Fear The Reaper: Countdown to Wings of the Wicked Week 8

Welcome, my little reapers, to FEAR THE REAPER Parte Deux!

WINGS OF THE WICKED IS OUT NOW!!! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Join me at Schuler Books in Lansing, MI for the launch event on 2.1.2012!

The first chapter of Wings can be previewed in the ANGELFIRE paperback out January 17 along with an exclusive scene from Will's POV involving, Ragnuk, Bastian, Ivar, Geir, and Cadan.....

So much excitement!

In the Fear the Reaper tradition, I'll host a giveaway and post a song from the WINGS OF THE WICKED playlist each week, but because some of these songs are massively spoilery, I'll let the lyrics speak for themselves and I will say nothing about what the song means in relation to Wings. These songs will be posted chronologically with their scenes in the book You will have to find out for yourself!

Be sure to check out the Wings of the Wicked soundtrack

to hear songs for the book that I wrote myself!

CD's will be handed out on the Dark Days of Supernatural Tour in February!

Click here to listen!

Watch the trailer for WINGS OF THE WICKED:

Week 7 Winners:

Congrats to Caitlin!

Please email me your address (via my Contact page on my website) so I can send you prize.

Thank you to all who entered!!!

Week 8

Song: Have Faith In Me by A Day To Remember

Have faith in me

Cause there are things that I've seen I don't believe

So cling to what you know and never let go

You should know things aren't always what they seem

I said I'd never let you go, and I never did

I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it

If you didn't have this chance then I never did

You'll always find me right there, again

I'm going crazy

Cause there are things in the streets I don't believe

So we'll pretend it's alright (pretend it's alright)

and stay in for the night

Oh what a world

I'll keep you safe here with me (with me)

I said I'd never let you go, and I never did

I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it

If you didn't have this chance then I never did

You'll always find me right there, again

I said I'd never let you go, and I never did

I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it

If you didn't have this chance then I never did

You'll always find me right there, again

They've got me on the outside, looking in

But I can't see at all

With the weight of the world on my shoulders,

They just wanna see me fall

They've got me on the outside, looking in

But I can't see at all

With the weight of the world on my shoulders,

They just wanna see me fall

Have faith in me

I said I'd never let you go, and I never did

I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it

If you didn't have this chance then I never did

You'll always find me right there, again

I said I'd never let you go, and I never did (Go, Did)

I said I'd never let you fall and I always meant it (Fall, Meant It)

If you didn't have this chance then I never did

You'll always find me right there, again

I said I'd never let you go, and I never did

I said I'd never let you go, and I never did

I said I'd never let you go, and I never did

I said I'd never let you go, and I never did

Giveaway: Three Signed 8x10 Character Posters

How to enter the contest:

For +1 entry ticket, leave a comment on this blog post

Please leave your email/blog link/twitter/something for me to contact you with if you win!

For +1 additional entry ticket, tweet a link to this contest

Please add the hastag #FEARTHEREAPER so I can find your tweet easily. No need to comment here with a link to your tweet or to @ reply me because the hashtag will lead me to your tweet.

For +1 addition entry ticket, make a blog post telling other about this contest

Sidebar links don't count because I don't have time to look for them. Please make a blog post of your own and comment on this contest post with a direct link.

Entries close Sunday 2.5.12 at 11:59PM EST
This contest is INTERNATIONAL =)

Thank you for entering!

WINGS OF THE WICKED

is in stores NOW!

Order a signed copy from my local indie:

Okemos, MI location: 517 349 8840

Lansing, MI location: 517 316 7495

Buy on Amazon

Buy on Barnes and Noble

Angelfire wins big in the Best of 2011 Debut Awards!

You guys. YOU are amazing. You kept voting and voting and voting for ANGELFIRE and we won three categories!

Favorite Character
Favorite Couple
Best Paranormal Debut

Thank you all for the votes and support! I love you, my legion of darling, vicious little reapers! I didn't think Angelfire would win and I never believed we had a chance at winning more than one category, let alone all three! I know I promised you a special scene for voting, but I'd like to show my love by writing THREE scenes for you.

WINGS OF THE WICKED releases Tuesday and I'm turning in edits for Angelfire #3 (the title is still secret, I'm sorry!) on Monday. I'm going to miss this world like you wouldn't believe, and now I have a chance to explore it a little more. I am so SO excited!!

