A while back I had the pleasure of reading a beautiful book by Cheryl Rainfield, Scars. I also had the pleasure of speaking with Cheryl a little bit about her story, and Scars became even more beautiful. When she contacted me about a cover reveal (which I was late posting sadly) I jumped on the opportunity, and am looking forward to reading Stained. I do love the original cover and would have loved it if it could have stayed. With that said, I hope you enjoy some of the goodies Cheryl provided!
“Powerful. I raced through it, wanting to know if Sarah would find a
way to escape both her captor and her self-doubts. A real nail-biter! “
- April Henry, New York Times-bestselling author of The Girl Who Was
Supposed to Die
“A compelling, gutting, and ultimately triumphant read. You won't want
to stop turning pages -- Or blink. Or breathe. -- until you reach the very last
one.”
-Jennifer Brown, award-winning
author of Hate List
“STAINED is dark, tense and gripping; a triumph of one girl's heart,
soul and will to survive. Sarah's strength during her descent into terror kept
me reading way past bedtime! “
-Laura Wiess, critically acclaimed author of Such a Pretty Girl
ABOUT
STAINED:
Seventeen-year-old
Sarah Meadows covers the walls of her bedroom with images of beautiful faces
she clips from magazines—and longs for “normal.” Born with a port-wine stain
covering half her face, all her life she’s been plagued by stares, giggles,
bullying, and disgust. Why can’t she be like Diamond, the comic-book hero she
created? Diamond would never let the insults in. That’s harder for Sarah.
But when she’s abducted on the way home from school, Sarah
is forced to uncover the courage she never knew she had. Can she look beyond
her face to find the beauty and strength she has inside, somehow becoming a
hero rather than a victim? It’s the only way Sarah will have any chance of
escaping the prison—both seen and unseen—that this deranged killer has placed around her.
Excerpt from p. 70:
He plans to keep me here. Something snaps in my mind,
and I go at the door like I’m crazed, slamming into it with my body, not caring
about the way it jars my teeth, my bones, hurts my shoulder. I batter the door,
clawing and kicking and screaming until I’m sobbing with exhaustion.
I sink to the floor, trembling and feeling
sick. I hurt all over, I have to pee, and I am intensely thirsty.
Don’t
let me die here. Please. I never
got to say goodbye. Never got to tell Mom I’m sorry, tell Dad how lucky I am to
have him for a father. A whimper wrenches its way out of my throat. . . .
New STAINED release date (moved up from Nov):
Oct 1, 2013
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