Welcome YA Authors and Readers!

[Tom]

You are cordially invited to a big YA gathering on the above day. Check your time zones. More info and a video live broadcast URL will be posted here on 29th October. I bless you. The Known author of Dolphin Song www.tomrichards.ie

[Brenda]

So sorry I did not see this before the 13th. I look forward to the 29th.

[Stuart]

Hi Everyone!

I've done a thing and written a book...

Art Tretherick’s initiation into adulthood didn’t go as smoothly as he had hoped. Being in a mine when it collapsed was an accident but getting buried underground for a second time was deliberate.

Set far in the future, this fast moving story sees our heroes tackle problem after problem, weaving solutions from within a new world view and just some remnants of 21st century technology to help them.

Hope you like it!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Lou]

Hi Avid Readers :) - I am Lou - author of Doc W. and the Cursed Undersa - a YA Fantasy. Today only the book is available for free as part of our new release initiative: -

Premise: - Thrust from his life Doc is taken to a hidden world to learn the ways of the Witch Doctors.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MW8KFHS

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Would love to hear your feedback

Please feel free to contact me at info.allbrands.us@gmail.com if you have an further questions - Thanks Hope you enjoy reading it.

I am also actively on the look out for books to read and review so please email or message me and I would love to explore your new books.

All the best

[Jan]

A boy who wants to die. A girl who would do anything to live. A stranger with their fate in her hands.

Cathie Ayala has never been to Santa María, the country of her parents’ birth. Now her beloved godmother has gone missing in that South American nation’s political turmoil. Risking her safety and sense of self, Cathie sets out to find the woman who raised her.

Instead she stumbles on two young people facing crises of their own. Injured in a terrible accident on her way to her fiesta de quinceañera, Jewel appears to have one foot in this life and one in the next—while Nicky is reeling from a spectacular failure to resolve his own existential problem. The companions must succeed or fail together, navigating not only a war zone but each one’s relationship to death and life.

"Keep tissues handy and the phone nearby...you're going to want to call someone and tell them about Fault Lines!"
—Kristen Caven, author of The Souls of Her Feet


paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NGTB73F

Most e-readers: https://books2read.com/JanUnderwoodFa...

[Violet]

Jan wrote: "A boy who wants to die. A girl who would do anything to live. A stranger with their fate in her hands.

Cathie Ayala has never been to Santa María, the country of her parents’ birth. Now her belove..."
Hi Jan, how are you? Are you looking for reviewers for your book? If so, I'd love to read and review it in exchange for a physical copy, as I don't really have a good way to read ebooks. My review would be published on Goodreads and my book blog. I can also be reached by email at: justabookishblog@gmail.com
Thank you!

[Boshra]

Hello everyone, I hope you are staying safe! If you want to be spooked-out even more about the pandemic, I recommend reading my post-pandemic, dystopian novel (which is starting to look more and more like reality) here:

https://BookHip.com/ZXXPBHB

The above Bookfunnel link will offer you the novel for a free download without collecting any of your data or emails. I've done this in good faith that if you download it, you kindly place an honest review on Amazon and Goodreads.

Wishing all a wonderful 2022.

[David]

A Kindle book for those of you who wondered about the End of the World.

How It Works: Apocalypse, by Andy Cooke, looks at all the different ways that the world might end, be it the end of all existence down to mere mass destruction of the human race. It looks at how these could happen, and what the chances of each happening are.

Aimed at Young Adults. Fortunately, it's not a How To guide for budding Bond villains.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09N2SJW83

[Terry]

Hi everyone,
It's taken a bit of a time to get here, but book 1 of the Lullaby Covenant: NATALYA is finally on the bookshelves - well, Amazon, anyway. There's a sample on the Amazon link below.

Think fairy tale, crossed with a bit of Russian mythology, squeezed into a Victorian setting. And, of course, it's primarily aimed at a YA market.

Natalya and I would love for you to join us.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Natalya-Vict...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

[Tish]

Hi

My name is Tish and I write YA and Fantasy amongst other things. Check out my Fantasy novel 'APOLLYON'S PORTAL' which is FREE with KINDLE UNLIMITED.

