a blog. Any other social media is also great. If you prefer Tumblr, Pinterest, etc, go ahead and set up a profile on those too. But Twitter is probably a must, since the writing community is strong there, along with twitter pitching and notifications of upcoming pitching competitions and other events.


2. Critique Groups/Partners and Beta Readers
Feedback is the best way to receive a personalized and objective view on your manuscript. It will help you improve where you have weaknesses, see typos, and reinforce your strengths. You can also help others by using your strengths to uplift their weaknesses. These people will become your friends, so will also be your greatest advocates.

3. Following Writers who are on "The Next Stage"
Whether it be on Facebook or Twitter, follow writers who are at the next stage of the querying process. Whether they be just signed, or published, it doesn't matter. They can give advice on direction, writing techniques that worked for them, and sometimes giveaway critiques and books. They can point you in the right direction, or guide you down the path that will work best for you through their example. I highly recommend following their blogs/websites.

4. Read
Especially read books by less well known authors in the genre in which you are writing. It's one thing to read the huge trendy books, but the books that are more obscure often have a uniqueness about them, rather than just mainstream appeal. Reading this variety helps learn how to create different types of voices and individuality with your own manuscript/s. So stop being a sheep and be an explorer! :-D

5. Help Others
Helping other people promote their books brings good karma. Being a writer can be competitive, but in general, being supportive is way more powerful than competing. Giving your blog for posting, tweeting, and/or sharing, will benefit you in the long run as you form friendships and respect with other writers. Be generous, be kind, while also being you.

Blo Tour: Remembering Kaylee Cooper by Chris Francis

Remembering Kaylee Cooper by Chris Francis
Remembering Kaylee Cooper is a middle-grade paranormal novel focusing on the life of an eleven year-old boy who becomes intrigued by the oddities of a first grade girl named Kaylee Cooper.
Constructing the setting for Remembering Kaylee Cooper
I had a recurring dream when I was ten, where a dark ghostly figure watched me while I played hide and seek with my neighbors around the old barn at the end our street. For the longest time it didn't speak, and never bothered me. It crept through the tall milk weeds along the cow pasture and observed us from afar. Despite it’s ominous presence, I thought nothing of my unusual visions - that is until one night, when I awoke in a cold sweat with a stinging handprint on my chest.
For years, before my neighbors grew up and became too cool for childish games, we spent endless hours running in and around that decrepit barn. The barn became the backdrop for many of our weekend and summer activities.
However, following that unforgettable nightmare, I saw the old barn a little differently. Riding past the dilapidated wooden building each day on my way to the bus stop, I couldn’t help remember my dream where an oddly shaped figure, leaned over me while I hid inside an old storage room.  A plastic doll covered in dust and cobwebs sat in the corner on top of an empty oiling can. Scattered along the wooden floorboards were marbles, blending in with the chipped concrete and rubble. A constant drip echoed softly off the walls and ceiling. To this day, I can still see the figure’s shadowy arm rise up over it’s head as it walked into the room. Long, boney fingers spread out around it’s hand. Scanning it’s surroundings for a moment, I remember the creature then turning to me, slapping my chest with one powerful thrust.
I’m not sure what was more vivid, the old barn, the faceless being that stalked me in my dreams, or the handprint I felt the next morning.
Whatever the case, these feelings - these chilling, dark feelings needed to come out in my story. When the protagonist, Alex Thomas, learns about a deadly house fire that took the lives of a family along Screaming Ridge Road, he is pressured to visit the abandoned home.
In my head, I saw that abandoned house like the barn from my childhood. Creating Screaming Ridge in my writing, I was able to draw from these curious memories. Alex Thomas is me. His experiences are my own. Kaylee Cooper is the woven personalities of children who I have taught over the years. The House on Screaming Ridge Road is the barn, and that figure - that gnarled, incongruous figure is the subject of the nightmare I had when I was ten years-old.
I never questioned whether the barn was haunted, at least not aloud. But growing up around the farmlands of Campbellville, Ontario, I often wondered if lost spirits from years past ever drifted aimlessly through the cow fields or took refuge in the empty rooms of that old barn.
If you were to ask me today if I believe in ghosts, or if there is something ‘out there’,  my eyes would likely glaze over for a moment, thinking back to my childhood. My answer is... Yes.

