Cambria
Hebert
Heven
and Hell series
Renegade (Heven and Hell #4)
Cambria Hebert
Genre:
Young Adult Paranormal
Publisher:
Cambria Hebert
Release
Date: May 3, 2013
Renegade
Blurb
The
conclusion to the Heven
and Hell
series.
I’ve
been beautiful. I’ve been ugly. I’ve died. I’ve been brought
back. I’ve had abilities awakened within me. My strength has been
tested. My beliefs have been tested.
Yet
I stand.
What’s
next when you’ve pretty much experienced it all?
The
end.
Sam
and I are picking up the pieces. We’re trying to come to terms with
all we’ve lost. And as much as I would like to hide my head, ignore
the reality I live every day, there is no forgetting.
Riley
is in hell—I’m still not sure of his agenda. My mother’s past
haunts me. And Kimber… Kimber is being herself. Cole sneaks glances
at Gemma and she returns them when she thinks I don’t see.
But
I do.
When
Beelzebub escapes he brings his war to places I never thought he
would. Earth. Maine. Home. Now everyone and everything is at risk.
This has become bigger than my circle of friends. This has become
bigger than me. I have to finish this. I have to find a way to stop
him, to finish this war.
I
just pray we will all be left standing in the end.
Renegade Excerpt
Chapter One
Sam
It begins like
usual, the slightest disturbance to my sleep, making me toss and turn
until I’m in that place between rest and wakefulness—not fully
coherent, but enough so I could have groggy thoughts.
There is pain, not
the kind of pain that would make you squirm, just enough to make you
feel uncomfortable. It kind of squirms around in my limbs, like
adrenaline, but not as insistent, making my body twitch.
My eyes pop open,
and I shoot up off the couch, not bothering to grab a T-shirt or the
shorts that lay nearby. I won’t need them. I move silently like a
cat—like a hound—to the door and slide the lock over and
let myself out. It’s cold out. The air doesn’t shock me back into
myself. I don’t even shiver.
Then I’m racing
through the yard, over the grass, and past the barn. I hear the
horses in their stalls, alerted at my presence, but I ignore them and
keep running. My bones come unhinged and realign. My spine stretches,
begins to reshape, and my body hunches. Black, thick fur sprouts,
replacing the smooth skin of my human arm and then finally the switch
in my brain flips.
I am no longer
human.
I am hellhound.
But I’m still me.
Only this me can
give in to the frustration and sadness that seems to well up inside
my human skin until I’m so full and there’s nowhere else for it
to go. And so it sloshes there. It soaks in until I feel like I’ll
drown.
I hate it.
That’s when the
hound takes over. I can’t really deny it. It’s like a summons, a
calling, a command. Usually I can tell it no, or push back, but when
you’re full of sloshing emotion there’s nowhere to push it back
to.
So I give in.
I run.
I lose all thought.
It’s just me, the
night, and nothing else. It’s a kind of freedom I’ve never felt
before.
And then I wake up.
The
Heven and Hell series
Before
(A Heven and Hell prequel)
Masquerade
Between
(A Heven and Hell companion)
Charade
Bewitched
(A Heven and Hell companion)
Tirade
Beneath
(A Heven and Hell companion)
Renegade
Book Trailers:
Masquerade:
Charade:
Tirade:
Renegade:
About the Author
Cambria Hebert is the author of the
young adult paranormal Heven and Hell series and the Death
Escorts series. She loves a caramel latte, hates math and is
afraid of chickens (yes, chickens). She went to college for a
bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major and ended up with a
degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always
have good hair. She currently lives in North Carolina with her
husband and children (both human and furry) where she is plotting her
next book. You can find out more about Cambria and her work by
visiting http://www.cambriahebert.com
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