Book Blitz + Giveaway: Snark and Circumstance series by Stephanie Wardrop

Welcome to this week’s Swoon Romance YA Wednesdays! This week features the Snark and Circumstance series by Stephanie Wardrop! Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!

Snark and Circumstance (Snark and Circumstance #1)

by Stephanie Wardrop

Publisher: Swoon Romance

Release Date: February 5th 2013

Synopsis:

One superior smirk from Michael Endicott convinces sixteen-year-old Georgia Barrett that the Devil wears Polo. His family may have founded the postcard-perfect New England town they live in, but Georgia’s not impressed. Even if he is smart, good looking, and can return Georgia’s barbs as deftly as he returns serves on his family’s tennis courts. After all, if Michael actually thinks she refuses to participate in lab dissections just to mess with his grade, he’s a little too sure that he’s the center of the universe. Could there be more to Michael Endicott than smirks and sarcasm? If Georgia can cut the snark long enough, she just might find out.

Snark and Circumstance is the first title in the Snark and Circumstance series of young adult romance novellas from Stephanie Wardrop.

Charm and Consequence (Snark and Circumstance #2)

by Stephanie Wardrop

Publisher: Swoon Romance

Release Date: May 28th 2013

Synopsis:

Sixteen-year-old Georgia Barrett is no expert on guys, but her bio-class partner is harder to dissect than anything in their lab tray. He’s smart, almost as sarcastic as she is, and cute in that preppie way. Things are great . . . until he decides her vegan activism is ridiculous and suddenly can’t refuse a date with her fast enough. So why does he show up at her door, interested in learning how to make tofu ricotta? And why does he seem so upset that a senior hottie has taken an interest in her? Could he be interested in Georgia after all?

Pride and Prep School (Snark and Circumstance #3)

by Stephanie Wardrop

Publisher: Swoon Romance

Release Date: December 17th 2013

Synopsis:

Georgia can’t figure out why the burden of a Y chromosome seems to make guys so hard to understand. First, there’s the handsome but slippery Jeremy Wrentham. After Georgia shared some pretty devastating kisses with him, she found her way home and he found her sister!

And then there’s Michael Endicott, who never fails to let her know that her family’s quirkiness lies too far outside the pale for this preppie townie. But if he really feels that way, why is he in Georgia’s kitchen, asking her out? And why don’t boys come with instruction manuals?

Prom and Prejudice (Snark and Circumstance #4)

by Stephanie Wardrop

Publisher: Swoon Romance

Release Date: March 23rd 2014

Synopsis;

Georgia Barrett is beginning to realize that her arch-preppie lab partner, Michael Endicott, is not at all the snob-hole she once thought. Too bad Georgia doesn’t see him for who he really is until he starts dating a poised and polished senior.

Georgia knows she should settle for his friendship, especially since telling him how she really feels would mean risking losing him altogether. But her heart tells her a chance at love might just be worth dropping her trusty shield of snark. And Georgia’s determined to find out.

Snark and Stage Fright

by Stephanie Wardrop

Publisher: Swoon Romance

Release Date: 10/14/14

Synopsis:

Happily-ever-after isn’t as happy or forever as Jane Austen makes it look. Just something Georgia Barrett learns when her sharp tongue costs her the only guy she’s ever really cared about: Michael Endicott.

Determined to move on, Georgia lands the lead role in the school’s fall musical. But to survive on stage, she’ll need to learn to express herself without her protective shield of snark. She soon discovers being honest with others means being honest with herself, and the truth is she’s still in love with Michael.

But from the looks of Michael’s new girlfriend, Georgia isn’t the only one who tried to move on. Apparently, some people are just better at it than others. And when Michael and his girlfriend join the cast of the fall musical, Georgia finds out that snark and stage fright are the least of her worries…

Stephanie Wardrop grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania, a town mostly famous for being a railroad card in Monopoly. After giving up on her childhood goal of becoming a pirate, she decided to become a writer but took a detour through lots of college and grad school and ended up teaching writing and British and American literature. She's the author of the Swoon Romance e-novella series Snark and Circumstance, based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and lives in western New England with her husband, kids, cats, and gecko.

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Blogoversary: Interview with Kara Taylor

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Today we have with us a Young Adult author who writes amazing and mysterious stories. And I must say that the cover of her books are pretty, pretty, pretty... awesome! Kara Taylor was one of the first authors we met when we started and we are beyond thrilled to have her today with us celebrating our blogoversary. She's the author of the Prep School Confidential series and definitely one of our favorite authors. Want to know more about her? Take a look.

Prep School Confidential (Prep School Confidential #1)

by Kara Taylor

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Release Date: July 30th 2013

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Synopsis:

In this breathtaking debut that reads like Gossip Girl crossed with Twin Peaks, a Queen Bee at a blue-blooded New England prep school stumbles into a murder mystery.

Anne Dowling practically runs her exclusive academy on New York’s Upper East Side—that is, until she accidentally burns part of it down and gets sent to a prestigious boarding school outside of Boston. Determined to make it back to New York, Anne couldn't care less about making friends at the preppy Wheatley School. That is, until her roommate Isabella’s body is found in the woods behind the school. 

When everyone else is oddly silent, Anne becomes determined to uncover the truth no matter how many rules she has to break to do it. With the help of Isabella’s twin brother Anthony, and a cute classmate named Brent, Anne discovers that Isabella wasn’t quite the innocent nerdy girl she pretended to be. But someone will do anything to stop Anne’s snooping in this fast-paced, unputdownable read—even if it means framing her for Isabella’s murder.

