Allison O'Malley's plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she's been in love with for as long as she can remember.
What is definitely not part of the plan is the return of her long-lost father, who claims he can bring Allison's mother back from the dark place her mind has gone. Allison doesn't trust her father, so why would she believe his stories about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha de Danaan? But truths have a way of revealing themselves. Secrets will eventually surface. And Allison must learn to set aside her plan and work with her father if there is even a small chance it could restore her mother's sanity.
The Forgotten Ones
- Danaan Trilogy Book One
Genre: New Adult Fantasy
197 Pages
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EXCERPT 1
I caught a glimpse of my mother staring out the den window.
She held her violin loosely under her chin, and the bow dangled from her
fingertips. Her jaw was slack, her eyes locked on something in the trees beyond
me. I knew that haunted expression. I froze.
I swallowed hard as her eyes shifted to me. The violin fell
from her chin, and I could see her bottom lip trembling.
I should have been used to that reaction from her when she
saw me during an episode. It happened every time. But I wasn’t.
I flew into the house as fast as my feet would carry me. The
screen door crashed behind me as I came to a halt outside the den. My mother
clutched fistfuls of her blonde hair, garbled words spilling from her lips.
“I have to. I have to go out there,” she said. “He’s waiting
for me.”
She stood in the semi-darkness, mumbling, the only other
sound the hum of the ceiling fan. I clung to the doorjamb as I watched my
grandmother approach carefully. She placed her hands on my mother’s shoulders,
and on contact my mother’s body stopped quaking. Gram crooned, rocking her back
and forth, as she pulled her into her arms and led her away from the window.
My stomach tightened, and I backed away to leave them alone.
If she saw me again, who knew what would happen.
I cringed as the floor creaked beneath me, and she jerked
her head in my direction. Her eyes widened when she saw me, and the shaking
began again. Breaking away from my grandmother, she stumbled backward toward
the window. She raked her fingers down her face and hair as she moaned. “Liam…”
Tears streamed down her cheeks, causing thick strands of hair to stick to her
face.
I entered the room slowly, desperate not to step on another
squeaky floorboard. Her green eyes burned into mine, and I locked my eyes on
hers. No matter how many times she fought my attempts to soothe her, I had to
keep trying. She was my mom.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to diapers when she had her first child. It wasn’t until the release of a little novel called Twilight, 8 years later, that she rediscovered her love of fiction. Soon after, her own characters began to make themselves known. The Forgotten Ones is her first published novel.
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