Book Tour & Giveaway For PASSING STRANGE: THE WELL By P.W. Creighton

Passing Strange: The Well

Passing Strange #1

P.W. Creighton

Genre: YA, Mystery-Horror-Suspense

Date of Publication: Sept 2, 2017

ISBN: 978-1522029151

ASIN: B075BJJ1S7

Number of pages: 220 Digital/ 303 Print

Cover Artist: For The Muse Designs

 Parrish Cove Secrets Run Deep...

For Fourteen-year-old Aidan Reynolds, the archaeological dig at the Parrish Cove historical society is the only thing making the summer interesting.

That is until he meets Maddie, an unusual girl who has just moved to town and is convinced that there is more to the local legends surrounding the historical society than even he knows.  While Aidan may not believe her, the strange artifacts that are recovered from the dig force them into exploring the dark, twisted history of Parrish Cove and its strange doctor...a man who vanished over a century ago.

Together, they uncover a town secret that has been forgotten for centuries, and discover that there are some things that should stay buried.

Amazon Paperback      Amazon Kindle

Excerpt:

…The officer 

started us back into the plaza at a 

rapid walk. His clomping steps on the brick

walkway, and the heavy jingling of his belt gave 

an air of strength. Although 

Maddie was glued to 

my side, I could feel her gaining confidence with each

step. We were probably running from a dog again.

“Here,” I said, 

and started us back down the alley 

past the Custom House.

“Did you see the 

animal?” The officer asked.

“Yeah,” Maddie 

responded.

“No,” I 

corrected with glance at her. 

“It was fast.”

The officer 

clicked on his huge flashlight, casting 

a blinding light down the alley ahead

of us. He quickly turned the light down the side 

alleys as we passed them to 

check for motion. 

It  

only lasted a moment before he swept the back 

ahead of us 

over the dumpsters and piles of 

cardboard lining the alley. The beam was so 

bright that it was possible to illuminate the brick walls on both sides.

Everything changed the moment we emerged into the park.

Born in California, he has spent most of his life traveling throughout the US. Drawing inspiration from his many adventures, turning that strange reality into fiction.

Over the years, he has found himself in many unusual situations, ranging from hanging off an 80 foot cliff-face in New York, to sailing off the coast of Salem, Massachusetts. He has hosted archaeological excavations, and have even reported from the middle of a police stand-off.

When a teacher asked him in the second grade what he wanted to be when he grew up, he didn't have an answer. To be honest, he still doesn't know. He just lets his characters make that decision.

Site - http://www.pwcreighton.com/

Blog - http://www.pwcreighton.com/surveillance-report/

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/AuthorPW/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/RavenRequiem13

Instagram - http://instagram.com/ravenrequiem13

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5625997.P_W_Creighton

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Release Week Blitz & Giveaway For NEVER APART By Romily Bernard

Welcome to the Release Week Blitz for

Never Apart by Romily Bernard

presented by Entangled Teen!

Grab your copy today!

Congratulations Romily!

Never Apart by Romily Bernard
Publication Date: October 3, 2017Publisher: Entangled Teen 

How many times would you die for love?

What if you had to relive the same five days over and over?

And what if at the end of it, your boyfriend is killed…

And you have to watch. Every time.

You don’t know why you’re stuck in this nightmare.

But you do know that these are the rules you now live by:

Wake Up.

Run.

Die.

Repeat.

Now, the only way to escape this loop is to attempt something crazy. Something dangerous. Something completely unexpected. This time…you’re not going to run.

Combining heart-pounding romance and a thrilling mystery Never Apart is a stunning story you won’t soon forget.

GR

Amazon | Amazon Australia | Amazon UK | Amazon Canada | B&N | iBooks | Kobo | Entangled

Romily Bernard graduated from Georgia State University with a literature degree. Since then, she's worked as a riding instructor, cell-phone salesperson, personal assistant, horse groomer and exercise rider, accounting assistant, and, during a very dark time, customer service representative. . . . She's also, of course, now a YA novelist. So don't let anyone tell you a BA degree will keep you unemployed. Romily currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Her debut novel, Find Me, won the Golden Heart Award for YA Romance from the Romance Writers of America in 2012.

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads

Complete the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Book Blitz & Giveaway For I STOP SOMEWHERE By T.E. Carter

Hello Readers!

