THE DARKEST LIGHT

Vicki-Ann Bush

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GENRE:  Young Adult Paranormal

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BLURB:

As the star quarterback for his high school football team and local celebrity in the quaint town of Boulder City, Luke Jacob enjoys a charmed life. Everything’s going according to plan, that is until the night he spots a mysterious and alluring girl in the crowd. Despite his father’s cryptic warning to keep away from her, he’s instantly drawn to Mary.

The team plans a gathering to celebrate their homecoming win, and Luke decides to invite her. The evening turns dark when the demon Abezethibou appears and threatens them. When Mary steps in to save her peers, Luke sees her for what she truly is, forever changing their future and creating a bond between them.

The revelation shatters what Luke believes about himself and forces him to face his destiny.

Will Mary stand by Luke in the face of the coming storm, or will she be swayed by the allure of darkness?

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EXCERPT

Luke cleaved his chest, his heart dry of blood, he began to shake. A brilliant hue of gold emanated from within, illuminating every inch of his body as it began to rise from the ground. He looked up at his friends, smears of butterscotch glittered across the atmosphere. He shouted out to Jason as their bodies flopped backward like the rag doll Becca carried with her as a toddler. Floating closer to the heavens, their will was no longer their own.

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Guest Post By Vicki-Ann Bush

While I was writing The Darkest Light, I noticed several books coming out with character art. Now being the author dinosaur I am, I wasn’t sure what that was so I decided to check into it. I love it.  When it came time to print the hardcover my publisher told me they were looking for character art. I was thrilled. However, I was even more excited when they hired my child in-law, who is a well-known

artist, to create the piece. They asked me what I envisioned, and since I have no talent for drawing I left it up to them. I thought perhaps I’d get a standard couple embracing, the book is a YA Paranormal Romance, but no. Instead, they decided to make it different and chose a scene from the book that isn’t romantic. Rather, it’s a plea from Luke to Mary. I couldn’t have been happier. I feel it embodies the struggle of two teens thrusted into an impossible situation. So here’s Luke and Mary, he’s desperately trying to stop her from fulfilling a prophecy that could destroy their future forever. 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Born Vicki-Ann Guidice, on January 14th, 1962, her journey into the realm of the spiritual and supernatural was initiated at birth. Her early years were spent in Queens, New York known for having more people passed on than alive, as well as having several Gothic cemeteries within walking distance of its communities. At the age of 15, she moved to Los Angeles California taking her fertile imagination with her. After meeting her future husband, Ronald Bush, her new homeland became Las Vegas, Nevada.

As a mother of two, her first published book in 2008, Winslow Willow the Woodland Fairy, took her love of fantasy and spun it into a heartwarming children’s book. The progression to the young adult literary market took root in her novels that captured the haunting qualities of the Las Vegas desert surrounding her, but it was New York that called her home. Alex McKenna, the main character in the book series first published in 2019, is the embodiment of her Italian-American roots, memories of adolescent outsider status, and the strength it takes to live an authentic life.

Ms. Bush is a co-founder of Coffee House Tours, an events-based collaboration between local bookstores and coffee shops allowing authors to represent themselves and their works. Additionally, she is a frequent podcast literary guest and has a special relationship with The Center LGBTQIA+ Las Vegas where Alex McKenna has been an inspirational focus as a transgender Paranormal teen. Now starring in the short film Alex and Margret’s Beginning, inspired by the book series, Ms. Bush is an award winning short screenplay writer and Producer. Bringing her moving and unique storyline and character to a broader audience.

Website: https://www.vickiannbush.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vickiannbush

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authorvickiannbush

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VickiAnn.Bush.Author/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Light-Vicki-Ann-Bush/dp/1956183442

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