Heartbreakers Tour - Day Six

Today is the final day of the Heartbreakers tour for 2015! It's a week filled with Valentine's Day goodness from some amazing authors! Visit each stop as each of the bloggers will be highlighting different authors and asking different questions! Also be sure to enter the giveaway that will be located at the bottom of each tour stop.

Last day of the tour and it's a big one! FOUR authors are stopping by today to close out the tour. I have Dawn Ius, Eileen Cook, Brenda Hiatt, and Jen McConnel dishing on their books, and romance.

Dawn is spotlighting her novel Anne and Henry!

A novel that may have been mentioned her before (okay, so a couple of times or whatever) Check out the Goodreads synopsis

ANNE

Wild, brazen, mischievous, bewitching

HENRY

Driven, haunted, charming, magnetic

ANNE & HENRY

Apart they are bound to destroy themselves. Together, they are bound to destroy
each other.

HENRY TUDOR’S LIFE HAS BEEN mapped out since the day he was born: student president, valedictorian, Harvard Law School, and a stunning political career just like his father’s.

But ever since the death of Henry’s brother—perfect, high-achieving Arthur—his family has been twice as demanding. And now Henry’s trapped: forbidden from pursuing a life as an artist or dating any girl who’s not Tudor-approved.

Then Anne Boleyn crashes into his life.

Anne is wild, brash, and outspoken. She is everything Henry is not allowed to be—or to want. But soon Anne is all he can think about. His mother, his friends, and even his girlfriend warn him away, yet his desire for Anne consumes him. Henry is willing to do anything to be with her. But once he has her, their romance could destroy them both.

Inspired by the true story of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII, ANNE & HENRY reimagines the intensity, love, and betrayal between one of the most infamous couples of all time. 

A modern take on the story of Anne Boleyn and King Henry?! All over it.

Dawn took the time to answer my Valentine themed questions. Her heartbreak cure is the best ever.

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Chocolate, hot bath, and wine — preferably all at once.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Diana Gabaldon’s JAMIE & CLAIRE (from Outlander) own that place in my heart. Jamie was my first book BF. #swoon

DAWN IUS is a short-story author, novelist, screenwriter, professional editor, and communications specialist. She is the Assistant Managing Editor of the International Thriller Writers Association’s monthly magazine, THE BIG THRILL, co-founder and senior editor of Vine Leaves Literary Journal, and the author of ten educational graphic novels published by the Alberta Canola Producers Commission. When she’s not slaying fictional monsters, she’s geeking out over fairy tales, Jack Bauer,Halloween, sports cars, and all things that go bump in the night. Dawn lives in Alberta, Canada, with her husband, Jeff, and their giant English Mastiff, Roarke. 

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Next up, Sarah Hantz sharing details about her novel!

Her  novel is the conclusion to her Starstruck series. Be sure to check out the other novels.

You can check out this Goodreads synopsis

The electrifying conclusion to the Starstruck series!

M, no longer a nerdy nobody, has finally been acclaimed Sovereign Emileia, ruler of the Martian colony Nuath. But at what cost? Without her soulmate Rigel, life seems pointless but she’s expected to shake off her heartbreak and assume her responsibilities. Reluctantly, M does what she must until an unexpected discovery restores a glimmer of hope for the future. Now she is determined to do whatever she can to salvage her longed-for happy ending—if it’s not already too late. 

She also answers my questions and Elizabeth and Darcy are winning this thing (I approve, obviously).

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Eat a quart of Rocky Road ice cream and read lots of romance novels.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, of course!

Brenda Hiatt is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty novels (so far), including traditional Regency romance, time travel romance, historical romance, and humorous mystery. She is as excited about her STARSTRUCK series as she's ever been about any of her books. In addition to writing, Brenda is passionate about embracing life to the fullest, to include scuba diving (she has over 60 dives to her credit), Taekwondo (where she is currently pursuing her 3rd degree black belt),hiking, traveling, and pursuing new experiences and skills.

Next up is Eileen Cook sharing detail about her newest novel.

Ashley is spotlighting Remember. One I've seen floating around blogs already.

Check out the Goodreads synopsis

A thrilling tale about what a girl will do to get back a memory she lost…or remove what she wants to forget.

Harper is used to her family being hounded by protestors. Her father runs the company that trademarked the “Memtex” procedure to wipe away sad memories, and plenty of people think it shouldn’t be legal. Then a new demonstrator crosses her path, Neil, who’s as persistent as he is hot. Not that Harper’s noticing, since she already has a boyfriend.

