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by Mia Hoddell
Genre: YA Romance
Release Date: 26th
February 2014
Length: Novella
Blurb:
Jenna Shaw ran away to escape her past.
In fact, she jumped on a plane and flew to Portugal to try and forget
it. However, it turns out leaving everything behind isn’t as easy
as it sounds.
She thought she could move on and break
free of her fears—that if she had some space the pain would stop.
But as memories resurface due to an ill-timed joke, the past crashes
into her present once more and she didn’t see it coming.
Jenna’s plans for normality are
derailed by the charismatic Ethan Brooks. She sees him as an
annoyance; he sees her as a challenge. But as he tries every trick
known to him to impress her, they only serve to push her further
away. He’s never faced this problem before and Ethan has to work
harder than he ever has if he wants to win over and help his
mysterious girl.
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Excerpt
She
saw
red. Seeping into the crystal clear
water it spread, bleeding and merging as
the ripples around her pushed it closer
towards her feet. The deep crimson only
grew darker as it surrounded
her.
She
could
feel her breathing quicken, coming in
short, sharp rasps as she started to
panic. Her chest constricted, an
unbearable pressure tightening like a boa
constrictor refusing to release her
from its clutches. Her throat felt dry, her
increased breathing doing nothing to
help the situation as she forced herself
to swallow in the hope of dislodging
the lump that had formed there.
This
isn’t
happening. This isn’t real. I came
here to escape this,
she
told herself repeatedly
as she laid there, her turquoise bikini
embellished with golden sequins shining
in the sun as her back tanned slowly.
Bringing up an arm to adjust her
chestnut-brown hair that was dangling
in the water, she tried to pull away
before the colour reached her and
tainted the beautiful locks. The damage done
would be irreparable if it touched
her.
Moving
it
just in time, she threw it over her
shoulder so it rested between her shoulder
blades, the damp tips feeling nice as
they cooled her back by trailing droplets
of water down either side. She tried
not to flinch as her gaze returned to the
bloodied water that lapped at the li-lo
beneath her chin. With every wave it
seemed to grow closer, making its way
further up the yellow plastic to try and
touch her. The tapping that was
normally so soothing tormented her now, like a
crowd clapping and cheering her sanity
on as it fled for safety.
Rather
than listen to the logical side of her
brain, her body had other ideas.
Shuffling back, she put a bigger
distance between her face and the abnormal
pool beneath her. As her toes dipped
into the cool water behind her though, she
flinched, automatically drawing herself
up so that no part of her body was near
the edge. No matter how disgusted she
was, she couldn’t stop staring; her eyes
were hypnotised by the gentle movements
that swirled the colour into the water
even more. The red had become so thick
that not one tile beneath the surface
was visible.
The
more
she stared, the more she
remembered.
The
more
she remembered, the more she was pulled
into her memory.
It
might
not have been real at that moment in
time, but it had been, and Jenna was once
again pulled into the unbearable
memory.
About the Author
Mia Hoddell lives in
the UK with her family and two
cats. She spends most of her time
writing or reading, loves anything paranormal
and has an overactive imagination that
keeps her up until the early hours of
the morning.
With three poems
published before the age of
sixteen, Mia moved on to short stories
but finding she had too much to tell
with too little space, Mia progressed
to novels. She started her first series (The Wanderer
Trilogy) at the age of
fourteen and since then hasn’t
stopped writing. Elemental Killers is
her second series and with an ever growing
list of ideas, Mia is trying to keep up
with the speed at which her imagination
generates them.
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