Willow
Rob Parnell
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(R & R Books Film Music, Aug. 21, 2013)
Rob Parnell, #1 bestselling Kindle author, brings you a young adult supernatural fiction story of extraordinary power.Willow Barke is thirteen - and psychic. She lives in foster care in a recently condemned inner city flophouse. Willow is super-smart and tomboy beautiful, though she's sometimes reclusive by nature, a product of her bad experiences with unsuitable foster parents over the years. When we meet Willow she's feisty, willful and eager to prove herself to her peers and mentors.The sudden suspicious death of her favorite magazine editor, Leo Forrester, inspires Willow to uncover the truth about Leo – and ultimately the mystery surrounding her own birth... "Willow is an action-packed page turner. Ignore it at your own peril."While investigating Leo's old house in the hills, Willow meets Harley, a mysterious twelve year old boy who claims to have a ghost for a best friend. Their mutual interest in the paranormal cements their relationship. Plus, Harley knows where Leo died and thinks they should visit the site - in order to pick up any vibrations that might help in their quest.At the local nature reserve, Willow experiences a psychic connection with Leo - and now she knows for certain that his death was no accident. It was murder.The prime suspect? The mysterious Abigail - Leo's wife - and herself a powerful psychic magician capable of tricks far beyond what is considered normal.But who would believe them? The police - and the rest of the adult cast - openly scoff at Willow and Harley's suspicions. Willow is even threatened with expulsion from her foster home. And Harley is in deep trouble with his mother for consorting with spirits from beyond - and recklessly putting his life in danger.All the while, Willow knows that confronting Abigail may well result in her own death.Together, Willow, Harley and his ghost friend, Rick, embark on a terrifying journey that takes them to edge of reality, through exotic landscapes and a myriad of locations, even to the realm of dreams and astral projections - to an extraordinary fight to the death with a homicidal maniac bent on the destruction of everyone in her path.Plus, there's the small matter of Willow falling in love with a gorgeous sixteen year old boy who just happens to have been dead for over fifty years!Willow is a beautifully crafted and haunting story filled with heart-stopping adventure, thrills and suspense. It will have you on the edge of your seat, right up to the exhilarating climax that will leave you breathless at the final revelation of the shocking truth.