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Review and Giveaway: My Life as a Lumberjack by Sara V. Olds

June 17, 2013 by Barbara at Basia's Bookshelf 13 Comments

My Life as a Lumberjack or How I Fell for the Wrong Guy(s)
By Sara V. Olds
Publisher: Astrea Press
Publication Date: May 30, 2013
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Source: Publisher for Blog Tour

Me, Mercedes Bennion? Working for the US Forest Service? I’ve never thought of myself as the outdoorsy, hard-working type. But one quick glance at those mouth-watering forest rangers and oh, baby, sign this seventeen-year-old up for a whole summer of fresh air, mountains and starry, starry nights!

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I think it’s my own fear of insects and sleeping outside that makes me take a second look at YA books that come along about summer camps. I actually was a Girl Scout and did camp successfully, but one year some sort of phobia set in and that was it and I haven’t set foot in a tent since then. I still love reading about them though – I love the friendships that develop over the summer and there are always a million stories to be told.

My Life as a Lumberjack begins with Mercedes “Merck” “Benz” Bennion – she prefers Benz – and her best friend Conor Perry showing up for duty for their new summer jobs with the U.S. Forest Service Youth Conservation Corps. Expecting nerdy dweeb phone recruiter Norm, Benz is blown away when Norse God Norm of the U.S. Forest Service shows up to gather the campers and escort them to camp. The kids are all divided into groups and each group is sent to a different area where something needs to be done each week, setting up new camps and heading home on the weekends.

Since the action was with Benz’s group, the detail the author gave to the jobs they did was really a blast to read. From building corrals, tarring troughs and seeding, I could see it all. I had the best time actually in the camps, when everyone sat around making s’mores, wanting to punch certain people, figuring out how to take showers and mooning over the opposite sex. I think I actually learned how to make an omelet in a plastic bag in boiling water.

Benz was a complete nut and gets in the most ridiculous situations. She’s kind of bratty – I think mostly without meaning to. She has absolutely no filter because she’s just that confident. She flirts a lot with Norm and Dan, Dan the Mountain Man, another Forest Service Ranger she meets and is completely oblivious to situations with other boys going on around her. She’s a serious klutz, which I admire as a fellow member of the Ridiculously Clumsy Club. Conor was absolutely adorable in the way only a jealous guy BFF can be. He’s cranky most of the time, which made me want to hug him. I just love guys like that! The members of Benz’s crew are all awesome, especially Adrienne who turns out to be a little spitfire, yummy Matt who’s always around when Benz is in trouble and the hilariously obnoxious twins David and Keith. I was flipping the pages just to see what on earth these kids were going to be doing next.

It killed me, but I had to take a trim to my rating because there were a couple of places where my credulity was stretched just a little too thin. I had a lot of fun with the story and was willing to let a whole lot of things fly in the name of a great story because they made me laugh, but let’s just say some things read a bit like a teenage girl’s fantasy. Not that that’s a bad thing. It also ended a little more abruptly than I’d have liked. I wanted more time to savor Benz’s happiness and maybe see some plans for later. I didn’t want the story to end.

This was just flat-out fun and diverting and would be a perfect light summer read. It would take some heavy persuasion to get me to go hiking, let alone camping, so it was great to hang out with the YCC. I loved the camaraderie that developed in Benz’s crew and the way their group and Conor’s turned into a big dysfunctional family by the end of the summer. As the summer came to a close, I had to believe everyone was coming back next year and they’d fall back into their friendships because it was just that good.

It doesn’t matter how many times I remind myself not to judge a book by its cover, I still get a little revved up by a pretty one. Those cute purple hiking boots had me hoping for a fun story and My Life as a Lumberjack or How I Fell for the Wrong Guy(s) delivered one. I loved it from beginning to end, along with every scratch, bug bite, swoon, undercooked pancake, bedhead, blister, leaking tent and camp crush in between. Sequel, sequel!

My Rating: B+

About the author:

Sara V. Olds has been telling stories for as long as she can remember. One of her favorite memories is of unfolding a tale for friends while they were all bundled in sleeping bags watching a comet shower in the Uintah Mountains.
Mother of three: Large, Medium and Small, she welcomes her newest role, that of mother-in-law.

