Welcome to the YA Scavenger Hunt! What is that? It's basically a HUGE blog hop. You enter giveaways and collect clues for the grand prize. But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 120 hours!
Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are SEVEN contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the PURPLE TEAM!
Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are SEVEN contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the PURPLE TEAM!
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 purple 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.
THE GRAND PRIZE FOR TEAM PURPLE IS ALL OF THESE BOOKS!
SCAVENGER HUNT POST
Today, I am hosting Lea Nolan on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt!
Lea Nolan is a USA Today bestselling author who writes books for young adults featuring bright heroines, crazy-hot heroes, diabolical plot twists, plus a dose of magic, a draft of romance, and a sprinkle of history. She also pens smart, witty contemporary stories for adults filled with head-swooning, heart-throbbing, sweep-you-off your feet romance.
Born and raised on Long Island, New York, she loves the water far too much to live inland. With her heroically supportive husband and three clever children, she resides in Maryland where she scarfs down crab cakes and bakes ugly birthday cakes.
Lea Nolan is a USA Today bestselling author who writes books for young adults featuring bright heroines, crazy-hot heroes, diabolical plot twists, plus a dose of magic, a draft of romance, and a sprinkle of history. She also pens smart, witty contemporary stories for adults filled with head-swooning, heart-throbbing, sweep-you-off your feet romance.
Born and raised on Long Island, New York, she loves the water far too much to live inland. With her heroically supportive husband and three clever children, she resides in Maryland where she scarfs down crab cakes and bakes ugly birthday cakes.
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
Emma Guthrie expects this summer to be like any other in the South Carolina Lowcountry--hot and steamy with plenty of beach time alongside her best friend and secret crush, Cooper Beaumont, and Emma’s ever-present twin brother, Jack. But then a mysterious eighteenth-century message in a bottle surfaces, revealing a hidden pirate bounty. Lured by the adventure, the trio discovers the treasure and unwittingly unleashes an ancient Gullah curse that attacks Jack with the wicked flesh-eating Creep and promises to steal Cooper’s soul on his approaching sixteenth birthday.
When a strange girl appears, bent on revenge; demon dogs become a threat; and Jack turns into a walking skeleton; Emma has no choice but to learn hoodoo magic to undo the hex, all before summer—and her friends--are lost forever.
~*An Excerpt From CONJURE*
I
sprinkle the powder over the glowing chips. The herb mixture ignites as it hits
the hot charcoal, spitting and crackling like tiny beads of gunpowder. A cloud
of gray-green smoke billows up from the center of the pan.
The sky
darkens as the clouds shift and converge, blocking out the sun.
Miss
Delia thrusts Jack’s baseball cap at me. “Quick, fish out your brother’s hair
and add it to the pan.”
I tug the
jet-black strand from the inside of the brim. It’s straight and coarse, almost
like a strand of wire, and way thicker than mine. Definitely Jack’s. As I toss
it onto the coals, Miss Delia grasps my hand and chants, “As dawn breaks night,
and heat melts ice, turn back this curse and restore Jack’s life.”
A blast
of wind barrels across the backyard, whipping the rear of the house and
rattling the windows. A ghostly moan surrounds the bottle tree.
A flash
bursts in the pan, and a fireball leaps into the air, blowing the powdered
mixture all over the kitchen and us. A split second later, the flames collapse
on themselves, retracting back into the pan with a loud sucking sound that
smothers all the heat. Even the charcoal has stopped glowing.
Miss
Delia starts, then leans toward the quiet pan, holding her hand above the coals
that blazed just a second ago. Her eyes are fixed in stunned confusion. I lift
my hand and hold it next to hers.
There’s
no residual heat. It’s completely cool. Miss Delia pokes a tentative finger at
a charcoal chip. It disintegrates into a heap of ash.
Suddenly
a loud and ferocious bark booms from outside Miss Delia’s kitchen window. Deep
and gravelly, it’s almost more of a roar than a bark. The yowl repeats, brutal
in its persistence, filling
my
stomach with dread. I spring off my stool and race to the window to see what’s
outside.
A giant black
dog with long, glossy fur and electric yellow eyes stands in the middle of Miss
Delia’s herb garden, howling its enormous head off. It’s at least as big as a
pony, but I’m sure it’s a
dog.
Some kind
of crazy-eyed, half-Newfoundland, half-Doberman beast.
And don't forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, Lea Nolan, and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is 31. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the purple team and you'll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!
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CONTINUE THE HUNT
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How fun! And Lea's books sound very interesting.
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