Today I would like to welcome you all to the world of The Holders.....a protected society of humans with skills beyond the normal, most looking to lead a normal existence, one being hunted above the rest.
Author Julianna Scott has shared an excerpt from The Holders which I hope will spark some intrigue in grabbing a copy and enjoying what I found was a book with action, attitude, aspiring romance, a great cast and of course.....A TWIST! Check out my review HERE
PLUS...!......Julianna Scott also thrown in two awesome giveaways! That's right TWO! One just for our followers - a swag pack with book and other items...... and a tour wide Grand Prize - an American Girl Doll outfitted like Becca - our lead from The Holders. WOW! The Rafflecopter links for each competition are at the end of this post.
THE HOLDERS - (Synopsis)
17-year-old Becca spent her whole life protecting her
brother from, well, everything. The abandonment of their father, the so called
'experts' who insist that voices in his head are unnatural and must be dealt
with, and the constant threat of being taken away to some hospital and studied
like an animal.
When two representatives appear claiming to have the answers
to Ryland's perceived problem, Becca doesn't buy it for one second. That is
until they seem to know things about Ryland and about Becca and Ryland's
family, that forces Becca to concede that there may be more to these
people than meets the eye.
Though still highly skeptical, Becca agrees to do
what's best for Ryland. What they find at St. Brigid's is a world beyond their
imagination. Little by little they piece together the information of their
family's heritage, their estranged Father, and the legend of the
Holder race that decrees Ryland is the one they've been waiting for.
She meets Alex, a Holder who is fiercely loyal to their
race, and for some reason, Becca and Ryland. There's an attraction between
Becca and Alex that can't be denied, but destiny gets in the way, and they are
all in for a surprise that will change what they thought they knew about
themselves and their kind forever.
THE HOLDERS is a modern day fantasy about incredible powers
and extraordinary people.
So....Who Is Julianna Scott?
JULIANNA SCOTT
Julianna was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and spent the
majority of her educational career convinced she would be a musician. However,
after receiving her music degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, she
realized that she'd been born in the wrong era for her dreams of singing jazz
to adoring fans clad in zoot-suits and flapper dresses to come true, and began
to wonder if her true calling might be elsewhere.
While Julianna had always excelled in writing throughout
school, she'd never considered it a career possibility until about three years
ago, when she'd gotten her first story idea and decided to go for it. She
grabbed her laptop, started typing away, and has never looked back.
Now to Enjoy the Excerpt:
“Still, I’m sorry for what happened to
you.” I looked away, feeling the anger bubble up in me again. “I never would
have let them…” I trailed off, not knowing if I was talking more to him or
myself. What I did know was if I had anything to say about it, no one would ever
hurt him like that again.
“I know.” There was so much tenderness in
his voice that I had to look up, only to be met by the most wonderfully soft
expression in his eyes. “The day we came to get Ryland – the way you fought for
him – it was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen. When I told you that I wish
I’d had someone like you watching out for me, I meant it.” I felt myself start
to blush and looked away. “And as far as what my parents did,” he continued
with a shrug, “oddly enough, I’m grateful. No, really,” he insisted with a
smile, seeing my face. “It was terrible yes, but if it hadn’t happened the way
it did, I would never have found my way here. I would never have learned who I
really am. It was a long road, but it led me here, and for that I can be nothing
but grateful.”
I looked at him in awe. He truly was the
most amazing person I’d ever met. To have gone through something so horrible at
so young an age. I knew all too well how scared and lost he must have been –
I’d seen it in Ryland’s eyes countless times before. But Ryland had had me; for
Alex there’d been no one. Before I even realized what I was doing, I leaned
forward, wrapped my arms around his neck, and hugged him.
“I’m sorry,” I said softly, my cheek
resting against the warmth of his neck.
He stiffened, and for an embarrassing
moment I thought he was going to push me away. However, after what felt like
two years – though couldn’t have been more than two seconds – I felt his arms
slide around my waist and his head sink into my shoulder. I breathed in the
scent coming off of his hair, which was sweet and musky with the tiniest bit of
cologne, too light to have been purposefully applied, and was more likely left
from soap. The headiness of it was invigorating, making my skin tingle and my
pulse begin to pound.
I pulled back – though probably not a far
as I should have – and looked up at him. “I’m sorry for earlier,” I said,
feeling like a total ass for whining about Jocelyn to someone who’d had it so
much worse than I ever had.
Immediately his eyebrows furrowed.
“Don’t,” he said, shaking his head. Then, without seeming conscious of the
action, his hand came up and slowly brushed the stray hairs away from my face,
softly grazing my cheek. My heart lurched and sputtered, and I prayed he
couldn’t feel my hands shake against his shoulders. Holding my eyes with a look
that made my stomach tight, he continued, “Don’t ever apologize for saying how
you feel.”
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