GIVEAWAY: Annabelle's Story by Leigh Michael

Today I am sharing with you Annabelle's Story by Leigh Michael, check out the synopsis and giveaway at the bottom.

Title: Annabelle's Story
Series: Annabelle's Story books 1-3
Author: Leigh Michael
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date: June 2013
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Featuring Sprite (Annabelle's Story Part One), Kin (Annabelle's Story Part Two), and Fate (Annabelle's Story Parting Words).

Annabelle Walsh thought she had it all. She was the star of her swim team, had a loving family, a great boyfriend, and to top it off, she’d be starting at UCLA in the fall. One day, she’d be referred to as Dr. Annabelle Walsh.

She was living every girl’s dream – until her life was turned upside down. All starting with finding out that she's not just a human, but also a water spirit. Half-human, half-sprite to be exact. Although not just any sprite, Annabelle is prophesied to be the only one who can save both the sprites and mankind.

With a mix of current events, anecdotes from Greek mythology, tidbits of folklore, and Leigh’s own imagination, we join Annabelle in her journey to restore order beneath the sea. Each step of the way her mind, body, and soul are pushed to the limit begging the question, how much can one half-human, half-sprite take?

In Kin (Annabelle's Story Part Two), Annabelle's struggles don't ease one bit. She's continually put to the test, both physically and emotionally. With help from Adrian, Natasha, Clemente, Shamus and some surprise additions, she trudges forward toward retrieving Triton's lost shell and fulfilling the ABA prophecy.

Annabelle’s Story is a two-part tale that chronicles Annabelle’s mission to fulfill her fate. Through first person prose, we’re given an inside look into her fears, her hesitation, her disbelief, her courage, her hopes, and ultimately her dreams.

But what about the other characters that bring Annabelle’s Story to life? Each character whose destiny becomes a reality upon setting eyes on Annabelle? Fate (Annabelle's Story Parting Words) retells this beloved story through the thoughts of Adrian, Aurelia, Blake, and Katherine. These are their parting words.

About the Author

Leigh Michael is an author of YA fiction. She's worked within the advertising world for nearly a decade before writing her debut series, Annabelle's Story. Furthermore: An Anthology features Fate (Annabelle's Story Parting Words) and a handful of stories from other YA authors. Proceeds from each sale will be donated to help further more cancer research.

Leigh lives in the NYC area with her husband and goldendoodle.

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Giveaway

Three (3) eBook copies Annabelle's Story
Open Internationally
Winners must respond to congratulatory e-mail within 48 hours

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GIVEAWAY: The Broken Destiny by Carlyle Labuschagne

Today I have a giveaway via Sarah's Reviews for The Broken Destiny by Carlyle Labuschagne and it's open internationally. I really love this cover too!

Title: The Broken Destiny
Series: Broken #1
Author: Carlyle Labuschagne
Publisher: SBPRA
Release Date: 13th August 2012
Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction/Fantasy

Ava knows much more, and feels much more than she is allowed to. When she starts questioning her origins and the destruction of Earth, things go horribly wrong for her. She is saved by a Minoan boy from an attempted kidnapping on her life – the perpetrators are evil Zulus and their dark ancient magic. Humans and Minoans are forbidden to interact with each other, and as she is taken back to their village she finds out why – they know of her, her kind and her destiny to save a dying race. Ava must rid them from the Council’s ruling and free the galaxy of The Shadow. Her destiny is to rise above the fall, because within her soul is the key to an archaic weapon that has been missing in the mix of a genetic code since the time of the ancients. As the prophecy unfolds she learns of her bloodline – a bloodline that makes her less human than she could ever have imagined. She alone has the power to destroy or save, but the mind-shift is a horrible thing. Ava will become what she hates to save the ones she loves. Beaten, poisoned, possessed and betrayed by her own emotions, she has no choice but to rise above it all… for that is her Destiny.

The Broken Destiny was voted #3 on the goodreads Debut list for 2012

Excerpt

Prologue
All my life, I had searched for something, something I thought I ought to be. I felt like I was living someone else’s life, waiting for the awakening of my own. I felt like an empty shell burning for life. That was, until the day I lay dying in the prince’s chambers. I could no longer feel the pain from the tear in my gut. The only sensation left was a hollowed-out feeling that I had made a huge mistake in assuming that taking my own life, would have stopped the ancestors’ spirit from raging out. I had given up. I didn’t want to see myself killing the ones I loved. I was the Chosen one, but I threw it all away for what I thought would save a life. Could you end a life to save a life? I did, and I have regretted it ever since. I realized then that things like me are not meant to exist. What had been missing my whole life? It was I. To find myself, I had to lose myself in the worst possible way. The consequences of my actions became the legend of The Broken.

About the Author

Carlyle Labuschagne is a South African Debut Author working her way into the hearts of international readers with her First Novel “The Broken Destiny. She is not only an author but works as PR and Marketing Manager by day. She holds a diploma in creative writing through the writing school at Collage SA. Loves to swim, fights for the trees, food lover who is driven by passion. Carlyle writes for IU e-magazine an inspirational non-profit magazine that aims at inspiring the world through words. The drive behind her author career is healing through words.

