Blitz for Cadence!

This week, YA Bound is hosting a blitz for the Cadence Duology. So check out the giveaway and the books!

Deceptive Cadence (Cadence #1)
by Katie Hamstead
Release Date: June 2015
REUTS Publications

Summary from Goodreads:

Cadence Anderson has the perfect definition of happily ever after . . .

Until she doesn't. A freak earthquake shatters her life as surely as her home, taking away everything she holds dear. She wakes in a hospital to find that her beloved husband and infant daughter have been killed, crushed by the earthquake's wrath. Disoriented, injured, and alone, Cadence refuses to accept the loss. So when a man claiming to be her guardian angel appears and offers her a chance to go back in time to save her family, she doesn't need to give it a second thought. She accepts.

Thrust back eleven years, she now faces the ordeal of high school all over again. But this time, she's armed with all the knowledge of her adult life and the determination to do everything better, from preventing the loss of her best friend to avoiding her original, drama-inducing boyfriends. She's focused solely on Austin, her future husband, and is content to bide her time until she meets him again.

But then James Gordon crosses her path. Cadence wants to remain single, but James has his sights set. He is determined to win her over, and he's very hard to resist. As Cadence starts to develop unwanted feelings for him, she realizes he threatens to disrupt everything, changing the future and distracting her from her original goal. Now, Cadence must choose: deny the unpredictable and exciting path James offers her, or stay true to the life she had and is trying desperately to resurrect. Second chances are more complicated than they seem.

Deceptive Cadence combines the soaring emotion of a heartfelt romance with the innovative storytelling of magical realism, crafting a uniquely moving, intricate tale about love and loss that asks: what would you do if given the chance to right all your wrongs?

Buy Links:

Amazon│Barnes & Noble

Diverging Cadence (Cadence #2)

by Katie Hamstead

Release Date: August 25th 2015

REUTS Publications

Summary from Goodreads:

When Cadence Anderson woke to find her husband and infant daughter had been killed, she thought her life was over. Instead, she was offered a second chance and sent back in time to do it all again. 

She’s made the most of this opportunity, repairing her relationship with the best friend she lost the first time, avoiding the romantic mistakes she made originally, and even bringing her family closer together. But she’s also done something she wasn’t planning on—she’s fallen in love with someone other than her future husband.

Stepping onto a plane and flying across country to attend university is the hardest decision she’s had to make. But unless she follows through with it, her future with Austin might never happen. And what becomes of her beautiful baby if she stays with James, the man she was never supposed to love?

The only thing she knows for certain is that she has to see Austin again, and she’s intent on reliving that part of her previous life exactly like she did the first time. Even if that means she has to lie to James to do it. Because, deep down, she can’t quite bring herself to let him go. 

Now, past and future are about to collide, and Cadence has to make her final choice—follow the uncertain path of a life with James, or the one she came back to save . . . with Austin. 

In this emotional conclusion to the story that began in Deceptive Cadence, relationships will be tested, identities revealed, and the past will overshadow the future, putting the finishing touches on an unforgettable tale of courage, sacrifice, and, above all, love.

Buy Links:

Amazon│Barnes & Noble

Book Trailer:

About the Author

Born and raised in Australia, Katie's early years of day dreaming in the "bush", and having her father tell her wild bedtime stories, inspired her passion for writing.
After graduating High School, she became a foreign exchange student where she met a young man who several years later she married. Now she lives in Arizona with her husband, daughter and their dog.
She has a diploma in travel and tourism which helps inspire her writing.
When her debut novel, Kiya: Hope of the Pharaoh, climbed into bestselling status, she believed she was onto something, and now has a slew of novels now available, and is published through Curiosity Quills Press, Soul Mate Publishing, and REUTS Publishing.
Katie loves to out sing her friends and family, play sports, and be a good wife and mother. She now works as an Acquisitions Editor to help support her family. She loves to write, and takes the few spare moments in her day to work on her novels.

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Diverging Cadence (Cadence #2) Releases Today!

