Cover2CoverBlog: Blog Tour: Excerpt -- Reflections by Jacoba Dorothy

Dec 3, 2012

Blog Tour: Excerpt -- Reflections by Jacoba Dorothy

Reflections (Eternal Curse #1) by Jacoba Dorothy

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Taylor Street Books

ISBN: 13: 978-1480058040
ASIN: B009NY724G

Number of pages: 272
Word Count: 74,621

Cover Artist: Tim Hewtson
Buy the Book:Amazon

Synopsis:

Jo doesn’t know why she inherited a magical ring.

She doesn’t know why her father abandoned her when she was a baby, or the truth about her mother’s death.

Jo doesn’t know a lot about her past. But she’s about to find out.

Nearing her eighteenth birthday, she’s about to discover what really happened to her father all those years ago.

She’s on a new path, a path including her first love, a path that will lead to the truth about a family secret held for generations.

Jo’s about to face her first real challenge. ‘Reflections’ part one, is just the beginning.

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Gabriella opened her eyes and turned to admire her ring. The sapphire shone through the intricate casing protecting the stone, making the blue light dance on the wall in front of her. She laid mesmerised and smiled to herself, thinking back to the events of last night.

The unexpected but very welcome visit from Rowellyn had altered her whole existence. She couldn’t remember waking and feeling this good. Her body buzzed with excitement.

The door opened and Gabriella rolled over to see her sister standing in the doorway.

“Ella, she’s gone,” Jo said with a grimace.

“Has she?” Gabriella shrugged.

“No note, no phone number or address. She didn’t leave anything. Just vanished.”

“She probably had somewhere to be.”

“Don’t you care? She was the only connection to our father. I know she’s only his second cousin but now we don’t know where to find her.”

Gabriella sighed, exasperated by her sister’s obsession with their father. “I don’t care about him. I’m sure if Rowellyn wants to visit again, she will. She knows where we are.”

Josephine raised her eyes but didn’t argue further. She went back to her bed, reached for a book, curled up and started reading. Gabriella continued to admire her ring. After what she heard Rowellyn do and say last night, she wasn’t surprised she’d left. But she wasn’t about to share that information with Jo. She wasn’t about to share that information with anyone.

The magic was a gift and she was grateful to Rowellyn for performing it. She gave no thought to Jo and what the previous night’s events might mean for her. From this day forth she had every intention of using her new powers. She didn’t care what the consequences might be. In fact, she didn’t intend to concern herself until the day Rowellyn contacted her.
A day she didn’t expect to see for the next seven years.

About the Author:

Jacoba Dorothy lives in Canberra, the bush capital of Australia. She is the mother of two and works part time teaching children with English as an additional language. Most days she can be found bashing away at the computer, either writing, editing, reviewing great books or face-booking. Oh and of course balancing her time to make sure she give special attention to her husband and family.

The Eternal Curse trilogy is her debut series, the second in the series, Shadows, should be released later this year. And the third installment, sometime next year.