My goal as an Author is to touch people’s lives and help others love their differences and one another.

A firm believer in - YA saves!

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Giveaway

Two (2) Winners will each receive an eBook of The Broken Destiny & a sets of Bookmarks
Winners must respond to a congratulatory e-mail within 48 hours or new winners will be chosen
Open Internationally
Ends 31st July 2013

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GIVEAWAY: The Keeper's Curse by Diana Harrison

Today I have another giveaway via Sarah's Reviews of The Keeper's Curse. Check out the synopsis & of course the norm is a giveaway at the bottom.

The Keeper's Curse (The Keeper's Curse #1) by Diana Harrison
Release Date: 13th November 2012
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Paranormal Romance with Magic

After fifteen-year-old Emmy Rathers unintentionally summons a strange glowing cloud during a break-in, her mother rips her from her home, her father, and her world, forever.

When she lands in the rustic, militant land of Methelwood, she is told she's a crafter - a person who can perform magic by conjuring souls of the dead. But starting life over normally in the midst of grieving for the life she has left behind, while at the same time attempting to fit in in her new war-obsessed school, becomes impossible when she begins to hear a voice in her head. Complicating the matter further is the fact that the voice belongs to a boy at school named Breckin, who just also happens to be the most powerful crafter in the world, and the future ruler of Methelwood.

But that's not the worst part - suddenly Breckin's most hostile adversary is coming out of the shadows and trying to kill her. With no other choice, Emmy must travel deeper into this bizarre, dark world she is so unfamiliar with to find out why this is happening to her, and more importantly, how to stay alive.

About the Author

Diana Harrison is a proud Canadian, currently studying English literature at the University of Calgary. With a passion for books, magic, and teens, as well as being a chronic daydreamer, it is only logical that she is a young-adult fantasy writer as well.

~ courtesy of Goodreads

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Giveaway

Open Internationally
Ends 15th August 2013
Winning entrees will be verified.
Thirty (30) people will win eBook copies of The Keeper's Curse.
Winners must respond to a congratulatory e-mail within 48 hours of receiving it or new winners will be chosen.
Once winners have been confirmed, Author Diana Harrison will supply their copies.

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GIVEAWAY: Once by Dana Michelle Burnett

Today I have another spotlight via Sarah's Reviews of Once (Gypsy Fairy Tale #1) by Dana Michelle Burnett. Check out the lovely cover and giveaway at the bottom.

Title: Once
Series: Gypsy Fairy Tale #1
Author: Dana Michelle Burnett
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: 27th March 2013
Genre: Fantasy

Beautiful. Secretive. Magical. You envy their freedom, but you are distrustful of their ways. A strange carnival has come to Corydon, Indiana and the Irish Travellers have captured the small town's attention--but it's Harmony who's attracted theirs.

Harmony sees the Travellers everywhere and just like everyone else in town she's curious. But once she meets the mysterious and captivating Kieran, Harmony's life takes an exciting and chilling turn.

Up until now, Harmony never believed that fairy tales or myths were real, but Kieran and his family belong to an ancient tribe called the Tuatha de Dannan and someone else has discovered their secret.

An ancient battle is about to begin again, and now no one is safe, especially Harmony. Can Kieran resist the urge to be with her or will his feelings put her in the crossfire?

About the Author

Dana Michelle Burnett spent most of her life writing short stories and sharing them with family and friends. Over the years, her work was published in numerous commercial and literary magazines including Just Labs, Mindprints: A Literary Journal, Foliate Oak, and many more. Her short story John Lennon and the Chicken Holocaust was include in The Best of Foliate Oak 2006.

Dana Michelle's Spiritus Series introduced the idea of a ghostly romance and became a Kindle bestselling series. She's an avid reader of anything dark and romantic. Dana Michelle lives in Southern Indiana with her dancing diva daughter and an assortment of pets.

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Giveaway

One (1) eBook of Once
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GIVEAWAY: Forbidden by Tina Smith

Today I have a giveaway via Sarah's Reviews for Forbidden (Wolf Sirens #1) by Tina Smith. How cool is this cover, check out the synopsis and giveaway at the bottom.

Title: Forbidden
Series: Wolf Sirens #1
Author: Tina Smith
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Release Date: 20th July 2012
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

When Lila unwillingly moves to the country town of Shade, she can’t imagine the life-altering events that lie in wait for her. Shade has a curfew and has always been surrounded by myths. A central feature of the town is its famous statue of Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, whose spirit is said to protect the innocent.

Lila falls in with a group of intriguing teenagers with luminescent eyes and soon she is drawn into the shadowlands of fantasy and reality, where destiny collides.

A mysterious local girl, Cresida, warns her to stay away, but Lila is drawn to them like a moth to a flame.

