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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Special Offer, Excerpt and Giveaway: Hidden (Hidden #1) by M. Lathan

Description:

Sixteen-year-old Leah Grant has given up on being normal. She’d settle for stopping the voices in her head, intrusive visions of the future, and better odds of making it to her seventeenth birthday.

That’s the thing about pretending to be human in a world where magic used to exist – at any moment, her cover could be blown and she’ll be burned to death like the rest of the witches.

Everything changes when she loses control of her powers and flees the orphanage she grew up in. She desperately wants to be invisible but finds her face plastered on every news channel as humans panic over the possible resurgence of her kind. And now the hunters won’t give up until they find her.

Making friends for the first time in her life and falling in love with one of them drives her to discover why she is unlike any being she’s ever met – human or otherwise. The dangerous powers inside of her that would repel Nathan, her new, handsome reason for living, are priceless to some. The locked up forever kind of priceless. And to others, they are too dangerous to allow her to live.

Let’s hope she can stay hidden.

EXCERPT



Sienna snatched last week’s Chemistry test from my desk. I hadn’t turned it over. I knew it was a D minus.

She cackled and passed it around.

“Leah, you would think someone who spends most of her time alone would have better grades,” she said. Her birds laughed on cue. “What do you do all day? Obviously not study.” She gasped slowly like she’d gotten a revelation in that blonde head of hers. “You fantasize about us, don’t you? You probably sleep in Whit’s old bed to feel close to her.”

Laughter spread around the room like an airborne disease. Disease. I shivered. That was an intriguing thought; I could almost hear the sound their bodies would make against the floor when it hit.

“Leah, come on. Say something. Scream at me, it’s been a while. At least cry,” Sienna said, laughing and leaning into my desk, closer to danger.

I didn’t cry. I never cry. And if I were going to, it wouldn’t be because of Sienna. I had bigger problems. I’d just broken a promise I’d made to God to not think about hurting His people, His children. And today was not the day to piss Him off.

My old roommate, Whitney Nguyen, graciously returned my test as she cackled with the rest of the birds. She liked the idea of me pining over her, but she knew I didn’t spend my free time thinking about her or sleeping in her old bed. After fourteen years of hard labor as my roommate, she’d given up on being friends or me being remotely normal. The current theory to explain my oddness was that I was in love with all of the girls and consumed by lust.

As long as they didn’t know it was magic.


Hidden is free, Lost and Shattered only 0.99 for limited time
About the author:
M. Lathan is a young adult fiction author. She lives in San Antonio with her husband and mini-schnauzer. She enjoys writing and has a B.S. in Psych and a Masters in Counseling. Her passion is a blend of her two interests – creating new worlds and stocking them with crazy people. She enjoys reading anything with interesting characters and writing in front of a window while asking rhetorical questions … like her idol Carrie Bradshaw.


26 comments:

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Kristia said...

Amazing cover! Thank you for the giveaway :)

Unknown said...

I love the sound of this book! It has been added on my goodreads TBR list!

Unknown said...

Thanks for participating in my book blitz!

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

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Enchanting Reviews said...

sounds like a very intriguing story. You are a new author for me and I look forward to reading this.

Melissa said...

I added this to my reading list, looks great!

Linda Romer said...

Hidden sounds like a great read. I would enjoy this book. Thank you

Kimberly Sue said...

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richelle bowers said...

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Unknown said...

OMG, hidden sounds fab. & splendid read. 2 fingers snap. Thanks for the awesomeness, the contest, & generosity. Dear Santa: I have been nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest.

Unknown said...

I love reading and it has a been a passion of mine for many years. I look forward to reading some of your work.

Bella Martinez said...

I like the plot...very different from what's out there!

Jolanda said...

Thank you for this giveaway!

. said...

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Natalie said...

The cover is very eye catching! I know it will attract a lot of readers.

Spg Chlomo said...

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Unknown said...

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collenga said...

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Unknown said...

This sounds like me at 16

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