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September 16, 2021

Upcoming Events for The Splendor

One More Page Books: Tuesday, September 28th at 7pm ET

Register for the event here: https://www.onemorepagebooks.com/event/breeana-shields-conversation-lizzy-mason

Mysterious Galaxy: Friday, October 1st at 10 pm EST, 7pm PT

Register for the event here: Virtual Event – Sonia Hartl and Breeana Shields in Conversation – Crowdcast

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Published on September 16, 2021 09:20

August 30, 2021

The Splendor Pre-order Gift and Giveaway

Pre-order Gift

To show my appreciation to every reader who pre-orders THE SPLENDOR, I’m giving away a signed bookplate, a postcard, and a bookmark.

To receive your gift, please provide your address and proof of purchase via this link. The last day to submit a pre-order receipt is 9/27/21.

Additionally, all preorders are automatically entered for a grand prize giveaway perfect for a luxury hotel stay. Scroll down for details.

Grand Prize Giveaway

All U.S. preorders are automatically entered for a grand prize giveaway: a deluxe hotel luxury kit that includes a gold silk pillowcase, a cozy bathrobe, a 17 ounce Bahamas Gold stainless steel water bottle, a cinnamon spice scented candle, and a box of Godiva chocolates. (Due to shipping costs, the grand prize is open to U.S. preorders only).

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Published on August 30, 2021 09:25

September 29, 2020

YA Scavenger Hunt–Fall 2020





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! On 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 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 120 hours!





You are currently hunting on





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Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are THREE contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the PURPLE TEAM, but there is also a RED team and a BLUE team with the chance to win a whole different set of 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





Looking for exclusive bonus content? You’ll have to keep searching! Look for three things as you read: 1) a secret number I’ve hidden somewhere in this post. Hint: the secret number is highlighted in purple. 2) Exclusive content from the author I’m hosting and 3) a BONUS giveaway that you can only enter here.





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.
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 SUNDAY, October 4th at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.






FEATURED AUTHOR





Today, I am hosting Tera Lynn Childs on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt! 





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Tera Lynn Childs is the award-winning young adult author of the mythology-based Oh. My. Gods. series, the Forgive My Fins mermaid romance series, the kick-butt monster-hunting Sweet Venom trilogy, and the Darkly Fae series. She also wrote the City Chicks sweet chick lit romance series and co-wrote the Hero Agenda and Creative HeArts series. Tera currently parks her laptop in Las Vegas and spends her time writing wherever she can find a comfy chair and a steady stream of caffeinated beverages.





Find out more information by checking out Tera’s website or find more about her book here









Featured Book:





Check out Tera’s book WHAT CORAL WANTS





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Fake dating her real crush. What could go wrong?

What straight-A student and all-around good mergirl Coral Ballenato wants is to forget her longtime crush on her best friend’s older brother. Four years of pining from not-so-afar is more than enough. Moving on should be easy now that he’s swum off to college.

Until Zak Marlin comes home for a charity event, newly-single and begging her to be his pretend girlfriend for the week.

She should say no…but surely she can handle playing the role of Zak’s sweetheart. After all, she’s been dreaming about it for years. She just has to make sure her heart is braced for the inevitable end.

But when every minute they spend together makes her fall deeper and deeper for the merguy she’s always loved, how will Coral ever be able to move on when the week is over?





Doesn’t that sound fun–maybe like something you’d want to read 23 times?





BONUS CONTENT:





Tera has provided an exclusive Mini Mermaid Coloring Book. Click the image below to access it!





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Now that you know my secret number, don’t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, Tera Lynn Childs, and more!





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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But before you leave, don’t forget to enter my BONUS GIVEAWAY for the chance to win a $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Card.





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Click HERE to enter.





CONTINUE THE HUNT To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author, AMALIE HOWARD!

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Published on September 29, 2020 10:14

May 26, 2020

Virtual Book Launch for THE BONE THIEF

Purchase Links for THE BONE THIEF:





Bookshop





IndieBound





Barnes & Noble





Amazon





Order a signed bookplate HERE

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Published on May 26, 2020 10:08

May 4, 2020

The Bone Thief Book Launch is Going Virtual

Dear Readers,





I hoped to be able to travel to see all of you in person for the launch of THE BONE THIEF, but unfortunately all of my events have been cancelled due to the ongoing corona virus pandemic. However, the book is still releasing on May 26th, and my publisher and I have a plan to get signed copies to all my readers.





So, here’s how it works: order THE BONE THIEF from any retailer and then go HERE to fill out your order form.





