As You Wish Reviews: The Rapture of Avery Maye by Ema Volf

My Guest ~ Ema Volf

Ema lives in Northwest Arkansas with her husband, son, cat, two dogs, chinchilla, and bird. She spends her days trying to balance the never-ending work of a homemaker and the schedules of all members of her household while remaining relatively sane.

An avid reader, what time she has to herself is usually spent buried in the pages of a book. She enjoys nearly every genre, but particularly enjoys paranormal fiction of all types and age ranges.

While she constantly has stories and characters rolling around in her head, Avery called to her the loudest. After several months of conversing with Avery, Ema decided to put pen to paper and let others visit Eirny and its beloved residents.

So cool you have a chinchilla! I have so wanted one for such a long time! I cannot wait to get one myself but with the animals we have now I must. I have four dogs, two cats, a ton of fish, a snake, oh yeah four kids ranging from almost 5 to 13 years old, and a loving husband that thinks I'm obsessed with this blogging and working for authors! What do you think? I say nah!!! There just is not enough time in the day to get things done! So I must start to make a schedule or something to go off of or I'm never going to get the house work caught up!

Oh so sorry I'm rambling again! Thanks so much for stopping by and allowing us to show off your work! I cannot wait to read it and have you back for an Interview and Review!

The Rapture of Avery Maye Excerpt

Avery awoke to sunlight on her face. She lay in bed with her eyes closed, soaking the warmth in. It had been a long while since she had felt a warm morning. She slowly took in a deep breath. Her eyes snapped open and she sat up straight in her bed.

“It smells like flowers in here!” she said in a panic. “Where did flowers come from? They’re all gone! And where did these windows come from? Am I dead?”

She paused as she took in her surroundings. The room itself could have fit her entire house in it. Everything was decorated in lavender, white, blue, and silver. The walls were a light blue-gray stone. The floors were the same stone as the walls. The oversized bed was carved from a single piece of dark reddish wood. Avery briefly wondered how big the tree had to have been to fit the bed inside it. The posts were decoratively carved to look like thick ivy vines were wrapped around them. As Avery looked at the other pieces of furniture, she noticed that all the furniture in the room was covered with these same vines.

“This is not my room! How did I get here?” She warily looked around for any clue as to where she might be, anything to trigger a memory. All she found were more new things and more confusion.

She replayed her memory of the day before. She replayed her interrupted work day, her customers, and her conversations. She replayed her run home and the chill of the air against the wet cloth on her face. She replayed her conversation with Alec by the fireplace … Wait! That was it! Alec followed her everywhere! He might know what’s going on!

“Alec!” she called as loudly as she could. “Alec, where are you? I need you! I’ve finally lost my sanity!”

She heard heavy footsteps approaching the room. The door slowly opened. In the doorway, staring at her with the same expression of disbelief that she held, herself, was her friend. But, he was so much different. His usual ghost-like translucence was replaced with a very solid man with a deeply tanned complexion and choppy, dark blue-ish black hair. His bright, ice blue eyes were a stark contrast to the darkness of the rest of him.

“Oh no! You have color!” she shrieked, throwing the blankets over her face. “I’m crazier than I thought! I need to go back to sleep and when I wake up I’ll be normal again! Maybe that’s it! Maybe I’m still sleeping! I just need to wake myself up and –“

“You’re not sleeping,” Alec interrupted with feigned calm. He walked over to her and gently pulled the blanket off her head. He tilted her face up by her chin and studied her face in shock. “You’re home.”