Showing posts with label Indie Shoutout Thursday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indie Shoutout Thursday. Show all posts

Thursday, July 30, 2015

#IndieShoutoutThursday: Angel Lawson (Wraith Series)

About the Author

Angel Lawson lives with her family in Atlanta and has a lifelong obsession with creating fiction from reality, either with paint or words. On a typical day you can find her writing, reading, plotting her escape from the zombie apocalypse and trying to get the glitter out from under her nails.

She is the author of the completed Wraith Series, Serial Summer, FanGirl, and Vigilant. She is the co-author of the New Adult Paranormal book, Odin's Murder with Kira Gold.


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Wraith (Wraith Series #1)

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Synopsis: Freak. Weird. Crazy. These are the names tossed around seventeen-year old Jane Watts by her fellow classmates. But things aren’t always as they seem. Sometimes there’s a reason for talking to yourself in the hallway at school.

Adjusting to her new home and school after an abrupt move, Jane just wants to be like everyone else at school. Although she does manage to make one friend, Evan — sixteen, charming and protective. Evan is everything a girl could want in a best friend, with one minor caveat: He’s dead.

Caught somewhere between life and death, Evan is tied to Jane and the living world, unable to complete the journey to the other side. She thinks he’s here to be her friend, to take care of her, and that’s why no one else can see or hear him.

That is, until a new boy shows up at school after a rumored stretch in juvie. Connor can see Evan and is not convinced that the ghost is completely honest. Past experience taught him how ghosts tend to need something from the humans they connect to and Evan, despite his arguments, isn’t any different.

Jane is resentful of Connor’s intrusion but soon realizes that her ghostly friend has secrets about his past. And now Evan's family, still reeling from his tragic death, is in danger. Jane must face her fears and battle Evan’s human demons to free both of them.

Shadow Bound (Wraith Series #2)

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Synopsis: After recovering from a horrific fire that took the lives of two people and released her best friend, Evan, to pass from this world to the next, Jane Watts finally has a chance to live a normal life.

If you consider seeing and guiding ghosts normal.

It’s summer and Jane and her friend, Ava, spend the hot, humid days working and hanging at the pool while Jane’s boyfriend, Connor, attends summer school. With the ghosts under control, things are going well until a friend from Connor’s past reconnects with him. Hours later she kills herself. Charlotte’s suicide throws Connor into a tailspin and her ghost latches on to Jane because, as they learned from Evan, ghosts only linger if they need something.

Unfortunately, Charlotte doesn’t need something. She wants something.

In Shadow Bound, Jane struggles with the fact that not every spirit is welcome and not all have good intentions. With Ava’s help, Jane stumbles into a decades-old murder, what her gift really means and how to save Connor from forces intent on destroying them all.

Grave Possession (Wraith Series #3)

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Synopsis: Strong.

Loyal.

Independent.

These aren’t the words Jane expected to use to describe herself, but in the years since she first began seeing ghosts things have changed. A lot. Jane has spent the last two years losing one person after the other. Both dead and alive. But this year things will be different. She’s entering her freshman year of art school, rooming with her best friend Ava and has a new boyfriend. Oh, and she’s no longer afraid that she’s Shadow Bound with a direct connection to ghosts. In fact, she’s learned to use her abilities for her benefit.

Jane soon discovers she can’t walk away from her past. The wounds from her battle with Charlotte are deep and no matter what she tells herself, the break up with Connor weighs heavy on her heart. Balancing these emotions prove to be a weakness for her and Jane finds herself in a fight against the most dangerous spirits she’s encountered yet.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

#IndieShoutoutThursday: Nikki Roman (The Saving Bailey Trilogy)

About the Author

Nikki Roman is a twenty-one year old college student and Novelist. She has been writing novels since she was fourteen and hopes to continue writing until the day she dies. Devouring a novel a day, Nikki's favorite authors include but are not limited to: Veronica Roth, Clive Cussler, Suzanne Collins, and Markus Zusak. Nikki self-published her first novel The Saving Bailey Trilogy 1: The Bullet List as an Ebook on Amazon at the age of twenty, and released the second part of the trilogy, The Saving Bailey Trilogy 2: Indigo, the following year. She is currently working on finishing Illumine the third and final book in The Saving Bailey Trilogy, and is excited to move on to a paranormal fantasy series this Fall.

When Nikki isn't writing or reading, she enjoys spending her time on Social Media sites such as Younow and Twitter. When she is away from the computer she works up on her archery skills and spends time with her two little sisters, teaching them how to create their own stories, in the hope that someday, they can all write books together.



