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Welcome YA Authors and Readers!
If you enjoy complicated fantasy/;romance reads with some good and evil thrown in, check out my debut novel at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple iBooks store.The Sharing Moon
Thanks a bunch!
Christy Campbell
Howdy, all! Just joined this group and wanted to post the link to my first novel, a young adult medieval fantasy. It's available through Amazon in both Kindle and paperback formats:Prince of Light
Book two is currently in the works, and I'm really excited for it. Connect with me in other ways as well, through Facebook, Twitter or on my blog/web site.
Now I'm going to start browsing the rest of the this forum for all the other awesome YA books that I need to read...
Hello. My name is Adam Wolf and I've penned a novel entitled 'Catalyst - Book One - You Are The Light. It is adult dark fantasy with ya crossover appeal and is approximately 68,000 words in length (roughly 300 pages). It is book one of a trilogy. Disclaimer: contains some explicit language and a few scenes of violence. I will post the blurb below. If you are interested in reading this tale, it can be found on:
http://www.wattpad.com/story/9138426-... in its entirety for free
or if you prefer it as an ebook or print book it can be found at:
http://www.amazon.com/CATALYST-You-Li...
or if you would like for me to email you a free copy in the file type of your choice you can p.m. me at my wattpad page or on twitter (adamwolf123)
Thanks for your consideration.
Here's that blurb I promised. : )
Happy reading.
Some families are forged through marriage, through birth, or through adoption. But there are those – albeit few – that are forged by defiance: unintended by-products of a hierarchy’s oppression.
Walthis Crane was blessed with the ability to view the souls of those who walk among us. To this introverted billionaire, his anomaly displays itself as a soft glow emanating from us all. But there are those in which this luminescence does not simply present itself as a soft glow, it radiates profusely in signification of the gift they possess. It is these individuals Walthis is in search of, those who he feels are destine to be the saviors of the world. He discovers the first of these saviors embodied in a sprite, violet haired young woman by the name of Kira Harington. But where Walthis believes he has discovered the first ally in his quest to save lives, he soon comes to realize that this vibrant young woman’s ability only allows her to end them. Throughout the course of the tale, Walthis comes to the grim realization that in order to save the souls of the world, a great many may have to be extinguished first.
Hello, My name is Theresa Troutman. I just published my first novella, My Secret Summer, on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G7QFKAQ
I am an active member of the SCBWI and currently shopping my novel, Life's What You Make it.
Synopsis:
Caitlin Conners is a loner; shy and artistic. Her only friend is her sister, Carly. When Carly dies in a car accident, Caitlin has never felt more alone. An overbearing mother makes her life impossible when she meets the boy next door, Dylan Rodgers. Dylan doesn’t fit in with the popular crowd either. He prefers skateboarding to football and is viewed by his fellow students as a pot head.
Dylan helps Caitlin deal with her grief and awakens her sexuality. Somehow these two misfits strike up a friendship and fall in love, while trying to keep their relationship a secret from Caitlin’s parents. Caitlin resorts to various methods to sneak out of the house to be with Dylan. As the stakes increase, emotions run high and passion ignites. The thrill of ‘getting away with it’ is so addictive and makes Caitlin feel invincible. How long can she get away with the lies before she is found out?
Hey! I thought I would introduce my novels, My Knightly Dreams and At Least I'm Pretty, to you all. They're available on Amazon, Kindle, Nook, B&N, Kobo and iBooks. I'll add the links, in case you would like to check them out! Thanks. --Brittany Jo JamesAt Least I'm Pretty
My Knightly Dreams
Links for My Knightly Dreams
http://www.amazon.com/My-Knightly-Dre...
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-kn...
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eboo...
Links for At Least I'm Pretty
http://www.amazon.com/At-Least-Pretty...
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/at-le...
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eboo...
[eBook] Gunship (Sci-fi Action Adventure) by J.J. SnowWhen Captain Reilly Campbell and her gunship crew left the ISUs they thought they could finally live life on their own terms. With their demons behind them and a lucrative business venture as part time mercenaries and full time interstellar transporters, things were looking up. But when a retrieval mission on a remote moon goes bad, the crew is forced into a new battle, one they never saw coming.
For the latest on Gunship visit my Goodreads page and be sure to check out my blog: Gunship Tech Talks where I take a look at the science fact behind the fiction!
Gunship
Voyage to Eve Ilion (Book One in The Magic Manuscript series) is a YA fantasy Arthurian romance. http://www.amazon.com/The-Magic-Manus...