Life has taken her from thither to yon and back again—she’s moved 22 times during her marriage. She breathes to travel. Longs to fulfill a lifelong dream of owning a horse. Is an addictive reader. Enjoys swimming, skiing, violin and movies. Wonders if she’ll ever get to SCUBA dive again. And has found a calling that fulfills her in ways she never could have imagined—teaching history to—wait for it—8th Graders.

Her stories consume her. There’s nothing she’d rather do than spend all day, all night and the next day conversing with her latest set of characters. History, adventure, action, romance, humor. Adults, YA and kids. Yep, she does it all. Looking for something to enjoy on a quiet rainy afternoon? Or wanting a pulse-pounding, stay up all night turning pages adventure? Or a you’ve-GOT-to-be-kidding romp? You’ll find them in her pages.

Connect with Sara:

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Sara is holding a tour-wide giveaway for 5 ebook copies of My Life as a Lumberjack (open to international entries). Good luck!

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Series Spotlight, Scavenger Hunt and Guest Post: The Possession Series by Elana Johnson

June 13, 2013 by Barbara at Basia's Bookshelf 4 Comments

Today, I’m one of the stops on the Possession series scavenger hunt! I’m glad to welcome author Elana Johnson to my blog today with a guest post about her series. The third and final book, ABANDON, hit shelves June 4!

Take it away, Elana!

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All right, so today’s topic is Violet Schoenfeld–heroine of Possession–and Jag Barque, leader of the Resistance.

This whole crazy journey began with Vi, and while her story was continued in Surrender and wraps up in ABANDON, we never get to see things through her eyes again.

ABANDON is narrated by Jag and Zenn, and while I think it’s pretty clear who Vi has chosen, there’s always that lingering question in the back of reader’s minds: Will Vi and Jag end up together?

I suppose you’ll have to read to find out. Ha! But to me, there’s always been a clear-cut choice for Vi. She made it at the end of Possession, and again at the end of Surrender. The better question is whether or not Jag will allow Vi to love him.

See, he’s been through a lot, from hiding, to getting caught, to escaping from Rancho Port. He’s the leader of the Resistance, and more often than not, that means he has to make tough decisions. He has to leave people behind. He has to tell them their loved ones have died.

He’s learned to detach. To not let anyone in. It costs him too much, and it’s simply easier to be a jerk and be alone. So while Jag doesn’t waver on what needs to be done, he’s a raging mess inside on the subject of if he can allow himself to let someone in. Indy–his first girlfriend–comments on this in the short story, Regret, and readers are privileged to see and experience it themselves through Jag’s eyes in ABANDON.

Today’s scavenger hunt can begin here! Somewhere on this map of the Association is the winning city. I’ve mentioned here in this post, and you can find references to it in all of today’s posts. (See complete blog tour here.)

When you know today’s scavenger hunt city, enter it in this form for a chance to win one of six Possession series paperback packages and a $50 Amazon gift card!

Continue the scavenger hunt at Book Passion for Life, where Donna has an exclusive excerpt from Jag–and another clue for today’s city!

As if that weren’t enough, there will be a daily winner of Possession series swag! Enter in the Rafflecopter below.

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If you get lost, you can always go to Elana’s blog to find your place. Happy hunting!
sig Barbara

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Bad Boys of Romance Giveaway Hop

June 6, 2013 by Barbara at Basia's Bookshelf 82 Comments

FINAL HOP

Oh you know you love them. Those “bad boys” of romance.
And now we’re celebrating them and all their naughty deliciousness.

Which “bad boy” revs your motor? Is he a hero? Villain? A secondary character?
Show those boys off June 7th-June 17th in the “Bad Boys” of Romance Giveaway Hop hosted by
herding cats & burning soup, Rantings of a Reading Addict and author Blue Remy!

I was staring at my bookshelves thinking about bad boys and realized I could name at least one or two on each shelf (not even delving into my Kindle yet). Mom, I’m afraid it’s true. I like ‘em bad (at least on paper). I’ve found myself rooting for an interesting, yummy bad guy over the hero once in a while too.

