Blog Tour of UNUSUAL AWAKENING by S.M. Knowles 13/15/13

                                                  Title: Unusual Awakening

                                                 Author: S.M. Knowles

                                                 Genre: Young Adult


                                                 Tour Host: Lady Amber's Tours
                                                 http://ambersupernaturalandya.blogspot.ca




Book Description:

With tears and a tight hug, Rylee Everley’s dad left for Afghanistan with the Army

Reserve. Since his deployment, her mom has been distant, her sisters are constantly

fighting, and Rylee, at only thirteen years old, has to be the glue to keep them together.

While her mother stays locked in her room, Rylee has been forced into the role of

parent.

Now, two years later, a freak accident involving a bus at school promises to restore

some normality to her family. In spite of not knowing how their father is, her mother

is happy and her sisters don’t seem to fight as much as they used to. Rylee herself is

seeing more of her friends and is even trying to sort out her own feelings about Brock

Parker. However, something dark threatens to disrupt that normality for personal gain,

and that darkness is willing to break every rule to get what it wants.





Author Bio:

S.M. Knowles was born in Elmira, New York where she was swept away in a

whirlwind to the Land of Oz—Independence, Kansas. Her parents were relocating for

working opportunities and decided that this would be the perfect place to start new

roots. Little did she know that this place would contribute to the inspiration for the first

book she wrote in her Rylee Everley Series.

While growing up, S.M. would travel the roads around her house while imagining

she was somewhere else. Her imagination would take her everywhere, making the long

hot summer days seem shorter throughout her fantasies.

At the age of twelve, she decided to write her first book. Filled mostly with dialog,

she filled up one-hundred pages, front and back. After taking the book downstairs to

show her mom, and persuading her to buy her more paper, she excitedly ran back to

her room. As she barreled through the door, S.M. tripped over items left on her floor,

and her papers came raining down in her room. Discouraged, she stood there in tears,

picking up her papers and throwing them in the trash. Her work had no organization, no

numbers on her pages, just a child fulfilling a joy that she would put down and not pick

up again.

When she became older, she joined the military for something different. In that

time, she was able to explore many places and even met her husband in Iraq. After

coming home, she started her family in Arizona and went back to school, earning a

Master’s degree in Adult Education and Training.



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Excerpt:

Getting up, I walk over to the tree line. I don’t see anything around, so I grab

a rock and throw it to scare off any animals. Walking in further, I call out, “Hello?”

Everything is quiet. I wait a few more seconds. Something feels off. Walking in a

little further, I hear a branch break. I know I didn’t step on anything, so something’s

unquestionably out there. “Who’s out here?” I yell. A big oak tree stands directly in front

of me, right next to him. “No, no, no, no,” I beg.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0KZuZF01FA : Andrew Belle - In My Veins

http://www.youtube.com/embed/5y_KJAg8bHI : Avicii, Wake me up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IigRv6B763k : Eric Clapton, My

father’s eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZLbUIa7exE : John Mayor, Daughters