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Blog Tour: A Season of Angels (The Girl in the Storm & She Hunts in Shadow) by Christopher Stanfield {Excerpt + #Giveaway}
Author: Christopher Stanfield
Title: The
Girl in the Storm
Series: A
Season of Angels #1
Genre:
YA Supernatural Thriller, Mystery
Seventeen-year
old Genevieve Reidell loves to paint, and values her closest friends
above all, but when a gunman terrorizes her high school, her
near-reckless bravery sets her on a path that will change the entire
course of her life. Her best friend is shot and dying but when
Genevieve holds her, the bleeding stops and the wounds close. But
when she tries to save another friend, she can’t. Overcome with
guilt Genevieve struggles to understand.
But
when a stranger arrives at her home with a mysterious book and an
ominous warning, she learns about her destiny. Angels have protected
her, but the time has come to unravel the mysteries that have haunted
her for years. Genevieve must learn to harness and control her gifts
and accept that whatever she does might not be enough. The Devil must
be stopped, and Genevieve is ready to walk into the storm. She’s
cheated death before, but can she save herself again without losing
those she loves?
Genevieve’s
simple life has been undone. In the wake of her fateful choice, one
thing remains clear: Lucifer Morningstar must be stopped and Hell
ripped beyond his reach. But to do so she’ll need a soul who knows
the fetid hellscape. A Demon must be sent. A Demon she can trust. All
she has to do, is find him.
There
are mysteries to unravel, secrets to confront and allies in the
strangest places. She knows what must be done, even if it means
trusting a red-haired Demon with a sharp tongue and an annoying habit
of killing first and asking questions later.
It’s
a daring gamble, but with Lucifer scheming in the shadows, it may be
the only play she has to make. The War for Souls will soon commence,
but before it does, the hunt begins.
The
War for Souls has just begun, but time is already running out…
In
the wake of one tragic, fateful night, Genevieve leaves behind every
aspect of her simple life, including her name. Now she’s known as
Lilith, and with the memories of her erased from those she loved,
it’s as if she never existed. As she seeks her new purpose, dreams
of a sad, broken woman with raven hair--- a woman in a place more
terrible than nightmares--- continue to haunt her.
Madeline
is a fractured soul trapped in Hell after taking her own life. Lilith
believes this stranger may be the key to shattering Lucifer’s hold
over that frightful realm. But to find Madeline she’ll need a soul
who knows the fetid hellscape. A Demon has been sent. But he must
first brave the dark of Hell and survive the madness in
himself.
While
Lilith sets her daring game in motion, Lucifer plots a scheme that
will determine the fate of all souls, both living and in death.
Lilith must get to Madeline, fast. For if she fails, there will be no
end to the darkness Lucifer will bring.
A name is a fragile thing. You never really think about it until it truly matters, and for Samael, it seemed to matter now in a way it never did before. His name was taken from him, forgotten in the endless torments of this forsaken place. All that remained was the name given to him by the Angel who raised him from the pit. He
never hated that name as much as now. I have to find it again. Not the name Lucifer gave me. The name my mother chose. My name.
Me.
“Remember who you were,” he said to himself as he wandered along a shadowed field that stretched as far as his eyes could see. “Her name was Amani, and she loved you.”
Her deep brown skin, her stark green eyes. The raven color of her hair, and the way it tumbled down her shoulders. Those were the things that came back to him, the remnants of memories dragged out of a forgotten past. Amani was her name, and she knew what his had been. If only he could hear her voice once more; it might stir that one forgotten piece out of the shadows that kept it hidden.
But Hell tore away what was light and good within a human soul, leaving only the pall of shadows and the whispers of madness that never left. As a demon, Samael had done everything he could to rid himself of fear. This place was rife with it, of course, and always near as well.
Now, he was here again, wandering the blasted fields of a place he hoped he would never see again. The fog was just as he remembered it, rotten and heavy in the air, hugging the ground and stirring in the stillness.
Christopher
Stanfield is a West Texas native whose love of writing began at the
age of fourteen, when inspired by a love of mythology, science
fiction and fantasy, he began writing stories by hand whenever the
time could be spared. After high school and a brief flirtation with
college, he would spend the next eighteen years cultivating a career
in Information Security at a small community bank located in his own
hometown. But even then, his love of writing endured, and while
dreams of characters and stories continued to occupy his imagination,
he found an outlet for that creative muse by creating advertising
copy for his employer. Through challenges and distractions, hard
choices and the rudimentary demands of life, the dream of telling
stories never waned. It was and ever remains more than merely a
career. With that in mind, he enrolled in the BA Creative Writing
program at Southern New Hampshire University, with an eye towards
honing his craft and expanding upon his knowledge of the industry so
that he might one achieve his dream of becoming published.
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