tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28959652933526713032024-02-18T18:23:23.762-08:00Girl with a Pen and a DreamAmanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.comBlogger715125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-58200503388896835442023-02-15T13:59:00.001-08:002023-02-15T13:59:19.247-08:00My Top Ten Books of 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXSrHE1z7Rcr5IedjyfQJXUGoesptBOqgimGKx1WVvYLuLf454I3HrnRlBQcUJ59e9LQgXWWGBbhcWa8rHDMcWhmScWomTEWquPDGq9oCCCyM1C8j5DCFzYH3tzJILOj7x382zBfyR6NeQKqro-8Ce9kqr-wCzmPkWTnRF5dFmitLQv-jZbWBzplB/s500/girltop10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXSrHE1z7Rcr5IedjyfQJXUGoesptBOqgimGKx1WVvYLuLf454I3HrnRlBQcUJ59e9LQgXWWGBbhcWa8rHDMcWhmScWomTEWquPDGq9oCCCyM1C8j5DCFzYH3tzJILOj7x382zBfyR6NeQKqro-8Ce9kqr-wCzmPkWTnRF5dFmitLQv-jZbWBzplB/s16000/girltop10.png" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here it is!! Albeit a little late. My Top 10 Books of 2022.
These are books that I read in 2022, not books that were published in 2022.
Although I believe a couple of them were. If you click on the book cover you
will be taken to its GoodReads page. Happy New Year!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56898952-flower-crowns-and-fearsome-things " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc0xuOx1ZUv0zRR4gtEsa44ZZEgW5zA_A62LrTP1hN4PfBR7ebKKa5qgvg36xjNb5D2I3EqtyiTBd3wgmi3DbsGW1B7yD46yfHwSMgq7sVwvPT8amCFZjBJ6N0VibsukCO5k-smwacLnQK8MG0im1QA4norI0ZPgYpb7_FbzMP27w3KwJb1O_r7yC/s320/Flower%20Crowns%20and%20Fearsome%20Things.jpg" width="213" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. <u><i><span style="color: #ea9999;">Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things</span></i></u> by Amanda Lovelace</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think this is my favorite collection of hers so far. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49656780-home-body " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="180" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJT-kyRNM_fpgngRd8l0key9G-q8RyMfp3iJeGLQr3OkT8rYBVy0ajPlVRjCL2OAZHwua8ZQTL3TIA1I5RK8WvqAP47g2GsaWbSf5Oo18HYQiPG0Guoy920ouGV_9rhYWiIaa0r_vIlAKk8gxXY0Ea0-D8a_QYOifCsujXThgw-VNAPgJJOn_kpXKR/s1600/Home%20Body.jpg" width="180" /></a></div> <div><div style="text-align: center;">2. <i><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">Home Body</span></u></i> by Rupi Kaur</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Either this one or Milk and Honey is my favorite from her. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54335207-shine-your-icy-crown " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNnPdArXSkdmYHzgZzQGIaf--YQtrq-BPUjR4bTB4tRq2zaUmTxhKUeeXI2OjmUbjvRQM0uqY8htKSSFHNRE1K4Qk9D65BpGqMGaq0Mho5oJHLN5hfjPWGh57ZWse3E-hii2WlYcrg4tpWzr9_uJs-dv4GaLOwNH09KNLoCfqZAu_GqcybZ9XSD8h/s320/Shine%20Your%20Icy%20Crown.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">3. <i><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">Shine Your Icy Crown</span></u></i> by Amanda Lovelace </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58439971-unlock-your-storybook-heart " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSORvgs0FkVUIVsZFoX6PQt_PJMAFLwABI4JyybkhW1GIn0PaBY7kJO39A7SMWzSxlg5QK-8EDlVxHPut6Nk0aQWOJ-xabd--Rum-z34d_SSb2aSwF5NmWu4RasiPw0eBBc_Zinjs4Ngn2wAnMoTBZ5PG-gTchozhyp5Y5csiCWQOcoAkKE4VC6Cn/s320/Unlock%20Your%20Storybook%20Heart.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">4. <i><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">Unlock Your Storybook Heart</span></u></i> by Amanda Lovelace</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is a lot of poetry on this list, but I read a lot of good collections in 2022.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60093519-lovely-bad-things " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="4500" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6EGLdazuJefrHljJkECRONSbqYEDgoL8Cj4ky916wRlW7THhlKxxoTcw9Gihk5wH6jye06NjSe0-qSUOopT8_c9KW_4enE9B53J8aX1EsaOC4chJGBeqY-SWRLaF0LX0JQvNp0Lb0cENwIVgoA4ntMi2QvytFmBjEmGOEMZ4gon9MG7f-vziCl4Dn/s320/Lovely%20Bad%20Things.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">5. <i><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">Lovely Bad Things</span></u></i> by Trisha Wolfe</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Trisha is one of my favorite authors. My very favorite indie author. This book was dark, twisted, twisty, haunting, and beautiful. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58730467-the-sandman " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOm0Ba2dH3XN87fkLKy7ugF0PHRHIXURWXFgWa_IpH0pIxDve4O_kPqU2PL9Id5p3aHmSAzcdvBTK2L4_hiYKsEsx5YWhLDwxbMFXGhv0iZcLK_jT0wDv1KdzCANL9OTVp1fSHfbCXwjc7G8AWu8So-CPqnYtdZrHss6B8oS121W6jViSad4U2qUht/s320/The%20Sandman%20Act%20II%20Audio.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">6. <i><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">The Sandman Act II</span></u></i> by Neil Gaiman</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The audio version with James McAvoy as Dream. It is so good. I have already listened to Act I and it was amazing, as well. This is also the first time I ended up with a bit of a crush on a character just from listening to the audio. And no, I did not realize at first it was James McAvoy voicing Dream. <3 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60012216-the-sandman-book-one " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="260" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8So-JZAZ9cH3CEe--oiB9lnatNwyHy_Sm3ZF2yb-C7dtxcJEasK2hOSLctV_y714JtX14zcw9M2XfjC0kWPxwZRR7TKdzWptJa9tEI3rsKr26hugObtX6n-LQ38lW5k4_SbGQESCqMT2jRmu3aLyU4J1dVoSEmn5lZK7Stk4oBRBSACxyZeLqqV9/s320/The%20Sandman%20Act%20I%20Graphic%20Novel.jpg" width="208" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7. <i><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">The Sandman Act I</span></u></i> by Neil Gaiman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not the audio. I listened to that last year, as I said. But I decided after listening to the first two acts that I loved it so much I had to buy all the graphic novel collections. Or are they comics? Somebody please tell me. I did put the Act II audio just a little above this because of the amazing performances. I want some behind the scenes of that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2108198.Odd_and_the_Frost_Giants " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIjVgAUbMQDkW75yzHWVuXJQ2rvhG70c_66ts3IJjT6qUhoQO-AlOr22ExyjVWf4yTv9KZzJQBgEhEqanhtYqnGWLuWC0H309V3bfr1z4z1eWTRVIwpaLQdtScG8ag18BBz4euHGoV2cuoIuAwuyOn9xwzjyhftDhv8TtjAEmGBdKOcuEWKNPuam8/s320/Odd%20and%20the%20Frost%20Giants%20-%20listened%20to%20Audio.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8. <i><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">Odd and the Frost Giants </span></u></i>by Neil Gaiman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My mom was looking at Neil Gaiman's website and told me about this one. I got interested in Norse Mythology because of Loki in the MCU. Then I read Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology book and got more into it. This sounded interesting and fun. And I loved it. I also listened to the audio of this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18635092-the-truth-is-a-cave-in-the-black-mountains " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="318" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm70cDO0YRw2bmTkqzHK3Pw8JJ5W7L2cXLFH82zjHCKOKn9hhGo-hb0y6CEEpsm_UpZKkpypcgTyrcJLqySFWFpS9gdo3xNTJzwNRCubzFggiVchBWrYvcYUDbC-MCIGw-Ku3a_hbxQ17w0sj-4QMIYreMutLnWBuP6Vu7R1_lGH_qqz7pdmSDTxMi/s1600/The%20Truth%20is%20a%20Cave%20in%20the%20Black%20Mountains.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9. <i><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains</span></u></i> by Neil Gaiman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This list is Neil Gaiman, and poetry heavy. This one came up in my recommendations after finishing Odd and the Frost Giants. I listened to the sample and was intrigued. It was different, atmospheric, kind of morally grey, and I really liked it. Again, listened to the audio. A lot of audiobooks here, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6726629-rumpelstiltskin " imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLU_Y8Sx8R6dvtlGYztw777FsoYCEVEPo4DeZP-d_Q5zFpJ_ymPt_GR5bhhjZGWHdVTwvoYs_-uNp14bgvSGXzmbeMNwzW8PSgDh2EOWs6xK1dmykOALsSOWXN323_CHknlAuoEStPOpcTMRDkMEf3bxFwN27KNdDm9D5XbGudN3Yn5eSk2q-I9ujQ/s320/Rumpelstiltskin.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10. <i><u><span style="color: #ea9999;">Rumpelstiltskin </span></u></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This story is actually much older than what we know from the Brothers Grimm. It has always been my second favorite fairy tale, though. After watching Once Upon a Time twice last year I decided I needed to give this one a reread. I still love it. Still a favorite. My first introduction to this was Fairie Tale Theatre with Shelley Duvall and I adored it from that very first watch. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-45452703445098469712022-12-15T20:06:00.005-08:002022-12-15T20:14:50.477-08:00Cover Reveal | Lovely Violent Things (Hollow's Row Series #2) by Trisha Wolfe<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA42nT8et9s0zpD6jop2KJaPEC9ymdDAOt6JlIFj3n-eYCaXNLNHkro1B9jHMRREvpR3NirkeQKBaoCmRIb0ac915hBUAdBibmLlDdq_Zghh487ceE9cFnKabwVyhEM8x1jAf3mfrX2sLDfIOpTJmr_vEKk0CGw6SMeU9aCQKQmgYYpf8QAb22W8F/s900/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA42nT8et9s0zpD6jop2KJaPEC9ymdDAOt6JlIFj3n-eYCaXNLNHkro1B9jHMRREvpR3NirkeQKBaoCmRIb0ac915hBUAdBibmLlDdq_Zghh487ceE9cFnKabwVyhEM8x1jAf3mfrX2sLDfIOpTJmr_vEKk0CGw6SMeU9aCQKQmgYYpf8QAb22W8F/w267-h400/unnamed.png" width="267" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲</span> <span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬</span></span>,
the highly-anticipated second book in the Hollow’s Row trilogy by Trisha Wolfe,
is slated to release late February 2023! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Lovely Bad Things (book 1) is available now in KU. Dare to look into the abyss with Professor Kallum Locke and forensic
profiler Halen St. James as they return in this contemporary dark romance that
is as psychologically thrilling as it is <span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">🔥🔥</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Cover designed by the amazing Najla Qamber Designs <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">🖤</span> <span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐀𝐝𝐝</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐋𝐕𝐓</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐭𝐨</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬</span>:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bit.ly/3UR9KMv">http://bit.ly/3UR9KMv</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙗</span>:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯</span>:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The moment I gave in to Kallum Locke, I sold my soul to the
devil. Now that devil has returned for me, a daemon siphoning off what soul I
have left.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The Harbinger killer has descended on Hollow’s Row amid an
active case, where I’ve been hired as a consultant to profile two killers. One
offering gruesome sacrifices to obtain an ancient philosophy, and the other a
dangerous omen from my past.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">A dark truth hovers at the edge of my memories—but is it
real, or a trick by the chaos magician himself, meant to trap me in his web of
lies and corruption. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Kallum is too consuming, his striking green-and-blue eyes
staring into my depths, demanding I feel the frenzy he teased from my soul.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I have to escape him.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮</span>:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I’ve tasted Halen St. James. My muse of heartbreak. I’ve
sank my teeth into her tender flesh, lapped at her tears, marked her as mine…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">So I’ll be damned if I let her go now. Not this time—not
when I’m so close to revealing our truth. It’s easy to be tricked when you
believe your own lies. And, oh, how my little Halen clings to her pretty lies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Beneath her obsession with naming me the killer, she’s
afraid of me—afraid of us—but I’m not the danger she should fear.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The moth is attracted to sweetness—and my little Halen is
the sweetest damn thing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">There is no escape. Halen needs her big bad villain to
protect her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐆𝐞𝐭</span> <span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐟𝐨𝐫</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐚</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞</span>!
