UPDATE: The winner of UNRAVELED is Tetewa! Congrats! Remember, the scavenger hunt is still ongoing -- so there are more chances out there to win a copy of UNRAVELED as well as three chances to win a $100 Visa Gift Card. Good luck! Tetewa, please send your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net.
So, last week we gave away a bright and shiny new copy of INTERTWINED, the first book in Gena Showalter's teen paranormal series. Today we are giving away a copy of the second book, UNRAVELED, which releases today. Now that's pretty cool, right? Well hold onto your hats. We've got something way cooler to tell you about...
From August 30th through September 2nd, Gena and several of her young adult author buds are hosting a scavenger hunt on their blogs to help celebrate the release of UNRAVELED. They include Rachel Caine, PC Cast, Marley Gibson, Linda Gerber, Rosemary Clement-Moore and Tina Ferraro. Three grand prize winners will each recieve a $100 Visa gift card. How does it work, you ask? Visit the authors' blogs, pick up the letters, unscramble the word, and email the answer to Contests(at)knightagency(dot)net. The last two letters will go up on September 2nd, and you have FOUR whole days to figure out the answer while your chilling beside the pool this Labor Day weekend. ;-) Entries must be recieved by midnight ET on Monday, September 6th. Click here to get the road map and rules.
Oh yeah, back to today's giveaway. You know the deal. Comment and enter to win a copy of UNRAVELED. We'll announce the winner in this post tomorrow afternoon.
The 411: Since coming to Crossroads, Oklahoma, former outcast Aden Stone has been living the good life. Never mind that one of his best friends is a werewolf, his girlfriend is a vampire princess who hungers for his blood, and he's supposed to be crowned Vampire King—while still a human! Well, kind of.
With four—oops, three now—human souls living inside his head, Aden has always been "different" himself. These souls can time-travel, raise the dead, possess another's mind and, his least favorite these days, tell the future.
The forecast for Aden? A knife through the heart.
Because a war is brewing between the creatures of the dark, and Aden is somehow at the center of it all. But he isn't about to lie down and accept his destiny without a fight. Not when his new friends have his back, not when Victoria has risked her own future to be with him, and not when he has a reason to live for the first time in his life....
Marley Gibson's GHOST HUNTRESS is Back on the Case
GHOST HUNTRESS: THE COUNSELING - in this fourth installment of Marley Gibson's popular GHOST HUNTRESS series, THE COUNSELING finds heroine, Kendall Moorehead at a crossroads in her life. Kendall has just discovered who her spirit guide really is, lost her boyfriend, and nearly died doing the thing she loves most–ghost hunting. It’s time to take a break and try to reconcile all the changes she’s going through. So Kendall heads to the Sierra Mountains, where there’s a camp especially for young people with gifts such as hers. It’s a time for reflection and self-discovery. But when she gets to California, she once again finds restless spirits–and the boy in her last vision. It may be the end of one chapter of her life and the beginning of a new one.
Check out Marley's awesome giveaway for GHOST HUNTRESS: THE COUNSELING on her website. The prize pack includes an autographed copy of THE COUNSELING, a one-of-a-kind ghost hunting blanket, a pendulum, and a signed copy of THE OTHER SIDE: A TEEN'S GUIDE TO GHOST HUNTING AND THE PARANORMAL, autographed by Marley.
What people are saying about GHOST HUNTRESS:
"Real life ghost huntress, Marley Gibson, pulls no punches in this series." - Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, SyFy's GHOST HUNTERS
"Every young woman needs to read this!" - Steve Gonsalves, SyFy's GHOST HUNTERS and GHOST HUNTERS ACADEMY
Marley Gibson is the author of the hit young adult paranormal fiction series, “Ghost Huntress,” from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Graphia line.
Gibson has been a lifelong paranormal enthusiast. She started conducting paranormal investigations in August 2007 as research for her “Ghost Huntress” teen fiction series and has captured some very compelling pictures, videos, and sound files. Gibson was featured on the premiere episode of The Biography Channel’s “My Ghost Story,” as well as being interviewed by CNN.com for a Halloween feature on ghost hunting in 2008. Gibson’s publishing credits include “Ghost Huntress: The Awakening,” “Ghost Huntress: The Guidance,” and “Ghost Huntress: The Reason.” The next titles in the series “Ghost Huntress: The Counseling” and “Ghost Huntress: The Discovery” will be released in September of 2010 and May 2011 respectively. She has also co-authored a teen ghost hunting how-to guide entitled “The Other Side: A Teen’s Guide to Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal” with Patrick Burns and Dave Schrader. Gibson is also the co-author of the wildly successful “Christmas Miracles,” written with Cecil Murphey, from St. Martin’s Press. The sequel, “Christmas Spirit” will be published in the Fall of 2011.