I will send you a beautifully designed bookplate made especially by the cover designer of THE BONE THIEF and signed by yours truly. It is gorgeous, coordinates beautifully with the book, and has an adhesive back so it can be placed inside the front cover.





Bookplates are available for THE BONE CHARMER too (just indicate you’d like both in the notes section of the form). Here’s a photo of what both bookplates look like:





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I will be doing a virtual interview with a bookstore close to the release date. Keep an eye on social media for details! Also, check back here on May 26th for a special video message.





Launching a book in such uncertain times and without the ability to travel is tricky, so I appreciate your support more than you know!





Below are some order links for your convenience. But, keep in mind, you aren’t limited to these! Any retailer is great and I always encourage support for your local independent bookstore. Many of them offer free curbside pickup or delivery. Happy reading!





Bookshop





IndieBound





Barnes & Noble





Amazon





xo,





Breeana

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Published on May 04, 2020 16:25

March 30, 2020

YA Scavenger Hunt–Spring 2020

Welcome to the Spring 2020 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! On 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 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 120 hours!





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Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are FOUR contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the GOLD TEAM–but there is also a red team, a blue team, and a purple team, each with a chance to win a whole different set of 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.





You are currently hunting on TEAM GOLD





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Looking for exclusive bonus content? You’ll have to keep searching! Look for three things as you read: 1) a secret number I’ve hidden somewhere in this post. 2) Exclusive content from the author I’m hosting and 3) a BONUS giveaway that you can only enter here.





SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE RULES





Directions: Below, you’ll notice that I’ve hidden 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 SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.    





Now on to the fun stuff….              





Today, I’m super excited to be hosting Misty Hayes on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt!     





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ABOUT MISTY





Misty Hayes is a young adult author of a pulse pounding paranormal trilogy called The Blood Dagger series. She always had a thing for escaping headfirst into fantastical books, and this is what led her to start writing her own adventures down. As someone who has spent a long career in law enforcement, Misty has a love for strong female protagonists who are full of wit and snark.





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ABOUT THE BOOK





When Larna Collins finds her father’s journal hidden away under the floor, it leads her to a small village in England — inhabited by vampires and full of deadly secrets…





Larna has never understood why her dad skipped out on her and her mother when she was twelve years old. Until then, he was a devoted and loving father. But six years later, during a renovation of her childhood home, she unearths her father’s journal from under a floorboard. According to his final entry before he left, he had recently visited a small parish in England. The entries drew her to this quaint village, which Larna discovers isn’t as charming as its blood-craving inhabitants want her to believe, and she learns that she isn’t the only one trying to track her father down.





Could this explain her father’s disappearance? Or was placing her in the center of danger her dad’s master plan all along?









Doesn’t that sound great? Like something you could read 23 times!





EXCLUSIVE CONTENT: Playlist For The Outcasts: The Blood Dagger: Volume 1





Hello you special readers. I used this playlist to write most of the first book in The Blood Dagger series. Music is a gateway for creativity, especially during some pretty difficult scenes I wrote in this book. I hope you enjoy listening to these songs as much as I did–and still do. If this were to be a Netlfix or HBO series, the first song: Thirty Seconds to Mars: Conquistador would be the theme song.





1.) Artist: Thirty Seconds to Mars 





Album: Love, Lust, Faith and DreamsSong: Conquistador





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2. )     Artist:  8Dawn      





Album: Immortal     





 Song: This is Why I Was Born  https://youtu.be/oUlclgxgNAo





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3.) Artist: Meg MyersAlbum: Running Up That HillSong:





Running Up That Hill





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 4.) Artist: Empathy Test





Song: Throwing Stones





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5.)    Artist: Tommee Profitt 





    Album: Cinematic Songs (Vol. 5)





      Song: Can You Feel the Heat Now





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6.) Artist: Toby Mac





    Song: The Elements





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7.) Artist: Sam Tinnesz





     Song: Even if It Hurts





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8.) Artist: Lawless, Little Ashes





     Song: Likeness





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9.) Artist: Welshly Arms





     Song: Sanctuary





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10.) Artist: The Phantoms





       Song: Into the Darkness





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You can buy the book HERE. Find out more about Misty by visiting her Website, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.





And don’t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me and many more! Just check out all these books on team GOLD!





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Also, I’m offering a BONUS GIVEAWAY! Enter for a chance to win a Barnes & Noble gift card worth $25! Click the image below to enter.