As for who and what these scenes will be about, that is up to YOU, because YOU are the ones who voted. I am handing the reins over to you to decide what I will write about. These scenes can involve any characters in any situation. You will even decide whose POV it is told from! I will write a scene between anyone, even a brand new character, in any situation YOU ask for. I will tally up similar requests and see what has been voted for the most. So here is a form for you to submit your requests. Go as crazy as you want! If you have any questions, please post them in the comments and I will do my best to answer them for you.

There have been over 300 submissions since the form was originally posted. So far, the most voted for scenes are a romantic scene between Ellie and Cadan, and a romantic scene between Ellie and Will. There are tons of fight scene requests, too. A romantic scene between Will and Cadan has been voted for many times as well! =P Here are some of my favorite submissions:

Ellie/Cadan - "If Cadan was Ellie's gaurdian instead of Will" <-- ooooooooh! Interesting!

Ellie/Cadan - "Fight scene!" <-- This would be fun!!

Ellie/Marcus - "Any kind, i just want to see what there past was like together" <-- They have a very interesting relationship and history.

Cadan/Ellie - "Grocery shopping" <-- AMAZING.

Cadan/Will - "Grocery shopping" <-- EVEN MORE AMAZING.

Nathaniel/Lauren - "A love letter from Nathaniel to Lauren that Lauren finds" <-- You're trying to kill me.

Will/Cadan - "They fight...over who gets to be Mario for Halloween b/c neither wants to be Luigi." <-- This gave me tears from laughing so hard!

Cadan/a mirror - "hello, beautiful." <-- self-explanatory

Will/Cadan - "They should go to Coldstone" <-- They SHOULD go to Cold Stone.

Cadan/Will - "FIGHTING ZOMBIES" <-- I would love them to be on my zombie apocalypse teams.

Will/Ellie - "They are shopping for a matching pair of wellies." <-- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

Will/Ellie - "When he saw her for the first since she died :)" <-- this would be so sweet....

Okay I have to stop here or this blog post will be a mile long. Without further procrastination, here is the submission form! Vote as many times as you'd like!

Fear The Reaper: Countdown to Wings of the Wicked Week 7

Welcome, my little reapers, to FEAR THE REAPER Parte Deux!

This time we are counting down the release of WINGS OF WICKED 1.31.2012!

Join me at Schuler Books in Lansing, MI for the launch event on 2.1.2012!

The first chapter of Wings can be previewed in the ANGELFIRE paperback out January 17 along with an exclusive scene from Will's POV involving, Ragnuk, Bastian, Ivar, Geir, and Cadan.....

So much excitement!

In the Fear the Reaper tradition, I'll host a giveaway and post a song from the WINGS OF THE WICKED playlist each week, but because some of these songs are massively spoilery, I'll let the lyrics speak for themselves and I will say nothing about what the song means in relation to Wings. These songs will be posted chronologically with their scenes in the book You will have to find out for yourself!

Be sure to check out the Wings of the Wicked soundtrack

to hear songs for the book that I wrote myself!

CD's will be handed out on the Dark Days of Supernatural Tour in February!

Click here to listen!

Watch the trailer for WINGS OF THE WICKED:

Week 6 Winners:

Congrats to Renee @mcdonaldrenee!

Please email me your address (via my Contact page on my website) so I can send you prize.

Thank you to all who entered!!!

Week 7

Song: Save Me by Burn Halo

Cadan's song!! Eeeeee!!!!

I've been looking for my next mistake,

In every other little chance I take.

I've left my mark, everywhere I've been.

I think it's time for me to come back down,

I think it's time for me to stand my ground.

I don't know where I should begin.

I hope it's not too late.

Save me, cause I still believe,

There's something in me,(Worth saving)

Save me, from this disease,

That's feeding on the better part of me.

Save me.

Is there a reason why I am still here?

Nobody ever seem to make it clear.

I've been waiting here for so damn long.

I just need you to show me now,

If there was ever really any way out.

I've been ticking like a time bomb,

Every move I made was wrong.

I hope it's not too late.

Save me, cause I still believe,

There's something in me,(Worth saving)

Save me, from this disease,

That's feeding on the better part of me.

