Pretending Hearts: Upcoming Release Events and Giveaways

Summer of Love Giveaway Hop: Win a $10 Amazon Gift Card

Welcome to the Summer of Love Giveaway Hop hosted by YA Romantics! As part of the event, I'll be giving away a $10 gift card to Amazon. Stop by the other blogs below for more great giveaways!

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Happy New Year 2013 Giveaway Hop

GIVEAWAY HAS NOW ENDED. CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNIFER S!

Announcing the

Happy New Year 2013

Giveaway Hop

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Babs Book Bistro

January 1st - 7th 2013

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Release Day Blitz + Giveaway: Veer by Alyssa Rose Ivy

Title: Veer

Author: Alyssa Rose Ivy

Publisher: Self Published

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Only when you let go can you learn to live.

Between the death of her mother and pushing through law school without her best friend, it's been a tough year for Becca. Needing a break from Boston, she moves to a tiny coastal North Carolina town for a relaxing summer. After bumping heads repeatedly with a local cop, she realizes her summer will be anything but quiet.

Three years after a career ending injury ruins his chance to play Major League Baseball, Gavin has a distrust of northerners and lately girls in general. He wants nothing to do with a girl who is only in town for the summer.

When the two give in to their impossible attraction, they realize that they may just have found the key to freeing themselves from the ghosts of their pasts.

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About Alyssa Rose Ivy

Alyssa Rose Ivy is a Young Adult and New Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.

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New Revelations Book Tour Interview at the Lovely Reads

Four days in and the book tour is going great! On Monday, I did a Meet and Greet at the Reading Addiction Blog Tours. They are hosting a giveaway for my tour. Enter here to win a $25 Amazon gift card. On Tuesday, the Lovely Reads let me stop by to talk about New Revelations: Second Sight Book Two. I printed a portion of the interview below. Yesterday, the Adventures Within posted a review of New Revelations (Five Stars!). Today, a guest post and promo stop will be appearing on What's On the Bookshelf. Make sure you stop by and comment on the blogs to enter my giveaway for an Amazon Kindle.

How would you say Kate has grown from book one to book two?

 

Kate was sort of a brat at the start of the first book. She’s unhappy about being psychic and feels it makes her an outcast in her town. At the end of the first book, she has an epiphany and realizes being psychic is a gift that allows her to help others. Kate’s growth continues into New Revelations, but her insistence on meddling in cases causes some problems in her personal relationships.

Now what can you tell us about Declan? He is a hot character, but hope he doesn't ruin Kate and Jared's relationship.

Declan is that guy your friends warn you about. He’s hot, arrogant and leaves behind a string of broken hearts. Kate feels there’s more to him than what’s on the surface and becomes friends with the psychic. Kate’s relationship with Jared becomes strained after Declan claims that she’s meant to be with him.

Can you give us readers a peak into New Revelations? Something that will make us want to get the book right away?

Kate meets another psychic and they decide to work together on several missing persons cases. This includes a five-year-old abducted from a shopping mall in Washington and a missing fitness instructor in her early twenties. Throughout the plot, I try to add in elements of suspense, humor and romance.

Are you planning on a third book? I hope so, the ending has a such a good cliff hanger.

Yes, the third book is completely outlined and I’m early on in the writing process. I’m hoping for an early 2013 release date. This may be overly ambitious, so don’t hold me to that.

Notes on New Revelations: Second Sight Book Two

After a long process, New Revelations is ready for previews. I'm really happy with how the book came out and my first reader (my husband lol) enjoyed the story immensely. Right now, my unofficial release date is October 9. This may be sooner or later depending on the hard work of my editor Trisha =)

I'm hosting a boatload of giveaways. Besides the eARC copies I'm giving away on my blog, I have giveaways on both LibraryThing and Goodreads. The LibraryThing and Goodreads giveaways are featuring the paperback ARC of New Revelations and a paperback of the first novel in the series First Visions: Second Sight Book One. 

