The
Unwanted (Black
Water Tales #2)
by JeanNicole Rivers
Genre: NA Horror/Psychological Thriller
Release date: March 31st 2016
Summary:
In the remote, eastern European town of Borslav there is St. Sebastian orphanage, a place where people discard their unwanted children. For the American, Blaire Baker, it’s the perfect place to volunteer her services. Paired with a cheerful volunteer nurse, Blaire is enthusiastic about the possibilities, but is quickly discouraged when she encounters the nefarious nature of the staff and the deplorable conditions of the facility and the children.
by JeanNicole Rivers
Genre: NA Horror/Psychological Thriller
Release date: March 31st 2016
Summary:
In the remote, eastern European town of Borslav there is St. Sebastian orphanage, a place where people discard their unwanted children. For the American, Blaire Baker, it’s the perfect place to volunteer her services. Paired with a cheerful volunteer nurse, Blaire is enthusiastic about the possibilities, but is quickly discouraged when she encounters the nefarious nature of the staff and the deplorable conditions of the facility and the children.
Upon
arrival, one of the children informs Blaire, “There’s something
in the basement.” It isn’t long before strange things begin
happening, including Blaire’s flashbacks of the accident that
killed her parents. The children soon suffer injuries that Blaire,
first, fears may be the deeds of the callous workers but she soon
thinks the abuse may originate from a source that is less than human,
something unwanted.
The
unwanted is coming but in order for Blaire to fight it, she must dig
into St. Sebastian and herself in search of truth. Blaire wants
nothing more than to help the children, but when she discovers the
tragedy that happened in the basement and learns that the same evil
forces are still at work, it will be Blaire who needs help…There’s
something in the basement.
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Praise:
Houston,
I've found your female master of horror @JeanNicole19 ! The Unwanted
will leave you spooked. --Bookishjessp
OH
MY GOD I LOVED THIS STORY! If I could pick a novel to be turned
into a major motion picture, I would pick Black Water Tales: The
Unwanted. This thriller/horror story is sooo scary! And I
loved every minute of it! --A
Well Read Woman Book Review
I
got chills so many times and couldn't read it before bed! --A
Book Lover’s Life Book Blog
The
book starts off right away with the creepy and it doesn't let up
until the end. –
Vik Booklover
I
was completely engaged in the story and had a hard time putting it
down, partly because I was interested in the answers and partly
because I was terrified, and also just because it was just a really
well written read. --
SMADA's Book Smack
That fall was one of the coldest Black
Water had ever seen. Blaire could not have been more
than eleven years old. Sabrina Langford
had asked her if she wanted to go walking up to the
Grammercy Bridge. Grammercy had once
taken trains safely from one side of the river to the
other and on through the picturesque
town of Black Water, but that was long ago. It was a place
of little interest to two young girls
and, from what Blaire had known at her innocent age, it was,
at most, a place where the older kids
went to kiss on Friday nights. When Sabrina suggested it as
a play place that day, Blaire wanted to
object, but hesitated at the thought of turning off her
newfound friend.
Long ago the bridge had become
lifeless, but it still gave an endless series of death breaths as the
girls walked along it. The water flowed
rapidly, and the sound of the swishing and churning
made Blaire shiver. After throwing a
couple of rocks into the river, a series of familiar faces
emerged. Lacey Wright, Sharla Hig,
Kiana James, and Elizabeth Morrow claimed territory on
the bridge, creating a poignant image
that Blaire would never forget. A pang of fear sliced
through Blaire’s stomach: seppuku.
Nothing involving Lacey, Sharla, Kiana and Elizabeth could
be good for her because the Frightening
Four were perpetrators of horrendous kiddie crimes. Just
the week before they surrounded a girl
on the playground, who they teased relentlessly until she
cried and admitted she was a “slut”
as they kept calling her. It was a word that Blaire knew
vaguely from hearing it in R-rated
movies that she snuck to catch glimpses of from time to time,
although she would have been hard
pressed to define the word if asked. Against her better
judgment, Blaire stepped into the
circle of doom on the playground and screamed at all of them
to leave the helpless girl alone.
Within seconds of hearing the commotion, Mrs. Bennett,
infiltrated the mob of minors with a
series of inquiries and instructions that made Lacey roll her
eyes. The kids scattered but not before
Blaire received a malevolent glare from the hellion gang’s
little hierarch. The four of them were
relentlessly brutal BFFs, who stopped at nothing when they
craved the blood of another in the form
of utter humiliation and in the name of pure adolescent
wickedness.
About
the Author
JeanNicole
Rivers is a great lover of reading and writing. Though she loves
reading and writing varied genres, horror/thriller is her
favorite. JeanNicole has been writing poetry and short stories
since she was a child, but
has always
aspired to master the art of storytelling through novels. The
Unwanted is
the second story in her series of Black
Water Tales,
following The
Secret Keepers.
Jean
Nicole was awarded 3rd place in the National Black Book Festival’s
2013 Best New Author competition and she enjoys the honor of having
written featured articles for popular reader websites and blogs, such
as Digital Book Today and The Masquerade Crew.
Jean
Nicole Rivers graduated from Florida International University with a
bachelor of arts in philosophy, and she lives in Houston, Texas.
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