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The YA Mythology Hop is underway. This hop is hosted by  I Am A Reader Not A Writer and For Those About to Read  and there are over 100 blogs offering something mythology-related and YA friendly. We are offering Existence by Abbi Glines and our giveaway is open Internationally. Existence (Existence Trilogy #1) by Abbi Glines Kindle Edition, 194 pages Published December 13th 2011 by WIld Child Publishing  What happens when you're stalked by Death? You fall in love with him,  of course. Pagan Moore doesn't cheat Death, but instead, falls in love with him. Seventeen year old Pagan Moore has seen souls her entire life. Once she realized the strangers she often saw walking through walls were not visible to anyone else, she started ignoring them. If she didn't let them know she could see them, then they left her alone. Until she stepped out of her car the first day of school and saw an incredibly sexy guy lounging on a picnic table, watching her with

We host the Shadows Blog Tour today and welcome author Ilsa J. Bick who has written an insightful guest post for us. We thank her and welcome everyone to our tour stop today. Shadows (Ashes Trilogy #2)   by Ilsa J. Bick YA dystopian*Hardcover, 528 pages Published September 25th 2012 by EgmontUSA Purchase:  Amazon  | B&N  | IndieBound  | Egmont The Apocalypse does not end. The Changed will grow in numbers. The Spared may not survive. Even before the EMPs brought down the world, Alex was on the run from the demons of her past and the monster living in her head. After the world was gone, she believed Rule could be a sanctuary for her and those she’d come to love. But she was wrong. Now Alex is in the fight of her life against the adults, who would use her, the survivors, who don’t trust her, and the Changed, who would eat her alive.  Welcome to Shadows, the second book in the haunting apocalyptic Ashes Trilogy: where no one is safe and humans may be th

Purchase:  BookStrand Vaquero by D'Ann Lindun Contemporary romance*Kindle Edition, 236 pages Published October 1st 2012 by Siren Publishing When Cordero Ybarra and Aspen O’Hare meet, there is an immediate attraction. But he holds his secrets close, refusing to open up about the night racial prejudice almost killed him.  Aspen refuses to trust Cord—or any man. She’s been abandoned one too many times. When another woman lies and says Cord wouldn’t take responsibility for a child they created together, Aspen believes Cord is a deadbeat just like her father. It is only after she uncovers the truth that Aspen realizes Cord is nothing like the men who’ve deserted her  before. When an immigrant worker is hanged by the same two crazies who branded him, Cord sees the truth. The shame he’s carried about being the victim of a hate crime is going to cost him the woman he loves if he can’t let go of his past. by D'Ann Lindun For more than five years, my d

The Waiting Booth  by Brinda Berry A missing boy, government agents, an interdimensional portal... Mia has one goal for her senior year at Whispering Woods High-find her missing older brother. But when her science project reveals a portal into another dimension, she learns that travelers are moving in and out of her woods in the most alarming way and government agents Regulus and Arizona are policing their immigration. Mia's drawn to the mysterious, aloof Regulus, but it's no time for a crush. She needs to find out what they know about her brother, while the agents fight to save the world from viral contamination. But when Regulus reveals that he knows Mia's secrets, she begins to wonder if there's more going on than she thought...and if she was wrong to trust him... Purchase:  Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Book Depository Praise for The Waiting Booth: "The book kept me on the edge of my seat with its perfect balance of teenaged angst, interdim