Cover Reveal- Martyr by A.R. Kahler

I'm so excited to share with you the cover for Martyr by A.R. Kahler, coming out Oct 14, 2014 from Spencer Hill Press! Keep reading for the cover and to learn more about the book!

Three years have passed since magic destroyed the world.

Those who remain struggle to survive the monsters roaming the streets, fighting back with steel and magic—the very weapons that birthed the Howls in the first place.

Tenn is one such Hunter, a boy with the ability to harness the elements through ancient runes. For years, the Hunters have used this magic to keep the monsters at bay, but it's never been enough to truly win the war. Humans are losing.

When Tenn falls prey to an incubus named Tomás and his terrifying Kin, Tenn learns there's more to this than a fight for survival. He's a pawn in a bigger game, one with devastating consequences. If he doesn't play his part, it could cost him his life, his lover and his world.

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To which charity should A.R. Kahler donate a portion of his proceeds from MARTYR?

UNICEF

The Trevor Project

Water.org

To Write Love on Her Arms

Poll Maker

Alex is many things, but first and foremost, he's a Sagittarius.

In the past few years he's taught circus in Amsterdam and Madrid, gotten madly lost in the Scottish wilderness, drummed with Norse shamans, and received his Masters in creative writing from Glasgow University. And that's the abbreviated list.

He is the author of the tantalizing CIRQUE DES IMMORTELS trilogy, which debuted in 12/12 from 47North. MARTYR, the first book in his post-apocalyptic YA fantasy series, THE HUNTED, will be published 10/14 by Spencer Hill Press.

When he's not writing or climbing in the rafters, he's probably outside, staring at the clouds. And seeing as he now resides in Seattle, there are clouds aplenty.

He can be followed on Twitter @ARKahler or at www.arkahler.com

Cover Reveal- Drowned by Nichola Reilly

DROWNED by Nichola Reilly
published by Harlequin Teen, releasing June 24, 2014

I am so excited to read this book! It sounds amazing- read all about it below!

Coe is one of the few remaining teenagers on the island of Tides. Deformed and weak, she is constantly reminded that in a world where dry land dwindles at every high tide, she is not welcome. The only bright spot in her harsh and difficult life is the strong, capable Tiam—but love has long ago been forgotten by her society. The only priority is survival.

Until the day their King falls ill, leaving no male heir to take his place. Unrest grows, and for reasons Coe cannot comprehend, she is invited into the privileged circle of royal aides. She soon learns that the dying royal is keeping a secret that will change their world forever.

Is there an escape from the horrific nightmare that their island home has become? Coe must race to find the answers and save the people she cares about, before their world and everything they know is lost to the waters.


Advance Praise for DROWNED:

"A resourceful and smart heroine and a society literally on the edge of survival. Take a deep breath, once you start reading you won't be able to stop!" -Maria Snyder, author of Poison Study

"It's difficult to find a really unique premise in today's crowded literary front, but Cyn Balog has done it in Drowned! This is a world like you've never seen before but with themes and issues that strike surprisingly close to home. A society where you literally earn your safety twice a day when the tide comes in and submerges everything? I admit, I wish I'd thought of it first. A thrilling, brilliant read!" -#1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike

"A gripping and romantic tale featuring a truly original heroine facing seemingly insurmountable odds. I loved it!" -- Morgan Rhodes, NYT Bestselling Author of Fallen Kingdoms

About Nichola:

Nichola Reilly spent much of her childhood on the Barrier Islands of New Jersey, where late summer hurricanes would sometimes bring the ocean to her front door. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and daughters, where she dreams of low tide.

Cover Reveal- Bleed Like Me by C. Desir

I've been meaning to read Fault Line by Desir and it just sounds so good, so when I was offered the chance to help reveal the cover of her second book, I jumped at the chance. I love being a part of cover reveals and it's just great.

Here's the synopsis for Bleed Like Me:

"Seventeen-year-old Amelia Gannon is overwhelmed. Her parents are pre-occupied with her high-needs adopted brothers, her best friend is more interested in bumming cigarettes than bonding, and her job at the hardware store feels more and more like a life sentence. She finds an escape in troubled new guy, Michael Brooks. He's obnoxious, possessive, and addictive. Gannon lets him insert himself into her life, and Brooks is just as addicted to her as she is to him. Swept into an intense relationship, their passion ultimately becomes dangerous to them both."


and here's the beautifully simple cover:

What do you all think? I absolutely love it. Bleed Like Me will be released in Fall 2014. Desir's debut Fault Line is in stores now.

