Books with title Awaken

Of course, the dress was white. This is what I'm supposed to die in, I thought. Not many people knew what their last outfit would be. I pulled it over my head. It fit me perfectly. It had long, loose fitting sleeves, a modest neckline, and waves of material on the skirt. I hated it. There were no shoes, and I was afraid I'd have to run through the forest barefoot but there weren't a lot of options. Besides, I'd run barefoot over a bed of nails to get away. "Scarlett, are you ready?" he called. I looked in the mirror and took a deep breath. Time to fight for my life. Scarlett Garner doesn't remember anything before the age of four - until a car accident changes everything. She starts to remember pieces of a past that frighten her. A past her parents hid from her... and a secret that could get her killed.

The sole heir to the vampire dynasty of the Shadow Night survives a merciless slaughter brought on by a vengeful vampire's insane lust for power. Her lover reaches her side, but she is dying. Yet, there is one chance to restore her, one chance alone.Reborn with a past of which she has no memory, Jade grows up in present-day small town America, living a normal teenage girl's life, with 'parents' and two older 'brothers.'She has an amazing best friend, Nonny, in whom she can always confide. Every year on Jade's birthday, she receives a mysterious gift from someone she has never met, let alone seen ... a stranger.Jade nears her eighteenth birthday and an unknowing deadline for her fate. In her senior year, Tristan Sterling, an enigmatic exchange student, makes no secret of wanting her. Jade's life and fate are about to take a giant turn. Who is Tristan? Who is he really?The question poses as to who will be with Jade at the stroke of midnight on her eighteenth birthday. Jade, the small town girl - and the lone surviving Vampiress of the Divine Family of the Shadow Night.Will it be a fairytale ending with a bite turning her back into who she really was centuries before? Or will she fall into a realm of darkness from where there is no escape?

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR LOVERS OF SCI-FI, FANTASY, PARANORMAL, AND ROMANCE. THIS ONE IS SURE TO LEAVE YOU WANTING MORE.Nothing remarkable ever happens in Riverside. Alayna West is proof of it. The teen has spent her life going through mundane tasks without anything out of the ordinary happening. Now, the rising senior prepares for her last year of high school with her same friends, in their same routines. Alayna doesn't know it, but everything she thought she knew is about to turn on its head, casting her well ordered life into disarray.Dru Sanjay faces an internal dilemma of his own. Forced to move, again, with his parents, he is pushed to the edge as they settle down in quiet Riverside. Railing at being trapped in the middle of nowhere, Dru is ready to break. He knows what awaits him, and it is nothing he is going to find in the Ozark Mountains.A strange twist of fate brings Alayna and Dru together. Instantly attracted to one another, Dru feels like he has known her all his life. Alayna rushes in, thinking he might be the one. Their relationship blossoms, and one quiet night they are attacked by a monster. Dru uses his powers to save her and she plunges headfirst into an impossible world.Alayna has spent her entire life being ordinary. A face in the crowd. She quickly discovers that there are secrets the human race was never told. Dark, terrible secrets best left unsaid. Deciding that her best chance for survival is by sticking close to Dru, she embarks upon a quest that will change her life forever and, if she isn't careful, alter the course of the future for the entire planet. Trapped between survival and love, her ordinary life just became a lot harder.Nothing remarkable ever happens in Riverside, until it does.DISCOVER THE AWARD-WINNING BOOK, AWAKENED, THE FIRST IN THE GODS AND GUARDIANS TRILOGY AND THE DEBUT OFFERING FROM THE TALENTED C.J. ANDERSON.

The star of truTV’s hit show Impractical Jokers—alongside veteran sci-fi and horror writer Darren Wearmouth—delivers a chilling and wickedly fun supernatural novel in the vein of The Strain, in which a beautiful new subway line in New York City unearths an ancient dark horror that threatens the city’s utter destruction and the balance of civilization itself.After years of waiting, New York's newest subway line is finally ready, an express train that connects the city with the burgeoning communities across the Hudson River. The shining jewel of this state-of-the-art line is a breathtaking visitors’ pavilion beneath the river. Major dignitaries, including New York City’s Mayor and the President of the United States, are in attendance for the inaugural run, as the first train slowly pulls in.Under the station’s bright ceiling lights, the shiny silver cars gleam. But as the train comes closer into view, a far different scene becomes visible.All the train’s cars are empty. All the cars’ interiors are drenched in blood.As chaos descends, all those in the pavilion scramble to get out. But the horror is only beginning. High levels of deadly methane fill the tunnels. The structure begins to flood. For those who don’t drown, choke or spark an explosion, another terrifying danger awaits—the thing that killed all those people on the train. It’s out there…and it’s coming.There's something living beneath New York City, and it's not happy we've woken it up.