A New Series from Amazon Best-Selling Author Annette Marie, RED WINTER is coming… “Her entire life had been forged by a terrible lie, and there was nothing she could do to change her fate.” In the enchanting new fantasy RED WINTER by Annette Marie, Emi Kimura has been preparing her entire life to become […]
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First Look: Red Winter Author Bio
Annette Marie is the author of the Amazon best-selling YA urban fantasy series Steel & Stone, which includes the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award nominee Yield the Night. Her first love is fantasy, a limitless realm of creativity where she can break all the boring rules of real life, but fast-paced urban fantasy, bold heroines, and tantalizing […]
Spotlight: Labyrinth Lost Exerpt
1 Follow our voices, sister. Tell us the secret of your death. —-Resurrection Canto, Book of Cantos T he second time I saw my dead aunt Rosaria, she was dancing. Earlier that day, my mom had warned me, pressing a long, red fingernail on the tip of my nose, “Alejandra, don’t go downstairs when the […]
Spotlight: Meet the Author- Zoraida Córdova
P Zoraida Córdova was born in Ecuador and raised in Queens, New York. She is the author of the Vicious Deep trilogy, the On the Verge series, and the Brooklyn Brujas series. She loves black coffee, snark, and still believes in magic. Send her a tweet @Zlikeinzorro or visit her at zoraidacordova.com. Social Media Links: Author Website:http://www.zoraidacordova.com/ […]
Spotlight: Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Labyrinth Lost By Zoraida Córdova Released September 6, 2016; Hardcover, ISBN 9781492620945 Praise for Labyrinth Lost “This work is a magical journey from start to finish… A compelling must-have for teens” –School Library Journal, STARRED review “Córdova’s (the Vicious Deep series) magic-infused, delightfully dark story introduces readers to an engrossing, Latin American–inspired fantasy setting […]
Book Review- Jericho by Alex Gordon
This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review Alex Gordon’s Jericho is a gripping paranormal mystery reminiscent of Preston and Child’s works, with a hearty dash of Lev Grossman and Stephen King thrown in the mix. Lauren Reardon nee Mullins is now Mistress of Gideon. As a Child of Endor, she is […]
Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy Excerpt
Paula Berinstein Blood Outside the East Door He leaned forward. “I think there’s something weird going on here.” “At the school?” said Amanda. “Yes.” “What kind of weird thing?” said Ivy. “I’m not sure, but I think something is […]
Book Review: Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy by Paula Berinstein
This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours. Bernstein’s Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy is the first in a new middle-grade detective series a lá Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and The Three Investigators. This is a world where the great literary detectives are real people. .Amanda is a young aspiring film […]
The Daydreamer Detective Braves the Winter, Excerpts
Excerpt #1: “Bye, Chef-san!” The men and women who worked in the kitchen filed out the door, waving and calling goodbye, and walking through the empty restaurant. I caught a glimpse of Ana buttoning her coat to go outside before the door swung closed. Yasahiro waved to them and turned back to me. He sighed, […]
Daydreamer Detective, Excerpts
Excerpt #1: Every time I went into the barn during harvesting, I avoided the loft, but at the end of the week, I was finally ready to climb up there and inspect the remains of my past. The stairs creaked as I ascended into the dusty space above the tractor we used in the spring. […]