The blood soaked through Annie’s sweatshirt.
“Please don’t die,” Annie whispered. She pressed harder on the wound. She could feel the ghost behind her. She looked back at the old school building, expecting to see the swirling dark shadow. Empty windows stared back at her.
Annie Waters hates birthdays. At least she hates her birthdays. Because every year her mother told the story of her grandmother's ghostly appearance in the delivery room. But the worst birthday was her sixteenth--the day she killed her dad.
Forced to move to Shady Cove, Maine, Annie is drawn deep into the world of the supernatural by her new friend, Harmony. Now, tormented by an angry spirit, Annie has only nine days to unravel the secrets of the Caldwell School or join the spirit world herself
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In Troubled Spirits, you’ll meet sixteen-year-old Annie Waters. To her, ghosts are neither friend nor foe and the concept of the supernatural is nothing more than a figment of her mother’s over active imagination. So when her friends coax her into joining them on a ghost hunting expedition, she is convinced they will discover nothing other than disappointment. Instead, she discovers that ghosts are real. And some ghosts do not wish to be disturbed!
That first ghostly experience awoke something inside Annie—a connection to the supernatural realm. And now, no matter where she turns, a ghostly presence is reaching out to her. Although some of these entities could fit into the ‘friendly’ category, Annie dares not take her focus off her first encounter—the Spirit of the Caldwell School. Without a doubt, he is a foe. A foe so powerful he threatens the lives of Annie ad her friends. A foe so potent that the readers of Troubled Spirits must sleep with their lights on and glance over their shoulders in the night.
Paranormal literature cries for an intimidating foe that will deliver the rush of adrenaline propelled by fear. It seems Publisher’s Weekly agrees. In Lauren Oliver’s article The 10 Best Ghost Stories, eight of the ten stories feature a ghostly foe.
There are a few exceptions. A well written romance, like the movie Ghost, carries the power of love and sadness. And although Ebenezer Scrooge’s ghostly visitors strike fear in his heart, their purpose is not one of terror, but to soften a hardened heart.
In the end, the role of a ghost, whether friend of foe in the story is the same as any well written character. It should elicit powerful emotions from the reader that are memorable and moving.
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About the author:
Teri Lee is the author of Troubled Spirits, a YA paranormal novel. Growing up in Maine, Teri spent hours exploring in the woods with her friends dreaming up places like ‘Land of the Lost’, ‘Trouble Hill’, and ‘Paradise’. If she wasn’t in the woods, you’d find her lost in a book. And today not much has changed. She’s still dreaming up imaginary places, getting lost in a book, and sometimes lost in the woods. When she’s not writing you’ll find her saving lives and rescuing splinters in the ER.Author's Giveaway a Rafflecopter giveaway
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