And now some holiday cheer from Author Sarah Dalton!
Favourite Christmas gift of all time: It has to be a
Casio keyboard when I was 8 or 9. My family were struggling a little at the
time, and I really wanted it but didn't dare ask for it. When we were looking
round the shops I think my dad realized how much I wanted it and bought it in
secret. Then on Christmas day I saw it under the tree and it was the biggest
surprise ever.
What would you buy the main character of your book for
Christmas? I would buy her a torch. That way she wouldn't have to keep
creeping around psychiatric hospitals in the dark!
Note from me: Just based on what Sarah would buy her main character for Christmas...I MUST read her books. Now.
The Blemished (Blemished #1):
Blurb for The Blemished:
A beautiful world comes at a price...
In a world filled with stunning clones Mina Hart is Blemished. Her
genes are worthless and that takes away her rights: her right to an
Education, her right to a normal life and her right to have a child.
Mina keeps a dangerous secret which she never thought she could
share until she meets Angela on her first day at St Jude's School. But
their friendship is soon complicated by Angela’s adoptive brother
Daniel. Mina finds herself drawn to his mysterious powers and impulsive
nature. Then there is the gorgeous clone Sebastian who Mina is forbidden
from even speaking to…
The Blemished is a frightening take on a fractured future where the
Genetic Enhancement Ministry have taken control of Britain. It will take
you on a ride filled with adventure, romance and rebellion.
Book one in the popular YA dystopia series 'Blemished'.
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The Vanished (Blemished #2):
Blurb for The Vanished.
“You’re part of the vanished now. That’s what we all are. The people who have been forgotten.”
Mina Hart fought her way out of Area 14. She made it to The Clans so
that she can live a normal life with her friends and her father. But
what she finds is no safe haven.
As her best friend turns against her and the Compounders treat her
with distrust, Mina begins to suspect foul play at the very heart of her
new home. Just to make matters worse, the threat of war is coming. The
Clans are turning against each other, and Mina is caught in the middle.
Join Mina as she is reunited with her father, meets new and
surprising friends and tries to figure out her complicated love life.
The Vanished promises even more rebellion and romance with betrayal just
around the corner…
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The Unleashed (Blemished #3):
Blurb for The Unleashed.
“I wanted to live. I wanted us to have a future, and there was nothing
else on my mind. With Daniel by my side I ran so fast my lungs ached.”
Mina’s world is turned upside down as an important person from her
past materialises to take her away from the Compound. She finds herself
separated from her friends and facing life-changing decisions on her
own.
Meanwhile Daniel is on a mission to find Mina when he becomes
involved in the Resistance – along with the rest of the Freaks. His
visions take their toll as he learns of an event that could devastate
the people he loves the most. Only he can stop it.
Angela finds herself on the adventure of a lifetime as she helps
Sebastian find his father in Area 14. After action and adventure on the
way there, the group are thrown into another life and death situation...
can Angela find a way out?
Fans of the popular YA dystopia series Blemished will not be
disappointed by this thrilling conclusion. It will keep you guessing
right up to the very last page.
Trust no one.
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The Fractured: Elena (Fractured #1) (Blemished #2.5):
Blurb for The Fractured: Elena.
In a fractured Britain, the Genetic Enhancement Ministry have taken
control. Parents buy designer babies and those with genetic faults are
labelled Blemished and shunned from society.
Elena Darcey is
just as perfect as the other clones, but there is something different
about Elena, because she’s in trouble. After helping Area 14’s most
famous criminals escape, Elena has to get out before her teacher-- the
formidable Margaret Murgatroyd --finds out that she is a sympathiser for
the Blemished. The perfect opportunity arises as a beauty pageant
promises the winner a trip to London. Will Elena cope with the
cut-throat world of a beauty pageant filled with sabotage, violence and
betrayal? If she makes it to London, will she find the safe haven she
craves? Does she discover more than she'd expected after meeting the
mysterious Jake Bloom?
The Fractured is the first part of a spin
off series based on The Blemished, which will focus on some of the
secondary characters and their stories. Part one follows the life of
Elena as she experiences a life changing event.
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The Fractured: Maggie (Fractured #2) (Blemished #2.6):
Blurb for The Fractured: Maggie:
In a fractured Britain, the Genetic Enhancement Ministry have taken
control. Parents buy designer babies and those with genetic faults are
labelled Blemished and shunned from society.
Margaret Murgatroyd
failed in her mission to capture three Blemished escapees. She fears
the Ministry will demote her to full-time teacher and remove her
Ministry rights. But Margaret is surprised as she’s given a new
opportunity with new responsibilities, the only problem are old memories
it brings up. Margaret remembers herself as a young girl, Maggie
Powell, and the mistakes she made as a young lab technician working at
the Genetic Enhancement Ministry as it first embarked on its take-over
of Britain. She remembers the mistakes she made, the people who betrayed
her and the way it shaped her as a woman.
The Fractured is the
first part of a spin off series based on The Blemished, which will focus
on some of the secondary characters and their stories. Part two follows
the life of Margaret as she remembers the heartbreaking events of her
past.
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My Daylight Monsters:
Blurb for My Daylight Monsters:
I always thought my demons came out in the day, rather than at night.
I’ve never been scared of the dark. I’ve only ever been scared of real
things: getting ill, having injections, physical pain… death. Those are
my monsters, not ghosts or vampires or whatever else can hide under your
bed at night.
I was wrong.
The dark makes everything worse.
When Mary’s psychiatrist advises a short stay at a psychiatric unit,
her worst nightmares are confirmed. How can she get better in a place
that fills her with dread? When she meets the other patients, she begins
to gather some hope, until she realises that the death toll in the
hospital is rising without explanation. Something sinister stalks the
corridors and maybe she is the only one who can stop it…
Mary has to confront the Things that she sees if they are to stand a
chance. But will she survive a confrontation with death itself?
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White Hart (White Hart #1):
Blurb for White Hart:
Mae never asked to be Craft-born. She never wanted that burden.
The
King of Aegunlund has been waiting for the first Craft-born girl to
reach adulthood so that he could marry off his son, Prince Casimir, and
bring riches back to the Red Palace. The realm needs magic again.
In
Mae's town of Halts-Walden, the ambitious Miller claims his daughter
Ellen is Craft-born. Mae knows this is a load of hogwash, but she's glad
Ellen will have the unfortunate pleasure of becoming Queen instead of
her. All she has to do is sit back and wait until Casimir and Ellen are
married, then she will finally be free of the threat of her fate. But on
that day an event so shocking and terrible occurs that Mae finds
herself entering the Waerg Woods on a quest she never thought she'd have
to follow.
Join Mae as she rides her white stag through the
dark, enchanted forest with a pampered prince at her heels. She's out
for revenge and nothing, no one, will get in her way.
Coming in 2014! Add to your shelf on Goodreads!
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