Book Alert: #RockersUnite is 5 Hot Rocker Stories You Must Read!

5 Hot Rocker Stories with a Smoking Hot Cover! 

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(Help the littles!!)

ROYAL PROTECTION by Amy Briggs - Author​

THE LEGEND OF ARTURO KING by L.B. Dunbar, Author​ 

F*CK CLUB by Author Michelle Mankin​

FINDING MY FOREVER by Author Heidi McLaughlin​

FIRST CHANCE by A.L. Wood​ 

ROCKERS UNITE

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***Anthology includes Five full-length existing novels.*** 

ROYAL PROTECTION by Amy Briggs

With a stalker after Miranda, the beautiful lead singer of the rock band Little Queens, her parents hire security to be undercover on the tour. What she doesn't expect is to fall for the man posing a journalist who's really meant to keep her safe. Can Ryan keep his secret, or will his feelings for her ruin everything? 

THE LEGEND OF ARTURO KING by L.B. Dunbar 

Arturo King is a rock god. He has everything, but the one thing he wants. Guinevere is the opposite of him in every way - quiet, reserved, out of the limelight. However, she's a queen in her own right, and Arturo is irresistible to her. Some love is legendary. 

ROCK F*CK CLUB by Michelle Mankin 

A what-if novel about a woman turning the tables on sexual double standards. 10 cities in two weeks 10 famous rock stars. 

FINDING MY FOREVER by Heidi McLaughlin 

Come back to Beaumont with Jimmy Davis as he finds the true meaning of love. Sacrifice, trust, devotion and taking chances all play keys roles in this story of how Jimmy and Jenna come together while dealing with a threat that could ruin their lives forever. 

FIRST CHANCE by A.L. Wood 

Natalie Wright hasn't had it easy in years. Her one safe haven is music, the kind that's soul-breaking, body shaking with lyrics that are sung in such a way that you can't help but feel it. Enter Ryan Hurst, the lead singer for the chart topping rock band, Steele's Army. The band is all about their bad-boy image and songs that don't support love.

Book News: Tor Books Acquires Two Novels with io9 Cofounder Annalee Newitz

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Here is what Tor Books has shared about this deal:

Tor Books editor Liz Gorinsky has acquired two novels from Annalee Newitz, cofounder of io9, former editor at Gizmodo, and current Tech Culture editor at Ars Technica. The first, Autonomous, is a sci-fi dystopian thriller set in 2144; described by her agent Laurie Fox as “a novel of ideas—about the future of property law,” it explores a future in which robots are granted autonomy after 10 years of service, and humans can own other humans.

Newitz is the author of three books: Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction; She’s Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Geeky Stuff; and Pretend We’re Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture. Autonomous will be her first novel.

From Newt's agent Laurie Fox:

Autonomous features a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her own submarine. A notorious anti-patent scientist who has styled herself as a Robin Hood heroine fighting to bring cheap drugs to the poor, Jack’s latest drug is leaving a trail of lethal overdoses across what used to be North America—a drug that compels people to become addicted to their work.

On Jack’s trail are an unlikely pair: an emotionally shut-down military agent and his partner, Paladin, a young military robot, who fall in love against all expectations. Autonomous alternates between the activities of Jack and her co-conspirators, and Joe and Paladin, as they all race to stop a bizarre drug epidemic that is tearing apart lives, causing trains to crash, and flooding New York City.

From Annalee Newitz herself:

All the characters in Autonomous are dealing with a fundamental question: Is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?

Photo credit: Jonathan Wilkins

Book News: HarperCollins' Two Book Deal with 'Red Queen' Author Victoria Aveyard

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Victoria Aveyard fans you don't want to miss this news from HarperCollins Publishers!!!

Press Release:

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCES TWO-BOOK DEAL WITH VICTORIA AVEYARD

New York, NY (September 15, 2015)—HarperCollins Publishers announced today the acquisition of a two-book deal with Victoria Aveyard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Queen series. Suzie Townsend sold North American rights on behalf of New Leaf Literary and Media, Inc. to Kristen Pettit, Executive Editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books.

