Blog Tour: Unlocked by Margo Kelly

Congrats to Margo Kelly on the release of her latest novel, Unlocked!

Be sure to check out the other stops on the tour for excerpts, reviews, and more! Enter the giveaway below.

Unlocked by Margo Kelly

Genre: YA Mystery/Thriller

Release Date: October 1st 2016

Merit Press

Summary:

A provocative thriller involving hypnosis, mystery, love, and friendship!

Someone has been moving the stuffed pink elephant in Hannah's room. She thinks. And ants crawl over her hands, across the steering wheel, all the time. Don't they? They're what made her crash the car on the way home from the fair, and she wouldn't have freaked out, wouldn't have caused her friend's death, for no reason. But she doesn't know if a person is messing with her, if the paranormal is messing with her – or if she's just going psychotic like her dad before her.

When her friends bail, Hannah is left floundering. Not even her boyfriend Manny believes her, and new girl Chelsea is practically replacing her at school. Only artsy outsider and self-proclaimed occult expert, Plug, agrees to help Hannah find out the truth about hypnosis and demons, and even he can't help Hannah reclaim her mind from whatever's taking over. She'll have to do that herself if she wants to save her friends, her mom and herself.

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About the author:

Margo Kelly is a native of the Northwest and currently resides in Idaho. A veteran public speaker, Margo is now actively pursuing her love of writing. Her critically acclaimed debut, Who R U Really?, was published by Merit Press (an imprint of F+W Media) in 2014. Her second novel, Unlocked, will be published by Merit Press in October 2016. Margo welcomes opportunities to speak to youth groups, library groups, and book clubs.

Margo Kelly loves to be scared … when she’s reading a good book, watching a good movie, or suffering from the hiccups. She loves writing thrillers for young adults and hopes her stories give you the goose bumps or the itchies or the desire to rethink everyday things. Margo is represented by the not-so-scary, but totally awesome, Brianne Johnson of Writers House.

Author Links:

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I *Heart* Swag Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the I *Heart* Swag Giveaway Hop hosted by Kelsey Ketch. This hop is all about the swag, so I'm giving away an Embrace Series book bag, official hemp bracelet, and book marks.

Here's what you could win...

Before we get to the Rafflecopter form, I thought I'd share a little teaser from each book...

You can discover the magic of the Embrace series for yourself.

EMBRACE  just 99 cents on Kindle or Nook

HOLD TIGHT on Kindle or Nook

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Young Adult Faeries & Fantasy Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the 3rd Annual

Young Adult Faeries & Fantasy Giveaway Hop

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer

How to summon a faerie from the Seelie Court:

    - bowl (preferable ceramic but your kid brother’s plastic cereal bowl will do in a pinch)

    - water from nature’s spring 

    - three rose petals (I prefer pink myself)

    - three acorns

    - spell from the Book of Fae  (found in Hold Tight, bk2)

Cast with extreme caution as these faeries have not been Disney-fied.

I'm giving away an autographed copy of a book from my Embrace Series — winner's choice:

EMBRACE, bk 1, or HOLD TIGHT, bk 2

Plus, three lucky winners will get an Embrace Swag Package.

       

Click on the cover to read the synopsis.

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Haunted Open House Giveaway Blog Hop

Glad you made it to my stop on the Haunted Open House Blog Hop hosted by Nancy Grideon.

When I was little, I used to love handing out the candy more than going trick or treating. Of course, my mom bought all our favorites so as far as I was concerned we already had tons of the good stuff.

I still love handing out candy, because I get to see all the cute and sometimes scary costumes the kids wear. And lets not forgot that Halloween gives me an excuse to stock up on my favorite candy. I have to admit that my taste changes. When I was little, I loved M&Ms. Then Raisinets became my favorite. Then I found Mike & Ikes. Then Baby Ruth. Right now I'm loving the little Dove squares. Even my characters have their favorites. Madison Riley, the protagonist in my Embrace Series, likes Raisinets and her best freind, Kaylee Bishop, loves Jelly Bellies.

What's your favorite candy? And when you were little, did you prefer handing out the candy or collecting it?

I'm done rambling, for now. So that my stop could be international, I'm giving away a $10 Amazon gift card.

** If you're a US resident be sure to also enter the Goodreads giveaway on my sidebar for a chance to win a paperback of Embrace and the Spooktacular giveaway for a chance to win a paperback of Hold Tight plus some pretty awesome swag. **

Good luck!

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Come Get Spooked at the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop

Welcome to my stop on this year's 

Spooktacular Giveaway Hop!

