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Suspense
Suspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead up to a big event or dramatic moment, with tension being a primary emotion felt as part of the situation. In the kind of suspense described by film director Alfred Hitchcock, an audience experiences suspense when they expect something bad to happen and have (or believe they have) a superior perspective on events in the drama's hierarch
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Sarah Smiles
by Sean-Paul Thomas (Goodreads Author)
by Sean-Paul Thomas (Goodreads Author)
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date: Jun 16, 2017
For fans of 'Stand By Me' 'The Road to Terabithia' and 'All the Ugly and Wonderful Things' by Bryn Greenwood' comes a young adult story like no other.
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Giveaway dates: Jun 16 - Jul 31, 2017
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Trafficked: A Mex Andertson Novel
by Peg Brantley (Goodreads Author)
by Peg Brantley (Goodreads Author)
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date: Jun 28, 2017
Enter to win one of two signed ARC Proof Copies of TRAFFICKED by Peg Brantley. Human trafficking isn't something that happens only in other countries.
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Giveaway dates: Jul 14 - Jul 22, 2017
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Daughter Cry No More
by LeTresa Payne (Goodreads Author)
by LeTresa Payne (Goodreads Author)
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date: Jan 22, 2015
Enter for a chance to win a signed copy of LeTresa Payne's Daughter Cry No More.
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Giveaway dates: Jun 27 - Sep 05, 2017
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Kim Cresswell
Author of Reflection
Kim Cresswell resides in Ontario, Canada and is the bestselling and award-winning author of the action-packed WHITNEY STEEL series. Kim recently signed a 3-book German translation deal with LUZIFER Verlag for the first three books in the series: Reflection, Retribution and Resurrect. The popular series will be published in German beginning in 2018.
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Yes, she's bleeding to death upstairs, but I thought I'd avoid telling you right away, because I like to draw the suspense out.
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― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels
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They say that when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes. They never tell you that when you watch someone you once loved dying, hovering between this life and the next, it's twice as painful, because you're reliving two lives that traveled one road together.
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― Becca Fitzpatrick, Black Ice
― Becca Fitzpatrick, Black Ice
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