When Harper suffers a loss, she’s shocked her father won’t allow her to get the treatment, so she finds a way to get it without his approval. Soon afterward, she’s plagued with strange symptoms, including hallucinations of a woman who is somehow both a stranger, yet incredibly familiar. Harper begins to wonder if she is delusional, or if these are somehow memories.

Together with Neil, who insists he has his own reasons for needing answers about the real dangers of Memtex, Harper begins her search for the truth. What she finds could uproot all she’s ever believed about her life… 

This sounds mysterious, and like an excellent, fast paced thriller.

Eileen took the time to answer my Valentine themed questions. Score another one for Elizabeth and Darcy!

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

A great music playlist, chocolate, and good friends

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Pride and Prejudice junkie so Elizabeth and Darcy

Eileen Cook is a multi-published author with her novels appearing in eight different languages. Her books have been optioned for film and TV. She spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. Eileen lives in Vancouver Canada with her husband and one naughty dog and no longer wishes to be anyone or anywhere else.

Website // Twitter // Facebook 

To close out the tour, we have Jen McConnel dishing on her latest novel

A sequel to the previous book in the Isobel Key series, be sure to check out the first novel The Secret of Isobel Key.

You can check out this Goodreads synopsis

Five years after the trip to Scotland that changed her life, Lou is back in the misty,magical country. But this time, she’s not on vacation.

When Brian, her old Highland fling, turns up at the scene of some depressing familybusiness, tension mounts between the former lovers. But dealing with Brian is onlypart of the problem; something wicked is stirring in Scotland. Lou must use all her strength to handle the increasingly desperate situation, but will she be strong enough to battle both a vengeful ghost and her heart?

Lou may have thought that she was finished with the witch Isobel Key, but some secrets can’t stay buried forever. This story is the sequel to THE SECRET OF ISOBEL KEY. 

She also answers my questions and she chose another iconic couple.

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Chocolate, loud music, and time.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Twisted and dysfunctional as they are, I still swoon for Scarlet O’Hara and Rhett Butler.

Jen McConnel first began writing poetry as a child. A Michigander by birth, she now lives and writes in the beautiful state of North Carolina. A graduate of Western Michigan University, she also holds a MS in Library Science from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. When she isn't crafting worlds of fiction, she teaches college writing composition and yoga. Once upon a time, she was a middle school teacher, a librarian, and a bookseller, but those are stories for another time. Her debut NA novel, THE SECRET OF ISOBEL KEY, is out now from Bloomsbury Spark. She also writes YA and nonfiction. Visit http://www.jenmcconnel.com to learn more.
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Thank you to all of them for stopping by. Be sure to enter the contest before leaving (and add all of the books to your Goodreads.

Here is a list of other bloggers taking part in the tour if you want to visit their stops:

Reading is My Treasure
YA Yeah! Yeah!
A Glass of Wine
Little Library Muse
Jennzah.dot.net
Tales of Yesterday
The Reader Bee
Words of Mystery

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Heartbreakers Tour - Day Five

Today continues the Heartbreakers tour for 2015! It's a week filled with Valentine's Day goodness from some amazing authors! Visit each stop as each of the bloggers will be highlighting different authors and asking different questions! Also be sure to enter the giveaway that will be located at the bottom of each tour stop.

Today I have Ashley Poston and Sara Hantz visiting the blog and answering some very important Valentine Day themed questions!

Ashley is spotlighting her novel The Sound Of Us

A novel that sounds like it's going to be perfect for me. Check out the Goodreads synopsis

America's favorite pop band, Roman Holiday, is done, dead, and so totally last year. For eighteen-year-old rockoholic Junie Baltimore, this is music to her ears. But when she discovers their sexy ex-lead singer hiding out on the boardwalk, her summer vacation becomes the cover story of the year.

She's willing to keep him a secret, but when a sleazy paparazzo offers her the cash she needs to save the bar her father left behind, could she sell out for the chance to save her future? Who is she kidding? That's a no-brainer...but she never planned on falling head over heels for the lead singer. 

A rock star hiding out. A summer romance. Plenty of drama. Heck, yes!

Ashley took the time to answer my Valentine themed questions

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Chocolate! And a good book. A very good book. A very swoony good book. With rippling abs. Deep blue eyes. Back muscles you could
climb on. Sigh.

