Synopsis of RIVER’S EDGE and Giveaway!

UPDATE:  The giveaway is now closed to entries, and the winner is . . . Casey! I’ll be mailing him a copy of RIVER’S EDGE in April! Congrats, Casey, and thanks to everyone who commented!! I really appreciate the feedback, and I’ll be rewording the synopsis based on the suggestions I received. Thanks for all the help!!

 

Announcing the first giveaway of RIVER’S EDGE!!

I need your help. In exchange for your help, you will be entered to win a free copy of RIVER’S EDGE as soon as I have it (mid-April)!

I’m working on the back cover synopsis for the book, and I need some feedback. So below I’m posting the synopsis I have right now—it’s a work in progress.

Here’s how you can enter to win:  leave a comment on THIS blog post. Not just any comment, but something related to the synopsis. Do you like it? Hate it? Does it make you want to read the book? Can you think of ways to improve it? I welcome any thoughts, opinions, and constructive criticism.

Contest is limited to one entry per person. Deadline to enter is Thursday, March 7th, 8:00 AM CST. At that time I will draw a winner from the people who have commented. Let me know if you have any questions, and good luck!

And now, the synopsis of RIVER’S EDGE.

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“Does salvation have a number? How many lives must I save before I’m redeemed?” 

Eighteen-year-old Kasia Maier planned to spend her summer studying turtles in the sand prairie, not trudging through fearsome backwaters with her new coworker, Blayne. And when a monster drags Blayne into the Mississippi River, Kasia never expected herself to jump in after him. She saves him, but soon she’s discovering the supernatural in other places . . . including herself. Now she’s wavering on the edge between a dwindling humanity and a dreadful immortality. The river is tempting one moment, terrifying the next. She doesn’t understand who she is or where she belongs. Blayne, the one person with the potential to help her, is also the hardest to resist. If she can’t stop her own transformation into a river monster, he will be her first victim. They don’t know the worst of it—even greater threats are lurking in the shadows.

Combining the Illinois setting of Thomson Causeway and the scariest of Slavic mythology, RIVER’S EDGE will make you question everything you know about nature, evil, and redemption.