New Releases!!

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will publish an exclusive e-book as part of the bestselling BEAUTIFUL CREATURES series by award-winning authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.  DREAM DARK: A BEAUTIFUL CREATURES STORY is a never-before-seen short story, created as a prequel to BEAUTIFUL CHAOS, the hugely anticipated third book in theseries, which goes on sale October 18.  The e-book is set to release on August 2 for $1.99, and will be available for download across all digital platforms.

This all-new storyfocuses on the fan-favorite character Link who undergoes a heart-racing transformation.  Wounded during a climactic battle, Link slowly realizes that being bitten by a Supernatural does more than break the skin—it can change a person, inside and out, turning him into a creature more and more like the dark creature who injured him.  As a special bonus, DREAM DARK will include an exclusive sneak peek at the first five chapters of BEAUTIFUL CHAOS.   It will also be available as an audio download to pub simultaneously with the e-book.

“We have had strong success with the first two books in the series in e-book form— with sales of over 30,000 copies combined,” remarked Andrew Smith, the division’s VP and Deputy publisher. “It is thrilling to be able to announce a brand-new e-book story by these dynamic, bestselling authors— and have it available this summer for the countless fans who have been clamoring for a further glimpse into this fantastical world and are eagerly awaiting the October 18 release of BEAUTIFUL CHAOS.”

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES was named an Amazon #1 Teen Best Book of The Year and #5 Editor’s Pick Best Book of the Year for 2009.  BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS was an instant New York Times,Indiebound, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller. Foreign rights have sold in 28 languages and movie rights have been optioned by Warner Bros. with Richard LaGravenese set to write the script and direct, with Erwin Stoff to produce. For more information please visit www.beautifulcreaturesnovels.com

Phew JULY is a HOT MONTH! AND Sea Lion wants to help heat it up some more
with a contest that will make any girl swoon!!! Since we are midway
through the month of July, Sea Lion Books is running another contest to
celebrate all the awesome comics and graphic novels coming out this year!
The winner of the HUSH HUSH contest will win a signed copy of the Hush Hush
Graphic Novel and a hand crafted purse from the Hush Hush Novel created by
2011 Books with Bites! Kim over at 2011 books with Bites is creating a
wonderful work of art that you can carry around with you daily! To see
examples of her wonderful creations visit
http://www.bookpurses.blogspot.com/

Now down to the important part! How to enter!!!

1. LIKE Sea Lion Book’s Facebook page and post how much you want
PATCH to be your guardian angel. If you already liked our page and want to
qualify for this contest, still let us know how much you want PATCH to be
your guardian angel and then send your friends our way!!!! If you lead
your friends to LIKE our page make sure you tell them to say they were
referred by you! The more friends you get to LIKE our page the more
chances you get to win!!!

2. Another way to enter the contest is to FRIEND Sea Lion books on
Good Reads – http://www.goodreads.com/sealionbooks and leave a comment on
how much you want Patch to be your guardian angel. Again if you are
already a friend of Sea Lion Books on Good Reads, still post the comment
and then start sending your friends our way! Once their friend request has
been accepted make sure they let us know you referred them in the comments
section and how they want PATCH to be their guardian angel.

REMEMBER – Since we are still running the Storm Born comic contest you will
HAVE TO POST HOW MUCH YOU WANT PATCH TO BE YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL.

The contest will run until the end of August 15th or until we reach 1,500
fans. Winner will be chosen using random.org. Prizes will be a signed
copy of the Graphic Novel and a hand crafted purse from the Hush Hush Novel
created by 2011 Books with Bites Winner will be notified either on Facebook
or Goodreads depending on how they entered! They will have 48 hours to
respond to the notification with their snail mail address. If they don’t
respond we will give the price to the second runner up.

Super excited for both of these books!

Happy Reading!