Book Name: Betraying Innocence
Author: Airicka Phoenix
Publisher: Fire & Ash Publishing
Release date: October 30, 2013
Genres: Young Adult, Horror, Romance
Warnings: Contains language and sexual
content. 17+
Formats: e-book, paperback
Other Novels: http://www.amazon.com/Airicka-Phoenix/e/B00906AGHM/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1375770776&sr=1-2-ent
Synopsis:
October 31, 1983, seventeen
year old Johnny Baits vanishes without a trace, leaving the slumbering town of
Chipawaha Creek, British Columbia reeling with his mysterious disappearance.
Twenty-nine years later, The French family moves into his home, never realizing
they're not alone in the house.
For seventeen year old Roseanna French moving to a strange new town is a
problem she can handle. But even she's not prepared for the evil that has been
sitting dormant for years... waiting. When seemingly harmless noises and
creeping shadows at night leads to the murder of the people closest to her, Ana
has to find a way to stop the evil before it can consume her completely and she
can no longer wash the blood from her hands.
Rafael Ramirez is battling his own demons. Unlike Ana's, his has been haunting
him for years. But running isn't an option. He has a mother, a brother and a
sister looking to him to keep them safe. He doesn’t have time for pretty girls
with issues, even if the sight of her makes him hope for things a guy like him
doesn’t deserve. But when Ana asks Rafe for help, what can he do except give
it? But what happens when the evil comes after his family? Can they stop it
before it's too late or will it claim them the way it had claimed Johnny?
EXCERPT:
“Where
is he?” he growled, doing a circle.
“Where is he?”
“I
… I think he’s gone,” Ana croaked, fighting not to give into the fainting
sensation beckoning her to sway into its arms.
Rafe
hurried over to her and took her hand. “Come on!”
She
let herself be dragged up the path to the house, positive she would never have
made it there on her own.
On
the porch, he stopped and faced to her, his eyes intense. “Get inside and lock
the door.”
Ana
wanted to laugh. If she could’ve stopped shivering, stopped her teeth from
chattering, her heart from going crazy in her chest, she would have reminded
him that a closed door didn’t apply to ghosts. That locked or not, it wouldn’t
stop that thing from getting inside. But there was something else, another
reason that going inside wouldn’t help.
“He’s
in there,” she told him, tears suddenly burning her eyes. Her bottom lip
trembled.
“What?”
He yanked her away from the open door and thrust her behind him. “Where?”
She
sniffled, wanting so desperately to just bury her face into the planes of his
back and cry. “In my room,” she whispered, absolutely certain of this now.
“He’s inside my walls.”
It
no longer mattered if he thought her insane. Her problems were so much bigger,
so much more frightening. Plus, was she crazy if he’d seen it too? If he’d
fought it? Was she still insane?
Rafe
didn’t look disbelieving. He looked horrified and angry. His eyes widened,
darting between her and the door. “What was that thing, Ana?”
“I
don’t know!” she cried, no longer able to stop the flood of tears that washed
down her face, mixing with the pond water. “I don’t know! I don’t know! I
thought I was crazy. I thought … I’m not crazy! You saw him. You saw him,
didn’t you? I’m not—”
She
was suddenly in his arms, held so tight it was almost impossible to breathe.
But it wasn’t close enough.
“Shh,”
he whispered into her temple. “You’re not crazy. I saw him, too.”
Author
Bio:
Huddled beneath a perpetual cloud of imagination, International
Best-Selling author Airicka Phoenix lives with her huband and four gorgeous
children in the beautiful province of British Columbia. When she's not busy
playing with her imaginary friends, creating worlds and toying with fictional
lives, she can be found reading, polishing her collection of daggers, or
chilling with her kids.
Airicka is the creator of THE TOUCH SAGA, THE SONS OF JUDGMENT SAGA, THE LOST GIRL SERIES, GAMES OF FIRE, and BETRAYING INNOCENCE. The conclusion of Finding Kia, book 2 of The Lost Girl Series, REVEALING KIA, will be out November 2013. She also has plans to release a Sci-Fi horror/romance, WHEN NIGHT FALLS, in December of 2013.
Airicka also writes adult paranormal & contemporary romance under her alter ego, Morgana Phoenix. She has a paranormal short coming out December 2013 in SNOWED IN, An Anthology and CAPTURE ME, Morgana's debut novel will be released Fall 2014.
For more about Airicka, visit her website at: http://airickaphoenix.com/Author/
Links:
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/AirickaPhoenix
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