I've been gone lately, but I'm here today to bring you an excerpt from Steel Lily, a new novel by the amazing Megan Curd!
Here's what you need to know about Steel Lily!
Title: Steel Lily
Author: Megan Curd
Genre: Dystopian
Blurb:
AVERY PIKE is a
commodity. No, more than a commodity. Her existence is guarded at all costs.
She’s a water
Elementalist, the strongest of her dwindling kind. She creates steam to provide
energy to fuel Dome Three: the only thing standing between humanity and an
earth ravaged by World War III. No steam, no Dome. No Dome, no life.
Or so she thinks.
That is, until a mysterious
man offers her a way out of having to donate steam. A way to escape the corrupt
government of Dome Three. While the offer seems too good to be true, Avery is
intrigued.
But when she arrives to
her new home, she realizes the grass isn’t any less dead on this side of the
fence. Instead, the lies are just hidden better.
…Which means digging
deeper.
When Avery enlists the
help of her friends to uncover the truth, it may make her wonder if she was
better off being a government tool than searching for freedom.
Some secrets are better
left concealed, but humankind was never meant to live in a cage. And when you
can control the most sought after resource, you can learn to control
anything…including the fate of your world.
Doesn't it sound awesome?
You can check it out on GR here:
And now here's what you need to know about Megan Curd:
Megan Curd is a graduate of Northwestern
College in St. Paul, Minnesota. While having always enjoyed reading any books
she could get her hands on, Megan didn’t begin writing until a friend
encouraged her to do so while in college.
When not writing, Megan enjoys spending time
with her family and friends. She loves to snowboard and travel to new places,
and doesn’t turn down the opportunity to play xBox with her brother and friends
when it presents itself.
Megan currently resides in Stanton, Kentucky
with her husband, son, and Great Dane named Dozer.
(Also, Dozer is a cool name!)
You can find and contact Megan here:
*insert my announcment voice* And now, the excerpt you've been all waiting for... *drumrolls*
I was moving double time to keep up with his long strides. He
seemed so sure of himself, so in control of his destiny, even in this place,
where he claimed we were imprisoned. I didn’t have a shred of doubt that what
Jaxon wanted, Jaxon got. He owned his life. I so desperately wanted to own mine
as well. Could he help me take control of it, or would he cause it to crash
around my feet? For some reason, it felt like either option would be
exhilarating if he were involved.
Exhilarating and dangerous.
The back of his shirt was soaked. The small “v” of muscles at the
base of his spine flexed as he craned his neck to make sure I was still behind
him. Why did that give me butterflies?
He turned and smiled. “Are you even listening to me? You’re way
past your ogling allotment.”
“I’m not ogling you.”
“Trust me, I’ve experienced enough ogling to know it when I see
it. If you’d prefer to ogle in peace, I’ll turn around again. There have been
contests where my ass took first place in squeezability.”
“You must have been the only person in the running.”
He grinned mischievously. “And the only one to vote, but a win is
still a win, right?”
This is the part where I say that I already like Jaxon *wink*
Okay, so, thanks for stopping by and make sure to check out the other today's stops, where reviews, more excerpts, and giveaways await you!
You can find the links on Tess Watson's twitter (she organized the tour brilliantly) here!
Thanks again for stopping by! Enjoy the day!
Tammy