(There's still time for redemption)

(There's still time for redemption)

Yeah, I still believe

(There's still time for redemption)

(There's still time for redemption)

Yeah I still believe

(There's still time for redemption)

(There's still time for redemption)

Yeah I still believe

(There's still time for redemption)

(There's still time for redemption)

Yeah I still believe

Save me, cause I still believe,

There's something in me, (Worth saving)

Save me, from this disease,

That's feeding on the better part of me.{x2}

Save me

Giveaway: ANGELFIRE and WINGS OF THE WICKED

How to enter the contest:

For +1 entry ticket, leave a comment on this blog post

Please leave your email/blog link/twitter/something for me to contact you with if you win!

For +1 additional entry ticket, tweet a link to this contest

Please add the hastag #FEARTHEREAPER so I can find your tweet easily. No need to comment here with a link to your tweet or to @ reply me because the hashtag will lead me to your tweet.

For +1 addition entry ticket, make a blog post telling other about this contest

Sidebar links don't count because I don't have time to look for them. Please make a blog post of your own and comment on this contest post with a direct link.

Entries close Sunday 1.29.12 at 11:59PM EST
This contest is INTERNATIONAL =)

Thank you for entering!

Please vote for ANGELFIRE in

the Best of 2011 Debuts Awards!!

Best Paranormal Debut

Favorite Character

Favorite Couple

If we win a category, I've got an awesome THANK YOU gift

planned! Check it out!!!!

Awesome News!! A Starred Review for Wings of the Wicked!

I couldn't be more proud of my fat little book! VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates, a leading magazine for the incredible young adult librarians all over the country, has give WINGS OF THE WICKED a STARRED review!! I can only hope that librarians read this and decide that Wings is a great fit in their libraries and for their teens. Thank you, VOYA!

This gripping sequel in the Angelfire series continues with more action and more characters. It combines the forbidden romance of Twilight, the friendship and action of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the angelic/demonic mythos-urban fantasy/horror of Supernatural. Preliator Ellie is remembering more and more of her reincarnated soul’s past as archangel Gabriel. Her forbidden attraction to her Guardian, Will, is growing and becoming more distracting. Bastian seems to be back and with a bigger, more insidious plan to dominate humanity. Both Ellie and Will discover they have deep, dark powers not yet known and their long past together is both a strength and weakness.


This book, like its predecessor, will engage readers easily and many will not be able to put it down. The angst-filled, romantic tension; best girl/supportive friend; and fast-paced action sequences will keep readers wanting more in the next installment. This excellent book is a must-have purchase for all libraries, especially where horror, romance, and urban fantasy fiction is hot. Characters and plot continue to be very strong and the mixing up of traditional lore is appealing. Readers will eagerly anticipate the next in the series. This novel will provide crossover appeal to both older teens and adults.

Don't forget that Wings of the Wicked lands in stores on January 31!

Angelfire paperback release & Will's Point of View Teaser Prequel Scene

Exciting news today, everyone! The paperback edition of ANGELFIRE has officially released and it packed full of Extras, including a guide to the world of angels and reapers, the first chapter of WINGS OF THE WICKED, and an exclusive prequel scene from Will's point of view. So celebrate, I'd love to share an excerpt from Will's scene with you for Teaser Tuesday!

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My eyes were shut tight and my jaw clenched, determined not to make a cry of pain. That would only encourage them. It would take a lot of damage to kill me, but that wasn’t their goal. Reapers were patient, for they had eternity to do whatever they desired, and many loved to spill blood just to watch it run.

One of them grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked me upright so that his yellow eyes could drive into mine. His mouth slid wide to show multiple rows of jagged, needle teeth.

“I thought you had passed out for a moment,” Geir said as he crouched in front of me. “That would have been disappointing.”

If the chains weren’t so tight around my arms, I’d have punched his face so hard those shark teeth would shoot out the back of his head. I jerked against the metal to their limits, but halted brutally with Geir’s throat just out of reach. I was too weakened to break free of the chains and of the angelic spell cast into the pentagram drawn on the ground around me. My body would heal and then they would begin again, tearing me up until I was near death only to let me heal so they could start all over. I didn’t know how long I’d been in this barn. I didn’t know if it was night or day. And I didn’t know if she was still alive.

I had to return to her. The reaper struck my face and blood ran over my eyes. I had to return to her.

