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Eep! I have more SISTERS FATE news! I got to see the full jacket today and it is SO SO GORGEOUS, continuing those fiery sunset colors. I love it. I can’t share that quiiite yet, but I CAN share the jacket copy: WARNINGWARNINGWARNING THIS CONTAINS MULTIPLE STAR CURSED SPOILERS. DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ STAR CURSED.  * * * A fever ravages New London, but with the Brotherhood sending suspected witches straight to the gallows, the Sisters are powerless against the disease. They can’t help without revealing their powers—as Cate learns when a potent display of magic turns her into the most wanted witch in all of New England.  To make matters worse, Cate has been erased from the memory of her beloved Finn. While she’s torn between protecting him from further attacks and encouraging him to fall for her all over again, she’s certain she can... Read More

​EEP! I am crazy excited to reveal the title AND cover for Book 3 in the Cahill Witch Chronicles today! Ready? Meet SISTERS’ FATE! What do you think??? It’s my favorite since the original BORN WICKED hardback, which has an enduring place in my heart since it was the first book I saw all book-shaped with my name on it. I love that we get to see all three sisters, but only Cate is looking at us – and with such a fierce expression! She looks kind of pissed off, which – well, if you’ve read the end of STAR CURSED, she’s got every right to be, and keeping control of her temper is something our girl struggles with in SISTERS’ FATE. I also, on a shallow note, love their pretty pretty hair. And I love that fiery sunset sky. Fire is a bit of a recurring danger in this... Read More

One of my awesome critique partners, Andrea Colt, just published her second book last week! And I’m today’s stop on the WAVECROSSED blog tour! They say: A young-adult paranormal novel about selkies, tasers, kissing and secrets. To Cassandra Kelleher, trust is a dirty word. A teenage selkie who grew up on land, all she wants is to free her family from the man who stole their sealskins long ago. With her twin brother Brennan losing hope and her window of opportunity disappearing like the beach at high tide, she’ll try anything. Before long, however, Cassandra can’t tell whether her biggest threat is the man holding her family captive, a classmate who’s discovered her secret, or her own paranoia. Battling broken friendships and alarming romantic entanglements, Cassandra finds that trust could be the key to winning her family’s freedom … or losing her own. I say: I had so much fun reading... Read More

When I first started writing YA back in 2007, one of the first books I read was Richelle Mead’s VAMPIRE ACADEMY. I’m a huge fan of the whole series, and I’m super excited about the movie! One of the reasons I queried Awesome Agent Jim was because he represented Richelle and several other authors whose work I loved. Anyway, I read Richelle’s blog regularly and I loved seeing all the awesome covers for foreign editions of her book. Someday, I thought, in a daydreamy sort of way. Wouldn’t that be amazing? I wrote “have a shelf of foreign editions” on my first “authorly dreams” list. Last night I stumbled on the cover for the Japanese edition of BORN WICKED on Tumblr and I had a total Is this my actual life?! moment. I am so crazy grateful to Penguin’s foreign rights department and to publishers in other countries who are taking  a chance... Read More

Hi! Today we’re celebrating the release of Renee Collins’s RELIC. They say:   After a raging fire consumes her town and kills her parents, Maggie Davis is on her own to protect her younger sister and survive the best she can in the Colorado town of Burning Mesa. In Maggie’s world, the bones of long-extinct magical creatures such as dragons and sirens are mined and traded for their residual magical elements, and harnessing these relics’ powers allows the user to wield fire, turn invisible, or heal even the worst of injuries. Working in a local saloon, Maggie befriends the spirited showgirl Adelaide and falls for the roguish cowboy Landon. But when she proves to have a particular skill at harnessing the relics’ powers, Maggie is whisked away to the glamorous hacienda of Álvar Castilla, the wealthy young relic baron who runs Burning Mesa. Though his intentions aren’t always clear, Álvar trains... Read More