by Dale Mayer
And this time, her father wanted back in her life?
Had she created this? And did it matter?
No and no.
She smiled at her stylus’s answer. Eric’s silent support made her want to laugh and cry at the same time. She wanted to rage at him and hug him. To laugh and scream a million questions. Yet none would form in her head.
“I don’t know what to say.” She tried to speak her words carefully, not wanting to upset her mother, but not knowing how she felt herself. She had to find a way forward. Somehow.
“Then don’t say anything. We’re going to take it slow,” her mother promised. “This isn’t about him or me. This is about us.”
She smiled. “Now, how about a cup of tea.”
Tea. Her mother’s answer to everything. She watched her mother bustle about the kitchen, putting on the kettle. Probably to give Storey some time to process the huge bombshell she’d just dumped on her.
Eric took the chair her mother had been sitting in. She leaned closer and whispered, “I can’t help but think this happened because of us.”
“Or maybe we just made it happen faster.” He tilted his head to look at her closer. “Is it so bad?”
She frowned, considering it. Then shrugged. “I don’t know.”
He turned slightly to look at her mother, then glanced back at Storey. “Your mother appears happy. Young almost.”
That was true, and after all she’d been through, Storey knew how important happiness was. She studied the dreamy look in her mother’s face and smiled.
Storey had found someone, so why shouldn’t her mother find someone? And if that someone ended up being her father…maybe that was a good thing – for everyone.
It would certainly change things. But then, as she’d found, change could be good – very good.
Just then her mother, from deep inside the fridge, popped her head out and asked, “Storey, do you know what happened to the cheese?”
Storey gasped, looked over at Eric wide eyed and the two broke out laughing.
In fact, the world looked damn bright all over.
Vampire in Denial – Book 1 of Family Blood Ties
Blood doesn't just make her who she is...it also makes her what she is.
Like being a sixteen-year-old vampire isn't hard enough, Tessa's throwback human genes make her an outcast among her relatives. But try as she might, she can't get a handle on the vampire lifestyle and all the...blood.
Turning her back on the vamp world, she embraces the human teenage lifestyle-high school, peer pressure and finding a boyfriend. Jared manages to stir something in her blood. He's smart and fun and oh, so cute. But Tessa's dream of a having the perfect boyfriend turns into a nightmare when vampires attack the movie theatre and kidnap her date.
Once again, Tessa finds herself torn between the human world and the vampire one.
Will blood own out? Can she make peace with who she is as well as what?
In Cassie's Corner
Faith and loyalty are tested as a young girl learns what it is to believe – in herself, in her friends, and in life after death.
Cassie's best friend, bad boy Todd, is gone. Gone as in dead. Gone as in ghost. But she doesn't realize that when he wakes her in her bedroom and begs her not to believe what they say about him. It's not until the next day when her parents tell her about the accident that she learns the truth... The police believe Todd was living up to the family name, drinking and driving and coming to a predictable end. It's up to her to find out the truth and clear his name.
Todd is shocked at his sudden change in circumstances...and angry. He struggles with his new ghostly reality, realizing all he's lost as he watches his brother build a relationship with Cassie as the two pair up to find out what really happened to him. The truth isn't always pretty, and Cassie has to be stronger than ever before.
Especially when the whole world seems to be against her.
Gem Stone
A juvie kid trying to stay on the right path stumbles into trouble...
Gemma takes her camera everywhere. From juvie hall to a halfway home, the new hobby gives her a focus she'd never had before and...hope in a future. Until she takes pictures of something that could get her killed.
And not just her...after she and another juvie girl are chased by a stranger to the halfway home that same night, the other girl goes missing and Gemma knows she needs help. But who can she trust?
Not the authorities that's for sure. Trusting them is impossible for a girl with her damaged history, and besides, who cares about a troubled kid...especially when trouble just naturally seems to find her.
About the author:
Dale Mayer is a prolific multi-published writer. She's best known for her Psychic Visions series. Besides her romantic suspense/thrillers, Dale also writes paranormal romance and crossover young adult books in several different genres. To go with her fiction, she also writes nonfiction in many different fields with books available on resume writing, companion gardening and the US mortgage system. She has recently published her Career Essentials Series. All her books are available in digital and print formats.
Published Young Adult books include:
Family Blood Ties Series
Vampire in Denial
Vampire in Distress
Vampire in Design
Book 4 - October 2013
Design series
Dangerous Designs
Deadly Designs
Darkest Designs
Standalone
In Cassie's Corner
Gem Stone
Published Adult Books:
Psychic Vision Series:
Tuesday's Child
Hide'n Go Seek
Maddy's Floor
Garden of Sorrow
Knock, Knock...
By Death Series
Touched by Death
Haunted by Death
Second Chances...at Love Series
Second Chances
Other Adult books:
It's a Dog's Life
Sian's Solution - a Family Blood Ties short story
Riana's Revenge - a fantasy short story
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