Two teenagers, Arthur and Jennifer, unearth a medieval manuscript in Cornwall, in modern England, during the Christmas holidays. While reading the manuscript, Jennifer becomes engrossed in the story of fifteenth-century Lady Genevieve, a sixteen-year-old Cornish girl who escapes from her brother when he tries to marry her to one of the earls of Tudor against her will. Jennifer is, in reality, catapulted back to the fifteenth century, as well as to England in the sixth century. When Arthur realizes she is missing, he follows her back in time.
Two teenagers, Arthur and Jennifer, unearth a medieval manuscript in Cornwall, in modern England, during the Christmas holidays. While reading the manuscript, Jennifer becomes engrossed in the story of fifteenth-century Lady Genevieve, a sixteen-year-old Cornish girl who escapes from her brother when he tries to marry her to one of the earls of Tudor against her will. Jennifer is, in reality, catapulted back to the fifteenth century, as well as to England in the sixth century. When Arthur realizes she is missing, he follows her back in time.
The Nine Companions (Book Two in The Magic Manuscript series) is the sequel to Voyage to Eve Ilion.
http://www.amazon.ca/Magic-Manuscript...
Four friends are inexplicably catapulted back in time—but to different places and different eras. In New France (Quebec) AD 1677, Lance and Bronwen, befriended by Inha and his beautiful sister, Wind-Song, learn of the legend of an ancient silver amulet buried on Cacouna Island by a Micmac well.
Jennifer and Arthur find themselves in ancient Sumer over five thousand years ago—and in trouble. Kidnapped by Sheik Faizi, they discover their only hope of escape is to steal his golden amulet. The two amulets are somehow connected, but how? Can any of the companions deliver them to the beautiful and powerful Lady Eve on the island of Eve Ilion? And if they succeed, will they be able to return home?
http://www.amazon.ca/Magic-Manuscript...
Four friends are inexplicably catapulted back in time—but to different places and different eras. In New France (Quebec) AD 1677, Lance and Bronwen, befriended by Inha and his beautiful sister, Wind-Song, learn of the legend of an ancient silver amulet buried on Cacouna Island by a Micmac well.
Jennifer and Arthur find themselves in ancient Sumer over five thousand years ago—and in trouble. Kidnapped by Sheik Faizi, they discover their only hope of escape is to steal his golden amulet. The two amulets are somehow connected, but how? Can any of the companions deliver them to the beautiful and powerful Lady Eve on the island of Eve Ilion? And if they succeed, will they be able to return home?
Hi, my name is Wendy Lennox and I am the author of The Caves of Tavannar, the first book in the Crystal Keeper Trilogy. It is a contemporary teen fantasy novel set between contemporary Scotland and the fictional world of Galidom. This allowed me to incorporate Scottish characters, locations and dialogue into a story-arc which spans these two interconnected worlds. I am a native Scot myself,and was therefore keen that the tone of my book reflected my Scottish roots.
The protagonist in the story is Josie Jenkins, a troubled thirteen year old living in the outskirts of Edinburgh. Josie is struggling to cope with the fallout of her parents' separation and the torment of being bullied at school. The discovery of a family secret draws Josie into the strange, alien world of Galidom, where she finds herself at the centre of a dark conflict.
A sinister turn of events leads Josie on a perilous rescue mission to the Caves of Tavannar, where friends' lives hang in the balance and danger lies around every corner. Josie must find the strength to overcome her fears in order to prevent this fragmented world being torn apart once again by an ancient and powerful enemy.
The journey that Josie takes in the first part of this trilogy helps her to find the confidence and courage to face her own personal challenges back home in Scotland. As the story progresses, her character will continue to grow in strength showing the independent, humorous and spirited side of her personality, where she can finally let her own unique qualities shine through and is comfortable in her own skin.
It is my first novel, so if you would like to give a wee Scottish heroine a helping hand to get noticed, it is available as an ebook on Amazon's kindle store. Running a free promotion on the 7th & 8th of Nov. Would welcome reviews :) http://amzn.to/1dEF6g4
Sounds wonderful,Wendy. You might want to post the free promotion again on Nov 7th and 8th. My website is www.burgesswrite.com Feel free to email me via my website. All the best and congratulations!
Hi there! I consider my book, Red Rock Ranch, to hit the young YA market -- tween-horse-crazy-girls!
Sixteen year old Lucy Rose is spending her first summer away from home and she has two things on her mind: an abandoned, violent horse and a blue-eyed cowboy. Only neither is hers.
