Title: Faded
Author: Chloe
Miles
Publisher:
Self Published
Pages: 380
Blurb:
"Savannah
wanted to kiss him, but she had never even kissed a human guy before, let alone
a ghost. How was she supposed to kiss him if he wasn't really there?"
Savannah has never been in love before,
but she's in love with Hunter Emmerton. He's cute, funny, charming...and a
ghost. How can you date someone if nobody else can see them?
After seventeen-year-old Savannah Fraser and her three friends are killed in a
car accident, they are given a second chance at life by a group of
hundred-year-old teenage earthbound spirits who need their help.
Savannah and her friends learn that they are The Chosen Ones, which means they
can switch between human and spirit form, heal people and control the weather.
And they are also now invincible.
The Chosen Ones are the only ones who can defeat The Forces - a group of evil
spirits who are slowly destroying the perfect little town of Fort Everwick with
violent storms and not-so-natural disasters - and stop them from harming
everyone they care about.
The Forces are set on destroying everything Savannah knows and loves, but they
also have another plan - they want a new member to join them. They aren't
willing to give up until they get the one they want...and they have Savannah
firmly in their sights.
Savannah had never been confident in herself before, but with her new-found
powers, she discovers just how strong herself and her friends really are. But
what Savannah didn't count on was falling in love with Hunter. She's never
loved anyone the way she loves Hunter and she knows he loves her too. But how
can they be together forever if he no longer exists and she's the only one who
can see him?
Will Savannah have enough belief in herself to defeat The Forces, or will they
be able to lure her to the dark side and turn her against her loved ones...and
tear her and Hunter apart?
Author
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About
Chloe Miles
"Chloe
Miles is the author of FADED, the first book in THE FADED TRILOGY. The second
book in the series, SEE NO EVIL, is due to be released soon."
Excerpt
Savannah made her way across the dark hallway to
her own room to get her flashlight out of her drawer. As she felt her way to
the drawer, she heard a rattling noise coming from the other side of her room.
She looked across the dark room, trying to see where the noise was coming from.
Her bedroom window suddenly flung open, sending a gust of wind through the room
and scattering Savannah’s homework papers all across the floor.
“Great,” Savannah mumbled as she closed the window
and picked the papers back up and put them on her bed. She went back over to
her drawer to grab her flashlight and then headed downstairs to the kitchen.
As she got to the end of the stairs, Savannah could
hear the front door banging open and shut and the kitchen window rattling.
Savannah knew she had locked the door after her parents had left. She ran over
to the door to shut it, but it swung shut and locked itself before she got
there. Savannah could feel her heart beating fast as she looked over at the
kitchen window to see it slide shut and lock itself as well. She shone her
flashlight around the room. There was no one there. A sense of fear came over
her as she realized who was causing it. The woman at the lake had seen her with
Hunter. The Forces knew who she was.
Savannah ran over to the kitchen window to see if
she could open it. It was stuck. All she could think about was how to get
herself and Annabelle out of there before anything happened to them.
The lights came back on and started flickering on
and off around the house. Savannah placed her flashlight on the bench and
closed her eyes, bracing herself for whatever was about to happen. She could
feel a presence and hear a high pitched squealing around her. Suddenly, it
stopped.
Savannah opened her eyes. The lights had stopped
flickering and the power was back on. She looked around the room. Everything
was still and quiet. Too quiet, she thought. As Savannah reached out her hand
to get her flashlight, the kitchen window flew open again, sending another gust
of wind through the house.
Hunter appeared beside her and knocked her out of
the way just as the light above Savannah’s head exploded and smashed onto the
floor, sending glass scattering where Savannah had just been standing. The two
of them landed on the floor with Hunter shielding Savannah from the glass.
“Savannah, what happened?” Annabelle yelled from
upstairs after she heard the glass smash.
“Nothing, Annabelle. Everything’s OK!” Savannah
yelled back. She lifted her head off the floor and tried to steady her breath as
she looked up at Hunter. “You saved my life again.”
“I seem to be making a habit of doing that, don’t
I?” Hunter smiled. He stood up and helped Savannah to her feet. “They know who
you are now, Savannah.”
“I know,” said Savannah. “What did they want with
me?” She looked around the room. “Where are they now?”
“They’ve gone,” Hunter explained. “They got what
they wanted. They knew I wouldn’t let anything happen to you. This was just a
test to see if I would show up and I did. I just confirmed to them what they
suspected, Savannah – that you’re a Chosen One.”
“They know where I live, Hunter. My whole family is
in danger, aren’t they?” Savannah asked him.
“Everybody around you will be a target, and it
won’t be long before they figure out who the other Chosen Ones are either.”
Hunter touched Savannah’s hand. “But I promise I won’t let anything happen to
you, Savannah.”
“I have to see if Annabelle’s alright,” said
Savannah. Hunter followed her upstairs to Annabelle’s room. When they got
there, Annabelle was nowhere to be seen.
Savannah could feel a sense of fear coming back.
“Annabelle?” she yelled out as her eyes searched Annabelle’s room.
Annabelle crawled out from under her bed. “It was
dark and I was scared,” said Annabelle. “And I heard a noise.”
Savannah grabbed Annabelle and held her in a tight
hug. “I thought you had…”
“You thought I had what?” asked Annabelle.
“Nothing,” said Savannah, hugging her tighter.
“It’s OK now.”
“Savannah?” Annabelle looked up at her. “Where’s my
water?”
“Um, it’s…” Savannah looked at Hunter. Hunter
grinned and disappeared. He reappeared with a glass of water in his hand and
placed it on the bedside table behind Annabelle.
Savannah reached over and grabbed the glass. “It’s
here, Annabelle.” She looked over at Hunter again. “Thank you,” she whispered.
Hunter winked at her and disappeared. Savannah
smiled to herself. Their lives had come so close to being in danger that night,
so why did she feel so happy? She looked down at Annabelle and stroked her
hair. There was no way she was ever going to let anything happen to Annabelle.
She cared about Annabelle more than anything.
Savannah thought about what Hunter had said. He
won’t let anything happen to her. There were four Chosen Ones to protect, so
why was he always there for Savannah more than the others? Savannah smiled to
herself again. Hunter was probably just doing his job by protecting her, but
maybe he cared about her too.
Contemporary New Adult
