Hot off the Press: Haunting Violet (Alyxandra Harvey) teaser + Trash (Andy Mulligan) Trailer!

Exciting news from Bloomsbury! Alyxandra Harvey will be coming to the UK in May to promote her  forthcoming book Haunting Violet! Keep checking the Facebook page, event details will be added soon: http://www.facebook.com/myloveliesbleeding

In the meantime here’s a little teaser about the new book from the author herself:

Dear Reader:

I love historical fantasy because I can lose myself in a world where Mr. Darcy might be just around the corner . . . or the ghost of a murdered girl out for revenge. It combines corsets and cravats with paranormal mysteries of every kind.

Haunting Violet takes place in Victorian England, during the 1870's, which was the pinnacle of the interest in mediums and séances. Talking to ghosts was all the rage in private parlours and public halls. The details of clothes and food and the popularity of séances are as accurate as I could make them to create a realistic backdrop for ghosts and spirit possession. But in the end people are people; we still just want to be happy. And 1870 or 2010, I love a girl who can kick butt . . . especially when wearing a corset.

I hope you'll enjoy meeting Violet as she struggles to come to terms with her new gift for communicating with the dead . . . and as she chooses between a traditional safe life and an Irish pickpocket with a wicked grin.

Alyxandra Harvey

Check out Alynxandra's site below for more news!
http://alyxandraharvey.com//http://www.alyxh.livejournal.com/ 

In other news, Andy Mulligan's superb book TRASH is out on paperback on the 31st March! This is a brilliant book which I recommend heartily. Check out the trailer below!



From the publishers who brought you THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS and THE
CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, comes another story that transcends reading ages and leaps literary fences. Three street boys take on the world in TRASH, a fast-paced, exciting, intensely moving story by Andy Mulligan.

Paperback is out 31st March 2011 - if you haven't read it on hardback yet, wait no longer! Trash will make you laugh, break your heart and will truly uplift your spirit. You can find my review HERE, in any case.



Department 19 (Will Hill) Trailer!

It's just over a month to go before the long-awaited release day of Will Hill's Department 19 dawns, so because I am excited (and so should you), here are a couple of trailers I thought you might enjoy.







Will Hill talks about THE teen thriller of the new decade.
http://www.department19exists.com/
Department 6 is the Army
Department 13 is MI5
DEPARTMENT 19 is the reason you're alive.

Matched Trailer and Nightshade UK cover!

The book trailer for Matched is so bloody brilliant, every one should see it. The YA world need more trailers this epic! Don't forget to check out www.matched-book.com and get matched yourself. Sounds good? :)




And, look what I just found on Amazon UK:

Nightshade UK cover! 

I love the US cover but I am a sucker for everything purple and this book just about has my favourite colour. The eyes stand out more due to the darker hue as well. I'm not sure about the way the title is positioned but I do prefer this to the US version.

This beauty cannot not be on my reading stack! What do you think? Which do you prefer?