Diverging Cadence, the second and final installment for Cadence releases today! You can get it HERE. To celebrate, I'm giving away ecopies of Deceptive Cadence (book 1) for anyone willing to leave a review, and to get you started on the series! Just leave a comment with your contact info.
You don't want to miss the finale of Cadence's story.

Real Life Stuff in Cadence

As I've said in the past, there are scenes in Deceptive Cadence that come from my real life. This was something I consciously chose to do to not only give the characters and story a real life depth, but as a for of personal expression of memories I haven't really shared and had left me wondering "what if" which is the whole premise of the story.

So first scene coming from a real experience:
The first school disco where Cadence meets James.
 In this scene, he sneaks up behind her and pretends to spank her. This did happen to me in the ninth grade and a guy from the grade above. He didn't follow me afterward, but I did notice him watching me here and there in the hallways etc and I tried to ignore it because I was nervous about guys after a string of boyfriends in my eighth grade year.

This also leans onto the second real life scene:
Where Cadence is by the window and James yells out at her. In real life, this same guy from the disco was on his own, and he saw me by a window. He paused and asked me to come out to suck on his... herm. I was like WOW what? And walked away super embarrassed. I guess he was my bad boy I was terrified to approach but left me wondering.

Cadence's mad aggression in sports:
All me, baby. I broke ribs, noses (once one of my own team mates accidentally. My bad) fingers, and not only on others, but myself too. I even drew blood by throwing a ball once. The girl totally deserved it for making my friend bleed. Man, that Catholic school was aggressive.

The painter guy:
Just like in the book, a friend and I were sent to the library to collect books for the class. She went back before me, and I followed. Once I returned to the classroom, she was giggling her head off, and told me the young painter stopped her and asked about me. This was 10th grade.

Melanie being confused as a boy:
This was a story I heard from several of my friends because I attended a different school in 7th grade. A couple of girls noticed someone in their class and believed them to be a boy because of the boy's uniform and cropped hair. When they discovered he was in fact a she, they were terribly embarrassed for crushing on "him." They all laughed about it further down the track, unlike Melanie who took offense.

9/11 at the school disco:
The night this happened, I had attended a school disco before. I don't think anyone can forget that day, so I placed Cadence in the same place I was.

Geri:
Yes, Geri is loosely based on someone who had been my close friend, then we fell apart for a reason that still remains a mystery to me. Cadence had a chance to discover and fix why she lost her best friend, I don't think I'll ever know.

Michael:
Michael is also based on a good friend of mine. I will name him too because he got me through a lot in high school. Warren was in my roll call class, and gave me sound, quiet advice to get me through. I will forever be grateful to him for his uncomplicated friendship he gave me, thus why I put Michael in there.

James:

As I said before, there was that guy in the grade above me who kind of hovered for a while, but never really approached me. In his 12th grade, he and his friends got suspended for vandalizing the school, and he was the only one to turn up for their "community service" of helping with maintaining the school grounds. I guess when I saw that I wondered what kind of person he could have been if he had better friends.
James also has many of my husband's quirky personality traits. Maybe that's why he's so lovable.

Places I knew were also included. 
The high school is my high school; Penrith HS, the ice rink in Penrith was a place we loved to hang out during breaks, Cadence's home is a modified version of my own. In book two, the flat she and Lyla live in is a replica of my first flat in Ashfield, and James' town home is like one several of my friends lived in in Emu Plains. The beach he takes Cadence to for their one year is Cave's Beach in Newcastle, which technically isn't in Sydney, but that's the beach I envisioned.

Tuesday Teasers: Diverging Cadence

With Book #2 of Cadence, Diverging Cadence, coming out in a week, I thought I'd give you some teasers to get ready. Don't forget to get your copy of book #1, Deceptive Cadence, to read before the big conclusion.

Cover Reveal for Diverging Cadence (Cadence Book #2)

Get ready for Book #2 of my Cadence books, and the conclusion to this two part story, Diverging Cadence. Here is the cover and the blurb for your enjoyment! Add it on Goodreads now.

When Cadence Anderson woke to find her husband and infant daughter had been killed, she thought her life was over. Instead, she was offered a second chance and sent back in time to do it all again. 

