Tour Sign-Ups: The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen

Hello FFBC team!!  We are announcing a new tour we're hosting for The Bird and the Blade that is being released June 5, 2018.

The tour will run from May 30th to June 5th and there will be available the following types of posts:

• Review (Limited spots)
• Interviews (Limited spots)
• Guest Posts (Limited spots)
• Favorite Quotes (Blogger's Choice)
• Creative Option (Blogger's Choice)
• Promotional Post

Remember that May 30th is reserved for the Welcome Post, so do not pick May 30th in the sign-up form.

Reviewers will receive a digital copy of the book via Netgalley.  So make sure you have an account on that site before signing up.

As always, there will be a tour giveaway provided by the author. Details to come soon!

IMPORTANT NOTE: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. We will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed and the tour schedule has been published.

The Bird and the Blade

by Megan Bannen
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Release Date: June 5, 2018

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Synopsis:

As a slave in the Kipchak Khanate, Jinghua has lost everything: her home, her family, her freedom … until she finds herself an unlikely conspirator in the escape of Prince Khalaf and his irascible father as they flee from their enemies across the vast Mongol Empire. On the run, with adversaries on all sides and an endless journey ahead, Jinghua hatches a scheme to use the Kipchaks’ exile to return home, a plan that becomes increasingly fraught as her feelings for Khalaf evolve into a hopeless love.

Jinghua’s already dicey prospects take a downward turn when Khalaf seeks to restore his kingdom by forging a marriage alliance with Turandokht, the daughter of the Great Khan. As beautiful as she is cunning, Turandokht requires all potential suitors to solve three impossible riddles to win her hand—and if they fail, they die.

Jinghua has kept her own counsel well, but with Khalaf’s kingdom—and his very life—on the line, she must reconcile the hard truth of her past with her love for a boy who has no idea what she’s capable of ... even if it means losing him to the girl who’d sooner take his life than his heart.

Megan Bannen is a librarian and the author of THE BIRD AND THE BLADE. In her spare time, she collects graduate degrees from Kansas colleges and universities. While most of her professional career has been spent in public libraries, she has also sold luggage, written grants, and taught English at home and abroad. She lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, their two sons, and a few too many pets with literary names. She can be found online at www.meganbannen.com.