Howl of the Sequoia

Howl of the Sequoia

If Rachael Adair could only use one word to describe her life, it would be, “pandemonium.” When her mother was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, she knew life couldn’t get any more complicated. As the disease sows discord amongst family members, Rachael is forced to deal with a classmate making her existence a living nightmare and cryptic threats from a little girl calling herself Delilah. All she can lean on are her new-found friends, Vera and Holden. Then Holden’s guardian reveals their family secret: they are werewolves. And when her mother dies, their alpha intends to offer her a new life as a lycan. While our heroine labors to keep her head above water in day-to-day high school drama, the alpha’s interest in her inadvertently signs Rachael’s death sentence. Howl of the Sequoia is one girl’s journey into the paranormal, a world she is utterly unprepared to confront, and where vengeance can be taken for the smallest perceived slight. Only when she has to fight to save her brother’s life does Rachael realize what sort of monstrosity she’s up against—and the consequences of becoming one of the pack. "Descriptive. Engaging. I could literally see it all playing out before my eyes." - I-Lanaa Twine (author of On the Run) "... this book kept my intrigue the entire way through!" - Stephanie Flores (author of To Enter the Path) If Rachael Adair could only use one word to describe her life, it would be pandemonium . When her mother was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, she knew life couldn't get any more complicated. As the disease sows discord amongst family members, Rachael is forced to deal with a classmate making her existence a living nightmare and cryptic threats from a little girl calling herself Delilah. All she can lean on are her new-found friends, Vera and Holden. Then Holden's guardian reveals their family secret: they are werewolves. And when her mother dies, their alpha intends to offer her a new life as a lycan. While our heroine labors to keep her head above water in day-to-day high school drama, the alpha's interest in her inadvertently signs Rachael's death sentence. Howl of the Sequoia is one girl's journey into the paranormal, a world she is utterly unprepared to confront, and where vengeance can be taken for the smallest perceived slight. Only when she has to fight to save her brother's life does Rachael realize what sort of monstrosity she's up against--and the consequences of becoming one of the pack. Born into a military family, Deidre bounced around a couple states in her life before finally settling in the one she grew up: Washington. Her many passions are torn amongst writing, urban fantasy, mythology, true crime, and spending quality time with her temperamental cat. Without video games, she would probably have lost her mind years ago. Currently she works full-time and can only write on the side, but she pursues it in what free time she can scrape together.