Some of my favorite bad guys:
Barrons from Karen Marie Moning’s Fever series
Sebastian Ballister, Marquess of Dain, from Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Remy Tate from Real by Katy Evans

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There’s no way I could choose my favorite bad boy of romance, so I’d never be able to pick one for you either, so I’m just going to let you pick your own.

I’m giving away the winner’s choice of a $15 emailed GC to either Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or if you live internationally, a book or books of your choice up to $15US from The Book Depository.

There’s also a Grand Prize giveaway sponsored by some awesome authors for a Kindle with a ton of ebooks – that Rafflecopter is immediately under mine, and under that is the list of other blogs participating in the hop. So, you have your day cut out for you!! Get entering and good luck!

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Review and Giveaway: Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn

June 6, 2013 by Barbara at Basia's Bookshelf 7 Comments

Charm & Strange
By Stephanie Kuehn
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Publication Date: June 11, 2013
Genre: Young Adult Realistic Fiction
Source: Netgalley for Itching For Books Blog Tour

When you’ve been kept caged in the dark, it’s impossible to see the forest for the trees. It’s impossible to see anything, really. Not without bars . . .

Andrew Winston Winters is at war with himself.

He’s part Win, the lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy. The guy who shuts all his classmates out, no matter the cost.

He’s part Drew, the angry young boy with violent impulses that control him. The boy who spent a fateful, long-ago summer with his brother and teenage cousins, only to endure a secret so monstrous it led three children to do the unthinkable.

Over the course of one night, while stuck at a party deep in the New England woods, Andrew battles both the pain of his past and the isolation of his present.

Before the sun rises, he’ll either surrender his sanity to the wild darkness inside his mind or make peace with the most elemental of truths—that choosing to live can mean so much more than not dying.
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Sometimes when the opportunity to join a blog tour pops up and the spaces are at a premium, you don’t have a lot of time to research the book before you grab a spot. That was the case with Charm & Strange for me, a book I hadn’t even heard that much about when the tour opportunity came up. I thought I could tell where the story might go based on the synopsis, so I leapt. I found a story and character I can’t stop thinking of and a new writer to love. This book is that powerful.

This is the closest thing I’ve ever found to a book I want to say, “I’m not going to tell you a thing other than to trust me and go read it.” It’s the kind of book you have to just go along for the ride with as it unfolds and without any preconceptions, because as the narrator, Win is unreliable and damaged and to give him any credence can be a mistake. But I’m going to give you a general idea of the plot because I’d probably implode if I don’t. It’ll be a little one though and I don’t even know what to say past it. Win is the sum of his heartbreaking story as it pours out.

Win’s story unfolds in both flashbacks and the present. He seems like such a fragile, strange boy, and odd scenes flow past that I didn’t understand the reason for sometimes. Then the violent episodes start, he was told he was going to boarding school and he learned something about himself that was one of the reasons he found himself at the party that night. In his present, he seems like a cold, even slightly frightening young man. Even when it’s unsaid, I had the feeling that there was something violent under his story, something he may have done that was bad.

Tabitha Suzuma did it to me in 2010 with Forbidden and now Stephanie Kuehn has done it to me with Charm & Strange in 2013. They took my expectations, threw them out the window and gave me something different, something so much more and left me feeling a little out of breath and heart sore at the end. This isn’t the kind of book you read to make you laugh, but one to make you think and feel. Kuehn’s beautiful, evocative writing lulled me into a sense of calm only to jerk me out of it with a few simple, clear sentences more than once. In the end though, she delivered a story that was beautiful and frightening. Just go read it with an open mind and let it take you where Kuehn wants to.

My Rating: A

About the Author

Stephanie Kuehn is a YA writer who grew up in Berkeley, California, which is a quirky sort of a place with a ton of wonderful bookstores. Her very first job was working in one of those bookstores, and she’s been a freakishly avid reader for as long as she can remember.

Stephanie’s other passions include mental health advocacy, social justice, and sports of all kinds. She’s currently living in Northern California with her family and their wild menagerie of pets.

