The Triple Threat Blog Tour - Guest Post by Myra McEntire + Giveaway

Welcome to Stop #5 on the Triple Threat Blog Tour featuring Myra McEntire, Kate Ellison and Jennifer Lynn Barnes! Today we welcome Myra McEntire author of Hourglass series. Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom of this post for a great giveaway I am hosting and for details on the Triple Threat Blog Tour grand prize giveaway!

First, we have a great and insightful guest post from Myra McEntire!

Kaleb’s Playlist 

Author Myra McEntire gives us some insight into Kaleb – the rebellious, gorgeous, complicated “badboy” in the Hourglass series – through music.  Go ahead – read below, hit play and check it out for yourself.

From Myra: 

“I tried to keep it spoiler free, by using code names and so forth. If you’ve read the book, you’ll get them. Links are to iTunes!”

Sinister Kid                                                                   Black Keys        

I listened to the Black Keys for the majority of the time I wrote Timepiece. I could make every single one of their songs into a story.

Sick Cycle Carousel                                                       Lifehouse

Kaleb has some unhealthy vices …

“I never thought I'd end up here

Never thought I'd be standing where I am

I guess I kind of thought it would be easier than this

I guess I was wrong now one more time”

Numb / Encore                                                             Jay-Z & Linkin Park      

… as well as a strained relationship with his dad.

“Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface … every step that I make is another mistake to you”

We Are Broken                                                              Paramore

Kaleb connects with Em for a solid reason. Broken recognizes broken.

Forgot About Dre                                                           Doctor Dre and Eminem

An angry song, the kind you’d listen to while driving to the gym.

Use Somebody                                                                Kings of Leon   

Sadly, at the beginning of Timepiece, a life motto.

Sundrenched World (In-Store Play Version)                     Joshua Radin    

When Kaleb realizes Em isn’t his …

“I close up my mouth

When you’re around now

Suffocating in doubt

I can’t make a sound”

Blue Blood Blues                                                              The Dead Weather

I actually have a playlist called “Angry Songs” thanks to Kaleb. Here’s another.

Creep                                                                              Radiohead

Can’t exactly put lyrics here, but it sums up Kaleb’s opinion of himself pretty accurately.

Try a Little Tenderness                                                     Otis Redding     

Kaleb meets a certain waitress …

Collide                                                                             Howie Day

… and realizes he might be in trouble.  

Trouble                                                                           Ray LaMontagne

Oh yeah. He’s in trouble.

Steal My Kisses                                                               Ben Harper and Innocent Criminals      

This is a teasing, playful song, and it references Nashville. Tiger Girl brings light and life to Kaleb, and here’s a hint of it.

Black Water                                                                   Doobie Brothers

It’s about the Mississippi. I grew up singing this!

                                               

Lovesong                                                                       The Cure            

“Whenever I’m alone with you

You make me feel like I am whole again”

Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet)             Des'Re 

In the truck in the rain.

Bloodstream (Vampire Diaries Remix)                             Stateless          

A song so sexy it possibly set a whole town on fire.

(I suggest you buy the acoustic version, as well as the Vampire Diaries Remix. Yes, I love the Vampire Diaries. No, this is not why I used this song.)

About the author:
Myra McEntire knows the words to every R&B hit of the last decade, but since she lives in Nashville, the country music capital of America, her lyrical talents go sadly unappreciated. She’s chosen, instead, to channel her “mad word skills” into creating stories.
She’s an avid Doctor Who fan and will argue passionately about which incarnation is the best. (taken from Myra McEntire's website)

Connect with Myra:

Website | Facebook | Goodreads | Twitter

Hourglass (Hourglass #1)

One hour to rewrite the past . . . 

For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn't there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an instant. Plagued by phantoms since her parents' death, she just wants the apparitions to stop so she can be normal. She's tried everything, but the visions keep coming back.

So when her well-meaning brother brings in a consultant from a secretive organization called the Hourglass, Emerson's willing to try one last cure. But meeting Michael Weaver may not only change her future, it may also change her past.

