{"id":1869,"date":"2014-02-11T10:26:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T18:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alicrean.com\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2014-02-11T10:26:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T18:26:27","slug":"book-it-in-news-today-eva-morgan-releases-locked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havecoffeeneedbooks.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/11\/book-it-in-news-today-eva-morgan-releases-locked\/","title":{"rendered":"Book It – In News Today: Eva Morgan Releases Locked"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eva Morgan’s New Adult murder mystery sleuth novel about modern day Sherlock Holmes and his Girl Friday, next door neighbor, Irene Adler–a broken woman who lost her sister. Will Irene be able to solve the murder before the killer’s next victim is Sherlock in this contemporary ‘Who dun’it’? Eva Morgan is offering a<\/p>\n

Giveaway<\/a> to win a Kindle Fire for anyone who reviews Locked before 04\/10\/2014. <\/p>\n

\"LockedCoveredit\"<\/a> Locked Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eighteen-year-old Irene Adler hasn\u2019t cared much for living since her sister died.<\/p>\n

Until Sherlock Holmes moves in next door. Sherlock is a conceited, sharp-cheekboned nightmare\u2014and Irene\u2019s first real friend in ages. Within a day, he\u2019s partnered with her to solve their school’s mysteries. Within a week, he\u2019s saved her life in more ways than one. Within a month, the whole school thinks he’s a murderer. When Sherlock is found alone with a dead girl, he and Irene must crack the case under a hailstorm of hate\u2014before the killer comes after the genius who gave Irene her life back.<\/p>\n

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Purchase Locked:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a> | B&N<\/a>\u00a0| Kobo<\/a> | Smashwords<\/a><\/p>\n

Eva Morgan’s Bio:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eva Morgan is an author in her twenties, although she’s mentally about fifteen. She’s been a Sherlockian her whole life, and is a self-described giant nerd. She spends most of her day writing. The rest of the time she’s shoveling snow off her New England porch.<\/p>\n

Eva Morgan’s Web Tracks:<\/strong> Website<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

Eva Morgan on All The Things In Between:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any Day That Ends In YA – Locked by Eva Morgan<\/p>\n

Locked Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The door opens and my new neighbor is a vampire.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s nearly a foot taller than me. Unruly ink-black hair, and a face made of knife angles. If I were obnoxious, I might use the term shockingly attractive. Or terrifyingly handsome. Holy mother of balls would also be an option. His eyes are crystalized, glittering, and they get even more diamondlike when he sees the casserole.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d he hisses.<\/p>\n

I swallow. \u201cI\u2019m glad you like casserole so much\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat? No. No.\u201d He waves at me distractedly and yells into the house, \u201cCasserole, Mycroft! Not potato salad!\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an echoed \u201cdamn\u201d from the living room.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnew it the moment I saw the garden gnome,\u201d says the vampire to the universe at large before directing his voice back to the living room. \u201cThat means I get the upstairs bedroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUm\u2026sorry.\u201d I always apologize to people when I have no idea what to say. Safest thing to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cApology accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has a British accent. The girls at Aspen High will lose their minds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait, no,\u201d I say. \u201cI mean, I wasn\u2019t actually apologizing for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI assumed you were apologizing in advance for boring me with the standard introductions, which I would actually prefer to get over with, so: I\u2019m Sherlock Holmes, you\u2019re someone whose last name is Adler, going by the surname on your mailbox. No, I don\u2019t find it a particularly lovely neighborhood. No, you\u2019re not invited inside for tea. Goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the door slams.<\/p>\n

I check myself to see whether or not I\u2019ve been hit by a truck, because that\u2019s what it feels like. No truck. Nobody tasing me, either, which was my next guess. I shuffle the casserole to my left arm and buzz the doorbell two more times.<\/p>\n

The vampire answers it again. No, not vampire. Sherlock. He\u2019s pale like one, though. It makes his eyes even more alarming.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not big fans of Girl Scout cookies,\u201d he says and tries to shut the door again, but I stick my foot in the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the hell is your problem?\u201d<\/p>\n

Sometimes my anger outpaces my anxiety and later I\u2019ll regret it, but not yet.<\/p>\n

The person with easily the weirdest name I\u2019ve ever heard raises an eyebrow. \u201cDid you really want the tea that badly?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s just\u2014we made this for you. Take it.\u201d If I return without the casserole, there will be questions. Mom needs to think I got along with the neighbor. Mom needs to think I get along with everyone. \u201cAnd you could say thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks,\u201d Sherlock says like he\u2019s never heard of the word before and takes the casserole, sniffing it like he\u2019s never heard of a casserole either.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not laced with arsenic or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it were, that would make you much more interesting than I believe you are.\u201d His eyes flick up, and I might as well have just slid through an MRI machine.<\/p>\n

I should be nice. Sherlock is reading very low on the social skills meter. Someone like him probably doesn\u2019t get a lot of nice. \u201cOkay. So\u2026you\u2019re my age, looks like. My first name is Irene, by the way. Not on the mailbox. You\u2019re transferring to Aspen High, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

He does this pained twitch. \u201cI\u2019ll save both of us some time. I don\u2019t do this.\u201d He gestures.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat, talking?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot about things that don\u2019t matter, no. We\u2019re not going to be friends, I\u2019m not going to come round your house after school to do homework, if you ask to borrow sugar I won\u2019t give you any. Now goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n

The door bounces off my foot again. At this rate I\u2019ll need crutches. \u201cYeah, no, I don\u2019t want your sugar. I just thought it would be nice, since we\u2019re neighbors, to get to know each other a little. But obviously\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI already know as much about you as I\u2019ll ever need to,\u201d Sherlock cuts in.<\/p>\n

I laugh. \u201cYou know my name.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I know that you suffer from insomnia, likely a side effect of the fact that you\u2019re clinically depressed, also likely a side effect of the fact that your elder sister died in a car crash nearly a year ago and you were in the right back seat. No\u2014\u201d He tilts his head to the side. \u201cLeft back seat.\u201d<\/p>\n

I hunt through my mind for the part that keeps my lungs working. My stomach wrenches and I will myself not to throw up, like I did when the car finally settled on its back and I unhooked himself from the seat belt and got a good look at\u2014no, stop, don\u2019t go there.<\/p>\n

Sherlock\u2019s face changes. Just a little.<\/p>\n

\u201cNice trick. Been talking to my mom? Looked us up online?\u201d The words fall from me like rocks. \u201cYou got one thing wrong. It\u2019s not insomnia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDamn.\u201d His face ices over again. \u201cIn that case, what keeps you awake at night? I assume you\u2019re not crying over your sister. You two didn\u2019t get on. You were always the favorite. She must have resented that. People do. And you, let\u2019s see\u2026you were ashamed of\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

One moment, Sherlock is loosely holding the casserole. I move and then it\u2019s slathered down his front, clumps of it splattering on the porch, the flakes of burnt cheese dotted across his collarbone. The dish clatters to the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God.\u201d The pain is sliding farther and farther back, the scene in front of me getting crisper. \u201cOh God, I\u2019m sorry\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s surprise in his expression. An expression that\u2019s been so flat that any hint of emotion stands out like white on black. There\u2019s a tiny bit of hurt there too, almost unnoticeable. I want to yell well what did you expect, but instead I turn and run.<\/p>\n

When I get back to the house, my heart is beating so fast it hurts. I scream into my elbow without making a sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are the new neighbors like?\u201d my mom calls from upstairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery\u2026\u201d I manage. \u201cNice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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