Book one in the newly signed two-book deal, set to publish in 2018, will be the fourth installment in the epic Red Queen series, which focuses on a world divided by blood. Those with Red blood are commoners and serve the Silver-blooded elite, who have been gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare Barrow is scraping by as a thief until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court, where she discovers she has an ability all her own—even though her blood is Red. The second book in the deal, a to-be-determined novel, is scheduled for release in 2019.

“Victoria Aveyard burst onto the scene as the only first-time author to debut at #1 on the New York Times Young Adult bestseller list,” said Suzanne Murphy, President and Publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books. “We are enormously proud of her success and are thrilled to make HarperCollins her home.”

Kristen Pettit adds, “Victoria Aveyard’s talent is immense, undeniable, and extremely rare. Her scenes leap from the page and immerse you in her intricately wrought world. I am thrilled to continue to work with Victoria to bring her particular brand of gripping, visceral prose to readers everywhere.”

The highly anticipated second novel in Aveyard’s Red Queen series, Glass Sword, will publish February 9, 2016, with the third novel to follow in 2017. In addition, two e-novellas set in the Red Queen world, Queen Song and Steel Scars, are set to release September 1, 2015, and January 5, 2016, respectively. Red Queen has sold into 31 territories and is already a worldwide bestseller. Finally, movie rights for Red Queen were sold to Universal Studios. Gennifer Hutchison (Breaking Bad) penned the script and Elizabeth Banks is in talks to direct.

ABOUT VICTORIA AVEYARD:
Victoria Aveyard is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen. Victoria was born and raised in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, a small town known only for the worst traffic rotary in the continental United States. She moved to Los Angeles to earn a BFA in screenwriting at the University of Southern California. She currently splits her time between the East and West coasts. As an author and screenwriter, she uses her career as an excuse to read too many books and watch too many movies. She has sold several television pilots and feature-length screenplays. You can visit her online at www.victoriaaveyard.com or on Twitter at @VictoriaAveyard.

ABOUT HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN’S BOOKS:
HarperCollins Children’s Books is one of the leading publishers of children’s and teen books. Respected worldwide for its tradition of publishing quality, award-winning books for young readers, HarperCollins is home to many timeless treasures and bestsellers such as Charlotte’s Web, Goodnight Moon, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Where the Wild Things Are, The Graveyard Book and series including The Chronicles of Narnia, Ramona, Warriors, Pete the Cat, Fancy Nancy, Divergent, and The Selection. Consistently at the forefront of digital innovation, HarperCollins Children’s Books delights readers through engaging storytelling in all formats, including e-books and apps. HarperCollins Children’s Books is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, which is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, has operations in 18 countries, and is a subsidiary of News Corp(NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV). You can visit HarperCollins Children’s Books at www.harpercollinschildrens.com and www.epicreads.com and HarperCollins Publishers at corporate.HC.com.

Book Deal News: Delacorte Press Will Publish Sophie Kinsella's First YA Novel in 2015

DELACORTE PRESS TO PUBLISH SOPHIE KINSELLA’S FIRST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL IN THE U.S., 

FINDING AUDREY, ON JUNE 9, 2015

Full Press Release:

New York, NY (October 22, 2014)—Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, will publish FINDING AUDREY by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shopaholic series, Sophie Kinsella, on June 9, 2015, it was announced today by Barbara Marcus, President & Publisher, Random House Children’s Books. U.S. and Open Market rights for Kinsella’s debut teen novel were acquired by Beverly Horowitz, VP, Publisher, Delacorte Press, from agent Kim Witherspoon at Inkwell Management. Horowitz will edit, and the novel will be published with a first printing of 150,000 copies and supported by a major marketing and publicity campaign.

FINDING AUDREY is a contemporary young adult novel featuring a 14-year-old girl recovering from an anxiety disorder, and it blends family comedy, romance, and personal discovery.

“To welcome Sophie Kinsella to Random House Children’s Books is a wonderful moment for us, and for teen readers everywhere,” says Marcus. “The story that Kinsella tells in FINDING AUDREY will appeal widely, and we cannot wait to share it.”

“FINDING AUDREY is my first YA novel, and I loved writing it. Audrey has already become a best friend to me, and I hope you will enjoy meeting her and her crazy family,” says Kinsella. “I’m so delighted to be working now with Random House Children’s Books, together with the Random House team that publishes my novels for adults.”

