Title:
Of
Fire & Roses
Author:
Danielle
Belwater
Release
date: February
15th,
2014
Genre:
Young
Adult, Paranormal
Book
Description:
Nate
West’s mother is dead, his dad a lost cause. Anger has become a way
of life, until he meets and falls in love with Cora Ewell. But Cora
has a secret, one that could kill them both.
Nate
moves from the big city to a small, forest town with his father after
his mother’s tragic death. Alone and angry, Nate feels even more
isolated by his father’s inability to communicate and relate to his
only son in the wake of their loss.
Nate
takes to the forest in an attempt to find some peace, but instead
finds a beautiful girl with flaming red hair. But before he can speak
with her, she vanishes. Unsure if the girl is a vision or real he
searches desperately for her.
When Nate finally meets Cora, his world is turned upside down and inside out.
Dreams of his own death plague his sleep as old dark magic, hidden for centuries, resurfaces and has its sights clearly set on Nate
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Book Excerpt
I
felt insignificant among the forest of tall, needle-like trees. Tree
roots, covered in a thick green moss, erupted from the ground like
long twisted fingers. A fine dewy mist hung low to the ground and
rays of sunlight speared through the dense canopy. The path that had
brought me to this point had now become nothing but a trail of
crushed leaves and forest litter.
Which
direction had I come from? Trees, mist, and fog enveloped me. My
throat constricted. I needed to get out of there. I searched for my
footprints to head back the way I’d come. I found them straightaway
and was about to make for home when I felt a curious prickle on the
back of my neck—that weird sense that someone was watching me.
While
I couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary, my instincts told me
something or someone had entered my little bubble of personal space.
There was a familiar scent in the air, out of place in this earthy
forest, the sweet perfume of roses.
I
stood motionless, willing the entity out of its hiding spot. A
movement, a blur, the rustling of leaves, then nothing. This place
was messing with my head and I’d been here less than five minutes.
Convinced my brain was playing tricks, I took one last look over my
shoulder, then trekked back into the forest, not sure whether that
was the right direction.
A
flash of red whipped between two trees in front of me, stopping me in
my tracks. I pressed my palms into my eyes. When I let go, tiny white
flecks danced around my vision like fireflies. After a moment, my
eyes regained their focus, but not before I stumbled, tripped over a
tree root, and fell squarely on my arse. Something uncomfortable dug
greedily into my thigh. I pushed the huge rock away and rubbed my leg
furiously, knowing that was going to leave a bruise. Great.
The
ground was cold and hard and dampness seeped through the seat of my
shorts. I rolled to one side, ready to push myself back to my feet,
but what I saw stole the air from my lungs and I fell back to earth
with a thud.
Was
it a girl or an angel? Surely, normal
girls didn’t glow like that? I lay on the hard ground, transfixed
and completely unable to move. Watching me from a short distance away
was the most beautiful girl I’d ever seen in my life.
About
the Author:
Danielle Belwater
adores the concept of true love and truly believes everyone has their
Prince Charming or Snow White out there somewhere, even if they have
to fight demons, ghosts, and wizards to find it.
Danielle
has been having a love affair with words since she was young and in
primary school, writing some rather imaginative tales. This love has
followed her into adulthood.
She
lives in rural South Australia with her husband, young daughters and
way too many animals to mention. She spends most of her time dreaming
up characters, stories, ghostly tales, and watching Firefly re-runs.
She also cooks the odd meal for her family to avoid them looking like
skeletons at official author functions!
Danielle
is passionate about reading and her interests include pretty much
anything with words from rolling four volume epics to the daily
newspaper.
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