Thursday, September 12, 2013

Excerpt & Giveaway - American Girl on Saturn by Nikki Godwin


American Girl On Saturn
Release Date: 08/24/13

Summary from Goodreads:
The summer after graduation is supposed to be that first real taste of freedom - but not for eighteen-year-old Chloe Branson. Just as that breeze of freedom is making its way into her galaxy, her secret-service-agent dad drops a meteor-sized bomb of bad news on her and her sisters. An attempt has been made on the lives of Canadian boyband, Spaceships Around Saturn, during their USA tour, and the guys have to go into hiding ASAP. The only problem? In the midst of the crisis and media frenzy, their dad volunteered to hide the guys...in their house.

Six-year-old Emery is as ecstatic as any self-proclaimed Saturnite would be, but Chloe and her seventeen-year-old sister Aralie watch their summer plans crash and burn like a falling star. The SAS guys aren't happy with the situation, either. Bad boy Jules picks fights with Aralie about everything from his Twitter followers to his laundry, and heart-throb Benji can't escape Emery's fangirlisms for more than three minutes.

But after the super-cute Milo kisses Chloe during a game of hide-and-seek, she finally understands what Emery means when she talks about SAS being "out of this world." If this is what Saturn feels like, Chloe doesn't want to come back to Earth.



He reaches toward the tray and grabs the lone Oreo. “Okay, this is my last one for the night,” he says. “Half it with me?”
Seriously? If I wasn’t the envy of every Saturnite in the world just by sitting across the table from him, I’m definitely the envy of them now because the Milo Grayson wants to half his precious Oreo with me. And the thing that sucks the most is that no one knows about it to be jealous of me!
He holds the cookie up and waits for a response. 
“Yeah, we can half it,” I say. 
I reach across the table for it, but he jerks his arm back. The sleeve of his T-shirt hugs his bicep tightly, and oh how I wish to be that fabric. 
“Not so fast,” he says. “Let’s make it interesting.”
Could this be any more interesting? Hello – you’re gorgeous and famous and sharing cookies with me! Any more ‘interest’ and I might burst like a firework. 
“If you get the side with the cream, I’ll give you my honest male opinion about your checkout line drama today,” he says. “But if I get the cream side, you have to tell me, honestly, who you think the best looking guy is in Spaceships Around Saturn.”
Oh God. He’s for real. Does he know? He totally knows. He knows I’m lusting for him from behind this glass of milk and tattoo magazine. He knows that his eyes make me melt and that I clearly watch him on Twitter because I know all about amazzzzzing. Now he wants to make me ‘fess up. 
“Deal.” I say it before I can chicken out. 
I can always lie and say Benji’s name. He’s the fan favorite anyway. Benji Baccarini is Spaceships Around Saturn for so many girls.
He leans forward, positions himself over the table, and holds up that fated Oreo. I push my glass of milk aside because the last thing I want is to knock it over with my quivering nerves. Then I lean toward him, grip the cookie with my fingers, and inhale every scent of his body wash that I can while I twist my half of the Oreo away from his half. 


About the Author
Nikki Godwin is a Young Adult author from the southern USA. She is a city girl who can't live without Mountain Dew, black eyeliner, Hawthorne Heights, and candles from Bath & Body Works. When not writing, she's not-so-secretly internet-stalking her favorite bands. She is slightly obsessed with rock stars and surfers. She no longer hides her love for One Direction.
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I've been seeing this around a lot lately and love the sound of it! Sci-fi books are so underrated in YA!

- Allie @ Little Birdie Books
My recent post Review: Eleanor & Park {Rainbow Rowell}
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
I actually don't think it's sci fi, but the cover and title make it seem like it is!! :-)
Thanks for the giveaway! The title and cover make me smile. It seems so romantic. I really like the sound of it. It sounds like a good summer read as well!
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
Yes, I totally agree. Something about this book just totally caught my attention. It's not even the type of book that I usually feature, but I had to put this one up!
This book looks great! Thanks!
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
You're welcome! Good luck on the giveaway!
This book sound great, thanks for the excerpt, now I want to read it even more :)
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
I thought this was a fun excerpt as well - I chose this one because it really piqued my interest!
Thank you for such a great giveaway and an amazing sounding book.
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
You're welcome! Good luck!
It sounds like a cute little rom/com read. Can't wait to read it
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
I agree - I think this sounds like a great book to read in between my regular heavier paranormal fare. Sometimes I just need a cute book to read to lighten things up!
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Leslie Rodriguez · 600 weeks ago

sounds really good thank you
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Colleen hickey · 599 weeks ago

The book got my attention

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