Hello, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Haley
Cavanagh and her new book, “Retaliation”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in
this post.
Be sure to make it to the
end of this post to enter to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!! Not only is there this fabulous giveaway, but
there is a SECOND fabulous giveaway!!
As another lucky winner will win a $25 Amazon Gift Card AND an
Autographed Paperback/Swag Bundle!! See
below for more details.
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Retaliation
by Haley Cavanagh
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GENRE: YA Dystopian Sci-Fi Romance
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BLURB:
Sakota
saved Astraeus and her friends from certain death, but in doing so, she gained
the attention of the Oreck, who will stop at nothing to destroy everything in
their path. With their ship severely damaged, Sakota and her crew land on a
nearby planet and seek sanctuary while they make repairs to return home. But
nothing on this perfect planet is as it appears, and Sakota soon learns they've
traded one danger for another. Hunted and targeted, will Sakota be able to carry
out her mission, or will everyone she cares about be destroyed?
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EXCERPT ONE:
Sakota
took a deep breath. “Okay. Let’s do it. We’re not going to survive if we
don’t.” Hisoka and Tatiana turned around to man their consoles. She ate the
last of her ration piece and slipped her hand into Astraeus’s. The escape pod
reached the mouth of the black hole, then without warning, surged forward.
When
Sakota was a child, long before Alistair rescued her from the orphanage in the
squalid wasteland of London, the other children liked to play a game called
Lights Out. In the main room where she bunked with fifteen other girls, a shaft
of light streamed in from the hallway, in the same spot every night, like
clockwork. The adult on night duty would check in once an hour and perform a
headcount as they slept.
A
few nights a week, a handful of the girls awakened and killed the hallway lights
so they could scare and torture whomever they didn’t like among them. It was a
powerful systematic lesson, however cruel. Sakota grew up knowing her place at
the bottom rung of life. She’d never fit into the cookie-cutter type molding
the upper-class girls had been bred for. She’d proved early on that she’d fight
back with a vengeance when provoked, but she wasn’t certain which was worse;
being preyed upon or listening to other girls’ pleas for help as she lay in the
pitch-black room. The memory had stayed with her well into adulthood, as well
as the countless times she could and should have stepped in to help instead of
being crippled by primal fear and self-preservation. Children could be cruel.
But the fear she’d experienced then was nothing, nothing, compared to being
sucked into a black hole.
The
escape pod whirled inside the conduit and pitched them around in a circle. They
spun, at the mercy of inexhaustible energy along the black hole’s trajectory.
Though she’d experienced raw fear when the Oreck had taken over the Sleipnir
science vessel and killed everyone, this was different. Before, she at least
had an idea what she was up against. Three razor-sharp talons emerging from
claws didn’t lie. Being sucked into the black hole was like being an ant in a
cyclone.
Astraeus
squeezed her palm reassuringly. She turned and looked at him. They were both
strapped in, tight.
Astraeus
squeezed her hand. “Don’t be afraid.”
The
speed of the escape pod amplified. Ribbons of light streamed past the windows
like gossamer silk as the ship darted into unknown darkness. Sakota gritted her
teeth. Oh, screw not acting afraid. She was terrified.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Haley Cavanagh is a
military veteran, wife, and mother. She is an alumna of Columbia College, a
musical theater nut, and she loves to dive into any book that crosses her path.
Haley resides with her family in the United States and enjoys spending time
with her husband and children when she’s not writing. She loves to hear from
her readers, and encourages you to contact her via her website and social
media.
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GIVEAWAY #1 INFO:
Haley will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to
a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
And because why have one
giveaway when you can have TWO!!
Yep – that’s right!! There is a SECOND
Giveaway!!
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GIVEAWAY #2 INFO:
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Haley ~ Good morning! Happy New Year and welcome back to FAB! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteHi Ally, it's great to he back! Happy New Year to everyone. I hope everyone got to sleep in this morning. :) I'm available all day to answer any questions for readers. I hope you all enjoy the book! The audio book will release in February.
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Haley
Sounds like a great book.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rita! I enjoyed writing it. Retaliation is the 2nd book in the Oceanstone Initiative series. Astraeus is the first book, and it's available in digital, paperback, and audio book, wherever books are sold. I hope you enjoy them!
DeleteI love the cover
ReplyDeleteThanks, Danielle!
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