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Spotlight on Zombie, Incorporated
Twilight. With zombies. Eighteen-year-old Katie Allred is socially awkward and unpopular at school. The only child of parents who had her right out of high school, Katie is herself about to leave the nest, even though she hardly feels ready. Katie’s new after-school job at the Zimble Box Corporation draws her into the complex social strata of high school cliques and backstabbing friends in ways she never imagined. Katie soon discovers there’s something very strange about the “in” crowd at school—and about her employer, too. Shortly after starting her new job, the Contagion breaks out, plunging her town and the…
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Wilde Nights Spotlight and Giveaway!
I’m in Vegas this weekend in honor of getting yet another year older! When I thought of what book I’d take with me to read poolside, there was no contest. Wilde Nights in Paradise sounded like steamy perfection, and what’s better to get lost in while relaxing? In case you doubt me though, here’s the synopsis. He’ll guard her body all night long. Former Marine Jude Wilde’s motto has always been “burn bridges and never look back,” so nobody is more surprised when Wilde Security is hired to protect assistant district attorney Libby Pruitt, the woman he loved and left.…
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Spotlight and Giveaway: Riding on a Beam of Light
Welcome my bibliophile friends! Are you ready for a spotlight and a giveaway? I bet you are! Albert Einstein adamantly emphasized the importance of imagination and so does Riding on a Beam of Light. In this vividly illustrated storybook, lights-out turns into learning as we’re swept away by young Albert Einstein’s fantastical, and ultimately world-changing idea in an adventure that’s reminiscent of classics like Harold and the Purple Crayon and Where the Wild Things Are. At it’s heart is a story about imagination and dreaming, adventurous and engaging, with gorgeous illustrations that captures our grown-up hearts and our children’s curiosity.…
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Guest Post: Lois Metzger, author of A Trick of the Light
The book I’m spotlighting today is one that caught my eye for a very special reason. Lois Metzger’s A Trick of the Light sheds light on the fact that women aren’t the only ones out there suffering from eating disorders. In fact quite a few young men fall into this same category. Mike Welles had everything under control. But that was before. Now things are rough at home, and they’re getting confusing at school. He’s losing his sense of direction, and he feels like he’s a mess. Then there’s a voice in his head. A friend, who’s trying to help him get…
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Rory’s Top Beach Reads + Win Rules of Summer!
Today’s spotlight is on a book that I am extremely eager to get my hands on. I’ll admit that it sounds like the perfect companion to a day at the beach, and we all know summer is right around the corner! Check out Joanna Philbin’s Rules of Summer. THE RULES OF SUMMER is about two 17 year-old girls living in the same beachfront mansion in East Hampton for the summer, one “upstairs” (the daughter of a very blue-blooded family) and one “downstairs” (the niece of the family’s housekeeper.) Isabel is the privileged daughter who’s used to having guys fall at…
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Resilient Cover Love + Giveaway!
Today I’m happy to help promote an amazing upcoming YA book with a rather gorgeous cover, Resilient by Patricia Vanasse. Livia has never felt like she fits in. As normal as it sounds, Livia is anything but ordinary. She can feel every emotion of every single person around her, and it’s maddening. In pursuit of some psychic quiet, she moves with her family from New York City to Whidbey Island in the lush and sleepy Pacific Northwest. But when a horseback riding accident in her new home gives her a broken leg that heals in a day, she finds that another…
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An Interview with Toni De Palma
Toni De Palma, author of The Devil’s Triangle, is my guest on the blog today! She was kind enough to spend a stop on her blog tour here on HDB, and I even had the opportunity to interview her. Please enjoy, and don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the end! When 17 year old Cooper dies in an attempt to burn down his school, he finds himself in the afterlife. Lucy, the Devil’s sister who has crossed party lines, decides to give Cooper another shot at heaven. The deal? Cooper returns to Earth and has to find a girl named…
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What’s Your Animal Totem?: A Guest Post by H.B. Bolton
Please welcome H.B. Bolton to the blog! Touring with her newest book in the Relics of Mysticus series, The Trickster’s Totem, H.B. is here to share with you some of the myth behind the story! What’s Your Animal Totem? Animal totems instruct and protect each of us as we learn how to navigate through our life’s journey. They are with us for a period of time and then are replaced by another animal, depending on the direction we are headed. The notion of our being guided by an animal is not limited to Native American beliefs. In fact, similar totemlike…
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Spotlight on The Warner Grimoire – Book One: Bad Apple
Today’s spotlight is on a book I have on my wishlist, and you should too! It was brought to my attention a few days ago, and I’m desperately working to clear space so I can devour it whole. Meet Simon Warner, a fourteen-year-old who drowned. Death was just the beginning. Dying awakens an angry and malevolent force inside Simon–magic, and before he can comprehend his mystical transformation his adopted father is kidnapped during a mysterious fire that destroys their home. Within hours Simon is violently yanked into the supernatural world, where the real trouble starts: he is the descendent of…
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Spotlight and Excerpt: The Mapmaker’s War
Today I’m spotlighting a book that is currently sitting in my TBR pile, and that looks utterly fabulous. The Mapmaker’s War is a book about adventure, loss and redemption. I’m here to convince you that it needs a spot on your reading list as well! Check out the synopsis. This will be the map of your heart, old woman. In an ancient time, in a faraway land, a young woman named Aoife is allowed a rare apprenticeship to become her kingdom’s mapmaker, tasked with charting the entire domain. Traveling beyond its borders, she finds a secretive people who live in peace,…