Remembering Kaylee Cooper, by Christopher FrancisDate of Release­­:September 30, 2014Cover Artist: Christopher Francis: Website
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Description:
Kaylee Cooper is certain that Alex will become friends with a ghost this year. Alex thinks that he is far too old to be listening to a first grader and encourages Kaylee to stop jeopardizing his important sixth grade social life. Kaylee doesn’t listen and finds awkward ways to spend as much time with Alex as possible, even if it means following him into the boy’s washroom.
Fed up, Alex develops a strategic plan to ultimately help him get rid of Kaylee Cooper for good.
However, he soon learns about the mysterious legend of Screaming Ridge that pulls and unlikely group of friends together, including the girl of his dreams, and the school’s meanest bully. When they discover that the legend is real, and that Kaylee Cooper is at the core of the mystery, Alex stares death in the face and helps save her from an eternal life of misery and confusion.

About The Author: CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS Born in Brisbane, Australia, Christopher was accepted at age 19 into Sheridan College’s Animation program before earning a degree in Sociology from McMaster University.He then enjoyed a two-year adventure overseas working with children, before completing his Bachelor of Education degree at York University. He is now teaching junior and intermediate level students in Burlington, Ontario.Through Christopher’s experience working with children, he found writing and illustrating to be one of his passions. Currently working on a middle grade series, he recently completed and illustrated the first three books. He has also created seven other children’s picture books and illustrated children’s novels for independent authors Find Christopher Francis Online:Website| Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

My New Book Deal - The Princess of Tyrone

New Book Deal: The Princess of Tyrone has signed with Curiosity Quills Press. The Princess of Tyrone is the first of seven books in the FairyTale Chronicles, based in a magical and technologically advanced galaxy.

The query -
Apolline is happy hunting magical creatures on her pirate infested outer-perimeter planet. She is a fantastic shot, and doesn’t flinch at the blood and guts of her kills. Never once did she consider she could be the missing Princess of Tyrone.All her life, she has heard the story of the Princess, cursed to sleep for eternity, unless her betrothed, the Prince of Oran, gave her true love’s kiss. Although Apolline knows she is betrothed, she thinks her fairy guardians arranged it out of ignorance of human ways. The thought she could be a princess is inconceivable.Then Allard appears. Handsome, charming—But he’s not hers to have. He’s betrothed, too. Her guardians warn her against her new found friendship, but she and Allard meet in secret anyway. Despite her rough exterior, he sees beyond her gun-slinging bravado, and their love blossoms.But the deadline for the sleeping curse is approaching. If Apolline falls in love with the wrong person, she could end up sleeping forever. 




So yes, a fairytale retelling. All them them are loosely based ion fairytales, thus the name of the series. Some follow the fairytales closer than others. But they're all fun, adventurous and with great heroes and Heroines. Princess of Tyrone was originally a stand alone novel I wrote when I was eighteen/nineteen ish, but recently, I wanted to expand the world and use it to develop a deeper string of plots.

I'm excited to get this endeavor up and running. The whole series is already well under way and planned out... and half written lol! 

I hope you all enjoy, and I'll keep you up to date with this crazy, fun read: The Princess of Tyrone.


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Fire in the Woods Blog Tour: Is there anything wrong with a “nice guy?” by Jennifer M. Eaton

Lately, after reading novel after novel with romantic themes, I have to wonder… what ever happened to the “nice guy”? 

