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'Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Wood's life is turned upside down when her boyfriend kills himself the day after she dumps him.
'Blamed by the townsfolk of Broadwater and ostracized by her friends is bad enough. But the fallout from dealing with her mom's increasingly frequent psychotic episodes sends her fleeing to New York City to live with her aunt, a Wicca High Priestess.
'Alyssa doesn't believe in magic, not any more.
'She has a new life to lead: a new BFF in Seth and a major crush on Ronan, the sexy geek saxophonist who tutors music at her high school.
'Can she leave her old life behind or will the ghosts of the past continue to haunt her?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Prequel to Banish.
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Banish
Chatswood
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Harlequin Teen
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2013
6137918
2013
single work
novel
young adult
'When 17 year old Alyssa Wood sees a murdered body she recognises in her boyfriend’s music clip, closely followed by frequent spine-chilling reminders of a sordid past she escaped, she has one week to save her enemy, save her spirit and save her sanity.
'Alyssa Woods’ past holds nothing but bad memories.
'After her ex boyfriend Noah commits suicide and her mom’s alcoholism sparks yet another psychotic episode, she flees Broadwater and heads to New York City to stay with her bohemian aunt, a Wicca High Priestess.
'Alyssa revels in the anonymity of a big city and her new life. Her grades climb, she has a new best friend, and a new guy, the sexy geek Ronan, a saxophonist who prefers jazz to pop.
'Her newfound peace is shattered when she sees a dead body in one of Ronan’s music clips - and she’s the only one who can see it.
'Worse, she recognizes the body. Murdered a week forward.
'Despite her family’s Wicca background, Alyssa doesn’t believe in the supernatural, but she’ll do whatever it takes to save her enemy, save her spirit and save her soul.' (Source: http://www.nicolamarsh.com/banish.html )