She’s made the most of this opportunity, repairing her relationship with the best friend she lost the first time, avoiding the romantic mistakes she made originally, and even bringing her family closer together. But she’s also done something she wasn’t planning on—she’s fallen in love with someone other than her future husband.

Stepping onto a plane and flying across country to attend university is the hardest decision she’s had to make. But unless she follows through with it, her future with Austin might never happen. And what becomes of her beautiful baby if she stays with James, the man she was never supposed to love?

The only thing she knows for certain is that she has to see Austin again, and she’s intent on reliving that part of her previous life exactly like she did the first time. Even if that means she has to lie to James to do it. Because, deep down, she can’t quite bring herself to let him go. 

Now, past and future are about to collide, and Cadence has to make her final choice—follow the uncertain path of a life with James, or the one she came back to save . . . with Austin. 

In this emotional conclusion to the story that began in Deceptive Cadence, relationships will be tested, identities revealed, and the past will overshadow the future, putting the finishing touches on an unforgettable tale of courage, sacrifice, and, above all, love.

The Cadence Tour Ends

Visit the last few stops for the Deceptive Cadence tour below, and get in for the giveaway while you can.

Nicole Tone - Review

Elsie Elmore - Review

Milky Way of Books - Review

Inside my Worlds - Interview and Review

And yes, book two is right on the heels of Deceptive Cadence. Diverging Cadence's cover reveal is in a few days! Sign up HERE for the reveal, release blitz, blog tour, and/or reviews.

This Week on the Blog Tour

This week's tour stops. Only a few more left now. Don't forget to enter the tour giveaway.

Sharon Bayliss - Review

Ann M. Noser - Interview

My So-Called Book Reviews - Review

The Bookish and the Romantic - Spotlight

Kisa Whipkey - Review

This Week's Deceptive Cadence Stops

Visit these blog's for this week's tour stops.

Art Over Chaos - Character Interview with Cadence

Wondrous Books Reviews - Review

Follow the Deceptive Cadence Blog Tour!

Follow the tour for reviews, interviews, excerpt and even a playlist! And check out the tour giveaway for plenty of great books up for grabs.

So far, you can stop by these blogs for all the fun:

Cassandra Page - Excerpt

Michelle Hoehn - How she met Cadence

Yolanda Renee - Spotlight and Dancing in the Athenian Rain Cover Reveal

Grant Eager - Excerpt

Michael Cristiano - Interview

Melody Winter - Interview

Summer Weir - Playlist

That's it for now! Keep an eye out for more this coming week.

Deceptive Cadence Release Day!

Today is the big day!!! After months of waiting, plenty of back and forth, Cadence is out in the world. Well, at least part one anyway!
I have a few things going down. I have a Facebook release HERE with giveaways an authors showing up to celebrate, and you can chat with my about Cadence (no spoilers!) or any of my other works. Come and have fun and hopefully win a book or two.

There is also a tour running. I don't have any details yet, but I will share them asap.

But! You can add Deceptive Cadence on Goodreads and you can purchase it from Amazon.

Whoo hoo for this day finally being here! So come join me and have some fun. And don't forget to always leave reviews for any book you read.

Book Trailer!!!
 

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Teaser Tuesday #9

Deceptive Cadence comes out on the 30th, which is next week! So here's some teasers!

(You can pre-order it now!)

Five-Line Friday: Deceptive Cadence

I decided I need to join Collette Cameron's Five Line- Friday more often. So today, here we go! I'm going to share a snippet from Deceptive Cadence, which releases in just over two weeks! So excited! But first, the rules:

Five-Line Friday RULES

1. Five lines of your current work in progress, new release, soon-to-be-released … whatever.   (Do keep it as close to five sentences as you can.)
2. You are welcome to post buy links too.
3. PG (I don’t have a warning on my blog about content, so it has to be appropriate for all viewers. I will delete comments that aren’t appropriate or offensive to some audiences. Sorry.)

Now the five lines:

As James walked back, I bit my lip. He was so attractive, and every inch of me screamed to have him. I cursed my raging teenage hormones. It wasn’t hard the first time around because I hadn’t cared about someone like I did James. I hadn’t desired someone like I did him.

