Tour Schedule: SUMMER OF SUPERNOVAS by Darcy Woods

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the OFFICIAL SUMMER OF SUPERNOVAS Blog Tour which begins on May 2nd!

The tour runs from May 2nd-6th & 9th-13th, and will have one stop per day and will consist of reviews and guest posts!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 3 finished copies of the book, US Only! So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

5/2/2016- The Cover Contessa- Guest Post

5/3/2016- Brittany's Book Rambles- Review

5/4/2016- Take Me Away To A Great Read- Review

5/5/2016- A Dream Within A Dream- Guest Post

5/6/2016- Lost in Literature- Review

Week Two

5/9/2016- Novel Novice- Review

5/10/2016- Curling Up With A Good Book- Guest Post

5/11/2016- Fiction Fare- Review

5/12/2016- Book Briefs- Review

5/13/2016- Swoony Boys Podcast- Guest Post

About the Book

Title: SUMMER OF SUPERNOVAS

Author: Darcy Woods

Pub. Date: May 10, 2016

Publisher: Crown BFYR

Format: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads

As the daughter of an expert astrologer, Wilamena Carlisle knows that the truth lies within the stars. So when she discovers a rare planetary alignment, she is forced to tackle her worst astrological fear – The Fifth House of Relationships and Love. But Wil must decide whether a cosmically doomed love is worth rejecting her mother’s legacy, when she falls for a sensitive guitar player hailing from the wrong side of the chart.

Debut author Darcy Woods explores love in all its complexities and how to best honor the loved ones who have passed before us, in a novel packed with both humor and heart.

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Tour Schedule: EVERLAND by Wendy Spinale

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the OFFICIAL EVERLAND Blog Tour which begins on May 2nd!

The tour runs from May 2nd-6th & 9th-13th, and will have one stop per day and will consist of reviews, guest posts, and interviews!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 3 finished copies of the book, US Only! So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

5/2/2016- Brittany's Book Rambles- Interview

5/3/2016- BookHounds YA- Review

5/4/2016- Novel Novice- Guest Post

5/5/2016- A Glass Of Wine- Review

5/6/2016- Two Chicks on Books- Interview

Week Two

5/9/2016- Beauty and the Bookshelf- Review

5/10/2016- Pandora's Books- Excerpt

5/11/2016- Please Feed the Bookworm- Review

5/12/2016- Once Upon a Twilight- Excerpt

5/13/2016- 5 Girls Book Reviews- Review

About the Book

Title: EVERLAND

Author: Wendy Spinale

Pub. Date: May 10, 2016

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Format: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads

Forget the story of Peter Pan you know. Because in Everland, the only way to grow up is to survive.

London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived are children, among them Gwen Darling and her siblings, Joanna and Mikey. They spend their nights scavenging and their days avoiding the ruthless Marauders -- the German Army led by Captain Hanz Otto Oswald Kretschmer.

Unsure if the virus has spread past England's borders but desperate to leave, Captain Hook hunts for a cure, which he thinks can be found in one of the survivors. He and his Marauders stalk the streets snatching children for experimentation. None ever return. Until the day they grab Joanna. As Gwen sets out to save her, she meets a mysterious boy named Pete. Pete offers the assistance of his gang of Lost Boys and the fierce sharpshooter Bella, who have all been living in a city hidden underground. But in a place where help has a steep price and every promise is bound by blood, it will cost Gwen. And are she, Pete, the Lost Boys, and Bella enough to outsmart Captain Hook? 

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Tour Schedule: THE MAY QUEEN MURDERS by Sarah Jude

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the OFFICIAL THE MAY QUEEN MURDERS Blog Tour which begins on April 25th!

The tour runs from April 25th-29th & May 2nd-6th, and will have one stop per day and will consist of reviews, guest posts, and interviews!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 3 finished copies of the book, US Only! So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

4/25/2016- Once Upon a Twilight- Excerpt

4/26/2016- Buttermybooks- Review

4/27/2016- Wandering Bark Books- Guest Post

4/28/2016- The Best Books Ever - Review

4/29/2016- One Night Book Stand- Interview

Week Two

5/2/2016- Here's to Happy Endings- Review

5/3/2016- Literary Meanderings - Guest Post

5/4/2016- Such a Novel Idea- Review

5/5/2016- Adventures of a Book Junkie- Interview

5/6/2016- The O.W.L.- Review

About the Book

Title: THE MAY QUEEN MURDERS

Author: Sarah Jude

Release Date: May 3, 2016

Pages: 304

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks

Stay on the roads. Don’t enter the woods. Never go out at night.

