I am really excited to have been asked to join author Jordan Deen in the blog tour for her second book Half Moon.  Not only do I get to surprise you with the awesome cover, but I also get to participate in the awesome giveaway and scavenger hunt!  First, let’s take a look at this fabulous cover!
Isn’t that gorgeous!!!
This is the sequel to The Crescent.  Half Moon is officially released on Jan. 13th, 2011!
Now I know you are all wondering about the wonderful prizes you could win! Well here is what the author is offering as a prize for this great scavenger hunt!

Half Moon Swag

$25 B&N Gift Card

Journal

Jewelry Box

USB Camera/Video recorder

Are you wondering how you can win all these great gifts? Well, you are going to hunt for certain words from certain blogs!  Each participant in the tour will feature a part of Chapter 2 from Half Moon.  In each excerpt you need to write down each word you find until you reach the final blog! It will form a sentence. Trust me, the words are easy to find, so your brain will be safe from overload!  
First the rules!
1) You start and finish at Jordan’s website here. She will have a special post with all the bloggers hyperlinked in the order they need to be visited. 
2) You go to each bloggers website, check out their post and portion of Chapter 2 of Half Moon. Within their section there will be one word that stands out from the others. Collect that word. You must follow each of the blogs and comment on each in order to be officially entered.
3) Once you have all your words, you return to Jordan’s blog and post a comment of what you thought about Chapter 2 of ‘Half Moon’. Then, send an email to: info@JordanDeen.com with the sentence that the words formed from the thirteen websites.
That’s all! Once you have commented, followed everyone, and emailed Jordan – you are done. 
The contest will go from early morning on 9/2/2010 and conclude at midnight (California time) on9/9/2010.
Here is my exclusive excerpt of chapter two of Half Moon:

“I think we are both under such stress,” he stalled again, rubbing my hands firmly between his to match our marks, both were almost faded from sight entirely. “We just need time to grow that bond again. We need to focus on what was working before we brought you here.”
            “We were allowed to be alone before,” I said as low as I could, but Nicole could have heard me whisper the words anyway. “I don’t understand why they won’t let us be alone together.”
            “They know you are vulnerable right now and…” Guilt flashed on his face. “If something happens to you, I won’t be able to help you heal since I can’t take you to Haventon. If you get hurt, there’s a good chance you wouldn’t survive and neither would I.”
            I hadn’t even considered the possibility of anyone being able to find me, let alone hurt me. “Do you think they know where we are?” I didn’t even know our exact location, and with my make over, I don’t think my parents would recognize me; half the time, I didn’t recognize me.
            “We don’t know. Michael thinks Alex can sense you.” Brandon peeled a long section of bark off the tree and tossed it to the ground. “He thinks that your bond is stronger with Alex than it ever was with me. I just don’t get it…” Nicole slightly shook on the blanket, making me well aware that she knew what he implied and was still actively participating in our conversation. 
What did you think? Do you want more? Well, I am only stop #10. If you want to read more, you will have to stop by each blog! The next stop is Frenzy Of Noise! Go search for those words! Be sure to become a follower of everyone’s blog as well!
More info about the book:

Three angels are sent down to bring good to the world: Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, a teenage girl who is the least experienced of the trio. But she is the most human, and when she is romantically drawn to a mortal boy, the angels fear she will not be strong enough to save anyone—especially herself—from the Dark Forces.
About the author:
Alexandra Adornetto was fourteen when she published her first book, The Shadow Thief, in Australia. Alex lives in Melbourne, Australia; Halo marks her U.S. debut.
Be sure to check out the MacMillan page about the author and Halo:

“Live fast, fight hard and if you have to die then take as many of your enemies with you as you can. That is the Amazon credo and it was one Samia lived and died by. Now in contemporary New Orleans, the immortal Amazon warrior is about to learn that there’s a worse evil coming to slaughter mankind than she’s ever faced before…..”

Sherrilyn Kenyon website containing book synopsis and much more:

http://were-hunter.com/

I can’t wait!!! How about you??

Eleni over at Le Femme Readers is having a wonderful Re-Create A Cover Contest! I am so excited to join in on another one of these! They can be so addicting!  This time it is for The Emerald Talisman by Brenda Pandos.

Here is the original cover with the summary:
To be normal, sixteen-year-old Julia Parker would shed her empathic gift in a second. Life has been difficult since her mother’s mysterious disappearance ten years earlier – an event she witnessed, but can’t remember. Julia’s situation becomes more complicated after a near death experience from a blood thirsty stalker. As high school students go missing it is clear there is a connection to her own experience–past and present. Someone has to stop the madness and a chance encounter with a creepy psychic foretells that only Julia is the key to stopping the madness, but it may require the life of the one she loves.

Here is the cover that I came up with:


What do you think? I usually don’t make it that far in the cover contests, but I am hoping this is my lucky one since it is green! LOL


Let me know what you think about my cover!

The contest for Return the Heart by TK Richardson has now ended. I used Random.org to pick the winner and the lucky person chose was:

Congrats!!! I will be contacting you shortly and you will have 48 hours to respond! Thank you to all who entered!