Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt!
I'm Margo Kelly, and I'll be your hostess for this leg of the hunt. I write thrillers, and I'm excited to share my novel, WHO R U REALLY?, with you during this event! Somewhere along this scavenger hunt, I've shared exclusive content related to WHO R U REALLY?, and clear down at the bottom of this post, I'm giving away a signed paperback copy of it (exclusive to readers of this post)! Yup. That's right.
(So be sure to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway at the bottom of this post before you hop off to the next site in the scavenger hunt!)
By the way, you are currently hunting on TEAM GOLD.
This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors ... and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt.
Add up the clues, and you can enter for the prize -- one lucky winner will receive:
one book from each author on the GOLD team!
Add up the clues, and you can enter for the prize -- one lucky winner will receive:
one book from each author on the GOLD team!
But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online until noon on Sunday, April 7, 2019!
Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are multiple contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the GOLD TEAM -- but there are other teams, each with a different set of books!
If you'd like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.
SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE RULES
Directions: Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the gold team, and then add them up (don't worry, you can use a calculator).
Entry Form: Once you've added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.
Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian's permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by April 7, 2019, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.
SCAVENGER HUNT POST
I am happy to introduce you to the author I'm hosting for the hunt:
KAT ROSS
Kat Ross worked as a journalist at the United Nations for ten years before happily falling back into what she likes best: making stuff up. She's the author of the Fourth Element and Fourth Talisman fantasy series, the Gaslamp Gothic mysteries, and the dystopian thriller Some Fine Day. She loves myths, monsters and doomsday scenarios. Visit her at katrossbooks.com
"It's the summer of 1888 and a bizarre killer is stalking the gas-lit streets of New York. But are the murders a case of black magic—or simple blackmail? From the gambling dens of the Tenderloin to the glittering mansions of Fifth Avenue, amateur sleuth Harrison Fearing Pell follows a twisted trail of lies, treachery and madness that leads closer to home than she ever imagined."
KAT ROSS
Kat Ross worked as a journalist at the United Nations for ten years before happily falling back into what she likes best: making stuff up. She's the author of the Fourth Element and Fourth Talisman fantasy series, the Gaslamp Gothic mysteries, and the dystopian thriller Some Fine Day. She loves myths, monsters and doomsday scenarios. Visit her at katrossbooks.com
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT
from Kat Ross
A sneak peak from her next book, A Bad Breed, which is a "Victorian paranormal monster mash" due in Spring 2019 and Book #3 in the Gaslamp Gothic series:
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The last rays of the sun were setting fire to the high peaks when it caught her.
She’d run for miles through the forest, fighting the black tide of the drug he’d slipped into her wine. Whatever it was made her feel like she was floating above her body, weightless and disconnected and without a care in the world. If not for the bitter cold, she might have sat down in the snow for a spell.
The hard-eyed, sober part of her mind, which was not yet gone entirely, knew that would be a very bad idea.
So she ran, focusing on the rasp of her breath, the metronomic ticking of her heart. After a while, the sounds of pursuit grew fainter. She dared to hope she’d lost him.
Then she’d twisted her ankle in an animal hole concealed under the snow.
It wasn’t broken, though it hurt like the dickens even through the narcotic fog. At least the pain sharpened her wits.
I am so bloody stupid, she thought for the hundredth time, leaning against a tree. I never should have….
Should have what?
Her green eyes lost focus. What an intricate, miraculous thing snow was. She’d never noticed it before, each crystal outlined with perfect clarity. Deep cold was like swimming underwater….
Her hand squeezed into a fist, the nails drawing blood.
Drunk the wine, that’s what. Bloody stupid of me. Now get a grip.
She studied the woods. Blue shadows gathered beneath the tall pines where the twilight deepened. All was quiet. But she sensed a presence, watching.
There were wolves in these mountains. She’d seen one that morning at dawn, standing on a rocky tor. It stared at her with yellow eyes, then turned and loped away. She’d felt a sublime grace in its presence.
She had no fear of wolves.
Yet her heart banged painfully in her breast as she limped down the path. She wore stout boots with woolen stockings and a high-necked wool dress over layers of petticoats and a
cloak lined with dark blue silk. The path followed a frozen creek, its edges brittle with ice. Frost lay thick on the ground and the boughs of the trees.
The light bled away to full dark as she reached the edge of the forest. A full moon rose, huge and bright. The nape of her neck prickled a warning.
She looked back. A silent shape glided through the trees. Not a wolf. Not a man either, though it moved on two legs.
In the distance, she heard the whistle of a train.
She slid down a steep incline. Her ankle throbbed, but she thought it would hold for a few more minutes.
A quarter mile off, the mouth of a tunnel led into the mountain. The tracks sat atop an embankment and she could see the glossy black engine chugging toward the tunnel. Light spilled from the windows of the passenger cars. The hood of her cloak fell back as she struggled through knee-high drifts. She tore a glove off with her teeth and freed the long iron blade sheathed at her waist.
The clatter of the train grew louder as it approached a curve and slowed down. She veered left toward a frozen field. If she cut across, she might still catch the train before it accelerated into the tunnel. Silhouettes filled the windows and she imagined the people on the train, reading books or sipping coffee, in the warmth and light.
She risked another glance over her shoulder. Whatever came was cloaked in shadow, but she sensed it speeding down the slope.
She was halfway across when the ice cracked beneath her boots. Not a field but a lake—and not solidly frozen. She flung out a hand, scrabbling madly as she slid into the water. She tried to summon her elemental power but it slid away on a black tide of tranquilizer. The train whistle sounded again and then it was swallowed by the tunnel.
The last thing she saw was two golden eyes, bright as the moon, rushing toward her.
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Now don't forget to enter the YASH contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me and 19 other authors on TEAM GOLD. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on team gold, and you'll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!
But before you go, you'll need to know that my favorite number is 11, and here is an exclusive Rafflecopter giveaway for you to win a signed copy of WHO R U REALLY?. (This contest is separate from the YASH contest. Only visitors here are eligible.)
CONTINUE THE HUNT
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