Ebook of the Week + Giveaway: Exiled

"Ebook of the Week" a weekly feature here at Inklings Read. Each week I feature an ebook as well as a giveaway! Ebooks featured in these posts will always be well rated and reasonably priced!

Sometimes, if we're lucky, the author will drop by to say "Hi" with a few words on their book as well. Now let’s showcase Inklings Read’s Ebook of the Week!

Today we have Rashelle Workman, author of The Immortal Essence series, here with us today to tell us a bit about herself and book one, Exiled. It’s a book that I’ve been eyeing up every time I do a Kindle Deals post! Such a gorgeous cover!

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Exiled by Rashelle Workman

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Rating: 3.75 / 5 (280 ratings) - Goodreads.com as of 2/11/2012

Worlds divided them. Chance brought them together. Only love will save them.
 
An alien princess exiled to Earth.
An arrogant boy.
One week to get back to her planet or she'll die.
And, her only chance for survival? She must help the boy find his soul mate.
Piece of cake!

Stubborn, sixteen-year-old Princess Venus of Kelari wants one thing, to become immortal, that is, until someone exiles her to Earth, kills her irrihunter and takes her family. Now she wants revenge.

First she’s got to get home. But before she can return to Kelari, the Gods have commanded her to help an arrogant boy named Michael find his soul mate. Only she doesn't know the first thing about love.

Rather quickly, her inexperience with human emotion is obscured by other matters--alien-controlled psychotic teens that are out to kill her, and a government group that is set on capturing and dissecting her.

Worst of all, Venus will suffer a painful death-by-poisoning, thanks to Earth’s atmosphere, if she remains on the planet longer than one week. Still, Venus is a Princess and she's got a plan. Surely, with her help, Michael will fall in love with a human.

But time is running out and Michael is falling for the wrong girl--her.

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About Rashelle

When asked to describe Exiled  in 5 words she stated,

“An alien must survive Earth.”

As well as being a toffee-maker extraordinaire, a cupcake baker, and Mom Of The Year (it's true, ask her kids), Rashelle Workman writes YA sci-fi romance and adult romantic suspense. She's also the wife to a math-genius-of-a-husband. Together they share their home with three amazing children and three dogs. When she gets a quiet moment alone, she loves to read about far away places.

She currently has three books released:

ALIGNED (In His Eyes Anthology), an Immortal Essence Short Story.
EXILED (Immortal Essence, #1), a YA sci-fi romance.
SLEEPING ROSES (Dead Roses, #1), an adult romantic suspense.

Book 2 in the Immortal Essence series, BEGUILED, will be released May 2012 and book 2 in the Dead Roses series, SECRET ROSES, will release July 2012.

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Exiled Trailer

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Trailer Talk: Tempest

This edition of trailer talk features Tempest by Julie Cross! I’ve never been one to like time travel books, but I think I just may need to give this one a shot. It already has some rave reviews on Goodreads and a strong following in the blogger community. Has anyone had the luck to read this one already? If so, thoughts?

Tempest (Tempest, #1)
Author: Julie Cross 
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: January 17, 2012

The year is 2009.  Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there’s no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it’s just harmless fun.

That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future.

Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.

But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler.  Recruit… or kill him.

Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he’s willing to go to save Holly… and possibly the entire world.

 

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Read the first 4 chapters of Tempest over at the Tempest Series Facebook Page!

Trailer Talk: Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

For this edition of trailer talk we are featuring Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Though I have yet to read it, I already know this is one that I’m going to absolutely love! Not only does it mix fairytale elements with one of my favorite genres, science ficiton, but it has rave reviews all over the place! And want to know what’s even BETTER!? It’s released in stores today!

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Author: Marissa Meyer
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Release Date: January 3, 2012

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

In this thrilling debut young adult novel, the first of a quartet, Marissa Meyer introduces readers to an unforgettable heroine and a masterfully crafted new world that’s enthralling.

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Download the first five chapters of Cinder for FREE here:

Marissa Meyer Tour Info

Marissa has started her kickoff tour for Cinder! For dates and info you can visit her blog here: http://marissameyer.livejournal.com/

She will also be participating in a live author event/party on January 9th on Facebook/ Twitter at 7:00 EST. Be sure to stop by!

Trailer Talk: Switched (Trylle Series)

From Amanda Hocking, million-copy bestselling author and internet sensation comes the Trylle series… it all begins with Switched, available everywhere 1.3.12. As a special gift to readers, Switched contains a new, never-before-published bonus story, “The Vittra Attacks,” set in the magical world of the Trylle.

The Trylle series continues with Torn, on-sale 2.28.12, and concludes on 4.24.12 with Ascend.

For your viewing pleasure:

Switched(Trylle Trilogy #1)
by Amanda Hocking

When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. She’s not the person she’s always believed herself to be, and her whole life begins to unravel—all because of Finn Holmes.

Finn is a mysterious guy who always seems to be watching her. Every encounter leaves her deeply shaken…though it has more to do with her fierce attraction to him than she’d ever admit. But it isn’t long before he reveals the truth: Wendy is a changeling who was switched at birth—and he’s come to take her home.

Now Wendy’s about to journey to a magical world she never knew existed, one that’s both beautiful and frightening. And where she must leave her old life behind to discover who she’s meant to become…

What do you guys think about it? I absolutely love this trailer. To me, it seems very reminiscent of the Iron Fey series. I've been considering getting this one for awhile off of Amazon, so I'm definitely looking forward to it!