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer 

While you're on my blog, be sure to enter the Goodreads giveaway on my sidebar for a chance to win a paperback of Embrace, and the Haunted Open House Giveaway for a chance to win a gift card.

For Spooktacular, I have a witchy giveaway for you, 

which is perfect since Halloween is almost here.

Here's what's up for grabs:

An autographed copy of Hold Tight

A series hemp bracelet handmade by moi
An awesome Embrace Series Tote bag

Very cool bookmarks

Good luck!

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Welcome to Blog Fest 2013

I'm a little late in putting my post up. Things have been a little hectic lately, but it's up now. =)

Welcome to BlogFest, a massive carnival of giveaways with a great collection of participating blogs hosted by A Journey of Books.  Each blog has a giveaway and the idea is to hop from blog to blog, entering all the giveaways your little heart desires. Hopefully you might even come across a few blogs you might want to bookmark and continue visiting.

Oh, and it's Cinnamon's birthday, so be sure to stop by A Journey of Books to wish her a happy birthday!

For my stop I'm giving away an eCopy of either Embrace or Hold Tight -- winners choice.

Good luck!

      

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Here's the next five stops in the hop...

Wordshaping

Books of Love

Illustrious Illusions

Kiru Taye Writes

Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book

September is for Sequels: Giveaway Hop

Welcome to my stop on the September is for Sequels giveaway hop hosted by Lisa Loves Literature and I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. I really like Lisa's goal to read sequels in September. Much like her, I've started a lot of series that I haven't had time to finish. So this month, I'm going to catch up some them. I'll let you know how I did at the end of the month.

The rules of this hop are simple: giveaway a book in a series, can't be the first one, but it can be any number from 2 on. I have an autographed copy of Hold Tight, book two in my Embrace Series, up for grabs. Good luck!

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If you haven't read EMBRACE yet? Last I check it was still only 99. cents on Amazon and  Barnes & Noble

Get Healthy Blog Hop

Welcome to the Get Healthy Blog Hop! 

First, let me thank the hosts of this hop, Alex J. Cavanaugh, Stephen Tremp, L. Diane Wolfe, Michael Di Gesu, for teaming up and putting together this hop! 

The Objective of this hop is to share with everyone something you've done that affected your health in a positive way. I'm going to share 5 easy tips anyone can do to keep from overeating and packing on unwanted pounds.

1. Eat on a lunch plate instead of a dinner plate. Dinner plates are bigger, and therefore easier to load up with too much of a good thing.

2. Wait 10-15 minutes before going back for seconds. Sometimes it takes our stomachs a little time to tell our brains we're full.

3. Before you super-size your meal, make a fist. Now remember that your stomach is the size of your fist and ask yourself if you really need a super-sized portion.

4. Avoid empty calories, especially at night. Sugary drinks, alcohol, and junk food may help satisfy quick cravings, but those empty calories add up. If you drink or eat before bed, then you aren't burning off those calories. Can't give up the treats? Try cutting back or switching to low calorie beverages and healthy snacks after 6pm.

5.  Get your family involved in eating right. It's much easy to make healthy choices when you aren't doing it alone.

Before I go, I'd like to share with you a recipe for what my husband and I like to call Carnival Stuffed Peppers because they are not only healthy but colorful, too.

Carnival Stuffed Peppers:

Ingredients:

  1 lb. ground turkey

  1 Tbs olive oil (or coconut oil)

  1 tsp Spikes seasoning

  1 Tbs oregano

  1 Tbs basil

  1 Tbs minced onion

  ½ tsp crushed red pepper (optional)

  1 cup fresh spinach (rinsed)

  3 bell peppers (I like to use 1-green, 1-red, and 1-yellow)

  Season salt

  1 cup cooked brown rice

Cooking Directions:

-  Cook brown rice according to directions (start this first since brown rice takes longer to cook)

-  Cut bell peppers in half and then slice off ¼-inch from each pepper

-  Dice the ¼-inch slices of bell pepper and set aside

-  Place halves in a casserole dish and sprinkle with season salt

-  Set aside

-  Brownie meat with small amount of olive oil, Spikes seasoning, salt, oregano, basil, minced onion, and crushed red pepper

-  Add in the diced bell pepper

-  Mix in cooked brown rice

-  Stir in spinach and cook until spinach starts to become soft

-  Pour mixture over bell pepper halves. 

Bake covered for 30 minutes on 400. And enjoy!

If you're near Twitter this Friday, 7pm EDT, look for hashtag #Omnilicious. You'll find several authors from Omnific chatting about all sorts of things and giving away books.

Be sure to follow the links below for more tips on being healthy!