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The Taken By Chance Cover Reveal is here!
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A single chance encounter can change your life…
Despite being the son of Hollywood’s hottest director, Dare Andrews has managed to steer clear of the paparazzi for seventeen years. But when his ex-girlfriend sells a tell-all interview to the tabloids, he’s suddenly hounded by fans and reporters alike. Dare is getting cynical fast, so he’s unprepared to meet a glass-half-full girl like Chance. And unprepared for the consequences after he helps her save face. Pretending to be the new guy in her life was easy enough when she was being dumped by her boyfriend, but the lie backfires.
What started as a random act of chivalry becomes something deeper as Dare and Chance find themselves trapped in their charade. The problem is that the more Dare gets to know Chance, the less fake their relationship feels. But secrets they both keep threaten their future, and with new storms overhead, will Chance’s lessons in optimism be enough to help Dare find the silver lining?
Lani and I wrote the first draft of this book back in 2012. After two years of trying to find it a home with a traditional publisher, we decided to take the plunge and put it (and the four companion novels that will be coming after it) out into the world on our own. Lani photographed our beautiful cover and we’ve been working hard getting everything ready to release. Now, on May 5, 2015 you too can enter the world of Laguna Tides.
Taken by Chance Cover Reveal
On April 7th, 2015, I’ll be revealing the cover of my first self-published young adult novel! It’s called Taken by Chance and, guys? It’s ridiculously adorable. Better yet? It’s releasing SO SOON! It’ll be here on May 5!
If you want to see the cover a few days early and help us promote the first book in this new series I co-wrote with Lani Woodland, click the link and sign up in the Google Form it’ll take you to. There are only a couple of questions so it should take a minute or so.
I can’t wait to share the pretty with you guys! 😀
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I was on the radio!
I was incredibly excited/nervous/thrilled to receive a radio interview request about Sing Sweet Nightingale. My first one ever!
It was nerve-wrecking to call in and hope that I could come up with off-the-cuff answers that made sense, but I think that I succeeded. The conversation revolved around the theme of emotional abuse, something that is a key element in the book and very important to me personally. I am immensely thankful to KPRS 103.3 in Kansas City and DJ Julee Jonez for helping me spread awareness on this important issue.
On her website, Julee had this to say about it:
One in three adolescents in the U.S. is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner, a figure that far exceeds rates of other types of youth violence. What’s more alarming? Only 33% of teens who were in a violent relationship ever told anyone about the abuse. But would teens pick up a book about emotional abuse? Author Erica Cameron, who was in an emotionally abusive relationship, figured out a way to marry the theme with a creative read in her debut novel, “Sing Sweet Nightingale”, the first volume of The Dream War Saga, a four-book young adult series. Listen in as we chat about the read and the serious issue of emotional abuse.
If you didn’t get the chance to hear the interview live yesterday, you can still listen to the whole interview (it’s only about five minutes!) online for free here. If you are looking for additional information and resources about emotional abuse, check out my resources page for information on emotional abuse and gaslighting, an incredibly invasive and insidious abusive technique.
Monday March 9, tune in to Hot 103.3 FM
At 11:30 CST on Monday March 9, tune in to Hot 103.3 FM KPRS in the Kansas City area (or online) as DJ Julee Jonez interviews me about #singsweetnightingale and the impacts of emotional abuse. If you listen, you could possibly win one of three copies of my book that she’ll be giving away!
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Got back to Fort Lauderdale to find these two beauties waiting…
Got back to Fort Lauderdale to find these two beauties waiting for me! I must now apologize to all people, books, events, and plans I may have promised to catch up with after my current deadline is met. These books have just bumped everything else down the list.
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Website News and Changes
I updated SO MANY THINGS on my site today. I added a bunch of events I’m going to be attending in 2015, posted all of the deleted scenes that were part of last month’s blog tour (plus one extra), and updated a bunch of links that weren’t working right! Go me!
Also, for those who may notice, I have redirected what was once thedreamwarsaga.com to my author site because I was getting very bad at keeping both sites up to date on…well, anything really. If you try to go to any page on thedreamwarsaga.com, it’ll shoot you over to the main page of my site. GOOD NEWS THOUGH! Literally everything that was posted on that site is now included on my main author page. I think this makes it easier on me and you. Hopefully you agree.
And that’s it! I’m going to sleep now.
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Brittney Dussault’s Howl
Not too long ago, I connected with a wonderful girl on Tumblr. Lo and behold, my new friend is also a fantastic author! Probably why we got along so well. At least, one of the reasons. Now I get the opportunity to help her introduce you all to her latest release!
