Showing posts with label YA paranormal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YA paranormal. Show all posts

Friday, February 7, 2014

Friday Freebies



A new weekly segment here on Author to Author, we will be sharing 4 or 5 free ebooks for your downloading pleasure. make sure to let us know if you download, read, and enjoy any of them in our comments.

This week's picks are...

Silence - Natasha Preston:
For eleven years, Oakley Farrell has been silent. At the age of five, she stopped talking, and no one seems to know why. Refusing to communicate beyond a few physical actions, Oakley remains in her own little world. 

Bullied at school, she has just one friend, Cole Benson. Cole stands by her, refusing to believe that she is not perfect the way she is. Over the years, they have developed their own version of a normal friendship. However, will it still work as they start to grow even closer? 

When Oakley is forced to face someone from her past, can she hold her secret in any longer?


Buy it HERE

Melt With You - Jessie Evans

Melt with You 
A Summerville Novel 
Fire and Icing Book One 

Some fires never burn out… 

After ten years as America’s sweetest celebrity chef, Naomi Whitehouse is enjoying life out of the spotlight, back in her hometown of Summerville, Georgia. She’s opening a pastry shop with her sister, housesitting for her snowbird parents, and reconnecting with her roots. Life is good until she runs into her high school sweetheart, Jake Hansen, a sexy firefighter who gives her a reception chilly enough to freeze a forest fire. If Naomi wants her homecoming to remain all cupcakes and sugar cookies, she’ll have to win Jake over. But how can she earn his forgiveness when he won’t even speak to her? 

When the girl who broke his heart buys a month of dates at the firefighter’s Hunk-for-a-Month fundraiser auction, only honor keeps widower Jake Hansen from backing out of the commitment. He won’t let the firehouse down, even if it means enduring a torturous month with Naomi Whitehouse. And Jake knows being close to Naomi again will be torture. Even after all these years, she still gets to him…not that he intends to let her know it. He’ll be civil, honor his obligation, and with any luck Naomi will tire of playing small-town pastry chef and Jake will never see her again. 

But as the month passes, Jake and Naomi discover some fires never burn out. Will the heat between them be enough to melt away the pain of past mistakes, or is their second chance doomed from the start? 


Buy it HERE

Twin Souls - DelSheree Gladden
He avoids her because of the strange physical pain he feels when they touch. She avoids him because the way everyone seems to do what he says scares her. But when Claire needs to escape a bad situation Uriah is the first person she thinks of, and he is eager to rescue her. Faced with each other for the first time, both Uriah and Claire find it impossible to listen to their fears and stay away from one another. They soon find out, though, that there is more than they ever thought possible trying to keep them apart.


Following tradition the pair approaches the Elders of their Tewa tribe to ask permission to marry. Everyone is shocked when the shaman refuses them, claiming they are not Twin Souls. Confused and angry Uriah refuses to listen, and promises them that he will never abandon Claire. When Claire is poisoned by her vindictive father his resolve is tested. Ancient Native American myths and legends spring into reality, doing everything they can to keep Uriah from saving Claire’s life, while beginning to reveal the truth behind the lies he has been told all his life.


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In Your Dreams - Amy Martin
Sixteen-year-old Zara "Zip" McKee lives for three things: basketball, books, and bailing out of tiny Titusville, Illinois, where the junior high and high school are in the same building and everyone's known everyone else since birth. But when Kieran Lanier moves to town and passes out on her desk on his first day at school, Zip's life gets complicated in a way she never dreamed. 

Kieran has narcolepsy, and although he sometimes struggles to stay awake, he has no trouble capturing Zip's heart and trusting her with his most guarded secret--he sees bits and pieces of the future in his dreams. 

But just when Zip thinks that maybe she can handle having a boyfriend who sees things before they happen, her budding relationship with Kieran gets a jolt when Kieran's parents reveal that his sleeping disorder is not what it seems and may be putting them in harm's way. And when Zip begins to have unsettling dreams, she must decide if she can live with knowing the future in advance when she's afraid of what might happen.

*Recommended for Young Adult readers 13 and up (mild cursing, some adult situations)


Buy it HERE

Finally, our very own M. B. Feeney's collection of short stories, Honour, goes free tomorrow (8 February 2014)

Honour - M. B. Feeney
The world is filled with people destined to help and to serve. Doctors, nurses, police, and firefighters—each and every day, these special people work to help others in times of need. Often, this means putting their own lives at risk in order to do their jobs. They give of themselves to benefit society, and they do it without any expectation of thanks. 