Cover Reveal- Trust in Me by J. Lynn

I have an exciting cover reveal for you all today- the upcoming novella Trust in Me by J. Lynn, out on October 22! Before I show it off though, read the sexy description:

It’s Wait for You as you’ve never seen it. Trust in Me lets you in on Cam’s side of the #1 New York Times Bestselling story.

Cameron Hamilton is used to getting what he wants, especially when it comes to women. But when Avery Morgansten comes crashing into his life – literally – he finally meets the one person who can resist his soulful baby blues. But Cam’s not ready to give up. He can’t get the feisty and intriguing girl out of his head.

Avery has secrets, secrets that keep her from admitting the feelings Cam knows she has for him. Will persistence (and some delicious homemade cookies) help him break down her barriers and gain her trust? Or will he be shut out of Avery's life, losing his first real shot at the kind of love that lasts forever?



And now, the cover:

and there's a great giveaway going along with it!

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Cover Reveal- A Little Too Far by Lisa Desrochers + Giveaway!

So a couple weeks ago, I helped reveal the cover of A Little Too Far by Lisa Desrochers. Well, they scrapped the old cover and we're doing another cover reveal today. Here's the new, sexier cover, which I'm told is inspired by a scene in the novel:

Have you ever gone just a little too far?

Lexie Banks has.

Yep. She just had mind-blowing sex with her stepbrother.In her defense, she was on the rebound, and it’s more of a my-dad-happened-to-marry-a-woman-with-a-super-hot-son situation. But still, he’s been her best friend and confidant for better part of the last few years…and is so off limits. It’s a good thing she’s leaving in two days for a year abroad in Rome.But even thousands of miles away, Lexie can’t seem to escape trouble. Raised Catholic, she goes to Confession in hopes of alleviating some of her guilt…and maybe not burning in hell. Instead, she stumbles out of the confessional right into Alessandro Moretti, a young and very easy on the eyes deacon…only eight months away from becoming a priest. As Lexie and Alessandro grow closer, and when Alessandro’s signals start changing despite his vow of celibacy, she doesn’t know what to think. She’s torn between falling in love with the man she shouldn’t want and the man she can’t have. And she isn’t sure how she can live with herself either way.

"More than a ridiculously sexy, HOT read, Desrochers takes you on a wild ride of self-discovery and bittersweet romance." —Jennifer L. Armentrout (J. Lynn), New York Times bestselling author of Wait for You.

The book goes on sale September 17 and you can pre-order at these places: iBookstore, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon


Here's an excerpt from the book:

Sneak Peek of A LITTLE TOO FAR by Lisa Desrochers

And an awesome giveaway!

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Cover Reveal- A Little Too Far by Lisa Desrochers

I only just heard about this book the other day but I am so excited for it because I love Lisa so much. Her Personal Demons trilogy was fabulous and I can't wait to read this New Adult title from her, which will be out later this year (with the sequel just two months later, I believe)! Here's the synopsis and links to pre-order, then the cover, and then a giveaway!


SYNOPSIS:

Have you ever gone just a little too far?

Lexie Banks has.

Yep. She just had mind-blowing sex with her stepbrother.In her defense, she was on the rebound, and it’s more of a my-dad-happened-to-marry-a-woman-with-a-super-hot-son situation. But still, he’s been her best friend and confidant for better part of the last few years…and is so off limits. It’s a good thing she’s leaving in two days for a year abroad in Rome.But even thousands of miles away, Lexie can’t seem to escape trouble. Raised Catholic, she goes to Confession in hopes of alleviating some of her guilt…and maybe not burning in hell. Instead, she stumbles out of the confessional right into Alessandro Moretti, a young and very easy on the eyes deacon…only eight months away from becoming a priest. As Lexie and Alessandro grow closer, and when Alessandro’s signals start changing despite his vow of celibacy, she doesn’t know what to think. She’s torn between falling in love with the man she shouldn’t want and the man she can’t have. And she isn’t sure how she can live with herself either way.

—"More than a ridiculously sexy, HOT read, Desrochers takes you on a wild ride of self-discovery and bittersweet romance." —Jennifer L. Armentrout (J. Lynn), New York Times bestselling author of Wait for You

Here's the sexy cover:

I trace a finger along the lines of the tattoo over his heart—the kanji symbol for knowledge—as he grasps my thighs and rolls his hips underneath me.
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Cover Reveal + Contest- Everything Breaks by Vicki Grove

Hey everyone! I'm stoked to be helping unveil the cover of this great-sounding book coming out later this year. Read a bit about it, then scroll down for the cover:

Snippet from book:

There was a lot more that I wanted to tell her, like that everything in this beautiful treasure house of a world breaks, and sometimes things break so bad, all you can do is hope to get your heart to stop bleeding long enough for you to sift through the ashes so you can try to gain some slight understanding. But some things that break real bad can be mended if you’re lucky enough to have someone on your side with a ton of glue who won’t give up.

