Trick or Treat Blog Hop

Hello book lover! If you're reading this, you're probably on the hunt for the grand prize in the Trick or Treat Blog Hop -- OR you've stumbled across this and can now start the hunt!

Tricks can be fun, be TREATS are way better. And this contest gives you a chance to win a ton of treats in the form of signed books, ebooks, candy, book swag and more from 13 authors!! We know...it's kind of SPOOK-TACULAR!

So how do you snag the loot? It's simple, and you don't even have to dress up and walk in the cold door to door to get the goodies.

Visit each of the THIRTEEN participating author websites. You will find the name of the candy/treat they are giving away, as well as what BOOK they are offering as part of the PRIZE PACK!  Be sure to write down the name of the treat, you'll need it later. 

Each author will provide a link to another author website on the hunt. (We are making it nice and easy so you don't get lost in the dark) =)

Have fun reading all about the books each author is giving away in the prize pack, plus any other tricks and treats the authors may have in store for you.

When you have collected the names of all 13 author "TREATS", head on over to complete the Trick or Treat Hunt Page Google Forms doc and enter the correct treat next to the corresponding author name.  Follow this link to the Google Form  http://bit.ly/2eg4uyo 

You can enter for BONUS chances to win via the Rafflecopter found on each author's website, by doing things like following them on Twitter or following their Goodreads page, or tweeting about the Hunt!

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So WHAT WILL YOU WIN??

A creepy-awesome black canvas tote bag with a cool skull filled with each of the books noted below as well as bookmarks and other great book swag. You will also win all of the treats that the author's list on their pages PLUS a bunch of other candy treats all in a black plastic cauldron. You'll even get the cute little plastic skulls shown in the prize photo.

LIST OF PARTICIPATING AUTHORS and their AWESOME BOOKS!

Amy McNulty - Nobodys Goddess (advanced paperback)
Kiran Oliver - DAYBREAK RISING (ebook)
Dorothy Dreyer - SCARE ME TO SLEEP (Kindle ebook)

Jodie Andrefski - THE SOCIETY (signed paperback)

Julia Ember - UNICORN TRACKS (paperback)

Julie Reece - THE ARTISANS (signed paperback)

Nina Rossing - FJORD BLUE (signed paperback)

Pat Edsen - BEYOND YOUR TOUCH (signed paperback)

Pintip Dunn - FORGET TOMORROW (signed paperback)

S.A.Larsen - MOTLEY EDUCATION (signed paperback)

Suzanne van Rooyen - OBSCURA BURNING (Releases 11/10 ebook)
Vanessa Barneveld - THIS IS YOUR AFTERLIFE (Kindle ebook)

Vicki Weavil - FACSIMILE (signed paperback)

The contest runs from Friday October 28th, 2016 through Midnight, October 31st, 2016(EST)

Winner will be announced November 1st.

Contest is US only. Thank you for your understanding.

Good luck to everyone who enters, and have a spooky good time playing!

And now, for my treat. This is an excerpt from THE FIRST MOURNING, a short horror story from the newly released Kindle category bestseller SCARE ME TO SLEEP anthology which is available here.

For your next stop on the hop, click here to visit author Julia Ember's Blog HERE. Good luck on the hop!

About Scare Me to Sleep

Eleven bestselling and award winning authors bring you eleven short stories to creep you out. Stories to keep you guessing with their psychological torment and some that have just enough blood to make you keep the lights on at night. The best part is 100% of the proceeds will go to, Reach Out and Read http://www.reachoutandread.org/

Out now for Kindle, soon to be released in print.

#YASH #TeamBlue Dorothy Dreyer hosts Trisha Leaver

This is Dorothy Dreyer's YASH post for TEAM BLUE.

If you're looking for Elizabeth Holloway's post for TEAM GREEN, click here!

It's live! It's live!

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! 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 EIGHT contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the BLUE TEAM--but there is also a RED, GOLD, GREEN, ORANGE, TEAL, PURPLE, and PINK team for 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 page.

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE

Directions: Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the blue team, and then add them up (don't worry, you can use a calculator!).

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 April 5th, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

SCAVENGER HUNT POST

Today, I am hosting Trisha Leaver on my blog for the YA Scavenger Hunt! Trisha Leaver lives on Cape Cod with her husband, three children, and one rather excitable black lab. It might just be a rumor, but I heard she keeps 9 alligators in a pond in her back yard. She is a chronic daydreamer who prefers the cozy confines of her own imagination to the mundane routine of everyday life. Trisha writes Young Adult Contemporary, Psychological Horror and Science fiction. She is published with FSG/ Macmillan, Flux/Llewellyn, and Merit Press.

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

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT

Trisha is sharing a deleted scene from her book, THE SECRETS WE KEEP. First, a little about the book.

"A girl takes over her twin sister's identity in this emotionally charged page-turner about the complicated bond between sisters."

Ella and Maddy Lawton are identical twins. Ella has spent her high school years living in popular Maddy's shadows, but she has never been envious of Maddy. In fact, she's chosen the quiet, safe confines of her sketchbook over the constant battle for attention that has defined Maddy's world.

When--after a heated argument--Maddy and Ella get into a tragic accident that leaves her sister dead, Ella wakes up in the hospital surrounded by loved ones who believe she is Maddy. Feeling responsible for Maddy's death and everyone's grief, Ella makes a split-second decision to pretend to be Maddy. Soon, Ella realizes that Maddy's life was full of secrets. Caught in a web of lies, Ella is faced with two options--confess her deception or live her sister's life.

I don't know about you, but I'm dying to read this! And now, the deleted scene from THE SECRETS WE KEEP.

November 3rd

5:19pm

I stare at my wrist, clean and pale from spending weeks in a cast. No more bangles or Pandora bracelets. I even took the time to scrub off the nail polish I’d paid twelve bucks for two days ago. I didn’t want any remnants of Maddy around me when I did this.

The only thing I’ve left on, besides this damn waterproof mascara, is a poor replica of the friendship bracelet Josh gave me a few years ago. I tried for hours to re-create it, weave the strings into just the right pattern. It didn’t look anything like the original one they’d cut off at the hospital, but it was as close as I could get. I needed it on, a reminder of the once constant connection to who I really was . . . who he was to me.

In all of this, he is my only regret. Josh and Josh alone.

November 3rd

5:33pm

I open my eyes, the pain lancing through body pulling me back to consciousness. They lied. This isn’t painless. I’m not slipping peacefully into the darkness. I’m stuck here in searing pain, begging for this to end.

The world around me is swimming. My mind is fuzzy and full of static like a TV tuned to an in-between channel. My thoughts are there, but they are scattered and fleeting, escaping me before I can grasp and finish them.

I hold my breath and sink below the water, hoping that maybe I’ll drown. The water is seeping into my nose, the rusty taste of blood filling my senses. Instinct takes over, forcing me to come up for air. Why can’t it be easier? Why can’t I just let go?

The pain is constant, like a slow torturous reminder of what I’d done. I want to give into to it, to let it take me under, but I can’t. Some part of me is still holding on.

CONTINUE THE HUNT

To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author, GWENDA BOND! 

And for a little extra something, you can enter the Rafflecopter below to win paperback copies of MY SISTER'S REAPER and MY TETHERED SOUL, the first two books in the Reaper's Rite series by yours truly!

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