Title: Dead Awakenings
Author: Rebekah Ganiere
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance /
New Adult
Publication Date: January 3, 2014
Tour Host: Dreams Come
True Promotions
Evaine, a struggling theater student in New York, enters an
unsanctioned drug trial in an effort to pay bills. She wakes in a Evaine, a struggling theater
student in New York, enters an unsanctioned drug trial in an effort to pay
bills. She wakes in a derelict hospital,
chained to a bed with no memory of who she is, or how she got there.
A band of pale skinned men, led by the gorgeous Luca, burst
in, whisking her away to safety. Evaine's attraction to Luca is instantaneous,
but he's so hell-bent on stopping the experimentations, he has no time for the
feelings she's awakening within him.
At Haven House, Evaine is introduced to The Family and told
that she, like all of them, have become a Deader. A reanimated Undead.
Evaine struggles not only to fit into her new world, but
also with desires, cravings and powers she has never felt before. The
connection between Luca and herself intensifies when suddenly she remembers not
only who she is, but also her human fiancé, Tristan; who is still looking for
her.
Torn between her first love and her new heart’s desire,
Evaine runs back to Tristan putting everyone in danger. And when a rogue
faction of Deaders, called Feeders, attempts to kidnap her, Luca suspects
Evaine is the key to the experiments. Can everyone band together to keep Evaine
off the cutting table of those she escaped from? Or will second death tear her
away from Luca and Tristan forever?
** WARNING potential spoiler alert **
This book had everything! Edge of your seat suspense, a new
twist paranormal element, heart stopping (sometimes heartbreaking) love
story... Even a little love triangle!! I found myself really interested
from the beginning, and it got better and better as I continued on. In a
newish twist, these "Deaders", which seem to be half zombie half
vampire created in a lab by, what can only be referred to as, a mad
scientist, are on a mission to find the evil people that are killing
innocents for reasons they can't even begin to comprehend. And after
responding to a flyer, given to her by her student advisor, for a
medical trial, Evaine becomes one of them. I loved Evaine for her
strengths and also for her weaknesses. She wasn't the whiny codependent
girl you see in most books, and I found that alone quite refreshing.
Luca, of course, was as brooding as he was hot but with a backstory
filled with pain and loss that broke my heart. He needed his HEA!!
Evaine becomes everything he wants and needs and vice versa.
Rebekah's love for stories began as a child with Shel
Silverstein poetry. She began writing her own poetry and short stories in
junior high and high school. She then went on to study theater in college and
ultimately ended up going back to writing. When she isn't spending time telling
the stories of the characters constantly chattering inside her head, you can
find her hanging out with her husband, four children and menagerie of pets.
Rebekah is a member of Romance Writers of America as well as the Fantasy,
Futuristic, & Paranormal Chapter, her local Los Angeles chapter, Orange
County chapter and Young Adult chapters.
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