Book Spotlight: Frostbitten by Heather Beck + Giveaway!

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Title: Frostbitten

Author: Heather Beck

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance (Werewolf)

Length: 296 pages

Publisher: Enchanted Publishing

Purchase at: Amazon

Great beauty hides dark secrets...

Seventeen-year-old Anastasia Lockhart has never led an easy life, but when she starts getting into serious trouble, she’s sent to live with her grandparents in Cedar Falls. The small, picturesque town hasn’t changed since she visited four years ago, with one exception – the presence of a handsome, mysterious boy named Frost. Despite warnings from her grandparents and friends to stay away from Frost, Anastasia can’t deny their attraction, and the more time they spend together, the deeper in love they fall. Unfortunately, Frost has a secret that is beyond Anastasia’s wildest imagination, and she soon finds herself in the midst of a supernatural legend that has haunted Cedar Falls for years.

Can Anastasia and Frost’s love really overcome anything, or are their fates much darker?

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Theme: Imagine Dragons - Demons

David Guetta/Sia - Titanium

Zedd ft. Foxes – 

One Republic – Secrets

Olly Murs/Flo Rida - Troublemaker

The Fray - You Found Me

Armin van Buuren/Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like

Daniel Powter - Crazy All My Life

Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me

About The Author: Heather Beck

Find Heather @ 
Website / Goodreads

Heather Beck is a Canadian Author and Screenwriter who began writing professionally at the age of sixteen. Her first book was published when she was only nineteen years old. Since then she has written eleven well-reviewed books which have sold in six continents.

 

Heather received an Honors Bachelor of Arts degree from university where she specialized in English and studied an array of disciplines. Currently, she is working on two young adult novels and has three middle grade anthologies slated for publication. As a screenwriter, Heather has multiple television shows and movies in development. Her short films include Young Eyes, The Rarity, Too Sensible For Love, and Circular.

 

Besides writing, Heather’s greatest passion is the outdoors. She is an award-winning fisherwoman and a regular hiker. Her hobbies include swimming, playing badminton and volunteering with non-profit organizations.

Heather has offered to giveaway a ebook copy of Frostbitten (any format) to one lucky Bittersweet Enchantment reader. To enter please use the rafflecopter form below.

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Book Blitz: Redeeming Lainey by Kaitlyn Hoyt | Excerpt + Book Playlist + Giveaway!

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Redeeming Lainey Book Blitz!

In this post you will learn all about the book, be able to read a excerpt (a letter from Lainey to Bryce) and listen to the book inspired music playlist. There will also be a really awesome giveaway to win some fab prizes! So sit back, relax and enjoy! 

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Redeeming Lainey

by Kaitlyn Hoyt 

Release Date: 07/18/14

When Lainey left the little farming town in Iowa on her eighteenth birthday, she thought she was finally free. She didn’t have to live in fear anymore wondering which day was going to be her last. For those two years, she was able to live in peace. She’d made a new friend, was going to a school she loved, and was setting the path for her future career.

That all changed with one phone call from her mother.

With the push of her best friend, Randi, Lainey goes back into the town she once promised was forever in her rear-view mirror. The dark memories of her past loom around every corner, and Lainey can’t seem to conquer the demons inside of her in order to fully move on.

Bryce, on the other hand, had moved on. During middle school and high school, Lainey was his best friend, and it tore him apart when she left with only a note. A simple note saying good-bye and have a great life.

Without his best friend around, Bryce’s life quickly spiraled out of control. He got into drugs, had some trouble with the law, and found himself partying a little too hard. Sweet Annabeth brought him out of that stage in his life, and ultimately saved his life.

With Lainey back in town, Bryce is at a loss at what do. She wants nothing to do with him or the town, but he is the only person who knows her full history and may be able to help her. Knowing that Lainey’s a flight risk, and with one wrong move, she’d pack everything up and leave again, Bryce steps out to help her find the one thing she doesn’t know she needs.

Redemption.

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I look down at the paper and see my name written in her perfect handwriting. My heart plummets into my stomach, because without even opening the note, I know what it’s going to say. I drop the flowers on the porch and turn around. I can’t read this here. Not caring who sees me, I run to our spot. Cutting through yards and parking lots, I take the shortcut through the field and stop when I reach the county line edge. Lainey loves sitting beneath the tree at the back of the field—the large one at the entry line of the woods. The woods scare her, but for some reason she always loved sitting at this tree. As years passed, it sort of became our spot.