2. What literary couple is your favourite? 

I absolutely adore Sophie and Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. They constantly bicker, snap, and bite at each other, but at the end of the day they cook bacon over their fire demon and watch the sun set.

Ashley Poston is a fangirl at heart. Inspired by everything from Sailor Moon to Firefly to Harry Potter, she began writing at a very young age and never stopped. Her play, MOTHLIGHT, won best direction, best actor/actress, and best stage play at SCTA's 2008 conference. Since then, she's written for Quirk and ThoughtCatolog, apprenticed under a Hollywood screenwriter, spoke at Anime Expo's Academic Conference, interned at Random House, and somehow found herself a book contract. She currently lives in South Carolina with her cat and a plethora of books. When not writing, she hangs around on Twitter fangirling about all the feels. THE SOUND OF US, from Bloomsbury Spark, is her first novel. Tweet her at @ashposton and read her inner-most rambles at casuallybeingweird.com.

Next up, Sarah Hantz sharing details about her novel!

Her  novel sound like a lot of fun....

You can check out this Goodreads synopsis

Will The Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up

Abi Saunders might be a kickboxing champion, but when it comes to being the center of attention, she’d rather take a roundhouse kick to the solar plexus any day. So when her trainer convinces her to audition to be the stunt double for hot teen starlet Tilly Watson, Abi is shocked—and a little freaked out—when she gets the job.

Being a stunt double is overwhelming, but once the wig and makeup are on, Abi feels like a different person. Tilly Watson, to be exact. And when Tilly’s gorgeous boyfriend, Jon, mistakes Abi for the real star, Abi's completely smitten. In fact, she’s so in love with her new life, it isn’t long before she doesn’t have time for her old one.

But when the cameras are turned off, will she discover running with the Hollywood A-list isn’t quite the glamorous existence she thought it was? 

A stunt double in Hollywood, and a sexy guy was all I really needed to know to be excited.

She also answers my questions and Elizabeth and Darcy are certainly a popular choice!

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak? 

A big bar of chocolate, a tub of Ben & Jerry’s and my favourite song on repeat.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Lizzie and Darcy

Sara Hantz comes from the UK and now lives on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Australia (via 10 years in New Zealand). She lectured for many years before deciding to devote more time to her writing and working in the family business. She has two grown-up children and when not writing or working she spends more time than most people she knows watching TV - in fact if TV watching was an Olympic sport she'd win gold.


Thank you to both of them for stopping by. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the final day of the tour!

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Heartbreakers Tour ..... Day Four

Today continues the Heartbreakers tour for 2015! It's a week filled with Valentine's Day goodness from some amazing authors! Visit each stop as each of the bloggers will be highlighting different authors and asking different questions! Also be sure to enter the giveaway that will be located at the bottom of each tour stop.

Today I have L.S. Murphy and Laurie J. Edwards (writing as Erin Johnson) stopping by the blog!

L.S. Murphy is spotlighting her novel Reaper and sharing a bit about her next title Pixelated!

A novel that promises romance and heart! Check out the Goodreads synopsis

There's no way sixteen year old Quincy Amarante will become the fifth grim reaper. None. Not over her shiny blue Mustang. Her Jimmy Choos. Or her dead body.

She's supposed to enjoy her sophomore year, not learn about some freaky future that Destiny says she has no choice but to fulfill.

It doesn't take long for Quincy to realize the only way out of the game is to play along especially since Death can find her anyway, anywhere, anytime. And does.

Like when she's reassuring her friends she wants nothing to do with former best friend Ben Moorland, who's returned from god-knows-where, and fails. Miserably.

Instead of maintaining her coveted popularity status, Quincy's goes down like the Titanic.

Maybe ... just maybe ... that's okay.

It seems, perhaps, becoming a grim reaper isn't just about the dead but more about a much needed shift in Quincy's priorities—from who she thinks she wants to be to who she really is.

Her upcoming YA novel, PIXELATED, about a high school senior whose ambitious life plan is jeopardized by her parents' divorce and a move to Nowheresville, and who can't help falling for the small town golden boy with a secret, was acquired by Bloomsbury Spark. PIXELATED is expected to be published in Spring 2015. 

A paranormal that has a contemporary twist I am told. You can also add PIXELATED to your Goodreads while you're there.

She also answered my Valentine's Day themed questions. Obviously, Darcy and Elizabeth are a fave of mine, too.

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Doing something that makes you feel good about yourself.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Totally team Darcy and Elizabeth.

