Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event gives readers access to EXCLUSIVE BONUS CONTENT from their favorite authors . . . and a chance to win awesome prizes! At each blog stop, you will get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter to win our grand prize--one book from each author on my team, including a signed copy of my YA thriller, LIES LIKE POISON, You can also enter my personal giveaway below. But play fast: this contest will only be online from Sept 29th to Oct 4th!  Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to learn about the hunt. There are THREE contests simultaneously running, and you can enter one or all! I'm part of the PURPLE TEAM, but there's also a blue team and a red team.
 Directions: Search this post for a secret number. Collect the secret numbers of all the authors on the PURPLE TEAM and add them up! You must submit the completed entry form by Oct 4th at noon Pacific Time.
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.
International giveaway (due to Covid, eBooks may be sent)! Get a  guardian's permission to enter if you're under 16. 
 
Time to meet the author I'm hosting: Vanessa Barneveld!  Australian Vanessa Barneveld lives in a 19th-century house in inner-city Sydney with a 21st-century husband, two eccentric cats and one ghost—all of whom provide inspiration for her spirited novels. In addition to her writing career, she’s part of a crack team that produces closed captions for deaf TV viewers and audio descriptions for the blind.
I heard a rumor that Vanessa's lucky number is:  ~ 3 ~
  
Instagram      |      Facebook      |      Twitter      |      Pinterest <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Calibri Light"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:Cambria; mso-font-charset:77; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:auto; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Source Sans Pro"; mso-font-alt:Cambria; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1610613495 33554433 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;} h2 {mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char"; mso-style-next:Normal; margin-top:2.0pt; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after:avoid; mso-outline-level:2; font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:#2F5496; mso-ansi-language:EN-AU; font-weight:normal;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:#0563C1; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:#954F72; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} span.Heading2Char {mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char"; mso-style-locked:yes; mso-style-link:"Heading 2"; mso-ansi-font-size:13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-ascii-font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:#2F5496;}size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</style></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"> <h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"><br /></span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Abduction-Vane..." style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="430" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K8bhkFCuYb..." width="289" /></a> <span style="font-size: medium;">It’s my senior year, and I’ve never felt more helpless. Mom is MIA, Dad can’t deal, and this strange exhaustion is making me fall asleep in class. It’s like I’m falling apart.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"> </span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">And then there’s Hayden, the cute new boy in school—who weirdly can’t seem to keep his eyes off me.</span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"> </span></span></h2><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">But when Hayden approaches me, claiming he and I have been routinely abducted by aliens since childhood, that’s when things hit a whole new level of strange. Because I’d remember something like that.</span></span></h2><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"> </span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Right?</span></span></h2><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"> </span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"> </span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Slowly, I start to realize there </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFontItalic; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFontItalic;">are</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">blocks of time I can’t account for. And when I begin having horrible nightmares—which match Hayden’s stories—I realize I might have to put my trust in this boy to have any hope of uncovering the truth. </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"> </span></span></span></h2><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">But it turns out the abductions are just the beginning…and it isn’t only our freedom on the line. It’s our lives.</span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"> * * *</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Dating-Makes..." style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iPZDl6aYgA..." /></a></div></span></h2><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Abduction-Vane..." target="_blank">THE ABDUCTION</a> doesn't come out until 2021, so Vanessa's giving away a copy of her fabulous critique partner's book: <br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">DATING MAKES PERFECT!<br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you want to win Vanessa's book once it comes out, be sure to visit <a href="https://vanessabarneveld.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">her website</a> to check out her own Rafflecopter giveaway! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now . . . Vanessa's bonus content: <br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></h2> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:AppleSystemUIFont; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:Calibri; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:auto; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:AppleSystemUIFontItalic; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:Calibri; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:auto; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;} h2 {mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char"; mso-style-next:Normal; margin-top:2.0pt; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after:avoid; mso-outline-level:2; font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:#2F5496; mso-ansi-language:EN-AU; font-weight:normal;} span.Heading2Char {mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char"; mso-style-locked:yes; mso-style-link:"Heading 2"; mso-ansi-font-size:13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-ascii-font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:#2F5496;}size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</style></div><span style="color: red;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7lj..." target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i>Spotify Playlist for THE ABDUCTION</i></span></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i> </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i> </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i>Want more? Enter my giveaway below!<br /></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><i></i></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lies-Like-Pois..." style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mz4CLZZC_h..." /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a class="rcptr" data-raflid="96788afb11" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/disp..." id="rcwidget_mkhys7la" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com... </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-size: large;">CONTINUE THE HUNT:</span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: normal;"></span></span></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: normal;"></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: normal;">Ready for the next stop? Go visit the fabulous <a href="https://amymcnulty.com/blog/" target="_blank">Amy McNulty</a> to find more bonus content, collect your next number, and continue the hunt!!! </span></span></span><span style="font-size: normal;"> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><3 </span></span></div>  <script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com...