Winter Angel
by Mia Hoddell
Genre: YA Romance
Release date: 25th
June 2014
Length: Novella
Blurb:
She was on holiday. He was
tricked into returning.
Neither of them wanted to be there, but neither could avoid it.
Neither of them wanted to be there, but neither could avoid it.
Amy wants to be back under the sun in
Portugal. However, when her suggestion is overruled in favour of a
skiing holiday, even she can't turn it down. What she couldn't have
predicted is that the holiday could make her break the one, and only,
rule she has: not to get into a serious relationship again.
When Amy first sees Luke, she knows
something is wrong. He's struggling to cope with everything and her
need to help people makes him the perfect distraction from the cold.
He hasn't been to the Alps in five years and he swore to never ski
again. But as his defences are broken by Amy's persistence, the
winter paradise begins to reawaken his desires.
However, with constant flashbacks
triggering his anxiety, he's torn, battling conflicting emotions as
he becomes increasingly captivated by Amy. She has a rule though. She
didn't go on holiday to fall for someone and the last thing she needs
is to ignore her own advice. Whether or not she can move past her
insecurities will depend on whether Luke can face his biggest
fear.
Winter Angel is a standalone,
young adult romance novella, but is the second book in the Seasons of
Change series.
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Excerpt
White. Gazing out of the small,
circular window, it
was the only colour he could see
surrounding him. The bursts of light—which had
broken through the heavy, grey
clouds—were reflected back as the ground grew
closer with each passing second. Not
too long ago he had been blissfully
unaware of the location his sister was
dragging him to for a holiday. A bubble
of excitement had surrounded him
throughout the early morning as he got up, and
stayed with him through travelling to
the airport and catching the flight. However,
it had burst as soon as the icy tips of
the mountains appeared and the plane
began its descent. Until that moment,
he had hoped his guesses had been wrong.
His sister had carefully
planned
the trip, making sure to hide all clues
as to where they were heading, and as
she glanced across at him, it seemed as
if she had been successful. Luke’s
knuckles were white on the arm rests.
He had claimed both of them, gripping
them so hard they looked like they
would snap under the force, or at least be
moulded to the shape of his hands when
he removed them.
Ellie watched as he took in a
shaky breath, but she heard no
exhale.
“Luke?”
The silence that filled the
space
around them was icier than the Alps
they had just flown over. Her brother’s
gaze remained fixed on the window,
watching as the ground, and his fate, drew
ever closer. Deep, ragged breaths
steamed up the window, which was almost
touching his nose. Desperately, he
tried to control the tremors shaking his
body, and his pounding heart, from the
fear that washed over him in waves.
“Luke, please, say
something.”
Worry had crept into Ellie’s tone.
She had thought her idea would do him good,
that forcing him to face everything
would turn him back into his old self.
Ellie missed the brother she had grown
up with and wanted him back. However,
seeing his eyes wide with fear, his jaw
clenched in anger, and his arms tense
with both, suddenly she wasn’t so
sure about her plan.
“You promised, Ellie. You
swore
you wouldn’t pressure me, and I
trusted you with that. You know how I feel
about this.” His voice was sharp and
curt as he spoke through clenched teeth,
trying to keep a hold on his
emotions.
The urge to flee surged within
him. He wanted to go home, to get off
the plane and board the next flight
straight back to England, but he
couldn’t. Not only was the plane still minutes
from landing—trapping him in the
confines of economy class, which felt even
smaller as realisation forced him to
understand Ellie’s plans—but he also
refused to waste more money on the
pointless trip Ellie had conned him into
taking. If he was going to use the
money he had earned from before everything
changed, it would be on his own
terms.
“You’ll enjoy it when
you’re
there,” Ellie stated, brushing off
his comments like they meant nothing to her.
“That’s easy for you to
say. You
don’t have to live with, or through,
what I have.” Luke was trying hard to
control his voice. Had they been in
private, he would have already been
shouting. The cramped environment meant
that Ellie was getting off lightly, but
he swore that when they reached their
chalet, he would not hold back. She had
no right to interfere with his
life.
“Never tell me I didn’t
live
through it, Luke. I was there when it
happened, in the hospital, and when you
got home. I was there through it all.
It may not have been me, but it wasn’t
like it had no effect on my life,”
Ellie hissed. It was the only way she could
convey her anger without disturbing
other passengers.
“Why though, Ellie? Why is
this
such a big deal to you?” Luke’s
eyes were full of sorrow as he turned to face
his sister for the first time, begging
to understand her reasoning for putting
him through something she knew would
hurt him.
About the Author
Mia Hoddell lives in
the UK with her family and two
cats. She spends most of her time
writing or reading, loves anything paranormal
and has an overactive imagination that
keeps her up until the early hours of
the morning.
With three poems
published before the age of
sixteen, Mia moved on to short stories
but finding she had too much to tell
with too little space, Mia progressed
to novels. She started her first series (The Wanderer
Trilogy) at the age of
fourteen and since then hasn’t
stopped writing. Elemental Killers is
her second series and with an ever growing
list of ideas, Mia is trying to keep up
with the speed at which her imagination
generates them.
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