PRESENTS. .
.
A Cover Reveal
for
Twelve
by T.M.
Franklin
Release Date: October 9,
2014
Ava Michaels is gifted, powerful,
and—whether she likes it or not—part of a plot to take over the world.
It’s only been a few months since Ava
Michaels discovered she has ties to an ancient people living in the shadows of
the human world, despite their superior gifts and abilities. A select few don’t
like hiding, however, and think it’s time to take control.
Now Ava’s caught up in a conspiracy in the
works before she was even born. In fact, her birth was an integral part of the
plan. She’s one of the Twelve, the most powerful Race ever created, and they
were created for a purpose.
Ava, however, doesn’t like being told what
to do.
All she wants is to start a new life with
Caleb Foster, the Protector who once put his own life at risk to save hers. Before
they can even think about that, however, they need to figure out exactly what
the Twelve and their power-hungry leader are up to—and find a way to stop them.
Along the way, they’ll have to forge
alliances with former enemies, seek out powerful new friends, and infiltrate
the heavily fortified enemy stronghold in an attempt to get some answers. In
the end, Ava must decide if her destiny lies in her DNA or in her conscience.
If she can turn her back on what she was born to do and do what is right. If
she will save the ones she loves or save the world.
Or if her ties to the Twelve mean she has no
choice at all.
She sat up suddenly and grabbed Caleb’s
hand. “Do you feel that?”
“What?” He instinctively checked the
mirrors, but there was nobody behind them.
“Someone . . .” Ava’s eyes glazed over.
“Someone’s coming. Fast.”
Caleb stepped on the gas, searching the
horizon. “Who? Anyone familiar?”
“What’s happening?” Sophie asked.
Ava shook her head. “I can’t tell. Not yet
anyway. You think it’s Protectors?”
Caleb’s jaw tightened. “Or Rogues.”
“You think they know?” Ava glanced at
Sophie.
“We don’t know. Not for sure.”
“Would somebody please tell me what’s going on?”
Sophie shouted from the backseat.
The temperature in the car dipped as frost
formed along the edges of the windows.
“You’ve got to calm her down,” Caleb
muttered, taking a turn too fast and swerving to correct.
“Now.”
Ava didn’t argue, instead scrambling over
the seat to take the girl’s hand. “Sophie, listen to me. You need to stay calm,
okay? Try to breathe with me.”
“But—”
“I’ll explain everything, but first you need
to calm down. You see what’s happening?”
Through the mirror, Caleb saw her glance up
at the roof of the car as snowflakes began to drift through the interior.
“I . . . I don’t understand,” Sophie
murmured. “What’s—why is it snowing?”
“It’s you,” Ava said quietly. “You’re upset,
and your gift is reacting.”
“I don’t understand what’s happening to me.”
Sophie choked on a sob, and Caleb felt the telltale prickle of another Race
signature along the edges of his consciousness.
“I feel them now,” he said, sitting taller
in the seat and leaning forward as if willing the car to go faster.
Ava didn’t respond but remained focused on
Sophie.
Caleb felt Ava’s gift and knew she was
letting it flow into the girl a little, helping calm her.
“We’ll help you.” Ava sounded so calm and
soothing. “We’ll help you learn to control it, but for right now, you need to
calm down. Breathe with me, okay?”
Sophie nodded and swallowed tears as she
tried to match Ava’s inhale and exhale.
The snow stopped.
“That’s good.” Ava nodded encouragingly.
“Keep breathing. I need you to stay calm. Someone’s coming, and I’m guessing
they’re after you.”
Sophie’s breath caught, and the ice
gathering on the dashboard cracked.
“It’s okay,” Ava hurried to say. “Keep
breathing. Stay calm. We’re going to keep you safe.”
Sophie gripped Ava’s hand, but she kept
breathing slowly in and out. “How?”
Ava smiled. “You asked what I could do?
Well, I’m about to show you.”
T.M. Franklin started out her career writing
nonfiction in a television newsroom. Graduating with a BA in Communications
specializing in broadcast journalism and production, she worked for nine years
as a major market television news producer, and garnered two regional Emmy
Awards, before she resigned to be a full-time mom and part-time freelance writer.
Her first published novel, MORE, was born out of a challenge
to write a novel in thirty days issued during National Novel Writing month.
MORE was well received, selected as a finalist in the 2013
Kindle Book Review Best Indie Book Awards, and won the Suspense/Thriller
division of the Blogger Book Fair Reader’s Choice Awards.
In addition to MORE and
its sequels, The Guardians and TWELVE,
Franklin has penned the Amazon best-selling short stories,
Window and A Piece of Cake. Her new YA
romance How to Get Ainsley Bishop to Fall in Love with You
is Franklin’s first love story without traditionally recognized paranormal or
fantasy elements. Although . . . T. M. is the first to argue that love is the
best kind of magic.
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