Tuesday, October 3, 2017

YA Scavenger Hunt!


Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some awesome prizes! 

During this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues and enter to win one book from each author in the hunt on our team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 120 hours!

Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are eight contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! We are part of the BLUE TEAM--but there is also a red team, an orange team, a gold team, a green team, a teal team, a blue team, a purple team, and a pink team for a chance to win a whole different set of books!



If you'd like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE

Directions: Below, you'll notice that we've hidden our favorite number in blue. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the blue team, and then add them up.

Entry Form: Once you've added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.

Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian's permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by DATE, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

SCAVENGER HUNT POST

Today, we're hosting the lovely and talented Leah Konen on our blog for the YA Scavenger Hunt!



Leah Konen is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied journalism and English literature. She’s the author of LOVE AND OTHER TRAIN WRECKS (coming January 2018 from Harper Collins), THE ROMANTICS, THE LAST TIME WE WERE US and THE AFTER GIRLS. She lives in Brooklyn and Saugerties, NY, with her husband and their dog, Farley.

Find out more information by checking out the author website or find more about the author's book here!

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT




A whirlwind twenty-four-hour romance about two teens who meet—and perhaps change their minds about love—on a train ride in the middle of a snowstorm. Leah Konen’s LOVE AND OTHER TRAIN WRECKS is perfect for fans of Emery Lord and Jennifer E. Smith.

Noah is a hopeless romantic. He’s traveling home for one last chance with his first love, and he needs a miracle to win her back. Ammy doesn’t believe in true love—just look at her parents. If there’s one thing she’s learned about love in the last year, it’s that it ends.

That is, until one winter night when Noah and Ammy find themselves in the same Amtrak car heading to Upstate New York. After a train-wreck first impression between the two of them, the Amtrak train suddenly breaks down—in the middle of a snowstorm.

Desperate to make it to their destinations, Noah and Ammy have no other option but to travel together. What starts off as a minor detour turns into the journey of a lifetime, but come morning their adventure takes an unexpected turn for the worst.

Can one night can really change how they feel about love...and the course of their lives forever?



AMMY’S TOP TEN BOOKS











NOAH’S TOP TEN BOOKS










And don't forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by us, Leah Konen, and more! To enter, you need to know that our favorite number is 17. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the blue team and you'll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!

CONTINUE THE HUNT


To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author! Check out Mary Fan's blog!

Monday, July 31, 2017

YA Read-a-Romance Month Giveaway!




Do you love swooning over books? Us, too!  Luckily, unlike National Ice Cream Day or Shark Week, we have a whole month devoted to romance books. 

To celebrate, several other YA romance authors and I are sponsoring a fantastic giveaway! The Grand Prize winner will receive 10 of the titles you see in the graphic, and a Runner Up will win the e-book of each title. International contestants are eligible from any country where Book Depository ships for free.

Are you a romance blogger? We’re doing something extra special for you! You’ll get extra entries in the Rafflecopter as a thank you for your tireless effort and dedication in reviewing our books, to helping promote our work and the romance genre in general, and for being such supportive cheerleaders!

Enter the Rafflecopter below for your chance to win! And don’t forget to check out the other sponsoring authors’ websites!



RULES:
Ends 8/31/17 at 11:59pm EST. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law. You must be at least 18 years old to enter or have your parent’s permission. The winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and notified by email within 48 after the end of the giveaway. You will have 48 hours to respond, or a new winner will be chosen. All decisions are final. Odds of winning will vary based on the number of eligible entries received. If a mailed prize is returned for whatever reason, another winner will be chosen. None of the sponsoring authors are responsible for any lost, stolen, or misdirected prizes. Each sponsoring author is solely responsible for providing their book to you directly. This giveaway is not affiliated with any social media accounts associated with any of the sponsoring authors.