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Spotlight on: TOUCH by Jus Accardo

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Blurb: When a strange boy tumbles down a river embankment and lands at her feet, seventeen-year-old adrenaline junkie Deznee Cross snatches the opportunity to piss off her father by bringing the mysterious hottie with ice blue eyes home. Except there’s something off with Kale. He wears her shoes in the shower, is overly fascinated with things like DVDs and vases, and acts like she’ll turn to dust if he touches her. It’s not until Dez’s father shows up, wielding a gun and knowing more about Kale than he should, that Dez realizes there’s more to this boy and her father’s “law firm” than she realized. Kale has been a prisoner of Denazen Corporation—an organization devoted to collecting “special” kids known as Sixes and using them as weapons his entire life. And, oh yeah, his touch? It kills. The two team up with a group of rogue Sixes hell-bent on taking down Denazen before they’re caught and her father discovers the biggest secret of all. A secret Dez has spent her life keeping sa

Derrolyn Anderson's Marina's Tales series + Giveaway

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Reader Girls welcomes author Derrolyn Anderson to our blog today. She has written a YA series, Marina's Tales : Between the Land and the Sea , The Moon and the Tide and The Fate of the Muse . We are showcasing her enchanting series and she has written a guest post about mermaids and is also sharing an excerpt from the first book. Ms. Anderson is also giving away one ebook set of all three books to one commenter. Between the Land and the Sea (Marina's Tales Book One) Blurb: Something extraordinary is lurking in the deep ocean waters off the coast of Aptos, California. Just a few weeks after moving to the beach town, sixteen year-old Marina has nearly drowned twice, enchanted the hottest guy in high school, and discovered a supernatural creature. If she can manage to survive her increasingly dangerous encounters with unpredictable mermaids, she might just be able to unlock the mystery of her past and learn how to appease the mysterious forces that seem to want something