Welcome to my stop on the Release Event for Grave Bound organized by AToMR Tours .
Lets celebrate T.R. Graves’ brand new release.
For today, I have the beautiful book cover, the book description, an enticing excerpt and two giveaways!
Sounds like fun, so let’s get started.
Title: Grave Bound (Secrets, #1)
Author: T. R. Graves
Release date: March 1, 2013
Genre: Adult Contemporary
Age Group: Adult (17+ – profanity and sexual situations)
Event organized by: AToMR Tours
Buy Links: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble
Book Description:
Some secrets follow you to the grave. Others send you there.
Emily Riddle has lived her entire life inside a patriarchal commune led by her father. There are many rules, but the most important one, ‘keep it in the commune’, is the most difficult for her to follow… especially since the only people willing to champion her cause live on the outside.
When Emily learns her father has promised her to Lorenzo, a perverted man who has plans for her that extend well beyond marriage and kids, she rebels. Regardless of the consequences, she refuses to marry someone who’d rather beat her than caress her.
A day of hooky that starts out as a tiny act of defiance – sneaking out of the commune for a swim – turns into a day filled with hope. After spending time with Levi, a man camping near the lake, she finds what true romance looks like and catches a glimpse into a future that’s filled with love and admiration rather than hate and submission.
That tiny peek is enough to change the course of Emily’s existence and makes it nearly impossible for her to go back to the commune and pretend she’ll ever be able to tolerate the life chosen for her instead of the life she longs for. One that includes Levi.
Fighting to escape the commune, its leaders, and her fiancé proves to be more dangerous than Emily expected. The secrets she knows, as the leader’s daughter, will either follow her to the grave or send her – and Levi – there.
Enjoy this excerpt
Levi
God dammit!
I fling the sleeping bag off. Then, I snatch the tent’s zipper open and run as fast as I can toward the forest in the same direction Emily went earlier. I have no idea where the fence’s hole is or the exact location of her house, but I’m determined to find it and her.
Emily
I hear Levi as he jerks the tent flap open, the twigs breaking under the weight of his all-out run, and his breath as it comes faster and faster. He meant what he said earlier, and he’s running to save me.
“Em… there’s no way for me to get there quick enough… I want you to tuck my cellphone… somewhere no one will know about it… I want to hear what’s going on… Do you understand me?” he says between breaths. The desperation in his voice frightens me more than I am already.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The newest round of beating on the front door causes my hands to shake, but I’m determined not to let that or my racing heart prevent me from doing what I need to do.
“Listen, Levi. You stay put. The last thing I need is for you to make your way into the fence and for Alex or Bobbi to catch you.”
“I’m coming, Emily. I don’t give a shit what they do to me.”
It’s my job to make him see reason. It’s my job to protect him. From himself.
“Just wait. I’ll have the phone with me. You’ll know if I need anything. If I do, you can call whoever you want. Okay?”
I can almost hear him as he slows. “All right, Em. I want you to talk loud enough for me to know what’s going on… Please.”
“I will. I promise.”
BANG! BANG! BANG!
This round of knocks is so powerful I think the door’s hinges might actually break.
Giveaway
I have one e-book copy of Grave Bound to giveaway.
To enter, please leave your email address and answer this question:
“Have you ever been in a situation where you had to choose between what you were supposed to do and what you wanted to do?”
E-book giveaway ends March 11th.
If a winner does not have an e-reader, they can can download the Kindle app for FREE to their computer or iPad.
Check this out!
Author March Release Giveaway: The author is also running a Release Giveaway of her own the entire month of March. The rafflecopter giveaway:
(1) Michael Kors Stainless Steel Unisex Watch
Click on the rafllecopter link below to enter.
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About the Author
The author of The Warrior and the Secret series—currently available—and the Moral Dilemma and the Underwater series—to be released in 2013/2014.
She lives in Texas with her husband, their nineteen-year-old daughter, and nine-year-old son. Besides being blessed with a supportive family, she counts her career as an administrator and registered nurse in not-for-profit hospitals among her most fulfilling accomplishments. T.R. Graves’s Books: Warriors of the Cross (Warrior, #1) Guardians of the Cross (Warrior, #2) Enemies of the Cross (Warrior, #3)
Underground (Secrets, #2) – Late Summer 2013 Dark Angels of the Cross (Warrior, #4)– Fall 2013
Worth Dying For (Underwater, #1) – 2013/2014
Worth Living For (Underwater, #2) – 2013/2014
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everyday, I find myself doing what I want, instead of what I need. 🙂
its much easier to read a book, than do laundry or wash dishes
Ditto:)!
I like the way you think! =] lol
“Too twisted for color TV!”
I’ve been in those situations often. The most important thing is that you make the decision, don’t let it be made for you by doing nothing. Awesome giveaway. I noticed you also won Janna Shay’s and you won a copy of Sweetest Taboo from me. You should hear from the tour after 3/8. Congrats, you are running hot. LOL
I agree sometimes. Not too often, but it has happened where I waited too long.
I have been so lucky! So many wonderful giveaways and so many great new authors!
More often then not. Who hasn’t should be the question.
Lori529@Comcast.net
I know what you mean:)
Lori. You won the e-book! Sent an email! yesterday Need your reply today or I have to draw another winner! Have a timeline to turn in winner!
Wow…. I am speechless..
I’m sorry! I didn’t hear what you said! lol
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It’s the sad truth isn’t it?
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More often than I remember…basically ever since I was a kid…email:
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It’s never ending. I think I put myself there sometimes:)
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I seem to do that a lot. I need to be working, cleaning, or doing something responsible. I end up reading, hanging out with friends, or watching true blood.
I love True Blood. Also love Dexter!
Congratulations, Emily! The book has been sent. 🙂