But I had to resist. Austin needed to be my first and only, even if I couldn’t feel anything for him yet. I knew I would eventually.

Cover Reveal for my NEW Book--Deceptive Cadence!

This book has been i the works for a long time, so I'm very excited to share this new cover with you and say the release is only months away! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for this baby.

So, here are the details:

Cadence Anderson has the perfect definition of happily ever after . . .

Until she doesn't. A freak earthquake shatters her life as surely as her home, taking away everything she holds dear. She wakes in a hospital to find that her beloved husband and infant daughter have been killed, crushed by the earthquake's wrath. Disoriented, injured, and alone, Cadence refuses to accept the loss. So when a man claiming to be her guardian angel appears and offers her a chance to go back in time to save her family, she doesn't need to give it a second thought. She accepts.

Thrust back eleven years, she now faces the ordeal of high school all over again. But this time, she's armed with all the knowledge of her adult life and the determined to do everything better, from preventing the loss of her best friend to avoiding her original, drama-inducing boyfriends. She's focused solely on Austin, her future husband, and is content to bide her time until she meets him again.

But then James Gordon crosses her path. Cadence wants to remain single, but James has his sights set. He is determined to win her over, and he's very hard to resist. As Cadence starts to develop unwanted feelings for him, she realizes he threatens to disrupt everything, changing the future and distracting her from her original goal. Now, Cadence must choose: deny the unpredictable and exciting path James offers her, or stay true to the life she had and is trying desperately to resurrect. Second chances are more complicated than they seem.

Deceptive Cadence combines the soaring emotion of a heartfelt romance with the innovative storytelling of magical realism, crafting a uniquely moving, intricate tale about love and loss that asks: what would you do if given the chance to right all your wrongs?

Add it on Goodreads

And since you guys know me, I think you know how to find me on my blog (here) twitter, and Facebook. If not, my links are on the right. :-)

I hope you like! I love the simplicity, but yet how pretty it is, and so Cadence!!!

Check out some of the other cover reveal hosts:

http://asleuthofbears.com/?p=92
http://www.eventide-barley.com/cover-reveal-deceptive-cadence/
http://summerwier.com/cover-reveal-deceptive-cadence-by-katie-hamstead-2/

Announcement! Cadence Now Signed with REUTS!

Cadence awakes in a hospital to find her husband and daughter dead, killed in an earthquake. So when her guardian angel appears and offers her a chance to go back in time with all the knowledge she has, she accepts, desperate to prevent their deaths.

She shoots back eleven years to her fourteen-year-old self, and faces high school all over again. She is determined to do everything better, including preventing the loss of her best friend and not dating any of her original, drama-inducing boyfriends. Her main focus is on her future husband, who she won’t meet for several years.

But James Gordon crosses her path. While she wishes to remain single, the bad boy pursues her. He threatens to disrupt everything that is to come as she begins to develop unwanted feelings for him, and distract her from her original goal: to save her future family.

I am so excited to announce this! Deceptive Cadence is now signed with REUTS! Deceptive Cadence is a manuscript I loved every second writing and the characters just burst to life in my mind. With elements from my own life entwined in the pages, Cadence is very much like me.

Find the official REUTS announcement HERE, and look out for book 1, Deceptive Cadence to be release in June.

Cover Reveal: Deceptive Cadence!!! by Me

Date of Release­­: to-be-confirmed

Cover Artist: Alexandria Thompson http://gothicfate.com/

Goodreads

There it is, my latest novel. I am so excited for Deceptive Cadence, and this cover is just so beautiful.

And if you are around Phoenix today, come by Changing Hands Bookstore for the Kiya book signing.

Description:

Cadence awakes in a hospital to find her husband and daughter dead, killed in an earthquake. So when her guardian angel appears and offers her a chance to go back in time with all the knowledge she has, she accepts, desperate to prevent their deaths.

She shoots back eleven years to her fourteen-year-old self, and faces high school all over again. She is determined to do everything better, including preventing the loss of her best friend and not dating any of her original, drama-inducing boyfriends. Her main focus is on her future husband, who she won’t meet for several years.