He stopped after some time, releasing me roughly, but I was so numb from agony that it made little difference whether he was torturing me or not. The closer I was to death, the less it hurt. My chest heaved painfully in order to breathe. One of my lungs had collapsed and its desperation to heal was even more excruciating than the initial blow that had damaged it. When my eyes were shut, I saw her face. When I opened them, blinking through blood, I saw Geir’s face. Ivar stood behind him, talking to Cadan. He wrapped a hand around her cheek tenderly for a moment before leaving the barn with her. Their show of affection for one another was alien, so untrue to their natures. They were incapable of love. They didn’t even know the meaning of the word.

My teeth ground together as my heartbeat quickened with rage. Bastian had returned. He appeared from the Grim with a flash of black hair and shadows of power that made my skin crawl. I shivered and sank deeper on my knees, my knuckles dragging to the dirt floor. Geir moved aside as Bastian approached, the lesser reaper bowing out submissively.

Bastian’s icy indigo gaze met mine with satisfied amusement. “Hello, William. Did you miss me?”

“What took you so long?” I asked hoarsely, looking up into his face. “Geir hits like a bitch.”

The yellow-eyed reaper hissed and moved to strike me.

“Enough,” Bastian said in a low, calm voice. He didn’t need to shout for his thugs to obey. Often, one look was more than enough to send them cowering.

It was painful straining to see Bastian’s face above me, waiting for him to start torturing me again.

“I’m impressed you haven’t lost your spirit, William,” he said. “By now I thought you’d be begging for death, but I have to admit I’m pleased. I have a gift for you. He should be here soon.”

Fear The Reaper: Countdown to Wings of the Wicked Week 6

Welcome, my little reapers, to FEAR THE REAPER Parte Deux!

This time we are counting down the release of WINGS OF WICKED 2.1.2012!

The first chapter of Wings can be previewed in the ANGELFIRE paperback out January 17 along with an exclusive scene from Will's POV involving, Ragnuk, Bastian, Ivar, Geir, and Cadan.....

So much excitement!

In the Fear the Reaper tradition, I'll host a giveaway and post a song from the WINGS OF THE WICKED playlist each week, but because some of these songs are massively spoilery, I'll let the lyrics speak for themselves and I will say nothing about what the song means in relation to Wings. These songs will be posted chronologically with their scenes in the book You will have to find out for yourself!

Be sure to check out the Wings of the Wicked soundtrack

to hear songs for the book that I wrote myself!

CD's will be handed out on the Dark Days of Supernatural Tour in February!

Click here to listen!

Watch the trailer for WINGS OF THE WICKED:

Week 5 Winners:

Congrats to our SIX winners of WINGS OF THE WICKED!

Crystal

Miki

Ishita/Fishy

WulfLuva

CYP

Ashelynn

Please email me your address (via my Contact page on my website) so I can send you prize.

Thank you to all who entered!!! You guys were INCREDIBLE and I wish I could give you ALL books <3

Week 6

Song: Prodigal by OneRepublic

We say good-bye 

I turn my back 

Run away, run away 

So predictable 

Not far from here 

You see me crack 

Like a bone, like a bone 

I'm so breakable 

And I take everything from you 

But you'll take anything 

Won't you? 

Run away, run away 

Like a prodigal 

Don't you wait for me 

Don't you wait for me 

So ashamed, so ashamed 

But I need you so 

And you wait for me 

And you wait for me 

I'm on the road 

To who knows where? 

Look ahead, not behind 

I keep saying 

There's no place to go 

Where you're not there 

On your rope, I hold tight 

But it's freeing 

And I take everything from you 

But you'll take anything 

Won't you? 

Run away, run away 

Like a prodigal 

Don't you wait for me 

Don't you wait for me 

So ashamed, so ashamed 

But I need you so 

And you wait for me 

And you wait for me 

Everybody wants to be right

But only if it's not day light? 

I keep trying to find my way back 

My way back 

Run away, run away 

Like a prodigal 

Don't you wait for me 

Don't you wait for me 

So ashamed, so ashamed 

But I need you so 

And you wait for me 

And you wait for me 

Runaway 

Runaway 

Runaway 

From you 

From you 

From you

Giveaway: ARC of EVERNEATH by Brodi Ashton

How to enter the contest:

For +1 entry ticket, leave a comment on this blog post

Please leave your email/blog link/twitter/something for me to contact you with if you win!

For +1 additional entry ticket, tweet a link to this contest

Please add the hastag #FEARTHEREAPER so I can find your tweet easily. No need to comment here with a link to your tweet or to @ reply me because the hashtag will lead me to your tweet.

