Mar 6, 2013

Cover Reveal: A Tale of Two Centuries by Rachel Harris

Hello, my bookish lovelies! I've got a lovely treat for you today: the cover reveal of A Tale of Two Centuries by Rachel Harris! It's the second book in her My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century series, and it's bound to be romantic and a blast! I've got the cover, excerpt, all the info on Rachel, AND a giveaway! Enjoy!

The Author
As a teen, Rachel threw raging parties that shook her parents' walls and created embarrassing fodder for future YA novels. As an adult, she reads and writes obsessively, rehashes said embarrassing fodder, and dreams up characters who become her imaginary friends.

When she's not typing furiously or flipping pages in an enthralling romancing, you can find her homeschooling her two beautiful princesses, hanging out with her amazing husband, or taking a hot bubble bath...next to a pile of chocolate. A Tale of Two Centuries is her second novel. To learn more about Rachel Harris, check out her website.

The Excerpt
“The string goes where?” I ask incredulously, dropping the garment from my fingers as if it holds the plague. My heart rate pounds in my ears, already heightened from my shocking meeting with Austin earlier and the crowd in this land of chaos my cousin calls a mall. It is Saturday, apparently the day teenagers descend upon this enormous building, and we are shopping for clothes that will somehow strike a balance between what she calls dorky and what I call common courtesan attire.  

“You heard me,” Cat says with a wicked smile and points to the scrap of fabric, causing me to flush even more. 

Heat creeps into my scalp and if it were possible for hair to defy all wisdom and burst into flame, mine would. Holding this conversation in public as people bustle past us is horribly and wholly improper. 

“It’s called a thong,” she clarifies with glee, “and by putting the string up there, you avoid ugly panty lines. Trust me, no one wants to see that business.”

I clear my throat and take a hesitant step toward the overflowing bins, peering down at the perplexing items again. “But surely it is uncomfortable to be lodged…in such a…spot?” 

Cat shrugs. “You learn to live with it.” 

The Book
Alessandra D’Angeli is in need of an adventure. Tired of her sixteenth-century life in Italy and homesick for her time-traveling cousin, Cat, who visited her for a magical week and dazzled her with tales of the future, Alessandra is lost. Until the stars hear her plea.

One mystical spell later, Alessandra appears on Cat’s Beverly Hills doorstep five hundred years in the future. Surrounded by confusing gadgets, scary transportation, and scandalous clothing, Less is hesitant to live the life of a twenty-first century teen…until she meets the infuriating—and infuriatingly handsome—surfer Austin Michaels. Austin challenges everything she believes in…and introduces her to a world filled with possibility.


With the clock ticking, Less knows she must live every moment of her modern life while she still can. But how will she return to the drab life of her past when the future is what holds everything she’s come to love?


The Cover
Ahhh, it's just too stinkin' cute! I can't wait to read this book--it sounds adorable!

The Giveaway
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1 comment:

  1. I love the cover. I judge books by the cover all the time so I would probably pick this one up.

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