We are so excited to introduce you to a new title 

coming February 2018 from Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan!

I Stop Somewhere by T.E. Carter is described as THE LOVELY BONES

 meets ALL THE RAGE. Got your attention yet?

Here's what readers have to say:

“an unputdownable mystery. Don't miss it.” - Hayley Chewins – Author

“Visceral with both rage and tenderness and impossible to put down.” – Amelinda – Goodreads Reviewer

“unapologetic and gorgeous and raw” – Rachel Solomon – Author

“powerful and profound and makes you think” – Amanda Searcy - Author

Pre-order your copy today, and don't miss out on this upcoming title from Macmillan!

Amazon | B&N | BAM | Indies | Powell’s | Macmillan

Feed your curiosity and check out the excerpt below.
Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!

THE LOVELY BONES meets ALL THE RAGE in a searing, heartbreaking contemporary story of a lost teenager, and the town she leaves behind.

Ellie Frias disappeared long before she vanished.

Tormented throughout middle school, Ellie begins her freshman year with a new look: she doesn’t need to be popular; she just needs to blend in with the wallpaper.

But then the unthinkable happens and Ellie is trapped after a brutal assault. She wasn't the first victim and now she watches it happen again and again. She tries to hold on to her happier memories in order to get past the cold days, waiting for someone to find her.

The problem is, no one searches for a girl they never noticed in the first place.

TE Carter’s stirring and visceral debut not only discusses and dismantles rape culture but also makes you slow down and think about what it is to be human.

I Stop Somewhere by T.E. Carter
Publication Date: February 27, 2017
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Cover Reveal For FEARLESS (Nameless #3) by Jennifer Jenkins

Hello Readers! Welcome to the Cover Reveal for

Fearless (Nameless #3) by Jennifer Jenkins

presented by Month9Books!

Be on the look out for this upcoming YA title!

What do you think of the cover?

Blurb to come

GR

Fearless (Nameless #3) by Jennifer Jenkins
Publication Date: October 2017
Publisher: Month9Books

 

With her degree in History and Secondary Education, Jennifer had every intention of teaching teens to love George Washington and appreciate the finer points of ancient battle stratagem. (Seriously, she’s obsessed with ancient warfare.) However, life had different plans in store when the writing began. As a proud member of Writers Cubed, and a co-founder of the Teen Author Boot Camp, she feels blessed to be able to fulfill both her ambition to work with teens as well as write Young Adult fiction.

Jennifer has three children who are experts at naming her characters, one loving, supportive husband, a dog with little-man syndrome, and three chickens (of whom she is secretly afraid). Visit her online at jajenkins.com

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Pinterest |Instagram

Release Day Celebration for The D.B. LIST by Rebekah L. Purdy

Hello Readers! Welcome to the Release Day Celebration for

The D.B. List by Rebekah L. Purdy

presented by Swoon Romance!

Grab your copy today!

Happy Book Birthday, Rebekah!

Seventeen-year-old Ellie Gebhardt has spent the last three years of high school in psychotherapy, trying to fix a very broken her. And her shrink (or therapist as she likes to be called) seems to think that in order to totally heal, she needs to recognize all the good and bad things that have led her to this point. As if a trip down memory lane will suddenly make her better.

She’s given a “homework” assignment to create two lists. One with nothing but happy memories and thoughts on it (otherwise known as the ‘happy rainbow farting unicorns list’). And the other with everything negative that Ellie thinks contributed to “the” day she could no longer cope.

So begins Ellie’s Douche Bag list (or D.B. List for short). And once she gets started, it’s hard to stop remembering all the jerks, the petty crap, the times she’d been bullied or the main focus of the rumor mill.

So when nice guy, Ky Laramie, walks into her life, Ellie instantly puts her shields up. But as she gets to know him and his family, she wonders if she can dare to put herself out there again. Because as everyone knows, once a candle is lit, the wind can always blow it out. And Ellie couldn’t handle it if Ky ends up atop of the D.B. List.

