BOOK BLITZ: Travel Diaries of the Dead and Delusional by Lauren Nicolle Taylor

We are excited to kick off this Book Blitz for Lauren Nicolle Taylor's Travel Diaries of the Dead and Delusional! Today, we do celebrate the book birthday for the latest YA contemporary romance from Lauren Nicolle Taylor! We have an exclusive excerpt AND a blitz-wide giveaway to share in celebration of this release! So... Check it out and grab your copy now!!!

Genre:

Young Adult

Contemporary Romance

Publish Date:

February 18, 2019

Publisher:

Clean Teen Publishing

Synopsis:

Nineteen-year-old Langley is crazy…like get out the straight jacket and prepare the padded room kind of crazy. She knows it, and the kicker is—she’s choosing to stay that way. She clings to the persistent and intrusive hallucination of her dead sister by choice. Sure, it might be nice to live life in the real world. But not if it means she has to let Sarah go.

Tupper’s life is charmed. He has loving adoptive parents, and several athletic college scholarships on the table. But his passion is for the arts, for the beauty of solid ink lines on paper. His illustrations are eerily similar to a keepsake from his birth mother, Anna: comic-book-style drawings scrawled across an old map…her version of a travel diary. At eighteen, Tupper sidesteps his planned future and starts his journey where Anna’s ended—following her map from Kansas City to Canada. His travels will put him on a collision course with Langley, and their bond is palpable from the start. But secrets will push between them—Sarah and Anna, two ghosts who could sink their icy fingers into the teens and tear them apart.

Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover’s Hopeless and John Green’s Paper Towns, Travel Diaries of the Dead and Delusional is a unique and robust novel that explores themes of mental-illness and self-discovery from three distinct perspectives. Lauren Nicolle Taylor is the award-winning and best-selling author of Nora and Kettle and the beloved Woodlands series, among others.

“A story of love and loss, adventure, and coming into one’s own, Travel Diaries of the Dead and Delusional is a thoughtful, poignant road trip adventure that delivers hope through its melancholy.” ~Hannah Williams, Foreword Reviews Magazine

       

  

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**About the Author**

Lauren Nicolle Taylor is the bestselling author of THE WOODLANDS SERIES and the award-winning YA novel NORA & KETTLE (Gold medal Winner for Multicultural fiction, Independent Publishers Book Awards 2017). 

She has a Health Science degree and an honors degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology. A full time writer, hapa and artist, Lauren lives in the tucked away, Adelaide hills with her husband and three children.

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BOOK BLITZ: The Viking's Captive by Quinn Loftis

We are thrilled to kick off this 7-day Book Blitz celebrating the release of The Viking's Captive, book 2 in the Clan Hakon series, by Quinn Loftis!!! Today happens to be the book birthday of The Viking's Captive! With that said, we celebrate this release with an exclusive excerpt AND a blitz-wide giveaway! So... Check it out and grab your copy now!!!

Genre:

Young Adult

Historical/Fantasy Romance

Series:

Clan Hakon, #2

Publish Date:

November 27, 2018
Publisher:
Clean Teen Publishing, Inc

Synopsis:
Prophecy spoken.

Alliances broken.

Will duty come before love?

The Viking’s Captive is the exciting sequel to The Viking’s Chosen by USA Today Bestseller Quinn Loftis.

Two worlds collide in this epic historical fiction centered on an undeniable chemistry that smolders against the odds. Richly written and injected with moments of humor, this action-packed romantic tale will leave you breathless.

Novels in The Clan Hakon Series Include:
The Viking’s Chosen (February 12, 2018)
The Viking’s Captive (November 27, 2018)
The Viking’s Consort (Fall 2019)

       

*Excerpt*

Chapter 3

Two days had passed since Magnus had captured me and my sister and tossed us onto the ship that had become our personal hell. I never knew men could smell so bad or that I could hate singing with such a passion. I mean, damn it all, who in the bloody hell had taught these men those songs?

“Ugh!” Dayna groaned. “Do they ever shut up?” She was lying on the cot that doubled as her bed, hands covering her ears, but it was no use. It was as if the crew knew how much we hated the singing and sang louder for the sole purpose of torturing us.

Hilda shook her head. “They believe their singing keeps away the sirens.”

“Sirens?” I asked. “You mean they really believe there are women who live in the sea and lure men from their ships into the depths?”

She nodded. “Some swear they’ve seen it happen. Mind you, they wouldn’t tell you about the barrel of ale they drank before they saw it happen.”

“If they’re so scared of these sirens, then why do they ever bother to sail at all?” Dayna asked.

“Because when the jarl says to do something, his men obey—sirens or no,” Hilda answered. “Someone has to be in charge. Someone has to lead. Unfortunately, our current leader doesn’t always have the clan’s best interests at heart.”

“That’s why Torben needs to take over,” I said. It wasn’t a question. I felt a sense of urgency and worry flow through me, and it wasn’t my own. I knew I was sensing Torben’s emotions, as if speaking his name had somehow stoked the power of the bond between us. I’ll admit it was comforting to be able to feel him, but, at the same time, it made me long for him to be there with me.

“It takes a strong person to lead, and not just physically, though that’s certainly part of it among the Northmen. The clan follows the man who’s proven himself by besting challenges to his claim of leadership. Magnus, crazy as he may be, is still a skilled swordsman. And he doesn’t fight fair, so he’s going to win by any means necessary. My people don’t see that as a negative thing. A true leader must be strong of both mind and body. The Vikings see Magnus’ tactics as cunning, using every resource available to him.”

“And you believe Torben can kill Magnus?” Dayna asked.

Hilda smiled. “Without a doubt. Torben is destined to rule. And now that he has his other half, the prophecy can be fulfilled.”

There was a commotion above, and the singing stopped. Praise all that is holy, I thought.

“Land ho!” a man yelled.

“Land!” Dayna and I yelled at the same time. I considered kissing the dirt when my feet touched down on the earth again. If I learned nothing else on the voyage from England to… wherever our captor had taken us, it was that I was not meant to be on the ocean. Dry land, with firm ground beneath my feet, that was my home.

“Let’s go and see where the mad jarl has taken us,” Hilda suggested as she stood and walked to the ladder.

We followed her up to the deck and found the crew was scurrying about like ants defending a recently kicked-over hill. They ran to and fro, tossing tools and pulling ropes. But I noticed a rhythm to their scrambling. It almost seemed like a dance on the deck of the ship. Each man knew his own steps, and somehow, they managed to keep from running over one another.

I finally lifted my eyes up from the organized chaos to see the land that had caused all the commotion. There was nothing significant that stood out. I shivered as I stared at the beach directly ahead of us. It was only then that I noticed the temperature outside was much cooler than when I’d last been on deck. At least I knew the direction we’d travelled. North.

“Do you know where we are?” I asked Hilda.

“Hmm… brown sand resting in front of a thick, impassable forest… yes, of course. I know exactly where we are.

“Really?”

“No, of course not. I’m a seer, not a cartographer. One beach looks like another.”

Dayna laughed. “I want to be like you when I grow up.”

Copyright©2018 Quinn Loftis

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**About the Author**

Quinn Loftis is an award winning author who lives in beautiful Western Arkansas with her husband, two sons, Nora the Doberman, and Chewy the Cat who thinks he's a dog. She is the author of 17 novels, and 2 novellas, including the USA Today bestseller, Fate and Fury. Quinn is beyond thankful that she has been blessed to be able to write full time and hopes the readers know how much all of their support means to her. Some of her hobbies include reading, exercising, crochet, and spending time with family and friends. She gives all credit of her success to God because he gave her the creative spirit and vivid imagination it takes to write.

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