When eighteen-year-old waitress Indigo Simmons meets an attractive stranger during one of her shifts she doesn’t realise that life, as she knows it, is going to change forever.
The last thing she expects him to do is to inform her that she is a witch who has magical powers and that her powers will multiply even more on her 19th birthday. Things get even more confusing when she finds out his name is Chase, that he is her guardian Angel, and it is his mission to protect and guide her to fulfil her destiny, which is sealing a magical portal (known as Apollyon’s Portal) shut to stop a shape-shifting demon from unleashing hell on earth.
Scared of what might possibly happen if she chooses to ignore Chase’s warning, Indigo decides to learn more about her magical past revealing dark family secrets that threaten to send her spiralling out of control...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C4DKB34
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09C4DKB34

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Terry wrote: "Hi everyone,
It's taken a bit of a time to get here, but book 1 of the Lullaby Covenant: NATALYA is finally on the bookshelves - well, Amazon, anyway. There's a sample on the Amazon link below.

Th..."

Congratulations!!

[[deleted user]]

YA Fantasy Novel by newcomer Richard Foster

James McCrae is sixteen and through the recent loss of his father comes to learn that his family heritage is more than he could have ever imagined. Needing a personal item for a school show and tell session James’ mother decides to give him a box containing and old, mysterious map his father had left to him. James and his friend Merlin discover that the directions on the map were written over a thousand years ago by his descendant and talk of a treacherous journey he must make to the highest mountain in the world to find a portal to another realm. The spectacular world of Kùl where wizards once ruled over demons. What James doesn’t know is that a more sinister force is guiding another, who will stop at nothing to make sure he fails in his quest. A story of adventure, magic, mystery and friendship where a young boy finds that reaching the end of his quest, is only the beginning…

Book One available now on Kindle, paperback and very soon, hardcover.

https://amzn.to/3tSns7R

Hope you enjoy it. Book Two out soon.

[Lynette]

Everyone has scars. Some people are just better at hiding them.

Adam Radcliff is a college freshman on a caffeinated crusade to fend off the evil that has haunted his dreams since childhood.

Zoey Peterson is a psych major who uses peculiar strategies—tracking moon phases and club-hopping—to escape her unwanted legacy.

At first, it seems the only thing Adam and Zoey share is a downtown Chicago campus. But as their lives intersect, a mysterious stalker unearths long-buried secrets that suggest their lives are deeply connected.

Will their desperate search for the truth and healing destroy them—or can they conquer the demons of their past to build a new life together?

THE SCARS THAT REMAIN is new adult paranormal/metaphysical fiction with a dash of romance and suspense.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
https://www.draft2digital.com/book/78...
https://authorlynettedevries.com/about/

[Lynette]

When 16-year-old Lucy McGowen goes under sedation for a routine dental procedure, she hopes to come out of it free of pain. Instead, she wakes up in an alternate version of her life―a reality in which her secret hobby is out in the open, her own parents feel like strangers, and her boyfriend doesn’t even know her name.

Navigating her new world is hard enough, but then Lucy begins getting cryptic messages from a mysterious sender with unfinished business. She has also acquired a new habit―sleepwalking―and with each episode, she finds herself in increasingly bizarre situations.

She doesn’t know if luck has landed her in this revamped version of reality―or if she was somehow chosen―but one thing is clear: she must uncover the truth about how it’s all connected before she loses herself completely.

Will Lucy find a way back to her other life . . . or will she create a new world that she can truly call her own?

OTHERLIFE is a young adult contemporary ghost story with a romantic twist.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
https://www.draft2digital.com/book/68...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
https://authorlynettedevries.com/about/

[Lynette]

What if you woke up in someone else's life?
Hazel Stone is just an ordinary teenager--or so she thinks. But lately, she's begun mind-hopping into a stranger's dark reality, and she's starting to question everything, including her own sanity.

Then she meets Max McCormick, the brilliant new kid in town with an impressive list of phobias. A bizarre series of coincidences brings the two of them together, and their lives take a sharp turn from the mundane to the metaphysical. It's up to them to uncover the truth buried in the Stone family history.

The more Hazel sees, the less she understands--and the closer it brings her and Max to mortal danger. Will she harness the extraordinary gift she has inherited to find the answers before it's too late?

SYNCHRONICITY is Book One of The Geminae Duology.
(Look for Book Two: Salvation) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
https://www.draft2digital.com/book/68...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
https://authorlynettedevries.com/about/

[Matt]

Hi reader,

I wanted to introduce myself and my latest mystery thriller novel released January 2022! My name is Matt Orlando and my book Migrant.

