THE SUMMER AFTER YOU AND ME: COVER REVEAL & GIVEAWAY!

I'M SO EXCITED I COULD POP!

My dear friend, Jennifer Salvato Doktorski, has a new book coming out next May called, THE SUMMER AFTER YOU AND ME. And because Jen is every shade of rad, she's letting me help show off the fancy new cover!!

To honor this special occasion, I'm giving away a signed ARC of THE SUMMER AFTER YOU AND ME (when it's available) as well as a signed copy of SUMMER ON THE SHORT BUS (a book that Jen happened to blurb *coughs like a big shot*).  This is a U.S. only giveaway and runs thru Friday, November 14.

Here's a quick tease about the book:

Sunbathing, surfing, eating funnel cake on the boardwalk—Lucy loves living on the Jersey Shore. For her, it's not just the perfect summer escape, it is home. And as a local girl, she knows not to get attached to the tourists. They breeze in over Memorial Day weekend, crowding the shore and stealing moonlit kisses, only to pack up their beach umbrellas and empty promises on Labor Day. Lucy wants more from love than a fleeting romance, even if that means keeping her distance from her summertime neighbor and crush, Connor.

Then Superstorm Sandy tears apart her barrier island, briefly bringing together a local girl like herself and a vacationer like Connor. Except nothing is the same in the wake of the storm. And day after day, week after week, Lucy is left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and broken home. Now with Memorial Day approaching and Connor returning, will it be a summer of fresh starts or second chances?

Yeah, you and me both, Simon.

Jen is the queen of summer reads. This is going to be amazing!

And now, the big reveal. 

Scroll down for a look at this dreamy cover...





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Ta-da...

I know!! 

It's so dreamy and romantic and...gah! ALL. THE. FEELS.

I swear I can feel the salt water drying on my skin right now. 

(p.s., Jen, you should totally get a product endorsement from the Nair people for this. Those legs!)

Okay, so now it's up to you guys.

Tweet, like and comment your hearts out.

The more entries the better your chances of winning!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Be sure to add this book to your TBR, and stay in touch with Jen via Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest or on her website.

SO. CAL ROAD TRIP & a WINNER!

I'm hitting the road!

Along with 3 other YA authors, I'll be tackling the busy so. Cal freeways 
to come and visit you later this month.

October 17, 2014 - 4:00 pm Los Angeles Public Library -  Memorial branch 4625 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90019

October 18, 2014 - 12:00 pm

Barnes and Noble 

791 S Main St #100

Orange, CA 92868 

October 18, 2014 - 4:30 p.m.

Barnes and Noble

2615 Vista Way Oceanside, CA 92054
October 19, 2014 - 2:00 pm Barnes and Noble  5500 Grossmont Center Drive La Mesa, CA 91942

And now for the BIG,

IT'S STILL SUMMER READS GIVEAWAY update.
SO many of you entered the contest (thank you!), 
but as you know there can only be one winner. 

*cue the drum roll*

AMANDA MACHONIS

CONGRATULATIONS, LADY!

Those books will be coming your way soon.

As for the rest of you, FEAR NOT. I will do another giveaway soon.

Not only do I love my fan club, but giveaways are a lazy blogger's best friend. #winwin

YA SCAVENGER HUNT (Team Gold, baby)

YA Scavenger Hunt

Guys...It's time to hunt!

This epic, tri-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!

At 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 you can enter for our prize--one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours.

Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt.
There are SIX contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all. I am a part of the GOLD TEAM (the coolest team)

but there are also five other teams, each with a chance whole different set of signed 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 homepage.

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE

Directions: Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number in GOLD. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the GOLD TEAM, and then add them up (don't worry, you can use your fingers. No judgement here).

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 October 5, at 12pm Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

Now, let's start this hunt...

Today, I am hosting the talented (& darling--that hair!) Cole Gibsen, to my site for the YA Scavenger Hunt!

   

At seventeen Cole found herself homeless with only a beat-up Volkswagen Jetta and a bag of Goodwill clothing to her name. The only things that got her through the nights she spent parked in truck stops and cornfields were the stacks of books she checked out from the library along with her trusty flashlight. Because of the reprieve these books gave her from her troubles, Cole vowed to become a writer so she could provide the same escape to readers who needed a break the reality of their own lives.

You can find out more about Cole on her website, or just skip the formalities and buy the book. (Please note, Amazon hasn't caught up with the title change yet)  Speaking of the book, check out
LIFE UNAWARE...

 "On the surface, seventeen-year-old Reagan Fray appears to have everything. She's popular, Ivy League–bound, and her parents are rich enough to buy her whatever she wants. Behind the scenes, Reagan is a girl with an anxiety disorder struggling to hold the fraying threads of her life together. It takes work to stay on top, and when that fails, Reagan's learned from her politician mother that a little social espionage never hurts. That is, until the day Reagan finds all of her texts and private messages printed out and taped to every locker in her high school.

Finding herself ostracized from her friends and on the receiving end of the bullying she used to dish out, Reagan won't settle into her new role as social pariah without a fight. Determined to get back in with her friends and reclaim her social status before her mother finds out and sends her to boarding school, Reagan has no choice but to team up with outcast Nolan Letner.

But the closer Reagan gets to Nolan, the more she realizes all of her actions have consequences, and her future might be the biggest casualty of all."

Social Espionage? 

Bullies?

 Cast-aside boys??

YES, PLEASE

 

And now, for the EXCLUSIVE CONTENT you won't find anywhere else,

the one and only Captain Jack Sparrow would like to formally introduce you to this lovely author:

*swoons* I don't know what it is about boys in black eyeliner, but they get me every time...

Ahem. Back to the hunt, Bethany.

Don't forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of signed books by me, Cole Gibsen, and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is 22. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the GOLD 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, the amazing Tera Lynn Childs. And don't forget to tell your friends about the hunt and include #YASH on all your tweets!

 

GOOD LUCK!