Connect with Stephanie:

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And now for the fabulous giveaway! Stephanie is giving away a finished hardcover version of Charm & Strange to one lucky winner (it’s really a lovely book). This is a tour-wide giveaway and sorry for my wonderful international readers, it’s open to US residents only. The giveaway ends June 20th. Good luck!

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Review and Giveaway: Sea Glass Island (Ocean Breeze #3) by Sherryl Woods

June 3, 2013 by Barbara at Basia's Bookshelf 7 Comments

Sea Glass Island (Ocean Breeze #3)
By Sherryl Woods
Publisher: Harlequin MIRA
Publication Date: May 28, 2013
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Source: Netgalley

With her two younger sisters heading for the altar, will Samantha Castle exchange old dreams for new ones? Lately she’d rather be on the North Carolina coast with family than in New York with agents and actors. Though she vows not to let her teenage crush on Ethan Cole influence her decision, it’s hard to ignore her feelings for the local war hero.

Ethan lost more than his leg in Afghanistan. He lost his belief in love. Even being surrounded by couples intent on capturing happily-ever-after won’t open this jaded doctor’s heart. It’s going to take a sexy, determined woman—one who won’t take no for an answer.

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I started Woods’ Ocean Breeze series because of my fondness for this particular author and I’m ending it with my love for series romances centered around families and places rejuvenated. Each of these books can be read as a standalone, but they tell a much better story when read in order as a series since there’s an overall story arc. You also don’t want to miss a triple helping of Boone’s steaks, Castle burgers or warm chocolate doughnuts, do you?

After successfully “helping” her other two granddaughters find their happily ever afters, Cora Jane Castle is finally getting the chance to work more of her matchmaking magic with the entire family gathering in Sand Castle Bay for Emily’s wedding. Oldest granddaughter Samantha is still unattached and at a set of crossroads in her life – a perfect time for her to fall in love as far as Cora Jane is concerned. She’s even got the target picked out: Dr. Ethan Cole, someone Samantha had a crush on in high school.

As soon as Samantha gets there, the scheming starts. Cora Jane, Emily and Gabi do everything they can to get Samantha alone with Ethan. Since the last thing this group is capable of being is subtle, the pair know they’re being shoved together and they try to lower any expectations of a grand romance. Ethan isn’t interested in being anyone’s match, even the lovely Samantha’s. When he came back from fighting in Afghanistan as an amputee, his fiancée ruthlessly broke his heart and he’s too cynical to think he’s going to have a happily ever after with anyone. Samantha is attracted to Ethan, but he keeps coming up with excuses not to be alone for very long with her so she tries to keep things light and casual.

Samantha’s career as an actress was never blazing, but it’s definitely fizzling now. When she comes back to Sand Castle Bay for the wedding, she doesn’t tell anyone how bad it is, but she’s ready for a change and romance. Ethan’s kind of a hard case though – he’s emotionally scarred, vulnerable and completely averse to smooching, which she keeps pestering him to do. Their romance is a very, very slow starter – they talk a lot and negotiate a lot before getting down to the really swoon-worthy things.

I didn’t feel as strongly about Samantha as I did about Emily or Gabi. Emily had the first book without anyone else’s story in the way, so she was easy to define. Gabi had a big personality and a big issue book, so she was easy to define. Samantha is a relatively easygoing person who didn’t come across as having a deep burning passion for her career like her sisters’ do, no tormented love life or any other unusual history for me to pin any attachment onto. She’s a nice beautiful woman at loose ends with her career and a meddling family trying to fix her up with a guy with giant issues. Ethan seemed like a really quiet guy that needed someone to spike his punch. I don’t mean that in a not-nice way, just that he seemed so caught in a rut and serious that I couldn’t help but hope that when Samantha really got ahold of him, she loosened him up.

Sea Glass Island isn’t just Ethan and Samantha’s story, but it also finishes all three Castle sisters’ romances. Emily and Boone are having their giant wedding finally, Gabi and Wade are enjoying their new life together and making plans and now Samantha is back and thinking about making a future with Ethan. I didn’t think there was a lot of romance in Gabi and Wade’s book, but they’re so adorable here! I love both of them and Gabi is a lot of fun. Emily on the other hand – ugh. Emily is not a pleasant bride-to-be. I enjoyed her book and thought it was probably the most romantic of the three and still think she and Boone are the most swoony, but she was just horribly whiny and terrible to her sisters. The guys are fantastic, all of them – Boone is still my favorite, and now along with Ethan I got to add his medical clinic partner Greg, who was hilarious.

