Unnatural Deeds Blog Tour

Join me on my super fabulous UNNATURAL DEEDS Blog Tour to learn more about my newest book, coming out November 1! You'll also have a chance to WIN a signed copy!

 

This is where I'll be and when, so please show my hostesses some love!  Thank you so much to Jaime at Rockstar Book Tours for putting it together.

 

Week One:

10/24/2016- Bibliobibuli YA

10/25/2016- Curling Up With A Good Book

10/26/2016- Wandering Bark Books

10/27/2016- BookHounds YA

10/28/2016- Fiction Fare

Week Two:

10/31/2016- Wanderlust & Books

11/1/2016- Literary Meanderings

11/2/2016- With Love for Books

11/3/2016- The Cover Contessa

11/4/2016- YA Book Madness

Fall YA Scavenger Hunt

Welcome to the 13th YA Scavenger Hunt!

Hello! I am Cyn Balog, your hostess for this leg of the hunt. About Me I'm the author of seven novels, my most recent one, UNNATURAL DEEDS, is coming out November 1 from Sourcebooks Fire! You are currently hunting on TEAM GOLD.

Looking for my exclusive bonus content? You’ll have to keep searching. Somewhere on this blog hop, I’ve hidden a deleted scene from UNNATURAL DEEDS!

Before you go looking for it, check out the amazing author I’m hosting.

But, first, a few rules.

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 TEAM GOLD, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!) HINT: THE SECRET NUMBER IS HIGHLIGHTED IN GOLD!

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 SUNDAY, October 9, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered. On this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each participating YA author, you also get a secret number. Add up the numbers, and enter it for a chance to win a major prize–one lucky winner will receive at least one book from each author on my team in the hunt! But play fast. This contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online until noon PST on Sunday, October 9th!

 There are NINE contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the GOLD TEAM but there is also a RED TEAM, BLUE TEAM, ORANGE TEAM, PINK TEAM, PURPLE TEAM, TEAL TEAM, SILVER TEAM & GREEN TEAM! Check out each team for a chance to win nine different sets of signed 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.

Now that all the technical stuff is out of the way, I’ll introduce the author I am hosting on this hunt. I am super excited to be hosting…

 Sharon Biggs Waller! 

 About Sharon:

Sharon Biggs Waller is the author of the critically acclaimed young adult novel A MAD WICKED FOLLY. She discovered her love for gardening when she moved to England in 2000, and for the natural world when she became a national park ranger in the 1980s. THE FORBIDDEN ORCHID is her second novel and a Junior Library Guild selection.

 About THE FORBIDDEN ORCHID: 

The adventures of a British girl in China, hunting for the orchid that will save her family.

I heard Sharon spends 13 hours a day writing, which is why her books are so amazing.

And now, an exclusive video from Sharon!

From Sharon: Research through books and original content is fabulously helpful when writing historical fiction, but when I can, I try to travel to the settings in my book.  With THE FORBIDDEN ORCHID it was only possible to go to England—my funds didn’t stretch far enough to go to China, although I had some wonderful help with friends who knew the country very well.   For my YASH content I put together a little slideshow of some of the places I visited.  The song playing is an old Welsh tune called Saucy Sailor and it’s sung by the Wailin’ Jennys.  If you know where this song appears in the book, enter it in the comments section on my website, www.sharonbiggswaller.com, and I’ll send one lucky winner a neato prize!  

 Add THE FORBIDDEN ORCHID to your TBR list on Goodreads! 

 Are you as interested in this book as I am?

 Here’s how you can get your hands on it!

 You can buy her book HERE! Check out more on her Website, Twitter, or Facebook pages.

 And don’t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of signed books by me and many more!

Just check out all these books on team gold, YASH GOLD TEAM FALL 2016!  To enter, you need to write down my favorite number, find all the other numbers on TEAM GOLD, add them up, and you’ll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize!

Thank you so much for visiting my website! Ready to move on to the next link in the hunt?

Then head on over to visit author T.A. Maclagan’s page. Happy Hunting!!

Happy Month Before Release Day!!!

Time Flies. I can't believe we're only a month away from the release of UNNATURAL DEEDS! Yep, it's coming out November 1.

I've also sold audio rights to Forever Young Audiobooks, so I'm thrilled to say that an audiobook will be coming out sometime in December!  

I've talked about my less-than-glamorous release days before, but this one is different!! Because I'm going to have a launch party (my first since Fairy Tale in 2009)!!!  It's happening on November 13 at the Center Valley, PA B&N at 1PM. There will be fun and shenanigans, if I can get my shenanigan suit on. If you can be there, I'd love to see you!

