Title Reveal: Rebel of The Sands #3 by Alwyn Hamilton

Hey All! I am super stoked to be helping Alwyn reveal the title to the third book in the Rebel of the Sands series! The book doesn't release till March 2018 but I am super excited! I freaking LOVE this series!

So here we go....

The title is....

HERO AT THE FALL!!!!

And here's the synopsis!

The breathless finale to the New York Times bestselling Rebel of the Sands series will have you on the edge of your seat until the dust from the final battle clears!

When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one. But after the bloodthirsty Sultan of Miraji imprisoned the Rebel Prince Ahmed in the mythical city of Eremot, she doesn't have a choice. Armed with only her revolver, her wits, and her untameable Demdji powers, Amani must rally her skeleton crew of rebels for a rescue mission through the unforgiving desert to a place that, according to maps, doesn't exist. As she watches those she loves most lay their lives on the line against ghouls and enemy soldiers, Amani questions whether she can be the leader they need or if she is leading them all to their deaths.

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Title: TRAITOR TO THE THRONE(Rebel of the Sands #2)

Author: Alwyn Hamilton

Release Date: March 7, 2017
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 528
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

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The sizzling, un-put-downable sequel to the bestselling Rebel of the Sands!

Mere months ago, gunslinger Amani al'Hiza fled her dead-end hometown on the back of a mythical horse with the mysterious foreigner Jin, seeking only her own freedom. Now she's fighting to liberate the entire desert nation of Miraji from a bloodthirsty sultan who slew his own father to capture the throne. 

When Amani finds herself thrust into the epicenter of the regime—the Sultan's palace—she's determined to bring the tyrant down. Desperate to uncover the Sultan's secrets by spying on his court, she tries to forget that Jin disappeared just as she was getting closest to him, and that she's a prisoner of the enemy. But the longer she remains, the more she questions whether the Sultan is really the villain she's been told he is, and who’s the real traitor to her sun-bleached, magic-filled homeland.

Forget everything you thought you knew about Miraji, about the rebellion, about djinni and Jin and the Blue-Eyed Bandit. In Traitor to the Throne, the only certainty is that everything will change.

Title: REBEL OF THE SANDS

Author: Alwyn Hamilton

Release Date: March 8, 2016
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Formats: Hardcover, paperback, audiobook, eBook

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She’s more gunpowder than girl—and the fate of the desert lies in her hands.

Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mystical beasts still roam the wild and barren wastes, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinni still practice their magic. But there's nothing mystical or magical about Dustwalk, the dead-end town that Amani can't wait to escape from. 

Destined to wind up "wed or dead," Amani’s counting on her sharpshooting skills to get her out of Dustwalk. When she meets Jin, a mysterious and devastatingly handsome foreigner, in a shooting contest, she figures he’s the perfect escape route. But in all her years spent dreaming of leaving home, she never imagined she'd gallop away on a mythical horse, fleeing the murderous Sultan's army, with a fugitive who's wanted for treason. And she'd never have predicted she'd fall in love with him...or that he'd help her unlock the powerful truth of who she really is. 

About Alwyn:

Alwyn Hamilton was born in Toronto and spent her childhood bouncing between Europe and Canada until her parents settled in France. She grew up in a small town there, which might have compelled her to burst randomly into the opening song from Beauty and the Beast were it not for her total tone-deafness. She instead attempted to read and write her way to new places and developed a weakness for fantasy and cross-dressing heroines. She left France for Cambridge University to study History of Art at King’s College, and then to London where she became indentured to an auction house. She has a bad habit of acquiring more hardcovers than is smart for someone who moves house quite so often.

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Exclusive Title Reveal!!!!!! Book 2 in the Tudor Series from Katherine Longshore

Hey y’all! So I’m super, super excited today!!!!! My friend the amazing author Katherine Longshore author of Gilt; and the rocking people at Penguin Teen have asked me here at Two Chicks on Books to be the exclusive website for the title reveal of book 2 of her Tudor Series! Ooh and I also got to ask Katherine some questions about it so we get to know the main character in the book!!! This is sooooooooooooooooo awesome!!! So without further ado here’s the title!

Tarnish

Want to know what Tarnish is about? So did I! And Katherine wrote a blog post called “Five things about book 2….” I looked at the hints in that post and asked my questions from there.

Hint- "It opens at Greenwich Palace in the spring of 1523."

Jaime- 1523 huh? So I'm guessing if my dates are correct that this will be about Mary Boleyn? Anne's sister?

Katherine- Excellent deduction! But no, though Mary features in the book, she is not the main character.  TARNISH is narrated by a young Anne Boleyn and I try to create a character destined to become the queen we know and love.

Hint- "Henry VIII is much younger and much sexier than he was in GILT.  But is he the main love interest?  You'll have to read it to find out."

Jaime- If Henry isn't the main love interest any hints as to who is? Maybe a description of his looks if not a name???

Katherine- If Anne were a modern teenager, her Facebook status would read “It’s Complicated”.  As far as descriptions go, there is a blond, a redhead and a brunette in her life at different points in the novel.  There is also poetry, music and secret assignations…

Hint- "There will be dancing, hunting, kissing, lies, betrayal, gambling, indifference, mistakes and redemption.  But no beheadings."

Jaime- Awww boo lol. Ok no beheadings but are there stays in the Tower? Will there be lots of travel like there was in Gilt? Ooh and will we get to meet Cardinal Wolsey?