“Sophie Kinsella’s voice and writing style are so spot-on for teen readers and twenty-somethings,” says Horowitz. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to bring Sophie to the young adult community of readers in the U.S. with the publication of FINDING AUDREY.”

Published in 42 countries and translated into 39 languages, Kinsella’s books have sold more than 36 million copies worldwide. Her most recent adult novel, Shopaholic to the Stars, wasreleased on October 21, 2014, by The Dial Press.

Sophie Kinsella is the author of the bestselling Shopaholic series and the novels Can You Keep a Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, Twenties Girl, I’ve Got Your Number, and Wedding Night. Finding Audrey is her first young adult novel. She lives in England.

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FINDING AUDREY

By Sophie Kinsella / Delacorte Press / On sale June 9, 2015

HC ISBN: 9780553536515 / $18.99 / NCR / Ages 12 Up

Ebook ISBN: 9780553536522

Random House Children’s Books is the world’s largest English-language children’s trade book publisher. Creating books for toddlers through young adult readers, in all formats from board books to activity books to picture books, novels, ebooks, and apps, the imprints of Random House Children’s Books bring together award-winning authors and illustrators, world-famous franchise characters, and multimillion-copy series. The company’s website, Kids @ Random (randomhousekids.com), offers an array of activities, games, and resources for children, teens, parents, and educators. Random House Children’s Books is a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.

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Here are a few other books written by Sophie Kinsella:

    

Wattpad Sensation Anna Todd's "AFTER" Screen Rights Acquired by Paramount Pictures

After the news that Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books signed a six-figure, multi-book deal with Wattpad sensation Anna Todd was released, we hear of more exciting news for the author. You can read the official press release we shared recently here about the book deal. 

The latest news to break about this One Direction based fan fiction that had over 1 billion reads on Wattpad is that Paramount Pictures has acquired the screen rights to After. 

Here is what we know so far about the deal/ Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gigot will produce through their Offspring Entertainment banner.

Wattpad General Manager Candice Factor: “After has a massive built-in audience that was cultivated on Wattpad. This deal means millions of fans are one step closer to realizing their dream of seeing After brought to life on the big screen. “Wattpad is a top entertainment destination with thousands of new stories shared every day. We expect to see many more blockbusters and bestsellers emerge from the platform.”

 

After Ever Happy (The After Series, Book 4)

Extra! Extra!: My Good Friend Got Her First Book Deal with Katherine Tegen Books!!!

I am super excited to share this news. One of my very close friends that I've known for a long time (we met because of Twilight) just got her very first book deal. The book deal was made with Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. 

The book will be titled FAR FROM US (so remember that book title) and is written by Michelle Andreani (that's my friend) and Mindi Scott (author of Freefall and Live Through This).

Michelle Andreani and Mindi Scott’s FAR FROM US, a dual narrative in which two grieving teens take a road trip across the Southwest after their friend is killed in an accident and along the way chart a journey of loss, hope, and love as they discover the ways that she lives on even after her death, to Alex Arnold at Katherine Tegen Books, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World).

 You can visit Michelle and Mindi's blog and read all about this exciting news:

We Have News.

  

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Extra! Extra!: Atria Books Announces Two-book Deal with Author Karina Halle

Exciting news for fans of USA Today bestselling author Karina Halle. 

Atria Books Press Release:

(May 30, 2014 – New York, NY) Atria Books is thrilled to announce a two-book deal with USA Today bestselling author of the runaway hit, LOVE, IN ENGLISH, Karina Halle. The new books will both be contemporary romance standalones that deal with finding love while traveling abroad, just like LOVE, IN ENGLISH.

As Halle says, “the first book in the series is about Vera’s brother, the hot, tatted artist Josh, who falls for a mysterious girl who leads him on an adventure in New Zealand. The second book is about a girl who finds love on the steamy beaches of Brazil!” As with LOVE, IN ENGLISH, Halle will take readers on a turbulent, emotional and sexy journey in these new and exotic settings, with “flawed yet lovable characters.

