Gem Stone (A Gemma
Stone Mystery, Book 1)
by Dale Mayer
Published
by Valley Publishing (Indie)
Length:
200 pages (eBook format)
Contemporary YA
Contains elements of action, adventure and mystery/thriller
Available at:
Amazon - http://amzn.com/B009QBRL4M
Blurb:
A juvie kid trying to stay on the right path stumbles into
trouble...
Gemma takes her camera everywhere. From juvie hall to a
halfway home, the new hobby gives her a focus she'd never had before and...
hope in a future. Until she takes pictures of something that could get her
killed.
And not just her...after she and another juvie girl are
chased by a stranger to the halfway home that same night, the other girl goes
missing and Gemma knows she needs help. But who can she trust?
Not the authorities that's for sure. Trusting them is
impossible for a girl with her damaged history, and besides, who cares about a
troubled kid...especially when trouble just naturally seems to find her.
Without warning, a
bright light flashed on, then its beam circled through the woods around them,
shining light where there shouldn't have been any.
"Come on. Let's
make a run for it." Gem stood up and at a dead run, bolted for the opening
in the stone wall behind the center.
They were almost
there, with Misty crashing behind Gem, when the searchlight swung toward them
from the right.
Pouring power into
her muscles, Gem ran faster. Realizing the light was going to catch them, she
snagged Misty and pulled her to the ground.
"-----------" Gem whispered
softly, turning to stare at Misty sprawled in wide-eyed panic while the light
panned above their heads.
"What do we do
now?" hissed Misty.
"We keep our
heads down, wait a few seconds longer for the light to move off, then we run.
It's not far. Let's bail through the wall into the backyard and run around to
your bedroom. One, two three… Go!"
The one good thing
about Misty was she understood and took orders well. Jumping to her feet, she
sprinted the short distance, her legs pumping as hard as they could. Gem's
longer legs easily caught up and passed her. At the wall, Gem dove through,
grunting at the hard landing on rocks and gravel on the other side. She'd be
covered in bruises tomorrow.
"Hurry up,"
she whispered to her friend. "Come on!"
After Misty clambered
through, Gem quickly replaced two of the rocks in the wall. She needed it to
look like nobody had gone through.
At her side, Misty
gasped for breath and held her side. "Damn, that was close."
"I don't think
we're out of trouble yet," Gem warned. They both hunkered down at the edge
of the wall and watched the brilliant beam of light bounce toward them through
the cracks and holes in the wall.
"Are they
chasing us?" Misty's horrified voice had risen to a high-pitched squeak.
"Shhh!" Gem pulled Misty back down to the ground when
she tried to stand for a better look.
"We didn't do anything
wrong." Misty said it in a normal voice, as if she didn't understand what
this was all about.
"Doesn't matter.
Shhhh." Gem's heart stopped at
the crunch of footsteps coming toward them from beyond the fence. Her heart
slammed against her chest.
Reflexively, Gem
slapped a hand over Misty's mouth as Misty tried to speak again.
Neither moved. They
stared at each other in frozen horror.
"I thought they
went over here?" shouted a deep male voice. "Could they have jumped
the wall?"
"Don't think so.
There's no sign of them anywhere."
"-----it."
Gem closed her eyes
and shuddered with relief as the footsteps retreated, the voice fading slightly
as it called out, "Let's check the woods on the left."
She waited another
long minute. Then removed her hand from Misty's mouth. "Come on. Let's get
back inside."
Moving quietly, they
headed around to Misty's bedroom window. Giving Misty her knee as a step up,
they both almost fell back in shock as Mark's shadowed face appeared in Misty's
window. He grabbed Misty's arms and hauled her up.
"Get in here
before you're seen," he hissed. Gem jumped up to where she could pull
herself in and found Mark's strong arms reaching around her and dragging her
inside…just ahead of the searchlight's cycling beam. The two stood locked in
place behind the curtain as the light bounced off the window and onto the wall
beyond.
Gem shuddered when it
passed by. Thank you.
About the Author:
Dale
Mayer is a prolific multi-published writer. She's best known for her Psychic
Visions series. Besides her romantic suspense/thrillers, Dale also writes
paranormal romance and crossover young adult books in several different
genres. To go with her fiction, she also
writes nonfiction in many different fields with books available on resume writing,
companion gardening and the US
Visit
Dale online at:
Website - http://www.dalemayer.com
Twitter
- http://www.twitter.com/dalemayer
Facebook
- http://www.facebook.com/dalemayer.author
BOOKS BY DALE MAYER
Psychic Vision Series
Tuesday's Child
Hide'n Go Seek
Maddy's Floor
Single Title Romantic Suspense/thrillers
Touched by Death – out now!
Novellas
It's a Dog's Life- romantic comedy
Young Adult Books
In Cassie's Corner
Dangerous Designs – Book I
Deadly Designs – Book 2 – out now!
Vampire in Denial – Book I of Blood Ties
Vampire in Distress – Book 2!
Gem Stone Mystery Series- out now!
Non-Fiction Books
Career Essentials: The Resume
Career Essentials: The Cover Letter
Career Essentials: The Interview
Career Essentials: 3 in 1
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