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
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“The book is very good. It has really good mystery
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Excerpt :
Excerpt :
The car drives fast. My fingers move across
the window in an attempt to draw on it, but the air inside isn’t humid enough.
I look outside and watch the willows and poplars flash by like they were never
there. Large meadows surround the road, separated by ditches. I think there are
cows standing in the grass, but I’m not sure, as the car is going too fast.
There isn’t a house nearby. This place feels abandoned, like I’m in the middle
of nowhere.
In my head a voice constantly chants, “You
are Raven Stone.”
Repeatedly, things are whispered into my ears.
I don’t understand any of it, but it feels trustworthy. With my hands I go over
a device on top of my head which presses against my ears.
“Don’t touch that!” yells the woman in the
front seat. My mom. Her voice sounds hushed because of the device that’s
clamping my head, but I can tell by her tone she’s serious.
I look at my mom and follow the sweat that
drips from her cheeks onto her mouth and her teeth biting her lip. Sometimes
the steering wheel is jerked from one side to the other, while the car seems to
accelerate.
Indifferent, I look out the other window
across my seat. Next to us is another car. In the back is a boy that looks at
me with remarkable, hazelnut eyes.
All of the sudden the car next to ours flings
about aimlessly. It drives from right to left and smashes into a car coming
from the other side. The noise is deafening. With my eyes wide open I see the
boy tumble around inside the car, as the vehicle makes a cartwheel across the
road.
“You are Raven Stone.”
***
I’m jerked out of my sleep, clammy from all
the sweat. Sighing, I rub my face. I’m worn down because of the nightmare. Even
though I’ve had this nightmare so many times, I still get chilled to the bone.
Why do I keep having this same bad dream? It all seems so real.
I sit on the edge of my bed to calm myself. I
have this dream at least three times a week. It always feels so realistic. My
mom used to come to me whenever she heard me screaming when I just had the
nightmare. She always found it hard to comfort me, so she just brought me a
warm cup of milk.
I blink a few times to take in my surroundings
and to assure myself I’m in my room. Every time I have to tell myself I’m not
in that car. I’m just home, in my bed. I’m not in that car, and I’m not
witnessing the death of the young boy.
Then my cabinet moves.
Stunned, I look at the piece of furniture. Did
that just happen, or was it another fantasy? I’ve just woken up, so it’s not
strange to see things that aren’t real. Right? All of a sudden something
appears from behind the cabinet. Black smog is coming through the walls. A
black ghost seeps like water through the wall, and then the cabinet and reveals
its true form. A human. And he’s staring at me with the same wretched smile as
he did yesterday when he moved the Ouija board.
This has to be another illusion.
Sam flies to my door, and something invisible
latches onto him. He wriggles in mid-air, unable to move forward. I watch in
horror as the smoky shadow turns about in his invisible prison.
Another entity drifts through the wall.
This one is much faster and blue, and moves
with flexibility through my room. He looks human. This is unbelievable,
unimaginable and insane.
I can’t comprehend what’s happening. The blue
ghost follows the black ghost, who’s still wriggling around. Then he breaks
loose from his invisible prison, and his arms go toward the door. The blue
entity comes closer and looks as though he’s pursuing the black one.
I watch as Sam flees through my door, just
before the blue ghost captures him. Sam’s gone. The blue ghost is too late.
The blue entity turns around to look at me.
His body is transparent, accompanied by smoke.
His face is unrecognizable, but he has human traits. My desk and the paintings
on the wall are visible right through him. Motionless and with my teeth
clenched, I stare back at him.
I can’t believe what I’m seeing. This has
to be another ridiculous hallucination.
He stands frozen in my room. Even his eyes are
translucent, but they’re there, because they have a lighter color than the rest
of his body. It’s as if he’s wearing clothes, but only the soft outlines are
visible. His body looks like it consists of a million little stars that glisten
as he moves. He reminds me of a reflection of the cosmos.
This ghost isn’t like the others. This one
seems more like a real human and less like a horrifying shade. He glows, just
like the others, but I sense something that can be trusted in his aura. His
body radiates warmth and power, and it doesn’t strike me with fear. What is
he?
Then the mysterious stranger leaves just as quick as he came. 
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
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