Wish Bound by J.C. Nelson

As a partner at Grimm’s magical Agency, Marissa Locks is used to working odd jobs. But when an evil queen reappears in Kingdom, life becomes too strange to handle…

Even when she’s not starting it, trouble follows Marissa everywhere. First there was the incident with the homicidal Fairy Godmother. Then there was the time she accidentally started Armageddon. But the problems that always seem to arise on Marissa’s birthday take the cake.

This year, her annual bad-luck presents include an army of invading goblins, the resurrection of two vengeful enemies from hell, and the return of the Black Queen, the evil sorceress whose reign of terror still haunts Kingdom and who happens to have claimed Marissa as her servant.

As Marissa’s friends try to save her from the Black Queen’s clutches, Marissa fights to end a bitter war that started before her birth. But her quest for peace is about to bring up some inconvenient truths about her own past—ones that might cost her the happily ever after she’s always dreamed of…

Bio:

A Texas transplant to the Pacific Northwest, JC Nelson lives with a family and a flock of chickens near rainy Seattle.

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Other books in the Grimm Agency Series:

Grimm Agency #1 – Free Agent

Grimm Agency #1.5 – Soul Ink

Grimm Agency #2 – Armageddon Rules

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Cover Reveal – DIVIDED: An Open Heart Novel

Book Blurb

A new heart should mean new life, instead it’s a living nightmare.

Mishca Richardson’s life is at an all-time high after her heart transplant. With new boyfriend, Ryder, she has the perfect summer romance. Even the nightmares plaguing her sleep since her operation can’t dull her new dream world.

Yet, life starts to unravel when Mishca develops superhuman abilities. She does her best to hide them so as not to end up a science experiment in a lab, but she can’t ignore the strange instant attraction she experiences when she meets her university professor, Colin Reed.

Torn between love and obsession, Mishca must unite her divided heart and decide between the two men. But when the truth about her weird powers comes to light, she’ll have a lot more to worry about than romance.

Praise for Divided

“DIVIDED is a fast-paced adventure filled with mystery, romance, action, and humor.

Mishca and Ryder rank up there with my favorite heroines and heroes ever!

Sharon M. Johnston is an author to watch out for.”  

• WENDY HIGGINS, USA Today and New York Times bestselling author.

Preorder DIVIDED now!

About the author

From sunny Queensland in Australia, Sharon writes weird stories and soulful contemporaries across a number of categories. Working as a PR specialist by day, in her spare time she writes, blogs, plays with her fur babies and plays computer games with her family. She’s also been stalked by women wanted to know where she buys her shoes.

Find her on:

Her website

Facebook

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Cover Reveal Sign Up for DIVIDED: An Open Heart Novel

I’m so excited to share with you my cover for my NA Romance DIVIDED, which is being published with City Owl Press. And I want you to share it with me too! On 27th August the cover for DIVIDED will be unleashed, and you can sign up to be part of the fun in this post.

DIVIDED

AN OPEN HEART NOVEL

A new heart should mean new life, instead it’s a living nightmare. 

Mishca Richardson’s life is at an all-time high after her heart transplant. With new boyfriend, Ryder, she has the perfect summer romance. Even the nightmares plaguing her sleep since her operation can’t dull her new dream world. Yet, life starts to unravel when Mishca develops superhuman abilities. She does her best to hide them so as not to end up a science experiment in a lab, but she can’t ignore the strange instant attraction she experiences when she meets her university professor, Colin Reed. Torn between love and the obsession, Mishca must decide between the two men. But as the organization responsible for her weird powers moves in, she’ll have a lot more to worry about than romance.

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About me!

Official bio:

SHARON JOHNSTON is a New Adult author from sunny Queensland, Australia. She specializes in intriguing stories and soulful contemporaries across category boundaries. Working as a PR specialist by day, in her spare time she writes, blogs for YAtopia and Aussie Owned & Read, spends time with her fur babies, and plays computer games with her family. She’s also been trailed by women wanting to know where she buys her shoes.

Ohh! Fancy! Here’s the non-fancy stuff.

Other things I love is being part of Pitch Contests and helping people with their queries. Pitch Madness and Pitch Wars are without a doubt two of my favourites. I can be the girliest girl as well as a Tom Boy. I love being a mum. I’m passionate about mental health advocacy and epilepsy awareness. I’m obsessed with cats, guinea pigs, hair clips and Twitter.