I mean, is there anything wrong with being a nice guy these days?
Page after page I turn has been filled with overbearing, sometimes obnoxious males with egos bigger than their book’s word counts. I sometimes cringe, because I could never see myself falling for a guy like this.
Okay, I will be honest in saying I like the “bad guy” look… the whole denim or leather, with just a hint of stubble… I get that. It is fun to look at, but when it comes right down to it, I want the complete opposite of the alpha male that has become the “norm” in so many novels.
I think this is how the character David from my novel FIRE IN THE WOODS came to be. I don’t think it’s much of a spoiler to tell you David is from another planet. He steals the appearance of a famous human actor, and tries to pass himself off as a “local.”
If you can guess, it doesn’t quite work for him.
David, despite being a vision of teen hotness, is kind, shy, courteous, and really has no idea how good looking he is, or even what it means to be physically attractive. He couldn’t be less full of himself if he tried!
He was a great character to write, and I think he is very different from so many other heroes out there because he is really so believable.
David is the guy who you always wished you’d meet, and the guy you wished your daughter would meet (except for that whole ‘being an alien’ thing—that could be a bit of a turn off. I mean, no parent wants their kid involved in a long distance relationship, right?)
Anyway, David is proof that nice guys don’t always finish last. They may not get to the finish line as quickly, and they might not tick people off with their bad attitude along the way, but in my mind, that’s a good thing.
Well-mannered guys shouldn’t feel second rate. Ever.
Let’s hear it for the nice guys!


ABOUT FIRE IN THE WOODS: Publication date: September 2014
When a plane crashes in the woods near Jess’s home, the boy of her dreams falls out of the sky—literally. But David’s not here to find a girlfriend. He’s from another planet, and if Jess can’t help him get back to his ship, he’ll be stuck on Earth with nothing to look forward to but the pointy end of a dissection scalpel.
But her father runs their house like an army barracks, and with an alien on the loose, Major Dad isn’t too keen on the idea of Jess going anywhere. Ever. So how the heck is she supposed to help the sweetest, strangest, and cutest guy she’s ever met?
Hiding him in her room probably isn’t the best idea. Especially since her Dad is in charge of the squadron searching for David. That doesn’t mean she won’t do it. It just means she can’t get caught.
Helping David get home while protecting her heart—that’s gonna be the hard part. After all, she can’t really fall for a guy who’s not exactly from here.
As they race through the woods with Major Dad and most of the U.S. military one breath behind them, Jess and David grow closer than either of them anticipated. But all is not what it seems. David has a genocide-sized secret, and one betrayal later, they are both in handcuffs as alien warships are positioning themselves around the globe. Time is ticking down to Armageddon, and Jess must think fast if she’s to save the boy she cares about without sacrificing Earth—and everyone on it.
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ABOUT JENNIFER M. EATON:
Corporate Team Leader by day, and Ranting Writer by night. Jennifer M. Eaton calls the East Coast of the USA home, where she lives with her husband, three energetic boys, and a pepped up poodle.Jennifer hosts an informational blog “A Reference of Writing Rants for Writers (or Learn from My Mistakes)” aimed at helping all writers be the best they can be.
Beyond writing and motivating others, she also enjoys teaching her dog to jump through hoops—literally.Jennifer’s perfect day includes long hikes in the woods, bicycling, swimming, snorkeling, and snuggling up by the fire with a great book; but her greatest joy is using her over-active imagination constructively… creating new worlds for everyone to enjoy.
Author Links:  Website  | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads
Giveaway Information:   Winner will be drawn October 25, 2014 ·        Five (5) winners will receive a digital copy of Fire in the Woods by Jennifer M. Eaton (INT)
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Blog Tour: Charming by Krystal Wade

