Item: Stained
Author: Giselle

Cheryl Rainfield’s Top Thrill Reads + Giveaway!

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Hi everyone! I have a special treat for y’all today! The Stained blog tour is stopping by with a fun top 5 list from Cheryl, as well as a fantastic giveaway! First let’s have a look at what Stained is all about!

Stained by Cheryl Rainfield
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on October 1st 2013
Genres: Contemporary, Thriller, YA
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An intensely powerful account of a teen, bullied for her port-wine stain, who must summon her personal strength to survive abduction and horrific abuse at the hands of a deranged killer.

Sixteen-year-old Sarah Meadows longs for "normal." Born with a port wine stain covering half her face, all her life she's been plagued by stares, giggles, bullying, and disgust. But when she's abducted on the way home from school, Sarah is forced to uncover the courage she never knew she had, become a hero rather than a victim, and learn to look beyond her face to find the beauty and strength she has inside. It's that-or succumb to a killer.

Cheryl’s Top 5 Thrill Reads

Sometimes I don’t read a lot of thrillers, because my life was like a thriller–full of terror, anxiety, my pulse racing almost constantly–and I still need to learn to calm down. (smiling) It makes it easy for me to write with high intensity–it’s what I know. Other times, it’s what I want to read because it’s what I know and enjoy. I read a mix of YA and adult thrillers when I read them. Here are some of my favorites in no particular order.

– Down A Dark Hall by Lois Duncan
– Hate List by Jennifer Brown.
– Girl, Stolen by April Henry.
– In The Frame by Dick Francis (Adult thriller)
– Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess

About the Author

I write the books I needed and couldn’t find as a teen.

Books helped me survive. They helped nurture me, helped me escape the abuse I was living as a child and teen, and they helped me dream and hope. I love reading and writing books. I write both fantasy books and edgy, realistic fiction for teens.

My fantasy books often hold hope that I need, and feel others might need, too, while my realistic fiction is gritty, intense, and emotional. All of my books have fragments of the abuse I experienced. I write about some of the harsh things teens go through…things that I think shouldn’t be hidden. But I also write about healing, hope, and love, and finding courage and strength.

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Giveaways

Thanks to Cheryl Rainfield and JKSCommunications, you can enter to win all three of Cheryl’s previous titles (eBooks) – Scars, Hunted, and Parallel Visions – as well as an eREADER of your choice!