For +1 addition entry ticket, make a blog post telling other about this contest

Sidebar links don't count because I don't have time to look for them. Please make a blog post of your own and comment on this contest post with a direct link.

Entries close Sunday 1.22.12 at 11:59PM EST
This contest is INTERNATIONAL =)

Thank you for entering!

Please vote for ANGELFIRE in

the Best of 2011 Debuts Awards!!

<3 Best Paranormal Debut

<3 Favorite Character

<3 Favorite Couple

If we win a category, I've got an awesome THANK YOU gift

planned! Check it out!!!!

Don't forget: ANGELFIRE releases in paperback January 17!

Fear The Reaper: Countdown to Wings of the Wicked Week 5.5

Watch the trailer for WINGS OF THE WICKED:

Week 5

Song: Samhain by We Are the Fallen

Memories flood through my brain

Tears drown my heart filled with rage

Blinding silence takes your place

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Heaven hear me, hold them safe

Time stands frozen, no more strength

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Lay low, peaceful dreaming,

I'm safe till your last breath shall die

Giveaway: SIX Signed Hardcovers of

WINGS OF THE WICKED

I've added a SIXTH copy for you guys hitting 20,000 comments! Keep blogging and tweeting and telling your friends!!
<333 THANK YOU <333

Let's break blogger again!

This is PART FIVE of Week 5

In honor of the ANGELFIRE paperback release on January 17 (next Tuesday AHHH!!!)

I am giving away SIX signed hardcovers of WINGS OF THE WICKED

and the only way to win them is to break blogger.

Not like we haven't done that a few times before, right?

>=}~


Please vote for ANGELFIRE in
the Best of 2011 Debuts Awards!!
<3 Best Paranormal Debut
<3 Favorite Character
<3 Favorite Couple


If we win a category, I've got an awesome THANK YOU gift
planned! Check it out!!!!

As for points, you decide how many you accumulate.
The more you comment, blog, and tweet, the more points you get.
If you post on Facebook, be sure to tag me in the post so I'll see it <3
So comment a billion times, you get a billion entries. Each comment is one point. Each tweet linking back here is one point, each blog post link is one point - there is NO LIMIT to how many entry points you can accumulate. Winners are still chosen randomly but the more points you have, the more likely you are to win! 

I have FIVE copies to give away so there will be FIVE winners!

If you tweet, please remember to add the hashtag #FearTheReaper so I can find them! Don't forget to give me some way of contacting you via blog link, email, twitter name... Whatever works!.

Entries close Sunday 1.15.12 at 11:59PM EST
This contest is INTERNATIONAL =)

Thank you for entering! HAVE FUN!!! Next week will resume as a normal giveaway :)

Fear The Reaper: Countdown to Wings of the Wicked Week 5.4

Watch the trailer for WINGS OF THE WICKED:

Week 5

Song: Samhain by We Are the Fallen

Memories flood through my brain

Tears drown my heart filled with rage

Blinding silence takes your place

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Heaven hear me, hold them safe

Time stands frozen, no more strength

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Lay low, peaceful dreaming,

I'm safe till your last breath shall die

Giveaway: FIVE Signed Hardcovers of

WINGS OF THE WICKED

I've added a FIFTH copy for you guys hitting 15,000 comments! Keep blogging and tweeting and telling your friends!!
<333 THANK YOU <333

Let's break blogger again!

This is PART FOUR of Week 5

In honor of the ANGELFIRE paperback release on January 17 (next Tuesday AHHH!!!)

I am giving away THREE signed hardcovers of WINGS OF THE WICKED

and the only way to win them is to break blogger.

Not like we haven't done that a few times before, right?

>=}~


Please vote for ANGELFIRE in
the Best of 2011 Debuts Awards!!
<3 Best Paranormal Debut
<3 Favorite Character
<3 Favorite Couple


If we win a category, I've got an awesome THANK YOU gift
planned! Check it out>>>

As for points, you decide how many you accumulate.
The more you comment, blog, and tweet, the more points you get.
If you post on Facebook, be sure to tag me in the post so I'll see it <3
So comment a billion times, you get a billion entries. Each comment is one point. Each tweet linking back here is one point, each blog post link is one point - there is NO LIMIT to how many entry points you can accumulate. Winners are still chosen randomly but the more points you have, the more likely you are to win! 

I have FIVE copies to give away so there will be FIVE winners!

