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Sunday, September 27, 2020

RELEASE BLITZ - YA FANTASY - STEALING EMBERS (Fallen Legacies, #1) by Julie Hall

STEALING EMBERS by Julie Hall is available now

This blitz also includes a giveaway for a $10 Amazon GC, International and a finished copy of the book, US Only, courtesy of Julie and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post.

 


STEALING EMBERS
Fallen Legacies, #1

by Julie Hall

Publication Date: September 22nd 2020

Publisher: Julie Hall

Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook

Pages: 449


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BLURB

A realm of monsters. A world of lies. She belongs to both.

 

My name is Emberly, and everything I’ve ever been told is a lie.

 

Monsters don’t exist. Wrong.

The nightmarish spectrum world is just my imagination. Wrong.

In a few months, I’ll finally be free. Wrong.

 

It takes being dragged to a secret training academy in the mountains to unravel the truth. My captors--an elite race of angel-born warriors called Nephilim.

 

The deadliest of them all is an arrogant shape shifter, Steel. He’s gorgeous, lethal, hot-headed . . . and convinced I’ll be the death of them all.

 

Maybe he’s right. As soon as I show up, the monsters that have haunted me my entire life breach the academy walls. My only hope of saving my new friends is learning how to control my powers, but when a stunning betrayal hurts someone I care about, I have an impossible choice.

 

Stay and fight for a place to belong . . . or decide once and for all that I’m better off alone.

 

Enter the spectrum world, a realm in-between worlds where shadow beasts draw blood, reality is a maze of twisted lights and sounds, and life goals are whittled down to just one: survive.

 

Fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Cassandra Clare will love this Crescent City meets Crave mash up!

 

Exclusive Excerpt

“He was knocked unconscious for a while.”

Steel’s narrowed gaze snaps toward me with a clear warning.

“What?” I shrug, “It’s the truth. Get over yourself already. You’re not invincible.”

He scoffs at me. “I’m about as close to it as you’ll ever see.”

“Conceited much?”

“It’s not conceit if it’s true.” He throws open his arms. “This is just me stating facts.”

I bare my teeth. I’m too far past annoyed for a simple eye roll.

“Yeah, you’re not God’s gift to mankind.”

“In fact, that’s exactly what I am.” With a smarmy smile he adds, “Womankind as well.”

“You disgust me.”

“I highly doubt that’s the emotion you feel when you think of me.”

“Guys?” I barely register Greyson’s voice past the blood pounding in my ears.

“How would you know anything about how I feel?” I don’t even attempt to conceal the venom in my voice. Instead I shoot the words at him like bullets.

Steel returns my lob with slitted eyes. “How could I not know everything? You wear your emotions like an open bottle of cheap perfume. I couldn’t escape the fumes if I wanted to.”

“At least I have emotions,” I spit at him. “You sure you have a beating heart in that chest?” I can’t stop the purge now. “Nothing gets through that hardened shell, does it? And if anyone gets close, you shove them away. Shove—ha, that’s too mild of a word. It’s more like you punch and kick them until they run screaming in the other direction. But who cares if you hurt someone, right? As long as you can stay protected on your island of one, the ends justify the means. What was it exactly that turned you into an emotional zombie?”





Author Info

Julie Hall is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author of young adult fantasy fiction. 

Before writing her first novel Julie worked as a film publicist and rubbed elbows with the rich and famous . . . as in she would gently nudge them to let them know their meal had arrived during press interviews.

She now spends most of her "office hours" with her two furry writing buddies, Bear and Coco. Her daughter thinks that mommy's superpower is “sleeping all day,” but that’s because she’s often awake until the wee hours of the morning weaving tales of adventure in worlds of her own creation. When asked in an interview what she wanted to be when she grew up, she’s quoted to have answered, “to never have to grow up.” 

She currently lives in Portland, Oregon with her four favorite people--her husband, daughter, and two 
fur babies (because dogs are people too).  

Connect with Julie here, or on social media.  



Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a $10 Amazon GC, International.

1 winner will win a finished copy of STELING EMBERS, US Only.

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Friday, July 31, 2020

COVER REVEAL - YA URBAN FANTASY - STEALING EMBERS (Fallen Legacies, #1) by Julie Hall


Today Julie Hall and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover and an exclusive excerpt for STEALING EMBERS, book 1 in her brand-new YA Urban Fantasy, Fallen legacies series, which releases September 22, 2020! Check out the gorgeous cover and enter to win a $10 Amazon Gift card!


