I am a HUGE fan of the Denazen series by Jus Accardo so I'm pleased to be able to participate in the cover reveal for Tremble which is the third book in the series.
Tremble by Jus Accardo
Series: Denazen
Pages: 352
Genre: Young Adult –
Paranormal
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Amazon pre-order: Tremble
Synopsis
Dez Cross has problems. She’s almost
eighteen and on the verge of losing her mind thanks to the drug
the Denazen corporation used to enhance her abilities. People close
to her have turned their backs on the underground and are now fighting for the
wrong side. And then there’s Kale... Things couldn’t get any worse.
Until, of course, they do. Denazen is about to start a new trial—this one called Domination—and it works. But that means out with the old and in with the new. The order has been given to terminate all remnants of the second trial—including Dez. The good news is that there’s a survivor from the original trial. A woman whose blood may hold the cure for the second generation of Supremacy kids' defects. But the underground Sixes aren’t the only ones who know about her.
Dez's father is willing to throw
away everything he has to keep Dez from getting the cure—including the one
thing that might tear her apart from the inside out.
Exclusive Excerpt
“I told them you wouldn’t come alone. Yet
here you are,” Kale’s dark voice said from the doorway. “You’re an odd one.”
“You don’t realize it, but coming from you,
that’s kinda funny,” I said, swallowing hard and turning to face him. The light
from the hall lit the entire right side of his face, leaving the left cloaked
in darkness. Two sides of the same dangerous coin. I wanted to back away but
resisted, meeting his gaze straight on. My Kale was in there somewhere—and he
could sense weakness. “Did you kill her?”
“She’s
dead.”
“I figured as much,” I said, jaw tense. Another step closer. “But I’m asking if you did it.”
He
cocked his head to the left and I could see his expression. Confusion. “You
asked the same thing about the other girl. Why does it matter?”
“Because
it does. It matters to you, too. You just don’t remember.”
He
took another step. Inches. He was inches from me now, the warmth from his body
radiating like the sun. Every one of my muscles plunged into an all-out war
with my heart. Common sense screamed for me to match his steps forward with
ones away. Keep your distance—he’s dangerous!
My heart wanted to move closer. I wanted
this to all be nothing more than a bad dream.
“I
feel like...when I look at you—” He shook his head and placed a hand on either
side of me, up against the mattress, and brought his face close to mine. For
the longest moment all he did was stare. When he did speak, there was so much
rage in his voice. “You stabbed me. When that didn’t do the trick, you pushed
me from the bridge. I’m asking you why?”
“I
never did that, Kale. No one’s ever pushed you from a bridge as far as I know.
I promise. As for the scar, yeah. You were stabbed. Alex did it.”
“You’re
lying, Kiernan.”
“I’m
not. And my name is Dez,” I said, voice cracking under the weight of his words.
“Deznee.” I wasn’t ready to give up, so I went with what had always
worked for me. Something insane.
Pushing
forward, I crushed my lips to his, wrapping both arms around his neck to lock
him in place. He didn’t resist and, to my surprise, didn’t shove me away.
Instead, after a moment, he responded, his lips moving fervently with mine.
The
kiss only lasted a few moments. I was the one who broke it, pulling away as the
clouds passed, allowing the moonlight to shine through the bedroom window once
again. For a second, neither of us said a word. His cheeks glistened with my
tears, making it look like he’d been crying, too, as he stared—eyes wide and
mouth agape—like he’d never seen me before.
For
a crazy, insane moment, time froze. I thought maybe the kiss had done the
trick. That this time the princess had woken the prince. He looked at me with a
mix of shock and awe, the tiniest hint of my Kale gleamed through. My heart
pounded so loudly I could barely hear anything else. It was there. I could see
the spark in his eyes. “Kale?”
But
it didn’t last. Or maybe it hadn’t been there at all. Maybe I wanted to see it
so badly that I imagined the whole thing.
His
lips parted and the corners tilted upward just a hair. “Roz is right. You are
crazy.”
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Author Bio
Jus Accardo spent her childhood reading and
learning to cook. Determined to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps as a
chef, she applied and was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America. At the
last minute, she realized her path lay with fiction, not food, and passed on
the spot to pursue writing.
Jus is the bestselling author of YA
paranormal romance and urban fantasy fiction.
A native New Yorker, she lives in the middle
of nowhere with her husband, three dogs, and sometimes guard bear, Oswald. Her
first book, Touch was released in November 2011 from Entangled Publishing. She
is currently working on the next book in the Denazen series.
I'm excited for the release of this book because I love the series. I will admit that the cover isn't doing much for me. I probably wouldn't pick up the book if I hadn't known it was in the Denazen series. Anyways, that excerpt has me a little worried.
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I'm really worried by that excerpt Nick! it doesn't sound too promising for Kale/Dez.
DeleteI love this series as well & can't wait for Tremble <3
I think this cover will appeal to a lot of readers!
ReplyDeleteI agree Mandee! I quite like it :)
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