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Are you ready to move on to the next author in the hunt? Up next is Alison Inbleby!

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Published on March 30, 2020 23:07

February 6, 2020

NEW BOOK DEAL: THE SPLENDOR

I’m so pleased to announce that I’ve sold another book! Check out the announcement from Publisher’s Weekly:





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Can’t wait to share The Splendor with you in fall 2021!

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Published on February 06, 2020 16:37

October 7, 2019

THE BONE THIEF COVER REVEAL!!!

THE BONE THIEF cover was revealed last week on Hypable and it’s glorious! Designer Kylie Alexander and artist Mina Price did a beautiful job capturing the feel of the book. I couldn’t be more thrilled!





For a look at the cover and a sneak peek of the first chapter, check out the Hypable article HERE.





THE BONE THIEF hits shelves on May 19, 2020.





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Published on October 07, 2019 07:35

October 1, 2019

Fall 2019 YA Scavenger Hunt

Welcome to the Spring 2019 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! On 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 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 120 hours!





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Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are FOUR 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 team, a gold team, and a purple team, each with a chance to win a whole different set of 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.





You are currently hunting on TEAM BLUE





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Looking for exclusive bonus content? You’ll have to keep searching! Look for three things as you read: 1) a secret number I’ve hidden somewhere in this post. 2) Exclusive content from the author I’m hosting and 3) a BONUS giveaway that you can only enter here.





SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE RULES





Directions: Below, you’ll notice that I’ve hidden 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 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6TH at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.    





Now on to the fun stuff….              





Today, I’m super excited to be hosting Patty Blount on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt!     





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ABOUT PATTY






Patty Blount grew up quiet and invisible in Queens, NY, but found her superpower writing smart and strong characters willing to fight for what’s right. Today, she’s the award-winning author of edgy, emotional contemporary romance. Powered by way too much chocolate, Patty gives a voice to characters society would prefer to ignore…characters facing situations like rape (SOME BOYS, 2014, SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW, 2018), bullying (SEND, 2012), and grief (NOTHING LEFT TO BURN, 2015). She enjoys hearing from her readers so visit her website or follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Read…roar!…revel.





   





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ABOUT THE BOOK





From the award-winning author of Some Boys comes an unflinching examination of rape culture that delves into a family torn apart by sexual assault.
It’s been two years since the night that changed Ashley’s life. Two years since she was raped by her brother’s teammate. And a year since she sat in a court and watched as he was given a slap on the wrist sentence. But the years have done nothing to stop the pain.
It’s been two years of hell for Derek. His family is totally messed up and he and his sister are barely speaking. He knows he handled it all wrong. Now at college, he has to come to terms with what happened, and the rape culture that he was inadvertently a part of that destroyed his sister’s life.
When it all comes to a head at Thanksgiving, Derek and Ashley have to decide if their relationship is able to be saved. And if their family can ever be whole again.
SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW is the winner of two Athena Awards for Best YA Contemporary and Best of the Best, 2019.





A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:





In SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW, which took home two Athena Awards this year (Best YA Contemporary and Best of the Best), sexual assault survivor Ashley Lawrence was triggered during art class and has a flashback episode to her rape, two years earlier when she was just fourteen. The following scene was cut because my editors thought it was too much. (I used part of it, though.)  





This is the original scene, in its entirety. 





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My last period of the day is art class. 





I sort of hate art.





Sometimes it’s fun, like when we learned about black-out poetry to reveal new meanings, or explored Photoshop, which I love even more since Sebastian started giving me some tips. But most of the time, art annoys me. I can’t draw or paint or sculpt or even take decent photographs, the smells of art materials like paint, glue, or paper make my nose wrinkle, and the dozens of finished projects on display at any given time mock my own lack of artistic ability. Like the cultural masks we made before Halloween. A bunch of them line the shelves on the back wall, judging me with their empty eyes. 





Today, we’re supposed to make collages. That’s not terrible, I suppose. Collages require cutting and pasting skills, talents I actually have. I head to my seat, avoiding all the drops of paint and smears of glue that always seem to stud the floor in this room. Mr. Anton, our art teacher, starts up the projector and aims a remote at the laptop connected to it.





“Okay, let’s examine some examples of pop culture’s influence on graphic and digital art.” He begins scrolling through some magazine ads. “What jumps out at you?”





A murmur rises up across our class, laughs and gasps that quickly change to full-out whistles, hoots, and cheers. 





“Okay, okay, keep it professional. Obviously, you’ve noticed these images are intentionally trying to be provocative. Why?”





