Happy Release Day: Weighted by Ciara Knight

Hello fellas! Today is the release day of a prequel novelette for "The Neumarian Chronicles". And I'm happy to be one of the bloggers who's going to spread the news! Hope everyone become interested in this book and don't forget to read the excerpt!

                                       Weighted by Ciara Knight

eBook: 42 pages

Release date: August 21th, 2012

Ages: 14+

Goodreads Summary: Weighted (Prequel Novelette)

The Great War of  2185 is over, but my nightmare has just began. O am being held captive in the Queen's ship awaiting interrogation. My only possible ally is the princess, but I'm unsure if she is really my friend or a trap set by the Queen to fool me into sharing the secret of my gift. A gift I keep hidden from myself. It swirls inside my body begging for release, but it is the one thing the Queen can never discover. Will I have the strength to keep the secret? I'll know the answer soon. If the stories are true about the interrogators. I'll be either dead or a traitor  to my people by morning.

The book is up on:

Barnes and Noble

Smashwords

Click here to read the excerpt.

Coming August 21, 2012 at all major online retailers.

About this author

 Ciara Knight began her writing career in 2008. She writes to ‘Defy the Dark’ with her fantasy, paranormal, and dystopian books. Her first Young Adult Series, Battle for Souls, will be published by Turquoise Morning press, with her prequel novella, Love’s Long Shadow, releasing in October 2011. Followed by Rise From Darkness (Book I) in March 2012, Fall From Grace (Book II), and Ascension of Evil (Book III). 

Also in 2012, her adult fantasy, Curse of Gremdon will be published by Crescent Moon Press.

When not writing, she enjoys reading all types of fiction. Some great literary influences in her life include Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare, Francine Rivers and J K Rowling.

Her first love, besides her family, reading, and writing, is travel. She's backpacked through Europe, visited orphanages in China, and landed in a helicopter on a glacier in Alaska. 

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Other Books by Ciara Knight

Battle For Souls Series:

Love's Long Shadow Amazon, ARe, B&N

Rise From Darkness Amazon, ARe, B&N

Fall From Grace Amazon, Are, B&N

Ascension Of Evil - Coming October 2012

The Neumarian Chronicles

Weighted - Coming August 21, 2012

Escapement - Coming early 2013

The Curse of Gremdon Amazon, ARe, B&N

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I am looking forward to reading this book. The cover is not just interesting but also its synopsis. So what are you waiting for? Add this book to your Goodreads shelf ! :)

(Blog Tour) Cover Reveal & Excerpt of Dominion by Melody Manful

 

Dominion by Melody Manful

YA Paranormal

Date Published: 09/20/2012

I Dare You.
Look Over Your Shoulders.
Do You See Them?
They are behind you...
They are always behind you.

Abigail Cells had a nightmare the day before she met Gideon, the new guy in school who has every girl drooling just to be near him. In her nightmare, she was murdered by a magical creature. As she gets to know Gideon, she begins to remember pieces of her nightmare, and was shocked when Gideon turned out to be the creature from her nightmare. Who is Gideon really, should Abby allow herself to fall completely for him, or is he the next disaster waiting to happen?

Buy a copy: Amazon││Book Depository

Excerpt

I should have called the police the moment I woke up, but what was I going to say: “Hello. 911. Help. I think I’m going to die because I had a dream that I died?” Yeah, even in my head I sounded ridiculous.

What happened to me was horrifying. It still is. But you won’t read about it in the newspapers, because it never happened.

“It was only a dream.” That was what everyone kept telling me. Nevertheless, they were wrong. What happened to me wasn’t a dream. I was living it. I died that night. I was murdered in a firestorm.

Yet, where I am, I’m alive.

One single white lie isn’t supposed to bring with it a lifetime of obstacles, right?

Wrong!

I lied. I said ‘Yes,’ when I was supposed to say ‘No’, and that was how I got here.

I committed a crime. Handcuff me. Sentence me to life. Execute me. Trust me, death will be a vacation compared to the punishment I’m serving.

“You’re such a terrible liar, Abigail.” This is what everyone I know says whenever I try to key up a lie. Then again, what does everyone I know, know for sure?  Nothing!

I wasn’t crazy. No, honestly, before I found myself in ‘wackoland’ I was a walking ray of sunshine. Everything in my over-idolized life was perfect.