Katherine- No trips to the Tower and little travel, but you will get to see a few of Henry’s palaces and Hever – Anne’s childhood home.  In fact, one of my favorite scenes takes place in one of the bedrooms there…

And yes, we get to see Cardinal Wolsey, hear his voice and feel his influence, but it wasn’t usual for a lowly maid to have much interaction with him.

Hint-"Book 2 is one of the most fun, but also the most difficult book I've ever written (and no, GILT was not the first book I wrote!)"

Jaime- How was the writing process different?

Katherine- Because no one knew Anne would one day be queen, there was very little written about her early years at court – though we know she was one of Katherine of Aragon ’s maids in waiting.  I had less actual history to work with than with GILT, but that proved to be very liberating and exciting.  I also had Anne’s voice in my head from the very beginning – the character very much drove this novel.  This made the writing intoxicating and fun, but also surprising when Anne didn’t follow my outline (she fell in love with the wrong guy!)  I think because I felt so attached to her character I got very emotionally involved.  With history as foresight, this was pretty heartbreaking, though as I said before, there are no executions in this novel.

Hint -"It's scheduled to be published next summer.  I wish I didn't have to wait that long to hear what you think!"

Jaime- Oh I am dying to read it!!! Is there a set release date? What about a cover? When will we get to see the cover is it as gorgeous as Gilt???

Katherine- Right now, the release is June 2013..  And the cover?  Well, I’m waiting for it, too…though I’m sure it will be just as gorgeous as GILT’s, if not more so.  The design team is fabulous!

Ok so how excited are you all for this?!?!? I know I am crazy excited!!!!!! I love this time period and I can’t wait to meet the young and it looks like quite boy crazy Anne Boleyn! Thanks so much Katy for asking me to be the exclusive site for the title reveal you are the best! <333333 span="span">

Haven’t read Gilt yet! Here’s the synopsis go get it!

Gilt (The Tudor Series #1)

Katherine Longshore

Hardcover: 416 pages

Release Date: May 15, 2012

Publisher: Viking Juvenile (Penguin)

ISBN: 0670013994

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In the court of King Henry VIII, nothing is free-- and love comes at the highest price of all. When Kitty Tylney's best friend, Catherine Howard, worms her way into King Henry VIII's heart and brings Kitty to court, she's thrust into a world filled with fabulous gowns, sparkling jewels, and elegant parties. No longer stuck in Cat's shadow, Kitty's now caught between two men--the object of her affection and the object of her desire. But court is also full of secrets, lies, and sordid affairs, and as Kitty witnesses Cat's meteoric rise and fall as queen, she must figure out how to keep being a good friend when the price of telling the truth could literally be her head.

About Katherine

I've always been a writer. I've been writing stories since I learned how to hold a pencil, asking my dad how to spell words while I worked under the bar stools at our kitchen counter.

In my teens, I fell in love with theater. I wanted to act. On the stage. I loved the hush of the crowd, the sticky odor of pancake makeup and the dusty resin of wax on the stage floor. I loved to be able to look out over the audience, the flash of glasses reflecting the stage lights. I loved to hear their laughter. But mostly, I loved losing myself in a character made of words. To make that character live and breathe. Now, that is magic.

I played bit parts (including that of a catatonic in a mental institution—my only line was a scream) and grew into bigger roles on the high school stage. I spent five summers spouting Shakespeare beneath stars and redwoods, hoping one day to play Rosalind in As You Like It.

I got an acting scholarship to a good university and went on to study acting and costume design for two years. But then I traveled on the Semester at Sea—a program on which students study on board a ship and travel around the world, visiting ten countries in one hundred days. It changed my life. I realized I didn't want to spend my entire life in a windowless black box (a theater) but in the greater world.

So I created my own major, planning to use it to be a travel writer. I spent two months traveling Europe by train. I worked for nine months for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association on a research boat as a steward (making beds and washing dishes) in order to earn the money to backpack around the world. The ship went to Chile and the Antarctic, and even stopped at Easter Island—one of the most remote locations in the Pacific Ocean. After so long at sea, I needed time on land, so I packed up my sister and her puppy in a beaten-down station wagon and drove across North America.

And then I packed a single bag and flew to Africa. Alone. I spent five months in southern Africa—South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, but primarily Zimbabwe. I saw elephants and rhinos and kudu, was woken up from a dead sleep in a tent by the roar of lions and sat for hours on the banks of the Zambezi watching Victoria Falls. I spent the rest of that year in Southeast Asia—mostly eating coconut curry. After a few restless months at home, I traveled to Australia and New Zealand and completely depleted my travel fund.

And then I went to England, invited by an Englishman I'd met in Zimbabwe. I went for two weeks and stayed for six months—I left the day before my visa expired—and the next year I married him.

I lived in England for five years, in a little town in the county of Kent. I lived within spitting distance of Hever Castle—Anne Boleyn's childhood home. Penshurst Place, once owned by the Duke of Buckingham and Knole House, once owned by King Henry VIII himself were also nearby. I grew to love the English countryside—so different from the forests and volcanic mountains of California. And I came to love English history—so much more violent and colorful and ancient than my own.

In the course of my life, I've worked as a dishwasher, lingerie seller, coffee barista, cake decorator, ship's steward, video rental clerk, freelance journalist, travel agent, waitress, contracts manager, bookseller and Montessori preschool teacher.

But in writing for teens, I've finally found my calling.

And through writing, I am able to encompass all my loves. Becoming a character made of words. Exploring new worlds. And living history.

Where you can find Katherine:

Website/Twitter/Facebook/Goodreads