Today I have an excerpt for you from Elizabeth Norris’ e-novella Undone. Her first book, Unraveling came out last year. Unbreakable, book two in the series released just this week! Undone takes place before, during, and between the two books. Here’s more about each one:
Unraveling
Two days before the start of her junior year, Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she’s opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a loner from school Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her. And though it isn’t possible, she knows with every fiber of her being that Ben somehow brought her back to life.
Two days before the start of her junior year, Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she’s opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a loner from school Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her. And though it isn’t possible, she knows with every fiber of her being that Ben somehow brought her back to life.
But her revival, and Ben’s possible role in it, is only the first of the puzzles that Janelle must solve. While snooping in her FBI agent father’s files for clues about her accident, she uncovers a clock that seems to be counting down to something—but to what? And as the clock ticks down, she realizes that if she wants to put a stop to the end of the world, she’s going to need to uncover Ben’s secrets—and keep from falling in love with him in the process.
Undone (a novella)Available electronically, Undone contains three stories from Ben’s point of view. One story is a prequel to Unraveling, where readers get a chance to find out more about Ben. Another story is set during Unraveling, as Ben realizes he loves Janelle. A third story is set in between Unraveling and Unbreakable.
UnbreakableIn bookstores and e-retailers on April 23rd, Unbreakable takes place four months after Unraveling concludes. Janelle is determined to stop dwelling on the events in Unraveling by solving a new mystery: while everyone is trying to rebuild their lives, people are starting to disappear without a trace. Soon one of Janelle’s close friends goes missing too. Then Interverse Agent Taylor Barclay reappears to tell Janelle that Ben needs her help, because Ben is a prime suspect behind the people vanishing. If Ben does not come forward in five days, his imprisoned family faces execution for his alleged human trafficking activities….
And now for the excerpt! Enjoy 🙂
PROLOGUE
Certain moments in my life are imprinted in my memory.
They’re easy to recall with perfect clarify whether I want to remember them or not. Any small thing can trigger them: a phrase, a smell, a thought. It brings everything back like I’m reliving that moment, a brief scene in the movie of my life, complete with how horrible I felt at the time. And I usually felt horrible in those moments, because for some reason it’s the moments that I want to forget that stick around.
Like in eighth grade when I had my first kiss with Jane Sheriden and my arm got stuck awkwardly between her head and couch: just thinking about it still makes me cringe. Or when Ms. Wittak caught me cheating in Algebra freshman year because I’d saved the formulas I needed to remember in a fake game on my graphing calculator, and she tore up my test in front of the whole class.
Then there were memories that were more significant.
The pivotal moments that changed everything.
Those I don’t want to forget. Now that I’ve had too much time to think about them, to replay them over and over again in my mind, they’re the things I wouldn’t take back, that I wouldn’t do over.
Because of Janelle.
She saved my life when we were ten. She anchored me by being who she was, and somewhere along the line, I fell in love with her.
In just about every significant moment in my life, she’s there. Whether she knew it or not.
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