Cover Reveal | Touching Fate by Brenda Drake

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).

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Cover Reveal | Our Little Secret by Ashelyn Drake

OUR LITTLE SECRET by Ashelyn Drake 

“Is there a difference between a secret and a lie?”

Becca Daniels needs to get a passing grade in Trig. Becca Daniels wants to spend more time with her best friend Tori’s twin brother Toby. What she has is a brain that refuses to understand math and a best friend with a strict “No dating the brother” rule.

When her grade hits rock bottom, Becca has no choice but to get a tutor. Lucky for her, Toby is a math genius and more than willing to help her out. Turns out Becca isn’t the only one who hates Tori’s dating rule.

What starts out as an innocent tutoring session quickly evolves into late night texts and hidden kisses. But the closer Becca gets to Toby, the greater the risk that she’ll lose her best friend. When their secret relationship threatens to destroy more than just her friendship with Tori, Becca will have to figure out how much she’s willing to risk to keep the guy of her dreams.

About Ashelyn

I'm a New Adult and Young Adult contemporary romance author who loves dark chocolate and swing rides. I also write paranormal novels as Kelly Hashway. I'm represented by Sarah Negovetich of Corvisiero Literary Agency.

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Bailee Madison, Producer

I recently downloaded the Bloglovin' app on my iPhone, and I'm so glad I did. Every day, I get news and information on the topics I love, including YA, books, movies, and TV. On Sunday, I received a post regarding one of my favorite YA actresses, Bailee Madison.

I first came across Bailee in Once Upon a Time, as a young Snow White. She was adorable, and looked so much like Ginnefer Goodwin, who, of course, plays Mary Margaret on the show. Then I saw her in Hallmark's Christmas movie Northpole. Last spring I saw her on Hallmark's newest series, Good Witch, based on their series of Good Witch movies, which I also love. Bailee was great in all of these!

So I was very happy on Sunday when my Bloglovin' stream included a post from Teen Vogue that Bailee is not only starring in the upcoming movie Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket, but that she's also producing it! How amazing!

I'm so impressed with how much this actress has accomplished at the age of 15. She is definitely someone I think every teen should look up to, and an advocate I'm happy to see they have.

Oh, and I have to brag: I sent Bailee a tweet congratulating her on her production-debut, and she favorited and RT it! Wow! That made me feel so giddy. I love this girl!

Are you a fan of Bailee's? What's your favorite movie/show of hers?

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Book Blitz | The Glass Mermaid by Poppy Lawless

The Glass Mermaid

by Poppy Lawless

Release Date: 07/14/15

Love Potion Books

Summary from Goodreads:

Kate

I'm the last mermaid.

I’m back on shores of Lake Erie, but the cold waters are silent. There is nothing here for me but ghosts and the beach glass that litters the rocky shore. Long ago, I lived below the waves. Now, I am the sole survivor, and at long last, my mermaid glamour is leaving me.

Every day, I walk the beach. Every day, I wonder what happened to my people. The little pieces of colored glass that wash ashore give me simple pleasure. They are gifts from the lake, reminders of home. I fashion them into trinkets: necklaces, earrings, bracelets. They are beautiful things. The humans seem love them.

Every day, I walk the beach. Nothing ever changes, until the day he says hello.

Cooper

I’m dying.

It’s not a question, it’s a fact. The cancer is eating me alive. They told me I have six months to live, maybe less. I came home, back to Chancellor on Lake Erie, to die. The sunsets are vivid there, and I will relish every one.

I've never seen anything more beautiful than a Lake Erie sunset until I see her.

All life is fragile as glass.

What would you sacrifice to save the one you love?

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About the Author

Romance author. Cupcake connoisseur. Certified herbalist. Beach bum. Fan of all things Starbucks. Holistic healing advocate. Surfer girl wanna-be. Lost guru. Maker of dandelion wine. Counselor. Paranormal buff. Etsy addict. Secretly Jedi. So not a geek girl. Gifted in sarcasm. Hot wife. Ninja mom. And now, I'm ready to share a whole head full of witty, mouthy, smart, lovely, heart-warming, and hot characters with the world. Are you ready?

Poppy Lawless is the author of the forthcoming series Love & Chocolate releasing in 2015 and The Glass Mermaid. Poppy holds degrees in English and Psychology. She is a counselor in the field of mental health and is a trained herbalist. Poppy's new series blends the best of romance with a Practical Magic or contemporary Bewitched appeal.

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Movie Review | Disney's Descendants

I just finished watching Disney Descendants, and I loved it! My readers know I'm a huge Disney fan, and this movie gave me a chance to see many of my favorite characters years after they lived "Happily Ever After," as well as meet their kids. Some were great, some...not so great.

Now, with a movie that involves a small group of descendants from Disney's villains, you'd think they were the ones who weren't so great. Well, let's just say, for those who haven't watched the movie yet, that things aren't always what they appeared.

What I loved about the movie was the concept of mixing the children of Disney's heroes and villains, and seeing how the next generation worked together at their school in the kingdom of Auradon. Not all were carbon copies of their parents, as you may have guessed. I also loved seeing the Disney princes and princesses grown up with families of their own. Some of their characters changed a bit since becoming parents...

Now, I know not everyone is a fan of singing and dancing, but I love it! The movie was directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega, who also did the choreography in Dirty Dancing, which, again, my readers know I love. It was great to see the moves he came up with for the movie, and I happily noticed that his style is still somewhat the same. The music was also gerat, with several original songs, and a couple of Disney faves.

The cast was another plus. Twilight's Boo Boo Stewart played Jay, son of the evil sorcerer Jafar. His buddy, Carlos, is Cruella de Ville's son, and played by Cameron Boyce, whom I picture as Dylan in Striker's Apprentice. Sofia Carson played Evie, the Evil Queen's daughter. Maleficent's daughter Mal is the leader of the pack, played by Dove Cameron. (Maleficent herself is played by Kristin Chenowith, whom I love.) The four villainous descendants are invited to attend Auradon High by Belle and Beast's son, Ben, played by Mitchell Hope. They meet several other descendants during their time in Auradon  This crew had wonderful chemistry!

As expected, there were plenty of great special effects throughout the movie, as well as artifacts from various Disney movies, including Fairygodmother's wand and Beast's glass-encased rose.

The movie is a Disney-lovers dream-come-true! It's a chance to see a continuation of several Disney movies in one. There was a hint at the end that more is to come. Whether it's another movie or a possible series still has to be determined, but you can be sure I'll be posting about it as soon as I hear something! Feel free to comment if you've already heard something I haven't.

Have you seen Descendants yet? What did you think about it?

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It's August

In all the commotion I was going through to get the new blog set up and ready to go, it completely slipped my mind that it's August already! How did that happen?! It seems like only a few weeks ago that I was complaining about the cold, and waiting endlessly for the weather to warm up, and now we're on the final lap of summer.

But summer isn't over quite yet, and I intend to enjoy every minute of what's left. There's plenty of fun and sun to still be had, including going to the pool, enjoying the ducks roaming around my backyard, and staring at the beautiful blue, sunny sky. Ah, I love summer!

So how do you intend to spend your final days of summer?

Welcome!

Hello readers! Welcome to my new domain. I'm still moving in, unloading boxes and moving furniture around. Of course, I already have all of my books on the shelves, but what else did you expect? Still working on some kinks, especially with that pesky address, but you'll be able to find me here from now on!

I hope you enjoy the new digs. Let me know what you think, and what you'd like to see on here in the future.

Love to you all.

- Andi

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