YASH Spring 2017!

April 4, 2017

Welcome to the 14th YA Scavenger Hunt!

Hello! I am Colleen Houck,

your hostess for this leg of the hunt.

About Me

My 2017 Calendar is “Nightmare Before Christmas” themed.

I just put my home on the market.

My backyard has over 300 daffodils right now.

I love See’s lollipops.

And I’m currently working on a NEW TOP SECRET book!

You are currently hunting on TEAM PINK.

Looking for my exclusive bonus content? You’ll have to keep searching.

Somewhere on this blog hop, I’ve hidden a sneak peak from REUNITED! Before you go looking for them, check out the amazing author I’m hosting.

But, first, a few rules.

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE RULES

DIRECTIONS: Below, you’ll notice that I’ve listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on TEAM PINK, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!)

HINT: THE SECRET NUMBER IS HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK!

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 9th, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

On this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each participating YA author, you also get a secret number. Add up the numbers, and enter it for a chance to win a major prize–one lucky winner will receive at least one book from each author on my team in the hunt! But play fast. This contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online until noon PST on Sunday, April 9th!

There are FIVE contests going on simultaneously as well as a bonus contest and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the PINK TEAM but there is also a RED TEAM, BLUE TEAM, PURPLE TEAM, & GOLD TEAM! Check out each team for a chance to win FIVE different sets of signed 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.

Now that all the technical stuff is out of the way, I’ll introduce the author I am hosting on this hunt.

I am super excited to be hosting…

A.G. Howard!

About A.G.:

A. G. Howard is the author of the New York Times bestselling Splintered series and RoseBlood, a spinoff of the classic Broadway musical “The Phantom of the Opera”, which debuted at #1 on the NYT list. When she is not writing, A. G. enjoys rollerblading, gardening, and visiting 18th century graveyards or abandoned buildings to appease her muse’s darker side.

The book she is showcasing is ROSEBLOOD!

ABOUT THE BOOK

When sixteen-year-old Rune Germain is sent to a boarding school outside of Paris, she discovers that at this opera-house-turned-music-conservatory, phantoms really do exist.

RoseBlood is a paranormal Phantom of the Opera–inspired spinoff in which Rune’s greatest talent—her voice—is also her greatest curse, and meeting her angel of music could either be the beginning of her operatic triumph, or the end of her life.

TOP SECRET BONUS MATERIAL!

Sneak peek into Christine Daaé’s secret journal entries,

You can now add ROSEBLOOD to your TBR list on Goodreads!

Are you as interested in this book as I am?

Here’s how you can get your hands on it!

You can buy her book HERE!

Check out more on her Website, Twitter, or Facebook page.

As a bonus I am happy to host another author,

Amariah Dixon!

About Amariah,

Amariah Dixon was born and raised in the small southern town of Carrollton, Georgia. The fourth of five children, she grew up in a home filled with books and the sounds of laughter and music, encircled by an enchanting hardwood forest. A safe haven where her imagination could run wild – and did.

Being a natural-born storyteller herself, Amariah delighted in the books read to her by her mother as a child. As soon as she learned to read and write, she began to commit her own stories to paper, accompanied by her own fanciful illustrations.

The book she is showcasing is The Star!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Riley is an ordinary boy living an ordinary life . . . until something extraordinary happens. One morning, just like any other, Riley wakes up, begins to get ready for school, looks in the mirror and . . . he sees the image of a star around his eye! Why has he been marked with this symbol and for what purpose?

TOP SECRET BONUS MATERIAL!

“Where I find Inspiration for my stories.”

I have traveled to many places around the U.S. which have had a great influence in my writing. The Blue Ridge Mountains inspired some of the mountain ranges in my story. The woods around my home have, especially, fed my imagination, where I used to imagine elves and fairies lived among the trees.

The older people in my life (grandparents—particularly my Papaw Crawford), inspired one of my main characters, who is an older individual. Many of my characters are like spawns of family members, and several of my friends. Joseph is pretty much similar to me as a 15 year old.

Kelvin is similar to my younger brother, in the sense that he is assertive. Riley is a mixture of people I know, and myself. Kelly is pretty much me in my more assertive nature.

You can now add The Star to your TBR on Goodreads!

Are you as interested in this book as I am?

Here’s how you can get your hands on it!

You can buy her book HERE!

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

To enter, you need to write down my favorite number, 77, find all the other numbers on TEAM PINK, add them up, and you’ll have 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. Five lucky winners will receive the first book in my Egyptian series, REAWAKENED! Good luck everyone!

Enter the rafflecopter below for a chance to win,

a Rafflecopter giveaway

To continue on the hunt, check out author Abigail Johnson!

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