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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Monday, August 25, 2014

Guest Post, Excerpt and Giveaway: Dead Girl Walking (Royal Reaper #1) by Ruth Silver

Description:

Princess Ophelia Dacre sneaks out of the castle to visit her boyfriend in secret. A perfect night cut short when she’s brutally murdered.

Ophelia is given the rare chance to become a grim reaper. She must become Leila Bele, cut ties with her old life, and follow the rules of the reapers. Her greatest adventure begins with death.

Praise: DEAD GIRL WALKING was such a refreshing original world that I couldn't get enough of! Ruth Silver delivers (As Always ;) in this historical-fantasy blend, with a paranormal twist of grim reapers, angels, and a romance that's sure to leave you yearning for more! - Goodreads

GUEST POST
Secrets by Ruth Silver 

We all have them, secrets. In Dead Girl Walking, Princess Ophelia has a secret and it gets her killed. In her new life as a grim reaper, she has another secret, what she is. The reapers know, but the people from her past can’t ever find out. She’s sworn to secrecy. 

Here’s a secret of mine. When I was a sophomore in college I stayed in the dorms on campus. The school had a strict no pets policy (except for fish). I was living with 3 other girls in a suite and we all wanted a pet. So, I got a rabbit and smuggled him into the dorm. For three years he lived with me and only a handful of friends knew about my pet. On weekends when I’d go home, I’d put him into a black pet travel bag and sneak him in and out of the dorm. It wasn’t easy, riding down the elevator with a rabbit hopping in the bag. I’d try and shift my weight and move around in the elevator, I’m sure people were wondering what was going on! 

Here’s a photo of Audrey Avery at 4 months old! He was super cute and friendly. Oh how I miss him!

EXCERPT

“Listen, kid, I don’t care what you believe in. It’s not for me to say what’s true and untrue, real or unreal. My assignment was you. You get to be one of us, if you want it. Otherwise, you move on, life is over, kaput.” 

Ophelia backed away from the stranger. For the first time, she realized she didn’t feel cold and wasn’t shivering. Is this what being dead was like? “One of you?” 

“A grim reaper.” He held out his hand to properly introduce himself. “Edon Montgomery, head reaper and old soul.”

About the author:
Ruth Silver is the best-selling author of Aberrant. The Young Adult/New Adult Romantic Dystopian Adventure, Aberrant is the first in a trilogy, released April 17th, 2013. Silver first began writing poetry as a teenager and reading heaps of fan fiction in her free time. She attended Northern Illinois University in 2001 and graduated with a Bachelor’s in Communication. While in college she spent much of her free time writing with friends she met online and penning her first novel, Deuces are Wild, which she self-published in 2004. Her favorite class was Creative Writing senior year where she often handed in assignments longer than the professor required because she loved to write and always wanted to finish her stories. Her love of writing, led her on an adventure in 2007 to Melbourne, Australia. Silver enjoys reading YA/NA novels and sharing her favorite books with other readers. She also enjoys photography, traveling and of most of all writing.


4 comments:

Bianca said...

I love how this books sounds, and the cover is so beautiful I could watch it all day.

Linda Romer said...

This is just the kind if book I love, I would like to read this. Thank you

Anonymous said...

I'm so going to give this one a read! It's such a beautiful cover. :) Thank you for the giveaway!

Unknown said...

I really like the cover of the book and the discription is so good, it wants me to read the whole book ! I always loved books who had death in it, so I am looking forward to read this awesome book ! Thank you so much for giving us the chance to win ! :))