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We are thrilled to share our latest cover by Sara Helwe Digital Arts with you!

But first, a little about the book itself.

Burn is the third and final book in the Firebrand Chronicles. If you haven’t read the first two books, Spark and Flare, now is the perfect to catch up before Burn releases on May 26th!

From the back cover:

Life: 1. Brenna James: 0.

An AWOL talent, an enemy-occupied hometown, and a Life Shade boyfriend—Brenna James just wants something to go right. Although her family has been given sanctuary in Syeira, Brenna will never be safe as long as Rune is hunting down and killing Firebrands.

Can someone please wake her up already?

When a prophecy sends Brenna and Baldwin on a confusing quest, they aren’t sure where to begin. They must find the Caelestis Staff, a powerful object that both cuts and mends space itself. Rune wants it too, and he’ll use any lethal tactics necessary to obtain it.

Yeah, nightmare material right there.

A traveling oasis, plenty of man-eating mermaids, and one Skeleton King later, Brenna seriously doubts she has the edge she needs to confront Rune. When Brenna’s faced with the biggest test of her life, will she burn like the Firebrand she is? Or will she burn out?

And now for the lovely cover itself.

Thank you for joining us today, and we hope you love this gorgeous cover and wonderful new book as much as we do!

Happy reading!

~The L2L2 Publishing Team

The Firebrand Chronicles
The Firebrand Chronicles

The Firebrand Chronicles

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Series: The Firebrand Chronicles
Genre: YA Fantasy

This book includes the complete Firebrand Chronicles: Spark, Flare, and Burn, as well as four new additional short stories.

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Spark

Spark

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Series: The Firebrand Chronicles, Book 1
Genre: YA Fantasy

Winner of the 2018 Excellence in Editing Award from the Christian Editor Connection

Long List of the 2018 INSPYs Award, Young Adult Category

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Flare

Flare

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Series: The Firebrand Chronicles, Book 2
Genre: YA Fantasy

Heartbreak. Kidnapping. Political rebellion. Best summer vacation ever.

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Burn

Burn

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Series: The Firebrand Chronicles, Book 3
Genre: YA Fantasy
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Every time we release a new book at L2L2 Publishing, it takes a slew of people, both behind the scenes and shouting from the mountaintops, to make each release a success.

And that’s exactly what happened with Fairyeater.

First of all, a huge thanks to everyone who shared the cover, posted about the book, or told their friends about this lovely story. We appreciate each one of you!

The biggest thank you ever to each person who reviewed this book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, your blog, or any other review site. You have no idea how much of a blessing this is to our author.

And a heartfelt thank you to our blog tour team, who have posted daily for the last two weeks, especially Laura A. Grace, who made sure each of our bloggers received their posts on time, created lovely visuals for the blog posts and the Facebook party, as well as co-hosted the release party itself.

If you missed a post on the blog tour or would like to learn a plethora of behind-the-scenes facts about this lovely story, here are the posts once more.

Thank you, Sara Helwe Digital Arts, for this magnificent cover, and thank you, Picture Kitchen Studio, for the absolutely perfect illustrations.

Thank you to everyone on our team, from marketing to publicity to editing and beyond, for all you do for our publishing house and for each of our authors and their novels.

And the biggest thank you of all to Author Pam Halter for writing this lovely tale in the first place.

And to each person who has yet to read this exciting story: We hope you love Fairyeater as much as we do!

Coming soon: Stay tuned for some exciting news from L2L2 Publishing.

Happy Reading!

~The L2L2 Publishing Team

Fairyeater

Fairyeater

2019 INSPYs Award Long List

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A fairy-eating witch.

An awakening dark lord.

A teenaged savior.

And time is running out.

All fifteen-year-old Akeela has ever wanted is an ordinary family who will love her. But the only mother she has ever known is the old hag, Krezma, who berates her night and day. Why did the old woman even take her in?

But Krezma knows her charge is no ordinary child. She can see the auras surrounding living things and communicates with fairies. And the birthmark on her palm reveals a secret Krezma must hold close for the child’s safety.

A secret that the witch, Tzmet, hunts for night and day, drying and eating fairies for the power they contain. When Akeela discovers her fate lies in being the next Fairy Guardian, all hope for an ordinary life dissipates like the dreams they were. She must protect the fairies from the witch and an even darker power that threatens them all.

Akeela is unwillingly thrust into an adventure that throws her into the hands of friends, strangers, and enemies masquerading as allies, and it will not end until she decides to accept her fate and give up her dream.

Maybe even her life.

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Series: Fairy Guardian Chronicles, Book 1
Genre: Fantasy
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We are thrilled to reveal the cover for our October release, Fairyeater by Pam Halter!

All fifteen-year-old Akeela has ever wanted is an ordinary family who will love her. But the only mother she has ever known is the old hag, Krezma, who berates her night and day. Why did the old woman even take her in?

But Krezma knows her charge is no ordinary child. She can see the auras surrounding living things and communicates with fairies. And the birthmark on her palm reveals a secret Krezma must hold close for the child’s safety.