Cover Reveal: Touching Fate

Touching Fate

by Brenda Drake 

Release Date: 10/13/15

Entangled Teen: Crave

Summary from Goodreads:

Aster Layne believes in physics, not psychics. A tarot card reading on the Ocean City Boardwalk should have been a ridiculous, just-for-fun thing. It wasn’t. Aster discovers she has a veryunscientific gift—with a simple touch of the cards, she can change a person’s fate.

Reese Van Buren is cursed. Like the kind of old-school, centuries-old curse that runs in royal families. Every firstborn son is doomed to die on his eighteenth birthday—and Reese’s is coming up fast. Bummer. He tries to distract himself from his inevitable death…only to find the one person who can save him.

Aster doesn’t know that the hot Dutch guy she’s just met needs her help–or that he’s about to die.

But worst of all…she doesn’t know that her new gift comes with dark, dark consequences that can harm everyone she loves.

About the Author
Brenda Drake, the youngest of three children, grew up an Air Force brat and the continual new kid at schooluntil her family settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Brenda’s fondest memories growing up is of hereccentric, Irish grandmother’s animated tales, which gave her a strong love for storytelling. So it was onlyfitting that she would choose to write young adult and middle grade novels with a bend toward thefantastical. When Brenda’s not writing or doing the social media thing, she’s haunting libraries, bookstores,and coffee shops or reading someplace quiet and not at all exotic (much to her disappointment).

 

FROSH Cover Reveal

My amazing fellow Pitch Wars mentor Mónica B. Wagner has a book coming out! And here’s the gorgeous cover for her debut novel.

During welcome week at Hillson University, the FROSH will hit the fan. 

Type-A aspiring journalist Ellie plans to take freshman year by storm. But hell-bent on breaking a huge on-campus scandal, she risks becoming one herself—and getting the mysterious, heart-melting QB in serious trouble. 

Grant, star quarterback and charismatic chick-magnet, is hiding a life-altering secret. The last thing he needs is an overeager (absolutely adorable) journalist asking questions. He’s got a reputation to protect.

High-society legacy student Devon is ready to catch the football hottie of her dreams. If the tabloids feature her with the “it” boy on her arm, her tainted past will be buried—or so she thinks.

Charlie, pre-med, is done being the sweet and funny geek that girls like Devon ignore. But if he tries to impress her with a new edgy, spontaneous attitude, will his heart end up in the emergency room?

FROSH intertwines the stories of Ellie, Grant, Devon, and Charlie in Mónica B. Wagner’s sexy NA debut series, about falling in love and falling apart.

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Mónica was born in a Peruvian city by a snow-capped volcano. Growing up, books were her constant companions as she traveled with her family to places like India (where she became a vegetarian), Thailand (where she *almost* met Leonardo di Caprio), France (where she pretended to learn French), and countless other places that inspired her to write. Now, Mónica lives in Chile with her husband, three boys, eleven hens, and stray dog.

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Chameleon Release Day Blitz

Chameleon Releases Today!

“Wow! A fast-paced, science fiction delight with fabulous action, a seamless world, and the most unique characters I’ve read in a long time.” Elana Johnson, Author of the Possession Series.

The World of Chameleon

Shine

Is a drug that helps dampen psionic abilities. Depending on the dose taken, it can fully nullify access to them, or else just take the edge off. It was originally developed to help those who didn’t want their psionic abilities and asked for a way to be free of them.

But when the drug hit the streets (later manufactured as a knock off without the purest Shine properties), and normal people got a hold of it, it became the most sought after designer drug. The additional centers in the human brain that trigger psionic abilities, are close to and affect the imagination. Thus, those people without any psionic ability who used the drug were subject to amazing hallucinations of fantasy worlds and times.

As a street drug, it’s costly and often results in people selling everything for a fix of their own paradise. Sai grew up with two Shine addicts for parents.

The Blurb:

When Sai’s newly awoken psionic powers accidentally destroy her apartment complex, she’s thrown into an intensive training program. Her only options are pass or die.