A novel of infatuation and obsession, Unnatural Deeds has an electrifying ending that readers won't see coming.

Victoria Zell doesn't fit in, not that she cares what anyone thinks. She and her homeschooled boyfriend, Andrew, are inseparable. All they need is each other. That is, until Zachary Zimmerman joins her homeroom. Within an hour of meeting, he convinces good-girl Vic to cut class. And she can't get enough of that rush.

Despite Vic's loyalty to Andrew, she finds her life slowly entwining with Z's. Soon she's lying to everyone she knows in an effort to unravel Z's secrets. Except Z's not the only one with a past. Victoria's hiding her own secrets, secrets that will come back to haunt her...and destroy everything in her path.

"Like a PG-13 version of Gone Girl (2012), Balog's (Dead River, 2013, etc.) latest tells the tense and tragic story of three teens mixed up in a world of murder, obsession, and mental illness... A page-turner that will keep readers riveted, this is a treat for mystery fans and will keep readers guessing right up until the end."
" - Kirkus

"Unnatural Deeds is a compelling, dark confessional with pages that  keep you guessing and an ending that will blow you sideways.
" - Natalie D. Richards, author of Six Months Later and One Was Lost

Whoa, it's been a while!

Hi, there! I'm still alive, still writing books, and can't wait for some of my new ones to release!


First, there's Unnatural Deeds, coming out November 1, 2016! It's a twisty, dark contemporary thrilled, and this is what it's about: 


A novel of infatuation and obsession, Unnatural Deeds has an electrifying ending that readers won't see coming.


Victoria Zell doesn't fit in, not that she cares what anyone thinks. She and her homeschooled boyfriend, Andrew, are inseparable. All they need is each other. That is, until Zachary Zimmerman joins her homeroom. Within an hour of meeting, he convinces good-girl Vic to cut class. And she can't get enough of that rush.


Despite Vic's loyalty to Andrew, she finds her life slowly entwining with Z's. Soon she's lying to everyone she knows in an effort to unravel Z's secrets. Except Z's not the only one with a past. Victoria's hiding her own secrets, secrets that will come back to haunt her...and destroy everything in her path.

So far, reviews have been trickling in, not that I try to pay much attention to them. But so far people have been extremely kind and flattering of it, which makes me happy.


But that's not all. I have more exciting news. I'm re-releasing DROWNED, as well as it's three other companion books, later in the year.  The new DROWNED, which is actually Book 2 in the series,  is out now:

Coe is one of the few remaining teenagers on the island of Tides. Deformed and weak, she is constantly reminded that in a world where dry land dwindles at every high tide, she is not welcome. The only bright spot in her harsh and difficult life is the strong, capable Tiam—but love has long ago been forgotten by her society. The only priority is survival.

Until the day their King falls ill, leaving no male heir to take his place. Unrest grows, and for reasons Coe cannot comprehend, she is invited into the privileged circle of royal aides. She soon learns that the dying royal is keeping a secret that will change their world forever.

Is there an escape from the horrific nightmare that their island home has become? Coe must race to find the answers and save the people she cares about, before their world and everything they know is lost to the waters.



But the actual order is this:


Book 1: BURNED
Book 2: DROWNED
Book 3: BURIED
Book 4: RECLAIMED.


The first book in the series, BURNED, is coming August 1!:

I’ve heard tales about the sun and the moon. My mother used to tell me they were never in the same place in the sky, and that once, people would tell the time of day by them. She was never fortunate enough to see such a thing with her own eyes, but her own parents spoke wistfully of them often, making the world above, the world lost to us so many years ago, seem magical and fantastical.

In my wildest dreams, I never thought I would see that world.

Spoiled, pampered Aliah has found her way to someplace very different from her technologically-advanced underground world. A place where people fight for survival, and even the king is a violent savage. The inhabitants of this place are all coming to terms with a frightening reality: Inch by inch, the kingdom of Tides is dying.

But are these people truly lost? The more time she spends with King Wallow, the more she begins to settle in, and forget the life she left behind. Still, this kingdom is not kind, and there are horrors and secrets behind every wall. Is it possible to survive, or is finding a way back home her only chance?

The last two books will come later this year and sometime next year. I'll tell you about those soon! :)


So, what else have I been up to? Well, not much.  Let's see. I recently became a consultant for Perfectly Posh because I LOVE their products.  Crazy, right? I never thought I would ever sell anything like this, but I love it so much I had to feed my addiction. I am having so much fun doing it!  If you haven't checked them out, please do! And hit me up at my Posh group on facebook or via email at cyn at cynbalog dot com because I LOVE talking about Posh almost as much as I like talking books. Which says a lot!!


xo, Cyn