Giveaway & Excerpt: The Haunting Season by Michelle Muto

Today I have author Michelle Muto visiting. Michelle is another author from the Kelley Armstrong message board and as you know, I love to feature people from there. Michelle has always loved storytelling. When she was a child, her favorite stories were of monsters and things that lurked in the dark. Telling stories often frightened her classmates and got her into a lot of trouble with her teachers. They had no sense of humor. (If I recall correctly, Kelley tells a similar story. No wonder Michelle found herself on Kelley's board.  ~ Bea)

As an adult, Michelle traded her love of writing for the corporate life where she was an IT professional. Today, she’s doing what she loves best – writing and storytelling.

Michelle grew up in Chicago, but currently lives in NE Georgia with her husband and their two dogs, one of which is a Beezlepup. She loves scary books, funny movies, sports cars, dogs, chocolate, old cemeteries, and changes of season. Michelle even loves photography. One day, maybe she’ll upload a better photo – one that wasn’t taken in late afternoon with Photobooth. Or, maybe not.

Michelle writes on a Mac and is a true geek at heart. She agrees with her dogs who think cheese and bacon should be in their own food group. But most of all, she believes everyone should trust their imagination, have a kind heart, and should definitely have a sense of humor.

Michelle's newest book is "The Haunting Season", a New Adult Horror book aimed at readers 17+.  Read on for an excerpt and at the end of the post, you can enter to win your own copy.

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Excerpt, from Jess's Point of View:

Why did it feel as though something was about to go wrong? Terribly, horribly wrong? And how had Allison suddenly become the calm one? 

Jess closed the door to the bathroom as she dried her hair, leaving it slightly damp to save time. She unplugged the dryer and walked back into the bedroom. Allison was sitting on the edge of her bed facing the doorway. 

“Sshhh!” she said turning her head back to Jess.

Jess crept over to Allison. Outside the door, someone paced the hallway. 

“It’s like the other night,” Allison whispered. She scooted back on the bed and wrapped her arms around herself.

The pacing continued and Allison’s fear was escalating. She buried her head in her palms and began to whimper. Which was why Jess had to go and open the door. By now, she believed there were things that wanted to hurt them in Siler House. But, realistically, it could also be Gage or Bryan, or Dr. Brandt. 

Or someone else entirely.

Each creak of the boards set Jess’s nerves on edge. 

She went across the room. They couldn’t jump at every shadow. They’d be a wreck by the time they had to do the séance. 

“Don’t!” Allison pled. “It’ll know which room we’re in.”

More footfalls sounded outside the door. 

“Whatever it is, it already knows which room we’re in.”

The doorknob turned back and forth, but no one entered. Jess held her breath, but Allison…Allison was curled up on the bed whimpering. 

Enough of this! It’s scaring the shit out of her.

 And me!

But it’s going to make Allison crack completely.

The pacing resumed. Jess took a final step forward and the pacing stopped. 

Open it. It’s right on the other side of the door. Just open it!

As Gage had put it, if they weren’t calm, they weren’t thinking. Right now, Allison wasn’t thinking. They’d need her for later. They couldn’t afford for her to make any mistakes in telling them how to guide Riley over into their realm. 

What if it’s Riley?

It’s not.

If he were free of the mirrors, he wouldn’t be walking the hallway waiting for an invitation. Her hand hesitated only once. Gathering up every ounce of courage she had, Jess grabbed the knob and flung the door open. 

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The Haunting Season 

Author: Michelle Muto

Publisher: Dreamscapes, Ink

Genre: Horror, New Adult, Young Adult

Format: ebook, paperback

Length: 81,169 words

Release Date: December 24, 2012

Buying Links:  Smashwords   Amazon US   Amazon UK   Barnes & Noble

Book Blurb :

  (Contains sexual content, language, and some graphic violence. Discretion advised for readers under 17 ).

 

Be careful what you let in…

Siler House has stood silent beneath Savannah’s moss-draped oaks for decades. Notoriously haunted, it has remained empty until college-bound Jess Perry and three of her peers gather to take part in a month-long study on the paranormal. Jess, who talks to ghosts, quickly bonds with her fellow test subjects. One is a girl possessed. Another just wants to forget. The third is a guy who really knows how to turn up the August heat, not to mention Jess’s heart rate…when he’s not resurrecting the dead.

The study soon turns into something far more sinister when they discover that Siler House and the dark forces within are determined to keep them forever. In order to escape, Jess and the others will have to open themselves up to the true horror of Siler House and channel the very evil that has welcomed them all.

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Michelle is giving away one ebook copy of "The Haunting Season", open internationally. Enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. Please read my Giveaway Policy.

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