Accepted Readers,
I'm a fan of YA books, in case you haven't noticed. I'll read just about anything if it's in the YA genre, I just can't help myself I suppose. One type of book I've never read is one dealing with time-travel, so when I came across the blitz for Carnelian (YA-Time-Travel) I couldn't resist to participate. I will be sharing an excerpt/teaser along with multiple giveaways and info about the book! Enjoy guys!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Carnelian
Author: B. Kristin McMichael
Series: (Chalcedony Chronicles #1)
Publication date: January 10th 2014
Genres: Time-Travel, Young Adult
# of Pages: 200
Genres: Time-Travel, Young Adult
# of Pages: 200
Price: $2.99
Buy Links: | Amazon | B & N | Smashwords |
Synopsis:
Everyone
has a past, but for most it isn’t so far in the past as Seth Sangre.
His past is literally from thousands of years ago. Seth’s past led him
to the present seeking something that might help him save his country
from destruction. He has been in the present for over three years now
and just found exactly what he has been looking for.
Mari had dreams of college being a fresh start, one where she would start over and not fall for the good looking player like high school. Unfortunately for her that’s exactly what ends up falling into her lap on the first day she moves into the dorms. Now she has to hold to her promise to herself and not fall for the handsome Seth. But he doesn’t plan to make it easy for her. Seth has already marked her as his next conquest. As the semester progresses, Mari learns that Seth might just have a past of his own that’s literally in the past. Suddenly Mari finds her future along with her past put into question. She’s connected to Seth far more than she ever wanted to be and maybe the player isn’t who she thought he was. If Mari can trust her heart enough to follow him, Seth will lead Mari on an adventure of a lifetime and reveal family secrets she never knew existed.
Mari had dreams of college being a fresh start, one where she would start over and not fall for the good looking player like high school. Unfortunately for her that’s exactly what ends up falling into her lap on the first day she moves into the dorms. Now she has to hold to her promise to herself and not fall for the handsome Seth. But he doesn’t plan to make it easy for her. Seth has already marked her as his next conquest. As the semester progresses, Mari learns that Seth might just have a past of his own that’s literally in the past. Suddenly Mari finds her future along with her past put into question. She’s connected to Seth far more than she ever wanted to be and maybe the player isn’t who she thought he was. If Mari can trust her heart enough to follow him, Seth will lead Mari on an adventure of a lifetime and reveal family secrets she never knew existed.
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Excerpt/Teaser/Trailer
Carnelian centers around Seth and Mari. They are meant to be
together according got Seth, but Mari is not exactly falling for the cute guy
just because he says that. Instead she overheads that she is to be number
twenty-four on his list of conquests and decides to pass on his attempts to woo
her, but that is easier said than done as Seth doesn't plan to make it easy for
her.
Meeting Seth for the first time:
I closed my book and looked up from under the maple canopy
to the blue sky above. I had a normal life, but girls in books always went on
adventures. I guess that was what going far off to college was to me, an
adventure. My future was already planned, but I’d give anything to be one of
those heroines. I wanted to live the life I found in these books. I was still
lost in thought over the ending when there was a thump on my lap. College
students were walking all around and a few tossing a football between them. I
looked down expecting to see a football.
It wasn’t a football. The head of a perfectly cute guy was
lying across my lap. He had tipped over from sleeping next to me and stayed
fast asleep, even after his fall. I looked at him and waited for him to wake. I
mean, his fall startled me out of my daydreaming. He didn’t wake. He kept
sleeping peacefully.
After turning him down, Seth doesn't give up pursing Mari:
I waited in my room for another twenty minutes and scavenged
silently through all our snacks, nothing good enough to be a meal. I checked
several times, and he was still sitting outside my door. The last time I
checked, he even looked up at the peephole and smiled. I was beginning to feel
like Seth knew I was in my room. When my stomach growled for the tenth time, I
just had to walk out the door and ignore him. It was the only plan I had. Grabbing
my keys and ID, I hurried out the door. It was nice that the doors were
self-locking, and I could just walk away. Seth jumped up and followed me like a
puppy, as Sim had called him.
