"AWAKENING is a wonder and a delight. Christy Dorrity is a talent to watch."
~David Farland, New York Times bestselling author of Nightingale
. . . because some Celtic stories won’t be contained in myth.
A little magic has always run in sixteen-year-old McKayla McCleery's
family—at least that’s what she’s been told. McKayla’s eccentric Aunt
Avril travels the world as a clairvoyant for the FBI, and her mother can
make amazing delicacies out of the most basic of ingredients. But
McKayla doesn't think for a second that the magic is real—it’s just good
storytelling. Besides, McKayla doesn’t need magic. She recently moved
to beautiful Star Valley, Wyoming, and already she has an amazing best
friend, a solo in her upcoming ballet recital, and the gorgeous guy in
her physics class keeps looking her way.
When an unexpected fascination with Irish dance leads McKayla to
seek instruction from the mute, crippled, janitor at her high school,
she learns that her family is not the only one with unexplained
abilities.
After Aunt Avril comes to Star Valley in pursuit of a supernatural
killer, people begin disappearing, and the lives of those McKayla holds
most dear are threatened. When the janitor reveals that an ancient
curse, known as a geis, has awakened powers that defy explanation,
McKayla is forced to come to terms with what is real and what is
fantasy.
A thrilling first novel, Awakening is a gripping contemporary
fantasy, based in Celtic mythology that is rife with magic, romance, and
mystery.
Christy Dorrity lives in the mountains with her husband, five
children, and a cocker spaniel. She grew up on a trout ranch in Star
Valley, Wyoming and is the author of The Geis series for young adults
and The Book Blogger's Cookbooks. Christy is a World Champion Irish
dancer and when she's not reading or writing, she's probably trying out a
new recipe in the kitchen.
www.christydorrity.com
christydorrity@yahoo.com
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