Synopsis:

Tucker was supposed to be the designated driver. But there was something about the beauty of that last true summer night, that made him want to feel out-of-control just once. He drank so much and so quickly that he was instantly sick. That left Trey to drive. "I'll catch up to you later," were the last words Tucker would ever say to his friends as he heaved by the side of the road. It was the last time Tucker would ever see them alive.

Tucker’s grief and guilt are just about unbearable and he wonders how he can continue living himself. When he meets the Ferryman who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers that divide the world of the living from the world of the dead, Tucker gets a chance to decide: live or die. The temptation to join his three best friends on the other side may be too much for Tucker to overcome. A gripping, haunting and emotional read.



Isn't it an interesting cover? I'm intrigued by all the elements of it and can't wait to get it in my hands. You all have a chance to get it in your hands too. Penguin is offering one advance copy for me to give away here on the blog! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by Monday, April 22 at 9pm EST and you're entered! Leave your email address in your comment if it can't be easily found (i.e. on your Blogger profile or on your blog, if you have one). To gain additional entries, leave a substantial comment (basically not "Commenting for contest!") on either of these posts- Shadow Girl blog tour and 17&Gone blog tour

Here's an interview with the author:

1) How did you get the idea for Everything Breaks?

I'd have to say it came as just about all the ideas for my stories and books come, from a memory. I mean, I've always filed away the strange and somewhat unexplainable events of my life in hopes of detailing them out through my writing at some point, excavating them. When I was in high school three boys in my class drank some beers then missed a curve on a high bluff road and drove right into oblivion. They were in my fantasy car, even to this day~ a 1967 cherry red Mustang convertible. There was a triple closed casket funeral for them, but halfway through the service one of their mothers insisted on having her son's casket opened. I believe we juniors were getting into the drama of the thing a bit much for her taste, and I'll certainly never forget how George looked after going down a limestone bluff headfirst. I used all of this almost unchanged in the first chapters of the book, only adding a survivor, my protagonist, Tucker.

Things get very weird for Tucker thereafter. This is my first attempt at long supernatural fiction, though I've written a few short stories in the genre. The dog on the cover is Cerberus, guardian of the Underworld.


2) Are you currently working on something? Can you tell us anything about it?

Thanks for asking about my current project. I'm finishing up a historical novel set in 11th century England, and stirring around a Romeo and Juliet love story between a Missouri farm boy and a migrant girl whose family is settling out in his community after finding employment at the new, and controversial, corporate chicken farm.


3) What's your favorite Jelly Belly jelly bean flavor(s)? Or, if you don't like those, a favorite snack to have while writing or as a reward for writing?

I like those buttered popcorn Jelly Bellys. Or is it Jelly Bellies? Almighty spellcheck says it's the latter.


4) What book(s) are you currently reading, or are about to start?

Let me go check. Okay, here are the books I've got opened or bookmarked around the house. Margaret Drabbles' The Sea Lady (English author, adult). A biography of Chopin (I just started taking piano lessons last year!). Veda Boyd Jones' excellent e-book Joe's Ghost (adult or YA). Okay, let me admit something that I just now realized. I love to read character-based YA fiction but I'm not reading any at the moment and I think that's because when I'm finishing one of my own projects, it's too intimidating!

Contest for the 3:59 Cover Reveal

(Note: I completely stole this entire post from Gretchen's blog. It was easier that way, lol.)

It's coming.

*cue JAWS music*


February 13, 2013 at exactly 3:59pm EST (get it? get it?), the cover for 3:59 will go live at Me, My Shelf and I.

And there is going to be an EPIC contest attached. Details in a moment, but for now, do you want a teaser? I know you do....

That's it. That's all you get until next week.

3:59 Cover Reveal Contest!

Amber from Me, My Shelf and I and I (okay that made me giggle), wanted to make this cover reveal as massive as possible. So we have devised a multi-tiered contest to go along with it. Here's what we're looking at:


One (1) Grand Prize winner will win a signed, annotated unbound galley of 3:59

One (1) Runner Up will win the first signed ARC of 3:59 (out sometime in March)

The first five (5) commenters on the reveal post on February 13th at Me, My Shelf and I (not here! not now!) will win a signed copy of the first chapter of 3:59 from the unbound galleys.