Atria plans to release simultaneous e-book and trade paperbacks for the first book in the Spring of 2015. Atria Editor Jhanteigh Kupihea says, “We’re so excited to welcome Karina to the Atria family. Her characters are refreshingly real, her settings beautifully observed, and her writing resonant and witty. We look forward to helping contemporary romance, new adult, and women’s fiction readers discover new stories by this remarkably gifted author.”

Pretty exciting, right? The only thing missing from this news, though, is the title of the first book. And for that, Karina needs YOUR help! Head on over to her website and vote for your favorite title by clicking here.

We can’t wait to see what you all choose!

AUTHOR BIO: Karina Halle is a former travel writer and music journalist and theUSA Today bestselling author of Love, in English, The Artists Trilogy, and other wild and romantic reads. She lives in a 1920s farmhouse on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and her rescue pup, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails, and devours a lot of books. Visit Karina at authorkarinahalle.com.

So head on over to Halle's website to vote on your favorite title choice for the new book.

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Love, In English

Published: April 20th 2014

Publisher: Metal Blonde Books

 

A standalone, contemporary romance about the ultimate forbidden love...

He’s thirty-eight. I’m twenty-three.

He speaks Spanish. I speak English.

He lives in Spain. I live in Canada.

He dresses in thousand-dollar suits. I’m covered in tattoos.

He’s married and has a five-year old daughter.

I’m single and can’t commit to anyone or anything.

Until now.Because when they say you can’t choose who you fall in love with, boy ain’t that the damn truth.

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To a restless dreamer like Vera Miles, it sounded like the experience of a lifetime. Instead of spending her summer interning for her astronomy major, she would fly to Spain where she’d spend a few weeks teaching conversational English to businessmen and women, all while enjoying free room and board at an isolated resort. But while Vera expected to get a tan, meet new people and stuff herself with wine and paella, she never expected to fall in love.

Mateo Casalles is unlike anyone Vera has ever known, let alone anyone she’s usually attracted to. While Vera is a pierced and tatted free spirit with a love for music and freedom, Mateo is a successful businessman from Madrid, all sharp suits and cocky Spanish charm. Yet, as the weeks go on, the two grow increasingly close and their relationship changes from purely platonic to something…more.

Something that makes Vera feel alive for the first time.

Something that can never, ever be.

Or so she thinks.

Extra! Extra!: Gallery Books to Publish Wattpad Phenomenon AFTER written by Anna Todd

The news was just released that Gallery Books', Adam Wilson negotiated the deal to publish the Wattpad phenomenon After. After is written by Anna Todd. It became a online phenomena when more than 800 millions reads of the three-part Wattpad series happened. 

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Here is the official press release:

Gallery Books to Publish Wattpad’s Popular Series AFTER

NEW YORK, May 27, 2014—Gallery Books will publish the Wattpad phenomenon After as a New Adult series, in both e-book and print editions, it was announced today by Jennifer Bergstrom, Publisher of Gallery Books. Originally serialized on Wattpad, the world’s largest community of readers and writers, the first book in the After series is scheduled to publish in Fall 2014; the second and third books will be published in early 2015.

After, written by Anna Todd, is one of the most talked about stories on the internet and has become an online phenomenon with more than 800 million reads of the three-part Wattpad series. Written serially with daily updates to meet reader demand, After became Wattpad’s most shared story of 2013. In addition to the massive popularity of After on Wattpad, the story regularly trends on other social networks, including Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. The success also caught the attention of United Talent Agency, which is now handling the film and television representation of After. The original fanfiction will remain on Wattpad.

“Anna used Wattpad’s mobile and social storytelling features to captivate millions of readers with After,” said Bergstrom. “We are thrilled to be able to reach an even broader audience in book form.”

“Partnering with innovative publishers like Gallery Books gives Wattpad writers the ability to share their stories in new formats and attract additional readers around the world,” said Wattpad’s Head of Content, Publishing, Ashleigh Gardner.

Adam Wilson, Senior Editor at Gallery Books, negotiated the deal with Gardner, which includes world and audio rights.

ABOUT GALLERY BOOKS
Gallery Books is an imprint dedicated to publishing a variety of must-read books on a wide array of topics. Launched in February 2010, Gallery is designed to showcase established voices and to introduce emerging new ones—in both fiction and nonfiction genres. Some of Gallery Books’ bestselling titles include Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible by Tim Gunn, Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Love Anthony by Lisa Genova, Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill, and The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick.