And then there is the military… 

These are the men and women who don’t head home to their families and safe homes to relax at the end of a shift. They are on the front lines, far from home and often fighting someone else’s battles because it is the right thing to do. Military families struggle to cope with the constant worry and the long periods of separation, staying strong to support those who serve in everything they do, and often are left to pick up the pieces when the highest price is paid. 

Servicemen and women are heroes in the purest sense of the word. Even when the world’s gone mad and their hearts are breaking, one thing remains unchanged.


Buy it HERE

We hope you enjoy these freebies, come back next week for more.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

The Wednesday Word

Wednesday Word

Author To Author’s Newsletter                                                    

January 8, 2014

Author to Author would like to wish a very healthy and happy

New Year to our followers!


Writing & Publishing Tips

Since the new year has begun, I felt this article would be appropriate for the first edition of The Wednesday Word for 2014. Many of us have made (...and broken) a New Year's resolution. Perhaps it was something small or perhaps it was something huge like renewing a commitment to something that just doesn't interest you anymore. Whether it be a hobby, your writing, expectations, or your career. Either way...this short article might clarify exactly why you just shouldn't worry about it.

What if you don't have a calling?



What if you have 5? Or 10? Perhaps 50?

I read an interesting article about multi-potentiality yesterday and for the first time in my life I thought- Yes! I AM normal!

My entire life people have wanted an answer to things like:

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What area interests you?

What career would you like to pursue?

What industry fits your personality?

Well, I finally have an answer to these questions…

All of them.

Why should we limit ourselves to one thing? Is it really that important to spend our lives trying desperately to achieve success in one area? Or to master one particular skill? Then what?

Oh yeah, that’s it. Because now you’re dead and gone from this world and there is nothing left for you to do here.

Here is a short list…well, as short as possible, of my past and present interests and careers starting in college years and onward.

Receptionist
Barista
Office Manager
Community Coordinator for individuals with disabilities.
Nurse.
Crafter
Author
Blogger
Picker/Resale

See a correlation?

No?

Good, because neither do I! But for the first time ever I see that it is perfectly fine.

If asked, I suppose I would say that I love working in a setting where I can reach out and help others, but even that would sell my subconscious need for infinite knowledge and experiences short.

To be quite honest, I think I just love “new”. I love to learn. I love to feel like I am making a difference. I love to aquire new skills, use them, and then move on. Sometimes I stick with it and sometimes I don’t. And that’s ok too. That doesn’t make me a quitter or a failure. Know what it does make me?

An explorer.

An explorer of life. If I could go back to when my mother first asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, that would be my answer, and that, my friends, makes me a success. I have become what I wanted to be. And because of that I will have many experiences and be on many different paths.
I have found writing to be a path I know I will stick with. It never gets boring and my mind is always flooding with new and exciting ideas. It frees my mind, it frees me…did you hear me?

I AM FREE.

Society’s expectations of me and what everyone thinks is normal will never hinder me again. Don’t let it hinder you.

So, how about it? What things do you want to be when you grow up?

In what ways do you find time to devote to all of your interests?

 


By Author to Author Member and Contributor, Andrea Goodson. You can learn more about Andrea on her website, www.andreagoodson.wordpress.com

Exciting News for Author to Author Group Members



Sandi Layne Publishes First Chapter of  New Release


A2A member, Sandi Layne has published the first chapter of Eire's Viking on her blog! Head on over and take a read. http://sandyquill.com/novels/eires-viking-trilogy/eires-viking-2/chapter-one/




Innocence Now Available


Innocence by Elise de Sallier is now available! Order your ebook or print copy today! http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/books/detail/110

 

MORE hits a Top Ten List!


Author T.M. Franklin's MORE has hit Lilly Mac's Top Ten Reads of 2013! Take a gander and check out this great YA read!
http://lillianmackenzierhine.com/2013/12/31/lilly-mac-presents-top-ten-reads-of-2013/

Vote for Finding Anna


The Finding Anna Series is a finalist in four categories on Inner Goddess! Congrats to A2A member, Sherri Hayes! Go and vote for Sherri's book today!

Wednesday's Weird Word


Erinaceous

adj. – of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog!

"You are looking quite erinaceous this evening."


Thank you for reading this week's edition of Author to Author's The Wednesday Word! Visit us again in two weeks for more news and savings to refresh your bookish pleasures! As always, feel free to share and spread the word! Have a wonderful holiday!