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐭𝐰𝐨</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐚𝐫𝐞</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠</span>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria Math",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Cambria Math";">𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧</span>!
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">The Teacher of Nothing</h2><div style="text-align: center;">by K Webster </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Publication Date:</strong> October 18, 2022 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Genre: </b>Forbidden Romance, Standalone </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tropes: </b>Age-Gap Romance, Taboo Romance, Student/Teacher Romance</div><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-215235" height="640" src="https://indiesage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Teacher-of-Nothing-eBook-683x1024.jpeg" width="427" /></p>
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<strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster comes a new steamy age-gap, student-teacher forbidden romance!</em></strong>
<strong>He’s a grumpy teacher with a chip on his shoulder. She’s his much, much younger student who’s completely off-limits.</strong> </div></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love broke me when I was a teen.
My dad not only slept with my girlfriend, but he knocked her up and made her my stepmom, too. Nearly two decades later and I’m still not over it.
How can I be when they’re a daily reminder of what was stolen from me?
Being a teacher isn’t necessarily my passion but pissing my dad off is.
He thinks teaching is beneath our family and I love watching him squirm.
But the joke’s on me.
I’m completely obsessed with the quiet, beautiful girl in my class.
Always staring at her perfect lips when no one’s looking.
She’s so young—too young for me.
Something about her, though, is just so sad and I can’t seem to stop thinking about her.
I want to comfort her. To hold her.
To teach her filthy lessons while in the sanctity of my bedroom.
And, yet I can’t.
Not only would I lose my job and bring humiliation down on the others in my family who don’t deserve the heat, but I’d be just like him. My father. A sicko chasing some girl he has no business going after. I refuse to let that happen.
Until I’m forced to protect her when no one else will, everything changes.
I cross a line I’m not sure I can come back from.
It turns out, I’m exactly like my father.
A selfish man hellbent on ruining everyone’s lives over a teenage girl. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> <em>***This is a complete standalone novel with a happily ever after. Characters are of legal age.***</em></div><h1 style="text-align: center;">About K. Webster</h1>
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
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</div>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-70130769121781025632022-09-29T09:35:00.001-07:002022-09-29T09:35:02.945-07:00Cover Reveal | The Teacher of Nothing by K. Webster<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-215234" height="148" src="https://indiesage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Teacher-of-Nothing-Banner.png" width="400" /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Teacher of Nothing</h2><div style="text-align: center;">by K Webster </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">Publication Date:</span></strong> October 18 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Genre: </span></b>Forbidden Romance, Standalone </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Tropes:</span> </b>Age-Gap Romance, Taboo Romance, Student/Teacher Romance</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-215235" height="640" src="https://indiesage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Teacher-of-Nothing-eBook-683x1024.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="427" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<strong><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong><em>From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster comes a new steamy age-gap, student-teacher forbidden romance!</em></strong>
<strong>He’s a grumpy teacher with a chip on his shoulder. She’s his much, much younger student who’s completely off-limits.</strong> </span></div></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Love broke me when I was a teen.
My dad not only slept with my girlfriend, but he knocked her up and made her my stepmom, too. Nearly two decades later and I’m still not over it.
How can I be when they’re a daily reminder of what was stolen from me?
Being a teacher isn’t necessarily my passion but pissing my dad off is.
He thinks teaching is beneath our family and I love watching him squirm.
But the joke’s on me.
I’m completely obsessed with the quiet, beautiful girl in my class.
Always staring at her perfect lips when no one’s looking.
She’s so young—too young for me.
Something about her, though, is just so sad and I can’t seem to stop thinking about her.
I want to comfort her. To hold her.
To teach her filthy lessons while in the sanctity of my bedroom.
And, yet I can’t.
Not only would I lose my job and bring humiliation down on the others in my family who don’t deserve the heat, but I’d be just like him. My father. A sicko chasing some girl he has no business going after. I refuse to let that happen.
Until I’m forced to protect her when no one else will, everything changes.
I cross a line I’m not sure I can come back from.
It turns out, I’m exactly like my father.
A selfish man hellbent on ruining everyone’s lives over a teenage girl. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br /></em></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>***This is a complete standalone novel with a happily ever after. Characters are of legal age.***</em></div><h1 style="text-align: center;">About K. Webster</h1>
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
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</div>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-20479633545964595382022-05-31T04:00:00.024-07:002022-05-31T04:00:00.186-07:00New Release | Lovely Bad Things by Trisha Wolfe<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoaN6MjwBZZ6wiTLqQJ59-N0jLJ6B_qwEbOnCpGY-ZTmU2eIYKph7k9hz_JhhrAGC7AArp1el7PHOoO8M3Dxx98Urc-Aas6-gbju9ie3X4CFz9qlPfls2NVeKd3JzP6fKqC4gDEs1pVzVTGW0qBtBmhxKdYWjty68TIc8Bmk_bS-OJYy0MDCaWcx7/s2048/LBTLive2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoaN6MjwBZZ6wiTLqQJ59-N0jLJ6B_qwEbOnCpGY-ZTmU2eIYKph7k9hz_JhhrAGC7AArp1el7PHOoO8M3Dxx98Urc-Aas6-gbju9ie3X4CFz9qlPfls2NVeKd3JzP6fKqC4gDEs1pVzVTGW0qBtBmhxKdYWjty68TIc8Bmk_bS-OJYy0MDCaWcx7/w400-h400/LBTLive2.png" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Release Date: May 31</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #090909; font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">He’s the devil. And she’s his wicked game. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Halen:</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">They say eyes are the windows to the soul—but when he looks at me through hues of slate-green and flaring blue embers, I’m terrified of what’s watching me from behind his clashing gaze, something primal and feverish that threatens to melt me like fire in ice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">I fear falling into Kallum Locke’s pitch-black soul.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">But after I’m called to a crime scene to investigate the most gruesome act of violence to descend on the legendary town of Hollow’s Row, I have no choice but to turn to Kallum, to the man I had locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">He’s the leading expert on all things Nietzsche and occult. And now, to get answers, I’m forced to make a deal with the devil himself. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Kallum: </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">Really, eyes are the windows to the soul? Then I wonder what little Halen St. James thinks of all the cryptic eyes watching her in the killing fields… I wonder if the hairs on her delicate nape lifted away, if a thrilling shiver raced over her soft skin. She’s desperate for the answer, and she’ll do anything to uncover it—even make a deal with me, dangling freedom like bait on a hook. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">But she’s far more tempting to sink my teeth into than any lure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And the pain will taste twice as sweet. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJIMl9rEEDvd1Rmob0P54lv_b8mAjZpU34q9iM_wZJU35HsbXeoeNbR_rYqgcZrB4Sd1fzAgxeKoTde_lIqVHFSf26HCse5TxdlS6EOfQrif7g5aPJwtsU5AdFyB0BnP55gG8R3bGekHCAdiGM4v6weYKFvcezDvkts2pBnvCB4UXyLRmdlQOg2UC/s320/trisha+wolfe.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJIMl9rEEDvd1Rmob0P54lv_b8mAjZpU34q9iM_wZJU35HsbXeoeNbR_rYqgcZrB4Sd1fzAgxeKoTde_lIqVHFSf26HCse5TxdlS6EOfQrif7g5aPJwtsU5AdFyB0BnP55gG8R3bGekHCAdiGM4v6weYKFvcezDvkts2pBnvCB4UXyLRmdlQOg2UC/s1600/trisha+wolfe.jpg" width="218" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; 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From an early age, Trisha Wolfe dreamed up imaginary worlds and characters and was accused of talking to herself. 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Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-70556966933202266782022-05-13T01:30:00.002-07:002022-05-13T13:27:03.015-07:00Teaser Blast | Lovely Bad Things by Trisha Wolfe<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>TEASER BLAST</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">LOVELY BAD THINGS by Trisha Wolfe is coming May 31!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5Lg73mM-ZTmKpf4D-c_PdT6eFia8a0i2LTcpkYcMNIzKM4JoSfA58zGvmVCSJMR_s18rUP6Cjd9LFVx1D214xQ0b_Wo42hDCemlavMZmZJ9ZrN6aLBd38FumKMzmmDc7FuA8u1SIB7iQfiLU-s3JxWRp20cnEBhvHzLVYzuv1tXaMY5uksiD4J2l/s2048/LBTTeaser1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5Lg73mM-ZTmKpf4D-c_PdT6eFia8a0i2LTcpkYcMNIzKM4JoSfA58zGvmVCSJMR_s18rUP6Cjd9LFVx1D214xQ0b_Wo42hDCemlavMZmZJ9ZrN6aLBd38FumKMzmmDc7FuA8u1SIB7iQfiLU-s3JxWRp20cnEBhvHzLVYzuv1tXaMY5uksiD4J2l/w400-h400/LBTTeaser1.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>He’s the devil. And she’s his wicked game. </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Halen:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They say eyes are the windows to the soul—but when he looks
at me through hues of slate-green and flaring blue embers, I’m terrified of
what’s watching me from behind his clashing gaze, something primal and feverish
that threatens to melt me like fire in ice. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I fear falling into Kallum Locke’s pitch-black soul.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But after I’m called to a crime scene to investigate the
most gruesome act of violence to descend on the legendary town of Hollow’s Row,
I have no choice but to turn to Kallum, to the man I had locked away in an
asylum for the criminally insane. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He’s the leading expert on all things Nietzsche and occult.
