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to be able to participate in the Book Blitz for Phoebe Pope and the Year of
Four by Nya Jade hosted by Xpresso Book Touring.
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Phoebe
Pope and the Year of Four by Nya Jade
October
30th 2012/Dreamwell Publishing
Synopsis.
The students of Green Lane
Academy roam their halls unaware that below their manicured campus exists a
prestigious school of an entirely different kind . . .
Sixteen-year-old Phoebe Pope has enrolled at the Campus Below: a spy academy for shape-shifters hidden deep beneath the grounds of a boarding school whose humans unknowingly protect it. There, thanks to a carefully planned schedule, she leads a double life: spy trainee Below and normal teenager Above.
As if two course loads, concealing a secret power she alone wields, and coping with her father’s recent death weren’t enough, Phoebe finds herself developing major feelings for actor and teen heartthrob Colten Chase, who attends the Campus Above and appears to be majoring in winning Phoebe’s heart. But when officials learn that Phoebe may be at the center of a startling prophecy, she becomes the target of shape-shifting assassins who will stop at nothing to suppress the truth.
Now Phoebe’s lessons about Shaper’s enemies and spycraft take on great importance as a menace stalks the campus, with Phoebe as its target. Meanwhile, what began as an unlikely relationship with Colten, quickly morphs into heartache when she suspects that something sinister lurks beneath this movie star’s glitter and fame. Suddenly, Phoebe’s caught in a mesh of lies, betrayals, and danger where she doesn’t know who to trust, and needs to rely on herself—and her secret power—to get to the truth and to stay alive.
Sixteen-year-old Phoebe Pope has enrolled at the Campus Below: a spy academy for shape-shifters hidden deep beneath the grounds of a boarding school whose humans unknowingly protect it. There, thanks to a carefully planned schedule, she leads a double life: spy trainee Below and normal teenager Above.
As if two course loads, concealing a secret power she alone wields, and coping with her father’s recent death weren’t enough, Phoebe finds herself developing major feelings for actor and teen heartthrob Colten Chase, who attends the Campus Above and appears to be majoring in winning Phoebe’s heart. But when officials learn that Phoebe may be at the center of a startling prophecy, she becomes the target of shape-shifting assassins who will stop at nothing to suppress the truth.
Now Phoebe’s lessons about Shaper’s enemies and spycraft take on great importance as a menace stalks the campus, with Phoebe as its target. Meanwhile, what began as an unlikely relationship with Colten, quickly morphs into heartache when she suspects that something sinister lurks beneath this movie star’s glitter and fame. Suddenly, Phoebe’s caught in a mesh of lies, betrayals, and danger where she doesn’t know who to trust, and needs to rely on herself—and her secret power—to get to the truth and to stay alive.
Author Bio
Nya
Jade is a singer-songwriter and author based in San Francisco. Her music videos have aired on
the VH1, BET, and MTV networks. USA Today hailed Nya as a “young female
troubadour worth keeping your eyes and ears on,” in an entertainment feature on
up-and-coming singer-songwriters. “Her cool singing voice recalls Sade,” said
the LA Times.
Between writing and performing new music, Nya took a musical sabbatical to focus on writing a novel—an endeavor she found quite daunting, until she began looking at each chapter as a verse in a very long song. Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four is her first novel.
In her free time, Nya enjoys hanging out with family and friends, searching for amazing gluten-free desserts, and bargain hunting for her next pair of funky shoes.
Nya holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.A. in Sociology, both from Stanford University.
Between writing and performing new music, Nya took a musical sabbatical to focus on writing a novel—an endeavor she found quite daunting, until she began looking at each chapter as a verse in a very long song. Phoebe Pope and the Year of Four is her first novel.
In her free time, Nya enjoys hanging out with family and friends, searching for amazing gluten-free desserts, and bargain hunting for her next pair of funky shoes.
Nya holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.A. in Sociology, both from Stanford University.
Author
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Excerpt
One
Phoebe was too far
away to sense whether the boy had one heart or two. Through the maze of trees
with clattering leaves, she could see him moving with purposeful speed. He was
headed toward her destination—a brownstone chapel perched at the top of a small
hill. Not knowing the boy’s nature made Phoebe hesitate. Then came the sound of
tower bells. Eight o’clock. There was no time to think of an alternate route.
She was officially late for the Conversion.
A loud, echoing crack quickened Phoebe’s pace as
lightning slashed the indigo sky above her. She had barely reached the base of
the hill when rain began pounding down. Clutching the camera that hung from the
strap around her neck, she sprinted the final stretch, arriving breathless.
Phoebe wiped the rain
from her face, and then entered the chapel. Inside, light from moon-facing
windows cast a misty glow across the sanctuary, the air redolent with the smoke
of a blazing fireplace. She glanced around the heart of the nondenominational Green Lane
Academy. It seemed so
ordinary, so quiet, even peaceful. Rows of pews with velvet cushions ran the
width of the room. She moved between them, taking care to remain in the
shadows. An irregular shape in a dark corner caught her eye and Phoebe could
just barely make out the outline of the boy. He
knelt with his head between his hands, his body huddled against a pew. Praying.
Phoebe paused several
feet away and waited. After a moment she felt energy seeping from the boy’s
skin, raising the hairs on hers. Cold and electric, it meant one thing: the boy
had only one heart. She couldn’t risk him seeing what she had come there to do.
That meant waiting. Just then, something stirred behind her. Giveaway:
Nya Jade is giving away 1
x Kindle Fire HD,
Open internationally.
The giveaway has an entry
for blog following, and it ends on December 21st, 2012
I like the sound of this, anything with spies has got to be a fun read!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite! Secret paranormal academy and kickass chick with extra power-up. I like the excerpt, it's nice and creepy-suspenseful. :) I wish I could say I recognized Nya's name from MTV but I'm an old geezer and I don't know where it even is anymore. lol
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