Cresida knows their fatal secret and she is honour-bound to protect those who are endangered. But she underestimates Lila’s passion for the mysterious and charismatic clan of youths. Lila begins to feel a call she cannot ignore. Yet her heart is filled with vulnerable desires that begin to turn the underworld upside down, for both hunter and hunted, as she learns they have been waiting for her…

Inspired by the legend of the mythical femme fatale, Wolf Sirens is an intimate tale of unrequited and forbidden love in the underworld, a masterpiece of romance fantasy.

A compelling debut novel about how love and fate chooses you. Inspired by Grecian demigod Artemis and the mythical femme fatale, Wolf Sirens is sure to enthral all lovers of the fantasy, romance genre.

About the Author

Tina Smith is an herbalist, dog lover, Piscean and mother with a fondness for strong female protagonist's. A love of the fantasy genre and the deep exploration of dark and evocative subjects inspired Wolf Sirens Forbidden. The sequel Fever further unfolds the tale of the heroine femme fatale, on her journey in the underworld between the lands of myth and reality.

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Other books in the series:

Book 2

Giveaway

1st Winner - Forbidden Paperback and charm bracelet (wolf charm on a cord)
2nd Winner - Swag (3D bookmark and charm bracelet) and eBook of Forbidden
Open to everywhere except Asia (sorry!)
Ends 16th July 2013

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GIVEAWAY: Precipice: The Beginning by Kevin J Howard

Today I have a giveaway via Sarah's Reviews of Precipice by Kevin Howard.

Title: Precipice: The Beginning
Series: Precipice #1
Author: Kevin J Howard
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Release Date: 23rd November 2012
Genre: Horror/Space Opera

The End is only the Beginning....

It wasn't the first time Lieutenant Travis Daniels had been far from his wife and son. Leading an elite team on countless missions, dodging death at every turn--it was what he was trained to do. And returning to his family was always his driving force... but this time might be different. Imprisoned for an unsanctioned intrusion into a hot zone, Travis and his elite team took a deal to assist in the colonization of Mars to evade the death penalty. While stationed there, Travis' only source of sanity were the brief video conversations he was allowed with his family. When the last transmission received showed choppy images of the city in darkness and blurs of humanoid creatures running through the streets, Travis and his team must decide to either stay on Mars or find a way back to his family--unknowing of the hell that Earth has become.

About the Author

Kevin J. Howard was born in Mission Viejo, California, moved to Seattle at the age of twenty-one, and now lives in Puyallup. He hand wrote his first novel in the fifth grade and has been writing ever since. His first published novel, Faithful Shadow, is a return to the classic horror novel. Faithful Shadow has gone on to win an award for Scariest Novel for 2012 by Outskirts Press. Precipice: The Beginning was Kevin’s second novel, and is the first part in the Precipice Series. The second novel in the Precipice series is set to be released in June of 2013. In 2012, he won an award in the Las Vegas International Film Festival for his screenplay, Identical Opposites, and is currently a finalist in the Beverly Hills Film Festival and the Fright Night Horror Film Festival. Kevin looks to release his next horror novel early 2013.

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Giveaway

Open Internationally
Four (4) eBook copies
Winners will have 24 hours to respond to the email or a new winner will be chosen

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GIVEAWAY: The Secrets They Kept by Joanne Tombrakos

I am helping Sarah's Reviews with some giveaways over the couple of months or so and this is the first. There are some great giveaways coming up, so please make sure you keep checking back and enter to win some fabulous books.

Title: The Secrets They Kept
Series: N/A
Author: Joanne Tombrakos
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: September 2011
Genre: Adult Women's Fiction

Every family has its secrets. Elena Poulous knew that. As an attorney she witnessed such deception every day. But she never thought her Greek-American family was like everybody else’s. She believed she knew everything there was to know about them - until the Saturday morning, the police knock on the door of her New York City apartment. Her otherwise organized and controlled life is suddenly disrupted as they inform her of the death of Yannis Poulous, a man she had never heard of, a man who has listed her as his next of kin.

As Elena sets out to settle his affairs, she encounters a web of secrets that have been silenced for a lifetime. A box of old letters she unearths in his Brooklyn apartment begin to help unravel the mystery. But the biggest part of the puzzle - why everyone in her family, especially her mother Kristina refuses to talk about him - proves the most difficult to discover.

The story unfolds over the course of the forty days that follow Yannis’ death, a time when according to the beliefs of the Greek Orthodox religion, the soul of the deceased remains close to the earth and to those it loves as it asks for the forgiveness of its sins.

The Secrets They Kept is a multi-generational story, of mothers and daughters, of cultural and religious influences that still exercise power, of hearts closing and opening, of secrets kept and discovered, all in the name of love and of family.

About the Author

Joanne Tombrakos is a creative digital strategist, writer and speaker who blogs on perspective and practical advice on living and working in the digital age at www.joannetombrakos.com The Secrets They Kept is her first novel. She is also the author of It Takes An Egg Timer, A Guide To Creating The Time For Your Life.

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Giveaway

Open Internationally
Ten (10) copies The Secrets They Kept either paperback OR Kindle
Ends 5th June 2013
Winners will have 24 hours to respond to the email or a new winner will be chosen

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