“Because sex sells!” A guy shouts from the back of the room where the shelves of masks watch with total disdain. 





 “Okay. Sex sells. Why?” Mr. Anton prompts. When no one replies, he advances his slide show. “That’s what we’re going to investigate today. Each table will spend the next twenty minutes researching provocative advertising. I’ve got piles of magazines for you to examine. Go through them and tear out the ads that speak to you. We’re looking for the psychology here so if you have tablets or phones, feel free to Google all you want, but find me more than what’s on Wikipedia.” 





Ooo. That’s fun. Usually, we can’t even take out our phones during school. 





There are four of us at my table. Me plus Ken, Craig, and Peter. Ken hasn’t talked to me since freshman year. His brother is the same age as Derek, so when football got cancelled, his family took it personally and naturally blamed me instead of Vic. I don’t know Craig at all. This is the only class I’ve ever had with him. Peter’s okay. I’ve known him almost since kindergarten. He lives down the street from us, but we’re not tight or anything. 





Mr. Anton drops a stack of publications on our table and the boys lunge for them. Past issues of Seventeen, Vogue, Cosmo…a Bloomingdale’s catalog that’s several years old, a Sports Illustrated, Car and Driver. I grab the catalog and start flipping through it while the boys huddle around the Sports Illustrated and Car and Driver issues and essentially ignore me. 





That’s okay. I’m used to it. 





While I turn pages, bits and pieces of the conversations taking place around me drift in and out of my ears. 





“…Totally do her. She’s so hot.” 





“…What car? I only see the girl in the bikini.” 





“Great tits.”





“Legs.”





“Ass.”





“Mouth.”





It happens slowly, the dread pooling in my belly. Conversation fades to the background, the words become white noise, leaving behind the grunts, sounds of appreciation and hums of sexual interest that start to morph and blend into memories that lap at the dams and levees I keep erecting. Ashley, you’re so hot. You have the best tits in the entire freshman class. I love to touch them. You like it, don’t you? You like when I touch you.





Oh God. I can smell the sour beer on his breath and the locker room soap on his skin. I scan the room, telling myself I’m wrong, that he’s not here and that I’m safe but it’s no good. 





“Whoa!” Craig shouts, tearing a page from his magazine. “Look at this one!” 





The sound of that page tearing feels like sandpaper against my eardrums and I clap my hands to my ears, shaking myself out of the past, blinking rapidly, stunned to discover my chest actually hurts from the memory of Vic’s hands on me. Ken, Peter, and Craig have a pile of sheets torn from their magazines…images of girls in bikinis, mini-skirts, close-ups of pouty lips or curvy butts, each with captions suggesting all manner of innuendo and insult. The tightness in my chest that’s become so familiar spikes abruptly, making me gasp. I rub at it, but I can’t reach it because it’s too deep. It’s changed me, changed me into something that’s more pain than person. I force my attention back to my catalog and stop suddenly at a holiday ad that says Hey! Why not spike your best friend’s eggnog?





I stare hard at the image. The girl on the left blurs but the guy on the right snaps into sharp relief, his eyes shifting to meet mine, lips curling into the same lazy smile that Vic wore when he…when he…Oh God. The lump that lives in my throat pulses in time with my heart rate and all the bad stuff…the memories, the pain, the betrayal, the black shame — it all swirls together like sewage, swelling and rising and overflowing every one of the blocks I put up. It sweeps away everything that used to be me until it’s all that’s left. The classroom spins at the edges. My limbs are numb, dead. I can’t move. I can’t breathe. I’m drowning. 





“Ashley. Ashley! Go get the nurse, Peter. Now.” 





I blink and suddenly Mr. Anton’s face is in front of me, not Vic’s. The whole class watches me, staring with smirks or mouths open in horror. I’m on my feet, which is odd because I don’t remember deciding to stand up. The floor around me is littered with the magazines and torn pages and everything else that was on our table. I look down and find a few pages clutched in my fist. Mr. Anton’s holding me gently by my shoulders, and I’m grateful for it…a lifeline. 





“Come on, Ashley. Come with me.” He guides me to his desk, hands me a bottle of water that I accept with a hand that shakes. I sip, relieved to feel cool water flow past the scream that’s been stuck in my throat for two years. 





“I’m sorry, Ashley. I didn’t realize…” Mr. Anton says. 





Astonished, I stare at him. For God’s sake, half the state of Ohio knows me as the Bellford High School Rape Victim and he didn’t realize that paging through magazines and catalogs of sexualized content would make me flip out? Well, neither did I! They’re a bunch of stupid, harmless photos. They shouldn’t be able to hurt me. 





