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Welcome to The Wormhole and my stop on the tour.
It is my pleasure to feature Rebecca Royce and Redemption.
About the author:
As a teenager, I would hide in my room to read
my favorite romance novels when I was supposed to be doing my homework. I hope,
these days, that my parents think it was worth it.
I am the mother of three adorable boys and I am
fortunate to be married to my best friend. We’ve just moved from New Jersey to
Texas where I am learning to love Barbecue!
I am in love with science
fiction, fantasy and the paranormal and try to use all these elements in my
writing. I've been told I'm a little bloodthirsty so I hope that when you read
my work you'll enjoy the action-packed ride that always ends in romance. I love
to write series because I love to see characters develop over time and it
always makes me happy to see my favorite characters make guest appearances in
other books. In my world anything is possible, anything can happen, and you
should suspect that it will.
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Book Description:
Rachel Clancy made a decision to erase herself from the lives of
her friends and family. She did this, she believes, to free herself up to make
some hard decisions. Only to realize out she was manipulated by a master into
doing just what he wanted….
Now, she is alone with no one to turn to for help.
But fate isn't done with Rachel. When she is thrust back into
the path of her former people—who have no idea who she is—she will find that
life gives second chances. Will she gain redemption? Or pay the price forced for
her past mistakes?
Excerpt:
“I
hate the nickname you’ve given me.”
Rolling
over, I elbowed Jason hard in the chest. He grunted, more for show than actual
pain, I suspected, and laughed. If my parents came home and found us lying in
my bed together, there would be hell to pay. We only cuddled, but they wouldn’t
care. All they would see was me, their fifteen-year-old daughter, Rachel, with
her boyfriend, sprawled out together on my bed in my bedroom, a place they’d
banned us from being alone in months ago.
I
snapped my gum in my mouth and reread the text my best friend Kayla had sent
me. She wanted to go to some club, wanted me to come out with her. If I went,
it would have to be secretive. I’d never get permission to go, and Jason would
freak out if I let him in on the plan. Sometimes he got really, really
possessive. I hated when he did.
Most
of the time.
“Why
do you hate your nickname? Pixie-girl suits you.”
“Blah.”
I rolled my eyes. “I’m way too old for fairy tales. I prefer to live in the here
and now. The real world. Come up with something else.”
“I’ll
call you whatever I want. End of story.”
I
stood and made my way over to the window.
Why do I let him come into my
bedroom if I’m just going to spend the entire time he’s here worrying about
getting caught?
Apparently,
he’d hadn’t finished talking. “Rachel, there’s lots of real things in the world. Things existing outside of your
definition. Even some things found in fairy tales. Don’t be so closed-minded. I
don’t like it.”
Jason’s
voice had gotten low and sharp. I knew the tone well. Every once in a while, my
sweet, gorgeous, blond, horribly popular boyfriend would seem like a different
person. Where had the Jason I loved gone? Every once in a while he seemed like
someone entirely different. I shivered and rubbed my arms. I might like to
pretend I had all the answers to life’s problems, but deep in my heart I knew I
still had a lot to learn before I handled the kind of baggage Jason’s intensity
spoke toward. Or so my mother said.
“Are
you listening to me?” He banged on the wall like his action might make me
answer him faster.
What brought on these episodes? I mean, really,
how much secret history did he have to hide to justify his darkness? He’d been
born the upper-middle-class son of a prominent research physician. Jason’s
troubles seemed pretty null and void to me. My family wouldn’t end up on some
reality show for the deprived, either. My father, a science teacher with his
summers off, who liked NASCAR, and my mom, an investment banker, managed to
provide me with everything I needed or wanted. Unless something really awful
happened behind closed doors, neither Jason nor I had much leg to stand on when
it came to “issues” Hence, why I had such a hard time understanding Jason’s
dark, spooky side.
My Thoughts:
I enjoyed the story. The characters are well made and the action keeps you going. The author has created a world that is unique from what I have found. The authors tremendous imagination comes out in all facets of the story ~ the character development, the setting, story building and the plot. Many times I felt my heart go out to Rachel and wonder at the reality that had become her world. I liked how the chapters went from then to now and back, bringing the story a depth that would have been missing in any other format. I found that I was wishing I had read the stories in order, but alas did not have time in my crazy reading schedule to read the first volumes. I am hoping to find that time in the near future so that I can catch up on all that I missed.
