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Keeping Up With The Rheinlander's
by Terri Bruce
Book
Description:
Thirty-six-year-old
Irene Dunphy didn't plan on dying any time soon, but that’s exactly what
happens when she makes the mistake of getting behind the wheel after a night
bar-hopping with friends. She finds herself stranded on earth as a ghost, where
the food has no taste, the alcohol doesn’t get you drunk, and the sex...well,
let’s just say “don’t bother.” To make matters worse, the only person who can
see her—courtesy of a book he found in his school library—is a
fourteen-year-old boy genius obsessed with the afterlife.
This sounds
suspiciously like hell to Irene, so she prepares to strike out for the Great
Beyond. The only problem is that, while this side has exorcism, ghost
repellents, and soul devouring demons, the other side has three-headed hell
hounds, final judgment, and eternal torment. If only there was a third option…
Short
Excerpt:
A boy appeared in her
path. She veered around him and then skidded to a halt. Something about him
made her stop. She turned around to look at him and realized he was
staring at her, his face a mask of astonishment, his mouth hanging open.
“Hey kid, watch where you’re going!” she said,
more surprised than annoyed.
He was maybe fourteen and nearly as tall as her,
at that “beanpole” stage, as her grandmother had called it—the tall and scrawny
look of one growing too fast. What little of his face visible under a curtain
of straw-colored hair was pointed and sharp—cheekbones, chin, and nose. His
hair, cut in an asymmetrical bob that left it longer in the front than the
back, was parted on the side and hung in his face, concealing his left eye.
Somehow, the way one washed-out hazel eye was visible and the other hidden
reminded her of Pete, the dog from the Little
Rascals.
She realized he hadn’t moved a muscle and was
still staring at her gape-mouthed.
“Did you hear me?” she asked.
He gave a little shake of his head, as if he was
doing a double take. The motion caused the curtain of hair hanging over his
eyes to sway. “Yeeesss,” he said in a slow, cautious, drawn-out way.
“Why are you staring at me?”
“Well, it’s just, because…you know. You’re…” He
trailed off.
Irene narrowed her eyes. “I’m what?”
The boy turned beet red and took a step back,
giving a hard gulp that made Irene fear he had swallowed his tongue.
“Well…dead,” he stuttered.
Author Bio:
Terri Bruce has been making
up adventure stories for as long as she can remember and won her first writing
award when she was twelve. Like Anne Shirley, she prefers to make people cry
rather than laugh, but is happy if she can do either. She produces fantasy and
adventure stories from a haunted house in New England where she lives with her
husband and three cats.
Website/Blog: www.terribruce.net
Twitter: @_TerriBruce
6 comments:
sounds like a wonderful book. I look forward to reading it. Thanks for the giveaway! Gale
Book sounds great! I haven't read anything dealing with paranormal but this book definitely sounds intriguing. Interesting twist that the only person that can see her is a 14 year old.
Thanks for the giveaway! I love paranormal books.
Sounds like a great book. THank you for the giveaway
Sounds interesting! Thanks for the giveaway!
Jean S.
Oh i love it and want it. This book is awesome!
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