BOOK FEATURE: Covalence by Andie L. Smith

Joining the book blog tour with R&R Book Tours, we are featuring Covalence by Andie L. Smith. This is the first book in a new YA Dystopian series. Fans of Divergent, The Giver, and The Uglies will love this one!

Covalence (The Bonded Series #1) 

Publication Date: October 2024

Genre: YA Dystopian

Features

⦁ Enemies to lovers

⦁ Forced proximity 

⦁ Forbidden romance

⦁ He fell first 

⦁ Ensemble cast

⦁ Girls in STEM

⦁ Strong FMC 

​Seventeen-year-old Mineral Vyotto always planned on running away from the City and its annual Covalence Ceremony, a tradition that forced her to bond with another of her kind. In a hidden cavern outside the City gates, she starts collecting parts and building a plane so she can flee before the Ceremony takes place.

But when Covalence is moved up and she's almost caught by the Officials, Mineral finds herself and her fate at the hands of Amory Thames-an arrogant, opinionated Orderly with powerful parents who could ruin her chance at freedom. With only four weeks to escape the City before the Ceremony, Mineral and Amory must work together to find a way out-even if it means keeping Society's biggest secret to themselves and putting the lives of everyone they love at risk.

AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON

Walmart/ Barnes & Noble/ Signed copy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andie L. Smith is the young adult author of LUCKY ENOUGH and The Bonded Series. She is also a Junior Literary Agent and the Founder of Sun & Spines Editorial LLC. When she’s not writing, Andie loves to spend time with her husband and two kitties or hang out at Disney World.

BOOK FEATURE: A Desert of Bleeding Sand by Lucia Damisa!

 

Today, in our book feature, we are happy to feature Lucia Damisa's newly released A Desert of Bleeding Sand.

"In a palace where ambition poisons the air and betrayal hides behind every smile..." Let's dive into A Desert of Bleeding Sand.

A Desert of Bleeding Sand: A Rivals to Lovers Romantasy

Release Date: March 27, 2025

Genre: Romantasy

Features

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🏜️ Elite military academies

🏜️ Found family & witty banter

🏜️ Court intrigue & mythic races 

🏜️ Slowww burn rivals-to-lovers

🏜️ Sprawling, desert world

In a glittering Sahara Desert palace, many have come to die…

I am Zair, reviled, half-blooded, and dangerous. Aziza magic coils in my veins like a curse, and for that, they fear me. But I will not stand by while traitors attack my academy and vanish with its students, especially as my sister is targeted.

They sent me to the palace as a student envoy to the king’s coronation, but I know the truth. I’m a weapon, a spy cloaked in silk and suspicion, sent to unmask those behind the disappearances. The air is thick with secrets, and the palace feels alive, pulsing with night magic and silent menace.

Then I meet him. Dathan. A rival spy from another academy—sharp-eyed, clever, cunning, and deadly. I don’t trust him, and I shouldn’t want him. But the pull between us is maddening, dangerous, a flame I cannot smother.

As more students vanish and shadows stir in every corridor, we have no choice but to join forces. Yet every moment spent together fractures my resolve.

In a palace where ambition poisons the air and betrayal hides behind every smile, I must unravel the truth before time runs out—while guarding my heart against the one man who could ruin more than the mission… he could destroy me.

A DESERT OF BLEEDING SAND IS AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lucia Damisa is a fantasy and romance writer who discovered a passion for writing at age 13 and has amassed stacks of notebooks filled with handwritten stories. She has a BA in Mass Communication and has experience as a journalist and freelance writer for websites around the world. When she is not world-building and hanging out with her characters, she is reading or taking photographs of nature.

Follow Luica and learn more about her books at @luciadamisa on instagram.

Book Feature: The Emperor by Israh Azizi

Welcome to the Book Feature of  The Emperor, book 3 in Israh Azizi's epic Heroes of the Empire series.

“Because this is your destiny.” “Your destiny is to fight.”

Publication Date: November 24, 2024

Genre: Young Adult/ Epic Fantasy

Features

⦁ Character Driven

⦁ Found Family

⦁ Slow Burn Romance

⦁ Foretold Prophecy

⦁ War For The Throne

⦁ Unlikely Allies

⦁ Unique Magic System

⦁ Morally Grey Characters

⦁ Chosen One

Synopsis

The crown prince of the Empire, Honzio Hartinza, has become a prisoner within his own palace. Uluzar control has overtaken Hearcross, and with the Tariqin threat remaining too, the battle is far from over. To restore order, Honzio allies with a Savorian warrior and darkness itself in the form of a despised adversary, but it’s belief in himself that will be key to saving his land, people, and crown.

Velamir chooses between his great love and best friend, leaving Jax’s fate in Coralie’s hands until he can track down Natassa’s captors. His desperate search leads him to Devorin. In the icy kingdom, he encounters a group proclaiming him the hero they’ve been searching for and learns the last words of a father he barely knew, whose own past reveals the course of Velamir’s future and knowledge that could end the war and bind the lands forevermore.

Natassa evades her abductors and finds refuge with the Elders. She seeks the order’s aid in battling her shadows, but when she’s forced to wield them to her advantage, she learns of a pact made with them long ago. The shadows want something from her. The Golden Phoenix, the Elders call her, telling her of a prophecy. Natassa must accept her role in it and cross one of two paths: risk everything to destroy evil for good or open the portal to a realm of spirits and burn the world to ashes.

AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Israh Azizi resides in the land of ten thousand lakes with her family and five cats. Since she was a little girl she has been a lover of words and fanciful tales. It was her dream to one day share a story of her own with the world. With sheer determination, lots of love, and a decent amount of caffeine, she managed to make that dream come true. Besides reading and writing, she has a dizzying number of hobbies, some of which include bossing around her younger siblings, experimenting with new baking recipes, and playing board games with her family and close friends. When life’s plot twists don’t cross her path and her fingers aren’t dancing across the keyboard building a fantastical adventure, she can usually be found in a quiet corner with a good book and a steaming cup of coffee.