Those are the rules in Rowan’s Glen, a remote farming community in the Missouri Ozarks where Ivy Templeton’s family has lived for centuries. It’s an old-fashioned way of life, full of superstition and traditions, and sixteen-year-old Ivy loves it. The other kids at school may think the Glen kids are weird, but Ivy doesn’t care—she has her cousin Heather as her best friend. The two girls share everything with each other—or so Ivy thinks. When Heather goes missing after a May Day celebration, Ivy discovers that both her best friend and her beloved hometown are as full of secrets as the woods that surround them. 

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Tour Schedule: THE STAR TOUCHED QUEEN by Roshani Chokshi

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce the schedule for the OFFICIAL THE STAR TOUCHED QUEEN Blog Tour which begins on April 25th!

The tour runs from April 25th-29th & May 2nd-6th, and will have one stop per day and will consist of reviews, guest posts, and interviews!

There is also a tour-wide giveaway for 2 finished copies of the book, US Only! So be sure to stop by any or all of the stops for a chance to win.

But until then, here are your hosts.

The Tour Hosts

Week One

4/25/2016- Dark Faerie Tales- Guest Post

4/26/2016- Fiction Fare- Review

4/27/2016- Once Upon a Twilight- Interview

4/28/2016- Pandora's Books- Review

4/29/2016- Two Chicks on Books- Interview

Week Two

5/2/2016- BookHounds YA- Review

5/3/2016- The Eater of Books!- Guest Post

5/4/2016- Mary Had a Little Book Blog- Review

5/5/2016- Brittany's Book Rambles- Interview

5/6/2016- Storybook Slayers- Review

About the Book

Title: THE STAR-TOUCHED QUEEN

Author: Roshani Chokshi

Release Date: April 26, 2016

Pages: 352

Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | iBooks

Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only seventeen?

Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire...

But Akaran has its own secrets -- thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most. . .including herself.

A lush and vivid story that is steeped in Indian folklore and mythology. The Star-Touched Queen is a novel that no reader will soon forget.

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Release Day Blitz Sign Ups: THE ROSE & THE DAGGER by Renee Ahdieh

Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce a Release Day Blitz that we're hosting for Renee Ahdieh's THE ROSE & THE DAGGER, which releases on April 26, 2016.

The blitz is scheduled for its release date, Tuesday, April 26th and can go up at Midnight Eastern or any time after that on release day, and we'd love to have you take part!

If you'd love to participate but won't be able to get your post up by Midnight Eastern on Tuesday the 5th, posting later that day or the following day will be absolutely fine!

You do NOT need to be signed up as a host with Rockstar Book Tours to participate. EVERYONE is welcome to sign up.

The sign-up for the blitz will be super simple. We will provide the excerpt, cover, the blurb, buy and Goodreads links, Rafflecopter code, author details and links, and any other information for the post in a Word document.

And for those who don't want to do more than "tweak" their posts, we will provide a coded post for Blogger blogs that you can just add your own formatting to.

We will send everything you need for your posts by, April 22nd. But if you do sign up after the 22nd we'll send you the details out on the 25th.

***Sign-ups will be open until April, 25th at noon Pacific***

SIGN UP HERE

We both are anxiously awaiting THE ROSE & THE DAGGER's release on April 26th  and are super excited to share the news about its release.

About the Book

Title: THE ROSE & THE DAGGER

Author: Renee Ahdieh

Pub. Date: April 26, 2016

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

Format: Hardcover, eBook, & audiobook

Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads

The much anticipated sequel to the breathtaking The Wrath and the Dawn, lauded by Publishers Weekly as "a potent page-turner of intrigue and romance."

I am surrounded on all sides by a desert. A guest, in a prison of sand and sun. My family is here. And I do not know whom I can trust.

In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once believed him a monster, but his secrets revealed a man tormented by guilt and a powerful curse—one that might keep them apart forever. Reunited with her family, who have taken refuge with enemies of Khalid, and Tariq, her childhood sweetheart, she should be happy. But Tariq now commands forces set on destroying Khalid's empire. Shahrzad is almost a prisoner caught between loyalties to people she loves. But she refuses to be a pawn and devises a plan.

While her father, Jahandar, continues to play with magical forces he doesn't yet understand, Shahrzad tries to uncover powers that may lie dormant within her. With the help of a tattered old carpet and a tempestuous but sage young man, Shahrzad will attempt to break the curse and reunite with her one true love.


From the Hardcover edition. 

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Release Week Blitz Sign-ups: THE SECRETS WE KEEP by Trisha Leaver

We are thrilled to announce the Paperback Release Week Blitz for THE SECRETS WE KEEP by Trisha Leaver, which comes out on Tuesday, April 26th.

The blitz is scheduled for any of the three days following it's release - Wednesday, April 27th | Thursday, April 28th | Friday, April 29th and can go up at Midnight Eastern on the 27th/11 PM Central on the 26th/9 PM Pacific on the 26th - or any time after that on any of the following days.

In addition to the bookish details there will be a short EXCERPT and GIVEAWAY via Rafflecopter to include with your posts.

