Release Week Blitz: THE SECRETS WE KEEP by Trisha Leaver

I am so excited to help spread the word that THE SECRETS WE KEEP by Trisha Leaver is now out in paperback! If you haven’t yet added this awesome book to your shelf, now’s the perfect time. Just scroll down to learn more about the book and author, to read an excerpt, and to enter the giveaway for a chance to win an Amazon gift card!

THE SECRETS WE KEEP
By: Trisha Leaver
Published By: Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Series: None
Pages: 304
Genre: Contemporary
Reading Level: Young Adult
Buy the Book: Amazon

Twin sisters. A fatal accident. A devastating lie. Which girl survived?

"A girl takes over her twin sister's identity in this emotionally charged page-turner about the complicated bond between sisters."

Ella and Maddy Lawton are identical twins. Ella has spent her high school years living in popular Maddy's shadows, but she has never been envious of Maddy. In fact, she's chosen the quiet, safe confines of her sketchbook over the constant battle for attention that has defined Maddy's world.

When--after a heated argument--Maddy and Ella get into a tragic accident that leaves her sister dead, Ella wakes up in the hospital surrounded by loved ones who believe she is Maddy. Feeling responsible for Maddy's death and everyone's grief, Ella makes a split-second decision to pretend to be Maddy. Soon, Ella realizes that Maddy's life was full of secrets. Caught in a web of lies, Ella is faced with two options--confess her deception or live her sister's life.



~ EXCERPT ~

“I am already gone.
I died that night on the side of the road with my sister.”

I don’t remember her room being so cold. Even snuggled into her sweater the chill seeps in, settling into my bones like a whisper from beyond. That’s where I will sleep tonight...in Maddy’s bed, surround by her scent. Mom wants to change the sheets, but I won’t let her. The hint of vanilla mingled with Alex’s dark cologne brings a little piece of my sister back to me each night.

The only thing I have left of my old life is a few sketches and a poor replica of the friendship bracelet Josh gave me. It took me days to re-create, to weave the strings into the right pattern. It’s not perfect, but it goes with me everywhere, a tiny reminder of who I once was and what Josh still means to me. The real bracelet is gone, cut off and tossed aside just like my life.

I want to make peace with my choice, but Maddy’s secret haunts me. The dark pieces of her life are hid- den in the back of her closet for no one but me to see. She’s not who I thought she was, but that doesn’t matter. Maddy was my sister, my twin sister, and I’ll do anything for her, including losing myself.



~ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ~
Trisha Leaver lives on Cape Cod with her husband, three children, and one rather disobedient black lab. She is a chronic daydreamer who prefers the cozy confines of her own imagination to the mundane routine of everyday life. She writes Young Adult Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Psychological Horror and Science Fiction and is published with FSG/Macmillan, Flux/Llewellyn and Merit Press. Her YA Contemporary, THE SECRETS WE KEEP, was named one of the best YA novels for summer (2015) by Teen Vogue and received starred reviews from VOYA Magazine and School Library Journal (audio). For more details, check out her website at www.trishaleaver.com.



~ GIVEAWAY ~

The Giveaway Details:
There is a blitz-wide giveaway, courtesy of the author, for:
• ONE (1) winner will receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card
***Giveaway is open to anyone 13 or older who can accept an Amazon Gift Card***

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Excerpt: Perfection by J.L. Spelbring

PERFECTION
By: J.L. Spelbring
Published By: Spencer Hill Press
Release Date: July 16, 2013

Goodreads Summary: The personification of Aryan purity, Ellyssa's spent her whole life under her creator's strict training and guidance; her purpose is to eradicate inferior beings. She was genetically engineered to be the perfect soldier: strong, intelligent, unemotional, and telepathic.

Only Ellyssa isn't perfect.

Ellyssa feels emotions--a fact she's spent her life concealing. Until she encounters the epitome of inferiority: a dark-haired boy raised among renegades hiding since the Nazis won the war a century ago. He speaks to her telepathically, pushing thoughts into her mind, despite the impossibility of such a substandard person having psychic abilities.

