Blog Tour Sign Ups: The Wishing Heart by J.C. Welker

 

The Wishing Heart by J.C. Welker

Published by Entangled Teen

To Be Released on May 1st, 2017

Genre: YA Fantasy

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32171947-the-wishing-heart?ac=1&from_search=true

With a book in her bag and a switchblade in her pocket, Rebel’s been thieving her way through life while hoping for a cure to fix her defective heart.

But when the bejeweled vase she just tried to hawk turns out to be a jinni’s vessel, Rebel gets lost to her world and dragged within another. Now every magical mobster in the city wants the vase for himself.

Thrust into a game of cat and mouse in a world she never knew existed, Rebel must use her uncanny skills to find a way to free Anjeline the Wishmaker.

But wishes have consequences. And contracts. Anjeline’s freedom could unravel a love like Rebel has never known, or it could come at the cost of Rebel’s heart…

About the Author:

J.C. WELKER is a YA Fantasy author who’s been, among other things, a fashion designer, a graphic designer, a filmmaker and a kickboxer (seriously).

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She’s best known for writing and producing the documentary short films focusing on homeless Iraq vets and LGBTQ+ issues in the military, which was selected by the North Texas Film Festival and featured on CURRENT TV. Her recent novel placed first in the paranormal category of the 2016 YARWA Rosemary Awards, and she continues to work towards giving a voice to stories that are needed, while facing magic and monsters along the way.

Website: http://www.jcwelker.com

Twitter: @jcwelker

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15906616.J_C_Welker

The Tour:

May 1^st

The Broke Book Bank – Review

A Leisure Moment – Spotlight Post

May 2^nd

Booklove – Review

Crossroad Reviews – Spotlight Post

May 3^rd

For Love of Books4 – Spotlight Post

Roxy’s Book Reviews – Spotlight Post

May 4^th

Literarydust – Review

Just One More Chapter – Spotlight Post

May 5^th

Lovely Loveday – Spotlight Post

Sleeps on Tables – Spotlight Post

May 6^th

deal sharing aunt – Spotlight Post

Book Lovers Life – Spotlight Post

May 7^th

YaReads – Author Interview

PBC – Spotlight Post

May 8^th

A Dream Within A Dream – Review

May 9^th

The Book Beacon – Spotlight Post

May 10^th

Becky on Books – Guest Post

Bookishly Thinking – Spotlight Post

May 11^th

Literary Meanderings – Guest Post

May 12^th

Goldilox and the Three Weres – Review

May 13^th

RiverMoose-Reads – Review

GMR – Spotlight Post

My Book Addiction – Spotlight Post

BibliobiblioYA – Spotlight Post

May 14^th

Cinnamon Cindy’s Book Blog – Author Interview

Rolopolo Book Blog – Spotlight Post

 

Blog Tour Sign Ups: Into the Light (Chosen Paths Book One) by L.B. Simmons

As she enters her first year of college, her goal is simple: earn a degree with the least amount of social interaction as possible. What she never anticipates is the formation of very unlikely relationships with two people who will change her life in ways she never believed possible: Quinn Matthews, the overtly cheerful pageant queen, and Kaeleb McMadden, a childhood friend who never really let her go.

Over the years, as their connections intertwine and strengthen, a seemingly indestructible bond is formed between the three. And eventually, the ties of friendship and discovery of first love begin to coax her from her darkened path as they slowly bring Aubrey back to life.

Spanning the course of four years, this is the story of a young woman’s plight to finally  reemerge,finding strength within unbreakable bonds as she delivers herself from her own manufactured darkness and safely back . . . Into the Light.

Author Bio:

After graduating from Texas A&M University, L.B. Simmons did what any biomedical science major could do. She entered the workforce as a full-time chemist. Years later, never in her wildest dreams would she have imagined herself a USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance author as well.

 

L.B. Simmons doesn’t just write books. With each new work, she attempts to compose journeys of love and self-discovery so she may impart life lessons to readers. Several novels later, she’s tackled suicide, depression, bullying, eating disorders, as well as physical and sexual abuse, all the while weaving elements of humor into the storylines in effort to balance the difficult topics. Often described as roller coaster rides, her novels  are known for eliciting a wide range of emotions in each story she tells.