GR

The D.B. List by Rebekah L. Purdy
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Release Date: June 13, 2017

Amazon

Rebekah was born and raised in Michigan where she spent many late nights armed with a good book and a flashlight. She’s lived in Michigan most of her life other than the few years she spent in the U.S. Army. At which time she got a chance to experience Missouri, Kansas, South Carolina, and California.Rebekah has a business degree from University of Phoenix and currently works full time for the court system. In her free time she writes YA stories, anything from YA Fantasy to YA Contemporary Romance. Rebekah also has a big family (6 kids)—she likes to consider her family as the modern day Brady Bunch complete with crazy road trips and game nights.When not hiding at her computer, Rebekah enjoys reading, singing, soccer, swimming, football, camping, playing video games, traveling, and hanging out with her family and gazillion pets.

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads

Blog Tour/World Building & Giveaway for THE TICK TOCK MAN by R.M. Clark

The Tick Tock Man by R.M. Clark
Publication Date:  May 2, 2017
Publisher:  Month9Books/Tantrum Books

GR

When the clocks in town stop, thirteen-year-old CJ discovers an unusual “clock world” where most of the citizens are clock parts, tasked with keeping the big clocks running. But soon the seemingly peaceful world is divided between warring factions with CJ instructed to find the only person who can help: the elusive Tick Tock Man.

With the aid of Fuzee, a partly-human girl, he battles gear-headed extremists and razor-sharp pendulums in order to restore order before this world of chimes, springs, and clock people dissolves into a massive time warp, taking CJ’s quiet New England town with it.

Google Play | BAM | Chapters | Indies | Amazon | B&N | Kobo | TBD | iBooks

Author Post about the world building in his book

My previous five publications were mysteries, so the world-building needed for The Tick Tock Man was something I had to develop on the fly. The main character, CJ, is the storyteller, so the reader sees the new world unfolding as CJ does. The challenge was to build this new world slowly through short peeks. CJ goes in, then quickly comes back. For most young teens, that would be enough to scare them away for good. CJ is different. He knows his power is growing. He knows something is terribly wrong in the “other world.” Still, he’s only subject to a small portion of the world called The Sequence, a circular catwalk that connects all the great clocks in town. The structure is surrounded by mist and fog, so that keeps it mysterious.
Eventually, CJ meets Fuzee, a clock world citizen who is also part human. She knows her way around and eventually shows CJ the rest of her world, called Furtwangen. She acts as his guide as he tries to figure out why all the great clocks in town have stopped. Once inside the new world, the world-building task became easier. The citizens are clock parts and CJ easily assimilates himself into their world. With his newfound powers, they work together to end the conflict. By the end of the story, he is comfortable in either world.

Excerpt 

Release Week Blitz & Giveaway For OTHER BREAKABLE THINGS By Kelley York and Rowan Altwood

Hello readers! Welcome to the Release Week Blitz for

Other Breakable Things
by Kelley York and Rowan Altwood

presented by Entangled Teen!

Congratulations Kelley York and Rowan Altwood!!

According to Japanese legend, folding a thousand paper cranes will grant you healing.

Evelyn Abel will fold two thousand if it will bring Luc back to her.

Luc Argent has always been intimately acquainted with death. After a car crash got him a second chance at life—via someone else’s transplanted heart—he tried to embrace it. He truly did. But he always knew death could be right around the corner again.

And now it is.

Sick of hospitals and tired of transplants, Luc is ready to let his failing heart give out, ready to give up. A road trip to Oregon—where death with dignity is legal—is his answer. But along for the ride is his best friend, Evelyn.

And she’s not giving up so easily.

A thousand miles, a handful of roadside attractions, and one life-altering kiss later, Evelyn’s fallen, and Luc’s heart is full. But is it enough to save him? Evelyn’s betting her heart, her life, that it can be.

Right down to the thousandth paper crane.

GR

Other Breakable Things
by Kelley York and Rowan Altwood
Publication Date: April 4 ,2017
Publisher: Entangled Teen

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Kobo | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca | Entangled Publishing

Nembutal isn’t a name I recognize. One of Luc’s medications? Something he wanted to try that he couldn’t get here? He didn’t tell me anything about it. I Google the name and get an array of results: Nembutal (pentobarbital), sedative and anticonvulsant. Used to treat tension, anxiety, nervousness, and epilepsy. Pentobarbital may induce death in high dosages and is used for euthanasia in both humans and animals.

My legs nearly give out.

