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Title: Until Beth

Author: Lisa Amowitz

Release Date: September 29, 2015

Publisher: Spencer Hill Press

 Synopsis: She doesn’t just play, she kills it.

Talented rock guitarist Beth Collins has been barely holding herself together for months, ever since her boyfriend and bandmate became the latest victim in a string of suspicious disappearances. When her brother is injured an accident and she sees something dark billowing around him as he hovers close to death, she’s convinced her sanity is collapsing for good. read more…

Interview with Erin Fanning, Author of Blood Stitches

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Just released from Kennsington/Lyrical Press is Erin Fanning’s Blood Stitches. Congrats, Erin! Thanks for stopping by for an interview.

First, a bit about the book:

Love and danger intertwine…

It’s called El Toque de la Luna—The Touch of the Moon. At least that’s how nineteen-year-old Gabby’s older sister, Esperanza, refers to the magical powers she inherited from their Mayan ancestors. Esperanza says women with El Toque weave magic into their knitting, creating tapestries capable of saving—or devastating—the world. Gabby thinks Esperanza is more like touched in the head—until a man dressed like a candy corn arrives at their Seattle home on Halloween. But “Mr. C” is far from sweet… read more…

UNTIL BETH COVER REVEAL! A YA novel by Lisa Amowtiz

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Awesome cover, isn’t it? The latest from Spencer Hill’s Lisa Amowtiz mixes music with suspense – I can’t wait to read it this September! Congrats, Lisa!

She doesn’t just play, she kills it.Talented rock guitarist Beth Collins has been barely holding herself together for months, ever since her boyfriend and bandmate became the latest victim in a string of suspicious disappearances. When her brother is injured an accident and she sees something dark billowing around him as he hovers close to death, she’s convinced her sanity is collapsing for good. read more…

Cover reveal: The One Thing by Marci Curtis

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I’m so excited to participate in this cover reveal for Agency-mate Marci Curtis, whose book comes out this September!!

A soaring tale of life and love, of sacrifice and renewal, and learning to see people as they really are.

Maggie Sanders might be blind, but she won’t invite anyone to her pity party. Ever since losing her sight six months ago, Maggie’s rebellious streak has taken on a life of its own, culminating with an elaborate school prank. Maggie called it genius. The judge called it illegal. read more…

HUGE 3rd annual HOLIDAY CHEER SPENCER HILL GIVEAWAY!!

Lots of us Spencer Hill authors have teamed up to bring you 3 awesome sets of prizes!!! A copy of my book, WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND, is included in the Grand Prize stocking, and WATCH YOUR BACK bookmarks are included in all prize stockings! Here’s what you need to do:

1. Drool over all the prizes you can win

2. Enter the Rafflecopter drawing below!

GRAND PRIZE STOCKING

 

Spencer Hill Family-$30 Amazon Gift Card, Candy, and Neat Things read more…

Get Inked Teen Writing Conference/ What She Left Behind on TV news!

I just returned from Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana where I did the keynote address and breakout sessions with a group of incredibly talented and hard working teen writers. The Get Inked Teen Writing Conference is sponsored by the Michiana Writers’Center. The Writers’ Center director, Kathy-Higgs Coulthard, did a fantastic job organizing everything and making sure the day ran smoothly. Kathy is also the author of a touching essay in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Reboot Your Life: 101 Stories about Finding a New Path to Happiness
In addition, Kathy runs a summer camp for young writers. It was a delight to work with all of the students and to hang out with fellow presenters Kathy Higgs-Coulthard, Mary Nicolini, Terri Suico, Tess Guerrero, Erica Vitale, Kelli Stair, and Carrie Morton. Special thanks to Saint Mary’s College, their Education Department, and the Education Department Chair, MaryAnn Traxler, for being so supportive of this day! Also to Nikole DeBois, for her behind-the-scenes work and manning of the check-in table. The publicity department at Saint Mary’s College and Kathy Higgs-Coulthard did an outstanding job promoting the conference, which was at capacity.

WNDU (NBC) South Bend Morning News

WNIT Public Television: Experience Michiana

The Observer

South Bend Tribune

Here’s Kathy:

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Reboot Your Life:
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THE CEMETERY TRAIL BLOG HOP

Welcome to the forth stop of The Cemetery Trail!

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This is the first ever Halloween Book Trail, featuring your favorite YA & MG authors! This trail is based on the YAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizes presented by the Apocalypsies. In THIS trail, you’ll find all kinds of posts, and discover new authors and their work.