About the book:
After an archaeology expedition gone wrong, Lis Santiago is assigned a desk job at The Library, an underground archive dedicated to the history and study of supernatural creatures. Run by humans, the joke about The Library is that it’s operated by people who know everything about magic… except how to use it. Lis is no exception, and after three years, she’s finally accepted her new, albeit lackluster, career.
Then a request is made: Supernatural creatures in the area have gone missing, and the Alpha from the local werewolf pack wants a Librarian to aid in the investigation. But he doesn’t want just any Librarian, he wants Lis. Accepting means time away from her desk, but it also means having to be paired up with old partner Jonas Highet, who left her waiting for him in Italy five years ago. This isn’t the reunion she had in mind, but when the Alpha calls, it’s hard to say no.
Lis quickly wishes she had.
The Alpha already has a suspect, he just needs Lis to convict him… even if there’s no proof he’s guilty. But the Alpha’s sister thinks her brother’s scapegoat- a wolf named Mickey Kaiser- is innocent, and she wants Lis to prove it.
Caught between a pair of siblings known for their cunning ways, Lis is going to have to find out what’s so special about Mickey Kaiser, while simultaneously keeping Jonas from killing the man. And just when Lis starts dreaming about her desk job, the first body is found.
It’s unlike anything Lis has seen before.
Excerpt:
“That sly fox,” Lis said appreciatively. She tossed the file back to Jonas who caught it with a grimace when he accidentally brushed up against some unidentifiable thing. It was blue and furry and that seemed enough to get Jonas’ stomach rolling.
“Care to explain your brilliant theory?” Jonas asked.
Lis smiled.
“Nice to know you haven’t forgotten how brilliant I am,” she said and then gestured to the apartment again. “The smell is covering his scent. If it weren’t for the god awful stench, you’d have known this was a fox den the second you walked in. Ken was keeping his home safe.”
“Safe from what?” Jonas said and Lis fought the urge to punch him. Beautiful he was, but he was also prone to bouts of obliviousness, courtesy of his upbringing at the top of the heap in the pack. It was hard to pay attention to the real world when your life was nothing but golden spoons and the belief you’d one day be Alpha.
“Safe from wolves, dumbass,” Lis said. She slipped between the televisions, having to climb over an old dresser, before landing in the narrow pathway before Jonas. “The local wolves have been getting into fights and hunting foxes for years now. Looks like Ken Mori found a way to stay safe on his own.”
“Then why is he missing?” Jonas ignored Lis’ glare and shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. You’re not here to investigate, you’re here to prove Mickey Kaiser is guilty.”
“Guilty of what?” A key piece of information floated to the forefront of Lis’ mind and she fixed Jonas with her best glare. “Guilty of taking down a fox? Where’s the crime in that?”
Before Jonas could retreat, she caught him around the collar of his jacket and with a well placed kick to the back of the knee, he hit the ground with a thud before Lis curled herself around him, her arms circling around his neck. She applied just enough pressure to get his attention.
“Why is the Alpha having me investigate the disappearance of a fox?” Jonas made a show of struggling, but they both knew if he wanted to, he could have her heart outside her body within seconds. Which meant he didn’t want her dead. Or at the very least, he had orders not to kill her.
“The Alpha didn’t want you on this case,” he said. “He’s not the reason you’re here.”
Lis released Jonas and stepped back, almost hopeful he’d been the one to send for her. But then her brain caught up to her idealistic naivety and squashed her hopes, reminding her that although her and Jonas had had a good time once before, that time was long passed.
“Then who sent for me?” she asked. “Why am I here?”
Jonas looked over his shoulder at her, one hand rubbing his neck idly.
“The Alpha’s sister,” he said. And then, “My mother.”
About the author:
Brittney Dussault is the author of over a dozen titles, including Howl and The Banewood Chronicles. When she’s not churning out a new book every 2-3 months, she’s helping others realize their dreams of being published authors. Cupcakes keep her going and she’s determined to put herself on a Best Sellers list one day.
