YA Excerpt Week #4: Author Brea Essex Visits With Excerpt+Giveaway

Welcome to the page! Thanks for joining us today on Mera's YA Book List for YA Excerpt Week!

This is Day 4 of the event and things are only getting more exciting.
If you haven't entered the previous giveaways or read the awesome sneak peeks and excerpts, click on the links below!

Day 1: Glancing Through The Glimmer Excerpt+Giveaway

Day 2: Mark of the Seer Sneak Peek+Giveaway

Day 3: Forbidden Mind Excerpt+Giveaway

On to today! For Day 4 we are doing it big and today's first visitor is Brea Essex! 

Now, if you read my review of Brea's novel, you know that I loved it so much, that it got my first 5 star review of the year. You can check it out HERE! 

Now Brea has superbly agreed to giveaway an e-copy of her angel novel, Foreshadow for one of my lucky Listers! (Yup, that means one of you will soon harbor a copy of a super awesome novel. )

But more importantly here's some instant gratification that will guarantee you salivate over her novel, and your need to have it!

Thanks so much Brea and I hope you all enjoy this excerpt from Foreshadow, book one in the Shadow Imperium series.

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        At first, I just stood in the front yard, calling for Nuada. When she didn't appear, I started running down the street, still yelling her name. I didn't care if I woke the neighbors. I just wanted to find my cat.

I headed down to the park. I don't know why, but I felt drawn there. Maybe I'd find her hiding in a bush, or maybe she had climbed a tree and had gotten stuck. I continued to yell for her, pawing through the bushes and trying to ignore the scratches I got from the sharp needles and poking branches.

Suddenly, I felt a warm breath on my neck. "Looking for something?" a voice murmured in my ear.

I must have jumped ten feet in the air. I whirled, right fist raised. A hand closed over my fist, and an arm went around my waist, pulling me close, When I saw who it was, I breathed a sigh of relief. It was only Logan.

"Now Raena, you don't want to damage this handsome face of mine, do you?" he asked.

The fight had drained out of me, but I still attempted to struggle away from him. "Let me go!" I demanded.

He leaned in until his face hovered mere inches from my own. "You don't actually want me to let you go, do you?"

"Yes, I do! Cut it out!" I planted my left palm against his chest and pushed as hard as I could.

He finally released my waist, but he still had hold of my other hand. He ran a thumb across my knuckles. "Didn't anyone ever teach you to make a proper fist? You'll break your knuckles like that." He tsked. "Someday I'll have to teach you self-defense."

I relaxed my fist, but he still held onto my hand. He lowered our arms and swung them experimentally between us. "I always wondered what it might be like to hold your hand," he said softly.

"Huh?" I must not have heard him right.

"I said 'I bet you've always wanted to hold my hand.'" He smirked at me. "Now, if I let you go, will you promise not to run away?"

 You can stalk Brea at these pages. Be sure to keep an eye out for Overshadow, book two in her Shadow Imperium series.

Brea Essex was born Gilroy, California, called the "Garlic Capital of the World". She graduated college with a degree in Medical Assisting. She lives near San Jose, California with her husband, their dog, three cats, and enough books to start a library.

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Okay, Giveaway Time! One of you lucky Listers will have a e-copy of Brea's novel in a little over a week! Enter the rafflecopter  below for a chance to win! 

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