Lucy has never attracted much attention from boys, but she can’t seem to ignore her blue-eyed co-worker, Casey Parker. A true cowboy, Lucy becomes enthralled by his gentle way with the horses at the Red Rock Ranch. However, she is very aware that Taylor Johnson, rodeo queen extraordinaire and blonde bombshell, already has her spurs in him. And, there’s no crossing Taylor.
. . . Not until a mysterious horse appears on the ranch and pushes Lucy and Casey together. The two are willing to do anything to save the black gelding that doesn’t want a thing to do with them . . . or the human race. But, every step forward with the once-broken animal makes Lucy fall harder – for him and for Casey.
-Brittney Joy
http://brittneyjoybooks.sqsp.com/
Hey everyone, My name is Brian and I am the debut author of THE B-SIDE DIARIES, a punk-inspired YA novel, that is book one in a faux-memoir TRILOGY SERIES.
THE B-SIDE DIARIES will be available for free on AMAZON this weekend, Saturday, November 9th through Sunday, November 10th. Check it out!
Here is a blurb:
Rory is only seventeen years old and six months removed from his friends in Nashville, Tennessee when he receives the news that his best friend Christopher has died—and worse yet, he has been hand selected to deliver Christopher’s eulogy. Over the course of one weekend Rory must confront his fears of public speaking, falling in love, growing up, and losing a sense of what he calls home. Wrought with emotion, and fueled by teenaged doubt, friendship, and punk rock music—The B-Side Diaries unravels the truths about not only what it means to lose a close friend, but also the truths about what it means to be a teenager. Told through diary-like confessions from Rory’s perspective, The B-Side Diaries is written in a faux-memoir style, that pulls the reader into the mind of a teenager sorting out his life, and coming to grips with his loss of innocence.
Think “The Big Chill” for teenagers meets Fat Kid Rules the World.
The B-Side Diaries
Connor is a YA Urban Fantasy filled with, secrets, betrayal and dysfunctional romance. Connor, recently discovers she has abilities, one being the gift of invisibility. As in no one can see her. She doesn't realize how her life is about to change for the worse. She is 15, sarcastically funny, at least she thinks so, and doesn't always like to face reality. She meets five other teenagers who have abilities similar to hers and they try to figure out how or why this is happening to them but not everyone is so excited about finding out the truth.
After Connor senses she is being watched and that their lives are in danger, she is determined to figure things out by any means necessary. She has to grow up fast after she is slapped with the cold, hard, fact that the people she has known all of her life are not who she thought they were and all human beings are not what they appear to be.
Through all of this, Connor and one of the boys with abilities, Tony, develop feelings for each other causing jealousy in more ways than one. That is where Ronin comes in, he is smart, powerful, and ruthless. He too has eyes for Connor but not in the way you may think.
Website links to all sites where book and ebook is sold. Most sites includes Chapter excerpts: http://dormaineg.com/
Connor, recently discovers she has abilities, one being the gift of invisibility. As in no one can see her. She doesn’t realize how her life is about to change for the worse. She is 15, sarcastically funny, at least she thinks so, and doesn’t always like to face reality. She meets five other teenagers who have abilities similar to hers and they try to figure out how or why this is happening to them but not everyone is so excited about finding out the truth. After Connor senses she is being watched and that their lives are in danger, she is determined to figure things out by any means necessary. She has to grow up fast after she is slapped with the cold, hard, fact that the people she has known all of her life are not who she thought they were and all human beings are not what they appear to be.
Through all of this, Connor and one of the boys with abilities, Tony, develop feelings for each other causing jealousy in more ways than one. That is where Ronin comes in, he is smart, powerful, and ruthless. He too has eyes for Connor but not in the way you may think.
Chapter excerpts available on, Goodreads, Smashwords and Amazon. My website links to all sites my book is available:
http://dormaineg.com/
Hi all, This is a ones man’s opinion video Review of the young adult novel The Cupid War by Timothy Carter Review by Stephen B. PearlAddress: http://youtu.be/ZixNEu1Bwvk
Timothy Carter: www.timothycarterworld.com
Stephen B. Pearl: www.stephenpearl.com
The Cupid War: All Love Is Warfare
YA Historical / FantasyThe Long Way
Therese Vannier
“A fine historical fantasy tale featuring a memorable, tenacious protagonist.” -Kirkus Reviews
My steampunk novel, "Stxeamtown" went on sale today at Amazon, available through Torquere/Prizm Books! Here's the blurb...Stxeamtown is a futuristic novel set in a post-apocalyptic land in a society closely resembling that of its Yesterworld. As the citizens in its four major colonies try to recreate the Glory Days while ignoring their setbacks, they find themselves repeating the same mistakes of their past. The social and political animosity between the colonies creates both distrust and isolation. The clannishness reinforces prejudices that keep the people from finding unity and brotherhood. It is the love between a young couple from different sides of the Stream that eventually brings their people together in this classic steampunk fantasy.
