Happy Book Birthday to C. Elizabeth Vescio’s WASTELAND (Wasted #2.5)! Many thanks to all of the wonderful readers and bloggers that are participating in WASTELAND‘s Release Day Launch today. Check out the details on the book, and be sure to enter the giveaway below!
- Wasteland
- (Wasted #2.5)
- Age: Adult, New Adult
- Publisher: Luna Station Press
- Release Date: 08/05/2014
- Genres: Contemporary
HERE, THERE BE KILLERS…
Inside the halls of Osiris, the men and women who make the contract killing agency tick polish their weapons and hone their skills. But how did they start working for Nero and Lex in the first place, and when did they find out they were destined to kill people for a living?
Before Frankie Fairholm let you into her crazy, dysfunctional world of murder for hire, the lives of these men and women were already in danger. Their training was put to the test alongside their morals.
A troubled Catholic school girl with a penchant for murder, a naive con-woman in over her head, a driven socialite with a bad day that keeps getting worse, an assassin second-guessing his sworn oath… being a contract killer doesn’t mean you aren’t human, it just means your humanity is hard to find, and probably a bit tarnished.
If you haven’t yet had the opportunity to discover the intriguing world of the Wasted series, here’s information on the first two books as well. You’ll want to discover all there is to know about the inner workings of the Osiris Corporation and get in on the antics of Frankie and her cousins Kat and Addi.
- Elegantly Wasted
- (Wasted #1)
- Age: Adult, New Adult
- Publisher: Luna Station Press
- Release Date: 8/1/2012
- Number of Pages: 248
- ISBN-10: 9781938697
- ASIN: B008R54B7I
- Genres: Action & Adventure, Contemporary
On the eve of her high school graduation, proper socialite Francesca “Frankie” Fairholm rebelled against her elitist and controlling family to pursue the dark lifestyle of a contract killer for the enigmatic Osiris Corporation. Years later, with her training complete, she believes she’s doomed to the life of a sociopathic lone gun until a botched hit brings two unlikely allies, her cousins Addison and Katharine.
Using Katharine’s etiquette school, Elegance, Inc., as a front, the trio weave through Frankie’s dark underworld, carrying out contracts, drinking too much wine, and trying not to get each other killed.
Trouble follows the team home when the death of the cruel Fairholm matriarch reveals more than they ever wanted to know about their family. As the funeral preparations play out, the trio begin to realize there is much more to their employer than meets the eye and their family connections run deeper than they ever imagined.
- Uncontrollably Wasted
- (Wasted #2)
- Age: Adult, New Adult
- Publisher: Luna Station Press
- Release Date: 10/01/2013
- Number of Pages: 432
- ISBN-10: 1938697340
- ASIN: B00FISPJQY
- Genres: Contemporary
“I needed to learn to be less melodramatic, but it was hard in this family.”
It’s been a year since Francesca Fairholm met the rest of the Osiris team and the company heads, her two half brothers Nero and Lex. As they groom her for leadership, it’s all Frankie can do to keep her cynical sarcasm in check as she starts training two new Strikers, avoids the romantic advances of Spark Dawson, and does her best to pry a little family history from her cold, distant Aunt Alexa.
With the pressure of her secret dual life building and her mother acting strangely, Frankie’s sanity is pushed to the brink when she makes a grisly discovery that shakes the young Striker to her core. Despite her cousins’ fear that her panic attacks signal a full mental breakdown, Frankie is positive she’s not crazy. Finding clarity in her personal investigation into Osiris’s origins, she uncovers more about the company than she would rather know.
As her life starts to unravel, things get deadly and, before she knows it, she’s facing down an old target’s pissed-off widow, an unstoppable mercenary, and the one thing she’s most terrified of admitting to herself.
It’s possible the whole situation won’t explode in her face. Yeah, like Frankie has that kind of luck.
Excerpt from WASTELAND
(Taken from The Fallen Leaf)
“All young people need guidance,” I said. “I find it strange that you are so young and sure of your life path. You do not seem to be a typical killer.”
“Guess I’m not,” Spark said. “I live moment to moment. I don’t see the harm in it. I like to have fun.”
“You lack discipline,” I remarked.
He grinned over at me and scratched his head. “I guess so…but discipline ain’t everything.”
“It is if you want to survive in your profession,” I said.
The more serious I tried to be, the wider his grin got.
“Doesn’t it get tiring being so serious all the time? Isn’t it stressful? Don’t you want to experience life?”
I frowned at the question. “What do you mean?”
I thought he would want to learn from a seasoned assassin. Instead, he questioned me.
“Well, I’m guessing that your customs don’t allow you to fight for anything that saves you… like love. Too many emotions cloud judgment, blah blah blah,” he said. “You guys just have to be warriors through and through. Fight for honor even though honor is never gonna save you. You don’t get to stop and appreciate the world and people around you.”
“And you think I should be doing this?” I asked.
“Everyone should.”
“Interesting philosophy,” I nodded. “You take lives, but you want to embrace life. You think love is a strength that will save you.”
“Oh, I know it will,” he said. “Eventually. Maybe not anytime soon.”
“Have you ever been in love?”
“Nope,” he looked over at me. “But you have, haven’t you, Yeh?”
I felt my body get cold. The feeling was a surprise that I hadn’t felt in quite some time—it was fear. This young man had me figured out, and we had only known each other for an hour at most. A kid—it made little sense to me. I had not even admitted this feeling to myself yet, let alone some boy with a cocky smile.
But he knew.
Giveaway
One signed copy of Wasteland, Wasted Series bookmarks and a pack of character cards.
***Any contestant that uses dummy or contest only accounts to enter will be disqualified.***
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