ABOUT SIMON & SCHUSTER
Simon & Schuster, a part of CBS Corporation, is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed, electronic, and audio formats. Its divisions include Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Simon & Schuster Audio, Simon & Schuster Digital, and international companies in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit our website at www.simonandschuster.com

ABOUT WATTPAD
More than 25 million people have joined Wattpad, making it the world’s largest community of readers and writers. People use Wattpad to connect with each other while they discover and share millions of free stories. Wattpad stories are available in more than 50 languages and can be read or written from any phone, table, or computer. The company is proudly based on Toronto, Canada. Learn more at www.wattpad.com.

Extra! Extra!: Special Announcement for Author Tracey Garvis-Graves

We are thrilled to announce that best selling author Tracey Garvis-Graves will be releasing an Adult Romantic Suspense novel this year! Please be sure to watch the gorgeous trailer for EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU, read the excerpt, and don't forget to add it to your reading list!

Title: Every Time I Think of You

Author: Tracey Garvis-Graves

Release date: TBA 2014

Book Description:

Thirty-year-old Daisy DiStefano has two people she holds dear: the grandmother who raised her, and her three-year-old son, Elliott. But when Daisy’s grandmother is killed in a seemingly random act of violence, Daisy must take steps to protect herself and her child.

Despite a thriving career in San Francisco, thirty-six-year-old Brooks McClain has returned home to spend what little time his mother has left before she succumbs to the deadly disease that is ravaging her. The seasoned investigative reporter has taken a position with the local newspaper and been on the job less than twenty-four hours when he’s summoned to cover the death of Pauline Thorpe.

Brooks is all business, but the more time he spends with Daisy DiStefano, the more invested he becomes; there’s something about a single mother, a defenseless child, and an unsolved crime that has stirred Brooks’s protective instincts like nothing ever has before.

And when the unthinkable happens, Brooks will do whatever it takes to clear the name of the woman he’s fallen for and the child he’ll protect at any cost.

Romantic and suspenseful, Every Time I Think of You shows how far two people will go to fight for the ones they love, and the life they’ve always imagined.

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EXCERPT

My watch said 11:00 p.m. Way too late to show up unannounced, but I knocked on Daisy’s door anyway, picturing her tip-toeing quietly to look through the peephole. It took a full minute because I’d undoubtedly roused her from a sound sleep. But then she opened the door far enough for me to cross the threshold and locked it again behind me.

The apartment was dark, save for a small beam of light that spilled into the hallway from her bedroom. As my eyes adjusted I noticed her hair. I’d never seen it down before. It fell way past her shoulders and was slightly messy, like she’d been tossing and turning in her sleep before I arrived. She wore a pair of pajama pants and a tank top with narrow straps, one of which had fallen off her shoulder.

“What is it?” she asked. “Are you okay?”

“My mom died,” I said. It felt strange to say the words out loud. My voice sounded flat, unemotional.

“I’m so sorry, Brooks,” she said, but she didn’t say anything else.

I wanted something that would take away the empty, restless feeling inside of me. Something solid and real. She was standing close enough that one step was all I needed to close the gap between us. She must have taken a shower right before she went to bed because when I plunged my hands into all that hair, grabbing fistfuls and pulling her up against me, I felt the dampness and smelled the faint traces of her shampoo.

I moved my hands to the sides of her face and cupped it. She didn’t miss a beat when I pressed my lips to hers. She was probably wondering how I could possibly kiss her at a time like this, but it didn’t stop her from putting her arms around me and kissing me back like it was exactly what she needed, too.

Like the steady turn of a release valve, everything that had been bottled up inside of me escaped slowly through that kiss. I hadn’t realized how rigidly I’d been holding my body until it slackened against hers. How tightly I’d been clenching my jaw until I relaxed it to kiss her. All the tension I’d been feeling disappeared when she opened her mouth and let me in.

It was a long slow kiss, the kind that wasn’t meant to lead to anything else and was all the more powerful because of it. When I’d finally had enough I said, “I don’t know why I came. It’s late. I woke you up.”

“It’s okay,” she said softly. “I don’t mind.”