Surviving means proving her continued existence isn’t a mistake–a task her new mentor, Bastian, takes personally. Her abilities place her in the GNW Enforcer division, and partners her with Domino 12, who is eerily human for an alien-parasite psionic hybrid.

After eliminating an Exiled scientist, she discovers nothing is what it seems. With each mission more perilous, Sai must figure out who to trust before her next assignment becomes her last.

Available at:

Amazon | Kobo | iBooks | IndieBound

If you’d like a signed physical copy, Watermark Books has them in stock.

CELEBRATION!

We’re having a blog hop, and an e-card & mega swag Rafflecopter giveaway!

The blog hop stops are noted below. Each day has a different theme and you can find out about the process, the idea, and the evolution of Chameleon, and even a bit about K.T. by visiting each blog, when their posts go live.

4-Aug	5-Aug	6-Aug	7-Aug	10-Aug
Fun facts about the book	What I learned writing Chameleon	Author Interviews	The world of Chameleon	The Evolution of Chameleon
Manuel Soto	Marlo Berliner	Leatrice McKinney	Rebecca Enzor	Patricia Lynne
J Elizabeth Hill	Stacey Trombley	Dawn Allen	Sharon Johnston	Bex Montgomery
E.L. Wicker	JC Davis	Suzanne van Rooyen	Mandy Baxter	Madelyn Dyer
Jessie Mullins	Andrew Patterson	Heather Rebel	Jessica Therrien	Carissa Taylor
Emma Adams	Lady Jai	Elayna Noreme	Kendra Young

I’m giving away e-cards of your choice from B&N, iTunes, & Amazon – one to the value of $25, and three to the value of $10! Each prize includes a swag pack of a magnet, sticker, bookmark, postcard, and mousepad!

Just follow the options listed on the giveaway and you’ll be entered!

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About the Author

KT Hanna has a love for words so extreme, a single word can spark entire worlds.

Born in Australia, she met her husband in a computer game, moved to the U.S.A. and went into culture shock. Bonus? Not as many creatures specifically out to kill you.

When she’s not writing, she freelance edits for Chimera Editing, interns for a NYC Agency, and chases her daughter, husband, corgis, and cat. No, she doesn’t sleep. She is entirely powered by the number 2, caffeine, and beef jerky.

Note: Still searching for her Tardis

#PitchWars Mentor Blog Hop

Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi oi oi!

We come from the Land Down Under – and we want to be your mentors. That’s right mentors; we’re a two for one team deal and when we find a pitch worth fighting for we’ll cling to it. 

What can we offer you? (other than cute gifs)

(don’t worry we get U.S. English too, just love koala gifs)

Sharon

• Author (YA, NA, Adult: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Contemporary)
• Editor at Lakewater Press and Elderflower Press
• Public Relations Specialist
• Pitch Madness Team Leader
• Nickname: The Query Whisperer

Stacey

• Author (YA Speculative Fiction, published by HarperCollins Australia.
• Author (NA Contemporary, indie published)
• Blog Owner and founder, Aussie Owned and Read
• Former publicist
• History major, English word nerd.
• Critique partner extraordinaire

But what can you expect from us if we wind up as your mentors. 

Sharon: I am brutally honest, but not mean about it. I will point out why I love, but I will also point out any character and plot issues to make sure that your MS will be the best that it can be. I will also help you with your pitch. I will also be there for you after the contest is done.

Stacey: I have an eye for the little things like grammar and story inconsistencies. I’m honest, but kind … pointing out all the great parts of your story as well as the things I think aren’t working. I also have a tendency to talk to your characters.

With Sharon’s keen sense for sniffing out plot holes and Stacey’s eye for detail, we make the perfect team to help you create the shiniest manuscript possible.

What are we looking for?

Categories: YA and/or NA only.

Genres:

Science Fiction / Speculative Fiction

(edit: We will take HORROR)

Contemporary

Humour

Adventure

Fantasy

If your manuscript fits our list, we want to see your pitch!

You can see tweets about more specific wish lists on Sharon’s twitter feed and Pinterest Board, and Stacey’s twitter feed. 

But wait….

Some things we don’t love:

• Ridiculously high word counts.
• Stories that can’t pick a genre.
• Confusing pitches.
• Weak openings.

Play Time Is Over! Let the PITCH WARS BEGIN!

See your pitches….

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