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The Bullet List (The Saving Bailey Trilogy, #1)

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Synopsis: Miemah, Cecil, Nessa. I write in fancy cursive writing like that you would find on a tombstone, because to me this is their first official gravestone. This one piece of crumpled paper is more terrifying than a knife or gun. It is as if by writing their names down, I have already taken their lives.

I feel more normal and clear-headed than ever when I read over my Bullet List. I have used nothing but logic to create it, and what is more logical than abolishing the things that hurt you the most?

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Bailey Sykes a fifteen year old high school sophomore is the prettiest girl at her school, but she soon discovers that looks aren’t everything. Backed into a corner by a school of teachers, and students turned against her, she finds herself desperately looking for a way out. Miemah Valdez a popular and vicious bully at surfside High, has tormented Bailey since elementary school, and will stop at nothing to destroy her. With no one to turn to but an abusive, alcoholic mother, Bailey is pushed to the edge. What will it take to pull Bailey out of the darkness she has spiraled into, and the torment she is combating with at school and at home? She figures that the only way to fight fire is with bullets. 


However, Bailey is left second guessing her plan of action when two people who will do anything to save her step into the picture, an old friend, and a new love interest. Both see something inside of Bailey that no one else can, a spirit that is crying out to be saved from the dark abyss it has been trapped in, the only problem is, both love her but only one can have her heart.

Indigo (The Saving Bailey Trilogy, #2)

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Synopsis: Six months ago sixteen-year-old Bailey Sykes wrote the Bullet List and brought her Mom's Walther to school to kill everyone on it. As a result her best-friend is behind bars, and she's stuck at the bottom of the bottle. As guilt and loss threaten to overwhelm her, Bailey sees only one out: kill Bailey Sykes and become someone else entirely.

Someone who is heartless. Someone without mercy, regrets or remorse. Someone who doesn't fear the dark but becomes it.

Someone named Indigo.







Illumine (The Saving Bailey Trilogy, #3)

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Synopsis: A dark secret. A promise that life never stops, it only pauses and stutters. A trampled rose and a lover’s heart.

The summer from hell has finally run its course—leaving behind a shaken, disturbed girl in its wake. As the storm rolling her way start’s to intensify; Bailey discovers that her dad is harboring secrets. But she has secrets of her own, and she will do anything to keep them, even if doing so might destroy her relationship with Clad. Upon the surfacing of repressed memories, and the spilling of a dark hidden past—Bailey loses herself. On a journey of rediscovery, she finds more questions than answers: who is Bailey Sykes?

Against all hope, I have fought the hardest battles, grieved the most agonizing of losses, and felt the sting of a thousand slaps across my face.

Seeking light— a light bright enough to illuminate the darkness that ensnares her— Bailey uncovers something much greater. A light more pure, more warm, and brighter than anything she could ever imagine. But will it be enough to save her?

Thursday, July 16, 2015

#IndieShoutoutThursday: Megan Joel Peterson (The Children and the Blood Trilogy)

About the Author

Megan Joel Peterson is the author of The Children and the Blood trilogy, a fast-paced young adult urban fantasy noted for its action, excitement, and intrigue.

She also writes paranormal romance (still filled with action and adventure, because she loves that sort of thing) under the name Skye Malone.

Her other titles as Skye Malone include the Awakened Fate series, a YA paranormal romance with mermaids.


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The Children and the Blood (The Children and the Blood Trilogy #1)

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Synopsis: Ashley's life is normal – if normal means living on a farm that you never leave. Ashley's life is happy – as long as she doesn't think of the Christmas Eve when her mother died. She can't remember anything of what came before her mother's death, but still, Ashley's life is good.








Taliesin Ascendant (The Children and Blood Trilogy #2)

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Synopsis: The war isn't over.

And new enemies await.

Life on the run hasn't been easy, but so far, Ashe has survived. But now Carter has ordered her to leave the Hunters and find her family's people – an order she can't refuse, no matter how much she wants to stay. 

Following his command will bring her into an unknown world, however – a world filled with new enemies and old prejudices that will demand more of her than she can imagine, at a cost higher than she'll ever be willing to pay.
Until one night, everything changes.

Her home burns and her family is murdered. People with superhuman powers hunt her down, killing everyone who stands in their way. She runs for her life, only to make a terrifying discovery.

Those people aren't the only ones with powers. 

And hers just might kill anyone she meets.

Merlin's Children (The Children and the Blood Trilogy #3)

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Synopsis: The stakes of the war have never been higher.

But what will be the cost to win?

Ashe knows loss, knows sacrifice and pain. Her allies are scattered and too many lie dead. The Blood are stronger than ever and more connected than she could have imagined. 

