Book Blitz : The Watcher by Lisa Voisin

The Watcher

by Lisa Voisin

Release Date:
03/04/13

Summary from
Goodreads:

Millennia
ago, he fell from heaven for her.



Can he face her without falling again?



Fascinated with ancient civilizations, seventeen-year-old Mia Crawford dreams
of becoming an archaeologist. She also dreams of wings—soft and silent like
snow—and somebody trying to steal them.



When a horrible creature appears out of thin air and attacks her, she knows
Michael Fontaine is involved, though he claims to know nothing about it.
Secretive and aloof, Michael evokes feelings in Mia that she doesn’t
understand. Images of another time and place haunt her. She recognizes them—but
not from any textbook.



In search of the truth, Mia discovers a past life of forbidden love, jealousy
and revenge that tore an angel from Heaven and sent her to an early grave. Now
that her soul has returned, does she have a chance at loving that angel again?
Or will an age-old nemesis destroy them both?



Ancient history is only the beginning.

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Praise for The Watcher:

"Voisin's THE WATCHER blends
paranormal mystery and romance into a book that is sure to keep readers turning
the pages late into the night."

-- Eileen Cook, author of THE ALMOST
TRUTH

"Perfect for fans of angels and
demons, Lisa Voisin has created an uplifting tale of redemption, love, and
spirituality that gives hope. Never preachy, THE WATCHER is the perfect answer
to critics who claim Young Adult literature is too dark."

-- Stephanie Lawton, author of WANT and
SHRAPNEL

"The Watcher is stunning! A
paranormal romance that you won't want to put down. Voisin will enthrall you
until the very last page."

-- Stephanie Keyes, author, THE STAR
CHILD series

 "Grips the reader, pulls them in and leaves
them cheering for good!"

-- InD'tale Magazine

“The Watcher is my favorite angel
fiction tale yet.”

-- Katrina @Kindred Dreamheart

“This book is phenomenal! I was hooked
in right away and didn't want to stop.”

-- Michelle @Michelle’s Paranormal Vault

About the
Author

A
Canadian-born author, Lisa Voisin spent her childhood daydreaming and making up
stories, but it was her love of reading and writing in her teens that drew her
to Young Adult fiction. In her spare time, she teaches meditation.
So when she's not writing, you'll find her meditating or hiking in the
mountains to counter the side effects of drinking too much coffee. She lives in
Vancouver, B.C. with her fiance and their two cats.

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Book Blitz/Giveaway : Daughter of Isis by Kelsey Ketch

Daughter of Isis (Descendants of Isis, #1)

by Kelsey Ketch

Release Date: 10/26/13

Cover Designed by: Steven Novak

Summary from Goodreads:

“Her mouth parted slightly, waiting for Seth to breathe life into her own body, just like in the story. She wanted him to awaken her senses.”


Their worlds collide in California’s high desert.

The last thing Natara “Natti” Stone wants to do is to start anew at Setemple High School. She wished she had never left London. Yet the brutal murder of her maternal grandmother has made her life very complicated. The only clue related to her murder is an ancient, encrypted necklace Natti discovered after her grandmother’s death. And if trying to adjust to American life is not enough, Natti is being stalked by a mysterious, charming high school senior, Seth O’Keefe, who is annoyingly persistent in his attempts at seduction.


Seth O’Keefe is secretly a member of the Sons of Set, an order that worships the Egyptian god of chaos. Seth’s blessing from Set, his “charm,” never failed, except with one person: Natti Stone. Her ability to elude him infatuates and infuriates him, and he becomes obsessed with the chase. But the closer he gets to her, the more his emotions take a dangerous turn, and he risks breaking one of the most valued covenants of his order. The punishment for which is a fate worse than death.


The adventure this unlikely couple becomes engulfed in could cost them their lives and their souls.


Daughter of Isis Excerpt

“She has always protected our family,” Zofia told her. “And we have always been careful to protect her in return.”

Protected, Natti snorted and picked the box up gently and tilted it upright so she could look at the relief. Then why was her grandmother dead? Murdered in her own home?

She brushed her fingers over the mother-of-pearl feathers of Isis’s wings. Patterns of stars, ankhs, and eyes graced the borders, the mother-of-pearl incasing them in fine lines of shimmering white. Straightening her position on the floor, she leaned her back against the bed frame and studied the figures and images.

As she tipped the box just a bit more, something shifted and clinked against the wood inside. Natti froze. She glanced at her cat, who had stuck her nose over the rim of her fort; her eyes like saucers. Returning her attention back to the cedar box, Natti opened the lid. The maroon, velvet lining greeted her, but nothing more. Natti cocked her head and closed the box again as she thought. She examined the exterior, giving it a small shake. A metallic object scraped and rattled against the wood. A thought hit her, and she looked back inside, this time comparing the interior depth to the height of the exterior.

“Oh shit!” Natti rechecked to make sure her eyes hadn’t failed her. “No, bloody way!”



*Note: Content for Upper YA*

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About the Author

During her high school years, Kelsey Ketch could always be found tucked away in a little corner of the hall or classroom, writing her fantasy worlds and creating illustrations and maps. Today is no different, except now she’s writing in the break room at her office building or at the tables of the Barnes and Noble Café in Cary, North Carolina. She is also an avid reader, a part-time book blogger at Ketch’s Book Nook, and lives with her two orange tabbies and awesome and humorous flat-mate.Daughter of Isis is her debut novel.
For more information, please visit her site at kelseyketch.com.

