About the Book
Title: The Summer Marked {The Winter People#2}
Author: Rebekah L. Purdy
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Published: September 22nd, 2015 by Entangled: Teen
Description from GR: "The sequel to the chilling Winter People returns to the world of Faerie, and is a romantic and enchanting follow-up.
Salome left humankind behind to be with her boyfriend, Gareth, in the Kingdom of Summer. But now forces of darkness are rising. Her happily-ever-after is coming apart, and the Kingdom is on the brink of war.
Newly-single Kadie Byers is on her way home for Thanksgiving, imagining a visit filled with hot chocolate, a hot guy for a little rebound action, and some girl time with her bestie, Salome. Except she receives a message from Salome with two important words: PLEASE HURRY.
When Kadie rushes to help Salome, she’s ripped from the human world and pulled into the kingdoms of Faerie, where she’s shocked to learn that Salome’s monsters are real, and that she’s now at the mercy of one extremely vengeful Winter Queen…
Now both Salome and Kadie must find a way to survive the deadly chaos…or lose themselves to Winter’s deadly, icy grasp."
Excerpts from both POV of the two characters:
EXCERPT 1 KADIE:
A sigh escaped my lips when I watched daylight sneak
through the door at the back of the room. Somehow, I’d survived the night. My
body ached as I attempted to stretch my legs out, my arms still tied to the post.
Every part of me was numb from the cold, but I was
alive. As more light fractured the shadows, my gaze fell to the blood-slickened
floors. It looked as if the floor tiles had bled. I buried my face against my
shoulder. I wanted to cry but didn’t dare show my fear. If they realized how
badly this place affected me, they’d find other ways to get inside my head or
worse, maybe torture me. A shiver scraped along my spine at the thought.
I need to get
out of here. I’m going to go crazy.
A lock rattled then the door flung open. Etienne
sauntered inside, his white tunic opened like some seventies porn star. He gave
me a sad smile.
“Good. You’re awake. The queen would like to see you.”
He walked over and untied the ropes that secured me to the bed.
I cried out as my wrists were freed. The skin around
them was raw and reddened from my attempts to escape.
“What are you, her bitch?”
“You should just give in now, otherwise the Winter
Queen will only make things worse.”
“Trust me, I’m gonna keep fighting until I get out of
this hell hole.”
EXCERPT 2 SALOME:
Bubbles and foam rose from the river floor as if there
was an eruption below. Water sprayed my left cheek. A gurgled snort sounded
beside us as a great black horse rose from the depths, river-weed tangled in
its mane. This was no ordinary horse. It was a Kelpie. It turned to face me,
eyes blazing like hot coals. The beast’s lips peeled back to reveal blood
covered teeth. Crap. If I could reach
the saddlebags, then maybe I could pull out the sword Gareth had gotten for me.
I leaned to the side, reaching for the buckles. Moving at this pace and
bouncing around, I couldn’t get hold of it.
Come on.
Adaba jerked to the side in an attempt to get to the
shore. But it was too late. In one swift movement, the Kelpie latched onto my
arm.
“No!” Pain shot through me like a bullet. I fought to
stay in the saddle. My horse kicked out his hind legs, catching the Kelpie in
the side. Still the creature wouldn’t release me.
Instead, it tugged harder ripping me halfway off my
saddle. My knees tightened around Adaba’s sides, my fingers loosened as water
slickened what grip I had. The Kelpie’s teeth sunk deeper into my arm. My hands
slipped; my hold lost. Horror washed over me when I plunged into the dark, icy
depths of the river. The coldness stung my skin. The creature dragged me
deeper, and I kicked my legs, thrashing to free myself from it. Above me, all I
saw were the distorted images of the sky as it faded from sight.
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About the Author
Rebekah was born and raised in Michigan where she spent many late nights armed with a good book and a flashlight. She’s lived in Michigan most of her life other than the few years she spent in the U.S. Army. At which time she got a chance to experience Missouri, Kansas, South Carolina, and California. Rebekah has a business degree from University of Phoenix and currently works full time for the court system. In her free time she writes YA stories, anything from YA Fantasy to YA Contemporary Romance. Rebekah also has a big family (6 kids) she likes to consider her family as the modern day Brady Bunch complete with crazy road trips and game nights. When not hiding at her computer, Rebekah enjoys reading, singing, soccer, swimming, football, camping, playing video games, traveling, and hanging out with her family and gazillion pets.
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