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| Author: The very talented Elaine White |
Book 1: The School of Second Chances
When
a group of mishaps are drawn together at the most prestigious magical school in
Scotland, vampires meet banshees, witches meet wolves and things begin
happening that haven't happened for an age.
For
these eight children, turning sixteen has never seemed so terrifying.
To
learn how to hone their skills, they will discover more secrets lurking behind
the shadows of their mythical lives than they ever realised existed.
How
they survive the school is one thing.
How they survive each other is quite another.
Book
1.5: The Lost and Lonely
Phil
always thought his life was going to be chaotic. Orphaned as a child and having
grown up in foster care, his boyfriend Logan is the only shining light in his
world. Him and Phil's two foster sisters, Ella and Estelle.
But
when Estelle goes off to a fancy new boarding school, suddenly everything
changes. His life won't always be dark and lonely, but it won't always be
simple, anymore, either.
When
the Sutherland's enter his life, Phil has to question what secrets he's willing
to keep and where the word 'magical' fits into his normal, human life.
Book 2: The Oceans of Faith
Extraordinary students only prove they are extraordinary under the most
dire of circumstances.
When things start going haywire at Evander's School for Enchanted
Personage, Riley is the first to suffer the consequences. His two soul mates
Spike and Riley must try to figure out what is going wrong and who is creating
chaos around vulnerable students.
But when secrets are revealed and truths are discovered, their faith in
what they know and who they trust, will be shattered.
Book 3: The Storm of Shadows
The final installment of the Evander's
School for Enchanted Personage trilogy.
As events come to a head, Riley is put under
more pressure than he ever imagined possible. Battling a secret society, The
Dagger of Enchanted Justice, seems like a walk in the park compared to their
newest battle: a double assault from family members, that will break more than
one heart.
The children of Evander's school must fight
together, for the right to live and love how they choose, or face a darkness
that will corrupt them all. With dangers mounting, they must try to save
innocent children from an unexpected source of violence and protect the
non-magical humans from magic that they cannot understand or defeat.
The fate of their world rests on the shoulders of a
sixteen-year-old child.
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Extract from Book 1: The School of Second Chances
*This extract is unedited and subject to change,
before publication*
The silence was only broken when Evander stood
from the top table of teachers and waited for the room to quieten down.
“Thank you all for coming this morning. I
realise that some of you are used to a long lie on Sundays,” he smiled at the
newest table of students. “To begin, I would like to remind our resident dragon
that fire breathing is not permitted within school halls. Hovering above
students and scaring them with a burst of fire is hardly appropriate for an
eighteen year old. This will be your last warning before we resort to more
extreme measures. Please be warned,”
A group of older students found it difficult
to hide their laughter as the guilty party stood from their table, took a bow
for his audience and saluted Evander, as if they were friends.
Lane couldn't get over the casual atmosphere
and how their headmaster only smiled in amusement. As if to broadcast that he
was the one being talked about, the red haired, six foot tall boy gave a stretch
that flared out previously hidden wings. Their span was at least eight feet of
dark grey, almost leather like material. He could only laugh at the look of
absolute envy on Estelle's face.
“As it is the first assembly for our new
students, let me welcome you to the school,” Evander began again, gracing them
with a warm smile. “I ask that all other years behave appropriately in their
presence and make a good impression on them. The students of my school should
always be well behaved,” he reminded them.
“Today is your day to explore and gain a
feeling of familiarity with the grounds. Tomorrow you will begin classes and I
ask that you pay grave attention to each and every one. They will become very
important when it comes to how you fit in within the school,” he continued
seriously, though a small smile continued to play at his lips.
Payson glanced across at Diantha, who was so
busy examining her nails that she didn't seem to be paying their headmaster any
attention whatsoever. He figured it was easier to give up hope for her than
waste time praying for something that was never going to happen.
“Our next assembly is a special one. Instead
of congregating in the morning, we will meet for the evening meal in
celebration of a special event. Evander's School for Enchanted Personage will
officially be one hundred years old,” Hirum announced, much to everyone's
delight. “You may spend the day as you wish, but the evening will be spent
within this hall, celebrating. And I ask you all to attend; there will be some rather
intriguing entertainment…we will be having a fancy dress ball,”
With the words, there was a room wide cheer.
The older students whispered about the fancy dress they would be expected to
wear, for the ball. It trickled from one table to the other, until someone
leaned over and passed the news to Sheldon.
A smile spread across his face when he heard
and he waited for a short moment as Evander finished his speech and invited
them all to eat breakfast.
There were two large jugs of milk on the
table, two packets of cereal and two plates, one with scones and the other with
croissants, all ready with a variety of spreads to choose from.
Sheldon waited until they had settled and
finished arguing over who was reaching for what, before sharing the news with
them. “The fancy dress is that we dress up as the stereotype of what we are. So
vampires dress as vampires, witches dress as witches,” he grinned, apparently
already plotting how he was going to dress up.
Harry Potter immediately slid into Payson's
mind; he was just having trouble deciding which character he might choose to
be.
“So…fangs, capes…” Payson approved, wondering
which vampire from the movies or TV shows he was going to choose. He didn't
want to be covered in glitter and go as Twilight; it would be too difficult to
get rid of afterwards, but he didn't want to go full hog and do the old
Nosferatu look either.
“Angel,” Riley leaned across and whispered to
him.
Payson frowned, confused about why he wanted
him to dress up as an angel when he was a vampire. But as they sat together,
passing items to each other like they had done it for years, with the perfect
synchronicity and no fussing of familiarity between them, he managed to explain
quietly.
“From Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her boyfriend
Angel was a vampire. I can get you pictures online if you want? We're allowed
to use the computers in the library for class research,” he explained, quietly.
“Is he worth dressing up as? He's not covered
in glitter?” he asked nervously, hoping to avoid embarrassment at the ball. But
he liked the way Riley smiled and laughed at his words, looking around as if to
check that no one could hear him. Then he surprised him even more.
“No. He's very cool and gorgeous. He's kind of
my favourite vampire,” he claimed, innocently.
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Elaine
White was born and raised in the
small town of Haddington, Scotland. She began writing from an early age,
experimenting with various writing styles. Fighting cancer in her early teens
taught her that life is short and dreams should be pursued.
Now,
she finds inspiration everywhere, which has led to numerous novels and series
in any genre that can involve romance.
Elaine
currently lives at home in Scotland with her parents and a pack of wolves
cleverly disguised as one standard poodle. She is a full-time writer.
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