But he does.

His unspoken words and visions of a place she's never visited make Ellyssa question her creator. Confused and afraid her secret will be discovered, Ellyssa runs away, embarking on a journey where she discovers there is more to her than perfection.



Happy book birthday to Perfection! I am so excited to share one of the author's favorite passages with you here:

Ellyssa thought about what the doctor had said. Was that why she had felt electricity at Rein's touch? Why he had warmed her? Maybe she did like him as more than a friend, but he didn’t hold the same feelings for her.

“I might not be very familiar with emotions, but I know hatred. I thrived on it for years. He holds hatred for me.”

Mathew brushed a piece of her hair back behind her ear. The gesture was reassuring.

“He doesn’t hate you, dear. Far from it."

“I disagree.”

“If you must, but you’re wrong. Anyway, Rein and I have some business to attend to for the next couple of days. Jordan will be in to check on you, and different guards will be posted at the door."

Ellyssa held no doubt Jason would be amongst them.

Mathew frowned. “I don’t see why we still have to go through the formalities. I’m guessing if you intended to hurt people, you would have no problem doing so.”

No problem, whatsoever. She nodded.

“As I thought." He picked up the book. “What do you think?”

“I am not so sure about this one. Like I said earlier, the story strikes close to home.”

“You know, the thing about Frankenstein is that many people portrayed the creature as the monster. But the creature isn’t the monster at all." He stood and handed the book back to her. “It is his creator."



Don't let the story stop there! Find PERFECTION and J.L. Spelbring online:

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Book Blast: Shards by Lisa Amowitz

Seventeen-year-old Jeremy Glass never expected to wake up in the hospital one morning with a broken leg. His crush, Susannah, has disappeared, and he doesn’t know where to look for her. What happened on the night she disappeared? Keep reading for a clue:


"'It’s a souvenir from the Kabbalah fair I stumbled onto this weekend. Can you believe it?' She gazes at me as if this bit of information should hold some significance. We are both part Jewish, at least in lineage, though Susannah has always been more into the occult. I keep the Magic 8 Ball she gave me for my tenth birthday in a place of honor with the first track medal I won. For me, her fascination with the spiritual realm has always added to her mystique and made me want her all the more. 'Oh, the trendy spiritual stuff,' I say, stalling for time. 'Isn’t Madonna into that?'"





Dying to know more? You can download the full prequel with all of the beautiful artwork here:

http://www.site.spencerhillpress.com/uploads/Shards_Amowitz.pdf

BREAKING GLASS releases today! Read SHARDS, and then proceed to buy BREAKING GLASS - this is one book you do not want to miss! Here's where you can find Lisa Amowitz and BREAKING GLASS online:

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Book Blast: SHARDS by Lisa Amowitz

Seventeen-year-old Jeremy Glass never expected to wake up in the hospital one morning with a broken leg. His crush, Susannah, has disappeared, and he doesn’t know where to look for her. What happened on the night she disappeared? Keep reading for a clue:


"Yes. I can do this. Susannah knows my route, so I hope she’s come this way and parked, knowing I’d find her. She wants me to find her. To comfort her. I’ll tell her everything. How I’m sorry for lying to her. For letting Ryan hurt her. And maybe, at last, she’ll accept that it’s not Ryan she wants, but me."





Dying to know more? You can download the full prequel with all of the beautiful artwork here:

http://www.site.spencerhillpress.com/uploads/Shards_Amowitz.pdf

Find Lisa Amowitz and BREAKING GLASS online:

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Teaser Tuesday (84) and Release Day: Triangles by Kimberly Ann Miller

TRIANGLES
By: Kimberly Ann Miller
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Published By: Spencer Hill Press

Goodreads Summary: A cruise ship. A beautiful island. Two sexy guys. What could possibly go wrong?

In the Bermuda Triangle—a lot.