Samantha and Ethan’s story wrapped up perfectly, in a way that only this particular series could have. I admit to laughing a little over the last several pages. I enjoyed my time in Sand Castle Bay and look forward to seeing where Woods is heading to next.

My Rating: A-

Click on the covers to read my reviews of Sand Castle Bay (Ocean Breeze #1) and Wind Chime Point (Ocean Breeze #2)

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About Sherryl Woods

With two other careers to her credit before becoming a novelist and four states in which she’s lived for extended periods of time, Sherryl Woods has collected friends and memories, along with way too much unnecessary junk.

“The friends are the only things I’ve brought with me through the years that really matter,” she says. “I could probably live without one more chintz teacup, another tin-litho sandpail or another snowglobe, but I need those friends.”

Author of more than 100 romance and mystery novels, Sherryl Woods grew up in Virginia. Over the years she had lived in Ohio and Florida, as well as California. Currently she divides her time between Key Biscayne, Florida and Colonial Beach, Virginia, the small, river-front town where she spent her childhood summers.

A graduate of Ohio State University School of Journalism, Sherryl spent more than ten years as a journalist, most of them as a television critic for newspapers in Ohio and Florida. For several years she also coordinated a motivational program for the more than 8,000 employees at the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center.

Her first book, RESTORING LOVE, was published in 1982 by Dell Candlelight Ecstasy under the pseudonym of Suzanne Sherrill. Her second book, SAND CASTLES, under the pseudonym of Alexandra Kirk, was published later that same year by Bantam. She began using her own name when she moved to the Second Chance at Love line at Berkley Publishing. In 1986, she began writing full-time and also began her long career at Silhouette Books with the Desire title NOT AT EIGHT, DARLING, set in the world of television which she covered for so many years.

In addition to her more than 75 romances for Silhouette Desire and Special Edition, she has written thirteen mysteries — nine in the Amanda Roberts series and four in the Molly DeWitt series.

When she’s not writing or reading, Sherryl loves to garden, though she’s not at her best on a riding lawn mower. She also loves tennis, theater, and ballet, even though her top spin has long since vanished, she’s never set foot on a stage, and she’s way too uncoordinated to dance. She also loves baseball and claims anyone who’s ever seen Kevin Costner in “Bull Durham” can understand why.

Biography courtesy of SherrylWoods.com

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Review and Giveaway: Runes by Ednah Walters

May 20, 2013 by Barbara at Basia's Bookshelf 17 Comments

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Runes (Book One)
By Ednah Walters
Publisher: Firetrail Publishing
Publication Date: May 20, 2013
Genre: YA Fantasy
Source: Netgalley for Xpresso Book Tours
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Seventeen-year-old Raine Cooper has enough on her plate dealing with her father’s disappearance, her mother’s erratic behavior and the possibility of her boyfriend relocating. The last thing she needs is Torin St. James—a mysterious new neighbor with a wicked smile and uncanny way of reading her.

Raine is drawn to Torin’s dark sexiness against her better judgment, until he saves her life with weird marks and she realizes he is different. But by healing her, Torin changes something inside Raine. Now she can’t stop thinking about him. Half the time, she’s not sure whether to fall into his arms or run.

Scared, she sets out to find out what Torin is. But the closer she gets to the truth the more she uncovers something sinister about Torin. What Torin is goes back to an ancient mythology and Raine is somehow part of it. Not only are she and her friends in danger, she must choose a side, but the wrong choice will cost Raine her life.

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I haven’t done this in a while, so I hope I’m up to the challenge. There will be some serious gushing about a YA fantasy coming up, including some sort-of inappropriate fantasizing about a hot guy. The only problem I’m going to have is avoiding spoilers – Torin keeps telling Raine there are a lot of things he can’t tell her and that’s going to be the theme of my review too.

