Hello, lovelies!
Awaken (Book One of the Awakened Fate series) by the fabulous Skye Malone has arrived! This young adult paranormal romance, published by
Wildflower Isle, promises to be an enchanting read.
Running away from home was never Chloe Kowalski’s plan.
Neither was ending up the target of killers, or having her body change in
unusual ways. She only wanted a vacation, someplace far from her crazy parents
and their irrational fear of water. She only wanted to do something normal for once, and maybe get to know
her best friend’s hot stepbrother a bit better at the same time.
But the first day she goes out on the ocean, strange things
start to happen. Dangerous things that should be impossible. Things to which
‘normal’ doesn't even begin to apply.
Now madmen are hunting her. A mysterious guy with glowing
blue eyes is following her. And her best friend’s stepbrother seems to be
hiding secrets all his own.
It was supposed to be a vacation. It’s turning out to be a
whole lot more.
Awaken is only 99 cents and is now available at Amazon (
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Awaken Excerpt:
“You ever been to the ocean
before?” Noah asked after a moment.
I shook my head. “I always wanted
to see it, though.”
A heartbeat passed as he watched
the water. “You could’ve come with Baylie to visit us sooner.”
I glanced at him. He didn’t look
at me. “It’s complicated.”
Silence returned. I swallowed,
still feeling awkward. It was just the two of us for as far as I could see in
either direction, and from the way he was sitting there, he seemed like one of
the stones, comfortable with the idea of remaining silently by the seashore for
eternity.
Quieter, Baylie had said. I didn’t
have much to go on for how he’d been before, but now… he was certainly that.
I looked down to my legs, absently
noting the drying salt from the water glistening faintly on my skin. I probably
should just go back up to the house. I wanted to stay, to get as close to the
deep water as I dared, but with him here…
“I’m glad you came,” Noah said.
I blinked.
“Even if,” he acknowledged the
words with a shrug, “it’s complicated.”
I hesitated. “Me too.”
He smiled and returned his
attention to the water. “I always wondered what it would be like, growing up
somewhere else. Somewhere away from the ocean. It’s just such a…”
“Force,” I filled in when he
trailed off.
He looked back. “Yeah,” he
replied, as though pleasantly surprised.
I could feel heat spreading like
wildfire up my neck and I turned my face away, hoping the shadows hid the
blush.
“And I can’t imagine what that’d
be like,” he finished. “Not having it nearby.”
I hesitated. I didn’t know what to
tell him. I’d always wanted to come here, and now that I was sitting only a few
yards from the water…
It was like a sound you’d heard
all your life, but so faintly you’d never noticed it. And now, being so close
to the source, almost immersed in the
amazing, overwhelming source, you suddenly realized what you’d been hearing.
And what you’d been missing.
“Not as nice as this,” I
whispered.
He looked over at me. I could feel
the blush coming back.
“You think everyone feels like
that?” he asked.
My mind tossed up a few shining
memories of my parents. They’d thrown away every picture of the ocean that I
drew in school. They’d ripped pages from books that mentioned the sea. They’d
punished me for asking them to paint my room blue.
“No,” I answered, certainty
hardening my voice more than I intended.
He paused.
“I mean, I’m pretty sure some
people don’t,” I amended, trying not to grimace and hoping he wouldn’t ask for
more.
He turned to me, and my throat
choked from the way his green eyes searched my face. “But you do.”
I swallowed. “Yeah.”
“Yeah,” he echoed. “It seemed like
you… I don’t know. Like you would.”
His brow furrowed and he looked
away.
“What?” I asked.
He shook his head. “Nothing.”
About the Author:
Skye Malone is a fantasy and paranormal romance author,
which means she spends most of her time not-quite-convinced that the things she
imagines couldn’t actually exist.
Born and raised in central Illinois, she hopes someday to
travel the world – though in the meantime she’ll take any story that whisks her
off to a place where the fantastic lives inside the everyday. She loves strong
and passionate characters, complex villains, and satisfying endings that stay
with you long after the book is done. An inveterate writer, she can’t go a day
without getting her hands on a keyboard, and can usually be found typing away
while she listens to all the adventures unfolding in her head.
Skye also writes YA urban fantasy as Megan Joel Peterson and
is the author of The Children and the Blood trilogy.
Happy Release Day, Skye!
xoxo,
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