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Hi! Happy Valentine’s Day, readers! I am a big fan of celebrating all the people in your life that you love – romantically or otherwise. I am also a big fan of sweets and the color pink and getting fun mail, so I am in favor of this holiday. I sent cutesy Disney valentines to my best friends and hid a few for The Playwright around the house before I left for tour, and (shhh) I’m planning to give some to the other Breathless Reads girls tomorrow too…And in my heart of hearts, all my readers are my valentines too! Xoxoxo! Anyway – today we’re also celebrating the release of C.J. Flood’s INFINITE SKY. They say: A truly beautiful book about the summer that changed one girl’s life, as her mum leaves home, travellers set up camp in the family’s field, her older brother goes off the rails, and she falls in... Read More

Hi! Even if you can’t make it to one of the Breathless Reads tour stops, you can follow along with my UK blog tour and gets lots of behind-the-scenes info on BORN WICKED and my writing process! Here’s where I’ve been this week: Narratively Speaking shares the first chapter and is giving away THREE copies of BORN WICKED Bookaholics and friends talk covers – debating the US hardcover vs the UK cover (very similar to the US paperback) Book Passion for Life gives BORN WICKED 4/5 violets (I think they’re violets? Cate would totally know!) in her review and shares a Q&A with me Fiction Fascination asks me to describe my main characters, so I give 3 adjectives + a noun for Cate, Maura, Tess, Finn, Paul, Mr. Cahill, Mrs. Corbett, Brother Ishida, Elena, Sachi, Rory, and Brenna (I am kind of obsessed with this game) Stepping Out of the Page shares 5 songs from... Read More

The Breathless Reads tour kicks off next week and I’m so excited! I’ll be on the East Coast leg, featuring: Fiona Paul (VENOM) Beth Revis (SHADES OF EARTH) Morgan Rhodes (pen name for Michelle Rowen) (FALLING KINGDOMS) Elizabeth Richards (BLACK CITY) Jess Spotswood (BORN WICKED) Lili Peloquin (THE INNOCENTS) (NYC only) There have been a couple of venue/time changes. Most notably, the Boston stop at Wellesley books on Sunday has been cancelled due to the Snowpocalypse. I’m sorry to miss out on Boston – it’s one of my favorite cities! – but it seems like travel would have been impossible. If you pre-ordered books, though, never fear – it sounds like the bookstore & Penguin are going to try to get them to us for signing. This is our updated schedule: Mon, Feb 11: Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC at 7pm Tues, Feb 12: Fiction Addiction in Greenville, SC at 6:30pm Wed, Feb... Read More

Today, BORN WICKED comes out in the UK! It’s also the one-year anniversary of its US publication. A year ago, I was bouncing with excitement and nerves as I went to visit my book on shelves for the first time. It was a dream come true. I am so grateful I get to share Cate and Finn and her sisters with you. Thank you. To those of you who’ve emailed or tweeted or sent me a Facebook message to tell me how much you loved it. To those who’ve bought the book. To those who’ve borrowed it from your local library. To anyone who’s read it. To those who’ve faced it out in the bookstore, or talked about it to bookseller or librarian friends. To the booksellers and librarians  and teachers who’ve recommended it. To anyone who’s recommended it to a friend. To those who’ve shared it on Facebook or... Read More

Hi! Today we’re celebrating the release of Miriam Forster’s CITY OF A THOUSAND DOLLS! They say: An exotic treat set in an entirely original, fantastical world brimming with deadly mystery, forbidden romance, and heart-stopping adventure. Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a child. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. Nisha makes her way as Matron’s assistant, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city’s handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die. Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls’ deaths. But by getting involved, Nisha... Read More