Title: Rivers
Author: Jennifer Rae Gravely
Series: Orders of the Sky #2
Genre: New Adult
Publisher: Blue Tulip Publishing
I’ve always been fascinated by
ghosts. They’re simply lost souls looking for the conclusion to
their story. After years of chasing the phantom of Stone into the
night, I’ve sought to live and love again in the new chapter of my
life. I’m not the naïve girl I once was. I know what I want, what
I need. But like the tortured spirits wandering the earth, can I find
the happy ending I crave or will the apparitions of the past destroy
any chance of everlasting bliss?
Fairy dance
“You are delightful.” Jackson
stared admiringly. I wore a magical dress as sheer as butterfly’s
wings in the palest of blues. He held me in his arms. The lights in
the gardens twinkled like lightning bugs. “This could have been the
wedding of fairies. I’ve never seen such an affair. It must’ve
been your idea.”
Mamma shimmered in the silver mist of
the twilight as Parker whirled her around the dance floor in the rose
garden.
“How did you know?” I giggled. “Too
Shakespearean?”
“No,” he said, grinning.
“Absolutely charming. Especially the rainbow.” He held me tighter
and twirled me around.
“The rainbow was Sammy’s idea.” I
glanced at my sister in her pale pink fairy gown dancing withTravis.
I pushed away regret and clung to Jackson.
“Let’s walk down our path to the
river,” Jackson said.
“I’d love to.” I put my arm in
his. Summertime rose blooms covered the wrought iron arbor ahead.
Passing under the archway, we left the gardens for the myriad of
trails that led down to the river and marshlands.
The full moon lit our path toward the
footbridge and we avoided the muddiest areas.
“Too bad we can’t dangle our feet.”
I stepped out on the planks in three inch heels.
“Maybe tomorrow.” He stopped
walking.
I took another step forward before
twisting to him behind me. My heel jammed in the crevice of the wood.
I leaned down to loosen the shoe.
“I’d like to see you the day after
that too—”
I lost my balance. Air and then water
twisted my body end over end over end. The current tugged and water
began filling my lungs. Darkness drifted over me.
“It’s okay, Andie. It’ll be okay.
Please come back to me.” He cradled me in his arms. His lips
brushed my forehead.
“Stone, I want to come back.” Inky
darkness swallowed me.
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Sweet. Sassy. Southern.
Born in Ohio but raised in Pickens, SC,
Jennifer Rae Gravely graduated from Converse College with a triple
major in History, Politics, and English before earning a master's
degree in education. Returning to her high school alma mater to teach
English and coach volleyball, Gravely's teams won five state
championships and seven upper state titles in eleven years. Moreover,
the SCACA named her coach of the year for the 2013 season.
Jennifer writes about the fictional
Southern town of Keowee. The Astraea Press novels, Knight
of the Dead and Set to Love, in
addition to the short story, "Love and Diamonds," deal with
present day Keowee and are contemporary romances. The edgier novels
of the Orders of the Sky series Drown and
Rivers, published by Blue Tulip Publishing, take
place in the eighties and nineties and are best classified as new
adult fiction.
She lives with her husband, daughter,
seven beagles, and three cats.
Jennifer loves to talk beagles, balls,
and books!
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Thanks for spotlighting Rivers (and Drown) today. :)
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