Today is release day for THE WINTER PEOPLE by Rebekah Purdy weâre here to celebrate with a giveaway and an excerpt! Help us celebrate the release of this amazing book and enter to win a Winter Emergency Kit! THE WINTER PEOPLE Author: Rebekah Purdy Release Date: September 2, 2014 Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: 320 ISBN: 978-1622663682 An engrossing, complex, romantic fantasy perfect for fans of Kristin Cashore or Maggie Stiefvater, set in a wholly unique world. Salome Montgomery fears winterâthe cold, the snow, the ice, but most of all, the frozen pond she fell through as a child. Haunted by the voices and images of the strange beings that pulled her to safety, she hasnât forgotten their warning to "stay away." For eleven years, she has avoided the winter woods, the pond, and the darkness that lurks nearby. But when failing health takes her grandparents to Arizona, she is left in charge of maintaining their estate. This includes the "special gifts" that must be left at the back of the property.⨠⨠Salome discovers sheâs a key player in a world sheâs tried for years to avoid. At the center of this world is the strange and beautiful Nevin, who she finds trespassing on her familyâs property. Cursed with dark secrets and knowledge of the creatures in the woods, his interactions with Salome take her life in a new direction. A direction where sheâll have to decide between her longtime crush Colton, who could cure her fear of winter. Or Nevin who, along with an appointed bodyguard, Gareth, protects her from the darkness that swirls in the snowy backdrop. An evil that, given the chance, will kill her. Exclusive Excerpt! The pond water rippled while the trees bent beneath the strong gusts. Soon, everything became so white I couldnât see the house. In the distance a strange tinkling sounded, like dozens of wind chimes. Not the chimes. Not the chimes. Not the chimes, I repeated over and over in my mind. What had the shrink told me to do? Ten, nine, eight. Breathe. Seven, six, five. Shit! I held my head in my hands for a long moment. Get it together. Panic stole my thoughts and I raised my head, backing away from the pond as the flurries swirled toward me. Chasing me. I bumped into somethingâsomething that felt quite human. A firm chest, arms, hands. Not something, someone. A shriek tumbled from my lips and I spun around to face my captor. âItâs okay. I wonât hurt you,â a soft masculine voice said, pale hands clinging to my arms as he kept me from falling. My gaze followed those long fingers, then up black leather sleeves, to the most gorgeous face Iâd ever seen. My breath caught in my throat. I was gawking. But I couldnât help it. His raven hair was shot with strands of blue, his face was pale and perfect, like an ice sculptor had chiseled it into existence. His eyesâoh God, his eyes. They were the palest blue Iâd ever seen. Glacial. He had to be over six feet tall, muscles evident through the tight shirt he wore beneath his unzipped leather jacket. His mouth turned up at the corners as if enjoying my scrutiny. A cocky grin that made my cheeks warm and my whole body buzz. âYouâre trespassing.â I tried to keep the tremble from my voice. âThis is private property, or canât you read the signs?â Bravo. Iâd scare him off with my bitchiness. He chuckled. And it sounded like the low song of chimes. âDoris doesnât mind me coming around. In fact, Iâve met you before, Salome.â My name on his lips made my knees go buttery. I groaned inwardly. About Rebekah: Rebekah was born and raised in Michigan (just look for the mitten-shaped state on the map). Sheâs lived there most of her life other than the few years she spent in the U.S. Army. At which time she got a chance to experience MO, KS, SC, and CA. She works full time for the court system and in her free time she writes YA stories. Pretty much any genre within the YA realm is game for her, but her favorites are fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal romance, thrillers, light sci-fi, and some time travel. She also has a big familyâshe like to considers them the modern day Brady Bunch. When her hubby and her met and got married, he had 3 children from a previous marriage, she had 2 and have 1 together. Itâs a lot of fun though. And she canât forget her other family membersâyep, theyâve got some pets: 4 dogs, 3 cats, and 1 turtle. Everyone in the family has oneâ¦she wonât bore you all with their names (unless you really want to know). Okay, you talked her into it! Jack, Pearl, Grrâ¦(yes thatâs her dogâs name), Callie, Shadow, Mooshoo, Grouchy, and Sorbert. Other than writing some of her other hobbies include: reading (mostly YA of course), singing, swimming, football, soccer, running, camping, sledding, church, hanging with her kids, and traveling. She belong to a fabulous writing group called YA Fiction Fantatics (YAFF) and you guessed it they all write YA! REPPED by Jennifer Mishler and Frances Black of Literary Counsel. And thatâs her in a big âol nutshell. Giveaway Details: 1 Winter Emergency Kit. It will have a $10.00 Amazon gift card, coffee mug, hot cocoa, chapstick, flashlight, gloves and some signed bookmarks. US Only.
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Stephanie
9/2/2014 12:34:03 pm
Can't wait to read this!
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