Gibson has investigated haunts throughout the USA, including Rolling Hills Sanitarium, Waverly Hills Sanatorium, The Sprague Mansion, The Houghton Mansion, The Stanley Hotel, and the Queen Mary alongside well known paranormal celebrities like Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Patrick Burns, Chris Fleming, John Zaffis, Shannon Sylvia, Chip Coffey, Stacey Jones, Mark and Debby Constantino, Tiffany Johnson, and many others.
Gibson holds a Bachelors of Arts in Communication with an emphasis in Advertising and a double minor in Political Science and Speech Communications from The University of Alabama. She has worked on several political campaigns, as a United States Congressional intern, and has been a marketing events manager in the medical, higher education, financial, and technology sectors. She travels extensively with her partner-in-crime, paranormal investigator Patrick Burns, and the two call Boston, Massachusetts home. She can be found online at www.marleygibson.com and www.ghosthuntress.com and via her group blog at www.booksboysbuzz.com
Knight Agency Authors in Full Force @ Dragon*Con 2010
Every year more than 35,000 people descend on downtown Atlanta to celebrate Dragon*Con. This year, TKA has several authors in attendance, including; Shannon K. Butcher, Patrick Burns, Marley Gibson, Chris Marie Green, Deidre Knight, Kalayna Price, Susan Sizemore, Jennifer St. Giles, Rob Thurman and Diane Whiteside. For more details on these authors and, most importantly, where to find them, visit our special TKA Dragon*Con web page.
UPDATE: Anne Royce is the winner of INTERTWINED! Congrats! Remember next week we are giving away the sequel to INTERTWINED -- UNRAVELED. Same time, same place. Also, we'll have BIG news about Gena's UNRAVELED contest. She is teaming up with her author pals Rachel Caine, PC Cast, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Linda Gerber, Marley Gibson and Tina Ferraro for an exciting contest to be revealed very soon. Anne, email me at contests(at)knightagency.net with your physical addy. See you all next Tuesday! :-)
Gena Showalter is working on a B-I-G contest for UNRAVELED, the second book in her young adult series, and we are helping her get the buzz going on our blog! This week we are giving away a copy of the first book in the series, INTERTWINED. Next Tuesday we will give away a copy of her latest release, UNRAVELED, as well as post all of the contest details. (Hint: It will kind of be like a pub crawl, but without the ummm...libations. It's YA, ya know. *wink* )
To win a copy of INTERTWINED, leave your name in the comment section. The winner will be announced tomorrow afternoon.
The 411: There's something about the new guy at Crossroads High… Most sixteen-year-olds have friends.
Aden Stone has four human souls living inside him:
One can time travel.
One can raise the dead.
One can possess another human.
One can tell the future.
Everyone thinks he's crazy, which is why he's spent his entire life shuffled between mental institutions and juvie. All of that is about to change, however. For months Aden has been having visions of a beautiful girl—a girl who carries centuries-old secrets. A girl who will either save him or destroy him.
Together they'll enter a dark world of intrigue and danger…but not everyone will come out alive.
Last night, we had a wonderful chat with YA author Diana Peterfreund. She dished with the chatters until the wee hours of the morning -- even outlasting the moderator, LOL! Thanks to everyone who came out. If you're were not able to make it, check out the transcript below. :-)
UPDATE: The winner of an advanced reading copy of ASCENDANT is Jennifer Mathis! Congrats!! Thanks to everyone who participated. Remember, tomorrow night we'll be giving away more of Diana's books at her online chat event. Hope to see you there! (Chat access instructions are at the bottom of this post.) Jennifer, please email your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net.
To win an advanced reading copy of ASCENDANT by Diana Peterfreund leave your name in the comment section, and don't forget that Diana will be the guest author in TKA's chat room THIS THURSDAY (Aug. 19 @ 9pm ET). We've got an exciting event planned with great pub convo and more giveaways. ;-) Hope to see you there!
The ARC winner will be announced tomorrow afternoon. Instructions on how to enter TKA's chat room are below.
