Compulsion (The
Heirs of Watson Island #1)
Release Date: 10/28/14
ISBN: 1481411225
Simon Pulse, Simon Teen
448 pages
Summary from Goodreads:
Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient
curse.
All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lives with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt’s South Carolina plantation instead--a prison guarded by an ancient spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions.
Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. With the help of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted secrets. What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn’t what she seems, and very real enemies who want both Eight and Barrie dead.
All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lives with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt’s South Carolina plantation instead--a prison guarded by an ancient spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions.
Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. With the help of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted secrets. What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn’t what she seems, and very real enemies who want both Eight and Barrie dead.
Buy Links:
Compulsion is available anywhere
books are sold. Signed copies are available from One More Page Books. You can also
order with the special “I have a Compulsion for reading” bookplate from Eight Cousins.
The Characters:
Teaser
In this telephone scene between Barrie and her godfather Mark, who
is dying of cancer on the other side of the country, Barrie is trying to keep
things light by telling him about her first kiss with Eight. Mark immediately
leaps to a conclusion that she refuses to accept, but with time running out,
Mark is all too aware of what it’s like to have regrets
for the road not taken.
“Earth to Mark?”
Barrie said. “I told you I kissed a
boy. Aren’t you going to say anything?”
“I warned you about falling in love with him,
didn’t I? I told you to have a good time. Have a
fling, I said. Why don’t you ever listen?”
Barrie’s lungs deflated. “Who
said anything thing about love?”
“You don’t need to say it. But so
we’re clear here: I told you not to fall for him.”
“And I told you orange was not your color, but
you still ordered that Isaac Mizrahi dress. Don’t give
me I-told-you-sos.”
“The dress had bows that tied at the elbows. How
was I gonna pass that up?”
“Easy. You could have moved on to something
better.”
“That’s exactly what I’m
saying—”
“This is a boy, not a dress!”
“Which only makes him harder to return!”
Mark took a deep, long breath that ended in another cough. “All
right. Clearly you’ve already fallen for
your number boy. So you might as well figure the pain is coming and make sure
the crash is worth it.”
“What
do you mean?” Barrie
stopped where the path ended and the dock began and turned away so Eight couldn’t see her face.
“The
things I regret at the end of my life aren’t the ones that left me hurt. I regret all the
things I never had the courage to do.”
“You
have more courage than anyone I know.”
“Overcompensating
for being scared isn’t
the same as being brave, baby girl.”
About the Author:
Martina Boone was born in Prague and spoke several
languages before learning English. She fell in love with words and never
stopped delighting in them.
She’s the founder of AdventuresInYAPublishing.com,
a Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers site, and YASeriesInsiders.com,
a site devoted to encouraging literacy and all this YA Series.
From her home in Virginia, where she lives with her
husband, children, and Auggie the wonder dog, she enjoys writing contemporary
fantasy set in the kinds of magical places she’d love to visit. When she isn’t
writing, she’s addicted to travel, horses, skiing, chocolate flavored tea, and
anything with Nutella on it.
Book Blitz Organized by:
No comments:
Post a Comment
We love to read your comments! Please note that Books As You Know It is an award free blog. While we appreciate the honor and support, we don't have any time to make a post for it. Thank you though!