L.S. Murphy obsesses about St. Louis Cardinals baseball, fangirls over her favorite authors, and watches every episode of Doctor Who like it's the first time. When she's not doing those time-consuming things, the former farm-girl turned city slicker turned suburbanite writes sweet romances for teens and adults. Visit her online at lsmurphy.com and follow her on Twitter @LSMurphy

Next up, as part of the tour, I have Laurie J Edwards (writing as Erin Johnson) dishing details about her novel!

She is talking about the second book in her new series.....

You can check out this Goodreads synopsis

Grace and the Guiltless

The first book in YA series set in the Wild West…

After her family is slaughtered by outlaws, sixteen-year-old Grace Milton goes on a
vendetta to capture the gang who did it. But once she meets a rugged range rider,
she’s torn between revenge and love.

“Packed with action, drama, and, yes, a little romance, this book is sure to draw in
readers from the first sentence and hold them there until the last.” ~TeenReads
“A budding romance, clues to a possible conspiracy, and a cliffhanger ending promise
exciting adventures ahead.” ~VOYA

“The descriptions give me the chills. I love the character. She’s so brave and practical
and so mature.” ~Wattpad reader

Book Two

WANTED, a new YA series set in the Wild West…

After her family is slaughtered by outlaws, sixteen-year-old Grace Milton goes on
a vendetta to capture the gang who did it. But once she meets a rugged range
rider, she’s torn between revenge and love.

In WANTED Book 2, HER COLD REVENGE, Grace’s saga continues as she
singlehandedly tracks down train robbers and fugitives in her quest for justice. 

Laurie also answers my questions and she speaks to my Disney loving heart with her couple choice!

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Believing that if this one didn’t work out, the Universe has someone even better waiting for me.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Beauty and the Beast. I’m a sucker for stories about the transformative power of love.

Erin Johnson grew up watching classic western movies with her father, which fueled her lifelong love of horseback riding. She's always dreamed of being a fierce-talking cowgirl, but writing about one seemed like the next best thing. She loves traveling,painting, riding motorcycles, and teaching, and lives in North Carolina. You can find out more about her and her books, which are written under the name Laurie J. Edwards, at https://lje1.wordpress.com/. Another recent release,Cyber Self-Defense, co-written with Alexis Moore, gives tips for coping with cyberbullying and othercyberabuse. To read about her humorous, true-life romance, watch for the anthology Love & Profanity coming from Capstone in March 2015.



Thank you to both of them for stopping by. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the next day of the tour!

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Heartbreakers Tour - Day Three

Another day of the Heartbreakers tour for 2015! It's a week filled with Valentine's Day goodness from some amazing authors! Visit each stop as each of the bloggers will be highlighting different authors and asking different questions! Also be sure to enter the giveaway that will be located at the bottom of each tour stop.

Today, I have Judith Tewes and D.G. Driver visiting the blog and answering some very important Valentine Day themed questions!

Judith is spotlighting her novel My Soon - To - Be Sex Life

A novel that sounds like it's going to be funny and touching at the same time. Check out the Goodreads synopsis

Charlie is down to her absolute. Total. Last. Resort.

Despite a thoroughly comprehensive list of potential cherry poppers, er…suitors, and careful plotting, Charlie is three weeks into her devirginization campaign, still untouched, and getting desperate. In the movie of her life, this aspiring screenwriter
is giving herself a PG, for please, get some.

Her project goes into freeze frame when her mom checks herself into rehab and packs Charlie off to live with her estranged, or just plain strange, grandfather, Monty. How is she supposed to get a date when she has to go pick up his Depends?

Enter Eric, a hot rehab grad on the road to redemption, and the only one who can make Charlie rethink her strategy. The more she gets to know him, the more convinced she becomes that is the one, and not just another to add to the list of people who will abandon her.

In this hilarious and heartbreaking story of one girl’s detoured road to womanhood, Charlie’s list develops a life of its own – right when she realizes there’s so much more to lose.. 

Who doesn't love a bad bad on the road to redemption? Yes, please!

Judith was kind enough to answer some questions for me! Catherine and Heathcliff are iconic and extremely twisted (aka the best kind of love story).

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Throwing yourself into something new and challenging, and / or throwing yourself into a vat of warm chocolate.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

I’ve always adored the messed up, twisted, haunting relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.

Judith Tewes resides in Northern Alberta where she: writes, sings, plays bass guitar,walks her three crazy labs, and suspects she’s living the life of a superhero’s alias.

