Okay, so I'm super excited about these upcoming books. See, Ali Cross and I have been in a critique group together for, oh, I don't know, three years? Four? I can't keep track anymore. I'm a big fan of Ali's, and she's got her book BECOME coming out in just about a month.
She's launching with 4 other people, as part of the Dark C.A.R.M.A. Tour. (Do you know how long that took me to type with the periods in between? Longer than I want to admit. Freak.)
So I thought I'd let you know a little bit about each of the books I'm eagerly anticipating! (I've already read BECOME. Can't recommend it enough!)
BOUND (#1 in THE CRYSTOR Series)
by C.K. Bryant
YA Paranormal Romance
When a photo shoot ends in tragedy, Kira discovers her best friend, Lydia,has been keeping a secret. Knowing the truth, and accepting it, will change Kira’s life forever and thrust her into a world of ancient curses, magical objects, and savage enemies. What happens next will challenge everything Kira knows about her world, herself and the shape-shifting warrior she’s falling in love with. No longer the timid mouse her mother accused her of being, but a woman who finds the mental and physical strength to endure and survive.
BOUND is a heroic tale of true friendship, infinite sacrifice and untamed love.
BECOME (#1 in the DESOLATION Series)
by Ali Cross
YA Urban Fantasy
Sixteen-year old Desolation Black wants nothing more than to stay in Hell where it’s cold and lonely and totally predictable. Instead, she’s sent back to Earth where she Becomes the evil she despises and the good she always feared.
When Desi is forced to embrace her inner demon, she assumes her Choice has been made—that she has no hope of being anything other than what her father, Lucifer, has created her to be. What she doesn’t count on, is a reason to want to change—something she’s never had before—a friend.
What she Becomes is neither Light nor Dark.
Something neither Heaven nor Hell expected.
EXILED
by RaShelle Workman
YA Sci-Fi Romance
Stubborn, sixteen-year-old Princess Venus of Kelari wants one thing, to become a kelvieri, that is, until someone exiles her to Earth, kills her irrihunter and takes her family.
Now she wants revenge.
First she’s got to get home. But before she can return to Kelari, the Gods have commanded her to help an arrogant boy named Michael find his soul mate.
Only she doesn't know the first thing about love.
Rather quickly, her inexperience with human emotion is obscured by other matters—alien-controlled psychotic teens that are out to kill her, and a government group that is set on capturing and dissecting her.
Worst of all, Venus will suffer a painful death-by-poisoning, thanks to Earth’s atmosphere, if she remains on the planet longer than one week.
Still, Venus is a Princess and she's got a plan. Surely, with her help, Michael will fall in love with a human.
But time is running out and Michael is falling for the wrong girl—-her.
BREATHE
by Melanie McCullough
YA Contemporary
Life's hard. People make it harder. They tether you to them. Make it difficult to breathe, and damn-near impossible to leave...
One Moment Can Change You
Seventeen year-old Abby Rhoades knows this all too well. Born to a mother who could never love her and who vacillates between a sloppy drunk and a suicidal maniac, Abby's never had it easy. But Abby can swim. And Abby has a plan--win the state championship, earn a free ride to Penn State, and leave her small town and suffocating mother behind.
One Action Can Haunt You
But then the body of Tom Ford, her mother's latest boyfriend and a man Abby adored, washes up along the shore of the Susquehanna River. His injuries suggest murder and suspicion quickly falls on Abby then on her best friend Garrett Scott, both of whom saw Tom the night he died.
And One Misstep Could Destroy Everything
They both know what happened that night, but neither one is talking. There's too much at stake and the truth could tear them apart.
PIGMENTS OF MY IMAGINATION
by Angela Kulig
YA Dark Fantasy
From the moment Lucia steps into Bayside Art Academy, she is fed a steady stream of lies, but it’s not until she meets Michael that she begins to question the people she trusts. Unraveling fact from fabrication seems impossible until Lucia finds her first painting, and discovers the dead do not lie--at least not to her.
A dozen lifetimes ago, Lucia started a war. Not a war with armies or guns, but a bloody war nonetheless. The path leading Lucia to the truth is hidden within lovely art that spans the ages. In this life, however, Lucia doesn't know where to look. Lost, she turns to the one thing she knows with certainty--she is in love with Leo, and has been before.
Okay, see what I mean? I hope you've added these books to your Goodreads list! I'm not gonna spill ALL the beans now, but there will be chances to win some of these fabulous books as we get closer to 11-11-11. So stick around!
Which one of these grabs your eye? I know they're going out into the e-publishing world. Do you read on an e-reader? Big fan of e-books? Let me know!
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