Many, many... many years ago I graduated from Salinas High School. In the past five years, I was called to write a murder mystery set in Salinas, CA, which at one point held the title "Homicide Capital of California" and/or "Youth Homicide Capital of the Country". If you’re interested in why I chose this topic, I wrote a blog on my website, mattorlandobooks.com

As a self-published author, releasing a book is satisfying, but also challenging and stressful. I’m putting this out there in hopes to get more readers and more reviews.

MIGRANT is about a Hispanic Police Detective who must find a killer in one of the highest per-capita murder cities in the United States.

If you want a book of Murder, Migrants, and Gangs in Salinas Valley, check out my latest, "MIGRANT".

FULL SUMMARY:
Salinas police detective Mike Garcia is tasked with investigating the murder of a gang member found in the lettuce field of a rich grandfather he had never met. Having been a beat cop in 2009 when Salinas was known as the Youth Murder Capital of California, he knew what sort of retaliation was coming from the clashing gang members that had never stopped the killing. There would be blood on the streets and fear in the community that still hadn’t recovered from the nightly murders. With little evidence and a frightened community, Mike struggles to follow minuscule leads. Then, in a shootout with members of the opposing gang who are backed by one of the most feared Mexican criminal organizations in the country, Mike unintentionally brings the darkness he desperately tried to hide from his family, right to their doorstep. Now, he must not only catch his prime suspect, but he must also survive him.

If you’re interested in potentially receiving a free copy in exchange for your honest review, we might be able to work something out. EMAIL ME at mattyobooks@gmail.com

[Julian]

CATATONIC SMILE portrays the genius and awkwardness of youth against the backdrop of 1974 Los Angeles. As one reviewer noted: "This a very personal coming-of-age story (and young love story) filled with the humor, heartbreak, and awkwardness that fills the life of any young person on the cusp of adulthood."

Available in paperback and eBook on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Catatonic-Smil...

[E.K.]

Hi everyone!

My name is E.K. Frances and I am the author of The Hybrid. It is set in the future where some humans have powers which are either Light or Dark – these humans are called alphas.

The Hybrid is the first in a series and follows the story of Sebastian who joins an academy to learn how to control his powers. He is forced to join the Dark but is actually Light. It’s quite a dark novel in which Sebastian faces rejection from the Light alphas and brutality from Dark alphas. It’s ultimately about his path – whether he will choose Light or Dark in the face of incredible challenges.

I would love to get any feedback – good or bad (but hopefully good :))

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hybrid-Book-...

Thanks!!
E.K.

[Terence]

My name is Terence Park. I write SF and Fantasy and my next book Door Witch is out soon. For lovers of anime and RPG fantasy - with added realism.

Synopsis:
On an alternate Earth, Alan Bates lives in Lanndern. He's an avid gamer on Earth Myth, an online role playing game and has one of the highest level in-game avatars, a level thirteen nomad, however he's seldom in employment, education or training - but he's just got a job and is hoping to sort his finances out. Fate steps in - late one night he's woken by his mobile - it's a girl claiming to be Sivitya.

The problem is Sivitya is a Door Witch he hired to protect his property - on Earth Myth - and she's a non-playable character. There are problems for Sivitya too: to start with she only knows the Earth Myth avatar who hired her, and Alan Bates doesn't look anything like him. Through encounters with a nosy neighbour, Jimbo's Cafe, the local hospital and the law, they have to figure each other out. They also need to take on board her news. And yet Earth Myth is only a game so how is Alan Bates going to get Sivitya back; but then events take a hand, turning his life upside down.

Door Witch n
NPC class in Earth Myth equipped with portal spells. Responsible for organising the defences of your House when you are offline. Also useful defending against raids.

Link to advance review copy (on Reedsy) - see this blog post

[Violet]

Terry wrote: "Hi everyone,
It's taken a bit of a time to get here, but book 1 of the Lullaby Covenant: NATALYA is finally on the bookshelves - well, Amazon, anyway. There's a sample on the Amazon link below.

Th..."
Hi, how are you? Are you looking for reviewers for your book? If so, I'd love to read and review it in exchange for a physical copy, as I'm not currently accepting ebooks. My review would be published on Goodreads and my book blog. I can also be reached by email at: justabookishblog@gmail.com
Thank you!

[Violet]

Aera wrote: "Hello everyone!!!
I'm a new author who has just completed my debut novel. It would mean a lot if you could give me your honest reviews about it. Thank you!

