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My YA Contemporary Romance “Tone Deaf" officially launches today! I've been working on this story for many years, so it's incredible to see it finally hitting shelves and getting into the hands of readers.

“Tone Deaf” is available at Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, Book Depository, and IndieBound. And also check the shelves at your local bookstore!

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Bloggers! If you’re interested in participating in a book tour for my YA novel “Tone Deaf,” the lovely Sarah from YA Bound is helping me set up a tour. Just follow this link for more info!

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In The Hope Of Memories, Olivia Rivers -Book Blitz

In the Hope of Memories Olivia Rivers Publication date: March 21st 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult

Hope is dying.

Hope Jackson has lived her short life to the fullest, but her four closest friends are dangling on the brink of disaster. Right before dying of a rare heart condition, Hope sets up a scavenger hunt across New York City using her graffiti art. The directions she leaves her friends are simple: Solve the clues hidden in her art, and they’ll solve the problems haunting their lives.

Hope is dead.

Two days after her heart fails, Hope’s friends are thrown together:

Aiden, her best friend, whose plans to attend college have been scattered by his OCD.

Kali, her foster sister, whose last ties to sanity are as razor-thin as her anorexic waistline.

Erik, her high school crush, whose success as an athlete is based on a lie with no end in sight.

And Sam, her online pen-pal, whose perfect life exploded into chaos in the aftermath of a school bombing.

Together, the four teens take to the streets of New York to complete Hope’s scavenger hunt and fulfill her dying wishes. But in order to unravel the clues hidden in Hope’s graffiti, her friends will need to confront their personal demons head on.

Hope is within reach.

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EXCERPT:

“Wait!” I slam my hand against the door to stop it from clicking shut, wincing as the splintered wood digs into me. “I’m looking for Hope. Hope Jackson. She said she’d be here.”

The dude shakes his head. “She’s dead.”

My heart stutters a fast and hard beat, like it does right when I get tackled on the field. “No. No, she’s not. She’s the exact opposite of dead. Today is her eighteenth birthday. Her birthday party is about to start right now.”

Official Reason Number Infinity it Sucks to Be Going Blind: When you can’t see right, you can’t stop a fist from colliding with your face. The dude’s knuckles crash into my jaw, and I yelp, more out of shock than pain. I’m about to pound my own fist into the freak when he starts talking again, this time in a tone that’s actually kind of pissed.

“She’s dead, you jerk! You really think it’s funny to joke about that?”

“I’m not joking!” I rub at my jaw with the back of my clenched hand. Part of me is itching to mess up this guy’s face, but a larger part is starting to panic. “You’re the one with the wrong info,” I say, silently praying I’m right. “Hope isn’t dead.”

The dude stares down at his hand and slowly curls and uncurls his fingers, like he can’t quite believe he just threw a punch. Then he whispers, “You’re not messing with me?”

“No! What kind of sick joke would that be? Like I said, I’m just trying to find her birthday party. I got an invite from her, I swear. It said to come here.”

“Oh.”

Apparently, this conversation isn’t weird enough for him, so he has to add in some awkward silence. Fan-freaking-tastic. Just when I’m starting to think he’s slipped into a coma, he says, “Sorry I punched your face.”

I take a deep breath. “Just tell me where her birthday party is, okay?”

“I told you, there is no party. Hope is dead.”

“Christ, are you seriously going to make me explain this again? She’s not dead. It’s her birthday today. As in the day when you celebrate a person being alive.”

“It would have been her birthday,” the dude says, slipping back into his strange monotone. “But now she’s dead.”

The seriousness in his voice makes my gut twist, and for a moment, I wonder if maybe he hurt Hope. My hand edges toward my pocket, but just as I’m considering grabbing my cell phone and dialing 9-1-1, I see a tear trickle down his cheek. It looks strange on his expressionless face, but another tear quickly follows, and then a third. He sniffs and turns away, wiping his right eye on the battered sleeve of his hoodie.

“What happened?” I ask, my voice a cracked whisper. All sorts of scenarios rush through my head—Hope’s plane crashing on vacation, a car accident, getting caught in a wrong-place-wrong-time shooting…

“You don’t know?” the dude asks.

“No. Was it in the news?”

The smallest beginning of a frown tugs at his lips. “Of course not. Why would the news report about a stroke victim?”

“Stroke?” I repeat. “She had a stroke? What…why? What triggered it? She’s a health freak.”

He blinks slowly and then says again, “You don’t know?”

Author Bio:

Olivia Rivers is a hybrid author of Young Adult fiction. Her works include the independently published novels “Frost Fire” and “In the Hope of Memories,” along with the traditionally published novel “Tone Deaf” (Skyhorse 2016.) As a certified geek, she enjoys experimenting with new publishing technologies, and her online serials have received over 1,000,000 hits on Wattpad.com. When Olivia isn’t working as a writer, she’s a typical teen attending college in Northern California. Olivia is represented by Laurie McLean of Fuse Literary, and nothing thrills her more than hearing from readers.

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Hope is dying.

Hope Jackson has lived her short life to the fullest, but her four closest friends are dangling on the brink of disaster. Right before dying of a rare heart condition, Hope sets up a scavenger hunt across New York City using her graffiti art. The directions…

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Check out my new YA novel, now available!

My latest YA novel, “In the Hope of Memories” officially launches today! This is a novel that has been in the works for over two years now, and I’m so excited to finally be able to share it with readers.

“In the Hope of Memories” is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, Kobo, and Scribd!

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My latest YA novel “In the Hope of Memories” comes out next week on March 21st! Eep! I can’t believe the release date has creeped up so fast, but I’m super excited to share this book with readers. On the release day, a bunch of blogs are helping me out by hosting a blog tour and a giveaway for the book. If you think you might be interested in joining, please check out the link above for more info!

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I now have a preview of my latest novel up on Wattpad! Check it out, if you like quirky YA stories.

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I now have a preview of my latest novel up on Wattpad! Check it out, if you like quirky YA stories.

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Today is the official cover reveal for “Tone Deaf!” I’m so happy with the cover the design team over at Skyhorse Publishing made for my novel, and I’m excited to finally be …

Today, I’m so excited to be revealing the official cover for my YA Contemporary Romance, “Tone Deaf.” Check out the link for the giveaway, and make sure to add the book on Goodreads!

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Hey Booklr, Want to Help Reveal a Cover?

On November 5th, I’ll be revealing the official cover for “Tone Deaf,” my debut contemporary novel coming out in May 2016! A bunch of non-Tumblr blogs have already volunteered to help, but I’d love to see some people from Booklr taking part in the reveal, too!

If you’re interesting in posting a cover reveal post on November 5th (with the cover, book links, and a giveaway), please email me at Olivia(at)OliviaRiversBooks(dot)com. Thanks so much!

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