Trip is the vice-president of a Team living in the Aboveground, a community of rooftop dwellers residing atop the factories of Steamtown South. He begins a romance with Lyrica, the sister of a Team Lead living in the Aboveground of North Steamtown across the Stream. After communicating in Morse for weeks on end, Trip takes the perilous trip across the Conveyor Line into North Steamtown where the couple is united at last. Trip’s presence is eventually discovered by members of Lyrica’s Team, and they are forced to flee together on the Conveyor back to the South Side. Once again they are detected, and the members of Trip’s set come to the couple’s rescue before they are ‘crossed out’ and banished to the Low Ground. The five adolescents escape to the streets of the South Side where none of them had set foot since they were small children. Together they assimilate into the industrial society where a new chapter in their lives begins.
Trip and his friends travel east to Border Town, also known as Bartertown, which sits on an island that connects both sides of the Stream. They make connections with the Traders, a Team that is looked down upon by Northerners and Southerners as ones who ‘take but do not make’. Trip and his friends begin to understand how those of the Aboveground go undetected, as the great chimneys of the cities cover the skies with an eternal cloud of steam. Yet their revelations are dismissed by the Traders as urban myths. They eventually convince the Traders to allow them to negotiate a deal with Allo Provera, one of the biggest textile industrialists in the Southland.
Trip impresses the wealthy Provera with his wisdom and understanding, and Allo begins teaching him the secrets of their society as well as the deeper mysteries of its politics. Trip is eventually hired as an Emissary of the Southland and is sent to the North Side to improve their business relationships. He brings his friends with him as his diplomatic entourage, but their past is uncovered and the secrets of the Aboveground brought to light. The Enforcers stage a full-scale invasion of the Aboveground, and only Provera’s intervention helps to avoid disaster for Trip and Lyrica’s ex-friends.
Set in a futuristic industrial world filled with mechanical wonders and moral contradiction, Stxeamtown is a satirical look at the modern world and its continuing struggle to maintain a balance between its achievements and its social standards. For young adults and speculative fiction buffs, Stxeamtown is a steampunk classic not to be forgotten.
My book Whisper is a YA paranormal romance (though I would prefer to call it a gothic romance) novel. It is a Ghost Whisperer meets the Secret Garden type story.Synopsis:
Avaya Emerson has no memory of the night her parents died. Now an orphan she moves in with her isolated Uncle James deep in the woods of Vermont. Where her new life is not what she expected. When she meets Nate his familiar presence draws her in. His resemblance is undeniably similar to a guy in her dreams and Luken Vandersen who mysteriously vanished 127 years ago.
She discovers a strange shadow in the woods watching her and a girl she can’t see wants her to disappear. The closer Avaya comes to learning the truth about Nate, Luken Vandersen’s disappearance and her own tortured memory coming back her life is in greater danger than she can imagine.
Even though Avaya faces haunts and trials with the help of others she has one fight she must handle alone.
An excerpt is available on my blogsite: http://www.sarahvistica.blogspot.com
or at https://www.goodreads.com/story/list/...
You can watch the trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFhgo...
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Hello Everyone. My fantasy novel is available on Amazon Kindle and is currently available at a discount.
Title: The Journey of the Marked
Genre: Fantasy
Ages: 12+
Description:
Eros finds the brilliant mark of the Miyran burning behind his left ear on the morning of his sixteenth birthday. The mark drives him to become one of Lady Anyamae's warriors. He desires this future. Yet, the mark also forces him to abandon the safety of his home, as harboring the marked enrages the Tyrnotts, self-appointed leaders of Zolei.
He frantically flees to the city of Caldot in search of the warriors' training camp, but soon faces the daunting task of eluding the Graeliths, henchmen of the Tyrnotts. While Eros wears the mark with utmost honor, he is relentlessly hunted. He trained for this future and believes himself prepared. However, doubts about his skill amplify as he attempts to lead a group of his peers on the harrowing journey that may very well be their last.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GV3D7J6
Discount: The above links to the full novel. The novel was also published in 4 parts. Parts 3 and 4 are free Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, which equates to a 66% discount.