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For reviews and more chances to win, follow the tour:
November 10th
Author Sandra Love | Book Groupies | jeannie zelos book reviews | Loves All Things Books | MrsLeif’s Two Fangs About It Book Reviews
November 11th
By Erica Cameron | Essence Write | My Life, Loves and Passion | Undercover Book Reviews | Whispered Thoughts | Wicked Women Book Blog | Breezy Book Blog
November 12th
Coffee Talk Writers | Mommy’s Late Night Book-up | Twin Opinions | Between The Lines | Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews
November 13th
Deal Sharing Aunt | Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock | Those Crazy Book Chicks | The Naughty Vixen | Ashley’s Paranormal Book Blog
November 14th
A British Bookworm’s Blog | Booklover Sue | Rustys Reading | Up All Night Read All Day | BookJunkyGirls
Here There Be Spoilers
I’ve known since about this time last year that there would be a lot of deleted material from Sing Sweet Nightingale that I wanted to post online and share with readers. The only thing I wasn’t sure of was how and where to post it. Finally I decided to have a little fun with it and create a blog tour specifically for the extraordinary amount of material I wanted to post.
Really. It’s a lot. Word-count-wise, it’s basically a novella’s worth of material.
The sections come from all over the book–old beginnings, old endings, and moments in the middle that no longer exist. Some of these scenes still contain canon information while others involve sub-plots and story elements that no longer apply to the Dream War Saga as a whole. You will also have the chance to win one of three prizes including a signed copy of the book and some jewelry I made!
Lucky for me, a group of fantastic bloggers also thought this would be a wonderfully fun idea and agreed to help me make this happen! Below is the schedule for the next two weeks so that you know where to find each day’s scene:
November 3 – A Backwards Story
November 4 – Kissed by Ink
November 5 – Queekie Girl Reads
November 6 – Chasm of Books
November 7 – Bumbles and Fairy-Tales
November 10 – Books Complete Me
November 11 – KellyVision
November 12 – Falling For YA
November 13 – WhoRU Blog
November 14 – Pandora’s Books
In December, these scenes will all be arranged chronologically and posted on The Dream War Saga’s official site. For now, head over to these blogs on the dates listed and get a behind-the-scenes look at the editing process of Sing Sweet Nightingale.
Halloween Book Trail
Welcome to the next stop on The Woods trail of Zoraida Córdova’s Halloween Book Trail! I got to answer some fun questions about Halloween and desert islands and fear and all sorts of things. Check it out here and then continue on your journey through The Woods!
If your MC went trick or treating, what would they dress up as and why?
The last time Mariella went trick or treating it was in sixth grade. She and K.T. teamed up and they went as Antony (Mariella) and Cleopatra (K.T.). They made pretty much everyone treat them like royalty all week and everyone called them Tony and Cleo for the rest of the year.
Hudson didn’t go trick or treating much as a kid, but J.R. thought Halloween was amazing. The October before J.R. died, Hudson took him trick or treating for the first time. J.R. dressed up like Hulk—Hudson even painted the kid entirely green for the occasion—and he picked out Thor for Hudson. Since Hudson’s hair is so short, J.R. insisted on a wig. This insistence came in at the last minute so the only one Hudson could get was meant for young girls and was therefore too small for his head, too long, and had bangs. It looked ridiculous on him but it made J.R. happy and that was pretty much all that mattered anyway.
What scares the pants out of you?
Honestly, the intangible is more frightening to me than the tangible. And I’m not talking about ghosts. Spiders and heights and small, dark places are all less frightening to me than betrayal and abandonment. Those concepts and actions can do much longer lasting damage than a lot of other things worth being afraid of.
Do you legit believe in ghosts and things that bump in the night? (We won’t think you’re cray)
I’ve never seen anything, but yes! The universe is too vast and complex for there not to be things that we haven’t seen or can’t understand. What I don’t think is that any of it exists in the forms we have stories about. Vampires, werewolves, quasi-corporeal ghosts, etc. all may be based in something real, but most of that probably comes from the collective imaginations of humanity. Speaking of the human collective, the theory of universal consciousness is something I’m pretty much 100% sure is real.
If you were stranded on a deserted island or haunted house, what number are you to die and how?
Probably first. And it would be some stupid accident on my part or the fact that I exercise, like, never and am incapable of pulling myself up should I fall through broken floorboards or over a cliff or off a roof or something. Or, since I know nothing about shooting guns, I’ll misfire and hurt myself. Really, don’t trust me when things go to hell. I am not the person you want with you in a horror movie or zombie apocalypse or even on a deserted island.
What magical/supernatural creature do you secretly want to be?
I’ve never had an extremely strong desire to be a magical/supernatural/mythological creature (it seems like the cons really outweigh the pros most of the time; I would possibly make an exception for having the Gift out of Tamora Pierce’s Tortall world), but there are a few I would have loved to meet and/or have. Pegasus has always fascinated me as have fairies (the tiny, spritely ones, not the evil, manipulative ones). What I’ve really always wanted, though, is a dæmon out of The Golden Compass. I would jump on a chance to visit that world and meet my dæmon in a heartbeat!