Release date: October 4th 2013
Self-Published
Purchase: Amazon
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
On Cleo’s first day at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Academy, things get pretty weird pretty fast. After being confronted by a strangely hostile boy, she meets two girls and instantly bonds with them. Before long danger threatens the entire student body, in the form of a soul eating possessor fae. When her brother is savagely beaten and left in a coma, the girls decide to use their fae powers to become superheroes and stop the possessions.
They quickly learn things are a lot more complicated than they had ever imagined. A government plot that had begun when they were infants endangers them all, and a demented former soldier bent on revenge is after them. The line between friend and foe has become so blurry, Cleo has no idea who she can trust. Will their superhero plot help them save the day, or just get them killed?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Elizabeth has a near crippling Facebook addiction, dwarfed only by her need for Dr. Pepper. A self-proclaimed techno geek, she loves cell phones, computers, tablets and all things technological. The internet has to be the greatest invention since the wheel, in her opinion. She lives in a quiet subdivision with her husband, one-year-old son, three cats, and far too many electronics. It’s quite possible she has some raccoon in her DNA, because she loves glitter and anything that sparkles. She enjoys making jewelry and costumes. Halloween is her favorite holiday since it’s the one day of the year that you can be whatever you want. But her first love will always be writing. Otherwise, hearing voices in her head would make her feel schizophrenic.
Excerpt From Supernova
Someone slammed into my shoulder, making me stumble into my
brother. I whipped around, my hair flying around my head as I lost control of
my power. Logan stood there, a wicked grin tilting up one corner of his mouth.
I considered letting a little of my explosive power loose, but I’d be on a
slippery slope if I did. I knew from past experience that I must be starting to
glow by now, but the other students seemed to be filing past without noticing.
With more willpower than I thought I possessed, I reined myself in. Once the
fires were quenched, I realized what a bad idea it would have been to let them
out. I glanced around, but the only people who seemed to have noticed were
Violet and Antonio.
“What exactly is going on?” Violet asked. She narrowed her
eyes as she studied me. “I…felt something. And I think you glowed.”
I wanted to tell her nothing had happened aside from a
confrontation with a jerk, but Logan wasn’t done being a grade-A bully.
Logan got really close, almost in my face. “Fae.” He spat
the word like it was distasteful. “And a good girl I’d bet.” He packed so much
malice into the words, I felt offended, despite the fact that I really was a
good girl.
My brother’s strong fingers wrapped around my upper arm,
pulling me back. As I took one reluctant step away from the boy who’d been
trying so desperately to rile me up, my hand raised, my fingers clenched
tightly in a fist I was moments from throwing. And if I lost control of myself,
even for a moment, I could turn the school into a fiery inferno. I took a deep
breath to calm myself as I glanced around at the students who had no idea how
close they had been to disaster.
Something odd was going on here. Why weren’t the humans
noticing us using magic in the middle of the hall? They should be freaking out,
stampeding out the doors and reporting the freaks to the government by now.
Instead they just hurried about their lives, chattering about inconsequential
things as if they were life and death. I suppose to them, it was. But it was
hard to imagine a formal dance as the most important event of the year when
you’re standing toe to toe with a boy who wanted to hurt you simply because you
were there.
“You
reek of good.” Logan was cloaked in darkness as he spoke, shadows rolling
around him like smoke. Horns curved forward out of the dark hair on top of his
head, the tips curving up to his hairline. I glanced around again but the
students continued to flow around us as if they didn’t see anything. Maybe they
couldn’t.
My brother coughed and I could feel a surge of energy in
him, a strange sixth sense we shared. I grabbed his wrist before he did
something as stupid, as I tried not to do the same. I glanced around again,
still expecting everyone to be standing and staring at us. Aside from a few
scattered stragglers, we were alone in the hall. A boy with dark curls rounded
the corner, rushing to Logan’s side. He grabbed his arm and gave him a shake.
“Dude, back off.”
Logan snarled at him, and the shorter boy’s eyes glowed red,
moving as if the irises were made of liquid. With his jaw set, Logan stepped
backwards away from me.
“Is this entire school made up of fae?” I asked, spinning to
face forward with my hands thrown up in the air. Too late I remembered Violet
walking along beside us, oblivious to the fae world.
She took the weirdness in stride. “Not entirely, but we seem
to have more than our fair share. I think all the teachers are, and a good
chunk of the staff too.”
Or maybe not so oblivious. I didn’t realize I had stopped
until she turned to face me.
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