You do NOT need to be signed up as a host with Rockstar Book Tours to participate. EVERYONE is welcome to sign up. We really want to make this blitz awesome, so please feel free to share the news!

The sign-up for the blitz will be super simple. We will provide the cover, excerpt, book and author details, and the giveaway Rafflecopter embed code, as well as any other links in a Word document.

And for those who don't want to do more than "tweak" their posts, we will provide a coded post for Blogger blogs that you can just add your own formatting to.

We will send everything you need for your posts on Monday, April 25th. (But you can choose which of the three days you'd like to post.) And for those who sign up after the 25th, we will send out assets when sign-ups close on the 26th.

***Sign-ups CLOSED***

THE SECRETS WE KEEP is an awesome story. If you haven't yet read it, now is the perfect time.

About THE SECRETS WE KEEP

Title: THE SECRETS WE KEEP
Author: Trisha Leaver
Pub. Date: April 28, 2015 | Paperback April 26, 2016
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | Square Fish
Pages: 304
Formats: Hardcover, paperback, audio, eBook

Find it: Amazon | B&N | Goodreads

Description

Ella and Maddy Lawton are identical twins. Ella has spent her high school years living in popular Maddy's shadows, but she has never been envious of Maddy. In fact, she's chosen the quiet, safe confines of her sketchbook over the constant battle for attention that has defined Maddy's world. When—after a heated argument—Maddy and Ella get into a tragic accident that leaves her sister dead, Ella wakes up in the hospital surrounded by loved ones who believe she is Maddy. Feeling responsible for Maddy's death and everyone's grief, Ella makes a split-second decision to pretend to be Maddy. Soon, Ella realizes that Maddy's life was full of secrets. Caught in a web of lies, Ella is faced with two options—confess her deception or live her sister's life.

The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver is a fast-paced, powerful story about identity, sibling love, and accepting yourself.

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Tour Announcement: EMPIRE OF DUST by Eleanor Herman

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for EMPIRE OF DUST (Blood of Gods and Royals #2) by Eleanor Herman which is releasing on June 28th, 2016!

The tour will run for two weeks and a day - from June 20th-24th & June 27th-July 1st- will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by Harlequin Teen.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups are CLOSED***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for EMPIRE OF DUST's release this June (Jaime just finished it and loved it!)! It sounds awesome!

About the Book

Title: EMPIRE OF DUST (Blood of Gods and Royals #2)

Author: Eleanor Herman

Pub. Date: June 26, 2016

Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Pages: 432

Format: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads

In Macedon, war rises like smoke, forbidden romance blooms and ancient magic tempered with rage threatens to turn an empire to dust 

After winning his first battle, Prince Alexander fights to become the ruler his kingdom demands—but the line between leader and tyrant blurs with each new threat. 

Meanwhile, Hephaestion, cast aside by Alexander for killing the wrong man, must conceal the devastating secret of a divine prophecy from Katerina even as the two of them are thrust together on a dangerous mission to Egypt. 

The warrior, Jacob, determined to forget his first love, vows to eradicate the ancient Blood Magics and believes that royal prisoner Cynane holds the key to Macedon's undoing. 

And in chains, the Persian princess Zofia still longs to find the Spirit Eaters, but first must grapple with the secrets of her handsome—and deadly—captor. 

New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman entwines the real scandals of history with epic fantasy to reimagine the world's most brilliant ruler, Alexander the Great, in the second book of the Blood of Gods and Royals series.

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Tour Announcement: HOW TO DISAPPEAR By Ann Redisch Stampler

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for HOW TO DISAPPEAR by ANN REDISCH STAMPLER which is releasing on June 14th!

The tour will run for two weeks - from June 14th through June 27th - will have two to three stop per day and will consist of a mix of excerpts, interviews, and reviews.

The bloggers who are chosen as hosts for an interview will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews will be author or character interviews. 

eARCs will be provided to review stops via Edelweiss or NetGalley. There are also a limited number of printed ARCs/books available to bloggers in the U.S.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form HERE CLOSED.

***Sign-ups CLOSED***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for HOW TO DISAPPEAR's release this June. Ann Redisch Stampler is an amazing author and her newest release sounds positively nailbiting!

About the Book

Title: HOW TO DISAPPEAR
Author: Ann Redisch Stampler
Pub. Date: June 14, 2016
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Pages: 416
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Find it: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

This electric cross-country thriller follows the game of cat and mouse between a girl on the run from a murder she witnessed—or committed?—and the boy who’s sent to kill her.

Nicolette Holland is the girl everyone likes. Up for adventure. Loyal to a fault. And she’s pretty sure she can get away with anything...until a young woman is brutally murdered in the woods near Nicolette’s house. Which is why she has to disappear.

