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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Book Blitz: Excerpt & Giveaway of Frost Fire by Olivia Rivers




"Frost Fire" is a newly released YA paranormal romance by Olivia Rivers, the first in her Tortured Elements series. Olivia Rivers is a high school student, a literary agent intern, and an obsessive-compulsive reader. She has a slight obsession with Kootenai County in Idaho, and she’s pretty sure life will always be awesome as long as Irish accents exist. She lives with dysautonomia, a chronic medical condition affecting her nervous system. Portions of proceeds from her “Tortured Elements” series go toward supporting youth with dysautonomia.

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Excerpt

Seeing him was like reliving a perfect daydream and her worst nightmare at the same time. She didn’t know how to react. She didn’t know how to even think.
She knew Drake was the guy who’d tried to take her life. But somehow she couldn’t feel the right kind of fear toward him. She didn’t have that gut-wrenching, instinctual terror she’d felt toward Silas. Her fear for Drake was way more confusing, but she was slowly starting to decipher it:
She was afraid of learning the truth. Of finding out whether all those memories of him—of his comforting golden eyes and soft words—were real or not.
The thought threw off her footsteps, and she nearly missed the next step of the staircase. She slammed her foot down to regain balance. Her bad foot, of course. Because wasn’t that just her luck?
Pain ricocheted through her ankle, almost tearing a scream from her. But she held it back, biting her lip and only letting out a tiny whimper. Luke was going to have to look at her ankle and make sure it was only sprained, and not broken.
As if on cue, he appeared at the top of the stairs, his arms crossed and his expression turned down in a scowl. Allai read his expression and swallowed hard to keep her pounding heart in place. How could he have found out about Drake so quickly?
Allai gripped the banister, her nails digging into the smooth varnish. She had to tell him. She had to just blurt everything out and pretend she’d had no intention of keeping Drake’s predicament a secret.
“Allai,” Luke said quietly.
She hobbled up a few more steps and didn’t reply. She just focused on the plush carpet covering the steps, trying to dig her good foot into it to keep from slipping. All she had to do was open her mouth and say some simple words: Drake Rhaize is out by the border. Go catch him. It should have been easy.
But it wasn’t. 

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Author: Olivia Rivers
Publisher: Red Sparrow Press
ISBN: 9780615738369
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance
Length: 1649 KB
Format: ebook

Book Blurb (from author):

“Magic is just like love, Allai. It won’t wait for permission before it destroys you.”



Like sand in an hourglass, Allai’s future is dwindling away. She’s spent her entire life fighting the Mages who threaten humanity, and dreams of someday eradicating magic. But all it takes is an anonymous phone call for the truth to spill out: Allai is the one thing she despises most. 



She’s a Mage. 



Though ancient law mandates Allai’s death, she still has one last chance of survival. His name is Drake Rhaize, and he swears he can lead Allai to a sanctuary for Mages. Allai hasn’t seen Drake in years, but she remembers him as the Demon boy who used to hold her close and softly whisper that he’d keep her safe. But Drake has changed since then: He’s now suspected of murder, and has been out-casted for betraying his own kind. 



While Allai doesn’t trust Drake, she has no choice but to put her life in his hands and hope he can get her to safety. Because Allai’s father has hired a pack of Demons to bring her back to him, dead or alive–and Demons never stop the hunt.  
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Olivia is giving away one (1) ebook copy of Frost Fire. Open internationally. Please read my Giveaway Policy. The giveaway closes Monday December 17th at 11:59PM EST.

To enter, leave a comment below, answering this question: Olivia is donating part of the books profits; what is your favorite charity or organization to support? It can be local, national or global.

7 comments:

  1. Love the cover on this one and the excerpt has me intrigued. Thanks for sharing this one Bea :)

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  2. Thanks for the giveaway. My favourite charity is probably Marie Curie Cancer..

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  3. Thanks for the giveaway. I like to support Children's Hospitals.

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  4. I love the cover on this, and the excerpt was awesome...

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  5. My favorite is Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Thanks for offering the giveaway!

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  6. I support THE RED CROSS. They do amazing work world wide.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  7. I support the Salvation Army.

    bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com

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