If you tweet, please remember to add the hashtag #FearTheReaper so I can find them! Don't forget to give me some way of contacting you via blog link, email, twitter name... Whatever works!.

Entries close Sunday 1.15.12 at 11:59PM EST
This contest is INTERNATIONAL =)

Thank you for entering! HAVE FUN!!! Next week will resume as a normal giveaway :)

The Best of 2011 Nominations for Angelfire!

Guys!! Angelfire has been nominated in three categories for the Best of 2011 Debut Awards!

> Favorite Character
> Favorite Couple
> Best Paranormal Debut

I am beyond honored and bewildered to have been nominated among such incredible books - most of them I have read and adored. If you loved Angelfire, please help me vote! The awesome thing is that there is no limit to how many times you can vote, so please vote, vote, VOTE! <3

To thank you for your votes and dedication, I would love to thank you guys. If Angelfire wins any category, at least one of the three, I would love to write a scene JUST for you guys. To show how much I love you guys, I will let YOU decide what kind of scene I will write for you and which characters will be featured! You will even decide whose POV it is told from! I will write a scene between anyone, even a brand new character, in any situation YOU ask for. I will tally up similar requests and see what has been voted for the most. So here is a form for you to submit your requests. Go as crazy as you want! If you have any questions, please post them in the comments and I will do my best to answer them for you.

Please click here to vote for ANGELFIRE!

Voting ends January 26! LOVE YOU LITTLE REAPERS!!!

Fear The Reaper: Countdown to Wings of the Wicked Week 5.3

Watch the trailer for WINGS OF THE WICKED:

Week 5

Song: Samhain by We Are the Fallen

Memories flood through my brain

Tears drown my heart filled with rage

Blinding silence takes your place

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Heaven hear me, hold them safe

Time stands frozen, no more strength

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Lay low, peaceful dreaming,

I'm safe till your last breath shall die

Giveaway: FOUR Signed Hardcovers of

WINGS OF THE WICKED

I've added a FOURTH copy since you guys are doing so great!
Thanks!!

Let's break blogger again!

This is PART THREE of Week 5

In honor of the ANGELFIRE paperback release on January 17 (next Tuesday AHHH!!!)

I am giving away THREE signed hardcovers of WINGS OF THE WICKED

and the only way to win them is to break blogger.

Not like we haven't done that a few times before, right?

>=}~


Don't forget to vote for ANGELFIRE for Best Paranormal Debut and Ellie and Will as Best Couple
in the Best of 2011 Debuts Awards!!
Please vote for us!!

As for points, you decide how many you accumulate.
The more you comment, blog, and tweet, the more points you get.
So comment a billion times, you get a billion entries. Each comment is one point. Each tweet linking back here is one point, each blog post link is one point - there is NO LIMIT to how many entry points you can accumulate. Winners are still chosen randomly but the more points you have, the more likely you are to win! 

I have THREE copies to give away so there will be THREE winners!

If you tweet, please remember to add the hashtag #FearTheReaper so I can find them! Don't forget to give me some way of contacting you via blog link, email, twitter name... Whatever works!.

Entries close Sunday 1.15.12 at 11:59PM EST
This contest is INTERNATIONAL =)

Thank you for entering! HAVE FUN!!! Next week will resume as a normal giveaway :)

Fear The Reaper: Countdown to Wings of the Wicked Week 5.2

Watch the trailer for WINGS OF THE WICKED:

Week 5

Song: Samhain by We Are the Fallen

Memories flood through my brain

Tears drown my heart filled with rage

Blinding silence takes your place

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Heaven hear me, hold them safe

Time stands frozen, no more strength

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Lay low, peaceful dreaming,

I'm safe till your last breath shall die

Giveaway: Three Signed Hardcovers of

WINGS OF THE WICKED

Yes, THREE!
and possible FOUR!

Let's break blogger again!

This is PART TWO of Week 5. If there's another 5,000 comments I will throw in another hardcover of WINGS OF THE WICKED to make the giveaway a total of FOUR. Your prize for breaking Blogger in 24 hours is an awesome teaser :) Enjoy!

In honor of the ANGELFIRE paperback release on January 17 (next Tuesday AHHH!!!)

I am giving away THREE signed hardcovers of WINGS OF THE WICKED

and the only way to win them is to break blogger.

Not like we haven't done that a few times before, right?