Raine meets the super sexy Torin when he moves next door into her childhood friend Eirik’s house. He’s a little arrogant, a lot cocky and there’s something kind of strange about him that he jokingly calls magic. Raine is completely tongue-tied and usually irritated around him but can’t stop looking to see if he’s around. Torin seems pre-occupied with her too, always there when she’s in trouble or just on the periphery of her sight when she’s thinking of him. When three new students show up at school and there are actual attempts to harm Raine, it’s Torin who comes to her rescue, displaying otherworldly powers that stir something inside of her.

I sort of knew which direction Walters was going just by the title of the book, since the general area of mythology that uses runes are limited. I was still thrilled with her vision of things and the way she worked it all into a contemporary YA setting. From the outside, this may look like a typical fantasy, but it’s creative, a little violent and a fast ride. There are a number of twists, some I saw coming, some I didn’t. I’ve remarked before that one of my pet peeves is that a lot of YA protags don’t have parents present and I’m happy to say Raine has a loving mother here who actually cares about curfew, dinner, her car and classes. Her father has been missing for three months after his plane crashed into the ocean, and it’s a significant plot in the story too.

Raine was an…interesting character. I can name a lot of things about her character that annoyed me that should have made me not like her, but I still did and I really wanted that happy ending for her. She was ridiculously blasé about all of the insane things that were happening, about a momentous development – several momentous developments – near the end and she went running into trouble so many times after she was told not to. I wasn’t happy that she encouraged Eirik’s romantic feelings for her when all along she and Torin were really practically making fire with the sparks they were throwing, not to mention I kind of saw Eirik with someone else. I still liked Raine a lot though – she had a funny, snarky way about her sometimes, she was sweetly vulnerable and I loved the scenes she had with her chatty and fun friend Cora.

Torin was hot and sexy personified. I’d feel really gross writing that about someone his age, except he’s not really his age. Cryptic, huh? I know I complained a little about his arrogance earlier, but on him, it worked. I loved that he called Raine, “Freckles,” and that even though she hated it when anyone else did, from him it was nice. Sure, it’s kind of stereotypical, but he rode a motorcycle and, hello? Another sexy point. I didn’t understand why he couldn’t explain to Raine what he was, but I think that had more to do with Walters warping the mythology than any character flaw.

I hadn’t planned on it, but I gobbled this book up in one sitting – sorry, laundry. I loved how fast it moved, the way the revelations about the mythology were doled out and the relationship between Raine and Torin. One thing I didn’t like was the ending. I. Hate. Cliffhangers. There’s no doubt that I’ll buy the next book because I have to know what’s going to happen, but it doesn’t mean I didn’t scream a little when I saw the last few paragraphs.

My Rating: A-

sig Barbara

EDNAH WALTERS grew up reading Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and dreaming of one day writing her own stories. She is a stay-at-home mother of five humans and two American short-hair cats (one of which has ADHD) and a husband. When she is not writing, she’s at the gym doing Zumba or doing things with her family, reading, traveling or online chatting with fans.

Ednah is the author of The Guardian Legacy series, a YA fantasy series about children of the fallen angels, who fight demons and protect mankind. AWAKENED, the prequel was released by Pill Hill Press in September 2010 with rave reviews. BETRAYED, book one in the series was released by her new publisher Spencer Hill Press in June 2012 and HUNTED, the third installment, will be released April 2013. She’s working on the next book in the series, FORGOTTEN.

Ednah also writes New Adult paranormal romance. RUNES is the first book in her new series. She is presently working on book 2, IMMORTALS.

Under the pseudonym E. B. Walters, Ednah writes contemporary romance. SLOW BURN, the first contemporary romance with suspense, was released in April 2011. It is the first book in the Fitzgerald family series. Since then she has published four more books in this series. She’s presently working on book six. You can visit her online at ednahwalters.com or ebwalters.com.

Connect with Ednah:
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Ednah is holding a tour-wide giveaway (open to international entries) with 2 grand prizes. The first is for a signed copy or ebook of Runes plus a $25 Amazon gift card and the second is for a signed copy or ebook of Runes plus a $10 gift card from Amazon. Good luck everyone!

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