"Embassy," by S. Alex Martin
Embassy
When Arman Lance falls in love with Ladia Purnell, he makes it his life's goal to find her after she has to leave his planet. But amid tragedy and his obsession of Ladia, Arman struggles to fight the mental isolation he has built around him. He sees joining the galaxy's Embassy Program only as one step on his journey to Ladia, nothing more.
Now he explores the Embassy, flies a Molter, and competes in a fast-action Hologis tournament. At last, Arman embarks on an expedition that will take him across the stars to Ladia, but the journey might change him in ways he would have never dared to imagine.
BEING RELEASED ON JANUARY 14, 2014. Add it to you lists and share! Thank you! If you have any questions, let me know and I can provide more details.
Hello All,So far my book Connor has received some pretty good reviews. It's a young adult urban fantasy filled with lies secrets and betrayal. I hope you enjoy.
Connor recently discovers she has the gift of invisibility among other gifts but what she doesn't realize is that her life is about to change for the worse. She is 15, sarcastically funny, at least she thinks so, and doesn't always like to face reality. Soon she meets five other teenagers who have abilities similar to hers but not everyone is so eager to find answers as to why this is happening to them.
Sensing their lives are in danger, she is determined to figure out the truth by any means necessary....
http://dormaineg.com/
http://dormainegblog.blogspot.com/p/b...
http://www.amazon.com/Connor-Dormaine...
The Star Of Jolanest
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... 3-5 star reviews on Goodreads. 6 hours left for the giveaway contest!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Ellen Dawn Benefield's "The Star of Jolanest"
From the first pages, the story is fast-paced and intriguing...the novel is a wonderful romp full of fantastical creatures, almost impossible situations, and a sprinkling of dry wit over a mound of slap-stick comedy. "The Kindle Book Review."
I have just started reading a new book written by Jennifer McDonald called "Into the Veil". Love it so far. It is the first of three books. I found it on amazon kindle ebooks. She definitely caught my attention.
I have a new YA Fantasy that will be out soon. I will give a copy to a few people who would be willing to be beta readers--just read and give feedback. Here is a blurb and a link to the website where you can read an excerpt. Contact me if you're interested.Alora
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Alora is a normal fifteen-year-old girl who lives on a ranch in rural Montana. Her biggest excitement is the upcoming school dance. Until one day while taking a shower, she sees an image that almost seems real. A boy, with long brown hair and the most intense green eyes she’s ever seen.
Little does she know that this vision is only the beginning of a great adventure. That her life will be forever altered as she discovers another realm, a strange world of magic and gifts, where a man full of evil power will use any means possible to capture and control her or else to end her life.
Alora must decide whether to hide in the relative safety of her Montana home or risk everything to fulfill her destiny and defend a home she never knew existed. Though despised for their youth, Alora and her friends, mark the beginning of a new era in Laegenshire.
Alora is a book of powers and magic, good and evil, fighting and valor, and love that conquers all. Where urban fantasy and medieval fantasy merge, there we find the adventures of Alora.
http://tamiedearen.weebly.com/alora-s...
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Hello All,I wrote a YA Fantasy called Connor. So far the reviews have been good.
Connor recently discovers she has the gift of invisibility among other gifts but what she doesn't realize is that her life is about to change for the worse. She is 15, sarcastically funny, at least she thinks so, and doesn't always like to face reality. Soon she meets five other teenagers who have abilities similar to hers but not everyone is so eager to find answers as to why this is happening to them.
Sensing their lives are in danger, she is determined to figure out the truth by any means necessary, forcing her to grow up fast. Connor is slapped with the cold, hard, fact that the people she thought she knew are not who they appear to be and all human beings are not just that, human.
Through all of this, Connor and Tony, one other with abilities, start to develop feelings for each other causing jealousy in more ways than one. Then there is Ronin, he is young, smart, and cunning. He is set on taking his revenge out on Connor but she has no idea why.
Website: http://dormaineg.com/
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Connor-Dormaine...
Hello, I'm Amy, I've just released my firsy fantasy novel White Heart, book one of the Merrydian's Gate series. I'm currently working on book two The Spell and the Scythe.
Falinn Galdur is an island hidden in the modern world where magic and mythical creatures, that have disappeared into folklore, still exist. The island was created long ago to separate the ordinary from the truly extraordinary.
