The Grand prize winner is…..

Cynthia!

Individual blog winners…

Congrats to all the winners

I’m a sucker for a good quote. Seriously–who isn’t?! A good quote can make you laugh or cry. It can give you chills, or make you feel all warm and fuzzy. In honor of all those awesome quotes floating around out there, I’m doing a multi blog event! From April 20 to the 27th, visit the blogs listed below for a chance to win some awesome prizes. Each stop will have a unique teaser quote from TOXIC that will be from Dez, Kale, Alex, Ginger, or Kiernan.  In the comment section of each blog, guess which one! Each blog will have a random winner chosen to recieve a Denazen swag-bag and an e-book of the first Denazen novella, UNTOUCHED. All the winners will then be pooled for a grand prize drawing. The grand prize winner will get a signed copy of TOUCH and a Touch key chain!
Good Luck!

So, to remedy the situation, I’ve decided that you guys need to take some of it off my hands. I know–it will be tough. It’ll be a lot of Kale and, well, I mean he’s such a chore to look at and all…

*ahem*

Anyway, here’s what I’m gonna do. To thank everyone for pre-ordering TOXIC, I’m giving away signed book plates, and I’ll also let you guys pick either a TOUCH, TOXIC, or UNTOUCHED magnet. All you have to do to get one is email me < jusaccardo@gmail.com > a picture of your receipt or your confirmation email (as well as you addy!), and make sure you let me know which magnet you’d like. Offer applies to everyone – internationally

You can pre-order from your local store, or online.

Barnes and Noble

Amazon

Get a TOXIC countdown widget of your very own by clicking here !

Until he met Dez, Kale’s days were filled with violence and death. He was used as a weapon of destruction by the power hungry men of Denazen. He’s a Six. A person with an abnormal ability. Some people call them gifts, but not Kale. Kale’s touch means instant death.

But now there’s Dez, the girl he can touch, and they’re hunting down Sixes and warning them about Denazen. Kale is learning about the world outside captivity and trying to put his dark past behind him. But they underestimated how badly Denazen wanted him back.

When Dez sacrifices herself to save the new Six they’d rescued from falling into the corp’s hands, Kale is lost. Denazen has brought out its best to get the job done. Samsen, a nightmare from Kale’s past—the only person he’s ever truly feared—has come for them, and it soon becomes obvious he has his own twisted agenda.

Kale will need all his training to get Dez back and ensure they make it out, free—and alive. But will it be enough?

  You can find it on Amazon and it will be on Nook, but it doesn’t seem to be showing just yet. I’ll keep you posted, though.

To celebrate, I’m finally putting the playlist for UNTOUCHED up (I know, I know – I’ve been a slacker!). You can find the complete list by going here and clicking over to the Untouched tab.

And make sure you check back later today. The YA Scavenger Hunt begins at 3 pm EST today! The awesome Mike Mullin will be here sharing the second chapter from ASHEN WINTER, book two in the ASHFALL series! You can also find EXCLUSIVE Denazen content over at Laura Elliot’s blog

Thanks to all of you, TOUCH made it into the next round of the YAMM. You guys are the best and seriously rock my world Hugs and thank yous X a thousand!

So… Let’s have another TOXIC teaser, shall we?

“Stop!” I yelled, spreading my arms in front of Alex. Not for his sake, but for Kale’s. No matter how mad he was, he’d still feel guilty if he killed someone.

Maybe…

Reflexes sharp, Kale stopped with about two inches to spare. “What is he doing here?”  The venom in his voice matched the angry twist of his lips and barely contained rage in his eyes. Instead of flicking his fingers—the Kale equivalent of a nervous twitch—his fists were balled and ready to go.

Okay. Maybe he wouldn’t feel guilty.

Carefully, I placed the palm of my hand against his chest and pushed back. He resisted at first, cool blue eyes filled with hate and trained on Alex. After a few long moments, he took a single step back. “Explain before I touch him.”

Really. Just, wow.

You guys are amazing. I can’t thank you enough for all the TOUCH love I’ve seen over the last few days. I promised a TOXIC teaser, so without further fluff, here it is

She stopped in the middle of the room, plastic cup filled with the usual red liquid—fruit punch—in hand, and smiled. “I have a gift for you, Kale.”

The redheaded girl strolled out from behind Ginger, head held high. Her eyes immediately found Kale. And stayed there.

I didn’t like her.

