And finally the wtfery of the week is once again that old ugly thing – Plagiarism. Authors (Bree and Donna) aka Moira Rogers, found out that one of their series was being plagiarised (basically the books only thing that was changed was the characters names – AWFUL ones at that too) from an author, Angela Priest who claimed it as her own. Not only that, it was discovered later that she also did the same with books by authors such as Shiloh Walker and even Nora Roberts, as well as offering copyrighted covers for free. She also defended this, by claiming she was using their books as a guide. She has also posted these books along with offering free cover art which are copyrighted on sites like Bookrix and Smashwords for free. It is a weird mix of plagiarism and piracy and sadly I can foresee much more of this kind of wtfery.

Upcoming books and covers!

I am definitely looking forward to this book! The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson. It reminds me a cross between Tamora Pierce’s Tortall books and Kristin Cashore.

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.

Elisa is the chosen one.

But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never done anything remarkable. She can’t see how she ever will.

Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.

And he’s not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies seething with dark magic are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people’s savior. And he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.

Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young.

Most of the chosen do.

UK cover

The next book from The Bloodhound Files by DD Barant.

The second book by Cynthia Hand’s Angel YA series has a blurb and a cover!

For months part-angel Clara Gardner trained to face the raging forest fire from her visions and rescue the alluring and mysterious Christian Prescott from the blaze. But nothing could prepare her for the fateful decisions she would be forced to make that day, or the startling revelation that her purpose—the task she was put on earth to accomplish—is not as straightforward as she thought. Now, torn between her increasingly complicated feelings for Christian and her love for her boyfriend, Tucker, Clara struggles to make sense of what she was supposed to do the day of the fire. And, as she is drawn further into the world of part angels and the growing conflict between White Wings and Black Wings, Clara learns of the terrifying new reality that she must face: Someone close to her will die in a matter of months. With her future uncertain, the only thing Clara knows for sure is that the fire was just the beginning.

Suvivors a novella by Sophie Littlefield based on her Aftertime trilogy, will be released soon and it has a beautiful haunting like cover.

About Caro The HEA Lover

Caroline is a HEA loving, yarn addicted French who's desperately hoping to get a HEA of her own. If she's not reading then she can be found knitting while listening to Audiobooks or watching Tv shows. Her secret addiction is reading websites that make fun at other people's expense (DYAC, Failbook)! Caroline also blogs at the Secret HEA Society with Susi.

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