Until he came.

First, I thought. Finally. Someone to chase away the monsters underneath my bed, but as it turned out, he didn’t come to chase them away. He was it.

My guardian angel.

Excerpt & Giveaway: Destiny Unveiled by Laura DeLuca

 

Destiny Unveiled by Laura DeLuca
YA Paranormal
Date Published: 04/20/2012

A harrowing story of love and survival. In a future of scarce resources, where the possession of gas and diesel is punishable by death, a teenage boy and a pregnant girl must find a way to save their impoverished family. They risk their lives on a terrifying journey to sell stolen fuel on the black market.

Buy a copy: Amazon││Smashwords




Excerpt

After collecting the offering from his followers, the leader returned to the center of the circle and the waiting initiate. With one quick motion, he sliced open his own palm. He held his hand over the cup, letting his blood drip slowly into the chalice, until the wound miraculously healed before Darron's startled eyes. When the chalice was full, he carried it to the eager initiate who took the cup firmly into his hands and tilted it towards his lips.

"As this blood makes you one with our flesh, so your soul follows to become one with the darkness," the English voice intoned.

As the initiate drained the last of the liquid in the chalice, his hood fell away, revealing a blonde ponytail pulled back over a pale white face, made even paler by the outline of bright red blood around his lips. Darron watched in stunned, horrified silence as his own face turned to meet his gaze. Eyes turned as black as coals stared back at Darron with a grim smile of satisfaction.

"Rise Darron," the leader commanded. And as he spoke, he lifted the hood from his head. Rise brother of the Dark Coven."

  

Author Bio

Laura “Luna” DeLuca lives at the beautiful Jersey shore with her husband and four children. She loves writing in the young adult genre because it keeps her young at heart. In addition to writing fiction, Laura is also the sole author of a popular review blog called New Age Mama. She is an active member of her local pagan community, and has been studying Wicca for close to eight years.

Follow her on these sites: Website││Facebook ││Twitter││Goodreads

Giveaway

Prize Pack will include:

Signed copy of Destiny & Destiny Unveiled

two boxes if incense 

Crystal point

A few dessert rose stone

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Cover Reveal: Rua by Miranda Kavi

Rua by Miranda Kavi

Expected Pub: September 3, 2012

A girl with an unknown destiny.

A boy from a hidden world.

When Celeste starts at a new school in a small, Kansas town, she hears whispering voices, has vivid nightmares, and swarms of blackbirds follow her every move. She is oddly drawn to aloof Rylan, the other new student who has his own secrets.

The exact moment she turns seventeen, she wakes to a bedroom full of strange creatures, purple light emanating from her hands, and Rylan breaking in through her bedroom window.

He knows what she is . . .

Intriguing and deeply romantic, RUA is page-turning YA novel with a supernatural twist. 

 

Author Bio

Miranda Kavi is a YA and Urban Fantasy author. She has worked as an attorney, an executive recruiter, and an assistant in a biological anthropology lab. She loves scary movies, museums, and is hopelessly addicted to chocolate. She lives in the Houston area with her husband and daughter.

Author Links:

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Stacking the Shelves (7/29/12)

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! Visit Tynga's Reviews to know more about this weekly meme.

We've been MIA for the past week. You know the reason... school, school, school, I was sick. Fortunately, we got some good stuff in the mail and they all look good to not showcase. They're all gifts or won from blogs since the three of us are in a book buying ban until August. Anyway, here's our 2 weeks  worth of book haul :) 

Gifted/Won

Sirenz Back in Fashion (Sirenz #2) by Charlotte Bennardo, Natalie Zaman (Signed) 

12.21: A Novel by Dustin Thomason (ARC)

What Happens Next by Colleen Clayton (ARC)

The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) by Julie Kagawa

The Lesser Evil (The Lesser Evil #1) by Shane W. Smith 

The Iron Queen (The Iron Fey #3) by Julie Kagawa

Cobbogoth (Cobbogoth #1) by Hannah L. Clark (Signed)

Thank you so much to Natalie Zaman, Karen, Melissa of Book Nerd Reviews, We Fancy Books, My Devotional Thoughts and Hannah Clark! 


What books did you get this week? Please feel free to leave a link of your post in the comments.