Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Young Adult Giveaway Hop



For this hop, I am celebrating an author who has just made the move from his day job to being a full-time author.  Very excited for him.  Really, I'm being very selfish about this.  Him writing full-time means MORE books for me of his! So YAY!!!!

M. R. Merrick is now a full-time author!!!


Congrats Matt!

And write more books for me to read, please.

M.R. Merrick | Goodreads | Twitter | FB | Amazon

Currently, he has the first two books in the protector series out and is working on book 3.

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Chase Williams is a demon hunter in the Circle, or at least he was supposed to be. On his fifteenth birthday, Chase stepped up to the altar to claim his elemental power, but it never came. Elemental magic is passed down to a hunter through the bloodline, but on Chase's birthday, the bloodline stopped.

Exiled without the Circle's protection, Chase has spent two years trying to survive a world riddled with half-demons and magic. When he has a run in with a frightened and seemingly innocent demon, he learns the Circle's agenda has changed: the Circle plans to unlock a portal and unleash pure-blood demons into the world. Vowing to stop them, and knowing he can't do it alone, Chase forms a reluctant alliance with Rayna — a sexy witch with an attitude and a secret.

In their attempt to stop them, Chase and Rayna find themselves in the middle of the Circle's plan, leaving one of them to decide what their friendship is worth, and the other's life depending on it.




Devastated by a terrible loss, Chase is trying to balance the life he’s been left with, a family he’s still getting to know, and power he never thought he’d have. He doesn’t understand why the Goddess has named him the Protector and granted him two gifts: the Mark, a tattoo that now covers his back, and the ring. But between getting interrogated by the Circle and psychic attacks from Riley, the Mark is the least of his concern. There’s a demon inside Rayna that’s fighting to be released, and it’s not her inner witch. It’s something else—a monster threatening to tear her apart.

As Chase struggles to control his magic, his enemies are closing in. Everyone has staked a claim on his ring, and destroying it may be his only chance to stop Riley. But Chase must decide if stopping him is worth risking the lives of everyone he cares about, or if protecting the ring will be enough to save his world.
These books are YA Urban Fantasy.
They are action packed and include some incredibly imaginative creatures.





So, I'm gonna give away BOTH books in the protector series, your choice of format (Kindle or paperback), to celebrate this fabulous news!

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Now hop along to the next blog..... 

104 comments:

  1. I'm a fan of pretty much anything lol (I have to agree with Ricki and say that dragons are beyond amazing.) Lately, I can't get enough of mermaid and angel books, though! Do angels count as mythical creatures? haha

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  2. Werewolves :) Thanks for the giveaway Valerie and many congrats to Matthew.

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  3. I love shape-shifters and angels!

    --Markella

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  4. Amazing giveaway! I won't be entering since I already own his FABULOUS books, but I just wanted to stop by and celebrate the great news! This is my first time hearing about him making the shift to a full-time author! That's so fabulous!!! :)

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  5. Yay Matt for making that jump! Maybe this means I'll get book 3 faster??!!?? please? :o) I miss Rayna.

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  6. I love Werewolves or shifters.

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  7. I pretty much love all paranormal creatures, but I've always had a soft spot for mythical creatures like Pegasus and unicorns.

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  8. My favorite mythical creature is absolutely, positively, hands-down - DRAGONS!! I love to read about them.

    Congratulations to Matt on the move to full-time authorhood!! I'm sure that is an amazing feeling! But a great choice, based on what all the many, many reviewers of his books are saying :) I will confess to having "Exiled" in ebook format but I want "Shift" soooo badly! Plus I'd love to have both books in paperback. So THANKS for this giveaway, it's perfect!

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  9. I have to say my favorites are werewolves and dragons, though equine paranormal creatures like unicorns, centaurs, and pegasus are awesome, too. :)

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  10. I love fairies and shifters... :)

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  11. I have to say I love vampires, shifters, witches, anything to do with Greek Gods and Goddesses oh and Demons.

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  12. How do you get your blog on the hop list? :)

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    1. Hey Nikki,

      Kathy from I'm a reader not a writer blog host these blog hops. She has sign-up about 2 months before each hop on her blog. The current sign-up can be found here http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com/2012/07/last-days-of-freedom-giveaway-hop.html

      Valerie

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  13. Thank you for this giveaway!
    My favorite mythical creature would be dragons, leprechauns, unicorns and mermaids. :)

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  14. Dragons! Thank you for this giveaway!

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  15. Great question! I'm going to go with MERMAIDS...but anyone who knows my blog knows this by now, yes? LOL!

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  16. Mmm...mythical creatures are fascinating aren't they? I'd have to say...angels, shapeshifters, witches!

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  17. thank you for this giveaway: i love shifters, centaurs and dragon

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  18. I like the things the classical Greeks came up with. The Minotaur, Medusa and the Gorgons that kind of creature is my favorite.

