In my debut book, BLACK BIRD
OF THE GALLOWS, we meet Angie Dovage, high school senior with a talent for
music and a crappy past. Her dream of coasting through that her last year of
school under the radar are blown to smithereens when Reece Fernandez moves in
next door with his family. She thinks he’s hot (naturally) but so does half the
student body. Angie notices other things about him, though, that begin to make
her wonder if Reece is a little more—or less—human than he takes such pains to
appear. So I’m turning it over to my heroine, Angie Dovage, to share her three
step program of determining if your hot new neighbor is supernatural, in her
words (passes the keyboard to Angie)…
Okay, so hey. Thanks, Meg. Also, thanks for, well, deciding Black Bird
didn’t needed to be a tragedy. Even if you were just
worried about bad reviews if you killed me or Reece off, whatever. I’m grateful.
I’m not holding it against you for making my love interest a harbinger of
death or anything. No, not at all. Actually, you did make Reece
pretty amazing. But anyway, you want me to share my three steps to know if the
guy you’re crushing on is supernatural? Here’s what to look out for:
The dude won’t talk about his past. Reece WOULD NOT talk about where he came
from, and seriously, most guys LOVE talking about themselves. They can talk,
talk, talk about mind numbingly boring stuff, like sports, but if your
guy won’t even share the state he last lived in? Uh huh. He’s probably not
human.
The dude is unnaturally mature. Seriously? Most high school guys are
thinking about one thing, with one particular organ doing the thinking (hint:
it’s NOT their brain). But if your guy likes thoughtful, deep conversation and
isn’t all grabby the instant you’re alone, BUT he’s clearly into you? It’s a
good indication that he’s older than he looks, and thus, supernatural.
The dude has weird associates. There were always strange people around
Reece—his family was unusual, with that gorgeous “mom” who instantly enthralled
my dad (ugh) and all those adopted kids who were so well mannered, but knew
way too much about me. Then, there was that one scary guy with all
those bees who Reece clearly knew, even though he denied it at first. THAT guy
caused me enormous trouble, but I digress. So, if your guy is frequently spotted
with folks who don’t seem quite human, chances are your guy isn’t either.
That’s it! Those are the 1-2-3s of figuring out if the mysterious hottie who
moved to your neighborhood might be supernatural or not. Now, in my case, I had
other little clues which were Reece specific, and I did catch him in
the act of catching death energy, but that was only after I started stalking—er,
I mean, monitoring—him for his weird behavior. So, if you keep an eye out, and
your heart open, you may just find yourself falling for a guy who falls outside
the boundaries of human. But believe me when I say, it’s TOTALLY worth it!
A simple but forgotten truth: Where harbingers of death appear, the morgues
will soon be full.
Angie Dovage can tell there’s more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall,
brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can’t imagine his
presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town. When something
supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and
evil she never saw coming. Right in the center of it is Reece―and he’s not
human.
What's more, she knows something most don't. That the secrets her town holds
could kill them all. But that’s only half as dangerous as falling in love with a
harbinger of death.
Young Adult
Paranormal [Entangled Teen, On Sale: September
5, 2017, Hardcover / e-Book, ISBN: 9781633758155 / eISBN: 9781633758155]
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