A secret that the witch, Tzmet, hunts for night and day, drying and eating fairies for the power they contain. When Akeela discovers her fate lies in being the next Fairy Guardian, all hope for an ordinary life dissipates like the dreams they were. She must protect the fairies from the witch and an even darker power that threatens them all.

Akeela is unwillingly thrust into an adventure that throws her into the hands of friends, strangers, and enemies masquerading as allies, and it will not end until she decides to accept her fate and give up her dream.

Maybe even her life.

And now for the lovely cover:

Sara Helwe of Sara Helwe Digital Arts outdid herself with this lovely cover, and we are so thankful for Kim Sponaugle of Picture Kitchen Studio for her fairy illustrations.

Thank you for joining us for this cover reveal!

Happy Reading!

~The L2L2 Publishing Team

About the Author:

Pam Halter is a fantasy and children’s book author. The first book in her Willoughby and Friends series, Willoughby and the Terribly Itchy Itch, won the 2018 Realm Award in the children’s category. She also received a Reader’s Choice Award in 2015 for her short story, “Tick Tock,” in Realmscapes. Pam lives in South Jersey, deep in farmland, where she enjoys gardening, cooking, canning, quilting, playing the piano for church, and walking on long country roads where she finds fairy homes, emerging dragons, and trees eating wood gnomes. Learn more about her at www.PamHalter.com.

We are pleased to present to you our 2018 production schedule!

Common by Laurie Lucking, coming February 2018

Drifting by Sarah Armstrong-Garner, coming April 2018

Resistance by Amy Brock McNew, coming June 2018

Fairyeater by Pam Halter, coming August 2018

Flare by J.M. Hackman, coming October 2018

We are thrilled with these lovely titles, and we know you will be as well.

Cover reveal for Common by Laurie Lucking

This Friday, we will be revealing the cover for Laurie Lucking’s new release, Common, the first book in the Tales of the Mystics series. A fairy tale retelling loosely based on Cinderella, Common has captured our hearts, and we cannot wait to share it with you.

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Sara Helwe has outdone herself with this magnificent cover.

Happy reading!

~The L2L2 Publishing Team

 

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Today we have an exciting new cover to reveal to our treasured readers. We hope you love it as much as we do!

The Final Paladin by T.J. Akers is the final release for our 2017 production schedule, and we could not be happier to have this adventure round out our calendar year!

When does this compelling novel release?

The official release date for The Final Paladin is November 14, 2017.

Now, a little about the book itself.

Life for Peg Bowman is rough in the infamous slums of Five Points, New York, but her brother’s murder changes everything.

Thrust into incredible worlds beyond any story she’s ever heard, Peg meets Sir Godfrey, an eleven-hundred-year-old knight from Charlemagne’s court, trainer of Paladins. He reveals to Peg her family’s ancient obligation to protect the Key of Apollyon, a relic of immense power. She is the last descendant of the Paladins and his only hope for keeping it safe.

When Godfrey confides her brother was murdered because of the Key, Peg rejects her calling and demands revenge, a luxury she can ill afford as otherworldly creatures seek her death to claim the Key’s power for themselves.

Can Godfrey and his faithful retinue—Chim the Hobgoblin, Rebecca the Jewish Maven and healer, and Jack the sometimes human and sometimes seven-foot Black Dog—keep her safe and convince her that her calling is worth pursuing? Or will she succumb to the Key’s lure and wield it for revenge?

And now for the cover.

We are so thankful to Sara Helwe Digital Arts for creating yet another lovely cover for one of our authors!

We will be releasing more Final Paladin news in the near future, so stay tuned for updates.

Happy reading!

~The L2L2 Publishing Team

T.J. Akers desires to be a multimillionaire when he grows up and give his wealth to his favorite causes: churches, schools, and animal shelters. Since the millions have been slow in coming, he’s settled for working as a computer technician for a state university and volunteering at his church and local animal shelter. Whenever possible, he indulges his love of writing stories to entertain people, especially younger readers.

Akers holds a Masters of English from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and can often be found roaming the university’s library, especially the children’s and young adult sections. Librarians have always been his heroes.

He lives with his beloved wife of thirty years, his dog, and two cats. The dog is an excellent writing companion, but the cats have proven to be rather critical. Learn more at www.tjakers.com.

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We are positively thrilled to reveal our newest cover!

Alara’s Call by Kristen Stieffel releases September 19, 2017 from L2L2 Publishing.

Congratulations, Kristen Stieffel!

From the back cover:

Tales are often told of heroes who fulfill ancient prophecies. Alara’s Call is the tale of a woman who gives new ones.

Alara sees visions of other’s futures, but never her own.

A young clergywoman with a fiery passion for her Telshan faith, she has been assigned to a mission abroad but longs to lead a congregation in her homeland. Her father, the prime minister, jeopardizes her dream and her safety when he coerces her into what he calls a diplomatic mission.

But it’s a ruse.

The trip is meant to end with her marriage to the crown prince of a foreign nation, where members of Alara’s faith are persecuted and women oppressed. All for a trade agreement her father is desperate to enact.

