Beyond (Beyond)
Release date: November 25th 2013
Summary from Goodreads:
Sixteen-year-old Raven desperately wants to fit in, but after using a Ouija Board, her already overwhelming hallucinations take a turn for the worse. A ghostly figure named Sam begins to haunt Raven and seems eager to kill her.
She’s saved by a reclusive biker named Damian who goes to the same school and appears to have an interest in her. Raven can’t help but feel drawn to him. Determined to uncover Damian’s connection to the ghost, Raven sets out to discover his secret and the reason Sam started haunting her. However, there’s more at stake than just her reputation. Raven’s choice between unveiling Damian’s true intentions, and living a normal life will put everyone she cares about at risk. To save them, she'll have to go beyond.
Lives are ruined.
Hearts are shattered.
Death lurks at every corner.
Sixteen-year-old Raven desperately wants to fit in, but after using a Ouija Board, her already overwhelming hallucinations take a turn for the worse. A ghostly figure named Sam begins to haunt Raven and seems eager to kill her.
She’s saved by a reclusive biker named Damian who goes to the same school and appears to have an interest in her. Raven can’t help but feel drawn to him. Determined to uncover Damian’s connection to the ghost, Raven sets out to discover his secret and the reason Sam started haunting her. However, there’s more at stake than just her reputation. Raven’s choice between unveiling Damian’s true intentions, and living a normal life will put everyone she cares about at risk. To save them, she'll have to go beyond.
Lives are ruined.
Hearts are shattered.
Death lurks at every corner.
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"I loved the premise of the book & I loved
the characters. The ending left me wanting more..." ~ Lisa W.
“Finally this ends my dry spell of unsatisfying
fantasy novels! I loved the plot! I can't help but get hooked into it as the
story unfolds.” ~ Poecilia from Goodreads
“The book is very good. It has really good mystery
in it and a cliffhanger in the end that leaves you screaming for the second
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About the
Author
I am a writer
and reader of YA Paranormal Romance novels and aspire to be a well known
author. I love reading the same genre, as well as Dystopian and an occasional
fantasy book. In my spare time, when I'm not reading books, I like to play
games such as RPG's.
I have a bachelor in Digital Communication and enjoy pretty much anything that
has to do with technology :)
BEYOND will be published on November 25th 2013. I'm currently available for
Promos, spotlights, reviews, interviews, guest posts, you name it! Just send me
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Excerpt;
Never before have I
felt such fear, suffocating and unrelenting. If my heart continues to
beat the way it is, I might die. My hallucinations have never taken
the form of a humanlike figure before. Just thinking about the smoke
he emitted makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
The only things I’ve
ever seen were items being moved around or floating lights, which
made people think I was nuts. But just now, at the party, I saw a
real shady figure, and he moved the wooden arrow.
I pedal as fast as I
can. I can’t look back, because I’m afraid I might see something
that will make my heart stop. I have to get out of here.
Simon and Emma are
yelling at me from Lillian’s home, but I’m not listening to what
they’re saying. I just tell myself that everything has been a
fantasy, even though it still bothers me. Hallucinations should only
affect me, not my surroundings. They’re not supposed to be able to
touch a Ouija board.
Calm down, Raven.
Maybe my pills will work.
I pull the brakes
and come to a stop so quick that I have to put both feet on the
ground so I don’t fall over. I grab my bag and rummage through it,
looking for the bottle. The pills that reduce the intensity of my
hallucinations should be in there. My mom always makes me take them
along wherever I go.
But they’re not in
my bag. How could I have forgotten them? How could I have been so
stupid? In my haste to get to the party I must’ve forgotten to pack
them. What do I do without my meds?
I throw my bag on
the ground and exhale a few times before picking it up again. I snort
and brush away the sweat from my forehead. Well, nothing I can do
about it now. I’ll have to get home as quick as I can.
I hop on my mountain
bike again and force myself to pedal. It isn’t real. My head is
playing tricks. I’m me, not my delusions.
They’re all fake.
I bike across the
road and swallow a couple of times. Maybe the anxiety will go away
then. I check my surroundings to assure myself that everything I see
is beyond a doubt there and not all in my head.
Then I see them, a
group of figures in the cemetery.
Only they aren’t
just figures. Shadows are watching me.
Their faces are
smooth and unwavering. Their eyes are hollow. Surrounding them is a
black and white mist-like fog. The people all look different, but
with one similarity; I can see right through them.
I shriek and peddle
as hard as my feet will allow me, past the cemetery. I’m going
nuts. I see things that aren’t really there. Delusions that are so
terrifying I feel like I’m going to faint again. This isn’t real.
It can´t be! I’m trying to convince myself.
Tears roll down my
face, and my lungs burn. The warmth of my overheated body makes my
soaking wet clothes prickle against my skin. I’m heaving, totally
out of breath.
In the forest beside
me, I spot the shades again. They’re everywhere. At least, I think,
but they don’t look like just shadows anymore. They look like real
people.
Am I hallucinating
about ghosts? Their black and white glow is as clear as daylight in
the darkness. The lampposts light the cement path. At first I think
the entities are staring into nothing, but then they chase after me.
I bike even harder,
but my thighs burn. I’m already past my limit. I steal a glimpse,
and the floating ghosts are still following me, floating.
“Stop! Stop it!”
I scream and close my eyes, hoping they will disappear, but when I
open them again they’re still there.
One of the ghosts
drifts closer. It moves so fast, I’m unable to spot it until it’s
in my face with its mouth open.
I shriek and flap my
hands, hoping to push the attacker away, but it doesn’t work. It’s
already gone. The shadow went right through me.
I’m wobbling so
much I lose my balance and fall off my bike. My head hits the
asphalt, surging burning pain to the side of my skull. I’m dizzy,
and everything around me fades to black.
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