My thanks to
Reading Teen for having me here today. I had fun creating the Lost Daughters of
Atlantis series, and I love the main characters in Atlantis Riptide, Pearl and Chase. Since Chase is an aspiring
reporter I thought I’d let him interview Pearl.
Chase: Can you tell me your name?
(Her gaze travels around in a nervous
gesture. Despite that, I can’t help thinking how pretty she looks.)
Pearl: Pearl.
Chase: Last name?
Pearl: I don’t give
that out.
(She crosses her arms and leans back.)
Chase: Where do you go to school?
Pearl: I don’t.
(Interesting. Her answers are short and
evasive.)
Chase: Where did you grow up?
Pearl: The circus…I mean I grew up near a circus. In a small town.
You won’t have heard of it.
(Her rambling tells me she’s lying. But
why? Not only is she cute, but she’s hiding something.)
Chase: What about your parents?
Pearl: My parents don’t get me. I never felt I belonged with them.
I was different. (Her tough tone
contrasted with the scared look in her eyes.)
Chase: Different how? (Did
her parents not have the most incredible green eyes—sharp and intelligent? Or
the long, flowing blonde hair?)
Pearl: I could…do things they couldn’t.
Chase: Like dive off from a high point into a shallow pool to save
a toddler like I just witnessed?
Pearl: Something like that. (Her
eyes saddened before she glanced at the ground.) Next question.
Chase: What about friends? A boyfriend?
Pearl: I just moved
here. I don’t have time to make friends. And I certainly don’t have time to
answer more questions from a hot, smooth-talking guy.
Chase: This is interesting. You’re interesting.
(She thinks I’m hot. Glad to know it’s
not just a one way attraction.)
Pearl: Interesting is just another word for freak. This interview
is over.
(She
storms away from me.)
What questions
do you want to ask Pearl? To ask Pearl a question, leave a comment below.
Or to get the
entire story on Pearl and Chase and the Lost Daughters of Atlantis, you can
read Atlantis Riptide, out now. The
next book in the series, Atlantis Red
Tide, featuring Pearl’s sister, Coral, will be out at the end of May.
Atlantis Riptide
Lost Daughters of Atlantis
Book 1
Sixteen-year-old Pearl Poseidon ran away from the circus tired of her adoptive parents’ abuse of her special skills. As a runaway, she craves anonymity but when she saves a small boy from drowning she draws attention to herself and her special abilities. Boardwalk employee and aspiring investigative reporter, Chase Thomas, helps her with the rescue and witnesses her amazing dive.
Now, he has questions. And so do the police.
Unbeknownst to Pearl, a battle rages under the Pacific between Loyal and Non-Loyal Atlantean forces and each side wants to use her powers for their cause. Will the commotion in the ocean expose her secrets to the world? Will Chase’s reporter-determination ruin their chance for a real relationship? Will staying near the ocean she loves catapult into a battle royale?
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