Wicked Little Secrets (Prep School Confidential #2)

by Kara Taylor

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Release Date: March 16th 2014

Synopsis:

Anne Dowling becomes entangled in a web of secrets involving a missing student and a conspiracy at Wheatley Prep in this fast-paced, juicy follow-up to Prep School Confidential.

Anne Dowling—a fresh, original, and funny new YA heroine whose knowing, irreverent voice will remind readers of Pretty Little Liars and Private—is back for her second semester at Wheatley Prep. Although things have settled (somewhat) since her roommate Isabella’s death, Anne's still kind of obsessed with the disappearance of Wheatley student Matthew Weaver thirty years ago, since she found a picture of him and his crewmates with the words “they killed him” scrawled on the back among Isabella’s things.

When Anne learns that her boyfriend Brent’s dad is one of the now-powerful Wheatley alumni who rowed crew with Matthew, and that the crew team continues to induct new members with a creepy-sounding ritual called “The Drop,” she knows further investigation could put her relationship with Brent in danger. Determined to discover the truth, she reaches out to Anthony, Isabella’s townie brother, who helps her delve deeper into the secrets in Wheatley’s past. Secrets someone would kill to keep hidden. As the school’s Spring Formal—and its notorious afterparty—approaches, Anne sees the perfect opportunity to do some off-campus digging into the lives of Wheatley’s VIPs in this thrilling, unputdownable read—but if she’s not careful, she’ll be the next student who never comes back.

Hi Kara! I am really happy to have you once again in my blog. It’s been a while since Prep School Confidential has been released, and I bet lots of readers enjoyed it as much as we did, and now Wicked Little Secrets is coming this April. We are definitely eager to read it and to know more about it. So, thank you so much for celebrating our blogoversary with us and welcome!

Thank you so much for having me! Happy Blogoversary!

Could you tell us a little bit more about Wicked Little Secrets?

WICKED LITTLE SECRETS is the sequel to PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL. We pick up a few months after the mystery of Isabella’s death has been solved, but a new case won’t leave Anne alone: The thirty-year-old disappearance of Matt Weaver, a student with uncomfortable connections to Anne’s boyfriend’s father.

How did you come up with the idea?

Cold cases fascinate me, especially ones regarding missing people who have never been found. There are so many possibilities, twists, and secrets—I knew that a missing person was the perfect start to my next mystery.

We would love to know more a little bit about Anne, Brent and Anthony, so we have some quick questions for them:

• Favorite Song? Anne: Uptown Girl by Billy Joel/Brent: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen/Anthony: Still Alive by Pearl Jam.

• Favorite Book? Anne: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett/Brent: The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein/Anthony doesn’t read much—unless it’s a car magazine.

• Favorite TV Show? Anne: House Hunters International/Brent: Game of Thrones/Anthony: Breaking Bad.

• Favorite Hobby? Anne: Exploring the city/Brent: Reading/Anthony: Fixing old motorcycles.

• Favorite Sport? Anne: Dance/Brent: Rowing/Anthony: Soccer.

• Favorite thing to do? Anne: Spend time with friends/Brent: Play pranks on Murali/Anthony: Go on a long bike ride.

If you had to describe the Prep School Confidential series with one song, which one would it be? Do you have a book playlist for the series?

I started using playlists while I was writing book 2, so I’ll share those!

WICKED LITTLE SECRETS

Bulletproof—La Roux

Nothing—The Script

Lose You—Pete Yorn

Mr. Brightside—The Killers

DEADLY LITTLE SINS

Demons—Imagine Dragons

Burn—Ellie Goulding

Do I Wanna Know—The Arctic Monkeys

I Will Follow You Into The Dark—Death Cab for Cutie

Do you have a favorite quote from Wicked Little Secrets?

“Maybe we are all bad, and we get by on the moments when we try not to be.”

And, do you have a favorite scene either from Prep School Confidential or Wicked Little Secrets?

My favorite scene from PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL is when Anne discovers the underground tunnels for the first time. And in WICKED LITTLE SECRETS, my favorite scene happens between Anne and Anthony. I won’t say what it is yet, since the book just came out! J

If you could describe Wheatley Prep with three words, which ones would it be?

Historic. Prestigious. Dangerous.

We would love to know more about you, too. So we “stole” Anne, Brent and Anthony’s questions to ask them to you:

• Favorite Movie? Almost Famous

• Favorite Song? American Girl by Tom Petty

• Favorite Book? The Hunger Games

• Favorite TV Show? The Walking Dead

• Favorite Hobby? Reading

• Favorite Sport? Ugh, I hate sports! Can I say biking?

• Favorite thing to do? Have a glass of wine and watch my favorite show.

What can you tell us about Deadly Little Sins?

Anne got into some serious hot water at the end of WICKED LITTLE SECRETS. You’ll find out her fate in DEADLY LITTLE SINS. Also, Anne finds herself in the middle of her most dangerous case yet—one where some of the people she trusted aren’t who they say they are.

You have now three books in the Prep School Confidential series, which means three covers. Which one’s your favorite?

I have to say that I broke out in a grin when I saw DEADLY LITTLE SINS. While the colors on WICKED LITTLE SECRETS are my favorite, I adore the model’s pose on DEADLY LITTLE SINS.

What’s next for you?

I’m working on a young adult sci-fi mystery that I hope will be a two-book series. I also am working on another YA mystery with a female lead, but this one is a standalone.

Thank you so much, Kara, for sharing Prep School Confidential with us and for letting us feature Anne, Brent and Anthony’s espionage stories in our Blogoversary.

KARA TAYLOR wrote PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL in her first semester of graduate school, in between pulling all nighters and listening to her dad say writing isn't a real job. Now, she lives on Long Island and writes full time.

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