“Go back to bed,” I whispered.

She nodded and I opened the door. “Lock this behind me,” I said, and I waited in the hallway until I heard the tumble of the lock clicking into place.

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About the Author:

Tracey Garvis-Graves is the author of On the Island and Covet. She lives in a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa with her husband, two children, and hyper dog Chloe. She blogs at

www.traceygarvisgraves.com using colorful language and a snarky sense of humor to write about pop culture, silly television shows, and her suburban neighborhood. You can e-mail her at traceygarvisgraves@yahoo.com. She’d love to hear from you.

Extra! Extra!: A New Maddox Brother is Coming Soon from Jamie McGuire!!! #BeautifulOblivion

If you could see me through your computer/phone screen you would see me flaying around with excitement. Fans of Jamie McGuire's Beauiful Disaster series and Team Travis Maddox, well you are in for a treat, get ready to fangirl in 3...2...1....

Coming July 1st to a bookstore near you, Jamie McGuire new Maddox Brothers book Beautiful Oblivion will be released and it is all about Trent Maddox (begin fangirl-ing now)!!!  

Here is some info on this epic new release coming soon:

We all remember the sad, dark time before Travis “Mad Dog” Maddox captured our hearts in Jamie McGuire’s Beautiful Disaster. And then when we read Walking Disaster, we fell even MORE in love with him (if that were even possible). Finally, we cried while Trav and Pidge exchanged their wedding vows in A Beautiful Wedding, as we saw the epic love story that we’ve been a part of from the beginning come to an end. But now that Travis is done (why, Jamie, why!?!), we need another Maddox man in our lives! Well… the wait is over.

Atria Books and Jamie McGuire are thrilled to announce that there’s a new Maddox brother coming to readers’ shelves this summer: Beautiful Oblivion! The book will feature Trent Maddox: his friends want to be him, and women want to tame him, but there’s only one woman who can have his heart. In the first installment of the Maddox Brothers books, readers can experience the rush of reading Beautiful Disaster for the first time, all over again! Rumor has it, Trent Maddox is even wilder than Travis. *fingers crossed*

Beautiful Oblivion is on-sale July 1st in paperback, e-book, and e-audio. Pre-order links for the paperback and e-book are available through many retailers now and the rest will be available this week.

Stay tuned for more news about BEAUTIFUL OBLIVION including a special cover reveal in March, and make sure to pre-order your copy today!

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BEAUTIFUL OBLIVION DESCRIPTION: 

The Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster phenomenon continues in the first heart-pounding new adult romance in The Maddox Brothers series.

Fiercely independent Camille “Cami” Camlin gladly moved on from her childhood before it was over. She has held down a job since before she could drive, and moved into her own apartment after her freshman year of college. Now tending bar at The Red Door, Cami doesn’t have time for much else besides work and classes, until a trip to see her boyfriend is cancelled, leaving her with a first weekend off in almost a year.

Trenton Maddox was the king of Eastern State University, dating co-eds before he even graduated high school. His friends wanted to be him, and women wanted to tame him, but after a tragic accident turned his world upside down, Trenton leaves campus to come to grips with the crushing guilt.

Eighteen months later, Trenton is living at home with his widower father, and works full-time at a local tattoo parlor to help with the bills. Just when he thinks his life is returning to normal, he notices Cami sitting alone at a table at The Red.

As the baby sister of four rowdy brothers, Cami believes she’ll have no problem keeping her new friendship with Trenton Maddox strictly platonic. But when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever—even if she is the only reason their already broken family could fall apart.

In the first installment of the Maddox Brothers books, readers can experience the rush of reading Beautiful Disaster for the first time, all over again.

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Jamie McGuire is the New York Times bestselling author of five other novels: Walking Disaster, Beautiful Disaster, Providence, Requiem, and Eden. She and her husband, Jeff, live with their children just outside Enid, Oklahoma, with three dogs, six horses, and a cat named Rooster.