I stop beneath it and try to catch my breath. Leaning against the tree, I look down at my name on the paper.

Lainey left. I just know it.

Taking one deep breath, I unfold the paper and start reading.

Bryce,

I’m sorry I have to tell you this in a note. If I could do it any other way, I would. I couldn’t risk you talking me out of this. I need to do this. I need to get away. I can’t take it here anymore. I’m scared all the time. I’m afraid Gregg is going to get so drunk one night that he’s not going to know what he’s doing. I’m afraid he’s going to hit me in just the right spot and I’ll never wake up from it. I don’t want the last thing I remember to be his fist coming toward me. I’ve been beaten too many times by him. I cannot take it anymore.

I want to be set free. I want to spread my wings and fly away from this hellhole. I want to find my own little piece of heaven in an otherwise dark world, and I know I can’t find that here.

We had all these plans we were going to do—all these dreams we were going to accomplish together—and I’m sorry I’m ruining everything, but I have no other choice.

Thank you for being my best friend when no one else would. Thank you for staying by my side even after you found out the truth. You’ve always been there for me. You never left, and I can’t pay you back for that. I’m so, so sorry.

I don’t know where I’m going to go, but I’m eighteen and they no longer have any control over me. They can’t tell me what to do, and I’m not going to let him hurt me anymore. I feel horrible about leaving my mom, because I know she’s just as much of a victim as I am, but I have to. I have to, Bryce. Please understand that.

Someday I might come back, but please don’t count on it. Move on. Forget I exist. You are destined for big things, Bryce Aarons. Despite the joking and hassles I always give you, I do see a successful career for you with a beautiful wife and two kids. You’re going to make it. You have it in you. Don’t stop fighting because of me.

I won’t stop either.

You were my guardian angel. I don’t know how you did it, but you brought me out from under my dark cloud. You made me stop cutting, which probably saved my life. When I was around you, I felt alive. I didn’t get that feeling anywhere else.

You’re my best friend, and I’m sorry this is how we end. I wish things were different, but as I’ve learned over the years, wishing is pointless. Some things in life can’t be changed. The only way to create change is to do it yourself, and that’s what I’m doing now.

Go to college and get an education. I seriously do believe you have greatness ahead of you.

Lainey.

P.S. Please keep an eye out for my mom. Though I’m not there, I don’t want anything to happen to her.

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About the Author: Kaitlyn Hoyt 

   

Currently a student at Ball State University, Kaitlyn Hoyt is pursuing her passion for writing while working towards a Wildlife Biology and Conservation degree. Vegetarian. Proud tree-hugger. Lover of comic book movies. Avid Reader. She has an unhealthy obsession for the soothing music of Josh Groban. She discovered her love for writing during the summer of 2012 and hasn’t stopped writing since!

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Blog Tour | Book Spotlight: Expiration Day by William Campbell Powell + Music Playlist + Giveaway!

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Title: Expiration Day

Author: William Campbell Powell

Hardcover, 336 pages

Published April 22nd 2014 by Tor Teen

Genre: Science Fiction/Dystopia

Reading Level: Young Adult

What happens when you turn eighteen and there are no more tomorrows?It is the year 2049, and humanity is on the brink of extinction….

Tania Deeley has always been told that she’s a rarity: a human child in a world where most children are sophisticated androids manufactured by Oxted Corporation. When a decline in global fertility ensued, it was the creation of these near-perfect human copies called teknoids that helped to prevent the utter collapse of society.

Though she has always been aware of the existence of teknoids, it is not until her first day at The Lady Maud High School for Girls that Tania realizes that her best friend, Siân, may be one. Returning home from the summer holiday, she is shocked by how much Siân has changed. Is it possible that these changes were engineered by Oxted? And if Siân could be a teknoid, how many others in Tania’s life are not real?

Driven by the need to understand what sets teknoids apart from their human counterparts, Tania begins to seek answers. But time is running out. For everyone knows that on their eighteenth “birthdays,” teknoids must be returned to Oxted—never to be heard from again.

    

Music Playlist

These are the songs that Tania’s band covers -

Blondie Hanging on the Telephone

The Police Message in a Bottle

Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart

The Who Can’t Explain

Eric Clapton After Midnight

The Rolling Stones Satisfaction

These are the other songs referenced in the book

Kid Thomas Wail, Baby, Wail

The Who My Generation

Slade Gudbye t’ Jane, etc…

Tor books has put together a playlist on Spotify with these tracks – check out http://expirationdaybook.com and look under Tania’s blog.

