Shannon Delany's debut YA paranormal series (13 TO LIFE) concluded this
summer and she's already deep into doing a new steampunk series called
WEATHER WITCH (also with St. Martin's Press) which launches June 25,
2013 and is already available for pre-order. Delany warns that this
series is darker and grittier than 13 TO LIFE, although still YA and
still with romantic elements and she's asked a small group of us to
share her cover and Prologue AND provide a way YOU can win some things.
In a vastly different
and darker Philadelphia of 1844, steam power has been repressed, war
threatens from deep, dark waters, and one young lady of high social
standing is expecting a surprise at her seventeenth birthday party–but
certainly not the one she gets!
Jordan Astraea, who has lived out
all of her life in Philadelphia’s most exclusive neighborhood, is
preparing to celebrate her birthday with friends, family and all the
extravagance they might muster. The young man who is most often her
dashing companion, Rowen Burchette, has told her a surprise awaits her
and her best friend, Catrina Hollindale, wouldn’t miss this night for
all the world!
But storm clouds are gathering and threatening to
do far more than dampen her party plans because someone in the Astraea
household has committed the greatest of social sins by Harboring a
Weather Witch.
Prologue Part FIVE--
Holgate, Pennsylvania
1839
Marion fought his restraints, his
gray eyes wide as the blade pressed against the skin of his forearm and
warmth wept slow and red from beneath it. “Have a care,” he warned, the
words forced through gritted teeth. “This thing you do Makes naught but
revolution...”
Then the blade went deep and sliced wide and
Marion howled against the pain. His head lolled back and, falling
unconscious, he bled in silence.
Frost crawled out from around
his body, creeping across his leather bindings and the rough wooden
boards at his back, tumbling down to the warm stone tower’s rooftop to
fight the reality of summer with a chill so cruel its icy and prickling
shards only withered in the hot dripping crimson that fell freely from
Marion’s arm.
Snow spiraled down lazily from a small gray cloud above and Bran shook his head. “Now what can we Make of this?”
READ THE REST OF THE PROLOGUE AT:
PART ONE at Beneath the Cover
PART TWO at
http://www.xpressoreads.com/
PART THREE at
http://hopelovehappyendings.blogspot.com/
PART FOUR at
http://paranormalindulgence.blogspot.com)
Want something special from Shannon? She'll send signed swag to 2 commenters I select AND then there's this:
Looking for a cool stocking stuffer for a reader in your life?
For
the first 17 people who comment on each of the blog posts in this short
tour AND send Shannon proof you’ve pre-ordered WEATHER WITCH (send
proof to: info [AT] shannondelany [DOT] com) you will score a
personalized gift pack from Shannon including: A personalized, limited
edition chapbook including the Weather Witch Prologue and part of
chapter one; signed 13 to Life postcards; additional assorted swag from
other great authors Shannon adores; and some other Weather
Witch-inspired treats to brighten your day.
Learn more about Shannon and her books at
www.ShannonDelany.com