“This is Jade,” Ginger said, nudging the girl forward. She pointed to me and said, “This is Deznee Cross, Sue’s daughter. And this,” she said nodding to Kale as he rose from his chair, “is Kale. He’s the reason you’re here.”

“Okay, stomp the breaks and back the hell up. You’re giving my boyfriend a redhead as a gift? That’s uncool—not to mention illegal.”

Kale tilted his head. He looked from Jade to me, frowning. “You don’t like her.”

It wasn’t a question—he was stating the obvious. Or, what he thought was the obvious—which in this case just happened to be the truth. We were still working on the right and wrong times to say things. This was one of the bigger hurdles. Kale didn’t believe in hiding anything. If it was on your mind, you said it. If it was the truth, you went with it. Social acceptability was a lost cause with him.

“I don’t know her, so I can’t dislike her.” I wanted to add yet, but kept my trap closed. I wasn’t hard to get along with—quite the opposite actually. I was fun and easy going—unless you were looking at my guy like he was a big juicy slab of prime rib with a side of mint chocolate chip ice cream.

Which, just in case there was any confusion, she totally was.

You can add TOXIC to your Goodreads TBR here.

TOXIC is now available for pre-order (and on sale!) here.

(and another excuse to drool over close up (though sadly shirted) Kale)

Until he met Dez, Kale’s days were filled with violence and death. He was used as a weapon of destruction by the power hungry men of Denazen. He’s a Six. A person with an abnormal ability. Some people call them gifts, but not Kale. Kale’s touch means instant death.

But now there’s Dez, the girl he can touch, and they’re hunting down Sixes and warning them about Denazen. Kale is learning about the world outside captivity and trying to put his dark past behind him. But they underestimated how badly Denazen wanted him back.

When Dez sacrifices herself to save the new Six they’d rescued from falling into the corp’s hands, Kale is lost. Denazen has brought out its best to get the job done. Samsen, a nightmare from Kale’s past—the only person he’s ever truly feared—has come for them, and it soon becomes obvious he has his own twisted agenda.

Kale will need all his training to get Dez back and ensure they make it out, free—and alive. But will it be enough?

UNTOUCHED ~ Coming March 26th 2012 from Entangled Publishing

First off, I will be attending the RT conference in Chicago in the beginning of April. I’ll be signing copies of TOUCH, and for those of you interested in attending The Entangled Candy and Spoons Event on Saturday, I’ll be there too. Hanging out, munching some chocolate, oh…and signing ARCS of TOXIC. For those at the event, there will be a limited number of TOXIC ARCs available. I can sign them…or doodle on them–but I warn you. I’m not very good. Unless you count stick figures… In which case, I ROCK.

Also, some of you may already know, TOUCH is being re-released in mass market, and will contain additional scenes from Kale’s point of view. This is huge and I couldn’t be more giddy! What this means is, not only will TOUCH will be released in mass market size, but it will be everywhere. Yep. You heard me. On June 12th, you’ll be able to hop on into your local Barnes and Noble and snatch up Kale and all his hottness.

Since the books will now be going through a distributor, things will work a little differently. There’s a bit more involved in getting them out there to the stores, and as a result, the release date of TOXIC has moved back a bit. TOXIC will be available in stores on September 11th, with the third book in the series available on January 15 2013. In between them will be another novella (November) centering on someone who is not Dez or Kale. I could tell you who, but that wouldn’t be any fun, would it? Just kidding. I’m not that evil. I’ll be announcing it in a week or so

The release date of UNTOUCHED has also been moved back–but only a smidge! It will now be available on March 26th.

But no worries! There will be plenty to fill the Kale-sized emptiness. By the end of next week, I’ll have a blurb for UNTOUCHED to share, and there will be quotes, as well as the first chapter of TOXIC following shortly after. There will be contests and swag, and possibly even some deleted scenes. I promise I will not leave you Kaleless!

So all that having been said, I’m sorry for the date change. Unfortunately, it’s not something I have any amount of control over, but think of it this way… More time = more Kale!

I might be a bit bias, but that’s an epic win in my book

The Saturday Sing Along is where we come together to share the beats pounding in our brains. Got a song you just can’t get out of your head? Find the perfect tune for your current WIP? Leave a comment and share your favorites!

Goodreads

Thanks to the uber talented Liz Pelletier for this masterpiece! I can’t wait to get this puppy on a magnet

For all those in Kale withdrawal, never fear! His hotness is on the cover of UNTOUCHED (which will be here next week!)