RELEASE DAY BOOK BLITZ: Atlantis Rising by Gloria Craw

Atlantis Rising

by Gloria Craw

Release Date: 01/06/15

Entangled Teen

352 pages

Summary from Goodreads:

I am different. I have always been different, but no one can know or my life will be in danger. So I hide in plain sight, wearing drab clothes and thick glasses and trying to be invisible. I’m so good at hiding, no one has ever noticed me. Until Ian…the mysterious and oh-so-cute boy I know I need to avoid.

Now I have been seen. And more terrifying still, I am wanted—by those who would protect me and those who would destroy everything and everyone I love. But if they’re all terrified about who I am, wait until they see what I can do…

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About the Author

Gloria Craw grew up in the desert southwest, inspired every day by the wide skies and rich colors around her. After high school, she attended the University of Utah where she majored and got a degree in anthropology. These days, she lives in the ‘burbs’ just outside of Seattle, Washington where she is the shepherd of a husband, four daughters and a very hairy dog. 

  

Name:  Alison McKye

Clan:  Laurel

Joining:  Thoughtmaker

Age: 17

From: Las Vegas, Nevada

Likes:     Books

Her car

Worn Jeans

Video Games

Imagine Dragons

Dislikes:   Her mother’s cooking

Eye shadow

Captain America

Public Speaking

About Alison:

She was found abandon in a state hospital when she was three. She spent five years in foster care before being adopted by the McKye family. She can join a human’s mind to implant thoughts. She has incredible power but is still learning to use it. Because she was abandoned as a child, she has difficulty trusting people. She is very smart and courageous. She doesn’t back down from a challenge.

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Blog Tour [Character Profile] Ruination (Worlds Apart #1) by Amanda Thome

Ruination (Worlds Apart #1)

by Amanda Thome 

Release Date: 04/15/14

Summary from Goodreads:

What if everything came down to a single test? If your life was defined at seventeen, could you handle it? Could you accept your fate leaving the ones you love, or would you risk it all and stay?

One test stands between Vanessa and Central. One chance to make the leap across the walls to a better life. At seventeen, Central considers Vanessa an adult. Her labor role, marriage, and housing divisions will be dictated by her performance on the leap.

Dedication and unfaltering friendship has bonded Vanessa to Garrett as they fight for their chance to leap into Central. But what happens when love overtakes reason? When defiance in the name of love creates an unintentional fracture in their nation.

Without warning Vanessa is at the mercy of the nation that’s supposed to protect her. Exiled and abandoned she must fight but she find’s she’s not alone. With her heart divided she seeks her revenge, but will her stand be enough?

Ruination is the next YA dystopian trilogy that will hook you from the start! If you liked Veronica Roth's Divergent series or Suzanne Collins Hunger Games series then be prepared to get addicted to Ruination.

CHARACTER PROFILE

Name: Nessa (Vanessa) Hollins 

Age: 17 

Appearance: Tall, fair skin, arctic blue eyes, long auburn-brown hair

Likes: 

> Challenges: No matter what the situation Nessa sees the possibilities and takes the risks to get there. 

>The Ocean: While she’s never seen one, her childhood caregiver told her stories about the ocean that captivated Nessa’s imagination.

>Warm summer days: Why wouldn’t she when the majority of her days were spent along a secluded river-bed next to her first love.

Dislikes:

> Healing: It’s her worst subject, and something she’s not proud to admit.

> Fire: It’s no surprise considering her near-death experience with it.

>Natalie: From her forced sing-song voice to her threats of death and war-there’s so many reasons to hate her.

Personality:

Nessa was forced to take on the roles and responsibility of a mother at the young age of five. That after her own mother died giving birth to her sister Emma. From that day on Nessa became the constant in Emma’s life. Nessa grew-up taking responsibility for her own education, life, and that of Emma’s. Nessa is smart, strong, independent minded and can be stubborn at times which leads to her near death encounters. 