But the worst is yet to come. The war has taken so many people she loves. 

Now it just might take everyone who's left.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

#IndieShoutout: Emily Evans (The Accidental Series)

About the Author

Emily Evans writes fun, young adult romance. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in History from Texas A&M University, and is completing an MFA in Creative Writing at American College Dublin in Ireland. A native Houstonian, she loves travel, movies, and books.


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The Accidental Movie Star

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Synopsis: How did Ashley spend her summer vacation? Imagine the hottest guy in Hollywood. Do you see the girl next to him, the one handing him a cup of coffee? Yeah. That’s her.

Interning on a major motion picture is not all bad. She gets to watch some of the scenes and even offer her opinion. “That kiss looked lame. Laughably weak. There’s no chance at an MTV award with that kiss.” LOL.

Until the director says, “Hey, Intern. Yeah, you. Ashley. You’re right. So, teach Caspian how to kiss. Oh, and get in front of the camera. We're going to need you in this next shot."

OMG.



The Accidental TV Star

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Synopsis: Marissa, a recent high school graduate and amateur chef, loves cooking, the culinary reality show Scoop Out, and hot Scottish movie star Garrett Campbell. 

Despite her big dreams, her feet are firmly planted on the non-slip, rubber floor mat behind the counter of the Texas Fry Hut. 

-- until she receives a wild job offer --

Spend the summer cooking for Garrett Campbell in Hollywood.








The Accidental Action Star

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Synopsis: College freshman Hannah dreams of becoming an artist for a major motion picture studio. And, she’s got a shot…if she can get Max Stone to sign a few little forms. 

Max Stone. 

The Max Stone – the studio’s hottest, top-ranked, action star. Dark hair. Golden Eyes. 

Max.

Maybe she’ll get to draw him. Maybe she’ll get a date out of this. Or, two or three...

Sure, Max never dates a girl more than twice. And, he doesn't date nice girls, or co-workers, or crazy artists…and Hannah is all three….but if Max thinks Hannah will take ‘no’ for an answer, he doesn't know crazy. And the best way to get close to Max is to take a role in his film.

Meet Hannah – the Accidental Action Star.



The Accidental Rock Star

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Synopsis: Imagine the hottest rock star on the planet. Do you see the girl next to him, the one teaching him to play guitar? Yeah. That’s Aria.

Aria knows that the new guy’s picking up the guitar fast. She knows he wants to start a garage band after school. And she knows he can sing. Man, can he sing.

Senior year’s rocking. 

Until Aria figures out the true identity of the hot new guy…He’s Sax Grayson. Freaking Sax Grayson! 

She’s dating a multi-platinum artist. She’s kissing a Grammy-award winning singer. She’s in a garage band with a rock star!

*Warning: Language

Thursday, May 7, 2015

#IndieShoutoutThursday: Riley Jean (Use Somebody)




About the Author

I am blessed with a husband that makes me laugh every single day. I enjoy early evening walks with our Aussie, Delilah, and find beauty in music and books. Some may call me the quiet one at first, but until you know I love heart-to-heart convo’s, dancing like a fool, and riding the merry-go-round, you don’t know ME.


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Use Somebody

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Synopsis: “I could see it in his eyes—he wanted to be the prince who rode up on his horse and saved the day. But I was no princess, and my Prince Charming had come and gone. I couldn’t survive losing another to dragon’s fire. Or to my own poisonous touch.”

Reeling from a traumatic and heart-shattering night, Scarlett Rossi escapes back to her hometown, a place that never changes, though nothing about her is the same. The new Scar is fierce. Untouchable. And resolved to bury the twisted nightmares of that horrible night… the night when everything was stolen from her… the night that divided her life into two: before him, and after.

When do-gooder Vance Holloway makes it his personal mission to cheer up the new girl at work, he has no idea what he’s getting himself into. Scarlett’s tough shell and spicy attitude doesn’t fool him. He knows deep down, that sweet, innocent smile still exists, and he’ll stop at nothing to prove it. Patience, persistence, and a little ice cream pay off. Slowly they become friends. Then best friends. Then more. Only one problem: he was never supposed to fall in love.

So begins an explosive tryst of pull and resistance, between one worthy white knight, and the damsel who doesn’t want to be saved. Scarlett won’t survive another heartbreak, but can their friendship survive a compromise? 

If Vance is so determined to break down these walls, he’ll have to learn—just as she did—that when it comes to things like trust and love, there are always consequences. 

Because the last man that she loved swore to protect her, then paid with his life. And took with him a piece of her soul.

Now Scarlett must decide if true strength means guarding her heart, or surrendering to it once more. One final secret remains: what really happened the night she swore she’d never love another man, and whose hands are stained with his blood?

