Title: Beyond the Eyes
Series: Beyond the Eyes Trilogy Book # 1
By: Rebekkah Ford
Publication Date: June 3, 2012
Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy
Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy
Blurb
“A thrilling, wholly satisfying first book to a new young
adult series. It will keep you wanting more.” –Valentina Cano, Carabosse’s Library
“Beyond the Eyes is haunting yet passionate. This breakout
novel is quick and hip, a saucy must-read.”–Charles Land, Judas Pistol
Paige knows evil exists in this world, but she never
imagined it would want something from her.
In the small town of Astoria, Oregon, surrounded by deep
forest and endless mountains, another world thrives . . . a menacing one where
dark spirits dwell in soulless humans. Seventeen-year-old Paige Reed lives in
this lush, picturesque setting. She’s not your average teen, though she appears
to be. Not only is she heartsick, but she’s been receiving cryptic premonitions
from a ghostly voice since the age of four. After she hears a haunting message
about herself, supernatural occurrences begin to confuse her.
Nathan Caswell seems to peer into Paige’s soul, evoking a
magnetic energy between them they cannot deny. They’re connected. But he’s no
ordinary guy. He tracks dark spirits and becomes alarmed when they set their
sights on Paige.
When two power-hungry malevolent beings make demands on her,
she realizes then the fate of mankind rest in her hands. Her world quickly
turns inside out where the impossible becomes possible, and in the end she’s
faced with a life changing decision that will not only alter her existence but
the world as she knows it.
Can a deeply troubled teen overcome her own demons in order
to fight those lurking about? With the past and present colliding, Paige must
make the ultimate mortal choice. Will it be the right one?
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Character Bio
Paige Reed: Paige is an only child. She’s five foot three,
has long, straight dark red hair and dark green eyes. She has a story book type
of beauty. Presently, she’s 18 years old. She’s into punk, trance and
alternative music and has a black Morris Mini vehicle.
Paige was born in Phoenix, Arizona and had her first
premonition at the age of four. Shortly after, her father died, devastating her
and her mom. After her father died, she moved to Astoria, Oregon with her mom.
Six months later, Paige met Carrie, Brayden, and Jack (A.K.A. Tree), who she
grew up with and became her best friends. As Paige got older, she saw less and
less of her mom, adding to her abandonment issues and thinking something must
be wrong with her. Paige and Brayden dated for almost two years, until he moved
to California, which crushed them. Despite having wonderful friends, Paige is a
lonely and broken girl-until she meets Nathan who not only helps her deal with
her emotional turmoil, but is part of her destiny. Paige has extraordinary abilities
she’s still discovering, and the decision she made with Nathan changes her life
forever.
Carrie Jacobson: Carrie is the only child. At present time,
she’s 18. She’s five foot five, has shoulder length dark hair with red tips.
She has brown eyes and a sprinkle of freckles across her nose. She has a
punk/Goth style to her. She’s a blunt person, meaning she’ll tell ya like it
is. Paige is her best friend. She would do anything for Paige. She’s dating
Tree and works at her mom’s antique store.
Jack (A.K.A. Tree) Stein: Tree has an older brother who is
already married. Tree is 18. He is of German descent and can speak it. He’s six
foot five, but appears taller because he’s built like a bouncer. He has a dark,
bitchin’ Mohawk and brown eyes. He’s into punk, alternative, and heavy metal
music. He plays guitar and is into comic book heros. His dad is the top
mechanic in his town (Astoria), and Tree works for him. Tree is dating Carrie.
He’s always looking out for Paige. She’s like a sister to him.
Brayden Blackwater: Brayden is six foot, has a lean muscular
body, black hair that’s messy on the top and green eyes. He’s 18 and in love
with Paige. He believes they’re destined to be together. He will not give up on
that belief. He’s best friends with Tree, Carrie and Paige. He doesn’t like
Nathan at all. He’s jealous of him. Brayden’s dad had cheated on his mom, which
caused him mom to relocate them to California, forcing Brayden and Paige to
break up when they were 15. However, two years later, Brayden comes back.
Nathan Caswell: Nathan is nineteen years old. He’s six foot
one with dark-blue eyes, boyish face, short brown hair with blond tips that
stand on top of his head in 80s skater fashion. He’s fiercely protective over
Paige, loyal, thoughtful, caring, revengeful, blazing temper, drives a Ford
truck, grew up on a farm in Missouri, intelligent, a skillful tracker.
Matt Shaw: Five foot eleven, sky-blue eyes, short dark hair.
Uninhibited, cocky, conniving, funny, sarcastic, hates Nathan and loves to
antagonize him. He has a fondness for Paige. He’s also clever and arrogant. He
grew up with Paige, Tree, Brayden, and Carrie.
Anwar: He’s over 600 years old. He’s a bald African that’s
almost seven feet tall and has a slight African accent. He can see auras and is
sensitive to the energies in the world. He has a grace about him and is
intelligent and humble. He once helped Nathan’s family on the farm in Missouri.
The "old one": He’s a dark spirit and over two
thousand years old. He likes in inhabit dark haired guys with blue eyes. He’s
after Solomon’s ring, which along with Solomon’s incantations, gives the wearer
the power to control the dark spirits. Paige is the one who can find it for
him.
Aosoth (the ‘old one’s’ sidekick):She’s over two hundred
years old. She likes to inhabit whatever vessel suits her mood. She’s a
cold-hearted bitch, self-absorbed, arrogant, in love with the ‘old one’,
jealous, a bit nutty, and will stop at nothing to get what she wants. She hates
Paige and has destroyed Paige’s family.
There are other characters as well, but those
are the main ones in the first book (Beyond the Eyes), who continue on into the
rest of this trilogy.
Title: Dark Spirits
Series: Beyond the Eyes Trilogy Book # 2
By: Rebekkah Ford
Publication Date: February 23, 2013
Blurb
Now immortal, Paige is emotionally and physically stronger
than ever. She must find the location of the ancient incantations to prevent
mass genocide. But the war against good and evil is spawning another war–a
battle between the dark spirits themselves. Paige is saddled in the center of
both growing revolutions and is ready to take on the dark forces. But Nathan’s
overprotectiveness prevents her from taking action, and he’s hiding things.
Paige’s personal life gets more complicated when Brayden
arrives back in town and offers the equal partnership she desperately craves
from Nathan. Then there’s Carrie and Tree, her two best friends and only family
she has left. Unfortunate circumstances thrust them into Paige’s dark world,
giving her no choice but to allow Nathan to arm them with combat techniques in
hope they’ll be able to protect themselves.
Meanwhile, Paige is having visions and discovering abilities
she was unaware of. When Anwar comes to visit, his weird behavior alarms her.
Could he be turning to the dark side?
Time is running out. Paige not only needs to find the
incantations but also to untangle the bands around her heart and make a
decision that could leave her with a life worse than death–a life of betrayal
from the ones she trusted most.
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About the Author
Rebekkah Ford grew up in a family that dealt with the
paranormal. Her parents’ Charles and Geri Wilhelm were the directors of the UFO
Investigator's League in Fairfield, Ohio, back in the 1970s. They also
investigated ghost hauntings and Bigfoot sightings in addition to UFO’s.
Growing up in this type of environment and having the passion for writing is
what drove Rebekkah at an early age to write stories dealing with the
paranormal. At one point in her life, she thought she wanted to be a
journalist, and although she enjoyed writing articles, she quickly discovered
her real passion was writing fiction. Her fascination with the paranormal is
what led her to write the ‘Beyond the Eyes’ series. Visit her online and read
her blog at http://themusingwriter.blogspot.com
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