>=}~

As for points, you decide how many you accumulate.
The more you comment, blog, and tweet, the more points you get.
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Aaaaaaand now for you TEASER TUESDAY! For breaking Blogger in less than 24 hours, I give you an awesome Cadan teaser! This is spoilery and teasery but whatever. Enjoy :)


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I drove somewhere I knew no one would find me, to the north side of town, to a park I’d been to with my parents a few times when I was little. It would be empty in the middle of winter and in the middle of the night, and I could avoid any contact with anyone, especially humans. I parked my car in the lot of an empty grocery store where it would be safe, and I walked beneath the lightly falling snow and lonely streetlights. A couple of cars passed me, and that was it for company. I relished the solitude and didn’t care that it was cold. When I got to the park, I trudged to its center and found a wrought-iron bench beneath a snow-covered tree and a single lamppost. I plopped down and immediately began to cry.

“This is a surprise,” said a voice to my side.

I jerked, startled, and looked up to see Cadan standing next to me. I wiped the tears on my face with my sleeve and made a very unladylike sniffle. I peeked at him and saw that he was staring at me with his head tilted curiously. “What do you want?”

“Did you even have a plan when you ran off?” he asked. “Where are you going? Do you even have a place to go?”

I snarled and wiped at the tears on my face before they froze solid on my skin. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“It’s no mystery that you’re very upset,” he said quietly as he sat beside me. “And your Guardian’s presence is nowhere to be felt. That is not a good sign.”

“Well, it’s nothing,” I snapped, and turned my gaze to the ground. “And you can go away now.”

“I don’t think so.”

“That was an order. I wasn’t asking for your opinion.”

“That doesn’t work on me, love. I’m not your Guardian.”

“Thank God for that.”

I expected a sharp retort, but he just looked at me. “I didn’t come here to fight with you,” he said.

“And I didn’t come here hoping to see you.”

He gave me a patient look. He seemed to tell by my hostility that I wasn’t in the mood for his jokes. At least he was smart. “I’m sorry, Ellie. I know what happened.”

I turned on him, snarling. “You don’t know shit.”

He narrowed his eyes, and fire flashed within them. “Don’t talk to me like I’m an idiot.”

The harshness in his voice surprised me. I didn’t expect him to say anything like that. Perhaps I deserved it. My gut twisted in a rage at the thought of the demonic reapers gloating behind my back. “Come to rub it in then?”

“I’m not your enemy, Ellie.”

“Aren’t you?”

He was silent.

I ground my teeth. Part of me wanted to fight him for the sake of fighting, but it’d do nothing to get me my revenge. “Why are you really here, then, if you already know what’s made me so upset? Do you want to tell me how sorry you are, or do you have another present from Bastian?”

He flinched and his gaze faltered. “I had nothing to do with that. I didn’t even know about it. If I had known what was going to happen, I would have done something to prevent it. I’m trying to help you.”

“You have nothing to do with everything, don’t you?” I snapped callously.

“I’m not going to take any of your crap, you know.”

I looked over at him, my mouth parting in shock. He had the nerve to talk to me like that?

His eyes were bright and gleaming, honest. “Your guard dog might be okay with getting bossed around and talked down to—”

“I don’t talk down to Will.”

“Oh?” He put his arms up on the back of the bench. “You sure about that?”

I opened my mouth to retort, but I had nothing to say.

“I’m sorry,” Cadan said.

I sighed. I had no right to be upset with him, since he was right, after all. “It’s fine. It’s all my fault anyway.”

“No, it’s not. The blame belongs to those who want to destroy this world and everyone in it.”

“I’ve managed to make Will hate me,” I grumbled. “I’m sure my grandmother thinks I’m a delinquent. Lauren’s petrified of me, and Nathaniel thinks I’m going to snap and kill them all . . . which I probably will.”

“Nah,” he said. “You’re not crazy.”

I huffed. “You haven’t seen me at my worst.”

“I’d still admire you for exactly what you are.”

“Don’t speak too soon.”

He smiled. “We all have our imperfections.”

“Most people’s imperfections don’t involve going berserk and trying to kill the people they love.”

He was quiet for a moment. “You have a lot more to deal with than most people. Nobody is like you. No one else is what you are, or has ever been what you are. You’re changing, trying to adapt to this world.”

“That’s not an excuse for me to let my power control me. There’s no excuse for me hurting innocent people.”