Who is this dark, mysterious, sympathetic guy, barely older than Emerson herself, who seems to believe every crazy word she says? Why does an electric charge seem to run through the room whenever he's around? And why is he so insistent that he needs her help to prevent a death that never should have happened?

Buy: HERE

Timepiece (Hourglass #2)

A threat from the past could destroy the future. And the clock is ticking...

Kaleb Ballard was never supposed to be able to see ripples - cracks in time. Are his powers expanding, or is something very wrong? Before he can find out, Jonathan landers, the man who tried to murder is father, reappears. Why is he back, and what, or whom, does he want?

In the wake of Landers' return, the Hourglass organization is given an ultimatum. Either they find Jack and the research he's stolen on the people who might carry the time gene, or time will be altered - with devastating results for the people Kaleb loves most. 

Now Kaleb, Emerson, Michael, and the other Hourglass recruits have no choice but to use their unusual powers to find Landers. But where do they even start? And when? And even if they succeed, it may not be enough...

Buy: HERE

Are you as excited as I am for the third book in Hourglass Trilogy?! :) I hope you are, because thanks to the wonderful people at Egmont USA, we have a very delicious prize pack to give away to one lucky reader today! :)

You can win a copy of Hourglass and a copy of Timepiece! Giveaway is open to US/Canada only! Please enter via Rafflecopter below!

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Cover Reveal Scavenger Hunt and GAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY!!!

Great news! We also have an exciting scavenger hunt to celebrate the cover reveal of Myra McEntire's third book in the Hourglass Trilogy, Infinityglass!

And (drumroll, please) there is a GRAND PRIZE that you can win if you complete the hunt and submit your answer on time! :D And trust me, it's super exciting!!! 

HERE's HOW IT WORKS:

* There are a total of 15 pieces to the puzzle - one for each stop on the tour. 

* Collect all 15 pieces to reveal the cover of Infinityglass by Myra McEntire (pubbing in July)

* Submit the assembled cover via the following link  by no later than 2/12 at 10pm ET. You will be entered to win the 6 book Grand Prize Giveaway of: Jennifer Lynn Barnes' Nobody and Every Other Day, Kate Ellison's Butterfly Clues and Notes from Ghost Town and Myra McEntire's Hourglass and Timepiece. 

* The puzzle can either be assembled electronically or a picture of the assembled printed pieces is also acceptable

* The winner and completed cover will be posted on Myra McEntire's blog www.myramcentire.com on 2/13.

My piece:

Blog Tour Schedule:

Tuesday, January 22nd – Read for Your Future http://www.readforyourfuture.blogspot.com/
· Wednesday, January 23rd – I Am a Reader, Not a Writer http://www.iamareader.com/
· Thursday, January 24th – Pageturners http://www.pageturnersblog.com/
· Friday, January 25th – Read, Breathe Relax http://www.readbreatherelax.com/
· Monday, January 28th – Evie Bookish http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/
· Tuesday, January 29th – Reading Teen http://www.readingteen.net/
· Wednesday, January 30th – Cari’s Book Blog http://cariblogs.blogspot.com/
· Thursday, January 31st – YA Books Central http://www.yabookscentral.com/
· Friday, February 1st – Once Upon a Twilight http://www.onceuponatwilight.com/
· Monday, February 4th – Bookhounds http://foreveryoungadult.blogspot.com/
· Tuesday, February 5th – Luxury Reading http://luxuryreading.com/
· Wednesday, February 6th – Good Choice Reading http://www.goodchoicereading.com/
· Thursday, February 7th – I Read Banned Books http://www.jenbigheart.com/
· Friday, February 8th – All Things Urban Fantasy http://AllThingsUF.com
· Monday, February 11th - Supernatural Snark http://supernaturalsnark.blogspot.com/
· Tuesday, February 12th – 8-10 pm ET LIVE book chat on Mundie Moms http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/