Cover Reveal for HIDDEN PIECES by Paula Stokes and INT giveaway of a signed ARC!

Dear All:

I am so excited to get the chance to show you the cover for Paula's next amazing book, HIDDEN PIECES! Without further ado, here it is!

Description of book:

Embry Woods has secrets. Small ones about her past. Bigger ones about her relationship with town hero Luke and her feelings for someone new. But the biggest secret she carries with her is about what happened that night at the Sea Cliff Inn. The fire. The homeless guy. Everyone thinks Embry is a hero, too, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Embry thinks she’ll have to take the secret to her grave, until she receives an anonymous note—someone else knows the truth. Next comes a series of threatening messages, asking Embry to make impossible choices, forcing her to put her loved ones at risk. Someone is playing a high stakes game where no one in Embry’s life is safe. And their last move...is murder.

Paula: Hidden Pieces started out as a book called Choose about a girl forced by a mysterious tormentor to make impossible choices. But like most of my books, during the writing and revision, the story evolved and enlarged into something that was more about the characters than the plot. This is a mystery intertwined with a little romance and a lot of family dynamics. Embry is a flawed character, but her flaws stem from her worldview, which has been shaped by her history and experiences. Like all of my main characters, she grows and changes throughout the book.

I only saw this cover last week, because the team at HarperTeen decided to change it from an earlier design. We'll probably be tweaking this a bit, but I really love this concept. The girl is great for Embry and the overall feel of the design is dark and creepy, which matches the feel of the book. A fire plays prominently in the plot, which is why the puzzle pieces are burned. I love the font of the title and author name, how it's eye-catching and reminiscent of the font of Liars, Inc. but still a little different. Christina has read an earlier draft of the book. C, what do you think? 

Me: I love the puzzle pieces on the cover and how it eliminates the face of the model. It gives the book the appropriate air of mystery but also intrigue, so I love how the designers put that together. I also like how the puzzle isn't quite perfect and seems to devolve into ash as you mentioned. Really well done. 

As for the book itself, I was one of the lucky readers to see a draft of this book. I was hooked from the first page. The characters were intriguing, particularly Embry herself, and I loved how she was flawed but at the same time likeable, which is a hard balance to maintain, but Paula pulled off perfectly. The book kept up the momentum while building character relationships that were meaningful and made you care about what happened to them, which is hard to find in a suspense novel, where most of them are just twist after twist with cardboard cut out characters. You won't find that here. And this book will definitely keep you guessing until the bitter end!  I was very satisfied with the ending and how it wrapped up. You guys will LOVE THIS BOOK!

Paula: Want to be one of the first people to read HIDDEN PIECES? Enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win a signed ARC, once copies are available. Contest is international. Good luck! And if you want to check out my earlier releases, head over to my Books page where you can read the first few chapters of any of my novels.

Me: Enter to win this amazing book! You won't be disappointed!

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