Synopsis:

Liam closed the door behind a..."
Hi, how are you? Are you looking for reviewers for your book? If so, I'd love to read and review it in exchange for a physical copy, as I'm not currently accepting ebooks. My review would be published on Goodreads and my book blog. I can also be reached by email at: justabookishblog@gmail.com
Thank you!

[Linda]

Hi!

It's been a long journey, but I finally made it. What a couple of years it's been. Phew!

My second book, Take Me With You, just launched today and I'm really excited for it to be out there! If contemporary YA books are your thing, you might like to try mine.

Take Me With You:

Amazon.com - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LRHL98D
Amazon.ca - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09LRHL98D
Kobo - https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/take...
Apple Books - http://books.apple.com/us/book/id1595...

Nobody's Business:

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098R72RR3
Amazon Can: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B098R72RR3
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/nobo...
Apple Books: http://books.apple.com/us/book/id1561...

Thank you!

Oh, I should also mention that for the month of June (2022), to celebrate the release of Take Me With You, I'll be donating $1 from each purchase to Kids Help Phone.

[Michelle]

Hello! I'm a full time teacher and recently published author of my debut novel, "A School without Classrooms." I've been trying to get my profile linked with my book on Goodreads, but so far it hasn't worked. Any help with that will be greatly appreciated!

In the meantime, I need readers and will be running a free eBook giveaway starting tomorrow on Amazon and hope you will give my book a try and gift me with a review! This young adult sci-fi novel takes you on a journey with a time-traveling teen who happens to hate school... Know any teens (or adults) who can relate? ;-) Somehow she stumbles into a future she can hardly believe. The education system has changed drastically and society is completely different, and now going home is more difficult than before.

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

Michelle wrote: "Hello! I'm a full time teacher and recently published author of my debut novel, "A School without Classrooms." I've been trying to get my profile linked with my book on Goodreads, but so far it has..."

Hi Michelle. I am not an author but I think you can try this method to link your profile to your book. Go to your book page and click on your name in the 'Author' column. This will bring you to the Author page. Scroll to the bottom. (You need to do this on a desktop - it doesn't work on smartphones.) Search for this text - "Is this you? Let us know." Just click on that and try.

[Michelle]

Hello Rosh! Thank you for replying!
I've tried clicking on that link (Is this you? Let us know...) and submitted a request a few times in the past month with no result whatsoever. Is the link or submission form messed up? I've been on my desktop each time, so Idk.
But thanks again for trying to help me!!!

[Lester]

At age 75 y. o. I have seen a good part of the 21st Century by the time I was 30, so my memoir is definitely about young adulthood! It goes back to my relatives at the turn of the 19th century, but is largely about my adventures growing up in the Northwest of the USA and my tour in the Peace Corps in Kenya. The second book is about bringing a Kenyan family to the USA. Happenstance Against the Tide

[Lester]

Michelle Peck, does YA have to be fantasy? Doesn't anyone every read true stories about actual people any more? when I was a kid, all the stories and movies were about real people, Like Hellen Keller, Madame Currie, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Benjamin Franklin, and then the war stories began. Sergeant York, Eddie Rickenbacker, Audie Murphy, J. F Kennedy, etc. Don't we have any real heroes any longer?

[Michelle]

Good questions, Lester!
I chose to write a science fiction over fantasy novel because I wanted the characters and situations to be as real as possible despite the time distortion. As far as heroes go, due to our current education system over the past half century, we are seeing an ebb in moral and ethical leadership while technology is increasing and making more visible all the darkness that was once hidden. If you read my book, this topic is actually explored. :)
Cheers!

[Rosh ~catching up slowly~]

Michelle wrote: "Hello Rosh! Thank you for replying!
I've tried clicking on that link (Is this you? Let us know...) and submitted a request a few times in the past month with no result whatsoever. Is the link or s..."

Oh, that's sad. In the past fortnight or so, Goodreads has become very slow with such updates because of a change to their policy. They now allow only librarians to add books and I guess this has resulted in the librarians becoming overloaded with requests. You could try making a request about the linking of profiles in the "Goodreads Librarians" group.

I wish you good luck for your book. It sounds really interesting, and the title is excellent. :) I saw that it was available as a free deal on Amazon so I grabbed a copy. I will try my best to read it soon and leave an honest review.

