Little Red Gem (31 page)

Whatever life threw my way
I only needed to love myself. Whatever life threw my way was mine
to deal with.

My life.

My choice.

I got back into the Jeep
and drove home. Tomorrow would see some changes. I didn’t know how
or what those changes would be, but two things were certain:
whichever path I chose would be the one that was best for me; and
if that journey was to be with Leo it would not be due to duty or
obligation, but due to love.

My life.

My choice.

Maybe I wasn’t a quitter,
which would work in Leo’s favor, but I was sometimes also crazy,
desperate, impulsive, and irrational and that might work against.
But I was madly in love, and that had to count for something
too.

The End

~About the Songs in this book~

With the exception
of
Amazing Grace
,
all the words to songs in this book are written by the
author.
Side Of The Road,
the song Ruby sings to the ghosts when she first
meets them, is the only song not written specifically for this
book. It was written many years ago and was inspired in a similar
way to which Ruby wrote the song.
A
Million Miles
, the song Ruby writes for
the audition was written for this book and has musical
accompaniment, unlike the rest of the songs which are just lyrics
and have yet to have music put to the words.

~
About the Author
~

Music first captured the creative interest of D L Richardson.
She got her first acoustic guitar at age ten, and in high school
she sang with the school band. When she left school she helped form
her own rock band where she sang lead vocals, played bass guitar,
and wrote all the lyrics.

At age 26 she realized she
wanted to write novels for the rest of her life, or die trying, so
she sold her equipment, quit pursuing a music career and began
writing instead. She has not stopped writing since.

She currently lives in
Australia on the NSW South Coast with her husband and dog. When
she’s not writing or reading she can be found practicing her piano,
playing the guitar or walking the dog.

~Discover more about D L
Richardson~

Website: http://www.dlrichardson.com

Blog:
http://dlrichardsonwrites.blogspot.com

Facebook:
http://facebook.com/dlrichardsonbooks

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/DLRichardson1

Feedback

D L Richardson

As if waiting for a kidney transplant
isn't bad enough, when a donor is finally found for
seventeen-year-old Ethan James, he's plunged into a world of spooks
and terrorism. The kidney he receives belonged to CIA agent, Dylan
Black and the mad scientist Dylan was spying on believes in
Feedback – the theory that organs retain the memories of the
host.

Ethan knows nothing of the plot on his
life until two weeks after his release from hospital. Right in the
middle of getting his life back on track he’s abducted. He still
knows nothing about the plot on his life until he’s interrogated by
the mad scientist who wants information retained in the dead CIA's
organ. Specifically, the location of deadly bacteria bombs that
Dylan was trying to stop from going off which ended up the cause of
his death.

At least Ethan isn’t alone in this
torture chamber. Abducted with him are sixteen-year-old Florida
Bowman and fifteen-year-old Jake Inala. There’s comfort in allies,
yet when Dylan’s memories begin to awaken within the three teens,
they each begin to wrestle with the fact that if the inner voice
they’re hearing is real then either their abductor is telling the
truth or they’re crazy.

Meanwhile, three bombs are set to go
off and destroy the planet. And these three teens seem to be the
only ones being pestered by the dead CIA agent to stop
them.

Little Red Gem

D L Richardson

A bitter sweet, foolhardy
mission it is to want to know how much the boy you love loves you
back. Ruby Parker, a sixteen year old singer in an all girl band,
dies in a car crash after an argument with her boyfriend and finds
herself on such a foolhardy mission. Yet once she starts down that
path there’s no backing down, no matter how crazy this mission
drives you. Or no matter what crazy plane of otherworld existence
this mission spirals you into. Or no matter that the answer you get
is different to the question you asked.

With the aid of bad advice
from a ghost who is trapped by a curse, a little bit of magic
courtesy of her unsuspecting half-sister, and a televised music
talent show coming to town to hold auditions, Ruby makes more of a
mess in death than she ever did in life. Bad choices. Right
choices. Whatever. She’ll do anything to find out how much Leo
Culver loved her because everything she lived and died for depends
on the answer.

The Bird with the Broken
Wing

D L Richardson

Guardian angel Rachael finds herself
trapped in Purgatory with Ben Taylor, a young soldier with a secret
that's driving him insane. Desperate to see him ascend into Heaven
she breaks the rules about becoming involved and keeping her
identity a secret. Her decision to stay in Purgatory to help Ben
seems a good plan. Except they've been stuck for ten years already
and Ben is no closer to ascending. The unexpected appearance of a
feisty teenager, Jet Jones, throws Rachael's wings into a tailspin.
The instant attraction between Jet and Ben means the angel's work
is getting ignored. And without her help, Ben's soul will be
trapped and she will have failed in her mission.

But Jet's appearance also brings a
chilling revelation. Maybe Ben's soul isn't the only one that needs
saving.

Curious (3 novels in
1)

D L Richardson

In the hauntingly beautiful
and dramatic, The Bird With The Broken Wing, Rachael is a guardian
angel who finds herself trapped in Purgatory with Ben, a young
soldier she was assigned to watch over. She knows the terrible
secret that's keeping Ben trapped in limbo, but can't understand
why she's stuck with him. It's not until Jet appears, a feisty
teenager who falls for Ben, that the angel begins to question if
the soldier's soul isn't the only one in need of
saving.
 
In the action-packed spy adventure,
Feedback, Ethan James, Jake Inala, and Florida Bowman are three
teenagers who are plunged into the world of spooks and terrorism
when they receive the organs of deceased CIA agent and take on the
task of completing the mission the spy died midway through, that of
deactivating bacteria bombs threatening millions of lives. In this
situation, listening to their inner voices can very much get them
killed.
 
In the poignant teen romance novel,
Little Red Gem, Ruby Parker sets out on a bitter sweet, fool hardy
mission to find out how much the boy she loves loved her. With the
aid of bad advice from a ghost, magic courtesy of an unsuspecting
half-sister, and a televised music talent show, Ruby makes more of
a mess in death than she ever made in life. But what choice does
she have? Her life depends on true love.
 
Curious is a masterful collection of
over 500 pages of action, drama, adventure, teen issues, and
romance in one unputdownable book.

Fear of Falling

D L Richardson