“Not even going to say hello?” Seth asked. “Do you treat all
your friends that way?” Seth teased and followed close behind me.
“I wasn’t under the impression that we were friends,” I
replied. My plan was to ignore him, but I failed at that.
“Ouch,” Seth answered. “Why can’t I be your friend?”
“You really want to be my friend?” I asked, and he nodded.
“Then stop asking me out.”
“Fair enough,” Seth replied. I eyed him suspiciously. “New
friend, would you mind joining me for supper?” he asked. I shook my head in
disbelief. No way he was giving up that easily after waiting for over an hour
for me to leave my room, but my growling stomach told me I had no choice but to
play his game, whatever it turned out to be.
“Fine,” I replied and kept looking forward rather than at
the cute brown eyes.
“You don’t have to sound excited,” he added with a chuckle.
After Mari and Seth decide to be friends, Seth still hints
at wanting more:
“I know for some reason you won’t believe me, but I’m
completely serious about you, Mari,” Seth began. “If my only way into your life
at this point is as your friend, then that’s what I’ll be, but just know that
what I really want is more than that. I’ve been searching for years for you.”
“You don’t even know me,” I retorted, trying my best to move
the conversation to something else.
“I know all I need to know about you. You are the girl I’ve
been searching for. Now I just need to convince you that maybe, just maybe, I’m
the guy for you.” Seth grinned like he was accepting the challenge. “Just know
that I’m not giving up on you.” And before I could reply, he leaned down and
kissed my forehead before turning and strolling away, leaving me speechless
before the open doorway.
I marched into my room and slammed the door. Seth Sangre was
good. I could still feel the tingles from where he had kissed me. Heck, I could
still feel his hands around my waist as he caught me from falling. He was such
a puzzle to me now. He’d been nothing but a gentleman all night. In fact, he
only kissed me on the forehead when I was standing there shocked, even though
he could have kissed me on the lips. I probably wouldn’t have even pushed him
away if he had tried. He was a riddle to me, filled with secrets, yet when he
said he would protect me, I knew he was telling the truth. Most players I’d
known in high school would never go that far for a girl, even just to impress
them. Seth was turning out to not be the person I thought he was, but even so,
there was no way to be sure. If I said yes and went out with him, and he turned
out to just be the normal, player jerk, I’d be the one with a broken heart.
And as the story progress Seth makes it harder for Mari to
refuse:
“I don’t need luck. I know you feel it, too. There’s
something between us, whether you want to admit it or not, and I intend to make
you mine. Don’t forget that when you go hugging other guys.” My mouth dropped
open, and he pushed it shut with one feather light finger. Seth Sangre had more
confidence than every guy I had ever met combined. He leaned even closer with
his face only a breath away from mine. I glanced at his lips. He was too close.
He was close enough to kiss, and yes, I did want to find out what it would be like
to kiss him.
“You’ll be mine soon,” he said with a sparkle in his dark
eyes.
I spun around him, past his arm that had just been touching
my face, quickly before he could kiss me as I wouldn’t be able to refuse him
with the tingles growing throughout my body.
“We’ll have to wait and see about that,” I called back to
him as I hurried away and back to my table with Ty and Sim. I couldn’t help but
glance back to the shadow. He stood in the dark, but I could still see him. He
almost glowed slightly. His smile was brilliant as he chuckled at me making my
way away from him. Something was really different with Seth Sangre, and I
wasn’t sure I wanted to know what it was.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Originally from Wisconsin, B. Kristin currently resides in Ohio
with her husband, two small children, and three cats. When not doing the
mom thing of chasing kids, baking cookies, and playing outside, she is
using her PhD in biology as a scientist. In her free time she is
currently hard at work on multiple novels. Every day is a new writing
adventure. She is a fan of all YA/NA fantasy and science fiction.
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Aww thanks- I know YA time travel is not a big category for books, but the story just wanted to be written- so I had to go with it and hope people would be open to something a little different. Thanks for hosting :)
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