CREATORS -- Cover Reveal!

It's time to reveal the cover for CREATORS, the final book in the Lost Souls trilogy by Tiffany Truitt! I just love these books if you didn't know (and the author), and you can find the interview I had with Ms. Truitt last year by going to the "Events" tab at the top. Included in this cover reveal, there's going to be an exclusive excerpt and a pre-order giveaway that Ms. Truitt has set-up on her blog, so be sure to check it out!

Without anymore stalling, let's check out this beautiful cover--which I have to say is my favorite of the three now!

Heartbroken but more determined than ever after a tense showdown in the woods, sixteen-year-old Tess once again returns to the safety of her community of Isolationists. Bolstered by new alliances and desperate to protect those she loves, this time she knows she can return stronger and more powerful than ever to take back what is hers.

 

As she trains in combat and grows more confident, Tess receives beautiful letters penned by her forbidden love, the chosen one James, from his prison in Templeton. He is now serving as a bodyguard to the creators—the team of scientists who created artificial life in the first place. And what he has discovered about the true origin of the illness that halted natural life could change everything.

Enemy will become ally and death will bring new hope in this stunning conclusion to Tiffany Truitt’s epic Lost Souls trilogy.

 

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Exclusive Excerpt:

Somewhere, James was just as trapped as I was.

            I thought of the morning when we lay with each other, curled against one another, never beginning and never ending. How we’d stayed like that till the sun began to rise.

            James had reached down and pulled me off the ground. He wore a satisfied grin on his face. “Someone is mighty proud of himself,” I teased.

            He laughed. It bounced through the forest, calling it awake. Readying it for the day. “I’m just insanely happy.”

            I stood on the tips of my toes and kissed him gently on his scar. “I’m insanely happy too,” I whispered.

            James looked down at me, and I was lost all over again. I would never tire of looking into those mismatched eyes. They didn’t make him different. They made him him. He chuckled as he reached over and pulled a leaf from my tangled hair. “They’ll know just by looking at you that we’ve been up to no good.”

            “No good?” I purred. “I thought it was very, very good.”

            James growled and lifted me into the air. I wrapped my legs around his waist as he pressed his lips hungrily against mine. I moved my hands to his hair, curling my fingers into it, attaching myself to him. I never wanted to let go. Every part of me ached to be touched by him, and every part of me ached to touch him right back.

            “Do you know how much I love you?” he breathed into the base of my neck. His lips fluttered against my skin.

            I nodded, kissing the top of his head. “As much as I love you.”

            James slowly put my feet back on the ground. He cradled my face in his hands. “That will never change. No matter what.”

            I looked deep into his eyes. “I know.” Because I did. It was one of life’s few assurances. I would always love James.

            I pressed my lips once again to his scar. “I adore this scar,” I whispered, unable to hide the smile that seemed etched on my face all morning.

            “You’re enough to drive a man crazy,” he said The tremble of his voice caused my toes to curl. I wanted him again. And again. And again.

            My fingers traced the waist of his pants. “Tonight?” I said, knowing full well it was a promise that I probably wouldn’t be able to keep.

            James grabbed my hand and brought it to his lips. “Tonight,” he echoed.

            As the sun climb higher into the sky, I knew our moment was coming to an end. James reached down and placed his hand over my heart. “Thank you,” he said.

            “For what?” I asked, my voice choked with emotion.

            “For everything.”

            As the memory slipped away, I looked back up at the night sky. Praying and hoping that James knew how much I wanted to thank him too.

            For everything.

Over at Tiffany Truitt's Blog you can enter her Pre-Order contest for a chance to win a signed Cassandra Clare poster! THREE lucky people that pre-order Creators will win! Good luck!

You can also find Tiffany on Twitter

And on Goodreads

And on Facebook

Did I mention that it's not releasing until 4/1/2014? Ack! The wait!

 

Cover Reveal: Redeye

I have a cover reveal today for author Michael Shean and his title REDEYE, book two of The Wonderland Cycle. Also, don't forget to check out the link below for some goodies and extra info!

Title: Redeye
Expected Release: April 2013
Genre: Sci-Fi

Blurb:

 

Two years have passed since Agent Thomas Walken and Bobbi January found themselves at the heart of a conspiracy of unimaginable greed and cruelty. The Genefex Corporation remains shrouded in mystery, and Bobbi faces a life of unanswered questions and mounting disillusionment to look forward to. But when she receives a mysterious message from one of Walken’s former comrades, she is drawn back onto the trail. Now, Bobbi will find herself newly equipped to discover the truth – about Walken, about Genefex and the Yathi race – and the key to unlocking those secrets rests in the hands of a cyborg terrorist known only as Redeye.

 

But the road to truth will be a dangerous one, from the glamour of Seattle’s ultramodern core to the sprawling wastelands of the Old City and beyond. Alongside a band of lethal comrades, Bobbi will face death and worse amidst urban rot, abandoned subway tunnels, and ultimately the nightmarish halls of the Yathi themselves in a race to stave off what may prove to be the death of humanity itself. Drenched in blood and neon, Redeye is a tale of humanity on the edge of a new and terrible reality.

Check out Shadow of a Dead Star (book one) at Goodreads (I couldn't link Redeye because it's not posted there just yet, sorry!)

 

 

 

Now that is an interesting looking cover!

Okay, don't forget to stop here: Michael Shean's Blog because there will be some goodies up until release, including desktop wallpapers, fan packs, timelines and other graphics.

Michael Shean's Twitter, too.

 

 

 

Cover Reveal: The Frozen Star by Jessie Lane

I have a cover reveal today from Jessie Lane.
Check out this gorgeous cover in book two of the Star series and then add it to your Goodreads! :)

 

 

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Cover Reveal: Naturals by Tiffany Truitt

Get ready for the second book in The Lost Souls Trilogy!