After defeating the witch Agrona and hiding her undead body, the powerful yet cantankerous wizard Merrydian created the portal known as Merrydian’s Gate. It remains the only passage to the island of Falinn Galdur. Only Merrydian’s heir can open the passage, only an heir can be used to complete the evil witch’s spell rendering Agrona not just all-powerful but truly immortal.
Violet is an ordinary girl, or so she thought. Violet is the heir to the most powerful wizard in existence. Violet is the key to the reawakening of an ancient evil and the consequences of her heritage are about to be discovered.
Falinn Galdur is an island hidden in the modern world where magic and mythical creatures, that have disappeared into folklore, still exist. The island was created long ago to separate the ordinary from the truly extraordinary.
After defeating the witch Agrona and hiding her undead body, the powerful yet cantankerous wizard Merrydian created the portal known as Merrydian’s Gate. It remains the only passage to the island of Falinn Galdur. Only Merrydian’s heir can open the passage, only an heir can be used to complete the evil witch’s spell rendering Agrona not just all-powerful but truly immortal.
Violet is an ordinary girl, or so she thought. Violet is the heir to the most powerful wizard in existence. Violet is the key to the reawakening of an ancient evil and the consequences of her heritage are about to be discovered.
Hi! My name is Holli Anderson. Five Out of the Dark is a YA Urban Fantasy. It's the first book in a series of 5. It was released on August 20th, 2013. Book 2 of the series is finished and being copy-edited now. It will be released sometime within the next 3-4 months--I'll update when I have a firm release date set.
I look forward to interacting with readers and other authors in this group!
Holli
I'm a first time author of a fantasy romance currently available at Amazon, B&N and iTunes. Paperback also available. I love to support authors! The Sharing Moon http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Connor A YA Urban Fantasy filled with paranormal secrets, and betrayal.
Connor discovers she has the gift of invisibility, among other gifts, but what she doesn't realize is that her life is about to change for the worse. She meets five other teenagers who have abilities similar to hers but not everyone is so eager to find answers as to why they are different. Sensing their lives are in danger, Connor is determined to figure out the truth by any means necessary. Then there is Ronin, he is young, smart, and breathtaking. He is set on taking his revenge out on Connor but she has no idea why.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Connor-Dormaine...
Website: http://dormaineg.com/
Blog: http://dormainegblog.blogspot.com/
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I've just received another 5 STAR review for my first YA Paranormal/Time Travel/First Kiss romance novel entitled "I Kissed a Ghost" http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CRQ9SC6 I would love for you to check it out for yourself, your daughter or any other young girl in your family. If possible I would also appreciate your support by sharing this information with your friends and family,
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The Secret Side of EmptyThe Secret Side of Empty, out March, 2014 by Maria E. Andreu. Enter to win a SIGNED REVIEW COPY by January 14th: Click here
**JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION**
M.T.’s life seems as apple-pie American as you can get. But she's got secrets. For starters, her full name of Monserrat Thalia and her status as an undocumented immigrant.
Secrets are getting harder to hide now that M.T.’s a senior. Her school’s National Honor Society wants her to plan their trip abroad. Her best friend won’t stop bugging her to get her driver’s license. All everyone talks about is where they want to go to college. M.T. is pretty sure she can’t go to college, and with high school ending and her family life unraveling, she’s staring down a future that just seems empty.
In the end, M.T. will need to trust herself and others to stake a claim in the life that she wants.
Read more and add to your to-read shelf, please!
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Author Maria E. Andreu (thats me!) draws on her own experiences as a formerly undocumented teen to write a story about love and overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles that is unique and universally poignant.
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I am excited to share that my debut YA/NA soft science fiction novel was published this week!
Synopsis:
A sensible young nobleman, Leaf Watson, and his sister, Willow Oak, live a rustic medieval life rich in traditions and chivalry. Sealed inside an experimental biodome since infancy, they have been groomed by The Code to build a sustainable community devoid of Outsider interference.
They are unwitting pioneers on a path toward confined interplanetary homesteading.
Life within their walled garden is predictable and peaceful until the unthinkable happens. With his dying breath, Leaf and Willow’s noble father bequeaths a family secret, placing an invisible crown of power on Leaf’s head. Grief-stricken and afraid for their lives, the siblings defy their upbringing by connecting with Fillion Nichols, a punk hacker who, unbeknownst to them, is linked to their lives in shocking ways. Their encounter launches Fillion into a battle with his turbulent past as he urgently decodes the many secrets that bind them together, a necessity for each to survive.
Youth cultures clash when the high technology of the Anime Tech Movement collides with the Middle Ages in a quest for truth, unfolding a story rich in mystery, betrayal and love.
