Book Highlight: The Forgotten Ones

Title: The Forgotten Ones
Author: Laura Howard
Genre: New Adult Fantasy
Series: The Danaan Trilogy #1
Published: April 28, 2013

Allison O'Malley's plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she's been in love with for as long as she can remember.

What is definitely not part of the plan is the return of her long-lost father, who claims he can bring Allison's mother back from the dark place her mind has gone. Allison doesn't trust her father, so why would she believe his stories about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha de Danaan? But truths have a way of revealing themselves. Secrets will eventually surface. And Allison must learn to set aside her plan and work with her father if there is even a small chance it could restore her mother's sanity.

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Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to diapers when she had her first child. It wasn’t until the release of a little novel called Twilight, 8 years later, that she rediscovered her love of fiction. Soon after, her own characters began to make themselves known. The Forgotten Ones is her first published novel.

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Blog Tour: Evolve Series by S.E. Hall

EMERGE

Laney Walker is a quick witted, athletic, southern tomboy who lets few get too close, using her sarcastic zingers to deflect. She also has no idea how others view her since Evan, her best friend, has coveted her since they were children. But college puts a gap between Laney and Evan that neither of them were prepared for- old relationships are tested, new ones are formed and nothing will ever be the same.

Especially when in walks one Dane Kendrick, not at all the familiar, southern charmer of home, but an animal all his own.

A story of growing up, friendship, loyalty, first love, primal love...and life.

N/A Coming of Age- MATURE audiences.

Emerge Playlist

Talking to the Moon - Bruno Mars

Collide (Acoustic Version) - Howie Day

Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine

This Years Love - David Gray

Hero - Enrique Iglesias

End of all Time - Stars of Track & Field

Let's Get Ready to Rumble - Crazywhite Peckawoods

The Cave - Mumford & Sons

9 Crimes - Damien Rice

I'll Be - Edwin McCain

Amazed - Lonestar

Big Green Tractor - Jason Aldean

Ho Hey - The Lumineers

EMBRACE

Evan Allen is a handsome, athletic, southern gentleman who now attends Georgia Southern University for no good reason.

After what he expected to be the romantic gesture of the century, Evan is looking at no friends, a year of ineligibility on the football team, and no girl.

He's starting over alone and doesn't know quite how to proceed. Certain members of The Crew refuse to let him face things by himself, taking him under their wing, and it doesn't take the ladies long to notice him, either.

Sometimes life doesn't go as you had planned. Sometimes it goes better.

Embrace it.

Embrace, the second book in the Evolve Series by S.E. Hall, follows the characters from her debut New Adult romance, Emerge.

Embrace Playlist

Endlessly - Green River Ordinance

I Never Told You - Colbie Cailat

The First Time Ever I saw Your Face - Roberta Flack

Red Light Special - TLC

Wonderwall - Oasis

Let Me Clear My Throat - DJ Kool

Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J

Umbrella - Rihanna, Jay Z

One the Road Again - Willie Nelson

Rockstar - Nickleback

Down on Me - Jeremiah, 50 Cent

Fishin' In The Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirty Band

Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Kiss Me - Ed Sheeran

Hey Pretty Girl - Kip Moore

Sideways - Citizen Cope

ENTANGLED

Things heat up, and not just the Georgia summertime, when Dane and Laney go head to head over plans for her new duplex. But Laney's got his number, and knows just how to coerce her bossy, domineering man. Spend the summer with the gang and find out...just how many is a crowd?

The members of the Evolve Crew are getting older; so is the content. Mature audiences recommended.

Optimal reading order: Emerge, Embrace, Entangled

Entangled Playlist

Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake, Majid Jordan

Work Out - J. Cole

I Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain

Roar - Katy Perry

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Unforgettable - Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole

Halo - Beyonce

Batter Up - Nelly

Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes feat Adam Levine