Tess is finally safe from the reach of the Council, now that she is living in the Middlelands with the rebel Isolationists. With James having returned to Templeton, she easily falls back into her friendship with Henry, though her newfound knowledge of Robert’s chosen one status still stings. Even surrounded by people, Tess has never felt more alone. So she’s thrilled when James returns to the settlement, demanding to see Tess — until she finds out that it’s because her sister, Louisa, has been recruited into Tess’s old position at Templeton, and that the dangerously sadistic chosen one George has taken an interest in her.

Expected Release: April 2013

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Pre-order your copy now!

Isn't this cover just beautiful? Well, I'm always partial to redheads on covers anyway. ;) I think I may just like this one better than the first book's cover, and that one is lovely, too. This one is brighter, and I like the feeling it conveys. I'm craving this book. Ahhh!

 Tiffany Truitt was born in Peoria, Illinois. A self-proclaimed Navy brat, Tiffany spent most of her childhood living in Virginia, but don’t call her a Southerner. She also spent a few years living in Cuba. Since her time on the island of one McDonald's and Banana Rats (don't ask) she has been obsessed with traveling. Tiffany recently added China to her list of travels (hello inspiration for a new book).

Besides traveling, Tiffany has always been an avid reader. The earliest books she remembers reading belong to The Little House on the Prairie Series. First book she read in one day? Little Woman(5th grade). First author she fell in love with? Jane Austen in middle school. Tiffany spent most of her high school and college career as a literary snob. She refused to read anything considered “low brow” or outside the “classics.”

Tiffany began teaching middle school in 2006. Her students introduced her to the wide, wonderful world of Young Adult literature. Today, Tiffany embraces popular Young Adult literature and uses it in her classroom. She currently teaches the following novels: The Outsiders, Speak, Night, Dystopian Literature Circles: The Hunger Games, The Giver, The Uglies, and Matched.


You can also learn more about Tiffany Truitt from this fabulous interview I was honored with for the Authors Are Rockstars tour by clicking here.


Author's website
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Such an awesome cover. My inner fangirl is out now. I can't wait until Naturals will be in my hands to be read. Though April still seems so far away. *sighs*

Cover Reveal: Alpha Moon

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Title: Alpha Moon (Caged Moon #1.5)

Author: Rachel Deagan

Release Date: June 17th

A novella from the male character's POV in Caged Moon.


Tormented by a repressed past, Liam is faced with the responsibility of raising, and taking care of a pack of younger, obnoxious ‘pups’. He’d do anything for them; guilt from prior mistakes, driving him to protect them at any cost. Until a strange human girl, bearing the scent of a wolf, throws his world into chaos. Instinct says she’s his mate. Logic says she’s a danger to the pack. Curiosity can’t keep him away.


Revisit the YA Paranormal Romance, Caged Moon, through an all new perspective.

Visit Rachel Deagan at her blog: http://moonlightprose.blogspot.com/

Cover Reveal + Giveaway -- Darkness Comes This Way

I have been on pins and needles all week waiting to share this with you all. And here it is. My cover for Darkness Comes This Way.

Zarah Duncan is a Guardian. It’s an elite job that protects humans and the untainted vampires from the real monsters: those lost to the bloodlust. Rogues infest the city. Missing humans, unsolved cases…Zarah knows what the real cause is and she’s been trained since childhood to destroy them.

But she has a haunting past that catches up one day. Zarah was Rogue once, and until her, no one else has ever cured from the poisoned state of mind before. She’s been labeled a miracle, and the mystery only builds. She gets the awful feeling there’s more to it than just a lucky magical come-back. There are deep, dark secrets being kept. Maybe her boss Nathanial knows something? When she gets paired with a partner, Draven Kinsley, it only adds more difficulty. He hates her and swears that with a single look, she’ll poison him. To make matters worse, her Rogue brother has to show up, and he brings with him a shocking announcement. What Zarah learns from him rocks her entire world upside down. She not only begins to question who and what she is anymore, but it can possibly change the Vampire race forever.

The scary part: someone else knows too…and they’ll do anything to get her special blood, spelling disaster for the humans that Guardians have secretly been protecting for decades.

Vampires, fallen angels, war, betrayal, and romance fill this Paranormal/Urban Fantasy debut, the first book to a high-action trilogy. (Coming June 1st. 395 pages.)(indie/self-published)

See it at Goodreads

The cover was done by the wonderfully talented Taylor at Thoughts of an Endless Dreamer. If you don’t follow her yet, I encourage it. ;) My greatest thanks to her! Also a big thanks to the book blogging community in general. As a blogger myself, I know how hectic it gets. :P No matter, the book blogging community is the most awesome group of people on the web. <3 


In celebration of the fantastic cover reveal, I have a treat. A giveaway! One lucky winner will get a finished e-copy (PDF) of Darkness Comes This Way. So if you’re interested in reading, and want an early opportunity, enter!
Here’s a bonus though: If the chosen winner resides in the U.S., and they’d rather wait until after the publication date to claim their prize, they can get a signed PRINT copy instead.


Extra entries apply--up to 12 times!

Enter the contest HERE and I hope you enjoy.

Thank you again everyone for your greatest support.


Contest ends on April 19th.

Cover Reveal: Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt

Upcoming title from Entangled Publishing, Chosen Ones. I'm proud to present the gorgeous cover and blurb--get ready to add this to your TBR pile!


Title: Chosen Ones
Author: Tiffany Truitt
Genre: YA Dystopian
Current scheduled release: April 2012 (subject to change)

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?