[Closed Hearts Blog Tour] A Word Association Game with Susan Quinn, author of Closed Hearts

Today, our guest is Susan Quinn, author of Closed Hearts, the second book in the Mindjack Trilogy! 

About Susan

Susan is the author of the bestselling YA novel Open Minds, Book One of the Mindjack Trilogy, which is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes. The sequel Closed Hearts was just released 5/23. Susan's business card says "Author and Rocket Scientist," but she mostly plays on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

We'll be playing a game called Word Association. I have chosen twenty words, and Susan will tell me the FIRST WORD that comes to her mind when she hears a particular word.

JoAnne: SCAR
Susan: Harry

JoAnne: WALL
Susan: Berlin

JoAnne: DISNEY
Susan: Princess (yuk!)

JoAnne: LOVE
Susan: Heart

JoAnne: SCIENCE
Susan: Geek

JoAnne: CLAUSTROPHOBIC
Susan: Spiders

JoAnne: DO
Susan: Or do not, there is no try (wait, that wasn’t one word, maybe “Yoda”)
JoAnne: LOL!

JoAnne: PROPOSE
Susan: Balloon (as in hot air)
JoAnne: *gasps* Oh my gosh... *squeals* I LIKE THIS! This is so romantic...

JoAnne: KILL
Susan: Shot

JoAnne: LANGUAGE
Susan: Brain

JoAnne: ANGRY
Susan: Birds
JoAnne: Got addicted to this once upon a time. I was... rendered useless.

JoAnne: POSITION
Susan: Bent

JoAnne: BOND
Susan: James

JoAnne: ANNOY
Susan: Love
JoAnne: Can I ask why? LOL!

JoAnne: SURVEY
Susan: Monkey

JoAnne: CHILDREN
Susan: Love

JoAnne: WRITE
Susan: Love

JoAnne: SEX
Susan: Marriage

JoAnne: TEN
Susan: Ben

JoAnne: QUESTION
Susan: Authority

JoAnne: Thank you Susan!

About Closed Hearts

(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 (released 5/23)!

$2.99 Ebook at Amazon (and Amazon UK) and Barnes and Noble

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

Early PRAISE for Closed Hearts

"Closed Hearts was a gripping read and I never knew what would happen next, I was hooked from the moment I started reading." - Michelle Smith, Much Loved Books Blog

"This is really a great followup to Open Minds. It's exciting, it advances the plot, it's heartbreaking, it perfectly sets up the next book, and it pushes Kira into the position of heroine once again ... whether she wants to be, or not." - Rhiannon Frater, author of As The World Dies

"The twists and turns kept me guessing and chuckling in delight; I love to be surprised. Kira is forced to come to grip with some heavy issues in this book, and she has to make hard choices." - Carol Riggs on Goodreads

Looking for more Raf? Try this short prequel to Open Minds from Raf's point of view:

Raf, a regular mindreader, is in love with Kira, the only girl in school who can't read minds. Raf struggles to keep his thoughts about her private, but secrets are something that only zeros like Kira can keep. As he works up the nerve to ask Kira to the mindware Games, his friends have other games in mind for him.

PRAISE FOR MIND GAMES
"I loved Kira in Open Minds ... but getting Raf's POV in Mind Games was a real treat." -TwiMom101 Book Blogger

Available for $0.99 at Amazon and Barnes and Noble or FREE at Smashwords (which has formats for all e-readers).