And now, to get answers, I’m forced to make a deal with the devil
himself. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Kallum: </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Really, eyes are the windows to the soul? Then I wonder what
little Halen St. James thinks of all the cryptic eyes watching her in the
killing fields… I wonder if the hairs on her delicate nape lifted away, if a
thrilling shiver raced over her soft skin. She’s desperate for the answer, and
she’ll do anything to uncover it—even make a deal with me, dangling freedom
like bait on a hook. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But she’s far more tempting to sink my teeth into than any
lure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And the pain will taste twice as sweet. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-45988461814469257372022-04-22T16:16:00.001-07:002022-04-22T16:16:32.851-07:00Cover Reveal | Guided by Moonlight: Poetry and Photography by Amanda Leigh (Musings of a Bibliophile, book four)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX19PgcZ7MV53YRmNMJUWQ2Z7EIxRX6tuzQ1D08O1wgKSh_dFbfKjTvI53Q2Z9PrWPkBX-b4TGqRd4XVYxdPvEvZkaAHApMaENo3nW565KnoZis4-9jD2EefWj9B_Hwa25iKW6xlnly4Mr26B3I_G758lNqSBw08juzjSkZqRqCvjRO9shGJ4BQF8b/s1951/279073829_10221548350438199_1296074749123619220_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1951" data-original-width="1253" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX19PgcZ7MV53YRmNMJUWQ2Z7EIxRX6tuzQ1D08O1wgKSh_dFbfKjTvI53Q2Z9PrWPkBX-b4TGqRd4XVYxdPvEvZkaAHApMaENo3nW565KnoZis4-9jD2EefWj9B_Hwa25iKW6xlnly4Mr26B3I_G758lNqSBw08juzjSkZqRqCvjRO9shGJ4BQF8b/w413-h640/279073829_10221548350438199_1296074749123619220_n.jpeg" width="413" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #999999;">Guided by Moonlight</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4fa9b595-7fff-96e9-c18a-a7318da8aae8" style="text-align: start;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Subtitle:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> </span><span style="color: #999999;">Poetry and Photography</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Author:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> </span><span style="color: #999999;">Amanda Leigh</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Series:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span style="color: #999999;">Musings of a Bibliophile, book four</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Release Date:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span style="color: #999999;">April 26th </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blurb:</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For five years Amanda Leigh has been writing and gathering poems, and now, she finally shares them in her newest poetry collection, Guided by Moonlight. Where she further delves into topics she touched on in her last poetry collection, as well as experiments with the way she writes poetry. A few poems are humorous, some are serious, some are hopeful, but all are heartfelt. Amanda Leigh explores life, love, discrimination, emotional abuse, mental health, sexuality and more with raw emotion, vulnerability, and honesty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">GoodReads Link:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60801799-guided-by-moonlight" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60801799-guided-by-moonlight</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author Bio: </span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amanda Leigh is the multi-genre author of numerous titles, including the Mature YA Paranormal Romance, the Beauty of the Dark series. She’s made up stories all her life, and written them down since she was eight. In college she got her degree in English and Communications, and worked as the Assistant Managing Editor on the literary magazine. Amanda advocates for mental health, cystinosis/rare disease awareness, and literacy. Strength: Lives Touched by Cystinosis is an anthology to raise awareness and money for cystinosis. She has a cat she adores and loves cooking, music, art, Psychology, Marvel, Harry Potter, and Elvis Presley. Not necessarily in that order. 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font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">He’s the devil. And she’s his wicked game. </span><span style="color: #090909;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #090909; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Halen:</span></b><span style="color: #090909;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">They say eyes are the windows to the soul—but when he looks at me through hues of slate-green and flaring blue embers, I’m terrified of what’s watching me from behind his clashing gaze, something primal and feverish that threatens to melt me like fire in ice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">I fear falling into Kallum Locke’s pitch-black soul.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">But after I’m called to a crime scene to investigate the most gruesome act of violence to descend on the legendary town of Hollow’s Row, I have no choice but to turn to Kallum, to the man I had locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">He’s the leading expert on all things Nietzsche and occult. And now, to get answers, I’m forced to make a deal with the devil himself.</span><span style="color: #090909; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #090909; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Kallum: </span></b><span style="color: #090909;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">Really, eyes are the windows to the soul? Then I wonder what little Halen St. James thinks of all the cryptic eyes watching her in the killing fields… I wonder if the hairs on her delicate nape lifted away, if a thrilling shiver raced over her soft skin. She’s desperate for the answer, and she’ll do anything to uncover it—even make a deal with me, dangling freedom like bait on a hook. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">But she’s far more tempting to sink my teeth into than any lure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">And the pain will taste twice as sweet. </span><span style="color: #090909; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #090909;"><br /></span></div></div><h2 style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;">Pre-Order Your Copy Here:</span></i></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #090909; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3BYMxjq">Amazon US</a> | <a href="http://mybook.to/lovelybadthings">Amazon WW</a> | <a href="https://apple.co/3JCxPCq">Apple</a> | <a href="https://bit.ly/3BWI5BW">Nook</a> </span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #090909; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Add to your </span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3EsM7S2">Goodreads</a> </span></span><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;">TBR List!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYk43X6M6QGyMeP7Swz5E8gTvHGqWapxXUmuOFhQon--SM-zL5LfaCr_CR3P8NQHNMa_EKqLTWx7mTHzehwoP6EFfjZikhVEcHRkw3oPoRV0IF4cf3-pyw4jTYP7Bu53glK_c01OdVDC--qJ3bqjkBANaZBI0Fg7lgUvvtVl5G86EwQG21T76rt48d/s1080/BookBrushImage-2022-3-26-10-165.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYk43X6M6QGyMeP7Swz5E8gTvHGqWapxXUmuOFhQon--SM-zL5LfaCr_CR3P8NQHNMa_EKqLTWx7mTHzehwoP6EFfjZikhVEcHRkw3oPoRV0IF4cf3-pyw4jTYP7Bu53glK_c01OdVDC--qJ3bqjkBANaZBI0Fg7lgUvvtVl5G86EwQG21T76rt48d/s320/BookBrushImage-2022-3-26-10-165.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><h2 style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Meet Trisha Wolfe</span></i></h2></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJIMl9rEEDvd1Rmob0P54lv_b8mAjZpU34q9iM_wZJU35HsbXeoeNbR_rYqgcZrB4Sd1fzAgxeKoTde_lIqVHFSf26HCse5TxdlS6EOfQrif7g5aPJwtsU5AdFyB0BnP55gG8R3bGekHCAdiGM4v6weYKFvcezDvkts2pBnvCB4UXyLRmdlQOg2UC/s320/trisha+wolfe.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJIMl9rEEDvd1Rmob0P54lv_b8mAjZpU34q9iM_wZJU35HsbXeoeNbR_rYqgcZrB4Sd1fzAgxeKoTde_lIqVHFSf26HCse5TxdlS6EOfQrif7g5aPJwtsU5AdFyB0BnP55gG8R3bGekHCAdiGM4v6weYKFvcezDvkts2pBnvCB4UXyLRmdlQOg2UC/s1600/trisha+wolfe.jpg" width="218" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">USA Today bestselling romantic thriller author Trisha Wolfe. From an early age, Trisha Wolfe dreamed up imaginary worlds and characters and was accused of talking to herself. Today, she lives in South Carolina with her family and writes full time, using her imaginary worlds as an excuse to continue talking to herself.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Be the first to hear about new releases and sales by signing up for Trisha Wolfe's Newsletter below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Want even more special insider sneak peeks?</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"> </span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/141869189559765" target="_blank">Join Trisha’s Facebook readers group</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/141869189559765" target="_blank">The Lair</a>, and get access to book teasers, giveaways, and live chats.</span></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #cccccc;">To learn more about Trisha Wolfe, visit</span> <span style="color: #cccccc;"><a href="http://linktr.ee/trisha_wolfe">here</a>!</span></i></b></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #333333;"></b></span></p><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #333333;"><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-small;">Hosted By:</span></i></b></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXyPbr6tlF6FUh5X_Qkz9NhS_4gDLWFXRKbaGZCrGyt3G9XaucTzBVw5OFN9pnZNSXseZ4w0lKC4eJ83jJDsF5AoIhJSHypLfP2fXbInE0LkVCnbJreqja0_sO27JcnHZfaSDmEOW7sA/s2048/wildfire-01+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="2048" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXyPbr6tlF6FUh5X_Qkz9NhS_4gDLWFXRKbaGZCrGyt3G9XaucTzBVw5OFN9pnZNSXseZ4w0lKC4eJ83jJDsF5AoIhJSHypLfP2fXbInE0LkVCnbJreqja0_sO27JcnHZfaSDmEOW7sA/w200-h143/wildfire-01+%25281%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></b></span></div></div><p></p>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-18103964322950159592021-07-19T01:00:00.030-07:002021-07-19T11:51:41.700-07:00Interview with Fantasy and Paranormal author Karen Tomlinson | We Talk Writing, Editing, Publishing, Marketing, Tips, Movies, Music and More!!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimJl9piSWLA8xQvc5UiP-IUVP2qhK2q-Tn8aLu4BCJZRWWW92ZeLJZcJUwQIoISeiqA6-ZzAfWm4m0_JBmrClpzZxPg3RpZiy5tMmIYv8Ae0VW2mINf0B9OuWAUoixpjSd-HNsZx4QBM/s800/Karen+Tomlinson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimJl9piSWLA8xQvc5UiP-IUVP2qhK2q-Tn8aLu4BCJZRWWW92ZeLJZcJUwQIoISeiqA6-ZzAfWm4m0_JBmrClpzZxPg3RpZiy5tMmIYv8Ae0VW2mINf0B9OuWAUoixpjSd-HNsZx4QBM/w266-h400/Karen+Tomlinson.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="DK2WGA7X3rKos2v1AABBD _20x9t-BL2SDh7lOGEew66E" data-block="true" data-editor="f17ip" data-offset-key="8fmu9-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Maax, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8fmu9-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-offset-key="8fmu9-0-0" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #bab3b3; font-size: medium;">I had a blast talking to Karen on this interview!! We talked about so much stuff; writing, editing, self publishing, Fantasy, Paranormal, outlining, marketing, struggles as an author, music, shows, movies, and more!! I honestly can't even remember it all. What I do remember is having a blast doing it, AND Karen also gave some of the most tangible advice on the podcast for anyone wishing to go down the self-publishing/indie route. Lots of good advice and gems in here you DO NOT want to miss!! It's a long episode, but a great one!! It's impossible to pick favorites out of my interviews, but this one is up there for sure. <3 Check out ALL the places you can find Karen online below. There are a lot, so you can be sure to follow her somewhere!! 