Goodreads | Releases October 31,
2013
New Adult Paranormal
Romance
Fighting Fate Series, Book 1
Chosen
Nothing can stand in the way of
outspoken, rule-breaker-extraordinaire, Kaddy Richston…except destiny. Born with wildly colored hair
and piercing gray eyes Kaddy knew she was different, but she set her sights on her ambitious dreams of
being in a rock band and leaving her small town behind along with the painful memories of her past.</
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But destiny has other plans for
her.
When the calm, cool, and always
collected Cole Huntington enters her life he takes a strange interest in her, his striking blue eyes never
wandering far from her every move. Despite her efforts to push him away, he plans on unraveling every
single one of Kaddy’s dark secrets even though he has some of his own.
Despising each other from the
start, Kaddy is determined to undermine whatever intentions he has until she learns of a destiny she
never asked for. The fate of the world lies in her hands as she learns how different she really is. The only
person she can turn to for answers is the last person she’d want help from: Cole Huntington who seems
to dislike her rule-breaking as much as she dislikes his rule-following.
Sometimes destiny sucks.
Paulina Ulrich
I have always loved writing,
telling stories, and the idea of dreaming big because where I come from, you dream big or you don't
dream at all. I'm a full-time author with my slightly insane cat, Juey, who is always happy to keep me
company as he so often thinks he can lay on my keyboard to "assist" my writing. I write stories because
life wouldn't be as fun without the occasional break from reality.
I am the author of the YA
paranormal romance Flightless Bird series, the mature YA/New Adult paranormal romance Fighting Fate
series and many more stories to come. When I'm not writing it's either because I ran out of iced tea, I'm
out
Excerpt:
“Kaddy, wait.” I heard Mike
trailing me as I turned out of the Wheel Barrel.
I pressed a hand to my temple and sighed. “Yeah?”
“You okay? I know you didn’t get a lot of sleep last night.” Mike scratched the back of his
head and looked down at me, worried. “Maybe some lunch will help.”
“What I need is sleep, and what needs to happen is for me to stop having these stupid
night terrors.” I leaned back against the hot brick building for a moment.
“You can’t help it. It’s not your fault.” Mike leaned on his shoulder next to me, his hands
deep in his apron pockets.
“I know, but I hate it. Why can’t they stop?” I smacked my hand to my forehead and
sighed. Against my palm, my skin felt too warm. Was I getting sick? Great. It was the last thing I needed.
“Do I feel warm to you?” I dropped my hand and looked over at Mike, giving him permission to touch
me with a simple confirmation from my eyes.
Slowly raising his arm, the back of his hand pressed against my cheek. “Damn, Kaddy.
You’re burning up! Do you feel all right?”
I shrugged. I did feel all right, just a little warm. “I feel fine. I need some sleep. Promise
to plan on going to bed early tonight?” I doubted he would keep this promise. He and I always stayed up
late writing music.
Mike got a playful glint in his eye. “You know I’m a night owl. No promises there.”
I sighed and rolled my eyes. “We both are.”
Mike still had his hand pressed against my cheek until it shifted up to tug his gray beanie
down on my forehead. “Maybe it’s just my awesome hat that’s making you overheat. Who wears a
beanie in August?” he joked and I playfully scowled at him as I readjusted the knitted beanie.
“Oh, I’m sure that’s it,” I laughed and gave him a gentle punch on the arm.
“Whoa.” He took a step back. “You been working out or something? That hurt.” Mike
held his upper arm like I had socked it with everything I had. I stood there waiting with my “really?” look
and raised my eyebrows in anticipation for his mischievous face to appear. If Mike was anything, he was
a jokester. Just like I expected, a few seconds later, he cracked a smile on his lips and started laughing.
“You always think your little jokes are hilarious!” Even when I rolled my eyes, I couldn’t
stop his infectious laughter from causing me to laugh.
“Kadster, we know I tell the best jokes. I eat sarcasm for breakfast every day.” He winked
and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. I didn’t shy from his touch.
“So do I, but no one but you find anything I say funny.” I looked up at him as he walked
me to the corner of the block, the direction of home. Only Mike called me the Kadster. Actually, he had
a lot of nicknames for me and I didn’t mind it. He was one of the few I would let getaway with calling me
things other than my name.
“It’s because everyone is just jealous of the awesome friendship we’ve had since we
were eight. Haters gonna hate.” He shrugged and his other hand pretended to dust off his shoulder.
Mike was the only friend I counted on for anything. Long ago, we made a pact, and so far, he’s kept
every word he promised to keep.
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