But her mentor intervenes and takes Alara to Dorrel, the suitor she left behind. They believe they are safe, but foreign soldiers are under orders to bring Alara to the king’s palace…by any means necessary.

We also want to thank Sara Helwe of Sara Helwe Digital Arts for another gorgeous cover. This cover artist has been such a blessing to our company, and we are grateful to have her on our team.

And thank you, dear readers, for joining us today.

Happy Reading!

~The L2L2 Publishing Team

About the author:

Kristen Stieffel was raised by parents who were Trekkies long before anyone coined the term, so naturally she specializes in writing and editing speculative fiction.

Prior to becoming a freelance editor and instructor of the writing craft, Kristen worked for twenty years at Orlando Business Journal, a weekly newspaper for executives and small business owners. After serving in both advertising and graphic design, Kristen transferred to the newsroom as a page designer and copyeditor. During her ten years in the newsroom, she wrote more than a thousand articles, columns, and opinion pieces.

An ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church USA, Kristen leads adult Bible study classes because it’s way easier than teaching kids. She is also an avid knitter, despite living in Florida. It is the state that pioneered air conditioning, after all. Visit www.KristenStieffel.com to learn more about this many-faceted author, editor, and instructor.

We are so thankful for each one of you! We wouldn’t have had such a successful launch without our readers, bloggers, and reviewers. Thank you for celebrating J.M. Hackman’s new release with us!

To wrap up Spark’s launch, we are giving away one paperback copy of Spark as a thank you to our social media followers.

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Thank you again!

Be sure to check out any of the blog tour you may have missed. There are many wonderful articles and behind-the-scenes tidbits!

Also, Spark’s launch sale price of $2.99 ends this week. We hope you love this story as much as we do.

Happy Reading!

~The L2L2 Publishing Team

Cover art by Sara Helwe of Sara Helwe Digital Arts

Headshot Photography by Emilie Hendryx of E.A. Creative Photography

Spark
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Here it is, finally, the post you’ve all been waiting for:

Spark’s cover reveal!

Wait for it…

Perhaps a little about the book first?

Brenna James wants three things for her sixteenth birthday: to find her history notes before the test, to have her mother return from her business trip, and to stop creating fire with her bare hands.

Yeah, that’s so not happening. Unfortunately.

When Brenna learns her mother is missing in an alternate reality called Linneah, she travels through a portal to find her. Against her will. Who knew portals even existed? But Brenna’s arrival in Linneah begins the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy, including a royal murder and the theft of Linneah’s most powerful relic: the Sacred Veil.

Hold up. Can everything just slow down for a sec?

Unwilling yet left with no other choice, Brenna and her new friend Baldwin (Um, hello, Hottie!) pursue the thief into the dangerous woods of Silvastamen and beyond. Exactly what Brenna wanted to do for her sixteenth birthday. Exactly. When they spy an army marching toward Linneah, Brenna is horrified. Can she find the veil, save her mother, and warn Linneah in time?

And more importantly, why on earth doesn’t this alternity have Belgian waffles?

Are you ready for this awesomeness?

Thank you, Sara Helwe Digital Arts, for another fabulous cover!

~The L2L2 Publishing Team

And we have a cover!

We are thrilled to announce the stunning portal fantasy by J.M. Hackman, Spark, now has a cover.

Brenna James wants three things for her sixteenth birthday: to find her history notes before the test, to have her mother return from her business trip, and to stop creating fire with her bare hands.
Yeah, that’s so not happening. Unfortunately.
When Brenna learns her mother is missing in an alternate reality called Linneah, she travels through a portal to find her. Against her will. Who knew portals even existed? But Brenna’s arrival in Linneah begins the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy, including a royal murder and the theft of Linneah’s most powerful relic: the Sacred Veil.
Hold up. Can everything just slow down for a sec?
Unwilling yet left with no other choice, Brenna and her new friend Baldwin (Um, hello, Hottie!) pursue the thief into the dangerous woods of Silvastamen and beyond. Exactly what Brenna wanted to do for her sixteenth birthday. Exactly. When they spy an army marching toward Linneah, Brenna is horrified. Can she find the veil, save her mother, and warn Linneah in time?
And more importantly, why on earth doesn’t this alternity have Belgian waffles?

We cannot wait to share this snappy and fun adventure with you, and we especially cannot wait to share Spark’s cover with you.

But we need your help. We need you to share this cover Thursday, March 9th on your website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, or any other social media so that as many people as possible can see it.

Would you like to be a part of the reveal? Sign up here!

And thank you, Sara Helwe, for another gorgeous cover!

Happy Reading!

~The L2L2 Publishing Team

About the author:

J.M. Hackman has held many positions: assistant librarian, office assistant, office manager, substitute teacher, writer, wife, and mother. She still holds the last three. And loves it. She received a degree in Elementary Education from Pennsylvania State University and now spends her days writing stories, consuming massive quantities of chocolate, and looking for portals to other worlds. You can find her at www.JMHackman.com.