The first twenty (20) commenters on the reveal post on February 13th at Me, My Shelf and I (not here! not now!) will win signed 3:59 bookmarks

And IF the cover reveal post reaches 5,000 page views, I will add three (3) additional signed ARCs to the booty, the first ten (10) commenters will win signed copies of the first chapter, and the first forty (40) commenters will get signed bookmarks

Yep, more entries = more prizes, so the more you spread the word, the better it is for everyone.

How about if we sweeten the deal further and tell you that spreading the word about the upcoming cover reveal could win you something RIGHT NOW!? A little something to tide you over until all those awesome prizes above are available?

Use the Rafflecopter below (click on the link to go to Gretchen's blog for the Rafflecopter) to tell us how you spread the word about the upcoming cover reveal and giveaways and you could win:


ONE Official 3:59 T-shirt, size Large (in either a Men’s or Woman’s fit, winner's choice)

Must be 13+ to Enter

Shipping In US and Canada Only

*t-shirt in photo is a sample to show the design. You will not receive this exact t-shirt*

So go and enter the contest!

Cover Reveal- Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton

Today The Mod Podge Bookshelf and Mod Podge Blog Tours are hosting Kelsey Sutton's Some Quiet Place cover reveal!

Summary:

Elizabeth Caldwell has perfected the art of pretending to feel emotion, but it’s always a lie. After a near-fatal car accident when she was a small child, Elizabeth lost the ability to feel any emotion, but along with that loss she gained bizarre abilities: she can see the personified Emotions she cannot feel.  Fury, Resentment, Longing—they’ve all given up on her, because she doesn't succumb to their touch. All, that is, save one. Fear. He’s consumed by the mystery of Elizabeth’s past, consumed by her.

And then there are Elizabeth's cryptic, recurring dreams, in which there’s always love, and there’s always death. Haunted by these dreams, Elizabeth paints them, knowing that they somehow hold the key to the mystery of her past. 

But a shadowy menace is stalking Elizabeth.  Her survival depends on uncovering the truth about herself.  And when it matters most, she won’t be able to rely on Fear to save her.

Kelsey is very enthusiastic about her debut novel's cover; here is what she has to say about the design:

"It is gorgeous, eerie, and maybe a little strange. I love how much relevance it has to the story, as well. The farmland in the background, the town, the stormy sky, the leaves, the way the girl is vanishing. The point is, I am in love. Hope you adore it as much as I do."

 What relevance is she talking about? 

Enter to win a Pre-Order of Some Quiet Place below to find out!!!

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Cover Reveal- Solstice by P.J. Hoover

I have the pleasure of revealing the new cover for Solstice by P.J. Hoover, which is coming out from Tor Teen in June 2013! First off, here's the synopsis:

Each day brings hotter temperatures and heat bubbles that threaten to destroy the earth. Amid this global heating crisis, Piper lives under the oppressive rule of her mother, who suffocates her even more than the weather does. Everything changes on her eighteenth birthday, when her mother is called away on a mysterious errand and Piper seizes her first opportunity for freedom.

Piper discovers a universe she never knew existed— a sphere of gods and monsters—and realizes that her world is not the only one in crisis. While gods battle for control of the Underworld, Piper’s life spirals out of control as she struggles to find the answer to the secret that has been kept from her since birth.

An imaginative melding of mythology and dystopia, Solstice is the first YA novel by talented newcomer P. J. Hoover.

P. J. Hoover first fell in love with Greek mythology in sixth grade thanks to the book Mythology by Edith Hamilton. After a fifteen year bout as an electrical engineer designing computer chips for a living, P. J. decided to take her own stab at mythology and started writing books for kids and teens. When not writing, P. J. spends time with her husband and two kids and enjoys practicing kung fu, solving Rubik's cubes, and watching Star Trek.


Alright, I know you're ready for the cover now so here it is:

“Solstice is one red-hot read—it intrigues, sizzles, and satisfies.” —Cynthia Leitich Smith, New York Times bestselling author

You can find out more about P.J. and the book by checking out her website, blog, facebook pages (personal and fan), and her Twitter. Don't forget to add Solstice to your GoodReads too!

Cover Reveal- Senshi by Cole Gibsen

I've got a great cover to reveal to you guys today. It's the sequel to Katana by Cole Gibsen and it's titled Senshi, set for release in March 2013!!

Are you ready to see it?

Isn't it awesome?! I love it.

Not only am I helping to reveal the cover, but I also have an INTERNATIONAL GIVEAWAY too, courtesy of the author Cole Gibsen!

Cole runs her own Etsy shop and 1 winner gets their choice of something from the shop! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post by Thursday, August 2 at 9pm EST. Like I said before, this is an international giveaway so anyone can enter! Good luck to all!

