SUSAN KAYE QUINN

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Closed Hearts Launch Party!


Book Two of the Mindjack Trilogy
When you control minds, only your heart can be used against you.
Eight months ago, Kira Moore revealed to the mindreading world that mindjackers like herself were hidden in their midst. Now she wonders if telling the truth was the right choice after all. As wild rumors spread, a powerful anti-jacker politician capitalizes on mindreaders’ fears and strips jackers of their rights. While some jackers flee to Jackertown—a slum rife with jackworkers who trade mind control favors for cash—Kira and her family hide from the readers who fear her and jackers who hate her. But when a jacker Clan member makes Kira’s boyfriend Raf collapse in her arms, Kira is forced to save the people she loves by facing the thing she fears most: FBI agent Kestrel and his experimental torture chamber for jackers.

Now available!
$2.99 Ebook at Amazon (and Amazon UK) and Barnes and Noble
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Paper copies available at Amazon or get signed copies from the author (see sidebar)

With over 40 party hosts joining the Virtual Party, the awesomeness of the writing community once again overwhelms me. You guys truly make this journey a joyful one!

I had some serious fun creating BONUS CONTENT for the launch (see below). I hope you will find these Mindjack extras entertaining and the guest posts inspirational. And of course what’s a party without prizes? Make sure to enter in the Rafflecopter below to win these:

TWO eraseable “Today I’m Reading…” mugs
A $10 gift card to Barnes and Noble
plus an Open Books, Open Minds wristband

BONUS CONTENT
These snippets of bonus content arise from the story time between Open Minds and Closed Hearts – they aren’t terribly spoiler-ish, but you’ll enjoy them more if you’ve already read Open Minds.

GUEST POSTS
These selected re-postings from my archives are being hosted by wonderful bloggers celebrating the launch of Closed Hearts.

PEOPLE HIGH IN AWESOME FACTOR

Thank you to everyone who is hosting a guest post or bonus content or posted in any way about the launch of Closed Hearts. You are made of awesome! 
(these links are like a potpourri of awesome; if you click, you could wind up at a review, a giveaway, #somethingcrazy – you just never know what my awesome writerly friends will come up with)
Lisa Nowak, Sher A Hart, Adam Heine, Kai Strand, Strands of Thought, Leslie Rose, Lisa Richards, Sharon Mayhew, Evalina Marie, J.C. Martin, Connie Keller, Jamie Burch,  Emily White, Erin at Riffs and Reviews (review), Nickie Anderson, Stephanie Scott, Angela Brown, Literary Time Out (review), Sherrie Petersen,  Katie Mills, Elle Strauss, Jessie Harrell, Indie Elite, Vic Caswell,  Laurel Garver, Lynn Kelley, Rashelle Workman, Tyrean, Sarra Cannon, Rachel Morgan

Click through, have fun, enter to win! 
And THANK YOU to everyone for joining the
Closed Hearts Virtual Party!
(p.s. Mugs are only for US/Canada, but gift card is international)

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Comments

    • No, you can get paper copies too! Here's the links (also at the top of the post – maybe I should bold it!):

      Paper copies available at Amazon or get signed copies from the author (see sidebar)

      Thanks!!

  6. Congratulations! I didn't officially enter the Launch Party, but I posted about it anyway! Good luck I hope you sell a gazillion books! 🙂

  8. oh control minds, def. Even despite the jello and the smells… 😀 Awesome! Super-congrats, Dr. Q! :o) <3

    • Thanks Rick – and thanks for your help with the book! (Rick is one of my awesome crit partners! Check out his books, people!)

  11. Love the prizes and the book! Had to download copy for my daughter and I to read since she loved Open Minds! Keep the great stories coming!

  13. I'd rather jack minds, because then you get to read them too! Best of both worlds, right?!

  14. It may not be popular to say so, but I kind of like being a zero. If I MUST choose, I'd rather be a reader. Jacking is just too much power for me.

    • I think that's actually a smart choice, all things considered! Zeros may be outcasts, but they're not dealing with all the mindreading/mindjacking madness! 🙂

  20. Congratulations on the release of Closed Minds. Another awesome read. I'm in the middle of it and, wow, it's a page turner. Thanks for letting me be a part of your launch. Cheers!

  21. even with the evilness of it, i think i'd rather jack minds. the thought of being able to control ones thoughts..oh the possibilities! *insert evil laugh*

    • Hi Alex! Thanks for stopping by! Tell your mom I'll bring a copy to my next appointment if you want a paper one (no shipping!). Or are you getting it on the iPad?

  27. WooHoo! Congrats on the book launch, Susan!

    Though there is a lot of risk and temptation, I rather jack minds. First off, I like the fact that you can keep your thoughts private from other readers. And second, well, I'll admit I like having little more control. Not really to use on other people. Even if I wanted to, I probably couldn't bring myself to control another person. But just in general, it's kind of a good feeling to know you have that power, you know?

  34. I think I'd want to mindjack them.

    P.S. The link on your sidebar to twitter only takes the visitor to twitter not your actual twitter page.

  35. Hmm… I think I would rather mindjack people. That way I don't have to listen to their thoughts 24/7 AND if they are being rude to me I can just mind jack them. LoL

  39. Congrats on the new release. I haven't started this series but I have it on my list right now. It really sounds great. I think I might like to read minds better but not sure will have to read your book to see if maybe would rather jack minds. Thanks!

  45. I would rather jack minds for three reasons:
    1) Mindjackers can choose not to hear others' thoughts if they become too annoying, and likewise can stop others from reading their thoughts (if they are powerful enough).
    2) If it turns out that I would rather be a mindreader, I can always rook, whereas choosing to be a true mindreader would leave me with no "opt-out clause".
    3) The ability to jack people's minds gives me an unparalleled control over my life, provided I avoid more powerful jackers and people with anti-jacker weapons. A talented mindjacker could become virtually invisible, make people or objects virtually invisible, or create illusions that would become completely real for their victims by accessing the parts of the readers' brains responsible for each of their five senses. This could revolutionize the field of virtual reality, or could be used to alter reality, i.e. by giving the mindjacker super powers. To anyone in mindjacking range, these powers would be real, and no test they might run could determine otherwise – not that they would think to run any tests while under the influence of the mindjacker. A group of such talented mindjackers could create a Matrix-like alternate reality, only, unlike in The Matrix, there would be no rebellion because the victims' every thought would be controlled by the mindjackers running it.

    • Thank you to my son, Dark Omen, for the mini-thesis on mindjacking and mindreading. Perhaps you could consult for the third book? I hope your rates aren't too high. 🙂

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