Tainted Energy
by Lynn Vroman
Release Date: 2014
Summary from Goodreads:
For seventeen-year-old Lena,
living in the trailer park with the rest of town’s throwaways isn’t exactly
paradise. Dealing with a drunken father who can't keep his fists to himself
doesn’t help matters either. The only good thing in her life, other than track,
is the mysterious man who visits her dreams, promising to find her.
When a chair burns her arms, Lena chalks it up to stress-induced crazy. Yet as bizarre incidents escalate, even being crazy can’t explain it all away… until one day dream guy does find her.
Tarek lost Lena seventeen years ago after she was accused of treason and marked Tainted. He finally discovers her reborn on Earth into a life of suffering as punishment for her crime.
However, someone else has already
found her… and wants her dead. Willing to sacrifice everything, he fights to
keep her safe so she can live the only life she’s ever known—even if that life
doesn’t include him.
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Dad's
alcohol coma hadn't worn off, his feet still propped on the
half-empty case of beer. He slouched in the same beat-up wicker chair
as last night while loud snores escaped his mouth. A can of Genesee
dangled in his right hand, its contents leaking from the opening.
The
hate in my chest suffocated me. He spent most of his time in this
room, admiring the Native American pictures he had collected from
garage sales and flea markets, drinking himself into a sloppy mess.
He swore they'd be worth money someday, even the velvet ones.
Useless.
Dangerous.
Worse,
he'd never let Mom go without a fight.
Shaking
my head, I stalked toward the smell of burnt eggs.
My
frustration turned to anger when I noticed a brand new bruise
coloring Mom's left eye. "He give that to you?"
She
scraped at the bottom of the cast-iron skillet with a spatula, not
answering. The new shiner explained her absence last night. Dad
usually left her alone after he lost his temper.
"Why
this time?"
About the Author
Born in Pennsylvania, Lynn spent most of her
childhood, especially during math class, daydreaming. Today, she spends an
obscene amount of time in her head, only now she writes down all the cool
stuff.
With a degree in English Literature, Lynn used
college as an excuse to read for four years straight. She lives in the Pocono
Mountains with her husband, raising the four most incredible human beings on
the planet. She writes young adult novels, both fantasy and contemporary.
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