The night Luc went to the hospital, I saw webpages open on his phone on euthanasia in Oregon. It hadn’t seemed right, and I hadn’t been able to wrap my head around it at the time, and so I’d shrugged it off and never even broached the subject with Luc. He could have been looking it up for any number of reasons. Curiosity brought about by temporary desperation.

This, though? This is a step further. This makes me feel cold all over.

The bathroom door swings open and Luc steps out. I hadn’t even heard the shower turn off. He’s dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, towel around his shoulders, and he

pauses when he sees me. “Evelyn?”

I could ignore it. I’m overreacting. I have to be…right? Yet I find myself turning to stare at him, holding up the business card and trying to keep my voice level. “What’s this?”

There’s a hitch in Luc’s step as he crosses the room to take it from me, and he won’t meet my eyes. “Just something someone gave me the other day. I don’t know.”

Any hope I had that this was some dumb misunderstanding is quickly fading. “Don’t lie to me.”

“It’s nothing,” Luc insists, pushing a hand back through his wet hair and turning away. “Just…don’t. I don’t want to—it’s not…”

“It’s not what? Not what I think it is?” My voice cracks near the end, and Luc goes still, as though he knows this entire conversation is about to hit the roof. I snatch my phone back up and read to him aloud: “Pentobarbital is contained in a group of drugs called barbiturates.”

“Evelyn…”

“Used to treat insomnia and seizures—”

“Evelyn.”

“—and for human euthanasia. Death in a bottle.” I lower the screen and stare at him, fighting back the overwhelming flood of tears threatening to reduce me to a complete mess. “Is that not what I think it is?”

Slowly, Luc turns to me, his expression one of guilt and grief and frustration. “I’m dying. You know that.”

I twist my fingers around my phone so tightly it hurts.“We’re all dying, Luc.”

“Some of us faster than others.”

Kelley York and Rowan Altwood are a wife and wife writing team living in central California with their daughter and way too many cats. Kelley is the author of Hushed, Made of Stars, and Modern Monsters, and Other Breakable Things is Rowan’s debut.

Website | Kelley York Twitter | Rowan Altwood Twitter | Author | 

Kelley York Goodreads | Rowan Altwood Goodreads

Rewinder by Brett Battles * * * * *

Title: Rewinder
Series: Rewinder
Author: Brett Battles
Genre: Time Travel

Rating: * * * * *

Publishers: 47North

(July 21, 2015)

Paperback: 260  pages

ISBN: 978-1477830833

FTC Disclosure: ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley

You will never read Denny Younger’s name in any history book, but the world as you know it wouldn’t be the same without him. Denny was born into one of the lowest rungs of society, but his bleak fortunes changed the day the mysterious Upjohn Institute recruited him. The role: “verifier of personal histories.” The job title: Rewinder. After accepting the offer, Denny discovers he’ll have to do his research in person…by traveling through time.

Using a device capable of opening a portal into any era from the past, Denny is sent back to serve as an eyewitness to significant moments in human history. But as he journeys across the centuries, he begins to suspect that his missions to “observe and report” have a much darker purpose. When a time jump drops Denny into the midst of a rebellion, he finds himself in over his head in a deadly game where even the smallest choices can have catastrophic consequences.

Armed only with his wits and his time-travel device, Denny’s adventures take readers on a pulse-pounding journey of page-turning twists. But will everything he’s got be enough?

Rewinder

1. Rewinder (2014)

2. Destroyer (2016)

I don't know what to say about  this  book that hasn't already been said but I was lucky enough to go straight from this fabulous book to the next in the series and if you like time travel or alternate history books you will fall in love with this series. I read them both in one day and then hated myself because I did not make them last longer.

Author Samantha Warren Release Party and $37.00 Amazon Gift Card Contest LIVE at BittenByBooks

Edith Myers has had enough.

Her first day at yet another new school and now she has a new enemy - Dana Blake: cheerleader, prom queen, head mean girl. But when Edith finds a strange key on school grounds, Dana's attitude changes. There's more to the cheerleader than meets the eye. She is the keeper of the magical key to another world, or was until Edith found it and became the new keeper. 

Now Edith finds herself drawn into an interdimensional struggle that could change their fates... and destroy their world. With the help of Charles, a man from the other world, Edith must confront her fears and accept her inner strength if they're going to make it through the war alive.