 

 

Author Social Media Links:

 

Website: www.lbsimmons.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/lbsimmonsauthor

Twitter: www.twitter.com/lbsimmons33

Instagram: www.instagram.com/lbsimmons33

The Tour:

We are scheduling a blog tour for Into the Light (Chosen Paths Book One) by L.B. Simmons. The tour is scheduled for April 24th through April 28th. 5-10 bloggers may join us for this tour.

April 24^th

Roxy’s Book Reviews – Excerpt Post

April 25^th

PBC – Spotlight Post

Crossroad Reviews – Playlist

April 26^th

YaReads – Top Ten List

Sleeps on Tables – Spotlight Post

Rolopolo Book Blog – Spotlight Post

April 27^th

The Book Beacon – Author Interview

Just One More Chapter – Excerpt Post

April 28^th

Eru Books and Recs – Review

Booklove – Review

Blog Tour Sign Ups: The Things They’ve Taken by Katie McElhenney

The Things They’ve Taken by Katie McElhenney

Published by Entangled Teen

Genre: YA Fantasy / paranormal

All Lo Campbell wants is to be a normal teenager—to go to one high school, live in one place, and have one real friend. Instead, she travels the country with her mother, chasing the unknown, the “what else” that’s out there…

 

Until one day, the “what else” chases back.

 

Determined to rescue her mom from whatever supernatural being took her, Lo will need more help than a badly dressed demon obsessed with country music. She’s going to need a Tracker—and lucky for her, she finds one. Shaw is strong, good-looking, possibly available, and utterly infuriating. Sure, he may have secrets, and his help costs more than a brand-new car, but she’ll have to deal with him if she wants to find her mother—and get her home alive.

 

 

 

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Katie McElhenney was born in Philadelphia into a big family of curious kids and patient adults. A voracious reader and unapologetic daydreamer, she knew she wanted to become a writer someday. With the support of an amazing family, great friends, and some truly spectacular teachers she has written short stories, poems, and novels. A solar-powered human, she now lives in Los Angeles and uses the great weather for year-round trips to the beach and long runs (where the best inspiration happens). Find out more about her at katiemcelhenney.com

And her social media accounts are:

 

Website: katiemcelhenney.com

Facebook: Katie McElhenney

Instagram: katiemcelhenney

The Tour:

We are scheduling a blog tour for The Things They’ve Taken by Katie McElhenney .The tour is scheduled for May 1st through May 12th. A maximum of 30 tour hosts may join this event.

*note* all review copies will be sent through NetGalley only.

 

May 1^st

Twirling Book Princess – Spotlight Post

YaReads – Author Interview

May 2^nd

PBC – Spotlight Post

Book Lovers Life – Spotlight Post

May 3^rd

Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile – Review

May 4^th

Cinnamon Cindy’s Book Blog – Review

May 5^th

Lovely Loveday – Review

The Book Beacon – Guest Post

May 6^th

Becky on Books – Spotlight Post

GMR – Spotlight Post

May 7^th

A Dream Within A Dream – Review

 

The Book Adventures of Annelise Lestrange – Review

Read. Eat. Love. – Spotlight Post

Bookishly Thinking – Spotlight Post

May 8^th

Booklove – Review

Sleeps on Tables – Spotlight Post

May 9^th

Smada’s Book Smack – Review

FUONLYKNEW – Spotlight Post

May 10^th

deal sharing aunt – Spotlight Post

Just One More Chapter – Spotlight Post

Bibliobibuli YA – Author Interview

May 11^th

Roxy’s Reviews – Spotlight Post

 

Long and Short Reviews YA – Spotlight Post

May 12^th

By Hook Or By Book – Review

Crossroad Reviews – Spotlight Post

A Bookish Escape – Review

My Book Addiction – Spotlight Post

Rolopolo Book Blog – Spotlight Post

 

Blog Tour Sign Ups: True North by L.E. Sterling

True Born (True Born Trilogy #1) by  L.E. Sterling

Published on May 3rd, 2016

Published by Entangled Teen

Genre: YA Fantasy/Science Fiction

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26114621-true-born

https://entangledpublishing.com/true-born.html

Welcome to Dominion City.

After the great Plague descended, the world population was decimated…and their genetics damaged beyond repair.

The Lasters wait hopelessly for their genes to self-destruct. The Splicers pay for expensive treatments that might prolong their life. The plague-resistant True Borns are as mysterious as they are feared…

And then there’s Lucy Fox and her identical twin sister, Margot. After endless tests, no one wants to reveal what they are.

