Monday 27 June 2016

For the Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund Sale Promotion and Giveaway!

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For the Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund is on sale! Grab your copy today for 1.99! To celebrate the sale, Diana is sharing an excerpt with us as well as a giveaway! 

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Fans of Divergent will love Diana Peterfreund’s take on Jane Austen’s Persuasion set in a post-apocalyptic world.


In the dystopian future of For Darkness Shows the Stars, a genetic experiment has devastated humanity. In the aftermath, a new class system placed anti-technology Luddites in absolute power over vast estates—and any survivors living there.   Elliot North is a dutiful Luddite and a dutiful daughter who runs her father’s estate. When the boy she loved, Kai, a servant, asked her to run away with him four years ago, she refused, although it broke her heart.   Now Kai is back. And while Elliot longs for a second chance with her first love, she knows it could mean betraying everything she’s been raised to believe is right.   For Darkness Shows the Stars is a breathtaking YA romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.

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Exclusive Excerpt: 

FOUR YEARS AGO    

Dear Kai, 

The sun is probably streaming in through the big barn windows now, which means you’re awake. And if you’re awake, it means you’re wondering where I went. I haven’t run away from you, I promise. But I knew that today of all days, they’d need me in the house. Tatiana may be the head of our household now, but she’s not the one the staff will look to in my mother’s absence. And there is so much to do to prepare for the funeral. Also, I have to go tell my grandfather what had happened to his daughter. I don’t want him to hear of her death from anyone but me. Thank you for last night. I wish I could say I don’t know why you are the one I ran to—you, Kai, not Tatiana or my father or even my grandfather. But I know why. And I have a confession to make. After you let me cry, after you let me sob and shout and choke on all that pain—after you did all that, and didn’t say a word—I didn’t fall asleep like you thought. Not right away. I lay there, wadded up into a ball, and you curved your body behind mine. You were barely touching me—your thigh against the edge of my hip, your arm draped lightly across my waist, your fingers entwined with mine. How many times have our hands touched, when we were passing each other tools or helping each other in and out of machines? Hundreds of times. Thousands. But last night, it felt different. You cradled my hand in yours, palms up, our fingers curled in like a pair of fallen leaves. Fallen, maybe, but not dead. My hand never felt so alive. Every place you touched me sparked with energy. I couldn’t sleep. Not like that. And so I bent my head, just the slightest bit, until my mouth reached our hands. I smelled the oil you never quite get off your fingers. I breathed in the scent of your skin. And then, as if that was all I was doing, just breathing, I let my bottom lip brush against your knuckle. Time stopped. I was sure you’d see through my ruse and pull away. I was sure you’d know that I was not asleep, that I was not just breathing. But you didn’t move, so I did it again. And again. And on the third time, I let my top lip join my bottom. I kissed your hand, Kai. I didn’t do it to thank you for letting me cry. For letting me sleep in your arms. I thought you should know. Yours, Elliot Dear Elliot, I know. When will I see you again? 

Yours, Kai 

peterfreund headshotAbout the Author: 


Diana Peterfreund is the author of a dozen books for adults, teens, and children. A lifelong Jane Austen lover and technophile, she lives outside Washington, DC with her family, her BBC miniseries collection, and her smartphone. You can visit Diana online at 
www.dianapeterfreund.com. 
Twitter: @dpeterfreund 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diana.peterfreund/   

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10 comments:

  1. Thank you for the giveaway! I've read the first book and I'd love to read the second!

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  2. A pretty cover. I do enjoy Dystopian.

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  3. Although I use technology all the time with work and then at home with my Kindle, TV and Roku, I often wonder how it would be to go back to when I was younger and we would go camping without anything but my books. Not even a radio made the camping trip. Never was I bored from exploring, fishing, swimming, and cooking over a fire with my parents, brothers, and grandparents. To go back to that type of living now after having so much tech available may be a bit harder.

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    1. We tend to go camping every year and try to leave the electronics at home, it's not as hard as it sounds!!

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  4. Thanks for the excerpt,I've read the novella Among the Nameless Stars and really enjoyed reading it. So I would love to win the next book in a series I have only heard good things about.

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  5. This sounds like such a fantastic series! The cover is gorgeous

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