Bookbub deal for Whisper Falls

Whisper Falls is free until January 9! Download it now and read it later. (Or today would be good, too.)

If you enjoy the story, there are 3 more books in the series. You can buy the boxed set (all four books) on sale for 7.99 USD.

4 books for the price of 2!

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Free this week - Wishing for You

If you haven't had a chance to read Wishing for You, it's free this week at most e-book retailers.

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Kobo
• iBooks
• Smashwords

About the book...

This is the second book in the I Wish series, but it can be read as a stand-alone (although there are, obviously, spoilers for Book 1.)

She’s a girl who can’t remember. He’s the guy she can’t forget.

It’s her final semester of high school, and Kimberley Rey is curious about what will come next. She needs to pick a college, but her memory disability complicates the choice. Will her struggles to remember make it impossible to leave home?

Help arrives through an unexpected and supernatural gift. Grant is a “genie” with rules. He can give her thirty wishes (one per day for a month) as long as the tasks are humanly possible. Kimberley knows just what to ask for—lessons in how to live on her own.

But her wishes change when a friend receives a devastating diagnosis. As she joins forces with Grant to help her friend, Kimberley learns that the ability to live in the moment—to forget—may be more valuable than she ever knew.

Kobo sale in CA, AU, US for Whisper Falls

Whisper Falls is on sale for 99cents on the Kobo YA Great Reads sale page. This promotion is offered in Canada, Australia, and USA. So if you have any friends who haven't read it yet, now is a good time.

Also, if you have an account on Kobo, please consider leaving a rating (no words necessary) for Whisper Falls.  Only 2 readers had done that so far, and they both gave it a one-star.  That is their right, of course; not everybody will love the book. However, many have enjoyed this series, and it would be too bad if new readers, shopping for a story, are pushed away by a one-star rating. (Interestingly, Whisper Falls 2 and 3 have great ratings on Kobo.)

Whisper Falls sale ends Tues

Whisper Falls e-book will remain on sale through Tuesday-- 99 cents USD (and 0.99 euro / GBP / AUD / CAD).

I have a large stock of the Whisper Falls series paperbacks (old covers) in my living room. If you're interested in having a signed set of the trilogy (US addresses only), contact me through my website. They're $15 for the trilogy ($10 for the books and $5 for the shipping.)

If you're looking for a great book for the holidays...

If you have a few days off for the final week of the year, grab a book and read!

There are a lot of great books on sale. Most e-book retailer sites make it easy to find inexpensive books, so take a chance on an author you've never read before. And you don't have to have an e-book reader; Amazon, B&N, Apple, Kobo, and other retailers have e-book apps for your laptop or mobile phone.

I'd like to recommend Whisper Falls, the first book in my Whisper Falls series. It's on sale for 0.99 everywhere-- 0.99 dollars in US / AUS / CA, 0.99 Euros in Europe, and 0.99 GBP in the UK.

This book is set in two centuries--18th and 21st. It tells the story of a modern teen mountain bike racer and the mysterious girl he meets through a magical and temperamental waterfall. Mark and Susanna build a friendship across 200 years. When Mark sees how hard her life is as an indentured servant in the household of a brutal man, he uses modern technology to uncover Susanna's fate...and has to decide whether to let history play out or intervene to save Susanna.


This book will appeal to readers of all ages (14 and up). It has history, adventure, suspense, and romance.

Have a great holiday season--and enjoy the gift of stories!


Praise for Whisper Falls:

• "... a fun, action-packed story" - School Library Journal 
• "I am an avid reader, and this book ranks among the top. It is fantastic - I couldn't put it down. I was told that it was a book for young adults, but I am 61 years old and I found it fascinating ... I HIGHLY recommend this - it is beautifully written, as well as being historic, and thrilling. An absolutely GREAT read! I am planning to recommend it to my library and my own kids."
• "The research the writer put into the book is apparent everywhere you look."
• "[the author] delivers with this time travel historical and current day romance. She effortlessly switches the narrative between Mark, the present day character, and Susanna, the indentured slave who is living in 1796. I have read few other books that switch the voice so well."
• "I usually don't enjoy historical books at all, but Whisper Falls was fantastic. I could barely put it down. It's beautifully written, great editing and a unique story."

 

If you were expecting swords and sorcery...

My book, I WISH, is YA magical realism. When I uploaded it to Amazon, they didn’t have a tag for magical realism, so I just left it at Fantasy&Magic.

I Wish is next to JKR!

Amazon has the book listed as Swords and Sorcery. There are no swords and no sorcery in I WISH. Anywhere.

The book was on sale last week, a lot of people downloaded it, but it may not have the kind of magic readers are expecting.

I think they’ll like the book when they read it. But if they were hoping to be introduced to a new author of Swords and Sorcery, that’s not what they’ll find. So I asked my friend Laura for her advice on s&s, and here’s what she recommended:

1) anything by Tamora Pierce (like her Song of the Lioness quartet or her Trickster's Choice duet )

2) Robin McKinley’s The Hero and the Crown - “ long, sweeping training montages and stubborn independence and fighting dragons”

3) Sabriel by Garth Nix - “a perfectly-paced dark adventure involving several flavors of magic, enchanted swords, a menacing talking cat, and ‘two worlds side by side’ worldbuilding”

4) Sherwood Smith’s duet Crown Duel / Court Duel - “starts out as a straightforward rebellion but gets into the doubts and nuance of questioning the story that you tell yourself. Book two is a great piece of court drama with misunderstandings, romance through letters, and magic so subtle that most people in the kingdom don’t even know how it works.”