When Margot disappears, a desperate Lucy has no choice but to put her faith in the True Borns, led by the charismatic Nolan Storm and the beautiful but deadly Jared Price. As Lucy and the True Borns set out to rescue her sister, they stumble upon a vast conspiracy stretching from Dominion’s street preachers to shady Russian tycoons. But why target the Fox sisters?

As they say in Dominion, it’s in the blood.

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True North by L.E. Sterling

Published by Entangled Teen

Published April 4th, 2017

Genre: YA Fantasy/Science Fiction

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939097-true-north?ac=1&from_search=true

https://entangledpublishing.com/true-north.html

Abandoned by her family in Plague-ridden Dominion City, eighteen-year-old Lucy Fox has no choice but to rely upon the kindness of the True Borns, a renegade group of genetically enhanced humans, to save her twin sister, Margot. But Nolan Storm, their mysterious leader, has his own agenda. When Storm backtracks on his promise to rescue Margot, Lucy takes her fate into her own hands and sets off for Russia with her True Born bodyguard and maybe-something-more, the lethal yet beautiful Jared Price. In Russia, there’s been whispered rumors of Plague Cure.

 

While Lucy fights her magnetic attraction to Jared, anxious that his loyalty to Storm will hurt her chances of finding her sister, they quickly discover that not all is as it appears…and discovering the secrets contained in the Fox sisters’ blood before they wind up dead is just the beginning.

 

As they say in Dominion, sometimes it’s not you…it’s your DNA.

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I was a voracious devotee of sci-fi and fantasy novels all through my childhood, so I suppose it doesn’t come as much of a shock that I’ve returned to the genre with a vengeance.

For a while I turned my back on the genre in favour of ‘high-brow’ literary texts. Ironically, it was my doctoral degree that saw me circling back. There’s something about the way postmodern literature plays with the arcane that had me utterly fascinated, and it wasn’t long until I fell headlong back into my old ways and haven’t looked back since.

My first novel, which isn’t in the Urban Fantasy or Fantasy genres, isn’t high literature, mind you, even if it tangles with some serious statements about politics and the way our western world runs. My editor described it as something between Charles Dickens and The Catcher in the Rye: Serious Fun, in other words.

My second novel, Pluto’s Gate, is where I’ve come home to myself: it’s a contemporary retelling of the Demeter-Persephone-Pluto story from Greek mythology. Folded into the mix is a Shaman-in-training, a magical book, Underworld Gods, a world covered in ice, a three-headed dog, and one lousy ex-boyfriend.

But I’ll tell you this much: I believe in the power of words and stories to transform our inner worlds. Whether the characters be vampires or vagabonds, a good narrative sucker punches so-called reality anyhow.

Website: http://www.le-sterling.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7121486.L_E_Sterling

Twitter: https://twitter.com/le_sterling

The Tour:

We are scheduling a blog tour for True North by L.E. Sterling. The tour is scheduled for April 11th through May 1st. A maximum of 40 tour hosts may join this tour. Both book 1 & 2 will be available to read for this tour.

 