The 411: Astrid Llewelyn is now a fully-trained unicorn hunter, but she’s learning she can’t solve all her problems with just a bow and arrow. Her boyfriend Giovanni has decided to leave Rome, the Cloisters is in dire financial straits, her best friend’s powers seem to be mysteriously disintegrating, and Astrid fears that school, home, and her hopes of becoming a scientist are nothing but impossible dreams.
So when she’s given the opportunity to leave the Cloisters and put her skills to use as part of a scientific quest to discover The Remedy, Astrid leaps at the chance. Finally, she can have exactly what she wants…or can she? At the Gordian Pharmaceuticals headquarters deep in the French countryside, Astrid begins to question everything she thought she believed: her love for Giovanni, her loyalty to the Cloisters, and – most of all – her duty as a hunter. Should Astrid be saving the world from killer unicorns, or saving the unicorns from the world?
LINK:The Knight Agency Chat Room HOW TO CHAT: Enter a username and password (any combination). Choose "Login." **Your computer must be java-enabled to chat.**
Winner of Kate Pearce's First Kiss Contest Announced!
We've randomly drawn a winner and it is.....Kristen Painter! Big congrats! Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest!! Your entries were phenomenal and kept us in stiches. Also, they reminded us about the importance of breath mints. Never leave home without them, LOL! ;-)
Diane Peterfreund Chatting Online Next Thursday, Aug. 19th @ 9pm ET!
Do you think unicorns look like this:
Think again. Author Diana Peterfreund has pulled back the pastel-colored curtains to reveal the true nature of the beast. Forget the streaming white hair and blank, doe-eyed stare, and start thinking vicious teeth, dark eyes and a taste for blood...
Last year, Diana debuted RAMPANT, her story of fierce female unicorn hunters, featuring main heroine, Astrid. The followup, ASCENDANT (HarperTeen), will be released in September.
This month, Diana will be our guest author in The Knight Agency chat room on Thursday, August 19th @ 9pm ET to discuss writing for the YA audience, unicorn mythos, her upcoming projects, and any other questions you could possibly think of! We'll also have lots of shiny new books to give away. ;-)
HOW TO CHAT: Enter a username and password (any combination). Choose "Login." **Your computer must be java-enabled to chat.**
The 411 on ASCENDANT: Astrid Llewelyn is now a fully-trained unicorn hunter, but she’s learning she can’t solve all her problems with just a bow and arrow. Her boyfriend Giovanni has decided to leave Rome, the Cloisters is in dire financial straits, her best friend’s powers seem to be mysteriously disintegrating, and Astrid fears that school, home, and her hopes of becoming a scientist are nothing but impossible dreams.
So when she’s given the opportunity to leave the Cloisters and put her skills to use as part of a scientific quest to discover The Remedy, Astrid leaps at the chance. Finally, she can have exactly what she wants…or can she? At the Gordian Pharmaceuticals headquarters deep in the French countryside, Astrid begins to question everything she thought she believed: her love for Giovanni, her loyalty to the Cloisters, and – most of all – her duty as a hunter. Should Astrid be saving the world from killer unicorns, or saving the unicorns from the world?
New York Times bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling series Nalini Singh was interviewed on TVNZ's Breakfast morning show in New Zealand. Click here for the video!
UPDATE: The winner of an unsigned copy of Kate Pearce's KISS OF THE ROSE is Jesi O'Connell. Congrats! Please send your physical addy to contests(AT)knightagency.net. For the other entrants, remember you still have time to enter Kate's First Kiss Contestand win an autographed copy, as well as other books from her backlist and some great swag items!
Yesterday we announced Kate Pearce's First Kiss Contest celebrating the release of her latest novel, KISS OF THE ROSE. The prize for her contest includes signed books from her backlist, as well as a signed copy of KISS OF THE ROSE, a bag of Hershey's Kisses, and spa goodies, including her exclusively blended KISS OF THE ROSE perfume and infused soap. To enter answer the question, "What makes the perfect first kiss?," in the contest blog post.
For today's Take Home Tuesday, we are going to give away an unsigned copy of KISS OF THE ROSE. Leave your name in the comment section to enter, and don't forget to check out the First Kiss contest posted yesterday. There are multiple ways to win!