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<iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/writingrealityamandaleigh/embed/episodes/Interview-with-FANTASY-and-PARANORMAL-author-Karen-Tomlinson--We-Talk-Writing--Editing--Publishing--Marketing--Tips--Movies--Music-and-More-e145luo" width="400px"></iframe>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-42141532245041369232021-03-18T19:29:00.001-07:002021-03-18T19:34:17.409-07:00Interview with Christina Herrara | Author of Kissing the Skater Boy<p><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #ea9999;"><b>Amanda: </b></span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Give us a quick introduction to you. Published books, what you write, etc. </span></p><p><b style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> My name is Christina Herrera and I write Young Adult Contemporary Romance as well as Clean Romance. My published include: Kissing Under the Fireworks (a clean adult romance novella), Kissing the Wrong Twin (a young adult standalone) and Kissing the Skater Boy (an enemies to lovers young adult standalone). </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48716588-kissing-under-the-fireworks" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZqwIuxLUTMfeAqi-_aaQoCryEsOyv7-o512GlizCSO_cUPT1KF9UJdziuH_U1EeYv2jOmt_Bc-7igRzLxzIKngc6kQzsjnHgI8zIuzbUWnch5Y2AgmGG7Ipb8zvGVZ9iuWZgpt3RJ8A/w266-h400/Kissing+Under+the+Fireworks.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-8f0be60d-7fff-4008-6f1c-fb49325b6b8c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> Favorite book you’ve published so far? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> Kissing the Skater Boy. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56330157-kissing-the-skater-boy" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobtInZkd81Bp7WLWKevQhicPzK3VOhVZp5Msuk32BoTDdTgLYi0IB0J94c5GAUUuVem292UmvJhXQ0qh5kDqrgKTUQL4BCBM4KtTWRQpkcnvZaPeqS3uLBqM9t8pr9SZUNWROnRierwc/w250-h400/Kissing+the+Skater+Boy.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> Most fun character to write? Favorite character to write? (Because they can definitely be different. ;) ) Hardest to write?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> I like writing about the characters I am writing about now, Jordan and Selena. The first book I ever wrote had some of the most difficult characters to write. I think because I was still new at writing books at the time. The first book I ever wrote is Kissing the Right Guy. It is not on Amazon yet, but hopefully will be soon. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> Did you like to read as a child? Favorite book? Do you still have that book or reread it now? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> I got into reading when I was ten years old. I read the Amazing Days of Abby Hayes and Sweet Valley Twins. I still have at least one book from each series. I look forward to my future children reading them one day. I also loved reading the Twilight series when I was in middle school. I still enjoy reading about Bella, Edward, and Jacob to this day. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda: </span></b>Have you always been a writer/storyteller? How did you start? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> I started making up romance stories when I was a little kid. My older sisters loved to come up with stories with me before bed and I liked creating the story myself sometimes, too. Although, I didn’t have the dream of becoming an author until I was nineteen years old and started writing my first book. I was able to finish that book within seven or eight months. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> Do you write to music? If so, what kind? I love to hear about new music! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> I like to make playlists for the books I’m writing. Although, I usually prefer to write in a quiet place. I enjoy listening to the Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez, and Ava Max. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> I know for me, there have been some funny stories since I’ve been deep in the trenches of writing. Like a realization about a work in progress or characters (the funniest has to do with the song Mirrors by JT.) Do you have any funny stories that you’d like to share?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> When I met my husband, I discovered he was an identical twin. It gave me the idea of writing a book where there could be identical twins and lots of switcheroos. I went to a party with my future husband. He didn’t know me very well at the time, but he introduced me to another girl at the party and said, “This is Christina. She’s planning on writing a book about me.” He was joking at the time. Little did I know that one day he would be my husband and that I would pen Kissing the Wrong Twin. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53535143-kissing-the-wrong-twin" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFlK4wixWRRbC57WGCNyos2d_CcWgjk7Ee7sPqGYRNk079tycabxZeZfVfiQuCNI4pUiXWrsoLnA-C9Kyub-dXhLN724ac1CudyHl0JpslkajWIUx4E6YF1k2-7zZOLgBeVTVQVYfYOw/w250-h400/Kissing+the+Wrong+Twin.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda: </span></b>Do you have a typical process or any writing rituals? Anything you have to have with you while writing? (Besides computer, paper, typewriter, whichever…) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> Some books I like to plot out entirely before writing, but the book I’m writing right now I am totally pantsing it and loving every second of it. I like having herbal tea or hot chocolate with me as I write. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda: </span></b>Who is a character that has influenced you (not from your books)? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> Isaac Robinson from my sister’s books (The first book is called Destiny and my sister’s name is Cindy Ray Hale). Although I didn’t create this character, it was still a lot of fun to read his story. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> Which of your characters would you least want to go on a road trip with? Why? Most want to? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina: </span></b>The redhead, Shannon McKell, from Kissing the Wrong Twin would be a character I’d want to avoid. She’s one feisty mean girl, haha. I would want to be on the road trip with Brennan Lopez from Kissing the Wrong Twin ;) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> Top three favorite books and authors right now. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> Stephenie Meyer, Cindy Ray Hale, and Kelly Oram. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> Favorite writing craft book? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> Romancing the Beat. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #ea9999; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>This or that:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strawberry vs. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Chocolate</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Poetry vs. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Fiction, although I adore poetry! I love reading and writing poems. </span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First draft vs. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Editing! </span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">T. V. Show vs. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Movie!</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Book vs. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Movie I’m going to have to say movie. Although, don’t get me wrong, I love a good read!</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Hero </span></b>vs. Villain </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Villain</span></b> vs. Anti-Hero</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Witch</span></b> vs. Vampire </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">E-book vs. <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Physical Book</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Tea </span></b>vs. Coffee: <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Herbal tea. </span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> Can you tell us anything about what you’re working on now? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span></b> I am working on the prequel to Kissing the Wrong Twin. It’s about the identical twin boy’s sister, Selena. It’s called Kissing the Player. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Amanda:</span></b> Any last comments to share? :) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Christina:</span><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></b>I absolutely love reading, writing, and editing. I am an intern at Entangled Publishing, a freelance editor, and a self-published writer. I wish more people knew about the wonderful world of independent publishing. I believe that most authors who publish their own work are indeed glad they did :) A lot of people think that you have to have a publisher to make money or feel accomplished, but I have read amazing self-published books and have read traditionally published books that could have been much better. In the end, it all comes down to the book and what the author’s goals are. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Christina Herrera has always loved romance. Even as a child she<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />would make up romantic plots with her older sisters as part of her<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />bedtime stories. As she grew up, she remained fascinated by<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />storytelling. When she was nineteen years old, she authored her first<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />book. Ever since then she knew what she wanted to do in life: read,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />edit, and write down all of her romantic stories.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Instagram: @authorchristinaherrera</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Twitter: @CHerrera122116</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Website: https://authorchristinaherrera.blogspot.com/ </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7f8287; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Maax, sans-serif;" /></p><div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out Christina's accompanying interview over on my podcast, Writing Reality with Amanda Leigh!! :) </span></div><div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="102px" scrolling="no" src="https://anchor.fm/writingrealityamandaleigh/embed/episodes/Interview-with-Christina-Herrara--Author-of-Kissing-the-Wrong-Twin-eoh12p" width="400px"></iframe></div>
Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-61821716884145641392021-03-10T02:30:00.000-08:002021-03-10T02:30:01.025-08:00Book Review | Eternal (Tantalize #2) by Cynthia Leitich Smith<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-vfO_Wucw36ek_V7zfkuqiBTc0cPFKOfniTWs5BDrl4VHjRLHP0bNShtsUSycbsE4vm1ddcsUNJCeQAxBypaaJCnquEkhVKMRpLslH51iudCLBFQvqJ7lUHyE62dkn7tOMrSemEJsgY/s450/Eternal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="302" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-vfO_Wucw36ek_V7zfkuqiBTc0cPFKOfniTWs5BDrl4VHjRLHP0bNShtsUSycbsE4vm1ddcsUNJCeQAxBypaaJCnquEkhVKMRpLslH51iudCLBFQvqJ7lUHyE62dkn7tOMrSemEJsgY/w269-h400/Eternal.jpg" width="269" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Title: </span></b>Eternal (Tantalize #2)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Series:</span></b> Tantalize Series</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Author:</span></b> Cynthia Leitich Smith</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Release Date:</span></b> February 10th, 2009</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Page Amount: </span></b>307 pages, Hardcover</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4936618-eternal" target="_blank">GoodReads</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">GoodReads Blurb:</h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 14px;"><b>With diabolical wit, the author of Tantalize revisits a deliciously dark world where vampires vie with angels -- and girls just want to have fangs.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 14px;">At last, Miranda is the life of the party: all she had to do was die. Elevated and adopted by none other than the reigning King of the Mantle of Dracul, Miranda goes from high-school theater wannabe to glamorous royal fiend overnight. Meanwhile, her reckless and adoring guardian angel, Zachary, demoted to human guise as the princess's personal assistant, has his work cut out for him trying to save his girl's soul and plan the Master's fast-approaching Death Day gala. In alternating points of view, Miranda and Zachary navigate a cut-throat eternal aristocracy as they play out a dangerous and darkly hilarious love story for the ages.