Cover Reveal + Giveaway- Black City by Elizabeth Richards

Today, I have a great cover reveal and giveaway for you! It's of Black City by Elizabeth Richards, which will be published by Penguin on November 13, 2012! Here's the summary, followed by the author's bio:

A dark and tender postapocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war

In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable— they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection, that causes Ash’s long dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they’re caught they’ll be executed— but their feelings are too strong. When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.



Elizabeth Richards is an award-winning journalist and debut author, who spent her early career writing for videogame publications such as CUBE, P2 and GamesTM, and now works as a website editor. Previously, she ran a successful lifestyle website aimed at teenage girls. She won the Jane Hayward Young Journalist of the Year award for her feature on girls in the games industry, and was named 'Editor's Choice' in the industry trade magazine, MCV. She lives in Buckinghamshire, England and can be found online at www.theredpenofdoom.wordpress.com


OK so you want the cover? Here it is:

Isn't it gorgeous?! You have the opportunity to win a copy here! This copy has been donated through the generosity of Penguin. All you have to do is comment on this post by Thursday, March 8 at 9pm EST. It is an INTERNATIONAL GIVEAWAY FOR A PHYSICAL ARC so ANYONE can enter!

Galley winners from each of the cover reveal blogs will also get a chance to win one of 5 exclusive and personalized drawings of the main characters— Ash and Natalie— drawn and autographed by the author. See below for a sample drawing. The finished drawing will be more polished and each one will be just a bit different, so each winner will receive an original and unique image. Winners of the drawings will be chosen blindly and randomly by the author.

That's not all though. I've also got the first chapter for you guys (link courtesy of The Story Siren because I suck at making these sorts of things; I was gonna copy and paste- not good). Enjoy!

How cool is that? So go ahead and enter below, and if you don't have a blogger profile with an email address that I can easily see, please include your email address in your comment. Good luck to all!

Cover Reveal- Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt!

I've got a great cover reveal for you today! It's for Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt, an April 2012 release (tentative) from Entangled Publishing. Let's take a look at this gorgeous cover (you can click on it for a bigger view, I think)):

Doesn't it look amazing?! And the summary looks really good as well-

What if you were mankind’s last chance at survival?

Sixteen-year-old Tess lives in a compound in what was once the Western United States, now decimated after a devastating fourth World War. But long before that, life as we knew it had been irrevocably changed, as women mysteriously lost the ability to bring forth life. Faced with the extinction of the human race, the government began the Council of Creators, meant to search out alternative methods of creating life. The resulting artificial human beings, or Chosen Ones, were extraordinarily beautiful, unbelievably strong, and unabashedly deadly.

Life is bleak, but uncomplicated for Tess as she follows the rigid rules of her dystopian society, until the day she begins work at Templeton, the training facility for newly created Chosen Ones. There, she meets James, a Chosen One whose odd love of music and reading rivals only her own. The attraction between the two is immediate in its intensity—and overwhelming in its danger.

But there is more to the goings-on at Templeton than Tess ever knew, and as the veil is lifted from her eyes, she uncovers a dark underground movement bent not on taking down the Chosen Ones, but the Council itself. Will Tess be able to stand up to those who would oppress her, even if it means giving up the only happiness in her life?


You can add the book on GoodReads. So what do you all think? Chosen Ones is the first in a dystopian trilogy.

Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs Cover Reveal!

Here's the cover for Tera Lynn Childs' upcoming book Sweet Venom, which is the first book in the Medusa Girls trilogy:


Three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned by myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in a world where monsters lurk in plain sight.

The tentative release date is October 4, 2011. You can add it on GoodReads or like it on Facebook! To find out more about the book and series, go to Tera's website. So enough with all the links; isn't the cover gorgeous?! I can't wait to read the book- it sounds amazing! What do you all think?

Original Sin by Lisa Desrochers Cover Reveal!

The cover for Original Sin by Lisa Desrochers, the sequel to Personal Demons, is out now!!



Isn't that cover gorgeous?! I love the blue and that we get to see a close-up of the sexy Gabe (he's totally mine!) and I can't wait to read it- the book will be out July 5, 2011! You can go to Lisa's blog and enter the Cover Reveal Contest. All you have to do is fill out the form with the Original Sin tagline ("Is Anyone Above Temptation?") and the blog you found it at (Book Chic!). Once you do that, you'll be entered to win an ARC of Original Sin as soon as she gets copies in, which should be within the next two months! Also, by commenting here on this post (just once), you get an extra entry! I moderate all comments and usually get to them quickly so just check back in a few hours to make sure your comment got through! Good luck to all!

To find out more about Lisa and her debut Personal Demons, go to these links:

My interview with Lisa
My review of Personal Demons
An excerpt vlog for Personal Demons