Read Shadow Days online for free

Bit late news but the prequel novella to Andrea Cremer's Nightshade, Shadow Days can be read online or downloaded from Amazon.co.uk. I've successfully imported it into my Sony e-reader.

Publishing Deals - Cremer and Strasser

Two exciting publishing deals were announced yesterday on The Bookseller, here and here:

Atom, the young adult (YA) imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, has acquired a paranormal young adult series for a high five-figure sum.

The two-book deal with début author Andrea Cremer was agreed by Euan Thorneycroft at A M Heath on behalf of Richard Pine at InkWell Management.

Atom will publish the first book, Nightshade, in January 2011. The series follows a werewolf guardian, Calla, through a world of forbidden love and secret histories.

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Walker Books has acquired a teen trilogy from bestselling US author Todd Strasser.

The first book, Blood on my Hands, will publish in spring 2011 and tells the story of 17-year-old Callie Carson, a girl accused of murdering her best friend.