Synopsis "The Good Shadows (in English)"
She believed him when he told her some Shadows were good.When sixteen-year-old Violet Blackstone seeks to belong outside of her Christian community, she opens doors to a dark world she doesn't understand. Her parents' secret separation and conflict at church fuel her desire to find something more. She sneaks out to a party at Chuckanut House and meets Dakota Selby, the mysterious new guy at Bellingham High School who reads her tarot cards and tells her she doesn't belong. When she discovers his family owns Chuckanut House, she plans to hold her parents' twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party there to reunite them in the beautiful mansion surrounded by forest and ocean-and to spend more time with Dakota to prove she fits into his world.Violet works her way into Dakota's life and must face the secrets and Shadows buried deep within Chuckanut House and her own family's past. Entrenched in darkness, Violet searches for light and love as she battles Shadows threatening to capture her soul.When her life falls apart, where will she turn?Winner of the 2016 Orange County Christian Writer's book proposal contestComing June 2020: Book two, The Dark ShadowsAuthorCarol Alwood grew up in the green haven of Bellingham, Washington, the setting of The Good Shadows series. Now living in Southern California, she misses the raindrops on maple leaves, so when she isn't home for a visit she writes stories that take place in her hometown. Carol adores fiction and is the author of the novelette, Ghost of a Girl. She also wrote Focused Backstory: The Key to Writing Deep Character Journeys, a newly released writing-craft book.Praise for Carol Alwood"The Good Shadows takes teen drama to a new level. Alwood's unique take on a topic typically avoided by authors of faith is compelling. Lovers of speculative fiction and contemporary YA will find this book hard to put down." -Alyssa Roat, literary agent with C.Y.L.E."The Good Shadows by Carol Alwood is the kind of story that will keep a reader up at night ingesting 'just one more chapter.' This page-turner is grounded in the characters who seem no different from teens in real life... Above all, this entertaining story provides an example and a warning regarding any involvement in the occult. This powerful theme is much needed in today's culture. I highly recommend this novel to Christian young adults, in particular." -Rebecca LuElla Miller, author, freelance editor, blogger at A Christian Worldview of Fiction"This action-filled book shows how easy it is for teens to be drawn into the 'dark side.' Alwood creates a believable world in which readers experience the consequences of the small 'steps' that lead to Violet's ultimate deception and near ruin of her soul." -Nancy Brashear, Ph.D., is the author of a psychological thriller, Gunnysack Hell, short stories including "Uncaged" and "Ready or Not!", and most recently, the poems "Cliffhanger" and "Lonely Dead."