[Michelle]

Thank you so much, Rosh!!!! You're the best!!!
Being new to Goodreads, it does seem really quirky, but I will continue to explore and try to figure things out.
I appreciate your help so much, and I hope you enjoy the book! :)

[Jane]

Michelle wrote: "Thank you so much, Rosh!!!! You're the best!!!
Being new to Goodreads, it does seem really quirky, but I will continue to explore and try to figure things out.
I appreciate your help so much, and..."

Have you set up an author profile? That was what I had to do, then you add the books in your dashboard.

[Lester]

Michelle wrote: "Good questions, Lester!
I chose to write a science fiction over fantasy novel because I wanted the characters and situations to be as real as possible despite the time distortion. As far as heroes..."

Thanks Michelle for replying to my post. I like Sci Fi, but I find myself reading less of it, because the pressures of current reality makes it seem indulgent to be speculating about the future. What you say about the dark side of reality being exposed is very true! I know my own daughter and son-in-law are so disenamored with current political reality that they refuse to vote. Nothing could be worse for the survival of our way of life. I have blogged my letters to President Biden about the war in Ukraine. But in reality, we face a dystopian future here in America if we don't make good choices. Meantime, I hope some will take a look at the life of this boomer and know that some of us tried to make a better world, with varying degrees of success.

[Michelle]

Hi Jane! and thanks for trying to help me!!!

I set up an account here first, but didn't know how to make it an "author" profile. My newly published book wasn't in this database so that took many weeks for the volunteer librarians to add it. Once they did that, I tried clicking on the link "Is this you? Let us know..." without success. Maybe there is another way to link a profile to the book one has written? Idk.

[Michelle]

Lester, I certainly understand your concerns and frustration, and your story is similar to what is going on across America.

As a teacher, I am almost overwhelmed daily by the educational system that students and teachers suffer through and the society being created by this same system. (Just watch the news to understand.) That's the motivation I had to write the book. And the book is not a long string of complaints or boring analysis. It's a fun creative journey, simple enough for a 13 year old to read, but enlightening enough that I've had 50 year old plus adults read it and love it.

I hope you'll take advantage of the free book campaign going on today and give it a try! You might be pleasantly surprised! :)

[Leslie]

The New Secret Agents Series: Books One through Three: Christmas with a Courier, Maui with an Agent, Ski Resort with an Agent

Good, clean fast-paced secret agent fun for ages ten to adult. This just-released paperback is all three books combined. The novellas are available individually as eBooks and audiobooks. The series features secret agents and couriers on their early missions (age 18-24 in these books) working for a top-secret international organization that assists Interpol.

[Donna]

Michelle, it sounds like you are having as much difficulty as I am, trying to set up a link to my book (from Goodreads, Amazon, Word). I googled creating a link and tried to follow their directions step-by-step, but when it said to find the word 'Author' on the page, I never found the word anywhere, despite many attempts. I think my problem might be double fold--1. I don't understand tech terminology, and 2. I'm not sure which device (laptop, IPad, PC, etc) that I'm supposed to be on, in order to be able to follow the instructions. I wish I lived with a tekkie guru who could explain. So, unfortunately, I've had to give up trying to set up a link.

Anyone out there who could write a 'Setting Up Links for Dummies'?

[biba ♡]

Hi Ayen, I can't find your book on GR. Please add it so I can read the blurb - the title sounds interesting

[Salem]

Hi there :) I'm Salem Miles and I'm looking for ARC Readers for my debut book, "The Secrets That She Kept " and was wondering if anyone here is interested?

Here's the Synopsis:
"Some secrets died with her. Others are here, lingering in the air among us."

***

When popular highschooler Julianna Robinson takes her life days before her final year of highschool commence, her best friend, Dalia Parker, and her twin brother James are left to pick up the pieces as she left letters to those she feels she has wronged.

But as they deliver them to their recipients and turn get closer to each other, Dalia and James realize that there were some skeletons that Julia hid in the closet, ones that could change their lives...forever.

Trigger warning: mentions of rape, eating disorders and teen pregnancy.

Let me know if you're interested or not, thank you :)

[Matty]

Hi! My brand new YA sci-fi / fantasy short story collection was released yesterday.

If You Expect The Unexpected, Then It Won’t Be Unexpected Anymore is a diverse mix of short stories. Some dark, some funny, some spooky - but every story begins in the real world and then has a big twist!

Features prize winning story Weapons of Mass Destruction which had the following write-up from best-selling crime writer Tim Weaver. “The clear winner. Brutal, funny, inventive, this cross between Grange Hill and The Hunger Games is wonderfully evoked. Its rules are clear, its characters fleshed out, there’s pace, tension and a suitably jet-black twist.”

