by Christy Sloat
Release Date: March 16th 2015
Summary from Goodreads:
Not all princesses get their happily ever after...
They tell me I killed my boyfriend Phillip in cold blood. I stabbed him twenty one times. I’m only seventeen years old, and I am serving life in Spindle Ridge Asylum for the Criminally Insane.
I don’t remember killing him, so it’s really hard to believe I’m capable of murder. In fact I don’t remember anything before I came to Spindle Ridge, not even my boyfriend.
I can only grasp onto my realistic dreams while the madness of the asylum threatens to pull me under. I dream I’m a beautiful princess and there is an evil faerie named Maleficent who is bent on my destruction. The dreams are the closest thing I have to memories of my life, except they aren’t real.
I’m crazy. I’m not a princess.
They’re the mad illusions of an irrational teenage girl, right?
They’ve assigned me a new doctor, and she says I can trust her, and that she’ll help me see the truth of who I really am.
When she arrived she brought a new patient, Sawyer, who is everything Spindle Ridge isn’t: exciting, mysterious and beautiful. He promises he’s here to rescue me. Trusting either of them frightens me.
Could it be possible that my dreams are more than just the imaginings of a delusional girl? Could they be truth?
Awaken (The Slumber Duology #2)
Release Date: November 17th 2015
Summary from Goodreads:
“Happily ever after is hers for the taking.”
Once upon a time I found myself locked away in Spindle Ridge Asylum, punished for a murder I didn’t commit. It was all part of Maleficent’s evil plan. I didn’t remember who I was then … now I do. My name is Aurora, and I am the rightful queen of this realm. Armed with my memories, I’m ready to take charge of my kingdom once more. Happily ever after evades me, yet I long to claim it with my true love, Sawyer, beside me. That fairy tale ending seems impossible with him locked in the thralls of a sleeping curse. As much as I’d love to sit by his bedside and eagerly await a cure, I must first travel into the terrifying Dark Woods to stop Raven from stripping me of all that is rightfully mine. I am not only a queen, but a warrior who will fight for her kingdom. Some may die. Blood will be shed. But when this ending comes, I will settle for nothing less than a blissful ever after.
About the Author
EXCERPT
I
woke in the middle of the night hearing screams fill the air. This
was not uncommon at all, but tonight I wasn’t expecting it.
Normally when Adele’s meds are changed, she wakes screaming that
she can’t sleep. Adele’s room is across from mine. She is roughly
in her twenties and I never learned how she ended up here. I try not
to talk to the other patients. I don’t know why it is, but I don’t
fit in with these people. To them I’m the murderer and they tend to
think less of me. That’s fine. I am what they say I am. That’s
why I’m here, right?
They
told me I stabbed my boyfriend, Phillip, but I don’t remember doing
it. I actually don’t remember Phillip at all. No recollection of
having been in a relationship either. I must have killed him or else
I wouldn’t be in Spindle Ridge.
Dr.
Altman says that I have to believe that I did it or we will never get
anywhere. I’ll admit it’s hard to believe that these hands could
stab a person twenty times. No matter how I imagined it, it is always
hard to believe.
I
sat up listening hard for the screams. When they came again I noticed
they were not female, they were male. The screams were deeper and
reached a longer distance than Adele’s cries ever could. I wondered
if the whole building could hear him.
I
pulled my covers up over my neck and covered my face. I just wanted
to sleep and fall back into the dream I was having. It was beautiful,
and if I had my way, I would stay there forever.
Wait!
I
sat up fast. Closing my eyes, I tried to remember the dream to the
last second. It wasn’t the same dream as the one’s prior. This
dream was different! This dream was me and a boy.
I
never dreamt of anyone but my parents and the evil woman. The dream’s
soft lullaby came back to me as I remembered where I was.
The
smell of fresh grass came across my senses.
The
sky so blue as I lay on a blanket. I rolled over and saw the face of
a boy. He was everything that Spindle Ridge wasn’t; he was
beautiful. He had long, shaggy, but not unruly, hair that touched his
collar. When he smiled at me, he looked like a boy in love. In love
with me.
“Get
up you lazy sack!”
I
opened my eyes and was pulled back into the now. I was forced to
leave the dream behind as I was being pulled out of bed by two
nurses.
hmmm. i wonder if her dreams are really dreams!
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