{"id":20969,"date":"2013-06-16T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=20969"},"modified":"2013-06-13T20:25:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T08:25:17","slug":"guest-post-by-ripley-patton-the-ghost-hold-cover-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/06\/16\/guest-post-by-ripley-patton-the-ghost-hold-cover-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post by Ripley Patton: The “Ghost Hold” Cover Reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/h3>\n
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Ripley Patton<\/p><\/div>\n

Ripley Patton<\/strong> is a friend and fellow speculative fiction author. We first met when Ripley was living in Christchurch and setting up SpecFicNZ<\/a>. She was also busy writing her first novel, the\u00a0YA paranormal-thriller, Ghost Hand<\/strong>—and although she and her family have since moved back to the United States, we have continued to correspond and I was pleased to support the release of Ghost Hand<\/strong> last year.<\/p>\n

Today Ripley is back to share the cover reveal for her second-in-series: Ghost Hold.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome, Ripley. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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THE GHOST HOLD COVER REVEAL<\/span><\/h3>\n
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by Ripley Patton<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

As many of you know, my first novel,\u00a0Ghost Hand<\/span><\/a>, is also the first book in a series known as The PSS Chronicles. While Ghost Hand<\/strong> has been getting rave reviews on Amazon and was recently chosen as the June Book of the Month for a Goodreads Book Club with over 1300 members, I’ve been hard at work writing the second book,\u00a0Ghost Hold<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ghost Hold<\/strong> is now in the final stages of publication, which will ultimately be funded through the\u00a0GHOST HOLD KICKSTARTER PROJECT<\/span><\/a>, just as Ghost Hand<\/strong> was funded last year. The current Ghost Hold Kickstarter project was 41% funded in the first week, and when it reaches the halfway mark of $1250, I will release the first chapter of the new book to all backers, with more chapters to come later as funding builds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, in order to celebrate, and perhaps entice you to back the project and help make Ghost Hold<\/strong> a reality, Helen graciously agreed to join me in revealing the cover of Ghost Hold<\/strong> this weekend here on her blog. It will also be up on the Kickstarter, as well as many book blogs all over the internet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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AND HERE IT IS!<\/span><\/h3>\n

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This compelling cover, featuring main characters from the book, Olivia Black, Marcus Jordan, and Passion Wainwright, was designed by\u00a0Scarlett Rugers Designs<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curious to know what the book is about? Here’s the blurb:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Olivia Black is back.<\/em><\/p>\n

Only this time she’s not the one in need of rescue.<\/em><\/p>\n

Samantha James, rich, popular, and an award-winning composer at age seventeen, is the next target on the CAMFers’ list. And in order to convince Samantha to come with them, Olivia and Passion must pose as cousins, blend into the most affluent high school in Indianapolis, and infiltrate a mysterious cult known as The Hold.<\/em><\/p>\n

Olivia doesn’t expect it to be easy, even with the PSS guys backing them up. But what she discovers over the course of the mission will call into question everything she ever believed about herself, her ghost hand, and especially about Marcus, the guy she is undoubtedly falling in love with.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Be sure and visit\u00a0the Kickstarter Project<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and let me know what you think of the cover there, or here in the comments.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But don’t delay. The project ends July 1st and is<\/strong>\u00a0the only way to pre-order the book before its September release<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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