 

How do you play? Every post contains information that will lead to killer prizes! Books, swag, skype sessions, locks of hair (jk jk)! At the end of each blog you’ll find a link that will take you to the next stop in the trail. By the end, you’ll find a quiz. Now you’ll be happy you read all the posts! Submit your entry to the quiz for a chance to win a grand prize! Accuracy matters here, so take your time, or go back and refresh your memory! One quiz entry per trail.

If you missed the first few stops, click here for info about all the trails or here for the first stop on the Cemetery Trail! (After 10 am on Oct. 27, 2014). The contest ends on Nov. 1, 2014.

 

About me:

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I write young adult romantic thrillers. My first book was What She Left Behind
and my second book, Watch Your Backwill be out on April 28, 2015.

You can pre-order it now at Amazon and Barnes and Noble!! And to add to Goodreads, click here.

 

Here’s the back cover copy of Watch Your Back:

 

When sixteen-year-old Kate hears the boom that ends her parents’ life, she doesn’t even realize it has anything to do with her. Until the police arrive at her front door.

Sent to live with her aunt at a ski school in Vermont, Kate tries to adapt to her new life. But then Kate’s aunt is hit by a speeding car and a rogue FBI agent tries to force Kate into his car at gunpoint. She’s saved by Ryan, the risk-taking skier she’s only just met.

On the run, the two must unravel the truth about her parents’ murder in order to stop a terrorist plot and save their own lives.

And now, here are my answers to some fun Halloween questions!

What scares the pants out of you? PRISON

 

What is your dream subject to write about? Anything FBI or Witness Protection

 

What is your most embarrassing Halloween costume malfunction? I was wearing a pair of blue tights that wouldn’t stay up. At all. As in they kept slipping down to my knees. (Don’t ask why I didn’t just take them off). Since I was fourteen, I was mortified.

 

What is your favorite Halloween memory? A teacher who filled a bucket up with spaghetti noodles that were dyed red. She was dressed as a witch and told us that she ran over a cat on the way to school.

 

What is the worst prank you’ve ever pulled? (And if you won’t fess up, what is the best prank your “friend of a friend” has pulled? We “popcorned” our RA’s door in college.

Would you rather be covered in slime or covered in blood? Slime! As a kid I loved green slime.

 

If the zombie apocalypse happened (and it will), what would be your weapon of choice? Star Trek phaser.

 

What magical/supernatural creature do you secretly want to be? A unicorn

 

What is your favorite sentence/paragraph from your novel? From my first book, What She Left Behind: “Sara, we have to go,” she whispers, even though my dad isn’t there to hear her. She’s not crying. She’s calm. Matter-of-fact. As if she’s asking me whether I want mayo or mustard on my sandwich. Except in secret.

 

Thank you for participating! But before you go, I’m giving you a DOUBLE BONUS CONTEST, open to U.S. & CAN only: a signed copy of What She Left Behind by yours truly PLUS a copy of Killer Instinct by SE Green! (Both will go to the same person) To enter, please use the Rafflecopter box below!

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IN ADDITION, from now until the blog hop ends on November 1 (while supplies last!), if you’d like a signed Watch Your Back bookmark, just send me your name and snail mail address through my contact form.

FOR THE NEXT STOP ON THE TRAIL, VISIT Rin Chupeco!

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Cover Reveal for Colette Ballard’s Temporary High

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The side of his mouth quirked up as he studied me. “I think I might be fallin’ in love.”

I picked up his keys off the bedside table and tossed them to him. “That makes one of us.”

He clutched at his heart in mock pain. Then his perfect red lips formed the word, “Liar.”

Seventeen year-old Kat Chandler has been called worse, but she’s worked hard to make amends for past mistakes and gain control of her life. So she isn’t about to be thrown off her game by some Harley-driving bad boy who’s just moved to town. Luca is mysterious. Aloof. Frustrating. Kat can’t stand him; she can’t seem to stay away from him either.

But she’s forced to reassess the company she keeps when she finds herself being blackmailed by her mom’s con artist ex-boyfriend. Fresh out of prison, Cross has reappeared to collect a debt–Kat’s debt. His demand? Three grand in three weeks or else his stay won’t be temporary. He even offers a suggestion on how to get the cash–and it involves Luca.

Desperate to keep Cross out of her life and the people she cares about safe, Kat devises a plan that will cost her more than just money. She will have to give up control, her hard-won integrity, and possibly the only guy she’s ever fallen for.

Coming May 2015 from Tulip/Spencer Hill Press

Awesome cover! Congrats, Colette!

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