Release Date: 03/27/14Summary from Goodreads:
Logan Ragsdale and his younger sister, Ariana, have been marked, chosen to be unwilling participants in a war between angels and demons.
Logan can sense something's not quite right. Like an unexpected chill on a summer's day, he can feel the unseen closing in. He's had these feelings before and, each time, someone close to him died. He's afraid this time it might just be Ariana.
Logan's fears are soon confirmed when he discovers their new friends aren't human, but rather representatives from Heaven and Hell sent to Earth to ensure he and Ariana accept their roles in an ancient prophecy. Demons want Logan to open the gates of Hell. Ariana has the power to stop them, but if she chooses to side with Heaven to spare the lives of thousands of innocent people, she'll damn her brother for eternity.
Together, they must derail the biblical event if they hope to save themselves and the future of mankind...but what price are they willing to pay to keep the other safe?
About the Author
A little about myself: I write young adult and middle grade novels. I love finding new stories that keep me up late reading. While my favorite genre is fantasy, if the book is beautifully written with characters that come alive I’m all over it.
My debut novel EMBRACE is now available from Omnific Publishing.
Some fun facts :
~ I need a good cup of coffee in the morning. It’s that serious.
~ I’m always thinking something, but that doesn’t mean I’ve never been speechless.
~ I am truly blessed to have wonderful parents who believe in me.
~ I’ve always look up to my big sister, although I may have neglected to tell her.
~ I have a totally awesome honey who I love very much.
~ I’m very proud of our boys.
~ Yeah, I daydream. A lot.
~ I write middle grade fantasy adventure and young adult paranormal romance.
~ I’d rather curl up with a good book than watch television, but I bet you could have guessed that.
~ The exception to the above would be Supernatural and Vampire Diaries.
~ I believe in guardian angels and I know there were times mine had to work overtime.
~ I’m still undecided about demons, ghosts, ghouls, and other supernatural beings, but that’s only because of what they represent and I’m okay with being in denial.
An international relocation
Make no mistake: an international relocation entails a lot of CHANGE. If you followed my posts earlier this month, hopefully you saw my one about author Cherie Colyer’s virtual launch of her novel, Embrace. Just as the book’s main character, Madison, is compelled to adapt to the changes in her life, Ms. Colyer has asked virtual launch participants to share our stories about doing just that: embracing change. If you’re planning your relocation to London and blogging about it, I hope you’ll share your tale as well.
For what it’s worth, here’s mine:Since I got married only three months before moving to London from the US (and my husband was still living in a different state at the time!) and had to quit my job, my international relocation transition was threefold—getting adjusted to a different country, finding a new job, and having a new roommie for life.
That was WAY too much change in too short a time! And, unfortunately, since it was my husband’s job that brought us over here (a move that I strongly resisted from the outset because I loved my job and my peeps back home), it became too easy to use that as a reason for channeling my resentment toward him, and I spent those first few months working in opposition of him as opposed to teaming up to get through it together.That was a tremendous burden and had the effect of making me feel even lonelier here. It really just took some time and finding a new job and friends to fill the voids the move had caused; once I felt whole again, I could finally attain a better perspective and replace my resentment with more appreciation of my husband, the changes he’d had to embrace as well, the support he offered me, and the fact that we now enjoy London and each other so much.I think a big part of what I needed to get past was feeling like a victim of my circumstances and resisting any changes to how I’d lived prior to relocating to London. The solution, therefore, was to take responsibility for my choices that had led me here as well (i.e., in choosing to marry my husband and stick with him through thick and thin). I needed to give support, too, rather than just demand it all the time, and that helped us reach mutual understanding and respect for each other’s individual life goals and how those can intertwine to help us achieve our shared ones.When it came down to it, I needed to embrace change, not kick-and-scream against it. To fight it was not only exhausting for a time, but, had I continued on that path, I wouldn’t have had the new professional and personal opportunities I’ve enjoyed since—great friends for life, work that indulges my passions, and gobs of international travel and exploring every nook and cranny of the phenomenal city of London itself.Change isn’t always for the better, but we need to stay open-minded to the aspects of it that are and how change that threatens to be bad can push us to grow…which, in the end, can only be for the better.
Rapid Fire Round
1, Pet Peeves?
I can’t stand being stuck in traffic behind someone trying to drive and text. If it’s that important to send the message, pull over. You are holding up traffic.2. What authors have influenced you the most?
Barbara Parks (I love her witty humor), James Patterson (his adult series), and J.K. Rowling (the world she created was amazing).3. What is your solution to writer’s block?
I do something different: work in the garden (when it’s nice out), go shopping, get out with friends, watch an episode of my favorite TV show. Anything to get my mind off my writing. If inspiration still hasn’t struck, I sit down with a pen and paper and ask myself a lot of what if’s and why’s. This almost always gets my creative juices going.4. What are you reading right now?
I’m almost done with Forever by Maggie Stiefvater. Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles is next.5. Finally, Beatles or Rolling Stones?
Rolling Stones.6. What is your favorite Quote?Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. Einstein.
7. If someone wrote a book about your life, what would the title be?The Wandering Mind of Cherie
8. What’s your favorite season/weather?Fall, hands down.
9. Chocolate or Vanilla?Chocolate
10, Spontaneity or Planning Ahead?
Spontaneity11, Beach or Pool?
Beach
12, Shoes or Sandals?
Sandals
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