ARC's are here for WHEN THE BUTTERFLIES CAME!!!

Today is October 1, 2012 - exactly SIX MONTHS from TODAY these gorgeous books will be out in the world, on bookstore shelves, in the Scholastic Book Fairs, and on Amazon and B&N.

I'm thrilled to pieces. See the jacket synopsis below . . .

(Synopis/jacket summary written by amazingly talented editor at Scholastic).

Everybody thinks Tara Doucet has the perfect life. But in reality, Tara’s life is anything but perfect: Her dear Grammy Claire has just passed away, her mother is depressed and distant, and she and her sister Riley can’t seem to agree on anything. 

But when mysterious and dazzling butterflies begin to follow her around after Grammy Claire’s funeral, Tara just knows in her heart that her grandmother has left her one final mystery to solve.

A strange butler shows up to take Tara and Riley to Grammy Claire’s house, where Tara finds a stack of keys and detailed letters from Grammy Claire herself. Note by note, Tara learns unexpected truths about her grandmother’s life. As the letters grow more ominous and the keys more difficult to decipher, Tara realizes that the secrets she must uncover could lead to mortal danger.

And when Tara and Riley are swept away to the beautiful island of Chuuk to hear their grandmother’s will, Tara discovers the most shocking truth of all — one that will change her life forever.

From Kimberley Griffiths Little comes a magical, breathtaking mystery full of loss and love, family and faith.

( ISBN 978-0-545-42513-1) $17.99 US / $19.99 CAN

ARC Giveaway and an April Fool's Day Joke on Me

DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY FOR AN ARC OF THE HEALING SPELL!!! Go to this post from last Thursday! Easy-peasy.

On April 2nd, I got this email from my son who is away at college.

Dear Mom,
I finally convinced the hospital staff to lend me a computer. I was driving with Dave and we got in a car accident. Dave is ok, but I managed to break my femur in three places. I'll be in the hospital for a few days. If you could call BYU, and let them know, I'd appreciate it. Thanks,
Love,
Jared

I was like, What?!?

I tried to call him all morning on his cell phone and no answer. I was a bit worried because this actually happened to another one of my sons while away at college two years ago. He was in an accident and shattered his knee cap and still has screws and pins and a horrific scar across his knee. He was out for two months and lost that semester so I'm a bit disconcerted by his email, but suspicious, too . . .

Clues that this *might* be some sort of prank:

1. Why did he email when he has a cell phone? Or did his phone die?
2. Why didn't he tell me the name of the hospital?
3. I'd recently warned him about driving carefully with his friends when they go snow skiing and various places and he knew I was worried . . .  

THEN I LOOKED AT THE DATE OF THE EMAIL! April 1 at 11:17 p.m. He slid in under the wire, that kid!



An April Fool's Joke Gone Very Bad. 

My First Blog Review and an ARC Giveaway!!!

Abby, The Librarian reviewed The Healing Spell here! Gorgeous and thoughtful and just simply lovely.
Thank you so much, Abby! It's really exciting to get a review by someone I've already been *following* for a year!

In other news, my book trailer is pretty much finished and I'm sharing it with my agent and editor and publicist right now. Fingers crossed they will approve it for nationwide release in May! Maybe earlier!

Nationwide = Email, Facebook, Blogger, Live Journal, Goodreads, Amazon, and CONTESTS!!!

Speaking of CONTESTS!!! In honor of submitting my new manuscript to my editor AND my first fantastic blogger review I need to have a contest!!!

I haven't given away anything in ages!!! And I have ARCs of THE HEALING SPELL burning on my shelves!
Please enter here! Or on my Live Journal if you'd like!
Get An Extra Point EACH for Tweeting, Facebooking, Friending, Following, or mentioning/linking the contest on your own blog! Contest will be open from now until midnight (Pacific Time) on April 8th!

***Just for fun, please tell me something you love about Louisiana, or wish you could see/do there if you haven't visited before.

I'll love you forever if you can spread the word! Seriously. I was born on Valentine's Day. See? :-) xoxo, Kimberley

 

The Healing Spell book cover - Ta Da!!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful and romantic weekend!

The resolution is sort of blurry even though the size should be fine . . . another hm. But It's gorgeous and glossy and beautiful in *real life* and that's just the ARC. Can't wait to see the real thing in a few months! 

Marc Tauss is the artist and he's done some other great covers so check him out here!

Marc gave the final draft the added beauty of the framing trees along the edges as well as the purple hyacinth around the boat - which they added at my suggestion! It was exciting to give a little suggestion and have the art dept. take it. They agreed that the addition of the purple made the cover *pop*! 

And I ADORE the font! The original font was more graceful and elegant, but this one really gives the *spirit* of the book. Funky and exotic and backwoodsy.

                                    

STACKS OF ARCS!!!