Title: Bewitched (Heven and Hell #2.5)
Genre: YA paranormal
Publisher: Cambria Hebert
Release date: October 5, 2012
Format: Ebook only (for now)
Ok you guys! I am SO thrilled to be bringing you the BRAND NEW and completely secret until NOW cover of the third "between" novella from Cambria Heberts absolutely fantastic Heaven and Hell Series. For those of you who've been by the blog, I participated in the read-along for Masquerade, book 1 of the Heaven and Hell series. Not only was Masquerade SO much fun to read, I also made some kick-butt friends from the read-along, AND won a prize pack from Cambria herself! (believe me, I was squeeing around my house for a good 10 minutes when I found out!)
As an added BONUS Cambria included a brand-freaking-new trailer for you all to enjoy!
And you know what? That isn't even the end of all the amazing things I have for you today! Cambria has included an excerpt from Bewitched for you guys to check out as well! How lucky are you??? SO lucky :)
BEWITCHED
Excerpt
Working out was for jocks. Homework was for nerds
and I wasn’t a jock or a nerd. Yet, here I was, sweating through my favorite
Victoria Secret yoga pants and tank with a headache the size of Macy’s.
Learning about my powers was hard work. I thought it would come naturally. My
brain was hurting from concentrating and my muscles were actually sore from
effort. I thought longingly of the potion in the green bottle that Hecate had
given me—a little sip would make it that much easier to use my powers, but she
took it away. Apparently, I had all the power she wanted me to have. It kind of
pissed me off.
In fact, I
was feeling pretty disgruntled all around.
I was hot,
I was sweaty, my head hurt and my hair was frizzy. Not to mention I had been
wearing sneakers far too long. Thank goodness Hecate was gone. I actually had
been glad not to be alone after the “bone incident,” but now I was ready for
some alone time. I felt stronger.
Feeling
strong plus feeling disgruntled equaled somebody was gonna get hurt.
I was
standing in my yard near the lake and I glanced up at the moon before heading
inside. It was low and swollen tonight—a haunting moon. It sent a shiver up my
spine. I thought briefly about going to Heven’s and treating her to a little of
what she deserved. I even looked toward the driveway as I walked, but I wasn’t
going anywhere looking like this.
I went into
the house and began climbing the stairs. Halfway up, I heard a noise in the
kitchen and I paused. My parents were still out of town. It wasn’t the maid’s
day to be here… unless she came early. Another thud in the kitchen had me
spinning on the stairs to see what it was.
“Mary?” I
called out. “Is that you?” Maybe she switched her schedule around and I didn’t
know about it. Maybe I could get her to make me a latté.
No one
answered, and the noises in the kitchen fell silent. I stopped at the bottom of
the stairs and listened, wondering if I had heard anything at all. “Hello?” I
called again, this time more unsure. This time a fine chill raced up my back.
Suddenly
being alone in this big house was scary.
Clink, clink, clink.
Okay, I wasn’t hearing
things. Someone was there.
I stepped
off the stairs and walked through the foyer in the direction of the kitchen. I
heard the cat hiss and I paused again. Clover was too lazy to hiss at a mouse.
Something in my stomach turned cold and hard.
I looked
over my shoulder at the massive front doors to the alarm keypad and the
distress button.
But it was too late for pressing buttons.
Clover
burst around the corner with a hideous screech and barreled into me, hitting me
in the knees and causing me to stumble. The cat didn’t even stop. I could hear
his claws scraping frantically across the tiles. “What the…” I began as I
straightened, but then something lurched around the corner after the cat.
It was
hideous.
It stood
about a foot taller than me with wide shoulders that were uneven looking—one
was lower than the other—and a wild mane of bushy orange hair that seemed to
create a cloud around its pasty, white face. Its lips were black and it had a
nasty row of teeth that had seen a lot of decay. It had large purple circles
around its eyes, which seemed to have no color at all.
It looked
like a psychotic clown.
I screamed
and took a step backward, and the thing grinned. I went running but it lunged
and caught me around the wrist, pulling me back. I struggled, kicking out, but
it was no use, his grip was too strong.
Without
any warning it reached up and snatched my silver pendant right off my neck.
“Hey!” I screamed as it shoved me away. I fell onto my butt and stared up at
the glittering silver heart as it dangled from the nasty clown’s hands.
Cole had
given that to me. It was the last gift he had given me before we broke up.
Anger
surged into my chest, making me hot. “Give that back.”
Freaky
Clown gave me another frightening grin and ran back into the kitchen,
disappearing from sight. I ran after it, running into a solid wall of…
offensiveness.
Oh this is new to me. I like the green around the bottom that matches her eyes. Thanks for sharing this, I'll have to go look into the first book. :) Thank you!
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