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Today's tour is a very special one. Very Superstitious: Myths, Legends and Tales of Superstition is an anthology featuring some of today's top authors in YA. Shannon Delany,  Stephanie Kuehnert, Mari Mancusi and  Jackie Morse Kessler are authors I've read and there are other authors as well. The proceeds from this book go to charity to  benefit SPCA International. This anthology is a great book to enjoy on a chilly autumn night, sipping a warm mug of apple cider or hot cocoa. Enjoy this spotlight. Very Superstitious: Myths, Legends and Tales of Superstition Fantasy/mythology/paranormal anthology Paperback/eBook, 200 pages Published October 15th 2013 by Month9Books, LLC. ISBN-13: 978-0-9883409-4-7 ISBN eBook: 978-1-939765-75-8 Authors: Shannon Delany, Jackie Morse Kessler, Stephanie Kuehnert, Jennifer Knight,  Marianne Mancusi, Michelle E. Reed, Dianne Salerni and Pab Sungenis The stories are based on urban legends, myths, tribal tales and supersti...

The Siren's Tale (Home Schooling #2)  by Anne Carlisle ebook, 1st edition, 240 pages Published June 18th 2013 by LazyDay Publishing It’s 1900 in remote Wyoming, where a smart young siren in human form falls into a trap. Because of a curse, her lover may die if she acts on her passionate instincts. The novel is a new take on speculative fiction, treating real coming-of-age issues of choice for modern young women and meanwhile weaving a cautionary tale of paranormal romance and terror set in the distant past. This is the story of a group of sirens, told in part by the ghost of the main character, Cassandra. The sirens are creatures who are part human but who have strange powers and skills. Cassandra’s love life in the Old West results in a curse which passes down the generations. A family of paranormal women, an ancient lineage of sirens in human form, are threatened by extinction, unless Marlena, the youngest, carries her pregnancy to term in 1977. Cassandra, the siren...