8/5/12 – The YA Scavenger Hunt has come to a close, so it’s time to remove the sneak peak at Kristi Cook’s third book in the Winterhaven series (it was soooo good). If you haven’t started this series yet…do so. And if you have, then trust me, it looks like book 3 is going to be amazing.
It was an honor hosting Kristi and I absolutely adored meeting so many of you through this event! Thanks so much for participating in my Swag Contest =)
Winners of the 3 Super Sweet Swag Packs will be chosen tomorrow and posted both here and on the official YASH site Tuesday morning. Thanks for entering and Good Luck!
Welcome to the 4th YA Scavenger Hunt!
I’m Rachel Harris and I write fiction. My books are sometimes funny, other times angsty, some have magic, and others have ghosts, but one thing you can always count on is romance. Along with hanging out and talking with my imaginary friends…uh, I mean characters…I love reading. It’s an obsession really. So this event is so up my alley.
On this hunt (first organized by the amazing author Colleen Houck) you not only gain access to awesome, exclusive content from your favorite YA authors…but you also get a chance to win some amazing prizes!!
Each post along the way will contain a secret number. Add these numbers up to enter for a chance to win a major prize–and I mean major. One lucky winner will receive at least one signed book from each author on the hunt in my team! And people, let me tell you… The RED TEAM is awesome!
But be sure to play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online until noon PST on Sunday August 5th!
You can start right here or you can also go to the YA Scavenger Hunt homepage to find out
all about the hunt. There are TWO contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or both! I am a part of the RED TEAM–but there is also a blue team and if you do the blue hunt you’ll have a chance to win a 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.
And now that all the technical stuff is out of the way, we can get to the goods!! For my stop on this hunt, I’m super excited to be hosting YA author Kristi Cook!!
Y’all, Kristi is my kind of girl. Not only do we both love writing about the high school experience, but Kristi’s also a voracious reader who can often be found online talking about books…well, when she isn’t writing or reading one that is (*grin*).
The first two books in her Winterhaven series, HAVEN and MIRAGE, are available now from Simon Pulse, and they sound so good! The series is set at the fictional Winterhaven School in New York’s Hudson Valley, a school that’s, well….not like other schools. Think X-Men meets Twilight. (Does that description not totally kill? I’m telling ya, I so need to read these books!!) The third and last book in the series will be released sometime in 2013.
To find out more about Kristi, head over to her fantabulous website, and to add MIRAGE to your I-Must-Buy-This-Book-Now list, here’s a handy-dandy link to Barnes and Noble!
Here’s the intel on the latest in her series, MIRAGE:
“Danger looms large in the sequel to Haven, which Booklist called “a blend of the Gemma Doyle trilogy, the Twilight saga, and Lois Duncan’s thrillers.”
Violet McKenna is back for her senior year at Winterhaven and thrilled to be with Aidan after a long summer apart. But while their love for each other is as strong as ever, their troubles are far from over.
News of a rogue vampire on a killing spree sets everyone on edge. While Aidan is determined to stop the killer, Violet is chilled by a horrifying vision she simply must prevent…for if she can’t, two people she loves will meet a violent end.
** Sadly, I had to remove Kristi’s uber awesome exclusive content (a special sneak-peek at the still-untitled third/final book in the Winterhaven Series coming Fall 2013) once the contest ended, but trust me, y’all….you want to get this book! **
This is what I adore about this Hunt…the exposure to amazing authors and books I somehow missed and will now be hunting (see, I totally crack myself up) at my local bookstore.
Another especially cool thing about thehunt is the CONTEST! The chance to win a ton of signed books by me, Kristi Cook, and more!
To enter, you need to know my favorite number…a number that just happens to be in my debut title, My Super Sweet SIXTEENTH Century. (And just in case that wasn’t clear–HA!–my favorite number is 16)
Then add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the RED TEAM and you’ll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize!
But Before You Head to Your Next Stop…
A Chance To WIN A SUPER SWEET Swag Pack
To thank everyone for visiting my bloggy home, I’d like to invite you to enter my bonus contest exclusively for the YA Scavenger Hunt.
*Three* Super Sweet Swag packs are up for grabs, filled with goodies from MY SUPER SWEET SIXTEENTH CENTURY (hitting shelves September 11th). This pack will include bookmarks, tattoos, bracelets, Unmask Your Inner Flirt pens, and trading cards featuring both my spunky main character Cat Crawford, and my Renaissance hottie Lorenzo Capelli.
To be eligible to win, simply leave a comment on this post. And to earn extra entries, do any of the following (just let me know in the comments). One extra entry per action:
- Follow me on Twitter (my real home away from home)
- Like my Facebook Author Page
- Friend me on Goodreads
- Add any of my books to your to-read shelves on Goodreads (I have three–My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century, A Tale of Two Centuries, and Rearview Mirror–so one entry per book added)
- Sign up for my Newsletter (see sidebar)
Have Fun, Y’all!