STEALING EMBERS 
Fallen Legacies, #1
Julie Hall
Pub. Date: September 22nd 2020
Publisher: Julie Hall
Formats: Paperback, eBook

Find it:  Goodreads, Amazon

A realm of monsters. A world of lies. She belongs to both.

My name is Emberly, and everything I’ve ever been told is a lie.

Monsters don’t exist. Wrong.
The nightmarish spectrum world is just my imagination. Wrong.
In a few months, I’ll finally be free. Wrong.

It takes being dragged to a secret training academy in the mountains to unravel the truth. My captors--an elite race of angel-born warriors called Nephilim.

The deadliest of them all is an arrogant shape shifter, Steel. He’s gorgeous, lethal, hot-headed . . . and convinced I’ll be the death of them all.

Maybe he’s right. As soon as I show up, the monsters that have haunted me my entire life breach the academy walls. My only hope of saving my new friends is learning how to control my powers, but when a stunning betrayal hurts someone I care about, I have an impossible choice.

Stay and fight for a place to belong . . . or decide once and for all that I’m better off alone.

Enter the spectrum world, a realm in-between worlds where shadow beasts draw blood, reality is a maze of twisted lights and sounds, and life goals are whittled down to just one: survive.

Fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Cassandra Clare will love this Crescent City meets Crave mash up!

Exclusive Excerpt
Steel takes a determined step toward me. His hair is ruffled, his clothes covered in dirt and wet from the ice and snow, his hands balled into fists. Even without a weapon, he’s a fierce sight to behold. With golden light kissing his features, he reminds me of a modern-day Apollo, dressed in a Henley and dark washed jeans.
“It’s you.” His whispered words full of awe and float to me on a rippling band of light.
I begin to ask what he means, but I catch a sliver of movement to my left and turn my head in time to see both Forsaken disappear around the bend of the building.
Instinct says to follow them, but when I take a step in their direction I’m thwarted by a six-foot-five, raven-haired angel-born.
“They’re going to—” My words die a quick death on my tongue when Steel’s hand brushes a tangle of hair away from my cheek. The small contact causes a tremor to work its way through his body.
He closes his eyes and steps into me.
I retreat a step.
“Finally,” he breathes, dipping his head to gently rub the tip of his nose up the column of my neck before his lips just barely brush my earlobe.
It’s my turn to shiver.
What is he doing? my mind screams. And do I care? it whispers as an afterthought.
Shaking my head out of a confused fog, I take another shaky step back.
Yes, I do care. The boy must have hit his head harder than I thought.
“Listen, Steel, we don’t have time for this. You’re not yourself right now.”
I bring my hands up to push him back. He’s invading my space—big time.
When I reach forward to give him a shove, he grabs hold of my wrists and uses my momentum to bring me closer.
The guy has moves, that’s for sure.
One look in his eyes and I can tell he’s not all there. His lids are lowered to half-mast and his gaze sweeps lazily over my features.
 Steel takes a step forward, forcing my capitulation until he’s maneuvered me against the rough bricks. A foreign sensation zips along my spine, as if something heavy is fused to each vertebrae, weighing me down. I don’t have a chance to investigate because Steel’s head is dipping again and I have nowhere to move within the cage of his body.
I freeze, wholly unprepared for the situation. That gives Steel the perfect opportunity to dive in and take what he wants.



Author Info

Julie Hall is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author of young adult fantasy fiction. 

Before writing her first novel Julie worked as a film publicist and rubbed elbows with the rich and famous . . . as in she would gently nudge them to let them know their meal had arrived during press interviews.

She now spends most of her "office hours" with her two furry writing buddies, Bear and Coco. Her daughter thinks that mommy's superpower is “sleeping all day,” but that’s because she’s often awake until the wee hours of the morning weaving tales of adventure in worlds of her own creation. When asked in an interview what she wanted to be when she grew up, she’s quoted to have answered, “to never have to grow up.”

She currently lives in Portland, Oregon with her four favorite people--her husband, daughter, and two 
fur babies (because dogs are people too).  
Connect with Julie here, or on social media.


Giveaway Details:
1 winner will receive a $10 Amazon GC, International.