If You Expect The Unexpected, Then It Won’t Be Unexpected Anymore: A Perfectly (Un)Expected Collection of Short Stories

[Anne]

Hi everyone! My debut novel is now available after years of endless writing and editing. I am excited to see this project come to a close and get some much wanted feedback.

Synopsis:

Elliott Cairnholm was destined to an unremarkable life. The only child of lower middle class parents, there was nothing about him that would warrant his name in the newspaper, let alone on the radio or TV.

That was until he found his parent’s brutally murdered in their bedroom.

Now he gets to spend his adolescence with all of the normal growing pains: losing friends and gaining new ones, school, teen love, being an orphan, teen pregnancy, gangs, and another homicide to wrap it all up.

82 Germaine Lane

[J.R.]

J. R. Ryan

Hello fellow readers! Do you like Sci-Fi and Fantasy? Have you ever read a blend of the two? If interested, read on and be sure to check these out!

The Legend of Koji: The Maiden of Lodain
-Synopsis-
Camila Surin, an orphaned Elf, is haunted by heartbreak, betrayal, and confusion after a diplomatic mission to moon Tyrock reveals an unknown power hidden deep within. As an unwilling participant, her life is upended when she is thrust on an epic journey across the Known Universe, encountering perils on her journey of self-discovery, loss, and redemption.

Joining forces with Dwarves, Seraphs, and Dragoons, she stumbles upon a hidden plot that will change the Known Universe forever. However, will her newfound powers save the universe…or destroy it?

Other novels/shorts in the Known Universe Series
Novel: The Legend of Koji: The Dragon's Domain
Short: Tales From the Known Universe: The Templars
Short: Tales From the Known Universe: Ronin & Byakko: Part One

[Janet]

Hi, Writers & Readers!
I'm looking forward to participating in this group. I recently published my book "Cracks in the Heart" on Amazon both in Kindle and paperback. It centers around a disaster which happened in 1963 in Los Angeles, my home town. Little has ever been written about the event.
Theme:
After her parents' neglect results in a near-death experience, teenaged art prodigy Laura is visited by her colorful guardian angel. She is challenged to honor her mother and father, a struggle indeed with the increasing dysfunction and revealed secrets in her home.
The spiritual and the paranormal entwine themselves throughout the book, as Laura tries to hold together the already fractured family under the Baldwin Hills Dam. Inspired by true events.

"Cracks in the Heart"
Link: amzn.to/3g35daS

If you read it, please review it. I'd appreciate it!
Janet Peters

[Elaine]

Hi, I’m 16, the young adult in this young adult fiction authors thread! My name is Elaine Gao, and I just self published my debut novel, The Oracle.

Synopsis: The Helot Slave and the Spartan Prince do not fraternize, unless the supernatural custodian of fate happened to interweave Lyra and Leonid’s fates together.

Lyra, the one true oracle in the temple, saw him bleeding to death in her visions. Refusing to accept this end, she went with him on his journey to Athens. She had a mission at the Temple of Delphi to compete for a priestess position, but the Pythia in charge had other plans—five inhumane trials designed for betrayals and bloodshed. The strong resistance Lyra encountered forced her to race with time. But from the start, are futures able to be rewritten?

Leonid loathed the throne of Sparta that was paved by his brothers’ assassinations. He had fought tooth and nail to consolidate his kingship, but his revenge didn’t account for her, the girl he once vowed to protect. Newfound feelings for her began to get in the way. As he walks a dangerous line between Athenian rivals who want his head, he must weigh her and Sparta on opposite ends of the balance. But only fate will know the ultimate price of his decision.

Please leave a review after you read it. I’d be very grateful! Thanks

If you have any questions, contact me at lyettegao@gmail.com

[Janet]

The Oracle appears to have a clear and suspenseful plot. From her synopsis, her writing flows and is well written...all indications that Elaine Gao's debut, Fantasy Fiction novel should do well.

[Michael]

A Place to Run Free

Thank you, Vincent, for the opportunity to show my book to potential readers. My name is Michael LaReaux, and I recently published "A Place to Run Free" through a small publisher called Stormbird Press.

Eleven year old Jake Phillips decides to sneak out of his bedroom after being suspended from school. An accident sends him to the afterlife, but not the one he learned about in church. Jake ends up in the afterlife of pets, a place where they wait until they can reunite with their human companions.

