Aura
"I half-turned to her and shrugged,
still processing what I'd seen, or at least what I thought I'd seen, in Ms.
Neal's eyes—like they weren't hers. Obviously, they were her eyes, but it
looked like she'd plucked them from someone else's head. A dead someone else's
head."
In the fight between good and evil, Light
is your only weapon.
Crystal Scott finally feels like a normal
teenager. She has a lead in the high school play, a best friend, and a gorgeous
boyfriend. With prom only a few days away, Crystal’s ordinary life seems
perfect.
Endowed with great Light because of her
virtuous choices and her inherent gifts, Crystal’s aura has become visible to
those with the ability to see auras. Unfortunately, her power has also
attracted the attention of demons intent on destroying all Light.
When Vincent Crandall, the human host for a
powerful demon, discovers that Crystal’s Light is strong enough to disrupt the
connection between demons and their hosts, he realizes she may be able to sever
the connection altogether. Determined to stop her from interfering with his
plans to rule the world, he sends operatives to neutralize her Light.
After the operatives fail to disable
Crystal, Vincent decides he must harness her power for himself. He kidnaps her
parents, and Crystal is thrust into battle against a demon army she didn’t even
know existed. With the help of a mysterious young man and his mother, Crystal
must learn to use the power within her before Vincent kills her parents and
exploits her Light.
Author
Rebecca Lynn Talley
Rebecca Lynn Talley grew up in the gorgeous
seaside city of Santa Barbara, CA. She met, and married, her husband, Del,
while attending Brigham Young University. She graduated from BYU with a degree
in Communications. She currently lives in rural Colorado on a small ranch with
a dog, too many cats to count, and a herd of goats. She and Del are the proud
parents of ten wildly-creative, multi-talented children.
Rebecca is the author of a children's
picture book, Grasshopper Pie (WindRiver 2003), a children's chapter book,
Gabby's Secret (DuBon Publishing 2011), four novels, Heaven Scent (CFI 2008),
Altared Plans (CFI 2009), The Upside of Down (CFI 2011), and Aura (DuBon
Publishing 2012). She has also authored numerous children's stories and
articles for both print and online magazines.
When she isn’t writing, Rebecca loves to
date her husband, play with her kids, swim in the ocean, and dance to disco
music while she cleans the house. She has folded at least one million loads of
laundry, baked hundreds of batches of chocolate chip cookies, and eaten 5,478
gallons of ice cream.
Reviews
This YA urban fantasy is fantastic! The
story grabbed me from the start and kept me enthralled until the end! I love
books that keep me thinking about the characters and events and possibilities
even after putting them down...Aura is one of those books! Rebecca Lynn Talley
has created characters you care about in a world begging for the special gifts
they possess. I love the premise of Aura and imagine I'll be enjoying many more
Light vs. Demon novels in the future....at least I hope there are more to
come!
~KindleQueen
I loved the clasic good VS evil in Aura. I
loved that Crystal made the conscious choice to be good inspite of feelings and
doubts. I also loved the idea of demons posessing somone who had made dark
choices, or greedy bargains. The book is clean and well handled inspite of the
serious subject matter.Well done.
~C. Michelle Jefferies
This is one of those books that you hope
will become widespread enough to make a positive impact in this world.
Personally, I think this is a book every teenager should read and I will
definitely be passing it along to my own kids. Thank you, Rebecca, for writing
a beautiful story with a wonderful message! I hope you keep at it because now I
want a sequel!
~Rachael Anderson
Aura sucked me in from the first page. The
book is intense and well-written. I loved that Crystal is innocent and makes a
conscious choice to stay that way in the face of intense pressure. I would
recommend Aura to young adults on up.
~Cami Checketts
Wonderful, wonderful message. Probably the
most solid moral message I’ve ever read in contemporary literature, but without
being too heavy or feeling like a lecture. You could almost look at it like an
allegory, I think, representing real life with fictional symbols. I’m trying to
explain without giving anything away, and I think I’m doing a bad job. Anyway,
I have four boys, but if I had a girl, I would definitely have her read it. The
story is imaginative and creative, Crystal is a strong but believable heroine,
caught up in high school cares and not realizing her own potential or the
battle that is waged around and for her. I thought at times it was a bit
predictable, and that the first half of the book drug a little. It probably
could have been told quicker or perhaps made a little more interesting. But all
in all, I enjoyed it. The story kept me going and the characters were sweet and
compelling.
~May Abbey
Wow! I got this book for free and LOVED it!
I can't wait to read any follow up books! (There WILL be follow up books,
right?) In this story Crystal is full of light, thanks to making good choices,
and she has to figure out how to keep the light in the midst of high school
where temptation runs rampant and where she just wants to be an average girl! I
like that things never went too far, and I felt like it was very well-written,
with rounded out characters!
~Tamera Westhoff
Excerpt!!
“Looks like we’re
right on schedule for the summit meeting with the other divisions.” Vincent
smiled as he continued. “I’m sure you’ve heard that upper management is
considering combining the southwestern and western divisions and I’m in line to
head the merger. Of course, I plan to make the western division a strong
competitor for our eastern comrades. The east coast currently out sells and out
performs us, but I plan to change that.”
“Sir, we do have
a problem,” Jack said. “In Colorado. Silver City.”
Vincent glared at
Jack. He didn’t like being interrupted especially with news of a problem.
Vincent was set to take over the western half of the United States, something
he’d been working toward since he started with the organization right out of college.
“What kind of problem?”
“There’s this . .
.” His sentence trailed off.
“What, Jack?
There’s this, what?” He emphasized
the last word.
“Disturbance.”
He pursed his
lips and then said, “What does that mean?”
Chris, a man in
his early thirties with cropped black hair, cut in, “A very recent associate in
Silver City has reported a disruption of control over the host.”
“Then take care
of it.” Vincent had no time for this, not with the summit meeting looming. He
ran his fingers through his thick hair attempting to settle his bubbling anger.
His powers of persuasion were far more successful when he was calm.
Jack leaned
forward, making his chair creak. “Apparently, a teenage girl there can
interrupt the connection in our newer, and possibly weaker, associates.”
“Preposterous.”
Vincent blew out a breath. Was he working with morons? A teenage girl? Absurd.
“If she has
enough Light to sever the connection between our associates and their hosts—”
“Yes, yes, I
know. You don’t have to explain it to me, Jack.” Losing associates, and thus
control, in any city reflected poorly on the organization, and on him. Vincent
couldn’t have that.
“What should we
do?” Chris asked.
Vincent closed
his eyes for a moment, considering his options. He drew a deep breath and gazed
at Priscilla, head of associate training. “Neutralize the girl.”
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