Hoping to leave behind the reminders of her crappy life--her father's death years ago, her mother's medical problems, and the loser who’s practically stalking her--seventeen-year-old Autumn Taylor hops on a ship with her sister for a little distraction. When she wakes up in the Bermuda Triangle, she fears she's gone nuts for more than one reason: that loser’s suddenly claiming they're a happy couple... a hot guy is wrapping his arms around her and saying "Happy Anniversary"... and suddenly, she’s full of bruises, losing her hair, and getting IV medication. Autumn visits the ship's doctor, hoping for a pill or a shot to make the craziness go away. Instead, she's warned that these "alternate realities" could become permanent.

She just has to ask herself one question—how the hell is she going to get out of this mess?



Today is the release day for TRIANGLES! Book releases are always exciting, but this book has something most don't - you can enter to win a cruise! Go here for more information.

And if the synopsis wasn't enough to make you read this book, here's a teaser:

"The Bermuda Triangle should top your list of things to worry about on this vacation.”

I laughed. “Hardly. I’m not exactly worried about swirling down some massive toilet bowl in the middle of the ocean.”

She pulled her fingers through her long black hair. “You joke, but planes and boats go missing, and people think aliens abduct them or they get sucked into a time warp or the military is doing experiments. I’ve even heard theories about alternate realities, black holes, giant gas bubbles...” She took a deep breath and sighed. “The Bermuda Triangle has been sucking people in for hundreds of years. You might be next.”

Excited for the book? Find it on Amazon and find the author, Kimberly Ann Miller, on her website or on Twitter. Happy release day to TRIANGLES!

Pre-Order Promo and Chapter Reveal: Frigid by J. Lynn (Jennifer L. Armentrout)

FRIGID
By: J. Lynn (Jennifer L. Armentrout)
Release Date: July 30
Published By: Spencer Hill Contemporary

Goodreads Summary: For twenty-one-year-old Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn't anything new. They'd been best friends ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie. Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The big problem with that? Kyler puts the 'man' in man-whore. He's never stayed with a girl longer than a few nights, and with it being their last year in college, Syd doesn't want to risk their friendship by declaring her love.

Kyler has always put Syd on a pedestal that was too high for him to reach. To him, she's perfect and she's everything. But the feelings he has for her, he's always hidden away or focused on any other female. After all, Kyler will always be the poor boy from the wrong side of tracks, and Syd will always be the one girl he can never have.

But when they're stranded together at a posh ski resort due to a massive Nor'easter, there's nothing stopping their red-hot feelings for each other from coming to the surface. Can their friendship survive the attraction? Better yet, can they survive at all? Because as the snow falls, someone is stalking them, and this ski trip may be a life-changer in more ways than one.



Today is an exciting day with four huge surprises! Jennifer L. Armentrout's FRIGID is set to release as an e-book at the end of July. FRIGID has already been given the honor of being named a Romantic Times Top Pick. This is definitely one book where the wait seems too long. And now, here are the four surprises:

1. Due to all the excitement surrounding FRIGID, Spencer Hill Contemporary is running a special e-book pre-order promotion. If the e-book pre-order goal is met, then FRIGID will be released two weeks early. You know you want to read the book early, so go - pre-order it!
   
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2. Need something to hold you over until FRIGID releases? Starting right now, you can read the first three chapters of FRIGID for free! Just read below!
   
   FRIGID SNEAK PEAK
   
   
   
   
3. Can’t get enough of the hot FRIGID cover? Want to see some behind the scenes photos that are sure to make you swoon? You’re in luck! Below you can watch a slideshow of all the behind the scenes photos from the photo shoot! Go on and watch it. We’ll wait, because there is still one more great surprise!
   
   
   
   
   
4. And last but not least, if you live near Philadelphia, PA, you're in for a very special treat - Jennifer will be in Philly in November signing not only FRIGID but also the last book in her immensely popular COVENANT series, SENTINEL! But that's not all. Adam, the super hot cover model from FRIGID will be there as well! So, you'll get to meet both Jennifer and Adam! Plus there will be other great prizes that you seriously won't want to miss out on (dinner with the author and model, perhaps?)! Stay tuned for more details to come!

If you aren't excited for FRIGID yet, go watch the slideshow and read the chapters again! And then, go pre-order!