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Indie Shoutout Thursdays: Annabell Cadiz (Sons of Old Trilogy)

All About Annabell!

Born and raised in the sweltering suburbs of South Florida, Annabell Cadiz grew up fine-tuned to the cuisine of various Spanish cultures, learned to master the art of Puerto Rican cooking thanks to her parents, and learned to converse crazy thanks to her band of siblings. She is now working toward attaining a B.A. in Psychology at Trinity International University to better understand how to converse with the weirdoes and crazies of the world. (After all, she is one of them.) A self-proclaimed nerd and a book-a-holic (her room holds dozens of shelves with much evidence to prove that her claims are indeed true), she created TeamNerd Reviews along with her best friend, Bridget Strahin, to showcase their EXTREME love for all things book related.

She published her debut novel, Lucifer (Sons of Old Trilogy #1), in January 2013. The second novel, Michael (Sons of Old Trilogy #2) will be released on May 28, 2014. And the final installment in the Sons of Old Trilogy, Nephilim, will be out in Summer 2015.

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Lucifer (Sons of Old Trilogy, book 1)


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Synopsis: Have you ever wondered what could be hiding in the shadows?

Well, for eighteen-year-old Zahara Faraday, she doesn’t have to wonder. You see she comes from a lineage of Light Witches, those who have chosen to help protect and serve between the supernatural world and the human world. The only problem is Zahara, like her father Solomon, is as human as a human being can be whereas her mother, Mia, and her Aunt Catalina, were born as Light Witches. As a family they hunt down rogue supernaturals—creatures who harm humans or who have committed an act against their kingdom.

Zahara’s hunting skills are usually kept dormant since her parents would prefer she live life as a normal human girl without knowledge of the supernatural world. She plans on doing just that—except when she finds a couple being attacked by fairies, she has no choice but to step in. Before she can return to pretending to be blissfully ignorant, Zahara encounters a problem she isn’t the least equip to handle: Bryan Hamilton, the good looking new co-worker she has to help train. In a heartbeat, her best friend, Becca King, has set her up on a double date with herself and her new crush, Rekesh Saint-Louis, who happens to be the most powerful leader of the biggest Imago Coven in South Florida –supernatural creatures with the ability to control water . . . and suck out human souls.

Zahara has no time to focus on how she’s going to explain her double date with her best friend and the enemy they have a tentative truce with to her parents because soon one of the members of Mia and Catalina’s coven is found murdered with a strange tattoo of a snake with wings carved into his arm.

Zahara is then thrown into a whirlwind battle with an angel determined to have revenge against God, an Imago coven she doesn’t think they should trust, and slew of dream-eating fairies and powerful Nephilims, hybrid children of angels and humans, more than happy to rip her to shreds.

Normal just got a deadlier definition.

Michael (Sons of Old Trilogy, book 2)

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Synopsis: Zahara Faraday looks like a normal eighteen-year-old and lives in a quiet neighborhood with her overprotective parents. She works at a bookstore and hangs out with her best friend Becca King on a daily basis. But underneath the normal lies a secret life filled with dangerous supernaturals. Zahara belongs to a world made of Light Witches, rogue Imagoes (supernatural creatures with super strength, speed, and silver skin when the moon is out), fallen angels, and Nephilim (hybrid children born half-human, half-angel). Where her father Solomon Faraday is human, her mother Mia and her Aunt Catalina are Light Witches. They help protect the human world by hunting down rogue supernaturals who commit heinous acts against humans. What they never expected was the possibility of having to hunt down the one rogue coven they had befriended and come to trust in their battle against Lucifer. Rekesh Saint-Louis is the leader of the most powerful Imago coven in Florida and now he’s the most suspected. Supernatural bodies are starting to pile up with an ancient ritual long forbade being used to murder them and the symbol, one large cross with four smaller crosses around it—which represents Rekesh’s coven— being left behind. Rekesh and the Elders of his coven set out to find who is behind the murders and clearing his name before a war between the covens begins. To make matters more difficult, Rekesh also has to deal with the return of someone he has been keeping a secret. 

Meanwhile, Zahara and Becca are spending more time brushing up on their training, knowing an attack from Lucifer can come at any moment. Between patrolling neighborhoods and hanging at the boarding school created by Charles Stephens—a fallen angel who created the school to protect the children of rogue supernaturals—they are thrown into one battle after another. Zahara begins to develop a closer bond with Jason as they train and chase down clues to clear Rekesh’s name. What she doesn’t know is the very powerful secret Jason is keeping; a secret that will change the course of the fight with Lucifer. 

