Charlie Dawson has turned eighteen. She’s now an adult and can do what she likes when she likes. But she finds herself parentless, living with friends and working at a nearby café. One night out of curiosity, she follows her neighbor Zane into the woods that surround her hometown of Tole. Charlie gets a… Continue reading Book 1 of 2015: Destinata by Nicole Daffurn
Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff… Continue reading Book Ninety of 2014: Panic by Lauren Oliver
When handsome 17-year-old Matt Poe moves to a rural town in Iowa, he is the new kid in school. An outsider who can't fit in, his only friend is his beautiful and sympathetic teacher, Linda Hayden. The older woman is the first to take an interest in him, helping him adjust to the community… Continue reading Book Eighty-Eight of 2014: Don’t Stand So Close by Eric Red
It's been a while since I last updated my life on here and I thought: why not? So, here's a little update on what's been going on. I started up a new blog. Yep, I did. It's casiacourtier.blogspot.com. I started it up because I recently went through a book I just bought (2015 Guide to… Continue reading What’s New?
The night my best friend Gracie disappeared, I had a nightmare. A monster loomed from the shadows around the campfire. I ran. The thing stretched after me... I woke gasping, afraid it might somehow be true. Gracie could always make me feel better - but she didn't respond to my email. Not that night;… Continue reading Book Eighty-Seven of 2014: By Starlight by Nancy A. Lindley-Gauthier
Everyone in Arnn - a small farming town with more legends than residents - knows the story of Witchwood Hollow: if you venture into the whispering forest, the witch will trap your soul among the shadowed trees. After losing her parents in a horrific terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, fifteen-year-old Honoria and her… Continue reading Book Eighty-Six of 2014: Escape From Witchwood Hollow by Jordan Elizabeth
Legend has it if you die in your dreams, you die in real life. Fifteen-year-old Ashling Campbell knows that’s not true because when she closes her eyes each night, she doesn’t dream about public nudity or Prom dates. Instead, she’s catapulted to the front row of her future self’s execution - fifteen years from now… Continue reading Fifteen Book Cover Reveal
In the London Underground the Alliance of Silver and Steam is all that protects humans from demons. Felicia Gannon is no stranger to the demons that lurk in the night. After her parents were murdered in front of her the Alliance took her in and trained her. Vengeance became her only drive. Greyston Westham… Continue reading Book Eighty-Five of 2014: Demon in Steam by Lexi Ostrow
Sixteen-year old Toby was trained by a family of hunters to kill shape-shifters — but he has a unique weapon in his arsenal. With a touch of his hand, Toby can lift the magical protection shape-shifters use to disguise themselves as human. It’s an unusual skill for a hunter, and he prefers to kill… Continue reading Book Eighty-Four of 2014: God’s Play by H.D. Lynn
When Nigel Walden is fourteen, the UNHAPPENINGS begin. His first girlfriend disappears the day after their first kiss with no indication she ever existed. This retroactive change is the first of many only he seems to notice. Several years later, when Nigel is visited by two people from his future, he hopes they… Continue reading UnHappenings Cover Reveal
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