About the Author
Amanda Thome is the Author of Ruination, book one in the Worlds Apart dystopian trilogy. Amanda grew up in Maine and later moved to Pennsylvania where she obtained her bachelor’s degree from Ursinus College. She later received her doctorate degree in Physical Therapy from Columbia University. Amanda currently resides in San Antonio, TX with her husband Clint.

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BOOK TOUR ~ Character Profile + Giveaway: The Girl and the Clockwork Cat by Nikki McCormack

The Girl and the Clockwork Cat

by Nikki McCormack 

Release Date: 09/02/14

Entangled Teen

Summary from Goodreads:

Feisty teenage thief Maeko and her maybe-more-than-friend Chaff have scraped out an existence in Victorian London’s gritty streets, but after a near-disastrous heist leads her to a mysterious clockwork cat and two dead bodies, she’s thrust into a murder mystery that may cost her everything she holds dear.

Her only allies are Chaff, the cat, and Ash, the son of the only murder suspect, who offers her enough money to finally get off the streets if she’ll help him find the real killer.

What starts as a simple search ultimately reveals a conspiracy stretching across the entire city. And as Maeko and Chaff discover feelings for each other neither was prepared to admit, she’s forced to choose whether she’ll stay with him or finally escape the life of a street rat. But with danger closing in around them, the only way any of them will get out of this alive is if all of them work together.

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Character Profile

Name: Chaff (This is his street name. He doesn’t share his real name.)

Age: 19

Birthplace: Somewhere in London

The Good Things: Chaff grew up on the streets. He doesn’t mind that many people look down on his kind and gets a certain delight out of using experience and cunning to relieve them of their riches. The thing that makes life on the streets most tolerable and sometimes even fun is his favorite apprentice, Maeko. He loves saying her name wrong to get under her skin. His greatest pleasure has been watching Maeko grow in skill as a thief, in confidence as a self-sufficient person, and in shape and beauty as a young woman.

The Not So Good Things: Chaff despises elitist Literati, especially their law enforcement, though he has to admit, they keep life exciting. He has little patience for folks who think being born with privilege gives them the right to mistreat those who aren’t so lucky and even less for those who think being born without it gives them the right to be cruel. He hates that he can’t let anyone know how he feels about Maeko because his rivals on the street might try to use her against him almost as much as he hates Ash for not having that restriction.

Nikki started writing her first novel at the age of 12, which she still has tucked in a briefcase in her home office, waiting for the right moment. Despite a successful short story publication with Cricket Magazine in 2007, she continued to treat her writing addiction as a hobby until a drop in the economy presented her with an abundance of free time that she used to focus on making it her career.

Nikki lives in the magnificent Pacific Northwest tending to her husband and three cats suffering varying stages of neurosis. She feeds her imagination by sitting on the ocean in her kayak gazing out across the never-ending water or hanging from a rope in a cave, embraced by darkness and the sound of dripping water. She finds peace through practicing iaido or shooting her longbow.

   

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GUEST POST & TRAILER + Giveaway: Carnelian (Chalcedony Chronicles #1) by B. Kristin McMichael

Carnelian (Chalcedony Chronicles #1)
by B. Kristin McMichael
Release Date: 02/01/14
200 pages

Summary from Goodreads:
Everyone has a past, but for most it isn’t as long ago as Seth Sangre. His past is literally thousands of years ago. Seth’s life led him to the present seeking something that might help him save his country from destruction. He has been in the present for over three years now and just found exactly what he has been looking for.

Mari had dreams that college will be a fresh start, one where she would start over and not fall for the good looking player like high school. Unfortunately for her, that’s exactly what ends up falling into her lap on the first day she moves into the dorms. Now she has to hold to her promise to herself and not fall for the handsome Seth. But he doesn’t plan to make it easy for her. Seth has already marked her as his next conquest. As the semester progresses, Mari learns that Seth might just have a life of his own that’s actually from the past.

Suddenly Mari finds her future along with her past put into question. She’s connected to Seth far more than she ever wanted to be and maybe the player isn’t who she thought he was. If Mari can trust her heart enough to follow him, Seth will lead Mari on an adventure of a lifetime and reveal family secrets she never knew existed.