“True, but we have to try and understand you,” he said thoughtfully. “You are a being of two worlds, Heaven and Earth. What you’re capable of could be limitless. It’s not a question of if you can control your energy. Your body is human and your power is archangel—the most powerful being ever created. Something conflicts. An archangel was never meant to live as a human girl.”

What he said was almost exactly what Michael had told me when I asked him why I lost myself to emotion and to my power. Maybe he and Cadan were right. “There’s something wrong with me.”

“No,” he said softly, reaching forward to slide his fingers along my jaw toward my chin. The gesture was soothing, and in the frigid cold, his hand was surprisingly warm. The cold never affected the reapers. “There’s nothing wrong with you. Through your lifetimes, your humanity has grown stronger. Your human passion is taking over your angelic heritage, and I don’t think it knows how to handle all that divine power. Once you understand and can balance the two sides of yourself, you will be unstoppable.”

I looked away from him. “If Bastian doesn’t find a way to destroy my soul first.”

“I’m sorry for what he has done to you,” Cadan said. “For everything that he’s done to you. I’m not sure if I’m strong enough to kill him, but for you, I’d try.”

“I wouldn’t ask you to.”

He let out a long breath. “But I feel responsible. I should’ve done something sooner,” he said earnestly. “I wish I’d known that you aren’t some awful thing who only destroys. Maybe this would all be different.”

“I don’t think Bastian would’ve listened to you if you had tried to reason with him. He’s out to kill me for good. He’s pretty dead set on it, actually, if you’ll pardon my morbid pun. God, I’m making fun of myself dying. I am so screwed up.”

He shook his head. “You don’t understand.”

OMG DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT????? You 'll just have to wait and find out what the heck happened to get these two at this point.... MWAHAHA!

Fear The Reaper: Countdown to Wings of the Wicked Week 5

Welcome, my little reapers, to FEAR THE REAPER Parte Deux!

This time we are counting down the release of WINGS OF WICKED 2.1.2012!

The first chapter of Wings can be previewed in the ANGELFIRE paperback out January 17 along with an exclusive scene from Will's POV involving, Ragnuk, Bastian, Ivar, Geir, and Cadan.....

So much excitement!

In the Fear the Reaper tradition, I'll host a giveaway and post a song from the WINGS OF THE WICKED playlist each week, but because some of these songs are massively spoilery, I'll let the lyrics speak for themselves and I will say nothing about what the song means in relation to Wings. These songs will be posted chronologically with their scenes in the book You will have to find out for yourself!

Be sure to check out the Wings of the Wicked soundtrack

to hear songs for the book that I wrote myself!

CD's will be handed out on the Dark Days of Supernatural Tour in February!

Click here to listen!

Watch the trailer for WINGS OF THE WICKED:

Week 4 Winner:

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Please email me your address (via my Contact page on my website) so I can send you prize.

Thank you to all who entered!!!

Week 5

Song: Samhain by We Are the Fallen

Memories flood through my brain

Tears drown my heart filled with rage

Blinding silence takes your place

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Heaven hear me, hold them safe

Time stands frozen, no more strength

Broken forever by this life

Why

Wake from where you lie

Don't say goodbye

I'm praying for more time

Don't sleep tonight

Lay low, peaceful dreaming,

I'm safe till your last breath shall die

Giveaway: Three Signed Hardcovers of

WINGS OF THE WICKED

Yes, THREE!

Let's break blogger again!

In honor of the ANGELFIRE paperback release on January 17 (next Tuesday AHHH!!!)

I am giving away THREE signed hardcovers of WINGS OF THE WICKED

and the only way to win them is to break blogger.

Not like we haven't done that a few times before, right?

>=}~

As for points, you decide how many you accumulate.
The more you comment, blog, and tweet, the more points you get.
So comment a billion times, you get a billion entries. Each comment is one point. Each tweet linking back here is one point, each blog post link is one point - there is NO LIMIT to how many entry points you can accumulate. Winners are still chosen randomly but the more points you have, the more likely you are to win! 

I have THREE copies to give away so there will be THREE winners!

If you tweet, please remember to add the hashtag #FearTheReaper so I can find them! Don't forget to give me some way of contacting you via blog link, email, twitter name... Whatever works!.

Entries close Sunday 1.15.12 at 11:59PM EST
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Thank you for entering! HAVE FUN!!! Next week will resume as a normal giveaway :)