But they do





They don’t simply hurt me, they freaking torture me, hammering home a point made over and over again since the first day Vic assaulted me, the same point Derek made in his court testimony. 





It’s just a game, it’s just an advertisement, it’s just a joke, it’s just guy talk, it’s just boys being boys.





Just.





Just!





JUST!





Oh my God, it’s never gonna change. The excuses will never stop. 





Fear, pain, profound embarrassment…it all morphs into these sky-high levels of rage that send my adrenalin surging again. I pitch the water bottle at the wall, snatch up the ads that taunt me from the rest of the tables and shred them into confetti. Sounds scratch and claw at my ringing ears and it takes me a minute to realize they’re my own screams. 





“You’re so stupid, so monumentally, epically stupid!” I keep shouting until my throat burns, pacing around the classroom like a caged animal. “Look at these!” I dive to the floor, grab a handful of pages. “They’re telling you it’s okay to rape, and you,” I sneer at my classmates. “You can’t even see it. All you see are…are body parts. Girls aren’t even people! We’re just breasts and butts and mouths and…and holes!” 





“Ashley, it’s okay —”





“It is not okay, Mr. Anton! It will never be okay again.” I swipe a hand under my nose. Tears and…and snot drip down my face. “Everybody in here…they’re laughing!” I stalk to another group of boys, near the window this time. “They’re oo-ing and ah-ing over pictures of…of truck bed decals of tied-up women, of beer that promises you won’t hear the word no, of…of belts wrapped around a woman’s throat and cologne that promises you won’t get friend-zoned!” I hold up each image and then ball it up, one after the other, itching for a lighter so I can set every last one of them on fire. “Of orders that tell them to spike their best friend’s eggnog!” I race back to my catalog and hurl it at the shelves where the masks sit, sending some of them crashing to the floor. Every face in the classroom is pinned on me, but no one takes off their blindfold and sees what’s right in front of them. 





They can’t





“Oh my God, you’re all…so brainwashed. These ads.” I snag more pages from the floor, wave them at a table near the center of the room. “They’re telling you to your face you’re such losers, you’ll only ever get a girl if you buy their products, believe their bullshit… and you do! You believe every word! How can you not see how pathetic, how epically insulting that is? What is WRONG with you?” 





I fling all the pages in the air and stand there, chest heaving and muscles vibrating, but nobody moves. I rake hands that tremble through my hair and stare down at the mess on the floor around my feet, my sobs tearing through the total silence in our classroom like a rusty saw. 





“This is why.” Oh my God, it’s all so clear to me now. “This is why Victor Patton is out early.” I kick at the piles. “Because people who laugh at this kind of shit grow up to become the…the judges, the lawmakers, the jurors who look at somebody like him, look at what he did, and say, boys will be boys.” I spread out my arms, let them fall. 





Slowly, I sink to my knees, surrounded by incontrovertible proof that there’s no such thing as justice. 





“Ashley.”





I lift my head, find Mrs. Hudson, the librarian, standing in the door with Peter and the school nurse. Slowly, Mrs. Hudson approaches with her arms open. When she reaches me, I collapse against her, sobbing, praying that this time, the pain finally kills me.













You can buy the book HERE.   Find out more about Patty by visiting her Website, Facebook, or Twitter.  





And don’t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me and many more! Just check out all these books on team BLUE!





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 To enter, you need to know that I’ve seen YOU’VE GOT MAIL approximately…





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times. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the blue team and you’ll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!





Thank you so much for visiting my website! While you’re here don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter bonus contest I am running exclusively during the YA Scavenger Hunt.





One lucky winner will receive a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble!  Good luck everyone!





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Enter the rafflecopter below for a chance to win:





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CONTINUE THE HUNT





To continue the hunt, check out the next author A.M. Rose!  

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September 19, 2019

The Bone Thief is available for pre-order

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I’m so excited to let you know that THE BONE THIEF is now available for pre-order wherever books are sold!





This duology is so close to my heart and I can’t wait to share it with readers!





In related news, the cover reveal should be soon, and it’s STUNNING. Kylie Alexander (designer) and Mina Price (illustrator) have outdone themselves and the cover is an absolute beauty. You’ll want a hardcover just for the art alone!





If you’d like to order now and receive the book on release day, I’ve included some links below for your convenience.





IndieBound





Barnes & Noble





Amazon

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