Jake discovers that all is not well in his new domain. Something lurks in the shadows, stealing away dogs and cats. Jake undertakes a quest to find the missing animals and set them free. With the help of the giant dog Ursus, the steadfast horse Blue,
a Scottish Terrier named Gordon, and the crafty rat Azrak, Jake is determined to set things right. He'll just have to find strength and courage along the way.

Although it's being marketed as a YA title, I've had readers as young as eleven and as old as eighty. My original plan was to write a story that parents could read to their kids, but I think that the story will resonate with anyone who ever loved a pet.

[Elsie]

Elsie McKenney

Eve's Covering

Eve is troubled by the mysterious circumstances surrounding her cousin Alice’s death, but the police won’t take her seriously. When Eve’s family becomes entangled with a religious cult, she struggles with the ideas and leaders who now assume control over her life. But when her rebellion threatens the safety of her family, she gives in and joins the cult’s mission: an orphanage in the Soviet Union. Or, at least that’s the mission on the surface. When Eve discovers the orphanage is a cover for something much more sinister, she sets out to rescue her friends who’ve slowly disappeared, one at a time. The trouble is–she knows too much. If she's caught, it will be the end of them all.

Eve’s Covering is inspired by the author’s personal experience of life in a cult. Written as fiction, much of Eve’s life is based on her own move to northern Michigan, where her family joined a cult, costing her her friends, family, and everything she held dear. When strange, supernatural things began to happen, she escaped, and ended up homeless in a foreign country before making her way home–only to find it gone. This is her story. This is Eve’s story. A story of escape and of God’s covering of protection: Eve’s Covering.

[L.H.]

It is my pleasure to introduce my first and probably not my last book, Unknown Son!

It's about a young man who is found in the woods and taken back to the castle, where he tries to remember what happened and tries to live again, but is soon forced to run for his life again.

It's mostly funny, sometimes scary, and if you're over 80, it's downright horror. :)

Give it a shot. Who knows, you might like it.
If not, well, it's all going to be over soon... like, seriously, it's a short book.

I'll gladly send the book in exchange for a review, but I'm not from the US and I don't have a place to store it, so only the e-book.

I hope, you will like it!

https://www.amazon.com/Son-Tale-Chanc...

[Emily]

Mother of the River

YA Fantasy based on traditional Irish mythology!

[Pennyeach]

Everyone!

We are Pennyeach Collective, and we write books for young people, old people, and for people in general.
Our first group effort is a YA novel called "I'll Go On" and is available for free with Kindle Unlimited.
About the novel:
“These pictures were supposed to be for them.”

This is how Simon begins telling the story of his final three years of high school. The graduation ceremony has just ended, and instead of celebrating with Benji and Hailey, he’s home in his room looking at the photo album he put together that was to be their gift.

Simon picked up photography during his sophomore year—the year he, Benji, and Hailey became best friends—and spent the next three years honing his craft and documenting their lives together: learning French, hanging out at their favorite café, Le Chat Noir, spending time at Hailey’s house, goofing around out at the park, and just plain growing up. They were inseparable, even after Benji and Hailey became a couple. For all three of them, life could have continued like that forever. But midway through their senior year (and midway through the novel), their world is shattered when Hailey learns that she is pregnant. What follows is a cross-country road trip in search of an abortion.

Narrated as an album of imaginary photographs, “I’ll Go On” captures the lives of three friends as they navigate their teen years and, ultimately, their way clear across America in an attempt to salvage their friendship and their innocence.


Thank you for giving it a look!

https://www.amazon.com/Ill-Go-Pennyea...

[P.R.]

YA Thriller

WAITING IN THE DARK


After scraping up the courage to break up with her abusive boyfriend, gossip flares, people take sides, and Lorien Cruz is quickly targeted as the school pariah. But no one knows of the abuse Lorien silently endured while she was with Chase, and she can’t tell anyone because they’ll never believe her. Because, in the tiny, sleepy town of Rayne Haven, Maine, Chase Barton is the “it” guy. He is the captain of the football team, Homecoming King, and every parent’s favorite guy.

Chase isn’t the type to let her go that easy. When Lorien can’t shake the feeling she’s being watched, she worries Chase has become a ghost in the shadows. But when a brutal attack rocks the school, Lorien fears that Chase has crossed the line from stalker to attempted murderer, and if so, will she be next? How far will he go to make her his again? Or is he out to make sure no one else can have her?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BWC2K6YV/...