Blog: http://judithteweswrites.blogspot.ca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JudithTewes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judithteweswrites

Next up, as part of the tour, I have D.G. Driver sharing details about her novel!

D.G. Driver's novel sound quite mysterious....

You can check out this Goodreads synopsis

Mark has finally gotten the attention of the girl of his dreams. Only, his lame attempts at romance through texts and emails seem to be turning her off. When he gets put in the back of the room in an over-full class at school, he begins to discover old notes giving advice about how to write a great love letter. At first he thinks he’s stumbled on some long-forgotten notes passed in class ages ago, but every time he reads them they seem directed specifically to him. They also appear at the perfect moment each time he needs more advice. It’s like someone is haunting him. How dothe notes keep appearing? Who’s writing them? Why?

And if Mark follows the ghostly writer’s advice, will he win Bethany’s love?

Mysterious notes, and romance. What's not to be excited about?!

D.G. also answers my questions and Elizabeth and Mr Darcy may just be my favourite as well!

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Ice cream first. Rocky Road. A couple sad movies to get all the tears out. Then, most importantly, getting busy with a project to keep my mind off of it. It is not, and I repeat NOT, a good idea to start dating someone new.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

This is so hard to answer. Of all books I’ve ever read? I’m going to say Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. Of YA books? My current favorite (as it is always changing) is Bodee and Lexi from Faking Normal.

Notes is D. G. Driver’s second book published by Fire and Ice. Her fantasy novel Cry of the Sea was released in 2014. She has published several award-winning, critically acclaimed non-fiction books as Donna Getzinger. She is an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee. Visit her web site to learn more about her, and follow her to keep up with future projects.

www.dgdriver.com
www.facebook.com/donnagdriver
@DGDriverAuthor


Thank you to both of them for stopping by. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the next day of the tour.

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Heartbreakers Tour - Day Two

Today continues the Heartbreakers tour for 2015! It's a week filled with Valentine's Day goodness from some amazing authors! Visit each stop as each of the bloggers will be highlighting different authors and asking different questions! Also be sure to enter the giveaway that will be located at the bottom of each tour stop.

Today I have Janet Gurtler and Shari Green visiting the blog and dishing on their new titles!

Janet is spotlighting her new novel The Truth About Us!

A novel that promises romance and heart! Check out the Goodreads synopsis

The truth is that Jess knows she screwed up.
She's made mistakes, betrayed her best friend, and now she's paying for it. Her dad is making her spend the whole summer volunteering at the local soup kitchen.

The truth is she wishes she was the care-free party-girl everyone thinks she is.
She pretends it's all fine. That her "perfect" family is fine. But it's not. And no one notices the lie...until she meets Flynn. He's the only one who really sees her. The only one who listens.

The truth is that Jess is falling apart – and no one seems to care.
But Flynn is the definition of "the wrong side of the tracks." When Jess's parents look at him they only see the differences-not how much they need each other. They don't get that the person who shouldn't fit in your world... might just be the one to
make you feel like you belong.  

A contemporary that has definitely already caught my eye!

Janet also answered my Valentine's Day themed questions. Totally agree with her way to get over a heartbreak.

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Alcohol if you’re old enough to drink, ice cream if you’re not.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Jessica Darling and Marcus Flutie in Sloppy Firsts by MeganMcCafferty

A Rita Award Finalist and Crystal Kite Award Finalist, Janet Gurtler's young adult books have been chosen for the JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION and as BEST BOOKS FOR TEENS from the Canadian Children’s Book Center. Janet lives in Okotoks Alberta, Canada with her husband, son, and a chubby black Chihuahua named Bruce.

Next up, as part of the tour, I have Shari Green dishing details about her novel!

Shari Green's novel, Following Chelsea,  sounds like it's going to be a real heartbreaker!

You can check out this Goodreads synopsis

Walking in the footsteps of a dead girl isn’t easy.

After her social life flatlines, seventeen-year-old Anna Richards wants nothing more than to lie low at her new school. But it seems Anna looks an awful lot like Chelsea, the sweet and popular girl who recently died, and Anna finds herself stepping into the void created by Chelsea’s absence.

Anna is determined to make the awkward situation work in her favor, because Chelsea didn’t just leave a spot open with the in-crowd; she also left a gorgeous—and now available—boyfriend. But it turns out that following Chelsea might be a lot more complicated than Anna expected.

Love the sounds of this one. A girl who resembles a dead girl, and settling into the void her passing left behind is sure to create lots of heartbreak and drama.

