Dead Girl Walking (Royal Reaper #1)
by Ruth Silver
Release Date: 04/24/14
Patchwork Press
Summary from Goodreads:
Princess Ophelia Dacre sneaks out of the castle to visit her boyfriend in secret. A perfect night cut short when she’s brutally murdered.
Ophelia is given the rare chance to become a grim reaper. She must become Leila Bele, cut ties with her old life, and follow the rules of the reapers. Her greatest adventure begins with death.
Ruth Silver first began writing poetry as a teenager and reading heaps of fan fiction in her free time. She has written under three unique pseudo names and penned well over a hundred stories.
She attended Northern Illinois University in 2001 and graduated with a Bachelor's in Communication. While in college she spent much of her free time writing with friends she met online and penning her first novel, "Deuces are Wild", which she self-published in 2004. Her favorite class was Creative Writing senior year where she often handed in assignments longer than the professor required because she loved to write and always wanted to finish her stories.
Her love of writing, led her on an adventure in 2007 to Melbourne, Australia. Silver enjoys reading YA novels and sharing her favorite books with other readers. She runs her own book blog and also enjoys photography and traveling.
Her favorite YA genre is a mix of Dystopian & Fantasy which is evident in the upcoming release of her latest book, Aberrant. Slated for release April 2013 by Lazy Day Publishing, it is the first in a trilogy.
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EXCERPT
“Listen, kid, I don’t
care what you believe in. It’s not for me to say what’s true and untrue, real
or unreal. My assignment was you. You get to be one of us, if you want it.
Otherwise, you move on, life is over, kaput.”
Ophelia backed away
from the stranger. For the first time, she realized she didn’t feel cold and wasn’t
shivering. Is this what being dead was like? “One of you?
“A grim reaper.” He
held out his hand to properly introduce himself. “Edon Montgomery, head reaper
and old soul.”
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