YA – Amy Brock McNew ~Author~

It must be the week of cover reveals! And I have the privilege of introducing you to yet another!

This offering is from debut author Deanna Fugett. I was thrilled to be asked to be a part of this tour. I’ve had the opportunity to read Deanna’s work through several stages and I absolutely cannot wait to see the finished product.

She has created an intriguing, gritty, and sometimes too real and cruel world (in a good way!), drawn me in, and made me yet again doubt my resistance to YA.

You girls are killing me with the amazing YA stories!

Without further ado, let’s find out a little more about Deanna and then we can get to the gorgeous cover and a peek into the story!

Bio:

Deanna Fugett’s heart belongs to writing. Author of edgy YA Dystopian fiction with an underlying message of hope, this stay-at-home mom of four focuses on writing as much as humanly possible. She was published at the young age of six in a local newspaper and is excited to be published again. It only took twenty-six years. She enjoys the thrill of writing fiction that deals with intense topics and prays it will impact people for the better.

Are you ready for the cover? Are you sure? Okay, here it is…

The cover for Ending Fear!

Fourteen-year-old Fear learns she was a parachute baby, dumped over the edge of the Gliding Lands as an infant. Running from her abusive Downer family, Fear discovers a new family. One who knows how to love. But then her new little sister is kidnapped and sold to a harem. Fear must go against her namesake and journey to the dreaded Gliding Lands before the little girl’s innocence is ripped from her forever. Can she save Happy in time?

Want to stay connected and up to date on everything Deanna’s got going? Then be sure to follow her online!

Blog: http://quillsandinkblotts.blogspot.com/p/deanna.html

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeannaFugettAuthor

Twitter: @DutchessofDork3

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/DutchessOfDork3/characters-for-my-book/

I have a something special for you today!

Normally, I don’t read a lot of YA books. I gravitate toward more adult themes and older characters, so the genre hasn’t really been at the top of my list.

Merrie Destefano is causing me to rethink my position with her upcoming release.

Which brings me to the reason for today’s post. A cover reveal for the soon to be available ‘Lost Girls’.

The first time I read the blurb for this book, my reaction was: “I must read this now!” When I discovered it didn’t come out until January of 2017, I began to wonder how I’d possibly be able to wait that long. I can’t begin to describe how excited I am for this story. It has everything that appeals to me in a book.

If you know me at all, you know she had me hooked at the first mention of underground fighting rings. And it just gets better from there. With lots of action, a normal girl drawn into a dark world, mystery, suspense, and so much more, Lost Girls has all the ingredients for a killer fiction cocktail that’ll knock you flat on your back and still leave you begging for more.

Exactly my kind of story!

I’m certain you’ll share my anticipation, so I want to tell you about this amazing author and the book that must be read.

About the Author:

Born in the Midwest, former magazine editor Merrie Destefano currently lives in Southern California with her husband, two German shepherds, a Siamese cat, and the occasional wandering possum. Her favorite hobbies are reading speculative fiction and watching old Star Trek episodes, and her incurable addiction is writing. She loves to camp in the mountains, walk on the beach, watch old movies, and listen to alternative music—although rarely all at the same time.http://www.merriedestefano.com/

Author Website: http://www.merriedestefano.com/

Author Group Blog: http://supernaturalunderground.blogspot.ca/

Author Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerrieDestefano

Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/merrie.destefano

Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/816280.Merrie_Destefano

Newsletter: http://www.merriedestefano.com/ (Sign up under the Newsletter tab.)

About the Book:

Here is the gorgeous, intriguing cover!

Lost Girls By Merrie Destefano

Release Date: January 3, 2017

Genre: YA Psychological Thriller

And here is the story that has the potential to turn anyone into a YA fan:

Yesterday, Rachel went to sleep listening to Taylor Swift, curled up in her grammy’s quilt, worrying about geometry. Today, she woke up in a ditch, bloodied, bruised, and missing a year of her life.

She doesn’t recognize the person she’s become: she’s popular. She wears nothing but black.

Black to cover the blood.

And she can fight.

Tell no one.

She’s not the only girl to go missing within the last year…but she’s the only girl to come back. She desperately wants to unravel what happened to her, to try and recover the rest of the Lost Girls.

But the more she discovers, the more her memories return. And as much as her new life scares her, it calls to her. Seductively. The good girl gone bad, sex, drugs, and raves, and something darker…something she still craves—the rush of the fight, the thrill of the win—something she can’t resist, that might still get her killed…

The only rule is: There are no rules.

Goodreads Book Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939399-lost-girls

Amazon Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Girls-Merrie-Destefano-ebook/dp/B01GNZ9GH8/

Barnes & Noble Buy Link:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lost-girls-merrie-destefano/1123683530?ean=9781633756069

iBooks Buy Link:

Kobo Buy Link: https://kids.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/lost-girls-27

Amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Girls-Merrie-Destefano-ebook/dp/B01GNZ9GH8

Amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/Lost-Girls-Merrie-Destefano-ebook/dp/B01GNZ9GH8/

The Giveaway:

$25 Amazon Gift Card

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1cb55495864/

If you’d like to read the original cover reveal post from Merrie, here it is!