Blurb:
8
That’s how old I was when I found out I was special. I was given my rose
quartz gem and taught about my past.
13
That’s how many times I’ve lived in this world. This is my thirteenth
life cycle as a human.
1
That’s how many seconds it took to fall in love with Mike. It’s also the
amount of time I had to say goodbye just before he was killed by Reggie, the
hunter that’s been after me.
Will Reggie succeed in killing me too, and eradicating the planet of the
unicorn race forever?
EXERPT:
Just
then the bell rang. I handed in my completed worksheet, busy-work, really, and
hurried to my locker, almost convinced to let Jules in on the reason why I
avoid the male gender.
If I could just get there before
Jules, I could grab my books for biology and leave before listening to any more
of her nonsense about Mike Evans. As soon as I thought his name, that warm feeling came over
me and I caught myself thinking about what class he might be headed toward
right now, where his locker might be, if he was talking to any of the girls…was
I jealous? Why should I be? All I have to do is say the word and he is mine,
but is that how I want it to happen? Is that how true love should begin?
Just as
I rounded the corner to the hallway by the gym, I was overcome with a sense of
elation. Mike Evans was standing by my locker…the boy who looks like he stepped
right off the cover of a magazine, with his designer jeans that fit just right,
his blue Polo shirt with the sleeves stretched to capacity, revealing the
strength in his upper arms. Elated, that was how I felt, I was sure of it now.
At exactly the same time, utter joy and sadness filled me because he was there;
the boy who would worship the ground I walked on if I let him, the boy who lit
a fire in me I hadn’t even known existed, the boy whom I could never even be
friends with, was standing by my locker…waiting for me.
From the author:
This is one of my favorite parts from
Hunted. It shows how Skye has this inner battle with herself over whether or
not to allow herself to fall in love. Mike, a very hot and hard to resist hunk
goes so far as to change his school to be closer to Skye. But is that
enough? Will Skye and Mike find true
love? Will it be enough to battle the evil Regnir Vingus, III, whose only goal
is to eradicate the planet of Unis forever?
About the Author:
Jill Kaelin
Since elementary
school, I remember being in love with words. Spelling them, writing them,
reading them…I even hang them up around my house. I think I owe my love
of language to my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Templeton. I can
recall sitting around in a circle in that old, red-brick school,
listening to her read aloud Greek mythology. The oxymoron there was
that she was the most prim and proper teacher I ever knew, right down
to the white buttoned up blouse held together at the collar with a cameo
pin. The way she read made words come alive.
I had
written a few things here and there throughout my life. I used to think
I’d be good at children’s books, and it wasn’t a far stretch since I worked
with children every day and knew what they liked. But then I read the
series by Stephenie Meyer, maybe you’ve heard of it…Twilight. This was
the type of story I knew I had to write. Teenagers were my
audience. It helped I had one at home to learn from.
My idea
didn’t come in a dream. No, I wasn’t that fortunate. It happened
through research. And lots of it. The only criteria I had was that
I wanted my story to be different from everything else out there. I
wanted my story to stand out. No vampires or werewolves. No witches
or wizards. Unicorns were my choice. And I think the story that
unfolded is definitely unique.
1 comment:
Thank you for hosting me today! Your blog is awesome, so I'm honored to be part of it.
Jill xoxo
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