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Chapter 1 of Chloe Rose: Book I is now available as an audiobook excerpt on our YouTube channel! Click here to listen.
Our most recent release!! We are excited to have our first illustrated children’s book about Capoeira available as an ebook on Amazon. Click on image below to buy your copy, or to read in Kindle Unlimited.
Rise Above
Copyright © 2018 Katherine Vyn
Sculpted
from red, brown dusty earth
Warmed
by fire and eternal love
Cooled and Calmed
by endless seas
Carried
by wind, air, and ether
We are brought to life
and sustained
Rise above
Taught
by hardship, kindness, and trust
Guided
by acts, words, and motions
Healed
by compassion, love, and faith
Unified
by tragedy, loss, and understanding
We are more than human
We are one
Rise above
READ BOOK I BEFORE BOOK II COMES OUT 🙂
UPCOMING RELEASE:
THE RISE OF RUTH: CHLOE ROSE BOOK II
Copyright ©2016 Katherine Vyn and Maia Vyn McFarlane
Thank you for reading!
Comments from readers:
Journey to another place and time in this vividly descriptive Alice in Wonderland type tale of Chloe Rose and her family’s disappearance. The debut authors’ expressive writing creates images which bring the reader’s imagination into the story. “Raspberry sorbet colored blossoms cascade from tree branches and spread across the forest floor like a velvet blanket.” This delightful story is truly captivating! Well done!
-Female Adult Reader
Brilliant, brilliant…read the book this morning. Real raw talent. Sure hope you’re all going to make it into a movie. Seriously. Love it way up.
-Adult Male Reader
OMG, I love this part in the forest. This is the best book ever!!!!!!!!!!! I love how detailed all the characters are. It makes it feel like you’re in the book. I also love how different all of the characters are. Can’t wait for the other two!
-Female Young Adult Reader
Excellent narrative and I absolutely loved how the elements of nature and wild come alive in this mystery novel!! Recommended for all ages!
-Female Adult Reader
Read an excerpt below, following the book description.
A fantasy-adventure book about a young girl who goes on a life changing journey into a surreal forest to find her father. She quickly learns there’s an evil presence lurking close by, which she must overcome to save the forest and herself. With each step, a new danger surfaces, and she’s pushed to realize the strength she holds within and the invincibility of friendships.
For young adult and adult readers.
CHLOE ROSE
Chapter 1
The swirls of green come alive on the canvas. A large gaping mouth at the center, saliva slides down, caressing the silvery tongue that hangs out the side. Flower petals larger than life surround this green beast-like creature. There’s an unexpected kindness in its dark eyes flecked with yellow. Chloe Rose steps closer to the painting.
“Its eyes are like dad’s,” she says, turning towards her mother. Lauren’s sitting on a wooden stool in her art studio, her paint speckled apron barely covers her dress. Her dark brown hair is pulled back loosely into a hair tie, some longer hairs escaping to frame her face—one even got swept up by a draft apparently and dipped into the paint–and her deep brown eyes are lost in thought for a moment.
“I didn’t notice,” Lauren says without moving away from her painting. “Won’t Holly be here soon, Rosie?” Lauren gives Chloe Rose a look up and down and raises her eyebrow at her. Chloe Rose backs away from the painting slowly.
“I’ll go get ready,” she says, walking out of the room and disappearing around the corner. Lauren looks over her shoulder at the painting behind her. The eyes stare back at her.
©2016 Katherine Vyn & Maia Vyn-McFarlane
Coming out this fall…
Chloe Rose Book II tells Ruth’s story, our villain from Book I…
Dreamcatcher, a novel originally written as a feature film drama.
When Tatia Morgan’s father dies, she follows him into a dream world where he reveals secrets to her that unlock her spiritual powers. Will she discover how to use them to save a young girl lost in a coma before her grandparents put an end to what they call madness?
Imperfection, a collection of poetry & photography motivated by love and a deep reverence for nature.
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