</span></span></div></div><p></p><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Review:</h3><div>I read the first book in this series when I was in 10th grade, which was over ten years ago. I've e-mailed back and forth a bit with the author, which is amazing!! I remember the day she followed me on Twitter, and sent me a card when I published my first book!! Two of the most amazing things!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Back to the book. I thought that I would pick up on the series when this book was available in audio. I do actually own the hardcover, but I've really into audiobooks lately. This book follows two completely different characters. Zachary and Miranda, and brings in the concept of guardian angels. The two characters have strong, distinctive voices. The humor was dark!! Which, I am not against at all haha. The world was elaborate and well thought out. I did like the first book a bit better. I am looking forward to the third book because the two main characters from book one are in that one. But if you ejoy vampire stories with a great deal of dark humor, then I would definitely give this a try, but I would definitely say to read book one (Tantalize)n first. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkxBpjhDonnQ_nu6ujx9QuMkASCnNzU1pIMKTYCvl3RATGeaskxbb2znS2aUQ1RYzuLIqfgCsFFkOd1U8MMYZ7VckxN8oUxFXiDgOr9AH6vg7it92PqRKqRfLGY34vP8eozoEsGDFUAY/s182/girl3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="182" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkxBpjhDonnQ_nu6ujx9QuMkASCnNzU1pIMKTYCvl3RATGeaskxbb2znS2aUQ1RYzuLIqfgCsFFkOd1U8MMYZ7VckxN8oUxFXiDgOr9AH6vg7it92PqRKqRfLGY34vP8eozoEsGDFUAY/w200-h110/girl3.png" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-49654083515571416552021-03-01T11:29:00.002-08:002021-03-01T11:29:56.335-08:00Re-Run: Happy Birthday Johnny Cade!!<p> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px;">I posted this last year and will likely post this every year on Johnny Cade's birthday!</span></p><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />The Outsiders is one of my two favorite books. And Johnny Cade is one of my two favorite characters from this book. Today is Johnny Cade's birthday, A while ago I found a list on The Outsiders' website with most of the character's birthdays. So today I am doing sort of a tribute to him. </span></div><div style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div><h3><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Reasons To Love Johnny Cade:</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE4cbggSzZrTORLk7fhhEcT4yY2mxKgDXpDAqlmYmQId9mE7RsY5enn3sZ7LM9AEupLZIkiuzAcJMGIL7tD7MydHOGB_Nv7ezsHNPEdzJZDHAlfhbCngltC9xjIBTY1LlwYZydIxP_YE/s225/Johnny+Cade+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="179" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtE4cbggSzZrTORLk7fhhEcT4yY2mxKgDXpDAqlmYmQId9mE7RsY5enn3sZ7LM9AEupLZIkiuzAcJMGIL7tD7MydHOGB_Nv7ezsHNPEdzJZDHAlfhbCngltC9xjIBTY1LlwYZydIxP_YE/w255-h320/Johnny+Cade+1.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>#1:</b> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;">He is SOOO sweet!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORaliRjO-iCjM8OaWrELMIbV_fCBR6zCvNqosTrhwrmUEJlb29o38IrucFiXSoltUaWc0zqeNf0EsAxxYwzbKQnpn_eV4WChuC1p2a4GAH415Ppx2nQEoiD5t8sH3HiWNYSNArsLWuJA/s300/Johnny+Cade+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="300" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORaliRjO-iCjM8OaWrELMIbV_fCBR6zCvNqosTrhwrmUEJlb29o38IrucFiXSoltUaWc0zqeNf0EsAxxYwzbKQnpn_eV4WChuC1p2a4GAH415Ppx2nQEoiD5t8sH3HiWNYSNArsLWuJA/w320-h214/Johnny+Cade+2.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>#2:</b> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;">He cares so much about his friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhyphenhyphenDXoFoiogHDOPXoLHK_PM_bSX4jT1BjKr1vSdzTqPgCVGGPw3JUGprR2y8Y3Voo-pg4NgrERKpSJvmwvh8ZlYqgvAohhAjsX_tTSanS-xP6N93DPma1aFnyl01VuTqGxQrQD0X7l3M/s400/Johnny+Cade+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhyphenhyphenDXoFoiogHDOPXoLHK_PM_bSX4jT1BjKr1vSdzTqPgCVGGPw3JUGprR2y8Y3Voo-pg4NgrERKpSJvmwvh8ZlYqgvAohhAjsX_tTSanS-xP6N93DPma1aFnyl01VuTqGxQrQD0X7l3M/w205-h320/Johnny+Cade+3.jpg" width="205" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>#3:</b></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;"> He saved those children from that burning building!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkAdPF8GTrY_kubIrF65YyxIT4YceiXFSXlSm__6ugPLUnqu2s_XvJ1uPAJ7tCmwsprN3m6tkm4IOLDdThBSWwxrhc0KvQN1ebbdKM8GvXASSBv7nGq3ZHdyHJquu5al-uAEjpU4MN0A/s441/Johnny+Cade+4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkAdPF8GTrY_kubIrF65YyxIT4YceiXFSXlSm__6ugPLUnqu2s_XvJ1uPAJ7tCmwsprN3m6tkm4IOLDdThBSWwxrhc0KvQN1ebbdKM8GvXASSBv7nGq3ZHdyHJquu5al-uAEjpU4MN0A/s320/Johnny+Cade+4.png" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>#4:</b> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: start;">He's open to poetry (Robert Frost - "Nothing Gold Can Stay") and literature (Margaret Mitchell - Gone With the Wind)!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpT0Qt_lAAaclwg8zjyftGrXTf28lOPhqwZ-e0XS6aQUAbaDuV9ygnQ4_97QRCWOwU82A9XPjv8PmC7BRqEN9_oNjtN9gXNQoIPHCEzcc7J5_XMJ2ukmQU9yGJR2KmvBgTv0HwDFsy4E/s1447/Johnny+Cade+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1447" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpT0Qt_lAAaclwg8zjyftGrXTf28lOPhqwZ-e0XS6aQUAbaDuV9ygnQ4_97QRCWOwU82A9XPjv8PmC7BRqEN9_oNjtN9gXNQoIPHCEzcc7J5_XMJ2ukmQU9yGJR2KmvBgTv0HwDFsy4E/w400-h166/Johnny+Cade+5.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>#5:</b></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: start;"> He will always stay gold!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7ZmCB1pB-aDiFZjBKdXTDJU97lbdEu_-N6TqvwbokSqw0BgszbmKi0xN8oCXNTG0lFqAUondDxZFECtFA141BRc1SqMLOppUAV-W7rVfvuZPGtzpoh0CVKyOFgT1YrYnXNkpwY0tbYg/s450/Johnny+Cade+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="450" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7ZmCB1pB-aDiFZjBKdXTDJU97lbdEu_-N6TqvwbokSqw0BgszbmKi0xN8oCXNTG0lFqAUondDxZFECtFA141BRc1SqMLOppUAV-W7rVfvuZPGtzpoh0CVKyOFgT1YrYnXNkpwY0tbYg/w320-h316/Johnny+Cade+6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-35189065983302635462021-02-28T13:08:00.000-08:002021-02-28T13:08:04.346-08:00Book Review | Blooming in the Dark by Jenniffer LeBlanc and Kirsten McNeill<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_exo2XTQ2aWx2wOemu7o4WpziwRaxQ-yReNWAFYEIuA6BNrJMF6Vm-NTWoDFBVpnZOKiSRXwX81xtqrL9OMZq4cVMwOI3g-XZLSw9fMlXES4Zj7M76OEM0ZKJquMkfne1SAAOZg9Cq-M/s475/Blooming+in+the+Dark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_exo2XTQ2aWx2wOemu7o4WpziwRaxQ-yReNWAFYEIuA6BNrJMF6Vm-NTWoDFBVpnZOKiSRXwX81xtqrL9OMZq4cVMwOI3g-XZLSw9fMlXES4Zj7M76OEM0ZKJquMkfne1SAAOZg9Cq-M/w268-h400/Blooming+in+the+Dark.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Title:</span></b> Blooming in the Dark</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Authors:</span></b> Jennifer LeBlanc, Kirsten McNeill</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Release Date:</span></b> March 31st, 2021</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Page Amount: </span></b>170 pages, Kindle edition </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50071150-blooming-in-the-dark" target="_blank">GoodReads</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">GoodReads Blurb:</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">In this collection of poetry, co-writers Jennifer LeBlanc
and Kirsten McNeill explore what it means to thrive in the absence of light.
There is beauty in the darkness. Open your heart and let in the night.<o:p></o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Review:</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p>A very deep poetry collection. Serious and, deep, some sad. It covers some serious issues. I understand the bit at the beginning of the book to practice self care while reading. But there are several poems that have a theme of hope, where things are looking up. Giving the message to keep on going. A few favorites of mine are Blooming in the Dark, Colours, Mosaic Me, Sunflower, and Dark Passenger. I love poetry and enjoyed this collection. I recommend it if you also love poetry, or even if you aren&#039;t into it as of yet. I think this would be a good place to start.</p><p>I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6rhlUFUujM4ZcFJf_Rh-lb3RZD4G57zWKYsQl-KMmn9o93pOBe_1YxIPx7Zb15ZNhKsmSNX4GL0wD-cGlDt3ZwxryGa8KVblAfbCXCgtOJnrO6HO_QKDoKYK2nsLgkxO2du4yLSYFio/s182/girl4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6rhlUFUujM4ZcFJf_Rh-lb3RZD4G57zWKYsQl-KMmn9o93pOBe_1YxIPx7Zb15ZNhKsmSNX4GL0wD-cGlDt3ZwxryGa8KVblAfbCXCgtOJnrO6HO_QKDoKYK2nsLgkxO2du4yLSYFio/s0/girl4.png" /></a></div>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-82248891277878567132021-02-26T13:40:00.000-08:002021-02-26T13:40:11.340-08:00Cover Reveal | Of Shadows and Crows (The Blood Assassins Book 1) by Aimee Shaye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mybook.to/</span></a><span style="color: #184c6c; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ofshadowsandcrows</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bria Allen is not the ordinary vampire. In fact, she’s a Sister for the Assembly of Shadows, a coven of vampire assassins who hunt rogue vampires and leave the crows to feast on their dead bodies. To be a Sister is a birthright and to be an Elite assassin is a legacy, one that Bria has wanted since she was a child. Until one day, she discovers the truth. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Assembly of Shadows isn’t what it seems.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sava Herstoj, High Priest of the Assembly of Shadows, is the </span><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">real </span><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">rogue vampire. He has been plaguing the minds of blood suckers for years, trying to create a super, destructive race of monsters. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bria must face her biggest fears: standing up to Sava Herstoj and bringing shame to her family or keeping her secrets to herself. No matter which one she chooses, everyone has something to lose. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find out what happens in</span><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Of Shadows and Crows</span><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (The Blood Assassin Book 1)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 13pt; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#OfShadowsandCrowsCoverReveal #UpperYAFantasy #ParanormalFantasy #OSACCoverReveal #AimeeShaye</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-26798623613743690202021-02-23T14:03:00.000-08:002021-02-23T14:03:26.897-08:00Book Review | Kissing Under the Fireworks by Christina Herrara<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxItls9okGMWXEV4EL6TeaMQwRYHsA9ZUop6ssFLGoMQKbspkluZT05HTCIjyyTltAyhycnuhEh6_WlwEK9WRsOFn4H7UcStmhGfmwmba195WiOd1exmAcsHDprJXpbL_RnfDsaKs3y4/s475/Kissing+Under+the+Fireworks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxItls9okGMWXEV4EL6TeaMQwRYHsA9ZUop6ssFLGoMQKbspkluZT05HTCIjyyTltAyhycnuhEh6_WlwEK9WRsOFn4H7UcStmhGfmwmba195WiOd1exmAcsHDprJXpbL_RnfDsaKs3y4/w266-h400/Kissing+Under+the+Fireworks.jpg" width="266" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;"> Title:</span></b> Kissing Under the Fireworks</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Author: </span></b>Christina Herrara</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Release Date:</span></b> November 4th 2019</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Page Amount: </span></b>69 pages, Kindle edition</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48716588-kissing-under-the-fireworks" target="_blank">GoodReads</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">GoodReads Blurb:</h3><div><div style="text-align: center;">She would like nothing more than for him to make the move from British Columbia to Tennessee.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But he has to decide if the chemistry they have will blossom into something that will last long enough for him to rationalize moving across the continent.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Will they allow distance to separate them, or let their hearts speak louder than their circumstances as they kiss under the New Year’s Eve fireworks?</div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Review:</h3><p>This was a very cute and quick read. A good read if you want a quick, sweet, clean romance. I could picture things well through the writing, as well. If you want a feel good, short, clean romance, then give this a shot. I think... three and a half stars for this one. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvDcmO28cE7vPb2YpaAU9F4J5ffBybjifcrtx5E5gHW01jGzb-sI6vNQ3T3lAPuCSZtGQG5WdGXEly4eJfXD3gj_TwaNmJptIMvCX6yXzGdeR065GwOvoQQNfnxqqCPqRHJ7s6Tc-u6Q/s182/girl4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="182" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvDcmO28cE7vPb2YpaAU9F4J5ffBybjifcrtx5E5gHW01jGzb-sI6vNQ3T3lAPuCSZtGQG5WdGXEly4eJfXD3gj_TwaNmJptIMvCX6yXzGdeR065GwOvoQQNfnxqqCPqRHJ7s6Tc-u6Q/w200-h110/girl4.png" width="200" /></a></div></div>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-64664716898129594622021-01-06T02:30:00.078-08:002021-01-06T02:30:13.158-08:00Top Eight Books of 2020!!<p>Yes, I said top eight books of the year. I read fewer books than usual in 2020. Plus, a lot of them were Harry Potter books. Books that I have red multiple times and will surely read again. Those are books that would easily top just about anything else I read for me, so I don't count them, as I really don't think that would be fair. So, with that in mind, here are my Top Eight Books of 2020!! Click on any of the titles to be taken to their GoodReads page. Let me know if you've read any, if any are on your Top Reads list, or let me know YOUR Top Reads of 2020!!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvPit9MYy1_ERKOFUMt3E9nt-j8qG_MdkTpg89rjMJEXQns3u4xAytEnVq8meBjJTcdvyo1ZeliY6GE8Fft-r5e1KV3DSf2aEKKcCsxLqTNxOT3Wh0lCaEpJK29_lJP7a_FiW7HHk8ww/s318/Evelyn+Hugo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvPit9MYy1_ERKOFUMt3E9nt-j8qG_MdkTpg89rjMJEXQns3u4xAytEnVq8meBjJTcdvyo1ZeliY6GE8Fft-r5e1KV3DSf2aEKKcCsxLqTNxOT3Wh0lCaEpJK29_lJP7a_FiW7HHk8ww/s0/Evelyn+Hugo.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">1.</span></b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33161050-the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo " target="_blank"> <u><i>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo</i></u> by Taylor Jenkins Reid</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6-fjd-kLnpTbexfx6BX6sIKM9JlNaUXQSTAsDqlLPKdOv_yIReuDZYuEFwPs59A8_D4Jxuxzy1xMaJ1QSiKMvzctDqXMdRgh9lNP5M8A_ja56G1siQK7H2IgUBgmTEyB7NvJidB1Ir4/s475/The+Other+Girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6-fjd-kLnpTbexfx6BX6sIKM9JlNaUXQSTAsDqlLPKdOv_yIReuDZYuEFwPs59A8_D4Jxuxzy1xMaJ1QSiKMvzctDqXMdRgh9lNP5M8A_ja56G1siQK7H2IgUBgmTEyB7NvJidB1Ir4/s320/The+Other+Girl.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">2.</span></b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55037463-the-other-girl " target="_blank"> T<i>he Other Girl </i>by Trisha Wolfe</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTbM_vT-12JsWIHJBVgGu5JzQG54scLjycVX5Y_BTiX079KZUvfxHX7uCsAfdOep54Md4JyCg6pgep5rcozmaeqImKfcb09x37q08L5vNdmPaRQE0ooxWYTE_t1EiZ8AqgsSJorLMRXs/s475/Glass+Slippers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTbM_vT-12JsWIHJBVgGu5JzQG54scLjycVX5Y_BTiX079KZUvfxHX7uCsAfdOep54Md4JyCg6pgep5rcozmaeqImKfcb09x37q08L5vNdmPaRQE0ooxWYTE_t1EiZ8AqgsSJorLMRXs/s320/Glass+Slippers.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">3.</span></b><u> </u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52945057-break-your-glass-slippers " target="_blank"><i>Break Your Glass Slippers</i> by Amanda Lovelace</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGYVaneQDSQ2nIlHwGeXSZbzqGMm4svM15oiCpcgAPIkf4piCIjN2PTcVwCO3NUMTRzq8XMcofK1GiCAoKB-_lP0dRqco1NwgH02E401R40iSTiTMe_NAFg992lPY7cA1AnqkF9fzSgc/s475/Pillow+Thoughts+II.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGYVaneQDSQ2nIlHwGeXSZbzqGMm4svM15oiCpcgAPIkf4piCIjN2PTcVwCO3NUMTRzq8XMcofK1GiCAoKB-_lP0dRqco1NwgH02E401R40iSTiTMe_NAFg992lPY7cA1AnqkF9fzSgc/s320/Pillow+Thoughts+II.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">4.<i><u> </u></i></span></b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38507175-healing-the-heart " target="_blank"><i>Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart</i> by Courtney Peppernell </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPmrUSD9O8k8tvN_A4-EURX_jc96mwJkOykU1lZ3EeBFpm7-ywj76ux3Eou7cGa3Wi_RZdcHhdRjaliolOFjnVRToVwONOzS8QNiC-AMWtNlrvcD12TNNJla9WjliO9D8VqRCT_fqeGY/s475/Paused+to+Prolific.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPmrUSD9O8k8tvN_A4-EURX_jc96mwJkOykU1lZ3EeBFpm7-ywj76ux3Eou7cGa3Wi_RZdcHhdRjaliolOFjnVRToVwONOzS8QNiC-AMWtNlrvcD12TNNJla9WjliO9D8VqRCT_fqeGY/s320/Paused+to+Prolific.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">5.</span></b><u> </u><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49809954-paused-to-prolific " target="_blank"><i><u>Paused to Prolific </u></i>by K. Webster</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgof78mf4sg02kvvnQWjbcQSK3gGcrq5Y6jDVGUvbNk8E82nA4jpWGY-L3GNN35HFFIw4iIIDP68zP-0IQR_15HPM_TlqOYQCKe5hS-ln_iuIdKdeclgBTuGlnj3IEA9J3qOf8ywHOjc7I/s475/Good+Morning%252C+Good+Life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgof78mf4sg02kvvnQWjbcQSK3gGcrq5Y6jDVGUvbNk8E82nA4jpWGY-L3GNN35HFFIw4iIIDP68zP-0IQR_15HPM_TlqOYQCKe5hS-ln_iuIdKdeclgBTuGlnj3IEA9J3qOf8ywHOjc7I/s320/Good+Morning%252C+Good+Life.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">6.</span></b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49113470-good-morning-good-life " target="_blank"> <i>Good Morning, Good Life</i> by Amy Schmittauer Landino </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUuahR7Ks5c5ZwDTbu30GpJ_F_4xrJSxOD5BjRS6sfh4z-f_JITpwhpZlCpZcAIEDXmVYKiuxL7KOYV1Q0sOAb-ugUr9mGvfm7IaWIewCw06lIk2IUXjBiPJvGNcoyIjmE2Sihp5BbEY/s449/Magic+and+the+Moon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUuahR7Ks5c5ZwDTbu30GpJ_F_4xrJSxOD5BjRS6sfh4z-f_JITpwhpZlCpZcAIEDXmVYKiuxL7KOYV1Q0sOAb-ugUr9mGvfm7IaWIewCw06lIk2IUXjBiPJvGNcoyIjmE2Sihp5BbEY/s320/Magic+and+the+Moon.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">7.</span></b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53088438-magic-and-the-moon " target="_blank"><i><u>Magic and the Moon </u></i>by C. Lee, L. Harbaugh, and S. Nease</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9wflvlvMvzRMXwZKX-o8fUGjcoA6SBlekx9y9scGru2QIr3lMs22hPpPLUwnXntRlMPpM69MA-CqLoDsqD3kAsg9DkoAbxKtJGrgRD6mn8O3LFXYZ9yVf3FDasp-Zd6cjDpKi9l2FWg/s475/The+Crush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9wflvlvMvzRMXwZKX-o8fUGjcoA6SBlekx9y9scGru2QIr3lMs22hPpPLUwnXntRlMPpM69MA-CqLoDsqD3kAsg9DkoAbxKtJGrgRD6mn8O3LFXYZ9yVf3FDasp-Zd6cjDpKi9l2FWg/s320/The+Crush.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">8.</span></b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/368132.The_Crush " target="_blank"><i><u>The Crush </u></i>by Sandra Brown</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Let me know your Top Reads of 2020 below, and any books your looking forward to in 2021!! <3 :) </p>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-48550698623138470562020-09-02T07:30:00.007-07:002020-09-02T07:30:00.440-07:00A Journaling Process I Use When I'm Stuck<p>I've talked about this before, but I feel like a lot of people who want to journal may be getting stuck because they are putting too much pressure on themselves to do it a certain way. Probably partly because they see how other people journal in social media post and all that jazz. I say just put pen to paper and go, but if you are really stuck and overwhelmed, there is a process that I sometimes use when I am feeling super stuck on what to write. </p><p>Head on over to my Instagram to watch the IGTV video and find out what this process is!!</p><p>You can also download the free PDF that lists out these simple steps when you sign up for my newsletter!! The link is available in that IGTV video, and in the link in my bio!! <br /></p><p>Happy Journaling, friends!! <br /></p>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-8367187275247385892020-08-26T12:13:00.000-07:002020-08-26T12:13:12.744-07:00Cover Reveal | Rose Fallen by Brandi Hanson<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnaNncrEZ6g_-KgiV8T32zyCoyq4OVuufStRXt-poGxZZRy6KsGdULMVJHIQ5vVsz6EiT7VyV6Hm3JhgGhdpTGc_Hs8WZy4Xfsd1aWGy4JCafyW7uTHzELbnJAjD7St4a7kfh_S-Uc7Q/s750/118502334_964482193978325_7048510832858544207_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="750" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnaNncrEZ6g_-KgiV8T32zyCoyq4OVuufStRXt-poGxZZRy6KsGdULMVJHIQ5vVsz6EiT7VyV6Hm3JhgGhdpTGc_Hs8WZy4Xfsd1aWGy4JCafyW7uTHzELbnJAjD7St4a7kfh_S-Uc7Q/w410-h214/118502334_964482193978325_7048510832858544207_n.jpg" width="410" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">✶Paranormal romance/urban fantasy/new adult✶</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FEATURES: </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Multiple points of view </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BOOK BOYFRIENDS</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strong leading characters </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HEAVY STEAM </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Medium burn </span></span></p><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blurb:</span></span></p><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This werewolf may be the death of her....</span></span></p><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My name is Mona Kinkade, and I am the most powerful witch alive. The only caveat? I can't control my magick. Oh, and my werewolf boyfriend, Lupus, has a way of getting us into more trouble than we’re already in.</span></span></p><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-216aedf1-7fff-c397-8068-68db784b5980" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is a Shadowbound—a witch made of pure malicious intent—after me. I am supposed to defend my coven, Aislin and take this Shadowbound down, but how is that possible when I can’t even protect myself? </span></span></p><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Between my anxieties and Lupus’ antics, will I be able to do what is necessary to save Aislin or will I lose both Lupus and Aislin in the process?</span></span></p></div><br /><p></p>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-38159089662100075202020-08-19T02:30:00.176-07:002020-08-21T11:21:20.296-07:00Interview with Pintip Dunn | Author of Dating Makes Perfect<p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda:</span></b> Give us a quick introduction to you. Published books, what you write, etc. </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> Hi! I am a Thai American who grew up in a small town in Kansas. From there, I went on to graduate from Harvard with an A.B. in English Literature and received my J.D. from Yale Law School. I’m a NYT bestselling author of YA fiction, and I write in a range of genres, from science fiction to contemporary thrillers to rom coms. My #ownvoices Thai YA rom com, DATING MAKES PERFECT, is my eighth book! </p><p> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda:</span></b> Favorite book you’ve published so far?<br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> Now, that’s not a fair question! It’s like asking which of my children is my favorite. Like I always tell them, they’re all my favorite.:</p><p><br />I will say: <br />FORGET TOMORROW and STAR-CROSSED are the books of my heart.<br />I cried the most while writing REMEMBER YESTERDAY.<br />MALICE was the most complex book I’ve ever written. <br />DATING MAKES PERFECT, to me, is pure joy. <br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda:</span></b> Most fun character to write? Favorite character to write? (Because they can definitely be different. ;) ) Hardest to write? <br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> Ha! I think I may have pre-empted this question with my last response. Winnie from DATING MAKES PERFECT was the most fun to write. She made me giggle — a LOT. I don’t think that’s ever happened while I was writing a book before. She ties with Callie from FORGET TOMORROW as my favorite character to write. Callie is probably the most similar character to me, and her story was so much my heart on the page. Most difficult character? Hands-down Alice, from MALICE. Not only was her story incredibly complex, but I also had to write her character from two timelines. <br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda:</span></b> Did you like to read as a child? Favorite book? Do you still have that book or reread it now?<br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span> On my goodness, yes! I was the biggest bookworm. Seriously. I was the type of kid who got in trouble for reading too much, and my goal was to read every book in the children’s section of my library. (I came pretty close, too.) My favorite book was ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, but I haven’t re-read it in decades.<br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda: </span></b> Have you always been a writer/storyteller? How did you start?