Shari also answers my questions and her idea of walking somewhere beautiful may just be one I incorporate into my next break up.

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Weep and eat chocolate for 24 hours straight, then go out to the woods or the beach and walk until the world begins to look a little brighter.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe, because there’s something “incalculably precious” between them.

Shari Green writes Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction and occasionally masquerades as a poet. When she’s not glued to her laptop, she can often be found wandering in a blissful daze on the beach near her home on Vancouver Island, BC. Visit her online at www.sharigreen.com.





Thank you to both of them for stopping by. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the next day of the tour!

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Heartbreakers Tour - Day One

Today kicks off the Heartbreakers tour for 2015! It's a week filled with Valentine's Day goodness from some amazing authors! Visit each stop as each of the bloggers will be highlighting different authors and asking different questions! Also be sure to enter the giveaway that will be located at the bottom of each tour stop.

First up I have Vanessa Barneveld and Denise Jaden visiting the blog and answering some very important Valentine Day themed quetions!

Vanessa is spotlighting her novel This Is Your Afterlife!

A novel that promises romance and thrills, check out this Goodreads synopsis

When the one boy you crushed on in life can't seem to stay away in death, it's hard to be a normal teen when you're a teen paranormal.

Sixteen-year-old Keira Nolan has finally got what she wanted—the captain of the football team in her bedroom. Problem is he’s not in the flesh. He’s a ghost and she’s the only one who can see him.

Keira's determined to do anything to find Jimmy's killer. Even it if means teaming up with his prickly-yet-dangerously-attractive brother, Dan, also Keira's ex-best-friend. Keira finds that her childish crush is fading, but her feelings for Dan are just starting to heat up, and as the story of Jimmy’s murder unfolds, anyone could be a suspect.

This thrilling debut from Vanessa Barneveld crosses over from our world to thenext, and brings a whole delightful new meaning to "teen spirit". 

A murder mystery and a paranormal romance? Yes, please!

Vanessa also answered some questions for me! Totally agree with Etienne and Anna! They are adorable.

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Chocolate. And wine. And guacamole. And a good book with some commiseration heartbreak.

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Anna and Etienne St. Clair from Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins



Vanessa Barneveld lives in Australia. She has one husband, two cats, and three Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart® nominations. When she’s not writing, devouring chocolate, or dreaming of intergalactic travel, Vanessa works as a closedcaptioner for the deaf and audio describer for the blind. You can follow her Twitter, Facebook, and visit her official website.

Next up, as part of the tour, I have Denise Jaden sharing details about her novel!

Denise Jaden's novel Foreign Exchange sounds like it's going to be filled with twists and turns!

You can check out this Goodreads synopsis

Jamie Monroe has always played it safe. That is, until her live-for-themoment best friend, Tristan, jets off to Italy on a student exchange program. Left alone with her part-time mother and her disabled brother, Jamie discovers that she is quite capable of taking her own risks, starting with her best friend’s hotter-thanhot older brother, Sawyer. Sawyer and Tristan have been neighbors for years, but as Jamie grows closer to the family she thought she knew, she discovers some pretty big secrets. As she sinks deeper into their web of pretense, she suspects that her best friend may not be on a safe exchange program at all. Jamie sets off to Europe on a class trip with plans to meet up with Tristan, but when Tristan stops all communication, suddenly no one seems trustworthy, least of all the one person she was starting to trust—Sawyer.

Intriguing, right? I certainly think so.

Denise also answers my love themed questions and Westley and Buttercup are a favourite of mine too!

1. What do you think is the best way to get over a heartbreak?

Cry into the pages of a good book and keep chocolate within arm’s reach until the heartbreak subsides. Sappy songs help, too!

2. What literary couple is your favourite?

Westley and Buttercup from The Princess Bride. Not even the Cliffs of Insanity could keep them apart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urhw_kPDkoo


Denise Jaden’s novels have been shortlisted or received awards through the Romance Writers of America, Inspy, and SCBWI. The first draft of her debut novel, Losing Faith (Simon & Schuster), was written in 21 days during NaNoWriMo and she loves talking with writers and students about her fast-drafting process. Jaden’s other young adult novels include Never Enough (Simon & Schuster) and Foreign Exchange (an Editor’s Pick from Evernight Teen). Her non-fiction books for writers include, Writing with a Heavy Heart and Fast Fiction. Find out more at Denisejaden.com.



Thank you to both of them for stopping by. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the second stop on the tour.

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