Title: The Beautiful Ashes
Author: Jeaniene Frost
Expected Publication: August 26th, 2014
About The Beautiful Ashes</
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In a world of shadows, anything is possible. Except escaping your fate.
Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been gripped by visions of strange realms just beyond her own. But
when her sister goes missing, Ivy discovers the truth is far worse—her hallucinations are real, and her
sister is trapped in a parallel realm. And the one person who believes her is the dangerously attractive guy
who's bound by an ancient legacy to betray her.
Adrian might have turned his back on those who raised him, but that doesn't mean he can change his
fate...no matter how strong a pull he feels toward Ivy. Together they search for the powerful relic that can
save her sister, but Adrian knows what Ivy doesn't: that every step brings Ivy closer to the truth about her
own destiny, and a war that could doom the world. Sooner or later, it will be Ivy on one side and Adrian
on the other. And nothing but ashes in between...
About Jeaniene Frost:
Jeaniene Frost is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Night
Huntress series, the Night Prince series, and the upcoming Broken Destiny series. To date, foreign rights
for her novels have sold to twenty different countries. Jeaniene lives in North Carolina with her husband
Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from
writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies with her husband, exploring old cemeteries,
spelunking and traveling – by car. Airplanes, children, and cook books frighten her.
For information on Jeaniene's books, reading the first 20% of each book free, book trailers, deleted
scenes, creature mythology, and more, please visit: www.jeanienefrost.com
Excerpt:
“What is that?”
Adrian’s voice startled me. For a second, I was disoriented, the dream clinging to me as it always did. Yes,
I was in a car, but I wasn’t the unknown woman driving away from her baby. That wasn’t real. The glare
Adrian leveled at my chest was, though.
“Is that a mirror?” He sounded horrified.
I looked down. My locket was open, the mirrored side facing me. At some point while I was sleeping, I
must’ve opened it. Adrian’s hand shot out, but this time, I was too fast for him.
“Don’t you dare,” I snapped, holding it out of his reach. “It’s the only picture I have of my sister after you
left everything I own back at that hotel in Bennington!”
He lunged again, actually letting go of the steering wheel to reach the side of the car where I held it. With
a sharp yank, he wrested the locket from my hands. I tried to snatch it back, but he shoved me into my
seat with one hand, finally grabbing the steering wheel with the other.
“Are you crazy?” I shrieked. “You could’ve gotten us killed!” If this hadn’t been a lonely stretch of desert
road, our careening into the next lane might’ve had permanent consequences.
“You’re going to get yourself killed,” was his chilling response. Then, still pinning me to my chair with
that single hand, he held my locket up.
I gasped. Something dark poked out of the small mirror, like a snake made of blackest smoke. It
disappeared when Adrian smashed the mirror against the steering wheel, but an eerie wind whistled
through the car, ruffling my hair and stinging my nostrils with its acrid scent.
Adrian muttered a word in that unknown language, and I didn’t need a translator to tell me it was a curse.
“What was that?” My voice was hoarse.
He threw me a pitying glance, which frightened me even more. If he wasn’t angry, we must really be
screwed.
His next words proved that. “Brace yourself, Ivy. You’re about to meet a demon.”
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