Friday, June 21, 2013

Book Tour [Excerpt + GIVEAWAY!!] HIDDEN by M. Lathan

Hidden
Sienna snatched last week’s Chemistry test from my desk. I hadn’t turned it over. I knew it was a D minus.

She cackled and passed it around.

“Leah, you would think someone who spends most of her time alone would have better grades,” she said. Her birds laughed on cue. “What do you do all day? Obviously not study.” She gasped slowly like she’d gotten a revelation in that blonde head of hers. “You fantasize about us, don’t you? You probably sleep in Whit’s old bed to feel close to her.”

Laughter spread around the room like an airborne disease. Disease. I shivered. That was an intriguing thought; I could almost hear the sound their bodies would make against the floor when it hit.

“Leah, come on. Say something. Scream at me, it’s been a while. At least cry,” Sienna said, laughing and leaning into my desk, closer to danger.

I didn’t cry. I never cry. And if I were going to, it wouldn’t be because of Sienna. I had bigger problems. I’d just broken a promise I’d made to God to not think about hurting His people, His children. And today was not the day to piss Him off.

My old roommate, Whitney Nguyen, graciously returned my test as she cackled with the rest of the birds. She liked the idea of me pining over her, but she knew I didn’t spend my free time thinking about her or sleeping in her old bed. After fourteen years of hard labor as my roommate, she’d given up on being friends or me being remotely normal. The current theory to explain my oddness was that I was in love with all of the girls and consumed by lust.

As long as they didn’t know it was magic.


HIDDEN
by M. Lathan

BLURB:

 Sixteen-year-old Leah Grant has given up on being normal. She’d settle for stopping the voices in her head, intrusive visions of the future, and better odds of making it to her seventeenth birthday.

That’s the thing about pretending to be human in a world where magic used to exist – at any moment, her cover could be blown and she’ll be burned to death like the rest of the witches.

Everything changes when she loses control of her powers and flees the orphanage she grew up in. She desperately wants to be invisible but finds her face plastered on every news channel as humans panic over the possible resurgence of her kind. And now the hunters won’t give up until they find her.

Making friends for the first time in her life and falling in love with one of them drives her to discover why she is unlike any being she’s ever met – human or otherwise. The dangerous powers inside of her that would repel Nathan, her new, handsome reason for living, are priceless to some. The locked up forever kind of priceless. And to others, they are too dangerous to allow her to live.

Let’s hope she can stay hidden.



M. Lathan lives in San Antonio with her husband and mini-schnauzer. She enjoys writing and has a B.S. in Psych and a Masters in Counseling. Her passion is a blend of her two interests – creating new worlds and stocking them with crazy people. She enjoys reading anything with interesting characters and writing in front of a window while asking rhetorical questions … like her idol Carrie Bradshaw.



Website: mlathan.com | Twitter: @hiddenseries | Pinterest
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14 comments:

Nara said...

Sounds like an interesting book. I'll have to add it to my to-read list. I would like the Amazon GC. Thanks for the giveaway!

Unknown said...

Amazon GC

Unknown said...

Thanks for stopping on my tour Nara! Good luck in the giveaway!

Unknown said...

Thanks for hosting!!

Goddess Fish Promotions said...

Thank you for hosting

Rita Wray said...

I love the premise of the story, it sounds great.

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Unknown said...

Thanks you! You can check it out for free on amazon, Barnes and noble and kobo! Good luck in the giveaway :)

Karen H said...

Well, it’s Friday. Had fun following you around this week and looking forward to more good stuff next week. Have a great weekend!
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Anonymous said...

Heading to Amazon now, thanks so much!

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MomJane said...

Can't help feeling sorry for her. Exciting excerpt.

Mary Preston said...

I agree about HIDDEN sounding very interesting.

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swimwriteliv said...

Amazon giftcard please! Thanks for the giveaway, can't wait to read Hidden!

Brooke Showalter said...

The book sounds great! I really like the cover. I would like the Amazon gift card. Thanks so much!

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Mickala said...

Amazon please. Thanks so much for the amazing giveaway!
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