The paperback and Kindle books are currently available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-The-Biod....
Many Thanks!
Jesikah Sundin, Author
"The Biodome Chronicles"
www.jesikahsundin.com
CONNOR A YA urban fantasy based on secrets and betrayal! Not your typical picture-book ending. Great Reviews! Connor recently discovers she has the gift of invisibility among other gifts but what she doesn't realize is that her life is about to change for the worse. She is 15, sarcastically funny, at least she thinks so, and doesn't always like to face reality. Soon she meets five other teenagers who have abilities similar to hers but not everyone is so eager to find answers as to why they are different.
Sensing their lives are in danger, she is determined to figure out the truth by any means necessary, forcing her to grow up fast. Connor is slapped with the cold, hard, fact that the people she thought she knew are not who they appear to be and all human beings are not just that, human.
Through all of this, Connor and Tony, one other with abilities, start to develop feelings for each other causing jealousy in more ways than one. Then there is Ronin, he is young, smart, and breathtaking. He is set on taking his revenge out on Connor but she has no idea why.
http://www.amazon.com/Connor-Dormaine...
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Hello everyone, my name is A. L. Waddington and I write YA Fiction under the cross genre of romance/science fiction/time travel. The first book in my EVE series, Essence
was rereleased on January 16, 2014 by my new publisher, Booktrope. The second installment, Enlightened will be released in April, 2014.About Essence:
Jocelyn Timmons does not believe she is anything special — just an ordinary high school senior, living an ordinary life full of school-work, volleyball and friends. She’s about to find out how wrong she is.
Jackson Chandler moved in to the house across the street. His dark wavy hair, green eyes and charismatic personality draws everyone to him. Everyone, but Jocelyn.
Whenever Jackson gets near Jocelyn she feels ill and dizzy. When he touches her, she blacks out and has visions of another life, in another time. As the odd hallucinations evolve and become clearer, she feels a strong pull towards the people she sees there. Frightened, she watches her once stable life begin to crumble around her and she begins to question her own sanity.
Could it be possible that these episodes are actually her own memories of a life she is living somehow, somewhere, some-when? Maybe this is time-travel or some other paranormal mysticism? Our minds often wander, but can our souls?
You can learn more about me and my EVE series at; Website: www.alwaddington.com
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Hi all YA readers and writers. I just wanted to let the world know that 'The Assembly Room' has made it to the finals of 'The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2013'. You can find out more at the finalists web page link here The Wishing Shelf Book Award Finalists 2013 . Please do share this information with your friends, family and fellow readers!
Best wishes
Bryony
That's great. Congratulations! I entered The Journey of the Marked for this year. Seems like a quality competition.
Rebecca wrote: "That's great. Congratulations! I entered The Journey of the Marked for this year. Seems like a quality competition."Thank you Rebecca! Just need to wait until April sometime now to see if it wins a prize in the category. Yes it looks to be a really good competition and at least the judging and reviewing is done by the target audiences, NOT potentially biased 'industry professionals'. The
feedback alone will be worth its weight in gold. If my book manages to win the category it will get a full year advertising in the 'School Librarian' magazine which would be amazing publicity. Fingers crossed! :-)
Congratulations, Bryony and good luck!Wanted to let people know that my YA novel, After Isaac, about a teen boy struggling with grief and his parents' decision to adopt, was named a favorite book of 2013 by Adoptive Families magazine. http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/artic...
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Marta Selbryth steps into womanhood and onto center stage. We feel the music sweep and the moment arrive for Marta, and ballerinas everywhere. As Marta realizes her dream, life’s challenges off stage are not all what she anticipated. We walk beside her as she approaches each twist and turn in her new life. A compelling coming-of-age novel, this look inside the world of ballet offer both inspiration and heartbreak.
Hi everyone :-)My book, a YA contemporary romance novel, is coming out on June 26th 2014 :-)
When seventeen-year-old Natalya’s dreams of being a ballerina are killed in a car accident along with her father, she must choose: shut down—like her mother—or open up to love.
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Hi all:I've started publishing 'Pink Matters' the first novel in my series 'Angelic Business' (currently busy writing the second book) in Wattpad.
Come and have a read!
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Stxeamtown is a futuristic novel set in a post-apocalyptic land in a society closely resembling that of its Yesterworld. As the citizens in its four major colonies try to recreate the Glory Days while ignoring their setbacks, they find themselves repeating the same mistakes of their past. The social and political animosity between the colonies creates both distrust and isolation. The clannishness reinforces prejudices that keep the people from finding unity and brotherhood. It is the love between a young couple from different sides of the Stream that eventually brings their people together in this classic steampunk fantasy.
