YA Scavenger Hunt!

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I'm SO freaking excited to be a part of the newest YA Scavenger Hunt which starts...NOW!



Each author involved will have some sooper sekrit special content plus a link to the next author on the hunt. Follow the trail, collect the words in red, and enter to win a metric crap ton of awesome prizes!!!!!

I have the honor of hosting Kimberly Derting, an amazing paranormal and dystopian author whom I'm lucky to count as a friend (and who gave me the most awesomest blurb for POSSESS...).

Kimberly Derting is the author of the BODY FINDER series (HarperCollins), which are as much coming-of-age romance as they are paranormal thrillers, as well as a new dystopic-fantasy trilogy, beginning with THE PLEDGE (Simon & Schuster). She lives in the Pacific Northwest where the gloomy weather is ideal for writing anything dark and creepy. Her three beautiful (and often mouthy) children serve as an endless source of inspiration, and often find the things they say buried in the pages of their mother’s books.

(Which sort of makes me want to move in with her...)

(Don't tell her I said that.)

You can find an expanded bio and some fun Q&A with Kimberly here.

THE PLEDGE: In the violent country of Ludania, the classes are strictly divided by the language they speak. The smallest transgression, like looking a member of a higher class in the eye while they are speaking their native tongue, results in immediate execution. Seventeen-year-old Charlaina has always been able to understand the languages of all classes, and she's spent her life trying to hide her secret. The only place she can really be free is the drug-fueled underground clubs where people go to shake off the oppressive rules of the world they live in. It's there that she meets a beautiful and mysterious boy named Max who speaks a language she's never heard before . . . and her secret is almost exposed.

Charlie is intensely attracted to Max, even though she can't be sure where his real loyalties lie. As the emergency drills give way to real crisis and the violence escalates, it becomes clear that Charlie is the key to something much bigger: her country's only chance for freedom from the terrible power of a deadly regime.

Pretty awesome, right? Don't you want to buy it RIGHT NOW?

amazon ~ barnes & noble ~ book depository

Now for the wicked cool part.

For Kimberly's bonus material today, she's actually reading the prologue from THE PLEDGE!!!!!

And isn't her hair fantastic? Just sayin'.

As an extra bonus we’ve put together a puzzle with one keyword found on each website. Complete it and you will be eligible for a fantastic GRAND PRIZE which will include signed editions of books, signed bookmarks, jewelry, and many more exclusive gifts with at least one gift from EVERY AUTHOR!

Scavenger Hunt Puzzle

Directions: Search for the 37 keywords - one on each Scavenger Hunt website - that are highlighted in RED. When you are finished, go HERE where you will find a list of scrambled keywords. Put your keywords in the same order as the scrambled ones - from #1 to #37 - and paste that list into the entry form!

1. NVSEIURE
2. MLTSIPIE
3. PEMETKIREE
4. IIHEDOMC
5. FMERLOAHTWER
6. DLENGO
7. IRDEEDEWLB
8. RSUERNEDR
9. AOCATTINA
10. AHNCEDNTE
11. GURENDOHY
12. GAUINDAR
13. RETECSS
14. EMCREAB
15. LORNDDWURE
16. AIRSFCCEI
17. RIASSMHCT
18. RWTHACES
19. RTAAENTNRSP
20. DETLGAN
21. YFNASAT
22. NTOAPHWYP
23. SLLESUOS
24. ECNNEOIP
25. LOENIOASTD
26. EORFWLWE
27. AREEHTFS
28. AAAOLRPMNR
29. HSIGDNA
30. DOBANADNE
31. LIECSHORCN
32. SPSESNEU
33. OTMYHLGYO
34. ELWLHAENO
35. TTOAINRTAC
36. UAUTFLBIE
37. BTRSUTEFEIL

Rules: To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit this filled in puzzle before noon on Dec 4th PST. All the keywords must be in the correct place and you must include your full name and address. Entries sent in without name and address will not be considered! This contest is international.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!

This is getting insane, isn't it? I'm giving away a custom POSSESS charm necklace, hand-painted sterling silver, and designed from Bridget's very own exorcism charm!!!



To qualify to win, simply leave a comment and your email address here on my blog page. Note: to be eligible to win you also need to submit a valid entry for the YA Scavenger Hunt grand prize.

ETA: 100+ entries for the POSSESS charm? HOLY CRAP! If we get to 150, I'll add a few more prizes... :D

Ready to go to the next website on the Scavenger Hunt?

Click HERE!