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  19. Hmmmmm, I'd have to say unicorns, they're so majestic!

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  20. Dragons!

    Thanks so much:)

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  21. My favorite mythical creature would have to be the gods and godesses. And probably Fairies.

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  22. I haven't read this series yet so I cannot say who or what my favourite mythical creature in this series would be... but I am always partial to dragons! :)

    Cherry Mischievous

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  23. I love reading about witches, vampires and angels, oh and ghosts... I have too many fave mythical beings!! :)

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  24. Dragons, werewolves and vamps rock!

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  25. Dragons! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  26. Hmmm...love angels, demons, vampires, shifters...anything really as long as it's well written!

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  27. I think my favorite would be a selkie.

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  28. werewolves and vamps. Some may argue that they are not mythical -but I'm putting them down anyways :)

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  29. I love anything paranormal, expecially werewolves!

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  30. Love shape shifters, angels, & vamps

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  31. Well, dragons, vamps, witches & wizards & fae are my favorite!
    DeAnna Schultz

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  32. I'm partial to unicorns & dragons.

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  33. Hard question as I love them all for different reasons, Vamps cos they're hot, wizards... well there's Harry!

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  34. Cerberus by far. And then dragons. And after that... all the others xD I like all of them, actually, for different reasons :D

    Thanks for the giveaway (it's amazing!) and I'm really happy for M. R. Merrick too :D

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  35. I love dragons because they are powerful yet graceful at the same time.

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  36. kirin -scales, a horn, part horse, part dragon, all good luck.

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  37. Gods, unicorns, wizards and fairies. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  38. do I have to pick just one? gods, fae, demons, witches and vampires are all cool in my book.

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  39. Still waiting to get my hands on a copy of these books *sigh* Favorite creature in general? Phoenix. What can I say, I'm a HP gal ;)

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  40. Mermaids!!! Thank you for this!!!

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  41. Shapeshifters and dragons are cool :)

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  42. Thanks for hosting this giveaway and my favorite creature would be a Kraken.

    M

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  43. I'm partial to Dragons, Djinn and Elementals.
    Thanks for the giveaway :)

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  44. Dragons, would be my favorite. Thx for giveaway.

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  45. I love demons and fairies. But any kind of Greek mythical creature is also cool if the writer can give it an interesting twist :)

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  46. My favorite is mermaids. I've always liked them. When I was little, I used to pretend I was a mermaid whenever I went swimming. Sometimes I still do it as an adult, but I never let anyone else know that.
    Artemis

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  47. I would have to go w/ Dragons, thanks for the giveaway!

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  48. Thanks for the giveaway! I would have to go with vampires as my favorite.

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  49. Dragons, griffins, centaurs, minotaurs, satyrs

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  50. I love shape shifters and faeries. Thanks for the giveaway! :D

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  51. Angels! And even though they sound very innocent, I know of some books that have bad-ass ones that would do anything to defy the word 'sweet' or 'innocent'.

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  52. Well thats easy... my fave creature and the one that got me interested in Fantasy is of course DRAGONS!

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  53. I honestly don't have a favorite. I love them all, except one. So instead of naming EVERY creature that I love, I will name the ONE that I just don't. Mermaids. I have had no luck with any of the mermaid or syren books that I have read. I just picked up Wake by Amanda Hocking at the library on a recommendation from a friend. We will see if that one can turn things around for me. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  54. I love dragons and shapeshifters! Thanks for this amazing giveaway - I would love to win!

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  55. Werewolves :)
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  56. I like shifters :)

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  57. My favourite mythical creatures are unicorns. :)

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  58. I love the all... There's something irresistible in werewolves but I have quite a few vampires on my favorites list... I also love witches!

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  59. I would have to say it would be dragons. They are awesome!
    Brittany S

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  60. I have a lot of favorite mythical creatures but I would have to choose sirens, angels, and shifters!

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  61. my favourite, gargoyels,vampires and werewolves

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  62. Vampires
    magic5905 at embarqmail dot com

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  63. I have always loved vampires but I also am liking mermaids at the moment too.

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  64. dragons :) thanks for the giveaway!!!!! I also love gryphons

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  65. Mine is Dragons and Werewolves :) (Entered as Natalie Cleary)

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  66. Unicorns :) But you don't get many of them :)

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  67. I really like angels and demons two of my faves.

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  68. Shifters & Fae!

    Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
    elizabeth @ bookattict . com

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  69. I like angels and.... just angels :)
    Thanks for this great giveaway!

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  70. I really enjoy vampires, werewolves, and dragons. I just love supernatural creatures!! Thanks for the great giveaway!!

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  71. I'm pretty sure Unicorns beat all other mythical creatures :P

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  72. Dragons. =)
    Thanks for the giveaway!!

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