Lumière by Jacqueline Garlick
(The
Illumination Paradox #1)
Publication
date: December 12th 2013
Genres: Steampunk, Young
Adult
Synopsis
Even in
a land of eternal twilight, secrets can’t stay hidden forever.
Seventeen-year-old
Eyelet Elsworth is no stranger to living in the dark. She’s hidden her secret
affliction all of her life—a life that would be in danger if superstitious
townspeople ever guessed the truth. After her mother is accused and executed
for a crime that she didn’t commit, the now-orphaned Eyelet has no choice but
to track down the machine—her last hope for a cure. But Eyelet’s late father’s
most prized invention, the Illuminator, has been missing since the day of the
mysterious flash—a day that saw the sun wiped out over Brethren forever.
Alone
and on the run, she finds the Illuminator—only to witness a young man hauling
it away. Determined to follow the thief and recover the machine, she ventures
into the deepest, darkest, most dangerous part of her twisted world.
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I'm
Jacqueline Garlick, author of young adult and new adult fiction. I love
strong heroines, despise whiny sidekicks, and adore a good story about
a triumphant underdog. (Don't you?)
I love
to read, write, paint (walls and paper). I have a love/hate
relationship with chocolate, grammar, and technology and would rather hang
out with a dog, than a cat. I prefer creating things to cleaning
things, and believe laughter is a one-stop-shop solution to all that ails
you. You will always find a purple wall (or two) in my house
(currently in my writing room), and there may or may not be a hidden
passageway that leads to a mystery room. (Okay, so you won't find a
hidden passageway, but a girl can dream, can't she?) Oh, and tea. There
will always be tea.
My
writing style has been described as edgy and rule-breaking, and by some--a
touch Tim Burton-esque. Because of this, I am often referred to
as the Quentin Tarantino of YA among writing friends.
In my
former life, I was a teacher (both grade school and college-don't ask),
but more recently I've been a graduate of Ellen Hopkin's
Nevada Mentor Program and a student of James Scott Bell, Christopher
Vogler and Don Maass. An excerpt from Lumière earned me the 2012 Don Maass
Break Out Novel Intensive Scholarship.
Lumière--A
Romantic Steampunk Fantasy--my debut novel, is the recipient of an
indieBRAG Medallion!!! B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree October 15, 2014) I
am so proud! (LUMIERE by Jacqueline E. Garlick is a B.R.A.G.Medallion
Honoree. This tells a reader that this book is well worth their
time and money!) Book II of the ILLUMINATION PARADOX SERIES, is out
January 26th, now on pre-order.
Also, check
out my young adult contemporary romantic/mystery serial, IF ONLY, where
reluctant telepathic sleuth Kyla Cooper must embrace her powers and
risks all to solve the mystery of what happened to her boyfriend Denver
Munro, becoming his voice of truth, before he has no voice at all...
I love
hearing from READERS! Please contact me, either at my website: Website, or catch up with me on twitter @garlick
books, or on facebook: Facebook.
I'm open
to reviews and interview, requests for skype visits, guest blogs, pod
casts and book club meetings! I LOVE TO HEAR FROM READERS!
You can also find me here
Giveaway
Blitz-wide
giveaway (INTL)
A signed copy of LUMIERE,
a signed copy of NOIR, + Swag (necklace with matching earrings and
some collector’s cards with excerpts on them)
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