April Fools Scavenger Hunt

Hello and welcome to the

April Fool's Scavenger Hunt!


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I am Colleen Houck



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and will be your hostess at this stop.
YOU ARE CURRENTLY BLOG HOPPING ON TEAM RED!




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For you first timers, the YA Scavenger Hunt is an online blog hop sponsored by authors who write books for both Young Adults and the Young at Heart. Each of us hosts a different fabulous author on the tour. If you came here looking for my bonus material, a short story set in the TIGER'S CURSE world, you'll have to keep hunting.




Did you really think I'd make it that easy for you tigerfans?


Have you already been here?

Are you stuck? Confused? Lost?

All will be well.



You can click HERE to go to the YA Scavenger Hunt homepage to figure out which authors you missed.




It is my good fortune to be hosting author

Willow Cross!




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I have discovered that Willow is both a dog and a cat person, and, like me, she loves the supernatural, and we both call ourselves storytellers. 



WILLOW'S BIO


 

Willow Cross resides in Arkansas with her husband, two children still young enough to live at home, an enormous cat named Bitsy, and a neurotic dog named Tank. Her home has been known to host the occasional ghost and several of her friends profess to be witches. Although she dearly loves Vampires and Werewolves, they are never invited for dinner.



(I'm thinking I need to schmooze an invite. Her dinner parties sound fun!)





For this hunt Willow is featuring her book called

THE DARK GIFTS: BIRTHRIGHT






 


BOOK DESCRIPTION
 
For one-thousand years, Druid prophecies foretold of a young witch destined to alter the fate of both human and immortal alike. This witch-turned-vampire would be capable of harnessing the supernatural abilities of both and, in a bloody rise to power, would rule with unwavering control.



Unwillingly thrust into a world she never dreamed existed, Liz Markum is catapulted into an ancient war between rival vampire factions. She must choose between those she loves and the ever-present darkness attempting to devour her very soul.
Only one question remains: Will Liz claim her birthright or surrender to the dark gift?



One choice.



One chance.



Two destinies.


AND HERE'S HER BOOK TRAILER!








 
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO

HERE IS WILLOW'S BONUS MATERIAL!


A sneak peek at The Dark Gifts: Legacy.

Third in The Dark Gifts series.



 
Sarah couldn't help but smile as she gazed around the room. Thick strands of garland coupled with the fifteen foot Christmas tree decorating the Citadel's main hall, filled the room with the heady scent of pine. The tree itself was a sight to behold. Handmade ornaments, snowflakes, and ginger people covered each branch while strings of popcorn and dried cranberries zigzagged around the tree in perfect symmetry. Even without the traditional twinkling lights, it was stunning.



Liz sat near the fireplace across the room in a worn rocker reading Dickens. Scattered around her, numerous children listened with bated breath as she spoke. Anyone on the outside looking in would have thought the scene nothing more than the usual Norman Rockwell Christmas. However, those that cared to take a closer look would likely realize that the children's glowing eyes held more than Christmas spirit.



"Are you happy?" Shad whispered in her ear.



She squeezed his hand and nestled closer to him. "Very."



He smiled and dropped a gentle kiss on the top of her head. "You know, in a way this is your first real Christmas."



"Mmhmm." Her eyes closed as she breathed in his musky, clean scent. "It's nearly perfect. I wish this moment could last forever."



Deep down she knew peace of any sort was fleeting in this new life. With that thought, a strange sense of foreboding crept into her heart.
 
 
 


For more information on Willow and her books, check out her Facebook page HERE. 
Interested in buying the book now? Here's a LINK!


Now for the prize portion. As you are hopping from blog to blog there will be a giant sized letter highlighted in RED. After you have collected all 20 red letters, one from each blog, unscramble them to form a phrase. Enter the phrase at this LINK making sure you put the RED phrase in the RED entry form.



When you have finished with the red team you may want to consider moving onto the BLUE and YELLOW author teams so you can enter to win even more prizes. How you get there is by clicking HERE and then selecting an author on either the yellow or the blue team. Collect your blue or yellow clues along the way and enter the secret phrase in the form. Don't forget that most of the authors are doing their own giveaways as well so there are many chances to win something special.

 

 

While you're here visiting with me you can also enter to win a personal contest I'm hosting. 


I will be offering five handmade bracelets, five copies of the first book in my series, TIGER'S CURSE, and then one grand prize, a very highly coveted one, will be given to one special winner. Not only will this winner be getting a Tiger Prize Pack including the ginormously-collectable-no-longer-for-sale self published version of Tiger's Curse and Tiger's Quest, a handmade tiger bracelet created by my mom, assorted cool stuff and goodies...















BUT...


I also got permission to include an exclusive signed poster depicting early concept art for the upcoming TIGER'S CURSE motion picture! This is a special treat that I rarely give out. Two went to the UK, one was given away during my August Scavenger Hunt, my mom has one and I have one so they are very, very special. Thanks to Raffi Kryszek, one of my movie producers, for this special prize!


 



That's not one but eleven prizes offered here on my website alone AND this is open internationally! Enter my contest here!







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Thank you so much for visiting the Tiger's Curse website!
If you're ready to move on to the next author's blog,
click HERE to head over to Tara Fuller's blog.
 
 
I'll also be sending an advanced reading copy of my fourth book, TIGER'S DESTINY, to a special someone who tweets about the YA Scavenger Hunt this weekend. For easy tweeting go HERE!

The more you tweet the better your chances.



Just make sure you include my twitter handle @colleenhouck in your tweet so I know that you are one of my devoted tiger fans who really, really wants this prize. 




Good luck!



Thank you so much for visiting the

Tiger's Curse website!



If you're ready to move on to the next author,

click HERE to head over to Tara Fuller's blog.