The 411: Desperate to defeat King Richard III and gain the crown, Henry Tudor made a pact with the Druids binding him and his heirs to the Druids' struggle against vampires. Ever since, the Llewellyns, a vampire- slaying family, have been in the king's employ. Now Henry VIII reigns, and his father's bargain has been almost forgotten-until bloodless corpses turn up in the king's bedchamber. To save the king, Vampire hunter Rosalind Llewellyn must form an uneasy alliance with Druid slayer Sir Christopher Ellis. But soon, Rosalind must face an unthinkable truth: that her sworn enemy may be her soulmate...
Missouri-Bound! Deidre Knight Signing with Jim Butcher and Shannon K. Butcher
Deidre Knight will be signing alongside #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher and his wife, paranormal romance author Shannon K. Butcher on Saturday, August 14th @ 12:30pm in Independence, Mo. All three authors contributed to the DARK AND STORMY KNIGHTS, a star-studded anthology including Illona Andrews, Rachel Caine, Vicki Pettersson, Lilith Saintcrow, Carrie Vaughn and P.N. Elrod. If you're in the area, this is not-to-be-missed event!
What: Book Signing Event with Jim Butcher, Shannon K. Butcher and Deidre Knight When: Saturday, August 14th at 12:30pm Where: Barnes & Noble -- Independence, Mo. Store Location Info: http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/66435
Kate Pearce's First Kiss Contest Celebrating the Release of KISS OF THE ROSE
Kate Pearce is giving away a basket of signed books from her backlist, a signed copy of her latest release, KISS OF THE ROSE, a bag of Hershey's Kisses and spa goodies, including her exclusively blended KISS OF THE ROSE perfume and infused soap to one lucky winner! How do you win this awesome prize? Answer the question "What makes the perfect first kiss?" in the comment section of this blog, the contest post on Kate's blog, Twitter, Kate's Facebook Fan Page or emailing contests(AT)knightagency.net. You can enter multiple times. See details below, but first check out the cover blurb for KISS OF THE ROSE:
Desperate to defeat King Richard III and gain the crown, Henry Tudor made a pact with the Druids binding him and his heirs to the Druids' struggle against vampires. Ever since, the Llewellyns, a vampire- slaying family, have been in the king's employ. Now Henry VIII reigns, and his father's bargain has been almost forgotten-until bloodless corpses turn up in the king's bedchamber. To save the king, Vampire hunter Rosalind Llewellyn must form an uneasy alliance with Druid slayer Sir Christopher Ellis. But soon, Rosalind must face an unthinkable truth: that her sworn enemy may be her soulmate...
KISS OF THE ROSE FIRST KISS CONTEST
Prize: Gift basket featuring signed books from Kate Pearce's backlist, as well as a signed copy of KISS OF THE ROSE. Plus, a bag of Hershey’s Kisses and spa goodies including Kate's exclusively blended KISS OF THE ROSE perfume and infused soap.
How to Enter: Answer the question, "What makes the perfect first kiss?"
FIVE WAYS TO WIN 1. Via Twitter, answer the question, "What makes the perfect first kiss?" in 140 characters or less. Use the hash tag #KissoftheRose.
2. Via Kate's author blog OR The Knight Agency blog, answer the question "What makes the perfect first kiss?" by commenting on Kate Pearce's blogin the contest post or in the comment section of this contest post on The Knight Agency blog.
3. Via Facebook, reply to the contest post on Kate's Facebook Fan pageanswering the question prompt.
1. The winner will be chosen randomly. This contest runs from Monday, August 9th thru Thursday, August 12th at midnight ET.
2. Mutiple entries are accepted. Meaning you can enter up to five times by posting an answer on Twitter, FB, Blogger (TKA and Kate's blog) and emailing your answer. However, the entries MUST be different. For instance, you cannot answer the question the same way on both Twitter and Facebook. Also, please be sure to comment within the contest post whether on Blogger or Facebook to ensure your entry is counted.
3. The winner will be announced on Friday, August 13th on Kate's author blog, The Knight Agency blog and via both Kate and TKA's Twitter accounts (@KnightAgency and @Kate4Queen). If the winner does not claim their prize within two weeks of the announcement, another winner will be selected. If the second winner chosen does not respond within two weeks, the prize will be declared void.
So, last week we gave away a bright and shiny new copy of INTERTWINED, the first book in Gena Showalter's teen paranormal series. Today we are giving away a copy of the second book, UNRAVELED, which releases today. Now that's pretty cool, right? Well hold onto your hats. We've got something way cooler to tell you about... 
