When “normal” ends, survival begins…
Blue Michaels doesn’t know
who to trust. She wakes in her sleepy little town to discover everyone is
dead—well, almost everyone. U.S. Army Specialist Seth Campbell is alive, and a
handful of her friends survived. But they’re different—each of them has powers
they didn’t have when they went to bed.
Oh, and someone wants them
dead.
It’s going to take all of
their gifts if they are going to survive until they can figure out what to do.
Blue wants to believe Seth has their best interests at heart. That he really
does want to take care of them and get them to safety. God knows she can’t stop
thinking about him.
But, can she trust him
with their lives…and her heart?
Every
self-preserving instinct she possessed told her to step back. That this was
incredibly dangerous territory.
She
ignored them all.
“You
wouldn’t have left us.” She shook her head. “Maybe you thought about it, but it
isn’t in you. I trust you.”
“Well,
I don’t trust myself.” She didn’t understand what he meant, but as his hands
cradled her elbows, and then slid around her back to press against her spine,
she didn’t overthink. He didn’t push, only held her.
“Then you’re an idiot.” She took the last step
into his arms, curling her hand up to his neck to coax him down to her.
Turned
out he didn’t need much coaxing.
Their
mouths met, him hunched over her, her on tiptoes in her Converse sneakers and
Hello Kitty T-shirt. The kiss happened next to a graffiti-ridden payphone and a
wooden bench with Shandra and Darnell’s love note on it.
She
couldn’t think of a better spot.
Award-winning author and RITA® finalist Marnee
Blake used to teach high school students but these days she only has to wrangle
her own children. Originally from a small town in Western Pennsylvania, she now
battles traffic in southern New Jersey where she lives with her hero husband
and their happily-ever-after: two very energetic boys. When she isn’t writing,
she can be found refereeing disputes between her children, cooking up something
sweet, or hiding from encroaching dust bunnies with a book.
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