Krystal Wade is back with a spine-tingling retelling of Cinderella!
In this edge-of-your seat, tension filled retelling of Cinderella, a vengeful schizophrenic pulls sixteen-year-old Haley Tremaine into his dark world. She must make a choice: save her abusive, alcoholic father and bitter little sister and allow the only people who've treated Haley like family to die, or seek out the killer and save them all.
The concept for Charming hit me when I wasn’t expecting or searching for new ideas. I was helping a friend come up with fairy tale redux plots. I told her she should write a scary Cinderella story, something without all the happy birds and glass slippers and perfectly sweet endings.
This friend actually told me she doesn’t write horror, wouldn’t even know how. And, me being me, I offered advice. I said, “It’s easy. You just…”One very rough plot idea jotted in Google Chat later, and I was in love. So much in love that I begged my friend not to want the story.“I don’t write horror, remember?”Score!After laughing about what we should call this book, which usually ended with IN BLOOD, I set it all aside and got back to edits on Shattered Secrets.But every time I heard a certain song by The Neighbourhood, Afraid, I thought of Chris Charming. Every time I heard anything by Lana Del Rey, I imagined Haley walking alone at night, during the day, scared, hollow.So I wrote the first few lines, and I adored them. As soon as I completed Shattered Secrets’s edits, I got to work on Charming In Blood. Yeah, I know, not quite as good as Charming, but just imagine using a deep voice and saying IN BLOOD.It’s fun. Really, really fun.My early research involved a ton of Google Stalking (they really should trademark that) of Deerfield, MA, what makes the town tick, what the houses were like (used realtor.com for that), the crime, the landscape. I had so much fun taking virtual tours with the realtor website and using Google Street View outside a house I mentally purchased and decided belonged to the Tremaine family.I ate, slept, and breathed Charming until the story went from concept the first finished draft, and it’s a story that I still find myself thinking about, wanting to go back to, giddy for the whole world to read!Thanks for taking the time to listen to me ramble! I hope you enjoy the book.<3 Krystal



CHARMINGThey say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and that's great . . . as long as you don't die.
Sixteen-year-old Haley Tremaine had it all: top-notch school, fantastic family, and a bright future, but all of that changed when an accident tore her family apart. Now, an alcoholic father, a bitter younger sister, and a cold headstone bearing her mother’s name are all she has left.
Chris Charming has it all: a powerful CEO for a father, a prestigious school, and a fortune at his fingertips, but none of that matters when he lands a reputation as a troublemaker. Struggling to follow in his father’s footsteps, he reaches out to the one person he believes truly sees him, the one person he wants: Haley.
Little do they know someone's determined to bring the two together, even if it means murder.
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About Krystal Wade:Krystal Wade is happily married to the love of her life (don’t gag) and raising three beautiful children in the gorgeous state of Virginia. They live just outside Washington, D.C., and every day she wakes up to find herself stuck in traffic trying to get there. When she’s not working, commuting, or chasing after her three children (four if you count the man), you can usually find Krystal outside talking to her chickens like they’re the cutest things in the world (they are), or training her amazing dogs how to herd said chickens (which they love), or curled up on the sofa with a good book (why can’t that be 100% of the time?).
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Cover Reveal: Destroyed by L.A. Starkey (Soul Keeper Series #2)

  Publication date: November 2014
Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult

Synopsis:
They say a soul is the immaterial essence, the animating principal, the actuating cause of an individual life.
But what if you had to share yours with the one person you hated the most?
The soul mate principal states that for every one soul there is another that will recognize its match, hence creating the perfect union.
But what if you had two soul mates, which would you choose?
What if your choices had eternal ramification?
Destroyed, the second novel in the Soul Keeper Series, is a modern day love story about the implications of having more than one soul mate, and having to choose between the two of them. The decisions of the gods has left the next generation, their heirs, torn between fate and reality, and the balance of the future hangs in anticipation of what’s to come.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23233086-destroyed
Purchase book 1: http://www.amazon.com/Deceived-Soul-Keeper-L-Starkey/dp/1500927872/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412000252&sr=8-1&keywords=L.A.+Starkey

AUTHOR BIO:
Laurie Starkey is the author of the upcoming Soul Keeper Series, a supernatural young adult series, and The Liarus Detective Series, a supernatural middle grade series. She lives in Houston, Texas with her husband, Jacob and three beautiful kiddos.