<br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> I’ve wanted to be an author ever since I was six years old. I know because my first-grade teacher asked us what we wanted to be when I grew up, and I replied, “An author.” This response was surprising because I didn’t even speak English until I started school. (Thai was my first language, and the only phrase my parents taught me to say before starting pre-school was, “Can I use the bathroom?”) I didn’t speak much those first few years, since I was worried that the other kids would make fun of my pronunciation (which they totally did). I escaped by losing myself in fictional worlds. Even at that young age, the only thing I wanted to do was to create such imaginary worlds for others. <br /><br />That being said, I didn’t write my first novel until after college.<br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda:</span></b> Do you write to music? If so, what kind? I love to hear about new music!<br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> I don’t, actually. This habit of not listening to music while I write stems from my days of dictation, which required total silence. More on that in question 8... <br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda:</span></b> I know for me, there have been some funny stories since I’ve been deep in the trenches of writing. Like a realization about a work in progress or characters (the funniest has to do with the song Mirrors by JT.) Do you have any funny stories that you’d like to share?<br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> While I was writing DATING MAKES PERFECT, I visited my sister, Lana, for a week for a writing retreat. She would read the chapters as I wrote them, and I loved listening to her laugh as she perused the pages. I always say that Lana is the world’s best reader because she is so responsive. She’s definitely — by far — my biggest fan. One evening, my parents came over for dinner, and Lana proceeded to read aloud a scene between Winnie and her father. We all died laughing, because that scene was based on conversations that we’ve actually had with our father! <br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda</span></b>: Do you have a typical process or any writing rituals? Anything you have to have with you while writing? (Besides computer, paper, typewriter, whichever…) <br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> I have fibromyalgia, which means that I can’t type on a keyboard without intense, debilitating pain. This condition started during college, so I had to dictate for about ten years (before I discovered a new method), and I hated every single minute of it. Luckily, when I got my first smart phone, I figured out that I could type on the small screen’s keyboard without pain, so long as the phone was locked in portrait position. (Even in landscape position, the keys are far enough apart to cause me pain.) <br /><br />Thus, I’ve written my last eight books entirely on my cell phone.<br /><br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda: </span></b> Who is a character that has influenced you (not from your books)?<br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> Katniss, from THE HUNGER GAMES. This book changed my life. When I first started writing, I was hopping from genre to genre, trying to find the right place for my voice. After I read THE HUNGER GAMES, I knew I had found my home in the Young Adult category – and I haven’t looked back since. <br /><br />Katniss cared SO MUCH, and the entire story was built around her love for her sister. That showed me that I could also build stories around family love. All of my books have strong family bonds at its core, and DATING MAKES PERFECT is no exception. <br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda:</span></b> Which of your characters would you least want to go on a road trip with? Why? Most want to?<br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> Tough question. I love all of my characters, even the villains! Chairwoman Dresden, from the FORGET TOMORROW trilogy, is pretty nasty. Yes, she has goodness at her core, but I don’t think I’d be able to uncover that during a road trip. (It took until the very end of the third book to redeem her, after all!) <br /><br />I’d probably pick Bandit from MALICE or Mat from DATING MAKES PERFECT to go on my road trip because they crack me up. <br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda:</span></b> Top three favorite books and authors right now. <br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pinitp</span></b>: CLAP WHEN YOU LAND, by Elizabeth Acevedo <br />FELIX EVER AFTER, by Kacen Callender <br />THE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern <br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda: </span></b> Favorite writing craft book?<br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> Pintip: </span></b>STORY, by Robert McKee <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">This or that:</span></b><br />Strawberry vs. <b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Chocolate</span></b> <br />Poetry vs.<b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> Fiction</span></b> <br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">First draft </span></b>vs. Editing <br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>T. V. Show</b></span> vs. Movie <br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Book</span></b> vs. Movie <br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Hero</span></b> vs. Villain <br />Villiain vs. <b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Anti-Hero</span></b> <br />Witch vs. <b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Vampire</span></b> <br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">E-book </span></b>vs. Physical Book <br />Tea vs. <b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Coffee</span></b> <br /> </p><p><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Amanda:</span></b> Can you tell us anything about what you’re working on now?<br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> I’m playing around with a couple projects, vastly different from each other. Both challenge me in a new, exciting way – which is always what I seek – and I’m greatly looking forward to seeing what happens. I also have a co-authored project in the works that I’m very excited about. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> Amanda:</span></b> Any last comments to share? :) <br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Pintip:</span></b> DATING MAKES PERFECT releases on August 18! <br /><br />If you like hilarious, heartwarming family dynamics and an enemies-to-lovers romance, I hope you’ll consider picking it up. Author Darcy Woods tells me she wants to date this book, and well, that’s one of the biggest compliments I could ever receive. There’s even plenty of mouth-watering Thai food in this story to create the perfect atmosphere! <br /><br />Thanks so much for having me! This was such a fun interview!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HL7LtLsf5J1qriMn7Do0Mmrh3vOJOqA9xoGZV3WXU6HSi0YblFTUBvVljhU_2AJ9_gstQOy7SF3DL8T4F8LmmXHcvGde9MiIQOCvOkKUdu6VK4IAXpQ9N5bpy3VblMwdTsWdnW5Sd9A/s2048/Pintip+cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1316" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HL7LtLsf5J1qriMn7Do0Mmrh3vOJOqA9xoGZV3WXU6HSi0YblFTUBvVljhU_2AJ9_gstQOy7SF3DL8T4F8LmmXHcvGde9MiIQOCvOkKUdu6VK4IAXpQ9N5bpy3VblMwdTsWdnW5Sd9A/w263-h410/Pintip+cropped.jpg" width="263" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />A first-generation Thai American, Pintip Dunn grew up in a tiny town in Kansas. She went on<br />to graduate from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with an A.B., and to receive her J.D. at<br />Yale Law School.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Pintip is a two-time RITA® award winner and a New York Times bestselling author of young<br />adult fiction. Her books have been translated into four languages, and they have been nominated<br />for numerous awards, including the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award and<br />a Kirkus Best Book of the Year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />She&#39;s obsessed with penguins, and her childhood dream was to marry someone whose last name<br />is “Gwynn” — so that her name could be “Pin Gwynn.” Alas, she got stuck with Dunn instead,<br />but her husband and three children are worth the sacrifice. <br /><br />They all visit Thailand yearly in order to stay connected with her family.<br /><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Social Media Links:</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.pintipdunn.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorPintipDunn" target="_blank">Facebook </a><a href="https://twitter.com/pintipdunn" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pintip_dunn/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href=" https://www.goodreads.com/pintipdunn " target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXVMvW_hkZq858lrXiYGFkkljJ7gzTctvr8Cto9gerDa5w90_s6AyhqItKIORuPu6GsZg_fG0jJlamsYCigKjWWm6ouAGcYP7JdGcAdNBsOpAqcpUQbFsMDp0Cgj5RYP56JsmA2vQFXY/s600/Dating+Makes+Perfect.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXVMvW_hkZq858lrXiYGFkkljJ7gzTctvr8Cto9gerDa5w90_s6AyhqItKIORuPu6GsZg_fG0jJlamsYCigKjWWm6ouAGcYP7JdGcAdNBsOpAqcpUQbFsMDp0Cgj5RYP56JsmA2vQFXY/w320-h480/Dating+Makes+Perfect.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re<br />not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name—hence the<br />shortened, awkward moniker. But simply because they’re not allowed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Until now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />In a move that other Asian American girls know all too well, six months after the older Tech<br />twins got to college, their parents asked, “Why aren’t you engaged yet?” The sisters retaliated by<br />vowing that they won’t marry for ten (maybe even twenty!) years, not until they’ve had lots of<br />the dating practice that they didn’t get in high school.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />In a shocking war on the status quo, her parents now insist that their youngest daughter, Orrawin<br />(aka “Winnie”), must practice fake dating in high school. Under their watchful eyes, of<br />course—and organized based on their favorite rom-coms. ’Cause that won’t end in disaster.<br />The first candidate? The son of their longtime friends, Mat Songsomboon—arrogant, infuriating,<br />and way too good-looking. Winnie’s known him since they were toddlers throwing sticky rice<br />balls at each other. 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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Witches and vampires were never supposed to mix. But after saving Melinda from an attack in an alley, centuries-old vampire, Kaleib, finds himself strangely drawn to the beautiful witch Melinda and her adorable young daughter, Kiara. Melinda’s husband is an absolute jerk and resents the fact that she’s a witch. In fact, he’s so disgusted with his daughter’s powers that he practically ignores her existence, an issue that turns Kalieb’s stomach every time he thinks about it.</span></i><br />
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including the Mature YA Paranormal Romance, the Beauty of the Dark series.
She’s made up stories all her life, and written them down since she was eight.
In college she got her degree in English and Communications, and worked as the
Assistant Managing Editor on the literary magazine. Amanda advocates for mental
health, cystinosis/rare disease awareness, and literacy. Strength: Lives
Touched by Cystinosis is an anthology to raise awareness and money for
cystinosis. She has a cat she adores and loves cooking, music, art, Psychology,
Marvel, Harry Potter, and Elvis Presley. Not necessarily in that order. Find
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Witches and vampires were never supposed to mix. But after saving Melinda from an attack in an alley, centuries-old vampire, Kaleib, finds himself strangely drawn to the beautiful witch Melinda and her adorable young daughter, Kiara. Melinda’s husband is an absolute jerk and resents the fact that she’s a witch. In fact, he’s so disgusted with his daughter’s powers that he practically ignores her existence, an issue that turns Kalieb’s stomach every time he thinks about it.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Amanda Leigh</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> is the multi-genre author of numerous titles,
including the Mature YA Paranormal Romance, the Beauty of the Dark series.
She’s made up stories all her life, and written them down since she was eight.
