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QUALIFY by Vera Nazarian: The Atlantis Grail Book One - You have two options. You die, or you Qualify. ***Excerpt-Giveaway***

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Qualify Vera Nazarian (The Atlantis Grail #1) Publication date: December 20th 2014 Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult The Atlantis Grail has been optioned for development as a feature film series and/or TV series. You have two options. You die, or you Qualify. The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help. But there’s a catch. They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth’s population back to the colony planet Atlantis. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you mustQualify. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family. Because there’s a loophole. If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of theAtlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high tech luxur

BECAUSE YOU'RE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE by Sarah Kleck ***Excerpt-Giveaway***

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Because You’re the Love of My Life  Sarah Kleck  Publication date: September 25th 2018 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult How do you recognize the love of your life? Do you have butterflies in your stomach? Do you see showers of sparks and fireworks as soon as he steps into the room? Or, is your big love composed of something quieter? Annie longs for nothing more in her life than someone to love her with his whole heart. With Holden, this wish seems fulfilled, and the two build their own world. But how much pain can happiness bear? When something utterly shocking happens, Annie’s life becomes unstable, and nothing is as it once was. Then, she unexpectedly bumps into her teenage love Seth, and her life is completely thrown off balance—especially when fate intends its own tragic story. From the Editor: Because You’re the Love of My Life is a story of love, heartbreak, and more love—romantic and otherwise. As a senior in high school, our protagonist, Annie, takes charge of

EVERNIGHT: The Shifter Chronicles by Michelle Areaux ***Excerpt-Giveaway***

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Evernight The Shifter Chronicles Book 3 by Michelle Areaux Genre: YA Fantasy Romance Thriller For Elle, she thought the day she learned she was a Shifter was the most frustrating day of her life. Well, that was until she found herself in the middle of a war between her best friend and boyfriend. Now, everything is about to change for this trio as a known Witch in Shady Oaks has decided to wage a war against the Shifters and Otherworldly Creatures. This time, Elle may find herself battling with new powers and without her trusted best friend, Maddox. Discover how hearts are broken and mended in this exciting third installment of the Shifter Chronicles, Evernight. **Only .99 cents!** Goodreads * Amazon Excerpt “Once Laney was gone, Loraine looked over at her family and I saw a fear strike her. Something inside of Loraine changed the moment Laney was gone. Falling to her knees, Loraine began to weep as anguish overtook her body. Rushing to her, the Witches fell

ANGELBOUND: THE DARK LANDS by Christina Bauer -- “This YA paranormal fantasy series is cute, compulsively readable and above all fun.” – The Nocturnal Library Blog ***Review-Giveaway***

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The Dark Lands  Christina Bauer (Angelbound Origins #5) Published by: Monster House Books Publication date: September 1st 2018 Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult “This YA paranormal fantasy series is cute, compulsively readable and above all fun.” – The Nocturnal Library Blog Nineteen-year-old Myla Lewis is loving life–she’s now a wife, mother, and Queen of the Thrax. Oh yeah, and being a super-powerful demigoddess who moves souls into Heaven or Hell doesn’t suck, either. In fact, everything is pretty much awesome. Until something craptastic happens. Her honorary older brother Walker enters the Dark Lands, home to the rule-loving ghouls, and vanishes without a trace. Now it’s up to Myla to solve the mystery of Walker’s disappearance. Of course, Myla likes interacting with ghouls about as much as elective dental surgery. To make matters harder, everyone thinks that Walker is simply taking a well-deserved vacation. But Myla and her Angelbound love, Lincoln, both

Bewitching's Halloween Spectacular - FLESH by Laura Bickle ***Excerpt-Giveaway***

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Flesh Laura Bickle Genre: YA Horror/Paranormal/Fantasy The dead are easy to talk to. Live people, not so much. Charlie Sulliven thinks she knows all the secrets of the dead. Raised in a funeral home, she’s the reluctant “Ghoul Girl,” her reputation tied to a disastrous Halloween party. But navigating her life as a high school sophomore is an anxiety-inducing puzzle to her. She haunts the funeral home with her parents, emo older brother, Garth, their pistol-packing Gramma, and the glass-eyeball-devouring dachshund, Lothar. Chewed human bodies are appearing in her parents’ morgue…and disappearing in the middle of the night. The bodies seem tied to a local legend, Catfish Bob, who has resurfaced in the muddy Milburn river near Charlie’s small town. When one of Charlie’s classmates, Amanda, awakens in the cooler as a flesh-eating ghoul, Charlie must protect her newfound friend and step up to unravel the mystery…and try to avoid becoming lunch meat for the dead. Amazon   

THE JOURNAL OF ANGELA ASHBY by Liana Gardner: A Middle Grade “Death Note” ***EXCERPT-GIVEAWAY***

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The Journal of Angela Ashby  Liana Gardner  Published by: Vesuvian Books Publication date: September 25th 2018 Genres: Middle-Grade, Paranormal A Middle Grade “Death Note” “With great power comes great responsibility.” ~Voltaire I have great power. That’s what she told me. The old fortune-teller at the school carnival. I thought I was doing the right thing … with the magic journal she gave me. But nothing could prepare me for what happened next. Or, for what I unleashed. At a school carnival, a mysterious fortune-teller gives twelve-year-old Angela Ashby a journal and warns her to use it wisely. Nothing prepares Angela for the journal’s power—when she pours her heart onto its pages her desires come true. She tests the journal by conjuring a gnome, a unicorn, and a farting fairy and then uses it to stop the school bullies in their tracks. But the unintended consequences alienate her best friend and puts her favorite teacher in danger of losing her job.