*note* All review copies will be available through NetGalley only

April 11^th

Booklove – Review Book #1

YaReads– Author Interview

April 12^th

Lisa Loves Literature – Review Book #2

Lady with a Quill – Review Book #2

April 13^th

Pooled Ink – Review Book #2

Book Nerd Paradise – Review Book #1

April 14^th

Alice Reeds – Review Book #2

Love, laugh, and read – Review Book #1

Book Nerd Paradise – Review Book #2

April 15^th

Everything Alyce – Review Book #2

Pages to Explore – Review Book #2

The Thought Spot – Review Book #2

April 16^th

Under the Book Cover – Review Book #2

April 17^th

a Bookish Escape – Review Book #2

April 18^th

Book-Keeping – Review Book #2

Smada’s Book Smack – Review Book #1

By Hook Or By Book – Review Book #2

April 19^th

Wishful Endings – Spotlight Post

The Book Beacon – Guest Post

April 20^th

Sue’s Reading Corner – Review Book #1

Smada’s Book Smack – Review Book #2

April 21^st

Booklove – Review Book #2

Just One More Chapter – Review Book #1

April 22^nd

Maggie’s Literary Massacre – Review Book #2

Roxy’s Book Reviews – Spotlight Post

April 23^rd

Riddle’s Reviews – Review Book #1

Crossroad Reviews – Spotlight Post

April 24^th

Booker T’s Farms: Books & Nails & Puppy Dog Tales – Review Book #2

Sleeps on Tables – Spotlight Post

April 25^th

Babbling Books – Review Book #2

Riddle’s Reviews – Review Book #2

April 26^th

Goodbye Halcyon Days – Review Book #1

April 27^th

Library of a Book Witch – Review Book #2

Just One More Chapter – Review Book #2

April 28^th

Part Time Book Nerd – Author Interview

BookWorm8619 😉 – Review Book #2

April 29^th

Folded Corners and Smudged Screens – Review Book #2

Les Chroniques Aléatoires – Review Book #2

April 30^th

Goodbye Halcyon Days – Review Book #2

May 1^st

A Leisure Moment – Author Interview

Urban Fantasy Investigations – Guest Post

 

Book Blitz Sign Ups: True North by L.E. Sterling

True Born (True Born Trilogy #1) by  L.E. Sterling

Published on May 3rd, 2016

Published by Entangled Teen

Genre: YA Fantasy/Science Fiction

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26114621-true-born

https://entangledpublishing.com/true-born.html

Welcome to Dominion City.

After the great Plague descended, the world population was decimated…and their genetics damaged beyond repair.

The Lasters wait hopelessly for their genes to self-destruct. The Splicers pay for expensive treatments that might prolong their life. The plague-resistant True Borns are as mysterious as they are feared…

And then there’s Lucy Fox and her identical twin sister, Margot. After endless tests, no one wants to reveal what they are.

When Margot disappears, a desperate Lucy has no choice but to put her faith in the True Borns, led by the charismatic Nolan Storm and the beautiful but deadly Jared Price. As Lucy and the True Borns set out to rescue her sister, they stumble upon a vast conspiracy stretching from Dominion’s street preachers to shady Russian tycoons. But why target the Fox sisters?

As they say in Dominion, it’s in the blood.

---

True North by L.E. Sterling

Published by Entangled Teen

Published April 4th, 2017

Genre: YA Fantasy/Science Fiction

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939097-true-north?ac=1&from_search=true

https://entangledpublishing.com/true-north.html

Abandoned by her family in Plague-ridden Dominion City, eighteen-year-old Lucy Fox has no choice but to rely upon the kindness of the True Borns, a renegade group of genetically enhanced humans, to save her twin sister, Margot. But Nolan Storm, their mysterious leader, has his own agenda. When Storm backtracks on his promise to rescue Margot, Lucy takes her fate into her own hands and sets off for Russia with her True Born bodyguard and maybe-something-more, the lethal yet beautiful Jared Price. In Russia, there’s been whispered rumors of Plague Cure.

 

While Lucy fights her magnetic attraction to Jared, anxious that his loyalty to Storm will hurt her chances of finding her sister, they quickly discover that not all is as it appears…and discovering the secrets contained in the Fox sisters’ blood before they wind up dead is just the beginning.

 

As they say in Dominion, sometimes it’s not you…it’s your DNA.

---

I was a voracious devotee of sci-fi and fantasy novels all through my childhood, so I suppose it doesn’t come as much of a shock that I’ve returned to the genre with a vengeance.

For a while I turned my back on the genre in favour of ‘high-brow’ literary texts. Ironically, it was my doctoral degree that saw me circling back. There’s something about the way postmodern literature plays with the arcane that had me utterly fascinated, and it wasn’t long until I fell headlong back into my old ways and haven’t looked back since.

My first novel, which isn’t in the Urban Fantasy or Fantasy genres, isn’t high literature, mind you, even if it tangles with some serious statements about politics and the way our western world runs. My editor described it as something between Charles Dickens and The Catcher in the Rye: Serious Fun, in other words.

My second novel, Pluto’s Gate, is where I’ve come home to myself: it’s a contemporary retelling of the Demeter-Persephone-Pluto story from Greek mythology. Folded into the mix is a Shaman-in-training, a magical book, Underworld Gods, a world covered in ice, a three-headed dog, and one lousy ex-boyfriend.

But I’ll tell you this much: I believe in the power of words and stories to transform our inner worlds. Whether the characters be vampires or vagabonds, a good narrative sucker punches so-called reality anyhow.

Website: http://www.le-sterling.com

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7121486.L_E_Sterling

Twitter: https://twitter.com/le_sterling

The Tour:

We are scheduling a one week book blitz for True North by L.E. Sterling. The blitz is scheduled for April 4th through April 10th. A tour kit will be sent out on April 1st. Anyone is welcome to join this blitz.