About The Author: William Campbell Powell

Find William @

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William Campbell Powell was born in 1958 in Sheffield, but grew up in and around Birmingham. He was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and gained a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge to study Natural Sciences. Leaving Clare College in 1980 with a BA in Computer Science, he entered the computer industry, which is where he has been ever since.

William has been writing since 2002, experimenting with various genres, but he is most at home with Science Fiction, Historical Fiction and fiction for Young Adults. 

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Book Blitz: Inspire by Heather Buchine | Author Interview + Book Playlist + Giveaway!

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Inspire by Heather Buchine

Publication date: March 31st 2013

Pages: 205

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

  

18-year old Paige Rice, an exquisite beauty from East Hampton, NY, has just celebrated her high school graduation and is expecting to spend her summer living it up with all her socialite friends. But her parents have a different idea – she is being hauled away-literally- to the mountains of Vermont for the entire summer- in an RV! 

Assuming she will be an outcast amongst the other teens at the campground still does not prepare her for the treatment she receives, which is far worse than she imagined. She also isn’t prepared for Travis, the campground owner’s son and the “Sexiest” guy she has ever laid eyes on. Travis is the only one who shows any interest in getting to know Paige. The only problem is that they have to explore what lies between them in secret. But once all the secrets are stripped away, the truth may be crushing.

“Inspire” Playlist

Songs that inspired the book…

Domino by Jessie J

Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band

One More Night by Maroon 5

Butterfly by Jason Mraz

I’m Yours by Jason Mraz

(Kissed You) Good Night by Gloriana

Warning Sign by Scars On 45

Second Chance by Tristan Prettyman

Drunk On You by Luke Bryan

1. Where did the idea for Inspire come from?

I was actually camping with my family when the idea for the story came to me.  We had just hiked through the woods down to a lake, and I was staring out at the boats when it hit me.  I spent the rest of the afternoon “daydreaming” away.

2. How did you come up with the name of the title?

My protagonist, Paige, has a tattoo that inspired the title “Inspire.” It’s also a key part of her character.

3.  What was the hardest part of writing Inspire? The easiest?

The hardest part of writing the book was writing the ending.  It took a couple of drafts before I was happy with the way I was leaving off.  (I’m trying not to give too much away, so I’ll leave it at that.) The easiest part was writing the dialogue between Paige and Travis, and the “LOVE” scenes. They were fun to write!!

4. Are you working on any other projects?

Yes. At least two of the other characters from this book are getting their own stories, and then there are a couple other projects in the works.  

5. Do you have a specific writing process?

I really consider myself a mix between a panster and a plotter. The first part of my process is visualizing the characters and the main scenes of the book.  My mind starts playing them out like a movie, and so I write it down exactly how I see it.  Then, I go back and fill in the story around those scenes until I have a book that I would like to jump into.  Although I outline my book ahead of time, things always change along the way as I get to know my characters better.  

6.  Do you have a certain time of day where you feel most creative?

Honestly, not really.  I usually always have a notebook nearby so that I can scribble down things as they come to me.  I could be in the shower, in the car, running through the check-out line, or making dinner and something may hit me.  

7. Do you have any favorite authors?

Yes, I have LOTS of favorite authors, but the two that stick out the most are: S.C. Stephens and Abbi Glines.  Their stories come to life for me, and I have a thing for their leading men!

8. What tips or advice do you have for other aspiring writers?

My first tip would be to write what you love! Second, edit, edit and edit some more. And third, if you’re a self-published author, let someone else do your formatting.  (Your time saved is so worth the money!)

About The Author: Heather Buchine

Find Heather @ 

Website | Goodreads | Facebook  

By no surprise my favorite hobbies are reading and writing. But beyond escaping into the written fantasy world, I love experiencing new things. Surfing, motorcycle riding, snow blading, glass blowing, parasailing, SUP boarding are just a few that I have checked off my bucket list, but there is still so much more to explore. Right now, being a mom is my biggest adventure and the best by far!! In the quiet calm hours of the night though, I can usually be found typing away creating a world of romance where drama still exists but love (hopefully!!) always prevails.

 Enter to win one (1) ebook copy of Inspire. Open internationally. 

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