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Cover Reveal/Giveaway : Music Box by Anya Allyn

Music Box (Dollhouse #4)

by Anya Allyn

Release Date: Fall 2013

Summary from
Goodreads:

Final book of
the series.



Cassie endures her darkest days under the rule of Balthazar. She finds a
passage into the high tower, and comes face to face with the shadowy being
whose presence has haunted her since her first days at the castle of La Falaise
– and she makes an immense and horrifying discovery.

At the museum, the last survivors of a bleak existence are barely holding on.
And the strange Order of Sister Celia make a chilling decision.

Someone very close to Ethan once told him, “When we can fight, we will fight,
and when we can no longer fight, we will endure.”

With time running out, it is time to fight.

About the
Author

Anya Allyn
was born unexpectedly and without proper instructions.

A dreamy girl
betwixt the clouds and space, she was given the thing she desired most for her
tenth birthday–a microscope–and subsequently developed a penchant for small
things: frogs and ants and microbes, and the earth (when viewed from other
planets).

She considers
a mind and body that do not roam free are the living dead.

Anya lives in
a cottage by the sea–and slips in and out of forests and through a day, where
the wild things are ….

She has four
adventure-seeking boys and a bookcase filled with adventures. One day soon, she
plans to head off on adventures of her own…

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Book Blast : Tale of the Messed Up Talent Show (Madison and GA – My Guardian Angel) by Melissa Perry Moraja

About the Book

Title: Tale of the Messed Up Talent Show (Madison and GA - My Guardian Angel)

Author: Melissa Perry Moraja

Publication Date: November 15, 2013

Publisher: Independent - Melissa Productions Inc.

Number of pages: 156

Recommended age: 6-12

 

 

Summary

Madison Wunderkind is a sweet, honest girl, who always seems to find herself in trouble with the principal. But this time she's not alone. It all started three days earlier, when Sophia, the most popular fifth-grade girl at Gator Elementary, asked Madison to hang out and plan this year's talent show. Instantly, Madison had become Little Miss Popular. But what Madison soon discovered was that being Little Miss Popular wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Her best friends were ignoring her. Her brothers were angry at her. And her guardian angel, GA, was irritated by her snobbish attitude. And if things couldn't get more messed up for Madison, everything that could go wrong at the talent show did, sparking Principal Dimples to find out why! Find out what happens at Gator Elementary's Talent Show. Will GA be able to help Madison? Or will Madison become Little Miss Lonely? Also, try and find one of GA's feathers in each picture!

 

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About the Author: Melissa Perry Moraja

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Melissa Perry Moraja, Founder of Melissa Productions, Inc., is an entrepreneurial mom, a multifaceted business woman, a creative producer, and an author/illustrator of numerous modern-fantasy children's books and self-help books. Melissa also has published articles, appeared on television, been interviewed on radio, has spoken in front of hundreds of people, and held workshops at local schools, discussing creative learning, publishing and parenting. Her desire to make a difference in her four young children’s lives inspired her to leave her six-salary career at IBM in 2007 to become a full-time mom and children's author. Melissa spends her personal time coaching soccer and softball, painting, and coming up with fun art projects for her kids. She also blogs for Working Mother blog, has guest blogged for Charlotte Observer Mom's Charlotte, and has her own personal blog at Not Your Ordinary Psychic Mom. Melissa is also committed to building awareness and support for Type 1 Diabetes. Her twin daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes November 4, 2011. To learn more about Madison's type 1 diabetes disease please read Madison's Story.

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Contest runs: November 25 to December 24, 11:59 pm, 2013

Open: Internationally

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Book Blitz : Submerged by Nicole Sobon

Submerged (Outbreak #1)

by Nicole Sobon

Release Date:
02/14/13

Summary from
Goodreads:

After a
mysterious virus makes its way into the United States, the government demands
that states seal themselves off from one another and do their best to protect
their surviving residents. When the state of Florida is bordered off from the
surrounding states, Taylen Fincher, a seventeen-year-old girl with a yearning
for her former life finds herself wondering how much of what they’ve been told
is true.



When Troum took control of the state, he told the residents that the other
states had fallen to the virus and that he wouldn’t allow the same thing to
happen to them. But Taylen doesn’t believe it. She insists that there is still
life outside of the state, and she is going to do whatever it takes to prove
it… but her actions will cost her more than she ever expected.



Troum kidnaps Taylen’s sister, Penelope, in hopes of coaxing her into behaving
– into being a submissive resident, much like the others. But Taylen isn’t one
to give in that easily.



Eager to rescue her sister, Taylen will set out on an adventure that’ll force
her to open her heart to the unexpected and to uncover secrets that will change
everything.


Excerpt #1:
Tears began to pool at the corners of my eyes. It took everything I had to retain my composure. I wasn’t going to break down. I couldn’t. I dropped my gaze to the floor, refusing to acknowledge Troum.
But he wasn’t having it. “What’s the matter, dear? Are you ashamed of your actions?”
Was I ashamed of my actions? Yes. In the beginning, I never thought things would end up like this. All I wanted was to remember what life was like before – to try to reclaim part of what had been taken from me. I never meant for anyone to get hurt, especially not Penelope.
The problem was that I underestimated Troum early on.
He put on a friendly front to the Sectors, doing everything that he could to force their loyalty, but underneath all of that, there was a man desperate for control – more control than he already had. And we were a state full of people in need of stability.
It was a match made in Hell.
He became our stability, and we became his own personal army.




SUBMERGED is the first book in a YA dystopian duology.

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About the Author

Nicole Sobon is the
author of the Emile Reed Chronicles, Capture, No Place Like Home, and various
short stories.

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