Travel back to Red Hill, AMONG MONSTERS is now available!
You guys are in for a treat. The excerpt is amazing!
Title: Among Monsters (A Red Hill Novella)
Author: Jamie McGuire
Among Monsters will be available in ebook and paperback on Amazon!
*Amazon Exclusive
Blurb:
Being thirteen has pitfalls of its own, but growing up has never been this hard. Jenna had promised her mother that if the worst happened during her dad’s weekend, they would meet at Red Hill Ranch. When she finds seven words spray-painted on her dad’s wall the morning after a deadly outbreak, she makes a promise to herself: to get to the ranch with her seven-year-old sister, Halle, and to get them both there alive.
Among Monsters is the companion novella to Red Hill, both exploring from different perspectives what many broken families experience every other weekend: What if your children aren't with you when the world ends? What would you do to get to them? What would they go through to get to you?
For Jenna, seeing her mother again is worth everything. Determined to keep her promise, she is faced with experiences and decisions that force her to leave her childhood behind.
EXCERPT
“I’m alone with these kids. I saw your van, and I panicked.
I didn’t know if we were leaving or you were staying. I just knew I couldn’t
keep us all alive by myself.”
Tavia touched her arm. “You’re not by yourself anymore. I’m
Tavia. That’s my son, Tobin,” she said, pointing.
“My daughter’s name is Nora, and my son is Jud.”
“And who’s this?” Darla was referring to the boy who looked
to be around seven or eight, gauging by his oversized front teeth and his baby
teeth on the bottom.
The boy spoke up, “Did you see that blood streak on the side
of the church?”
Some of us nodded.
“That was from my teacher, Miss Stephens. She saved me from
my parents when they were trying to kill me,” he said the words
matter-of-factly, as if he were talking about something that had happened at
school that day.
Darla gasped, and Tavia’s hand flew up to her mouth. Halle
looked to me, not knowing how to react. Since it had all began, all I could
think about was getting to my mom. I hadn’t thought about what it would be like
if she were dead—or worse, if she tried to kill Halle or me.
April offered an apologetic smile and cupped the boy’s
shoulders. “This is Connor. Annabelle Stephens was our first-grade teacher. She
was the best. Right, Connor?”
He looked up at April. His eyes darkened with guilt. “She
would have lived if she hadn’t saved me.”
April frowned. “She wanted it that way. Don’t forget that.
She loved you, and she wanted you to live. She would have done that for any one
of you kids. We’ve discussed this, Connor. You can’t blame yourself.”
“What did you do,” I asked, “when your parents changed and
chased you?”
“Jenna!” Dad scolded.
Connor’s eyes shot up to my dad and then back at me with a
blank expression. “I ran.”
Giveaway
Go to Jamie's Facebook Page for a chance to win a signed hardback of Red Hill AND a signed paperback of the new novella, Among Monsters!
About the Author:
Jamie McGuire was born in Tulsa, OK. She attended the Northern Oklahoma College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Autry Technology Center where she graduated with a degree in Radiography.Jamie paved the way for the New Adult genre with international bestseller, Beautiful Disaster. Her follow-up novel Walking Disaster debuted at #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. She has also written apocalyptic thriller Red Hill, a novella titled A Beautiful Wedding, and the Providence series, a young adult paranormal romance trilogy.
Jamie lives on a ranch just outside Enid, OK with husband Jeff and their three children. They share their 30 acres with cattle, six horses, three dogs, and Rooster the cat.
Find Jamie at www.jamiemcguire.com or on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!
Website: http://www.jamiemcguire.com/
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