Mini-Book Review: Scan by Walter Jury & S.E. Fine

Scan
Scan #1
Authors: Walter Jury, S. E. Fine
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: May 1st 2014
Review Source: Penguin/G. P. Putnam's Sons

MacGyver Meets War of the Worlds in this Exhilarating Adventure

Tate and his father don’t exactly get along. As Tate sees it, his father has unreasonably high expectations for Tate to be the best—at everything. Tate finally learns what he’s being prepared for when he steals one of his dad’s odd tech inventions and mercenaries ambush the school, killing his father in the process and sending Tate on the run from aliens who look just like humans.

Even with all he knows like how to defend himself with useful tools made out of bubblegum, Tate fears he’s still inadequate. With the help of his girlfriend and estranged mother, all Tate can really do is keep moving and ensure his father’s invention stays out of the hands of his pursuers and that his father didn’t die in vain. A riveting, fast-paced adventure, Scan is a clever alien thriller with muscle and heart.

At a Glance:
Non-stop thrills and chills while you are taken on this journey with the main character and his many discoveries (in a matter of 24 hours) that his way of life and intense training sessions had a purpose and now you must use everything your father had you do almost due 24-7  so that you could survive and live to see another day.

Cover:
Its very fitting with the book. When you deal with novel that is based in science fiction and THEM, that cover makes total sense. Love the use of the red tones. Great job from the design team.

Action:
I don't think there is a single page in the book where you are without action, from minimal to all out sweat coming down your forehead. I'm an action junkie, be it in books or movies, so the amount of action was just what I needed.

Romance:
If you looking for Romeo & Juliet romance then you probably don't want this book but if your looking to read about that fierce love that you would do anything to protect the ones you love, then Scan is your book.

Something I Loved:
Tate, he is the main character and I loved everything about his characters. His loyalty, heart and how he doesn't give up even when giving up seems so easy to agree to.

Cliffhanger: 
Of course, when your dealing with an Alien species, how can there not be a cliffhanger. I need to know what HAPPEN!

Would I Recommend It?:
Heck yea! Its a solid book from start to finish. So mark your calendar for May when they bad boy comes out.

Look for my full review closer to release time. 

Book Deal News:

G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, a subsidiary of big five publisher Penguin Random House, signed DIVERGENT producer Pouya Shahbazian and co-author Sarah Fine to a two-book, six-figure deal for an upcoming young adult series, starting with debut novel SCAN. Set for publication in May of 2014, SCAN is a young adult sci-fi thriller series pitched as MACGYVER meets WAR OF THE WORLDS.

Shahbazian, who writes under the pen name Walter Jury, and Fine, who is writing under the pen name S.E. Fine, wrote SCAN and its 2015 sequel, BURN, after being introduced by agents Joanna Volpe & Kathleen Ortiz of New Leaf Literary & Media. Editor Stacey Barney is shepherding the novels for Putnam.

SCAN, also tonally reminiscent of I AM NUMBER FOUR, is a grounded, high-action YA thriller about a 16-year-old boy who has been prepared his whole life for “something important,” only to discover it means he’s one of the last humans left on Earth. After taking his father’s secret invention, a wand scanner, to school, all sorts of chaos breaks loose as numerous government agencies chase him and his girlfriend for what turns out to be the key to a potential interplanetary conflict. The novels have already been picked up for translation in Germany and Brazil.

New York-based manager/producer Shahbazian is the head of film & TV for New Leaf Literary & Media. Focused on book-to-film representation and adaptations, he produced, with Red Wagon Entertainment, DIVERGENT, set for release by Summit Entertainment on March 21, 2014. As a producer, he also has a number of projects in development at major studios including the upcoming Macmillan lead title, RUNNER, by New York Times-bestselling author Patrick Lee, which is set up at Warner Bros with Justin Lin attached to direct, Michael De Luca and Elaine Chin producing and Adam Cozad adapting; New York Times-bestseller SHADOW & BONE by Leigh Bardugo, at Dreamworks with Heyday Films producing and Chris Kyle adapting; and upcoming Harper Children’s anticipated title RED QUEEN by Victoria Aveyard, which is set up at Universal with Benderspink producing.

Fine is a clinical psychologist and the author of the dark urban fantasy YA series, GUARDS OF THE SHADOWLANDS, with book 2, FRACTURED, to publish on October 29th from Skyscape, as well as the upcoming haunting YA gothic, OF METAL AND WISHES, coming August 2014 from McElderry Books with Simon & Schuster.