Author Highlight: Sweet Oblivion by @BaileyArdisone - Plus a Giveaway: ebook or $10 Amazon/BN.com GC

Today I'm very happy to host friend and fellow author Bailey Ardisone on my blog and share with you their debut release SWEET OBLIVION. Bailey Ardisone is the name for an amazing collaboration between two sisters, and they were so kind as to give me an excerpt of their book to share with you all. I'll also be featuring a Rafflecopter giveaway at the end of my post! 

Book Blurb:

sweet adjective ˈswēt a : pleasing to the mind or feelings
​obliv·i·on noun ə-ˈbli-vē-ən, ō-, ä- 1: the fact or condition of forgetting or having forgotten
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Have you ever wanted to forget? Nariella Woodlinn has. Many times. Especially when her already frustrating life gets turned upside down by a mysterious boy who randomly shows up in her small town and she can’t seem to understand anything about him, despite how much she tries.
​Nari hates everything about her life except for her best friend Rydan, but now that they’ve been separated during their senior year of high school, she has to learn to make new friends without him. When strange unexplainable phenomena start becoming an every day part of her life, Nari struggles to come to grips with reality. And with love.
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Naminé has responsibilities. Duties. It is her obligation to fulfill all that is asked of her by their King. But when a glimmer of hope is introduced to her by a prisoner she tends to and it means life or death for her and her people, she does all that she can to turn that hope into reality and finally end the vicious war that has been ensuing since she was born. Even if that means keeping it secret from her King. Even if it means carrying out the biggest betrayal against the King ever seen during her time.
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She has hope. She will fulfill her duty. She will not let her people down.

Some secrets are best kept in Oblivion.

Author bio:

Bailey Ardisone is a collaboration by two sisters born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois. They took the last names of their two grandmothers and combined them together to form their pen name. They both married the love of their lives and spend their days submerged in books, movies, music, or art and love traveling. Fantasy books and movies have been a huge part of their lives and are obsessed with Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Sweet Oblivion is the first book they have written together and is the first installment of a series.

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Introducing Mycah Nightly....
Mycah was my favorite character in the book, and not just because he shares a name (at least pronunciation-wise) with my muse and male main character, Micah ;) 
He was, in a word, enchanting. The following will help to show why. 

Excerpt:
“Please stop provoking Rydan. It’s not helping anything. I need him to like you, and all you’re doing is making things worse.” I tried to explain seriously but couldn’t stop the blush I felt creeping on my neck and cheeks.

“And why’s that exactly?” he asked seductively, leaning in closer. I stood there gazing up at him, mentally waving goodbye to any proper thought.

“Um, what?” I shook my head. “Why’s what exactly?” I asked again in a small voice, wanting to clarify my question. Was he asking why I thought he was making things worse…?

“Why do you need him to like me?” His voice was just above a whisper, making my skin tingle.

Oh. That.

He leaned in closer still, if that were possible, and now that he was just inches from me, my heart completely stopped beating. I could feel electricity running between us, begging me to close the tiny gap that had unforgivably been left open.

 “He’s my best friend,” I choked out, struggling to swallow.

“That doesn’t answer my question,” he breathed. He stared into my eyes, and I could feel myself getting lost in the ocean depths that resembled the Pacific. I tried to focus, not understanding his statement. I felt like my answer had been perfectly adequate.

“It doesn’t?” I asked, puzzled.

“No, it doesn’t,” he practically moaned.

And then before I could realize what was going on, his mouth was on mine, and his hands were tangled in my hair.


Social Media links:

Twitter - @BaileyArdisone or @MycahNightly
Facebook - facebook.com/TheSweetSeries
Blog - baileyardisone.blogspot.com
Website: www.TheSweetSeries.com

Amazon: Kindle - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AVAV9AO Print/Paperback - http://amzn.com/1481888188
Barnes & Noble: Nook - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sweet-oblivion-bailey-ardisone/1114302592?ean=2940044244092
iTunes/iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/sweet-oblivion/id595594949?mt=11

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