5) The Oathbound books by Mercedes Lackey - readers of any age will love them for their “most literal sword-and-sorcery pair: Tarma is a warrior priestess with a normal sword and Kethry is a mage with a really inconvenient magic sword.”

[Originally posted on juliaday.tumblr.com]

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My first YA contemporary romance, The Possibility of Somewhere, will release in September.  I'll use a new pen name for my YA contemporaries--Julia Day. As I move closer to September, I'll begin to use my Julia Day social media accounts more and phase out this blog.  Please consider following me on Julia Day's:

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Sale on I WISH (book 1)

I have I Wish on sale for 99 cents until March 14.

The third and final book of the I WISH series will release this summer. Wish You Were Here begins four months after Wishing for You. Grant arrives to help Sara Tucker recover from the hardest year of her life.  (You'll also get to catch up with Kimberley and Lacey; they're around to support Sara, too.)

The e-book of I Wish (#1) will be on sale for 2 weeks. In May, I'll discount Wishing for You (#2) for a couple of weeks. If you know someone who hasn't read the series yet, at 99 cents, it's a great time to try.

He's a genie with rules...

Buy links: Amazon/Kindle   B&N/Nook    iBooks

The Possibility of Somewhere - my next YA

My next book will be a YA contemporary romance. The Possibility of Somewhere will release in Fall 2016, from St Martin's Press.

The book is set in a small, fictional town in North Carolina, near the Atlantic coast. (This photo is from Emerald Isle, NC...my favorite beach. It shows up in many of my books.)

To borrow from the announcement that my agent put in a trade journal, The Possibility of Somewhere tells the story of a "trailer trash" girl and a boy from a wealthy immigrant family who are competing for a coveted academic scholarship. Along the way, they find themselves falling for each other. In the face of family and friends' disapproval, they're forced to choose how hard to fight to stay together.

I love this story and can't wait for it to release!

For the next few months, I'll have my hands on the keyboard all day long.  Wishing For You (I Wish #2) releases on 13 October. I'm nearly finished with the first draft of I Wish #3. And, naturally, I'll begin revisions soon on TPOS. (Plus, I have this YA supernatural/ historical about Nathan Hale that I'm co-authoring with a friend. Like I'm not busy enough :)

My supernatural/ magical realism books will be published under Elizabeth Langston. The YA romances will release under a pen name, Julia Day. But they're both me, and you'll be able to find out about both types of books on my one website.

YAY!

From Publisher's Marketplace:

Two days left for sale

 There are only 2 days left for the sale on I WISH and WHISPER FALLS, 'cause the sale ends Sunday.

I Wish	Amazon     B&N     iBooks     Kobo
Whisper Falls	Amazon     B&N     iBooks

Have a happy Valentine's Day!

Announcing Wishing for You

Announcing Wishing for You, the second book in the I Wish series!

Book Information:

Paperback: 320 pages

Expected publication: October 13, 2015 by Spencer Hill Press

ISBN13:  9781633920279

 

With high school graduation only months away, Kimberley Rey is eager to discover what her future holds. The next big decision is rapidly approaching--where to apply to college. But this choice is complicated by a memory disability. How will her struggles to remember affect her once she moves away from home?

Help arrives through an unexpected and supernatural gift. Grant is a “genie” with rules. He can give her thirty wishes (one per day for a month) as long as the tasks are humanly possible. Kimberley knows just what to ask for—lessons in how to live on her own.

But her wishes change when she discovers that a good friend has been diagnosed with a devastating illness. As she joins forces with Grant to help her friend, Kimberley learns that the ability to live in the moment—to forget—may be more valuable than she ever knew.


Through Valentines Day, I Wish is on sale (e-book) at online retailers, like Amazon, B&N, and iBooks.  

Whisper Falls, the first book in the Whisper Falls series, is also on sale.  See this blog post for details.

Sale on I WISH and WHISPER FALLS

    To celebrate Valentines Day, we've dropped the price on I WISH and WHISPER FALLS at all major online retailers. From February 1 - 15, here is your opportunity to discover two supernatural YA series, featuring romantic stories where love is found and tested in all its sweetness and pain.

I Wish	Amazon     B&N     iBooks     Kobo
Whisper Falls	Amazon     B&N     iBooks

Countdown to Valentines

Valentine's will be here soon, a day to focus on the people we love.

In anticipation of that day, we'll be dropping the price on two books (the first book in both of my series). Watch for more details about an e-book sale for Whisper Falls and I Wish.

We'll also be sharing news about the sequel to I Wish. Stay tuned!

Sunset last night from the Carolina shore...

Whisper Falls is on sale!

Only 99 cents! Whisper Falls (e-book version) is on sale at Amazon, Barnes&Noble, and Kobo. If you haven't had a chance to try this series, now is a great time to discover it.

The final book in the Whisper Falls series, Whispers from the Past, releases in October!

Whisper Falls is on sale on Amazon

 I don't know how long it will last, but Amazon has put Whisper Falls (e-book) on sale for $2.99!

It's a great deal for a great book. And the first sequel is only 11 weeks away from release date!