Buy a print copy of The Third Key from Amazon by clicking here.

Buy a Kindle copy of The Third Key from Amazon by clicking here. – ONLY .99 cents!

CONTEST INFO: Open to readers worldwide.

Prize: A $37.00 Amazon Gift Card

FFBC: A Matter of Heart by Amy Fellner Dominy

A Matter of Heart
by Amy Fellner Dominy
Publisher: Delacorte
Release Date: May 2015
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Sports

Readers will happily sink into this emotionally grounded, contemporary young adult novel about the sudden end of one girl's Olympic swimming dreams and the struggles she endures before realizing there are many things that define who we are.

Sixteen-year-old Abby Lipman is on track to win the state swim championships and qualify for the Olympic trials when a fainting incident at a swim meet leads to the diagnosis of a deadly heart condition. Now Abby is forced to discover who she is without the one thing that's defined her entire life.

BOOK LINKS:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21921032-a-matter-of-heart

Amazon paperback: http://tinyurl.com/mr8nntz

Barnes & Noble (B&N):  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/99-days-katie-cotugno/1120020199?ean=9780062216380

Bookdepository: http://www.bookdepository.com/Matter-Heart-Amy-Fellner-Dominy/9780385744430

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-matter-of-heart/id914351668?mt=11

Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/a-matter-of-heart-1

Excerpt

I turn and head for my dad.  The sun is hot on my shoulders, and bright enough to make me squint. It’s a little toasty, even for Phoenix, but at least the mornings and nights have started to cool off. Dad has edged back from the crowd and found a shady spot by the building so we can have a little privacy. He waits until I reach him, and then his arms are around me. His words are warm in my ear. “You’re only half a second off the qualifying time.” There’s pride in his voice and the sound of it runs down my spine, raising goose bumps like a standing ovation.  “You know what that means?” he says.  “You can qualify at State this year. That’s three weeks, Ab. We’re that close.” He pulls back, a frown on his face as his hands rub my arms. “You’re shaking, honey.  You cold?  Where’s your towel?” “I’m not cold,” I say.  “I think I’m in shock.” I take a breath.  I’m still recovering maybe, because my lungs feel too tight. Dad looks back at the stopwatch in his hand and shakes his head.  I know he’s itching to get home and plot this on the chart that hangs in his office.  It’s gigantic, the chart.  On it he’s got all my times from every major meet since freshman year. This year, he added a side panel with qualifying times of the other sophomores across the country. This side panel isn’t about charting my personal best.  It’s about me being the best.  About winning Olympic gold. Maybe I am cold.  I shiver again.  I look into Dad’s eyes—a deep olive green, same as mine.  And I think, no, I’m just happy.  Dad was a world-class backstroker.  He would have been where I am if he hadn’t broken his collarbone in a freak accident his senior year of high school.  He never got his chance, but nothing will get in my way. I’m going to win gold for both of us.  Dad’s eyes are shiny.  He’s not a crier.  He’s more the tough guy—work hard and don’t whine.  But this wasn’t just any race.  We both knew I’d need to drop time if I’m going to have any hope. “You did it,” he says.  “You’re there, Ab.  You keep training, and you’re one swim away from an invitation to the United States Olympic team trials.”  He shakes his head, almost as if he can’t believe the words himself. I feel dizzy.  Because of his words, maybe.  The way his head is still moving.  The way there’s cold creeping up my neck and making my head feel numb. Dizzy. I suck in a breath.  My heart is trying to dent my ribs.  My lungs still ache. I want to smile at Dad.  This is amazing.  Life is amazing. First place.  Trials.  Connor. Smile, Abby.  Smile with Dad. Only, now Dad isn’t smiling either.  He looks dizzy.  No—wait.  He looks worried.  I’m the one who’s dizzy. Something. Is wrong.  I can’t breathe.

Amy Fellner Dominy worked as a copywriter in the advertising business before leaving to earn her MFA in playwriting. Her plays for adults and children have been staged in various cities around the country. Amy's novels for teens include OyMG (Walker, 2011) and AUDITION & SUBTRACTION (Walker, 2012.) Amy's next book is a contemporary YA coming Spring, 2015 from Random House. It's called A MATTER OF HEART.