Black
Atonement
by Sasha Hibbs
Release
Date: 09/26/14
Evernight
Teen
Summary from Goodreads:
The burden of Dave’s girlfriend’s death pushes Brandi, the Seraph of
Love, to abduct David Howels hoping she can protect Dave from his murderous
father, Ragnar, and also atone for all her sins. Leaving a trail of broken
hearts, will Brandi be able to show Dave that all in life is not lost in death?
Twists and turns abound as Brandi discovers her own shocking revelation: That
Dave has been her soul mate all along.
Separating Dave and herself from their allies on the threshold of the
apocalypse, Brandi turns to an old friend for help-a witch-to aid her in her
quest to prepare Dave to face his worst fears and her own. Filled with curses,
secrets that threaten to destroy everything, Brandi must find forgiveness from
within before she can find love with a boy she’s forced to hate her. In the
past, healing a broken heart would’ve been easy, but now faced with the task of
healing Dave’s broken heart while not exposing her own, Brandi learns why love
is truly the greatest gift of all.
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Excerpt :
“There
is only one way to break the bonds that hold you, and it cannot be undone,”
Brandi said.
“What?”
Dave asked. “Why?”
Brandi
stretched her hand out, spreading her palm against the invisible force that
separated them. Dave looked at her for what felt like an eternity and then he
placed his open palm over hers.
“Do
you love me?” Brandi asked, not cloaking the sadness in her voice.
Dave
looked at her, opened his mouth and then closed it, saying nothing.
Brandi
gave a sad laugh, the sound that signaled her recognition of her love going
unreciprocated. After Lucy died, in that horrifying moment, Brandi knew Dave
was her soul mate. Over their time together, running and staying in motel after
motel, at the Rathbone mansion, the dance they shared together, the tender kiss
they shared together, Brandi knew she loved Dave. Brandi knew in her shattered
heart, Dave was the only one who would ever reside there. She had braced
herself for Dave not loving her back. She had made peace with that cold hard
fact a while ago. But hearing his silence only sealed her decision to leave him
and take comfort in knowing that what she was doing to him now was for the
best.
Brandi
lowered her hand, her fingers trailing slowly down the invisible wall. This was
goodbye.
“The
only way for you to get through is to love me,” Brandi gave a sad laugh, her
heart breaking over and over again. “And I’ve made sure that will never
happen.” Brandi’s voice was barely above a whisper, “You were perfect. Goodbye
Dave.”
Brandi
turned quickly, walking away toward the gate.
“Don’t
do this, Brandi! I’ve not had the chance! You know this isn’t fair,” Dave
screamed after her, but Brandi wasn’t listening.
She
reached the gate. Placing the key in the lock, she heard the gate groan, the
ground below rumbling, Dave’s screams diminishing.
She
thought of Dave, touching her lips where his had been, and plunged herself into
her worst nightmare.
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About the Author:
By age 5, Sasha Hibbs' favorite movie was Gone
With the Wind. By age 12, she completed her 7th grade book report on the
sequel, Scarlett. By 18, she met and married her very own Mr. Rhett Butler and
as it turns out, she never had to worry about going back to Tara to win the
love of her life back. Fortunately, he stuck with her.
With a love of all things paranormal, the
ambiance of the South with its gigantic antebellum mansions and canopies of
Spanish moss, and a love for her husband’s rich storytelling of blacksmiths and
the mythology surrounding their origins, it wasn’t long until the world of her
debut novel, Black Amaranth, was born.
When not working her day job as a nurse, you
can find Sasha dreaming of her next beach trip, reading the latest YA novel,
and drinking more white chocolate mocha than she should.
Sasha lives in mountainous West Virginia with
her husband, Tim, and their two daughters, Aeliza and Ava. She is currently
hard at work on book two in The Vulcan Legacies series.
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