She is a CPA by trade, a church planter and entrepreneur at heart; however, writing and reading are passions she just can't help but indulge in. With more ideas than one person should be allowed, she is blessed to have a muse that doesn't seem to take a vacation and more energy that one might consider healthy.
Author links: http://www.lastarkey.com/https://twitter.com/LAStarkeyhttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8504368.L_A_Starkey

Blog Tour: Storm by @danielleewrites @entangledteen

5 Interesting Facts about Witches
When I was writing Salt and Storm I took my childhood love of witches and did some research. Here are some fun facts about witches that I found, and how I used them in my books!
-      Contrary to popular belief, a male witch is not a called a wizard or a warlock. A male witch is simply called a witch. Warlock is actually a negative term that means traitor.
 I used this because in my world, witches are good and demons are evil. I didn’t want any confusion about the roles, so I called men witches too.
 -      Witches are not otherworldly beings who can fly, change form or brew potions from the eyes of newts. They are just people.
 I liked this for the same reason I like Batman (and yes, Sam & Dean): just a normal person who does extraordinary things. Of course, my witches have magic or don’t, but I like that they live with Nons and are mostly the same
-      Witches do not claim to have "supernatural" powers. They work with natural earth energies and involves the manipulation of natural energy to create a change in the world.  Which is why I made witch magic (essence) created, controlled and pull from nature. (vs. demon magic (void) which creates from nothing.
-      In 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, a great number of witch trials were held. 24 people died as a result of these trials. Of the 24; 19 were hanged, 1 pressed to death, and 4 died in prison awaiting their trial.
I used some real cases from the Salem Witch Trials in Storm.
-      The craft practiced by witches is generally for the good of the world. 
I loved this because if there’s going to be magic then there needs to be a reason, so witches working to save humanity (ie. themselves since they are human) felt like a good choice.

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Storm (Salt #2)by Danielle Ellison Release Date: 09/29/14Entangled Teen
Summary from Goodreads:Up until recently, Penelope was a witch with no magic. After having it stolen by a demon when she was just a child, Penelope had been forced to rely on sharing others’ powers as she went through the grueling training required to become an elite demon hunter. Now Penelope has more magic than she’s ever known. And when you’re this powerful, who needs salt to keep the demons away?

But power has a dark side.

Carter Prescott just wants to hunt demons and be with Penelope. But suddenly, witches who formerly had no magic are developing terrible, out-of-control powers. Now the world Carter swore to protect isn’t just endangered by malicious demons―it’s threatened by the same witches who once defended it. And Carter is horrified to see his girlfriend starting to change. Stronger. More powerful. Unrecognizable. It’s just a matter of time before Penelope changes into something far beyond his worst fears...
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About the Author Danielle Ellison is from a small town in West Virginia. She spent her childhood pretending to fly, talking to imaginary friends, and telling stories. She hasn’t changed much since then. You can still find her pretending to work, talking to imaginary characters, and writing stories.

When she’s not writing, Danielle is probably drinking coffee, fighting her nomadic urges, watching too much TV, or dreaming of the day when she can be British. She is the author of five upcoming novels and you can find her on twitter @DanielleEWrites.
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Blog Tour: Unrequited: Girl Meets Boy Band by Emma Grey

Unrequitedby Emma Grey Release Date: 05/26/14
Summary from Goodreads:Seventeen-year-old Kat Hartland loathes Unrequited, the world's biggest boy band. Is she the only girl in Sydney who can't be bothered with perfect-looking Angus Marsden?

Give her 5 Seconds of Summer. Now.

Or maybe the seriously-hot med student who rescued her on a train—and who could be Douglas Booth's twin! Perfect formal partner, much?

But when Kat comes face to face with Angus Marsden himself, things start to get complicated. Very. Throw in a deranged female popstar, final exams, a part in the musical and a mum who just doesn't get it—and where is her best friend?

When did life get so crazy? Kat's just an ordinary schoolgirl.