But James Gordon crosses her path. While she wishes to remain single, the bad boy pursues her. He threatens to disrupt everything that is to come as she begins to develop unwanted feelings for him, and distract her from her original goal: to save her future family.

 Well, I doubt you need to know about me, but here I am anyway lol!

About The Author:

Born and raised in Australia, Katie’s early years of day dreaming in the “bush”, and having her father tell her wild bedtime stories, inspired her passion for writing.

After graduating High School, she became a foreign exchange student where she met a young man who several years later she married. Now she lives in Arizona with her husband, daughter and their dog.

She has a diploma in travel and tourism which helps inspire her writing. She is currently at school studying English and Creative Writing.

Katie loves to out sing her friends and family, play sports and be a good wife and mother. She loves to write, and takes the few spare moments in her day to work on her novels.

Find Katie Hamstead (Me!) Online:

Website  | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads 

Check out other cover revealers:
https://curiosityquills.com/news/22666/
http://www.cautious.dk/?p=18192
http://wp.me/p2ZG3m-GT
http://www.akmorgen.com/2014/08/cover-reveal-deceptive-cadence-by.html
http://michelle4laughs.blogspot.com/2014/08/cover-reveal-for-deceptive-cadence.html
http://wp.me/p4CWBr-2Q
http://tosallyforth.com/?p=213
http://wp.me/p435Ln-zY
http://summerwier.com/cover-reveal-deceptive-cadence-by-katie-hamstead/
http://moniquesmobooks.blogspot.com/2014/08/katie-hampsteads-upcoming-novel.html
http://elizatilton.com/2014/08/candence-cover-reveal.html

Kiya: Rise of a New Dynasty Tour End

And so ends the tour for the last of the Kiya Trilogy. Thank you to everyone who participated, commented, and entered the giveaway.

The giveaway winners are:

US Winner:

Lindsey V

International Winner #1:

K.A Last

International Winner #2:

Aldrea Alien

You will be contacted by the authors of the books for your copies soon. I hope you all enjoy! And make sure you leave them a review for their gift. :-)

And so ends the Kiya Trilogy. I hope you enjoyed going through this exciting time with me, and I hope you continue on to my next endeavors.

The first book of my next series will release June 16. make sure you add it on goodreads!

Release of the Final Book - Kiya: Rise of a New Dynasty by Me!

Amazon

Amazon

And so ends my debut series. Today marks the release of the third book in the Kiya Trilogy; Kiya: Rise of a New Dynasty. I have said from the beginning this is my favorite of the three books. So much happens. It's so emotional, tragic, but beautiful too. Naomi's life never ceases to throw new curve balls at her as she fights to keep her family alive.

I hope you've enjoyed these books as much as I do. And yes, I love these books! Naomi is like my best friend and is the type of woman I want to be.
Thank you to Curiosity Quills for signing Kiya and taking the leap of faith on these books. They've taught me so much through this process and I feel I am a better writer for it. For my editor, Mary, for teaching me about passive voice and how to be a stronger writer, for Jessa, who signed Kiya in the first place, Courtney for helping me with all the non-fun writing stuff like marketing, and keeping everything organized, and Lisa for always being enthusiastic and willing to listen and help.
I feel I've been so blessed through all this. I'm so grateful for being given a gift that makes me so happy and can support my family by using it. The Kiya Trilogy has blessed our lives in a way that I cannot fully express. So thank you, to all of you, for reading, reviewing, being enthusiastic and generally amazing as I have begun my writing career through this humble Hebrew girl.

To say thank you, I'm giving away a signed copy of the entire trilogy (US only). I will put together three packages, one for US, and two for international. Just enter below and follow the blog tour! Also, for more prizes and to chat with me and other authors, stop by the Facebook Party today only.

Add Kiya: Rise of a New Dynasty on Goodreads.

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Now, read Branded, and watch out for the Cadence Anderson Series. Book 1, Deceptive Cadence, comes out this summer (June 16) with Curiosity Quills Press.

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