Huge 5-Book YA Contest (and Did you Win a Book This Week?)

Happy Sunday! You know what time it is...except, yes, I’m doing some housecleaning—or make that bookshelf-cleaning. Today’s Sunday Surprise is a five-book giveaway of YA paranormal/urban fantasy titles. It’s a combination of ARCs and final copies. As usual, comment at the end for chances to win—and read on to find out if you won a book in last week’s contests.

Here’s what is in the five-book giveaway:

1—THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS by Rae Carson

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one.  But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never done anything remarkable. She can’t see how she ever will. Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.  And he’s not the only one who needs her. Savage enemies seething with dark magic are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people’s savior. And he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.  Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young.  Most of the chosen do. (ARC)

2—SOUL THIEF by Jana Oliver

At the start of the second installment of the Demon Trappers series, 17-year-old Riley Blackthorne has about had it up to here. After the devastating battle at the Tabernacle, trappers are dead and injured, her sweet boyfriend Simon is gravely injured, and now her beloved late father’s been illegally poached from his grave by a very powerful necromancer. Add to the mix: Ori, one sizzling hot freelance demon hunter who’s made himself Riley’s unofficial body guard, and Beck, a super over-protective “friend” who acts more like a grouchy granddad, and Riley’s almost ready to leave Atlanta altogether.  But as the demon count in Atlanta increases, the already crippled Trappers Guild has its hands full, and, when the Vatican finally sends its own Demon Hunters to take care of the city’s “little” problem, pandemonium breaks loose. Only Riley knows that she might be the center of Hell’s attention: an extremely powerful Grade 5 demon is stalking her, and her luck can't last forever. As Riley’s life becomes a dangerous balancing act, will she be strong enough not to tip? And who will be there to catch her if she falls? ARC

3—THE MEPHISTO COVENANT by Trinity Faegen

Sasha is desperate to find out who murdered her father. When getting the answer means pledging her soul to Eryx, she unlocks a secret that puts her in grave danger—Sasha is Anabo, a daughter of Eve, and Eryx’s biggest threat. A son of Hell, immortal, and bound to Earth forever, Jax looks for redemption in the Mephisto Covenant—God’s promise he will find peace in the love of an Anabo. After a thousand years, he’s finally found the girl he’s been searching for: Sasha. With the threat of Eryx looming, Jax has to keep Sasha safe and win her over. But can he? Will Sasha love him and give up her mortal life? ARC

4—HADES by Alexandra Adornetto

Bethany Church is an angel sent to Earth to keep dark forces at bay. Falling in love was never part of her mission, but the bond between Beth and her mortal boyfriend, Xavier Woods, is undeniably strong. But even Xavier’s love, and the care of her archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, can’t keep Beth from being tricked into a motorcycle ride that ends up in Hell. There, the demon Jake Thorn bargains for Beth’s release back to Earth. But what he asks of her will destroy her, and quite possibly, her loved ones, as well.  (Final)

5—DIE FOR ME by Amy Plum

In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity. When Kate Mercier's parents die in a tragic car accident, she leaves her life--and memories--behind to live with her grandparents in Paris. For Kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and Parisian art. Until she meets Vincent. Mysterious, charming, and devastatingly handsome, Vincent threatens to melt the ice around Kate's guarded heart with just his smile. As she begins to fall in love with Vincent, Kate discovers that he's a revenant--an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save the lives of others. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuries-old war against a group of evil revenants who exist only to murder and betray. Kate soon realizes that if she follows her heart, she may never be safe again. ARC

Just leave a comment below and tell me which of these five appeals to you the most—the random winner will win all five! And if you have one or two of them and still want to enter, I'll make a substitution for the titles you already have.

Now...did you win a book last week? Here are our weekly winners. Email me at suzannej3523@gmail.com with your mailing info if you see your name.

Congrats to ANITA SAXENA for winning Lois McMaster Bujold’s Sharing Knife series.

Congrats to WINNIE for winning an ebook of Trish McCallan’s Forged in Fire.

Congrats to CHELLE for winning Dawn Chartier’s Not an Angel.

Congrats to TITANIA86 for winning Maggie Stiefvater’s The Scorpio Races.

 Congrats to LORRIE0729 for winning this week’s first Reader’s Choice giveaway. She chose Eyes to See.

Don’t forget to comment for the big YA giveaway!