Trip is the vice-president of a Team living in the Aboveground, a community of rooftop dwellers residing atop the factories of Steamtown South. He begins a romance with Lyrica, the sister of a Team Lead living in the Aboveground of North Steamtown across the Stream. After communicating in Morse for weeks on end, Trip takes the perilous trip across the Conveyor Line into North Steamtown where the couple is united at last. Trip’s presence is eventually discovered by members of Lyrica’s Team, and they are forced to flee together on the Conveyor back to the South Side. Once again they are detected, and the members of Trip’s set (*quartet) come to the couple’s rescue before they are ‘crossed out’ and banished to the Low Ground. The five adolescents escape to the streets of the South Side where none of them had set foot since they were small children. Together they assimilate into the industrial society where a new chapter in their lives begins.
Trip and his friends travel east to Border Town, also known as Bartertown, which sits on an island that connects both sides of the Stream. They make connections with the Traders, a Team that is looked down upon by Northerners and Southerners as ones who ‘take but do not make’. Trip and his friends begin to understand how those of the Aboveground go undetected, as the great chimneys of the cities cover the skies with an eternal cloud of steam. Yet their revelations are dismissed by the Traders as urban myths. They eventually convince the Traders to allow them to negotiate a deal with Allo Provera, one of the biggest textile industrialists in the Southland.
Trip impresses the wealthy Provera with his wisdom and understanding, and Allo begins teaching him the secrets of their society as well as the deeper mysteries of its politics. Trip is eventually hired as an Emissary of the Southland and is sent to the North Side to improve their business relationships. He brings his friends with him as his diplomatic entourage, but their past is uncovered and the secrets of the Aboveground brought to light. The Enforcers stage a full-scale invasion of the Aboveground, and only Provera’s intervention helps to avoid disaster for Trip and Lyrica’s ex-friends.
Set in a futuristic industrial world filled with mechanical wonders and moral contradiction, Stxeamtown is a satirical look at the modern world and its continuing struggle to maintain a balance between its achievements and its social standards. For young adults and speculative fiction buffs, Stxeamtown is a steampunk classic not to be forgotten.
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Hello all! I'm looking for reviewers for Angela Kulig's Pigments Of My Imagination. It is a gripping supernatural love story and very unique. If you are interested in reading and writing a review for Goodreads and Amazon, just let me know! Thank you!
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FREE KINDLE BOOK. My YA sci-fi novel EMBASSY is spending its 2nd day at #6 on the free Amazon Bestseller List for YA/children's science-fiction and has an overall 4.3 out of 5 stars rating. It is currently FREE, so grab your copy! Here's the description:
""THIS IS A JOURNEY.
Arman Lance wants nothing more than to join the Embassy Program and fly across the galaxy. He wants to find Ladia Purnell, a girl who visited his planet years earlier. They had fallen in love, but their time together was short. Arman has become determined to find her again -- to the point of obsession. He believes his happiness, and future, depends on it.
Arman expected people in the Embassy to think he'd follow his father's footsteps. He also expected to slip into a simple routine, a path that would take him straight to Ladia. But he never expected anyone to stop him, especially not the adrenaline-chasing, ever-smiling Glacia Haverns, who decides it's her job to show Arman there's more to life than chasing desperate dreams.""
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Hello, everyone! My name is Kathleen Marentes and I would like to introduce my debut novel, The Shadows Breathe. It is a YA fiction book about a Nebraskan horse trainer who makes a desperate decision to save the life of a horse in trouble. Her decision sends her on a journey that tests her loyalty, her bravery, and her heart, when she must decide who it really belongs to. Enjoy reading! http://amzn.com/1492862894
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I, Connor, thought I was the average sarcastic teenager, living a normal life like everyone else with a crazy, annoying family. Wrong. I recently discovered that I have certain abilities. Abilities that link me to others like me, and others, unlike me, who want to cause me harm.
I found out this world is not what I thought, as well as the strange creatures in it, and that frightens me. I had to grow up fast and find the strength to defend myself from those beings who don’t want me here or who will take my strengths by any means necessary.
Throughout this craziness, I met a wonderful guy named Tony, who has abilities too. With him and several others like us we discover who we are and how we came to be.
Then there is Ronin, a being who is young, smart, and cunning. He is set on taking his revenge out on me yet I have no idea why.
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