Jack Manx has always been the stand-up guy with the killer last name. But straight A’s and athletic trophies can’t make people forget that his father was a hit man and his brother is doing time for armed assault. Just when Jack is about to graduate from his Las Vegas high school and head east for college, his brother pulls him into the family business with inescapable instructions: find this ruthless Nicolette Holland and get rid of her. Or else Jack and everyone he loves will pay the price.

As Nicolette and Jack race to outsmart each other, tensions—and attractions—run high. Told in alternating voices, this tightly plotted mystery and tense love story challenges our assumptions about right and wrong, guilt and innocence, truth and lies.

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Tour Announcement: WITH MALICE by Eileen Cook

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for WITH MALICE by Eileen Cook which is releasing on June 7th, 2016!

The tour will run for two weeks and a day - from May 30th-June 3rd & June 6th-10th- will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by HMH Books for Young Readers.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups are CLOSED***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for WITH MALICE's release this June! It sounds awesome!

About the Book

Title: WITH MALICE

Author: Eileen Cook

Pub. Date: June 7, 2016

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

Format: Hardcover, eBook, & audiobook

Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads

A read about a teenage girl who wakes up in a hospital bed and cannot remember the last six weeks of her life, including the accident that killed her best friend--only what if the accident wasn't an accident?

Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron wakes up in a hospital room, leg in a cast, stitches in her face and a big blank canvas where the last 6 weeks should be. She comes to discover she was involved in a fatal accident while on a school trip in Italy three days previous but was jetted home by her affluent father in order to receive quality care. Care that includes a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident...wasn't an accident. Wondering not just what happened but what she did, Jill tries to piece together the events of the past six weeks before she loses her thin hold on her once-perfect life.

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Tour Announcement: THE KING SLAYER by Virginia Boecker

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for THE KING SLAYER by Virginia Boecker which is releasing on June 14th, 2016!

The tour will run for one week - from June 13th-17th- will have TWO stop's per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups are CLOSED***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for THE KING SLAYER's release this June ! It sounds awesome!

About the Book

Title: THE KING SLAYER

Author: Virginia Boecker

Pub. Date: June 14, 2016

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Format: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads

An action-packed and suspenseful sequel to The Witch Hunter, perfect for fans of Graceling and the Grisha Trilogy.

"I think, in time, you'll either be my greatest mistake or my greatest victory."

Former witch hunter Elizabeth Grey is hiding within the magically protected village of Harrow, evading the price put on her head by Lord Blackwell, the usurper king of Anglia. Their last encounter left Blackwell ruined, but his thirst for power grows stronger every day. He's readying for a war against those who would resist his rule--namely Elizabeth and the witches and wizards she now calls her allies.

Having lost her stigma, a magical source of protection and healing, Elizabeth's strength is tested both physically and emotionally. War always means sacrifice, and as the lines between good and evil blur once more, Elizabeth must decide just how far she'll go to save those she loves.

"Filled with everything a good fantasy book needs: swords, poison, black magic, and betrayal."--April Tucholke, author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, on The Witch Hunter 

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Tour Announcement: EXILE FOR DREAMERS by Kathleen Baldwin

Hey everyone! We are super stoked to announce a tour we're hosting for EXILE FOR DREAMERS by Kathleen Baldwin which is releasing on May 24th, 2016!

The tour will run for two weeks and a day - from May 23rd-27th & May 30th-June 3rd- will have one stop per day and will consist of a mix of guest posts, interviews and reviews.

The bloggers chosen to host an guest post will be required to come up with topics (at most three) and interviewers will be required to come up with interview questions (at most five). Interviews can be either character or author interviews. 

Review copies will be provided by Tor Teen.

Details on a giveaway are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on this tour, please first sign up as a tour host and then fill out the sign-up form.

***Sign-ups are CLOSED***

Once the blog hosts have been chosen and the tour schedule finalized we will have a post announcing the tour.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

We are super excited for EXILE FOR DREAMER's release this May ! It sounds awesome!

About the Book

Title: EXILE FOR DREAMERS

Author: Kathleen Baldwin

Pub. Date: May 24, 2016

Publisher: Tor Teen

Format: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads

A School for Unusual Girls is the first captivating installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure "completely original and totally engrossing."

Tess can't run far enough or fast enough to escape the prophetic dreams that haunt her. Dreams bring nothing but death and grief, and Tess refuses to accept that she may be destined for the same madness that destroyed her mother. Until her disturbing dreams become the only means of saving Lord Ravencross, the man she loves, and her friends at Stranje House from Lady Daneska and her lover, the Ghost-agent of Napoleon, who has escaped from Elba. Can the young ladies of Stranje House prevail once more? Or is England destined to fall into the hands of the power-mad dictator?

"Enticing from the first sentence." -New York Times Book Review

A School for Unusual Girls is a great next read for fans of Gail Carriger's Finishing School series and Robin LaFevers' His Fair Assassin series. 

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