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Carnelian Main Character Profiles

Seth Sangre

Born: In rural India (or so his college application says)

Age: 19

Year in College: Second year

Major: Undecided

Likes:

-Girls

-Football

-Girls

Goal in life: To find the one he was destined to find

About Seth: Seth Sangre is a player. He has been through many girlfriends (over a couple dozen in the past few years alone). He focuses his time mainly on hanging with his two brothers and playing football. He is the football quarterback at Morton Carroll College. Life revolves around sports and finding a girl that will answer his prayers. His background is a bit hazy, he was adopted from India and homeschooled until his junior year in high school. He was adopted by a very wealthy man and thus no one had ever questioned his background.

Marcella (Mari) Navina

Born: In Chicago IL

Age: 18

Year in College: first year

Major: Art History and Anthropology

Likes:

-Science and looking for answers

-Freedom of making choices

-Any color that is not the bright red her curls are

Goal in life: To live a little before graduating and joining her grandfather in his historical artifact appraisal business

About Mari: Mari is a new freshman at college and is looking forward to the freedom of getting away from her life in Chicago. While it is scary to start over six hours away from home, Mari is actually happy to do so. Her life and future have been planned since she was a little kid and the freedom of college is her only, and last chance to be independent. While she does not look forward to joining the family business, her mother and grandfather are all she has, and she will continue the family business once she graduates. College will be the only four years of her life to have an adventure and she just might find a great one if she can let go of old feelings of distrust in the male species.

About the Author:

Originally from Wisconsin, B. Kristin currently resides in Ohio with her husband, two small children, and three cats. When not doing the mom thing of chasing kids, baking cookies, and playing outside, she is using her PhD in biology as a scientist. In her free time she is currently hard at work on multiple novels. Every day is a new writing adventure. She is a fan of all YA/NA fantasy and science fiction.

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BOOK TOUR [Character Profile + Giveaway!] WILL THE REAL ABI SAUNDERS PLEASE STAND UP by Sara Hantz

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WILL THE REAL ABI SAUNDERS PLEASE STAND UP
by Sara Hantz
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Genre: YA Contemporary Romance


Book Synopsis:
Abi Saunders might be a kickboxing champion, but when it comes to being the center of attention, she’d rather take a roundhouse kick to the solar plexus any day. So when her trainer convinces her to audition to be the stunt double for hot teen starlet Tilly Watson, Abi is shocked—and a little freaked out—when she gets the job.

Being a stunt double is overwhelming, but once the wig and makeup are on, Abi feels like a different person. Tilly Watson, to be exact. And when Tilly’s gorgeous boyfriend, Jon, mistakes Abi for the real star, Abi's completely smitten. In fact, she’s so in love with her new life, it isn’t long before she doesn’t have time for her old one.

But when the cameras are turned off, will she discover running with the Hollywood A-list isn’t quite the glamorous existence she thought it was?

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CHARACTER PROFILE

Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up?

Character: Abi

Full Name: Abigail Saunders

Age: 18 years old

Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska

Likes:

• Kickboxing at the Dojo.

• Matt, her best friend and secret crush.

• Liv, her other best friend.

• Hanging out at her favorite café drinking coffee and eating cinnamon rolls.

• Going to the movies, especially anything with Tilly Watson starring.

Dislikes:

• Meeting new people.

• Drama lessons at school.

• People who tease her because of her stutter.

• Making decisions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sara Hantz comes from the UK and now lives in Australia (via ten years in New Zealand). Sara lectured for many years before deciding to devote more time to her writing and working in the family business. She has two grown-up children and, when not writing or working, she spends more time than most people she knows watching TV--in fact if TV watching were an Olympic sport she'd win gold. She is also the author of In the Blood and The Second Virginity of Suzy Green. You can find Sara on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahantzauthor?ref=hl Twitter: @sarahantz Her website www.sarahantz.com and on Goodreads.

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