But Rekesh’s coven being set up isn’t the only danger. A new powerful and lethal drug has emerged from the shadows of the supernatural world called Inferi. The drug has two deadly side effects: it leaves the supernatural hungering for blood—both human and supernatural—and grants them the elemental power they had once possessed. 

Lucifer is on the move and he will stop at nothing to get his hands on Zahara and complete the first act of his plan. 

A battle is about to begin. 

One that may cost the Faraday family everything they hold dear.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

#IndieShoutoutThursdays: Brandy Nacole (The Shadow World Series)

About the Author

Gemini Brandy Nacole is a writer of urban fantasy books. She is the author of the Shadow World series and the Spiritual Discord series published by Ponahakeola Press. A reader from a young age, Brandy has always loved folklore and stories of beings that go bump in the night. 


Brandy lives in Arkansas with her husband, three never stopping kids, two snooty cats, two very lazy bearded dragons, and one mellow turtle. She is a member of the Ozark Romance Authors in Springfield, Missouri. Whenever she’s not reading or writing, Brandy is spending her time outdoors wheeling, hiking, playing amateur photographer, and enjoying a good laugh. 


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Uniquely Welcome (Shadow World Series, #1)

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Synopsis: Being unique isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

After searching all over the world for someone as unique as she is, Racquel finds herself back in her home town where she’s treated like a monster ready to kill. Racquel is one of the most unique beings ever created. Four of the most powerful beings in the Shadow World are intertwined within her, making up her unique DNA. But no matter how unique her bloodline is, she’s considered an outcast by the entire Shadow World.

Once arriving home, Racquel finds that greater evils exist and that the person she cares for most in this world, her half-sister Addie, has been kidnapped along with other Shadow World beings. Racquel finds herself facing horrible odds with those who would rather see her dead than alive.

As her journey continues, Racquel learns more about herself, what she is capable of, and that not every being looks at her as an abomination. Coy, a human captive that Racquel saves from the Vampires, starts showing kindness toward her. Racquel tries putting distance between her and the human boy but as they spend more time together it becomes harder and harder for Racquel to fight the affection she wants and needs.

But will Coy’s friendship and her new found discoveries be enough to help Racquel unravel the strangest mystery that has ever plagued the Shadow World?


Blood Burdens (The Shadow World Series, #2)

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Synopsis: As someone with four Shadow bloodlines, Racquel is uniquely unwelcome even among her fellow werewolves, shape-shifters, vampires, and witches. Growing up, she was bullied and tormented for being a “hybrid,” a condition frowned upon by Shadow society. After saving her sister and a number of other kidnapped Shadows from a diabolical plot to create a Shadow army, many have found a new respect for Racquel, but she is far from accepted in Shadow society, and the evil is far from over.

To complicate matters, Racquel now finds herself torn between two brothers. Coy is caring and has helped Racquel through her struggles, and Micah, who Racquel has only met once but who is somehow, having dream conversations with him. Racquel becomes torn between following her heart while breaking it at the same time.

In the second installment of the Shadow World series, Racquel and her sister Addie face off with the Shadow leaders against a threat that could bring the world to its knees. Power will be pushed to its limit, hearts will be broken, and some will pay the ultimate price as Racquel and her group of Shadows fight against an ancient evil that is determined to make the earth bleed and Racquel with it.

Sacrifice: A New Dawn (The Shadow World Series, #3)

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Synopsis: Racquel was once uniquely unwelcome, an outcast in both the human and Shadow worlds. In desperation, the Shadows—the loose alliance of Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, Shape Shifters and Faeries—turned to Racquel for help against the sorceress Cerelia, who threatened all Shadows. 

Now that Racquel has protected the Shadows by defeating Cerelia, it seems like things are picking up. Racquel is ready to challenge the Shadows’ Ruling Council on the injustice of the laws that made her and her family outcasts among the Shadows, and which is causing suffering among her friends. 

Racquel has little time to enjoy her victory. Micah, an innocent subjected to experiments by Cerelia and now the only other person in the world like Racquel, is summoned to appear before the Ruling Council to be examined. The Council has already warned that if Micah is deemed to be “unclean” and a threat to the Shadows, he will be executed. 

And there are agendas hidden in agendas, as well. A secret faction wants to challenge Racquel, who they still see as being an unclean creature due to her mixed-Shadow heritage. Worse still, the mysterious prophecy made by Kaya, queen of the Fay, is about to become true, and Racquel is about to be faced with her deepest fear: that she is still unwelcome in the world. Betrayed trust and a new danger to the Shadow world are waiting for Racquel, and in the end, she may have to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save the world and her friends from destruction.
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