Isn't she?
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Read the first three chapters at: www.unrequited.com.au


What’s the best thing about being a writer?
You get to escape into a fantasy world, and get to carry that world with you, in your mind, wherever you go. I'd be sitting at the traffic lights, in Kat's world, or doing the grocery shopping, in Kat's world. I loved it, and felt a bit bereft when the story was finished.

How do you deal with writer’s block?
After my first book was published, I was terrified of writing another one that wouldn't be 'good enough'. For a few years, I dealt with this by avoiding writing anything other than 'work stuff'.
The National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) came to my rescue, forcing me to blurt out 1500 words a day regardless of quality, for a month, until it became a habit. The lack of time to re-read, edit and perfect yesterday's work was just what I needed.
You can't edit a blank page. Begin before you are ready.

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
I first knew that I would one day write a novel when I was fourteen. I'm now forty, and here it is. I couldn't have written this one twenty years ago (for a start, there was no social media, which features heavily in the storyline).
All along, though, I was watching people. (Not in a freaky, stalky way - just 'people watching'). The best thing anyone can do as an aspiring writer is 'look up'.
About the Author
Emma Grey has two teenage girls, a three-year-old boy, a couple of businesses and another teen novel in the pipeline. Her first book, 'Wits' End Before Breakfast! Confessions of a Working Mum' was published in 2005.
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Fall Into Fantasy Week #6

Personal note: I have read and reviewed both of these books on my blog! Hit the Reviews tab above to see them.

Welcome to the Fall Into Fantasy Tour, where we are keeping your mind off any end-of-summer blues and welcoming the cooler weather by introducing you to some incredible fantasy reads to curl up with and giving you plenty of chances to win awesome prizes!

Week 6:  The Ragnarök Prophesies
Book One: Fade
Book Two: Fall


What do you do when you realize nothing in your life is what you’ve believed it to be?

When Arionna Jacobs loses her mother in a tragic accident, her world is turned upside down. She’s forced to leave her old life behind and move in with her father. Dace Matthews, a teaching assistant at her new college, is torn in two, unable to communicate with the feral wolf caged inside him.

When they meet, everything they thought they knew about life unravels. Dace has intimate access to Arionna’s mind, and something deep within her fights to rise to the surface. They don't understand what's happening to them or why, and they're running out of time to sort out the strange occurrences around them.

Their meeting sets an ancient Norse prophesy of destruction in motion, and what destiny has in store for them is bigger than either could have ever imagined. Unless they learn to trust themselves and one another, they may never resolve the mystery surrounding who they are to one another, and what that means for the world.
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How do you save someone who doesn't want to be saved?

Those called to stand guard against the end are broken, and Sköll and Hati run free. Now Arionna Jacobs and Dace Matthews face a threat unlike any before. Ragnarök is coming and they aren't strong enough to stop it.

Arionna thought she understood sacrifice, but she never counted on her destiny tearing Dace apart. Ever since she nearly died, he has been consumed with guilt. Now it threatens to turn him into the monster he always feared.

It's up to Arionna to stop him before it's too late, but the path to hell is paved with good intentions, and Dace is hurtling toward self destruction. This time, Arionna isn't sure she can save him from himself. Can she convince him to let the past go, or is her true destiny to sacrifice her heart in exchange for the lives of the people she loves?

You can read the official prologue to FALL here.

FALL – The Ragnarök Prophesies: Book Two is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. You can add it to your TBR list on Goodreads here.

ABOUT A.K. MORGEN: A.K. Morgen lives in Little Rock with her husband, three dogs and two cats. She has a graduate degree in Criminal Justice and Law, and plans to save the world someday. When she’s not working or writing, she spends her time teaching her niece and nephews how to cause mischief. You can also find her dancing in the grocery store, building a spork army, and fundraising for nonprofits close to her heart.

You can learn more about Ayden at http://akmorgen.com or by following her on Twitter, Goodreads, or Facebook.



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