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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><font color="#2a5a78"><font face="Century Gothic">News Release<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><font color="#2a5a78"><font face="Century Gothic">Looking for the next craze in young adult fantasy? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve found it now available just in time for
the holidays! <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 30pt;" class="Subhead"><em><font color="#2a5a78" face="Century Gothic">New Fiction Release - The Hunted by Shelia Weiss</font></em></div><div> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><font size="2"><font face="Century Gothic"><span class="BoldTextChar"><strong>Cleveland, December 17, 2011: </strong></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exciting news for Young Adult readers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New author Shelia Weiss announces the
official release of her new book The Hunted, one of four in The Phelidae Tales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font></font></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><font size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><font face="Century Gothic"> </font></span><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";'>"Discover adventure,
compassion, heartache, betrayal, and a longing to be free. This is a book that
once you start reading, you will find it difficult to put down," Laura
commented on the site’s blog after a sneak peek. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She continued, “You will continue turning page
after page on the ride of a lifetime."</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font face="Century Gothic"> <o:p></o:p></font></b></font></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";'><font size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Amanda, 28, wrote to her cousin, “…it
really could be the next twilight or harry potter! It is so interesting and
really holds my attention it’s a really good book and an awesome plot!!! I
can’t wait to finish it! I think she should start writing the next one!!!”<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";'><font size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“My 10 year old wouldn’t put it down
and even skipped meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She finished it
in a weekend, wants to reread it and jumped online to look for the next one.” a father
of three explained after stealing his Kindle back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>”Now they run around the house talking about
it.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";'><font size="2">And the feedback
keeps rolling in.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font face="Century Gothic"></font></font></b> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font face="Century Gothic">Not another vampire book<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></div><div>
<font size="2" face="Century Gothic">Well, there are actually vampires, but not until at least half
way through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This story contains a unique
and original character type.</font></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font face="Century Gothic">Enthusing the unenthused<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></div><div>
<font size="2" face="Century Gothic">After reading the annotation, book-a-phobe Shannon confesses, “I
don’t even like to read and I can’t wait until this one’s out!”</font></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font size="2"><font face="Century Gothic">Why now?<o:p></o:p></font></font></b></div><div>
<font size="2" face="Century Gothic">Shelia admits, “To put it simply, I’m driven by passion and a longing
to fulfill a seemingly obvious gap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
waited and waited for this type of majestic and dynamic character to present
itself in the fantasy fiction realm but it never happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So finally I decided it was up to me to tell
their story.”</font></div><div>
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 11pt;" class="Text"><font size="2"><font face="Century Gothic"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amazon.com</b> – </font></font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hunted-Phelidae-Tales-Shelia-Weiss/dp/0615498744/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324146259&sr=8-1"><font size="2" face="Century Gothic">http://www.amazon.com/Hunted-Phelidae-Tales-Shelia-Weiss/dp/0615498744/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324146259&sr=8-1</font></a></div><div>
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