The
Dawning of Scarlett
by
Jennifer Osborn
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GENRE:
YA Paranormal
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BLURB:
As
a pale revenant—the vampire faction believing all life is
sacred—sixteen-year-old Scarlett Ellis has learned to hide in the
human world. She goes to night-school, works at a coffee shop, and
her uncle Chasem trains her in martial arts. No matter what, she has
to be prepared, because when she turns seventeen, she’ll be of
Dawning age—and her biological father Apollo vows to see her dead
first.
Expecting her Dawning to be impossible, she accepts the fact that she will become a rogue, forever hunted by revenant renegades and outcast by her own people. Scarlett thinks she’s prepared for this—until the curly-haired Nicholas Lightener walks into her life and asks her out on a date.
Torn between her feelings for Nick and the danger of the revenant world, Scarlett’s strange life is turned inside-out when she’s kidnapped and forced to do the one thing she swore she’d never do. Plus, she has no idea whose memories keep appearing in her dreams, or if they can even help her. Determined to free herself from a death sentence, Scarlett must fight to become who she was born to be.
Expecting her Dawning to be impossible, she accepts the fact that she will become a rogue, forever hunted by revenant renegades and outcast by her own people. Scarlett thinks she’s prepared for this—until the curly-haired Nicholas Lightener walks into her life and asks her out on a date.
Torn between her feelings for Nick and the danger of the revenant world, Scarlett’s strange life is turned inside-out when she’s kidnapped and forced to do the one thing she swore she’d never do. Plus, she has no idea whose memories keep appearing in her dreams, or if they can even help her. Determined to free herself from a death sentence, Scarlett must fight to become who she was born to be.
Excerpt
His lips
freeze in surprise for a moment, warm and tasting like salt, but they
quickly yield to mine. Before I know it, his surprise melts into
participation, and he kisses me back. It’s all pleasantly
confusing, and I feel dizzy. My blood pounds wildly in my veins and
I’m worried my eyes are going to change out of excitement. But
before I can pull back, he does first, and his breath is hot on my
cheek.
I keep
my eyes down, for fear of what they might show. I glance up at the
artery in his neck, veiled by the paper-thin skin of a human. The
blood moves in thick shots and I hear his heart pounding. I feel the
urge to let my canines drop and lean over to bite him. I've learned
to control myself so much around humans that I’m able to push the
desire down. But he gives off the most intoxicating smell. I find
myself wondering what his blood would taste like. It’s odd to even
think about, because I don’t even need blood right now, but he’s
somehow attracting me in a way I don’t understand. It’s a strange
desire to bite—not to hurt, not even to drink, but to bite. I can’t
make sense of it.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
After
working in the legal and technical fields for many years, Jennifer
Osborn took the plunge into full time writing in 2015. She is the
award-winning author of The Shilund Saga and The Sentinel’s
Insurgency. When not writing, she listens to a different muse and
creates paintings and collages of all sorts.
She
lives in the Cincinnati area with her husband, three dogs and two
cats.
You can
find out more about her at
Website:
www.jenniferosborn.org
Facebook:
AuthorJenniferOsborn
Twitter:
hondagirljen
Instragram:
hondagirljen
Amazon
Author Page & Buy Links:
http://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Osborn/e/B00EMWYFX0/
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