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The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Title: The Dead List Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 316 Genre:  YA Thriller Release Date: April 25, 2017 *Received for review by the author* Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Summary ( Goodreads ) It's Ella's senior year of high school and she and her best friend Linds plan to make it the best year ever. At Brock Cochran's end of summer pool party, the girls vow to have as much fun as possible before they head off to different colleges next fall. But when Ella is mysteriously attacked on her way home from the party, everything changes. Ella's carefree senior year plans disintegrate as she finds herself at the center of an attempted murder investigation. Ella tries to move on, but her attacker isn't done yet. He shows himself in the form of horrifying signs and symbols: a clown mask strewn on her bed, a dead bird in her backpack, a shadow moving past her window in the night. And as the weeks pass, it turns out that Ella isn't the only one being torment

Canada 150: Sign Ups

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To celebrate Canada turning 150 this year, Stuck in YA Books invites bloggers and authors to be a part of the celebration. Proud to live in this beautiful country we call home I would like to say thank you to all for your great work! Bloggers would able to post why you are proud to be Canadian or would like to share a story, favourite Canadian authors. I would like to make it a fun event for both the authors and bloggers with also providing giveaways! If you are interested in signing up here are the links! Authors ---> HERE Bloggers ---> HERE Thanks so much for signing up! Questions? You can email me at amandapedulla21@hotmail.com 

Waiting on Wednesday: Fireblood (Frostblood Saga #2) by Elly Blake

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Title: Fireblood (Frostblood #2)  Author: Elly Blake  Pages: 384 Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Hatchette Book Group Canada/Little Brown Release Date : September 12, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  In this action-packed sequel to  Frostblood , the future of Ruby's world and a court ruled by the love of her life depends on the uncovered secrets of her past. . Against all odds, Ruby has defeated the villainous Frost King and melted his throne of ice. But the bloodthirsty Minax that was trapped inside is now haunting her kingdom and everyone she loves. The answers to its demise may lie to the south in Sudesia, the land of the Firebloods, and a country that holds the secrets to Ruby's powers and past.... Despite warnings from her beloved Arcus, Ruby accompanies a roguish Fireblood named Kai to Sudesia, where she must master her control of fire in a series of trials to gain the trust of the suspicious Fireblood queen. Only then can she hope to access the knowledge tha
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Writing Real Characters--How I Got to Know the Characters in Me (and) Me You may have noticed when you’re in a café that there’s a person sitting there with headphones on, humming to themselves, and seemingly in deep conversation with their own thoughts. See, I’m that person in the café, listening to quiet music, and having conversations with the people who live in my head. This is a weird confession, but my characters feel like real people already. Sometimes I even hear them chatting to me, or to each other. My job as a writer, it seems to me, is to make those characters real to my readers too. I actually follow a series of steps, honed during writing five published novels (and many more unpublished ones). Below I’ve shared these steps with you, just in case any of you have characters chatting to you in your head too. Step One: I search the Internet for a face who looks like the made-up person whispering to me. Here’s a picture of a guy who looks a bit lik

The Playboy Bachelor by Rachel Van Dyken REVEAL!!

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THE PLAYBOY BACHELOR by Rachel Van Dyken The Bachelors of Arizona, #2 April 11, 2017 Forever eBook: $4.99 USD Add to Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2o5XmKC She's no Sleeping Beauty. And he's definitely no prince . . . Margot McCleery could have lived her whole life without seeing Bentley Wellington again—her ex-best friend and the poster boy for Hot, Rich Man-Whores everywhere. But Margot's whiskey-augmented grandmother "buys" Bentley at a charity bachelor auction, and now suddenly he's at her door. Impossibly charming. Impossibly sexy. And still a complete and utter jackass. Bentley's just been coerced by his grandfather to spend the next thirty days charming and romancing the reclusive red-haired beauty who hates him. The woman he abandoned when she needed him the most. Bentley knows just as much about romance as he knows about love— nothing . But the more time he spends with Margot, the more he realizes that "just friends&qu