I'm also planning a blog tour TBD. I love freebies, so expect more giveaways in the coming weeks =)

Giveaway-Advanced Reader Copy of New Revelations: Second Sight Book Two!

Giveaway has ended! Winners have been notified by email. If you didn't win, no worries. I am still hosting giveaways on Librarything and Goodreads.

Enter my giveaway for an advanced copy of New Revelations: Second Sight Book Two! Five winners will be selected. Giveaway starts today and runs through September 30.

The paperback ARCs are not going to be ready until next week. However, I am able to distribute the ebook versions-hooray!

Winners will receive an uncorrected proof of New Revelations: Second Sight Book Two. Proof is not for sale and has been created for promotional purposes only. Winners will be notified by email (pdf/epub/mobi/doc versions are available).



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Books of Summer Giveaway

Giveaway has ended. Congrats to Kami Chan =)

For my August giveaway, I've decided to celebrate the books of summer. I've read so many great books the past couple of months and I would love to share the wealth. The winner of the giveaway will receive a copy of one of the books (their choice) that I have already read this summer or plan to read in the near future. Upon notification, the winner can decide if they rather receive the paperback or ebook version. To enter, follow my blog, like my Facebook page or tweet about this giveaway. Current followers get a free entry =)

Summer Reading List:

1. The Duff by Kody Keplinger
2. Capturing Angels by VC Andrews
3. The Selection by Keira Cass
4. Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas
5. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
6. Bane by Trish Milburn
7. One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
8. Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
9. Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout
10. Rape Girl by Alina Klein
11. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
12. Drain You by M. Beth Bloom
13. Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot
14. The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter
15. One Moment by Kristina McBride
16. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
17. Glitch by Heather Anastasiu
18. Beautiful Lies by Jessica Warman
19. Inbetween by Tara Fuller
20. Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett
21. Inescapable by Amy Bartol
22. Tab Bennett & the Inbetween by Jes Young
23. The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
24. The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong
25. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
26. Onyx by Jennifer Armentrout

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Blog Tour Stop-Guest Post on Behind a Million and One Pages

Today, I would like to thank Behind a Million and One Pages for hosting me on their blog as part of my virtual book tour. Be sure to stop by their site through this link and check out an excerpt from First Visions, a giveaway for a free ebook copy and an interview given by me. Leave a comment there or at one of my other posts on the tour for a chance to win a $30 Amazon gift card and autographed copy of my book. Rules of the contest are here. The following is the interview portion of the guest post:


1. Where have we seen you before? (previous projects/works)
I’ve done a massive amount of freelance writing work over the past five years. The majority of my articles have focused on health, fashion, food and travel (kind of a broad spectrum). A few notable publications I’ve appeared in include USA Today, Food Loves Beer magazine, Step in Style magazine and Livestrong.com.  I began writing fiction in my early teens (stories filled with plenty of angst and cringe-worthy lines) and just recently returned to it.

2. What goes through your mind after your novel has been on sale for the first week?
I was a complete head case after that first week First Visions went on sale. I just kept wondering: will people like it? Although my friends and family were fans of the book, I understood they were bias. These characters are so close to my heart which made it difficult for me to share them with the world. My next thought, of course, was will people actually buy my novel?

3. What inspired you to write this novel?
My beloved grandmother who raised me passed away last year. After collecting my things from her house, I came across the huge piles of writing I used to do as a teen. Life kind of gets in the way of things you love and her passing made me realize that you never know what’s going to happen and to pursue your dreams even if the timing isn’t perfect. One of the stories I had started was about a psychic who helps find a missing child and I decided to expand off of that.

4. What do you think about when getting/seeing negative reviews?
It sucks, no one can deny that, but at least there’s a conversation being had over your novel. Think about the best-selling book right now Fifty Shades of Grey. On Amazon.com, it has close to 1,200 one-star reviews! Everyone’s tastes are different and I’m not that self-deluded to think my novel is going to be the top of everyone’s list of favorite books.