Wilder: The Guardian Series (38 page)

Authors: G.K. DeRosa

“What is she?” she whispered under her breath.

“A fairy.”

“A what?”

“
Shhh
… they have excellent
hearing,” said Roman. “We can talk about it later.”

When Celeste looked up, Marie was looking at her quizzically
with big emerald green eyes.

“Sit down with us,” said Natalie. “We’ll tell you all you
need to know about surviving in Oak Bluffs.”

As everyone sat around the table, Marie explained what had
brought her to the small town. Celeste eyed her skeptically, but Roman seemed
to be at ease so she took that as a good sign. She glanced over at Brian to see
that he was gawking at the cute girl hanging on her every word. For some reason
Celeste realized, his smitten gaze made her happy. She leaned over to give
Roman a quick kiss on the cheek, and he reciprocated with a squeeze of her
hand, which he was holding under the table. All of a sudden, a searing pain
tore through Celeste’s head. She bit down hard on her lower lip to suppress a
scream as a terrible vision flashed through her mind.

***

Outside a dark figure loomed in the shadows. Watching the
happy group of friends and seething with anger, he vowed to get revenge on them
all.

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Acknowledgements

A special thank you to my loving and supportive husband who
always understood my need for escaping into a good book (or TV show!) And of
course my mother who is the guiding force behind everything I do. And to my
father who will always live on in my dreams.

A huge
thank
you to everyone that
had a hand in the creation of this book. I could not have done it without you!
To Robin Wiley, the first person to read
Wilder
and Celeste’s biggest supporter from day one. I don’t think I would have gone
forward if it
wasn’t
for your constant encouragement.
It means the world to me. To my dearest and oldest friend
Dorothee
Leiser
who spent hours reviewing my manuscript and
providing invaluable input as well as grammar and punctuation edits!

Thank you to all my friends, family, co-workers who let me
bounce ideas off of them and listened to my struggles as a first time author
and self-publisher. I appreciate it more than you all will ever know.

Author
Biography

G.K. De Rosa has
been an avid reader from a very young age. At the precocious age of two,
while living in Italy, she had memorized an entire children’s book in Italian
and expertly turned the pages at the exact right moments of the story. As she
grew up, she always enjoyed literature, no doubt having been instilled with a love
of story telling from her early years in Catholic school where she was
greatly influenced by exemplary teachers who taught her the value of English
and Literature. Though she did not pursue writing in college and instead went
for the more traditional route of International Business inspired by her love
for travel and all things foreign, after a move to New York City, she found her
creative writing side calling once again. She began writing a restaurant review
blog, City Lights and Tasty Bites, detailing her other passion –
food! The hectic hustle and bustle of the city, combined with long commuting
times gave her the opportunity to spend more time reading and rekindled a lost
love. After reading countless books in many diverse genres over the two years
in New York City, and returning to her home state of Florida, she felt
compelled to write something for herself. She had always felt particularly
drawn to Young Adult novels and having been an eternal romantic at heart, a
fantasy romance was a natural choice. She currently lives in South Florida with
her real life Prince Charming and their fur baby, Nico the German
Shepherd
.