We are so excited to have Ali stop by and to be part of her big event! Not overly sure what's going on? Well Ali is coming out with the third and final book of her Desolate trilogy and she's asking you guys for help naming it! Yes, that's right... we as the readers get to help name a book! How cool is that! And for helping Ali, she's offering everyone who votes on the winning name an e-copy of her entire trilogy! Now not only do we have a mock cover to name but there is a scavenger hunt taking place as well for the grand prize of a $10 Book Depository gift card, an awesome bracelet that has a charm of each of Ali's books on it and ebooks by 6 great authors. So make sure to stop at the other blogs participating to get all the words.
Ali Cross is the sensei of the Writer's Dojo where she holds a black belt in awesome. She lives in Utah with her kickin' husband, two sparring sons, one ninja cat, two sumo dogs and four zen turtles.
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The Dance
Sometimes it’s the people who seem to have it all, who are most broken inside. Their faces don’t show it. Their behavior doesn’t show it. But inside, they can be as messed up as the rest of us. Maybe even more.
In BECOME, the first book in the Desolation series, Miri’s the school ambassador, the girl with her finger on the pulse of St. Mary’s society. Her dad’s the governor. Her mom’s been on the cover of Working Woman magazine twice for her fundraising. Her house maid, Connie, is kind and loving and a great surrogate mom for Miri.
And yet, every day after school, after she plays her part with Connie, eating her cookies and telling her about her day, she slips up to her room and strips away all the pretense of the day. Her room is jet black, even the windows are covered so thoroughly that not a glimmer of sunlight peeks through. There, the girl who has it all, sits on the floor in a corner of her room with a bottle of black malt whiskey.
She relishes the way it burns down her throat and washes away . . . everything.
But what drives a person to do that to themselves? Whether it’s alcohol or drugs, sex or cutting—how does a person go from “normal” to . . . that?
The answer’s as unique as the individual, the reasons as varied as the stars. For Miri, who felt crushed beneath the weight of all that was expected of her—nothing short of perfection would do for her parents, for the school, for everything. She had to be the perfect daughter, student, friend. When everything was just too much, every. single. day., alcohol was convenient—her father never locked his liquor cabinet and both her parents were too busy to take notice. Connie cared, and she tried to talk to Miri about it once—but in the end Connie was “just the help” and her opinion didn’t matter. Thing is, it did matter, but Miri had already burned that bridge, already made her position clear.
So she climbed the stairs to her room—a climb that might as well have been Mount Kilimanjaro—and shut the door behind her. She’d turn off all the lights and open her bottle. And she’d drink until she couldn’t think anymore. Until there was no difference in her mind between being awake and being asleep. No difference between life and death.
Addiction is like a lover luring you into a seductive dance, teasing you in with its promise of forgetting and traps you with an embrace you can’t break free of. You say no, and try to pull away, but Addiction only holds you tighter, only promises you more relief, more forgetting if you only come dance one more time.
With the help of her friend Desi, a girl who knows all about Addiction, Miri finally breaks free. But Addiction is always close, always breathing on her cheek, whispering against her neck. Miri will have to stay strong, to be ever vigilant because Addiction knows her every weakness and they both know it only takes one time, one time to slip into Addiction’s arms for the dance to begin again.
Become
(Desolation #1)
Sixteen-year old Desolation Black wants nothing more than to stay in Hell where it's cold and lonely and totally predictable. Instead, she's sent back to Earth where she must face the evil she despises and the good she always feared.
When Desi is forced to embrace her inner demon, she assumes her choice has been made--that she has no hope of being anything other than what her father, Lucifer, has created her to be. What she doesn't count on, is finding a reason to change--something she's never had before--a friend.
Desolate(Desolate #2)Where darkness lives, all becomes desolate . . .It's been two months since sixteen-year-old Desolation Black chose Earth over Hell and her friend Miri over her eternal love, Michael.Desi goes through the motions of life: school, training, remaining vigilant against the forces of darkness, but her dreams are full of the choices she wishes she could change. When she's injured by a strange demon, old temptations arise, and the lines between good and evil blur. Desi discovers those choices aren't so final after all.And this time, the power of love--for a friend, for a lover--may not be enough to save her from the darkness that lurks within.
Mock Cover
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Thank you so much for hosting me today! I can't wait to see what name is chosen!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! This is a fun way to get people interested in Ali's book! Which looks awesome! and I love that we the fans can help contribute something to her books!
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