by Alicia Rades
Release Date:
2015
242 pages
Summary from
Goodreads:
Crystal Frost
has spent her whole life believing she's ordinary, and her mother has long held
the secret of her heritage. When Crystal begins seeing the ghost of a dead
classmate, her life spirals out of control. She’s faced with the threat that
everyone will find out she’s a freak, as if the struggle to figure out her
new-found abilities wasn’t enough pressure.
Crystal has to
find some way to save the people who have come to her for help all while trying
to keep her abilities a secret. Will she be able to fulfill these overwhelming
demands while solving the mystery that is the ghost of Olivia Owen?
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EXCERPT
My heart pounded on the walls of my chest, reverberating through my ears as I neared the door.
I began to feel faint. I grabbed the handle with my damp palms and twisted slowly, and then in
one quick motion, I whipped the door open.
My heart beat slowed when I found nothing in the storage room but a bunch of boxes. I switched
off the light and let the door fall shut with a click.
Once I was back in the dark hallway by myself and ready to leave, the humming noise caught my
attention once again. What was that? I followed the sound and pressed my ear against the door
that led to the break room.
I could hear muffled voices, but I didn’t see a light under the door. Who was in there? The
sound, I realized, was a woman humming a stagnant note.
“We’re here to help you,” Sophie’s voice rang over the humming.
I didn’t take a moment to consider what they were doing behind the door. Once I was sure it was
my mother and her friends, I wasn’t scared anymore.
I had only a split second to take in the scene. The three girls sat in a circle around the break
table, their hands connected as if in prayer. Candles lit up their faces. Just beyond the table
stood another girl with blonde hair and brown eyes. Olivia Owen’s ghost stared back at me with
that same look of urgency
Alicia Rades has always had a passion for writing
and wrote her first poem when she was 8. Although most of her writing continued
as poetry and eventually as song writing, she wrote a few short stories along
the way. In 2010, Alicia began freelance writing, creating blog posts and other
online content. Today, she is a freelance writer, blogger, and editor who lives
in Wisconsin with her husband. When inspiration strikes, she's also an author.
Visit her author website at aliciaradesauthor.com.
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6 comments:
Looks great, thanks for the chance to win :)
I'd love to read this! Thanks for sharing!
I loved reading the excerpt! I cannot believe you started writing poems at age 8!
Thanks for introducing me to Alicia's book.
thanks for sharing! this book looks amazing :)
thanks for the chance!
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