In college she got her degree in English and Communications, and worked as the
Assistant Managing Editor on the literary magazine. Amanda advocates for mental
health, cystinosis/rare disease awareness, and literacy. Strength: Lives
Touched by Cystinosis is an anthology to raise awareness and money for
cystinosis. She has a cat she adores and loves cooking, music, art, Psychology,
Marvel, Harry Potter, and Elvis Presley. Not necessarily in that order. Find
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Published books, what you write, etc. <br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy:</b></span> Hi! I’m Cindy Ray Hale. I write YA Contemporary and Sweet Romance. I have a nine book YA. Contemporary series called The Destiny Clark Saga. It’s based off of The Destiny Trilogy, but it’s expanded and quite a bit longer overall. I released two books in July. One is a small town sweet romance called Her Senator’s Second Chance, and it’s part of the Love Under Lockdown boxset. The other book is a YA Contemporary called My Best Friend Prince Charming. 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It’s the first book I ever wrote, and I put so much of my heart and soul into it. I get goosebumps just thinking about it. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqIKdbITpILXskbFTSg6Cnxjd9K-5ilK2pE97z38rg1DdlksTmv6RR1CzV1t8HHwgeXSnuKiPlPB7XImRrxbIUkOxFgcWoT2iOAzYFsuza-YDZGqrheh7K0AlaBvWPilXDB6SiiqGlqc/s475/Destiny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="307" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqIKdbITpILXskbFTSg6Cnxjd9K-5ilK2pE97z38rg1DdlksTmv6RR1CzV1t8HHwgeXSnuKiPlPB7XImRrxbIUkOxFgcWoT2iOAzYFsuza-YDZGqrheh7K0AlaBvWPilXDB6SiiqGlqc/s320/Destiny.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> Most fun character to write? Favorite character to write? (Because they can definitely be different. ;) ) Hardest to write? <br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy:</b></span> Hannah from the Destiny books. I adore her. She’s witty and impulsive and hilarious. I’d say she was the most fun and my favorite too. I think Shannon from My Best Friend Prince Charming was the hardest character to write. She went through a lot of tough emotions in the book and some of it hit a bit too close to home for me. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1nN2efvb2arQYx-o80sA-2a9J5uiD9bs6aLyik67DJENQ5FKWJdjmNNMJbGCaJj4QQoOhqaITtkr8H4msBRQNe9AUW8BepufR9frve0b5lFPs4QrEUwfu8pn4Kyh4-GiAYIC8a-FYW8/s475/A+Better+Version+of+Me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1nN2efvb2arQYx-o80sA-2a9J5uiD9bs6aLyik67DJENQ5FKWJdjmNNMJbGCaJj4QQoOhqaITtkr8H4msBRQNe9AUW8BepufR9frve0b5lFPs4QrEUwfu8pn4Kyh4-GiAYIC8a-FYW8/s320/A+Better+Version+of+Me.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda: </b></span>Did you like to read as a child? Favorite book? Do you still have that book or reread it now?<br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy:</b></span> I devoured books as a kid. Even before I knew how to read I would sit for a long time, looking at the pictures of all our books. I loved the Babysitter Club books when I was in third and fourth grade. I don’t have them anymore, but it would be pretty interesting to reread them. </div><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> I read some of the Babysitter Club books when I was younger!<br /></div><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> Have you always been a writer/storyteller? How did you start?<br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy:</b></span> I started when I was barely able to write. I don’t even remember what I was writing about, but I don’t think it was very good. Lol! I did write a short story when I was seventeen that ended up getting published in a magazine. I got married young and didn’t write for about twelve years. We hit some financially hard times, and I began writing to help support the family. That was back in 2012. <br /><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> Do you write to music? If so, what kind? I love to hear about new music!<br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy: </b></span>I do! I have a playlist on YouTube. I make different playlists for each book and I listen to them while I write. It helps me feel like I’m really one with the story. Music is huge for me. Here’s the playlist I put together for My Best Friend Prince Charming. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVBZzPnHa76zry6KqRX0UxmJg7SdUgajD</div><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda: </b></span>I do that for every book that I write, too. I always make a playlist for the books I write. It's so much fun, and even if I don't listen while I write, I'll listen before I start writing so I can get in the right headspace.<br /></div><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> I know for me, there have been some funny stories since I’ve been deep in the trenches of writing. Like a realization about a work in progress or characters (the funniest has to do with the song Mirrors by JT.) Do you have any funny stories that you’d like to share?<br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy:</b></span> First of all, I love Mirrors and have it on one of my playlists too. I remember writing a scene at four in the morning once and I had the characters kiss and then one of them immediately bursts into tears. I read it the next morning and was scratching my head over it. I ended up deleting it and rewriting the next day when I wasn’t loopy and exhausted.</div><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda: </b></span>Sometimes I take notes when I have ideas at night. Actually, I do that a lot. But sometimes I swear I am still asleep and when I try to read it I can't make out a thing!<br /></div><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> Do you have a typical process or any writing rituals? Anything you have to have with you while writing? (Besides computer, paper, typewriter, whichever…) <br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy: </b></span>I like to make a word count goal for the day before I get started. Then I sit down and write until I hit the goal. I have a rocking Lazy Boy type chair that I love to sit in and I keep my laptop on my lap when I write. I usually have my big cup of water next to me and my headphones on with my playlist to keep me focused. Otherwise, I get distracted by every little thing. <br /><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> Who is a character that has influenced you (not from your books)?<br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy:</b></span> Lizzie Bennett. I love her strength and independence and snark. She’s so fantastic.</div><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda: </b></span>Which of your characters would you least want to go on a road trip with? Why? Most want to? <br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy: </b></span>Aspen Adams. She’s a total snot, and she’s incredibly fake. She would drive me nuts. I’d love to go on a road trip with Hannah. She’s beautiful and funny. We would have a blast. <br /><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda: </b></span>Top three favorite books and authors right now. <br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy:</b></span> I’m sooo excited for Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer. I need to preorder it ASAP. I read the leaked pages of it back in 2008, and I’ve been ready for more ever since. I even helped to start a FB group call Midnight Sun - Twilight Reunion Party. You can join the party here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/322829822028633/</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5dvvcafJIuGq1Q1QBy6MFtxYsP3c7eX-ArQaxwxHn8zvW4WHwdpCyF05lpUYQcsLyDv6RTHcKambvNP5zbU6R-QuazJ3v-fuMZH91iudaipfFWBrcHWbvTZgssnzkxv9nM6575a6ofwY/s675/Midnight+Sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5dvvcafJIuGq1Q1QBy6MFtxYsP3c7eX-ArQaxwxHn8zvW4WHwdpCyF05lpUYQcsLyDv6RTHcKambvNP5zbU6R-QuazJ3v-fuMZH91iudaipfFWBrcHWbvTZgssnzkxv9nM6575a6ofwY/s320/Midnight+Sun.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div>I also love The Hunger Games and Pride and Prejudice.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V8j_6A7AJRbBNRo3Nf1ApMuHrWQ33FrUwKm_UzQMeTmt5w1klCtDTffIWQQUxWqW4T-EdAnhlwH2voSACSBFO7EFLXVchOVztuKxEjlppkLzRFPacGuRWDWnh5dFLaM9lWheUT0oN6k/s475/Hunget+Games.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V8j_6A7AJRbBNRo3Nf1ApMuHrWQ33FrUwKm_UzQMeTmt5w1klCtDTffIWQQUxWqW4T-EdAnhlwH2voSACSBFO7EFLXVchOVztuKxEjlppkLzRFPacGuRWDWnh5dFLaM9lWheUT0oN6k/s320/Hunget+Games.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEE_UPFdGPs7-2R0DU7yVDZMIsoV1DF33zTh9KFPgMmaB2yV40n2V-kQuuz76jq8Xqo2ULMZfTQG2Bfg8vifA93nwBwa0k3V7VkWb_oz0wrIZxAbS_wQrF02fvVfqMoxr4I3p0xBEyFig/s450/Pride+and+Prejudice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="291" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEE_UPFdGPs7-2R0DU7yVDZMIsoV1DF33zTh9KFPgMmaB2yV40n2V-kQuuz76jq8Xqo2ULMZfTQG2Bfg8vifA93nwBwa0k3V7VkWb_oz0wrIZxAbS_wQrF02fvVfqMoxr4I3p0xBEyFig/s320/Pride+and+Prejudice.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> Favorite writing craft book?<br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy: </b></span>Save the Cat by Blake Snyder. Also Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes for romance. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdpVlAIfrrtCJkER9gSrwd_a6SVU3bZH9EfAfXQN475qAU7MJM8eoXDYgTtWVvZWi8jBH9v4NAuZpBCXs5kfqiRFrCP02WnrCxX2pT_a-KdUtA6QImv12AUE9w1jfwOtzUfang6aN_Wk/s400/Save+the+Cat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdpVlAIfrrtCJkER9gSrwd_a6SVU3bZH9EfAfXQN475qAU7MJM8eoXDYgTtWVvZWi8jBH9v4NAuZpBCXs5kfqiRFrCP02WnrCxX2pT_a-KdUtA6QImv12AUE9w1jfwOtzUfang6aN_Wk/s320/Save+the+Cat.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><b><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">This or that:</span></b><br />Strawberry vs. <span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Chocolate</b></span> <br />Poetry vs. <span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Fiction</b></span><br />First draft vs. <span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Editing </b></span><br />T. V. Show vs. <span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Movie</b></span> <br />Book vs. <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Movie</span> <br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Hero</b></span> vs. Villain <br />Villiain vs. <span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Anti-Hero</b></span> <br />Witch vs. <span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Vampire</b></span> <br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>E-book</b></span> vs. Physical Book <br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Tea </b></span>vs. Coffee <br /><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> Can you tell us anything about what you’re working on now?<br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy:</b></span> Yep! I’m writing a RomCom that will be part of The Funny Thing About Love boxset. My book will be called Oops! I Kissed Him Again. It takes place in the same small town as Her Senator’s Second Chance. <br /></div><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> I love that title!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnXNyDOsN4G20Lb20OhrkQrWbF4Rf8Ww2_qW7QbFHEkmbAp31nM3c00fIiA5Jqq27n0gXdRnoIwWyVV826Gg88x208S45OgG2l-H8Y53nTeXbHt89Q_EkI6zPM7iVIREFpnzzInmyYAk/s260/Funny+Thing+About+Love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnXNyDOsN4G20Lb20OhrkQrWbF4Rf8Ww2_qW7QbFHEkmbAp31nM3c00fIiA5Jqq27n0gXdRnoIwWyVV826Gg88x208S45OgG2l-H8Y53nTeXbHt89Q_EkI6zPM7iVIREFpnzzInmyYAk/s0/Funny+Thing+About+Love.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> Any last comments to share? :) <br /><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Cindy:</b></span> Thanks so much for the opportunity! The questions were lots of fun! <br /></div><div><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Amanda:</b></span> Thank you so much for being on the blog today! I loved reading your answers. It's always so much fun to read all of these answers. <3 <br /></div>Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-81240332288525561362020-07-07T10:52:00.002-07:002020-07-07T10:52:45.503-07:00Blog Tour | Sacred Bond by C. A. Harms and Evan Grace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>From the outside, Stone Ridge appeared to be a small, welcoming town in Montana with sweet shops and friendly faces. Yet no one knew the true powers it held, the ancient secrets that were hidden, or the pain that had unfolded when the ancestors were met with a force so great it left them all in shambles.</i></div>
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Amanda Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12925030167592082956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2895965293352671303.post-79309490418653114442020-07-01T05:30:00.000-07:002020-07-01T05:30:06.140-07:00Cover Reveal | Ruin by Rebecca l. Garcia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><b>Genre:</b></span> YA Fantasy </div>
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Only the beautiful can love, the graceful thrive, and the powerful reign… and I am none of those things </div>
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to be the ugly princess, I was locked away behind castle doors. My
father reigned with immortal power, and brothers and sisters were adored
and loved by our people, and the throne that was supposed to belong to
me would go my brother instead.<br />
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turned to a darker magic, one without limits that would set me free...
but love had other plans. My powers demanded sacrifice, but little did I
know the greatest would be my heart<br />
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<i>From the outside, Stone Ridge appeared to be a small, welcoming town in Montana with sweet shops and friendly faces. Yet no one knew the true powers it held, the ancient secrets that were hidden, or the pain that had unfolded when the ancestors were met with a force so great it left them all in shambles.</i></div>
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<i>The key to resurfacing the powers of the land fell into the hands of Merick. But in order to do so, he would need to build an army. One big enough to withstand those that threatened him and all that he stood for.</i></div>
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<i>Taryn left the big city life looking for a change, a chance to discover herself. Little did she know, her life would unravel in more ways than she could’ve ever imagined. And all because of one man. </i></div>
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<i>The dark-haired stranger. The one that felt so familiar, yet she had no idea why. They’d never met before...or had they?</i></div>
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<i>Whenever he was near she felt a strong connection, one that could not be denied. That feeling of déjà vu. Like she’s lived that moment before, seen those eyes, heard that voice. Even his touch felt electric. </i></div>
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<b><i>C.A. Harms</i></b> is an avid romance and mystery reader. She's always had a love for books, getting lost in writing and storytelling even as a young girl. She enjoys happy endings and HEA love stories. </div>
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She lives in Illinois and enjoys spending time with her husband and two children. She holds an addiction for Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha’s and KitKat when she should really be focusing on water and maybe a fruit or two to make herself feel less guilty, but that feeling quickly passes...thankfully. </div>
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She is easy going, fun, and although she may seem like one of the quiet ones at first, you just wait until she gets to know you better...that quietness changes, fast.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A Midwesterner and self-proclaimed nerd, Evan has been an avid reader most of her life, but five years ago got bit by the writing bug, and it quickly became her addiction, passion and therapy. When the voices in her head give it a rest, she can always be found with her e-reader in her hand. Some of her favorites include, Shayla Black, Jaci Burton, Madeline Sheehan and Jamie Mcguire. Evan finds a lot of her inspiration in music, so if you see her wearing her headphones you know she means business and is in the zone.</span></div>
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