Souls in Peril

Souls in Peril

Sherry Gammon

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This book is dedicated to:

The
Wigz
! This book would be nothing without you!

And to my Beta readers.
I’m grateful for your feedback

And to the
awesome
book bloggers who have giving me such much support and for taking a chance on an Indie Author. You are truly angels!
I can’t than you enough
:}

Praises from Book Bloggers for Unlovable by Sherry Gammon

Beckie
~
Bittersweet-Enchantment:

Wow, Wow, Wow, this book is the whole package of greatness! Unlovable went above and beyond. I found this book to just tear at my heart string. There is such wonderful passion and love within this story. I love it when I can come across a book that just makes me feel good while reading it. The author, Sherry Gammon has written a timeless love story.

Mollie
~
Tough
Critic Book Reviews:

It's next to impossible to find the words to express what a phenomenal book this was. First off, I can't believe this was a debut novel. It was so beautifully written. The author was able to realistically portray a story of abuse, love, co-dependency, romance, and triumph in a way that is far beyond most books I've read.

Donna~Book
Passion for Life:

Unlovable is a truly an amazing story. This story had me captivated from page one and even though I finished it a few hours ago, I’m still thinking about it now. Sherry has created a heart breaking story that will leave us readers with hope that everyone can be loved and will get a happy ending they deserve

Haley
~
Ya-aholic
:

This book was …WOW, just amazing. It is so
beautiful,
I could not believe how good this story was. It blew my mind! I started reading this one night and couldn’t stop. I had to stay up until I finished the whole thing, and once it ended all I wanted was for it to continue! I
wanted
no
NEEDED
more of Maggie and Seth! Their romance is one of the best I have read
ever
!
Unlovable was truly an amazing story, it had everything, romance, action, mystery, thrill, everything. If you are looking for a strong story with beautiful romance then Unlovable is for you!

Carina
~F
ictionaldistraction
:

I loved every word, sentence, page, chapter I read. There is something special about this novel and the way it's written that made it possible for me to get completely sucked into the story.
Unlovable
is a very lovable story, one that will stay with me for a long time. I had heard good things about it before starting it, but I never expected to love it as much as I did. It's a story about loving and being loved in return, about trust and finding the strength to survive a seemingly hopeless situation.

Danielle~
Confessions
of a
Bookaholic
:

This is the first non paranormal book i have read in a whole lot of years and to be honest i didnt know if i would enjoy reading any other genre .... well im glad to so i didnt just enjoy it i LOVED it no loved is an understatment of how i feel about this book i am in awe of it ! "Unlovable" is an amazing story of tradgedy, Love and Hope and how sometimes life can be a bigger trial than we ever expected but if we never give up and if we can learn to allow others to love us even if that
...more.
This is the first non-paranormal book I have read in a whole lot of years and to be honest I didn't know if I would enjoy reading any other genre. Well I'm glad to so
I didn't just enjoy it, I LOVED it, no loved is an understatement of how I feel about this book; I am in awe of it!

Destiny
~T
otallybookalicious
:

Unlovable was a novel unlike most YA novels. Sherry Gammon paints such a realistic picture of what life can be like for some people that the story haunts you long after turning the last page. Sherry Gammon touches on subject matter that is rarely brought up in YA novels and does so in a way that you feel everyone should read this book.

Giselle~Xpressoreads
:

Real, raw, undeniable emotions run through the pages of this amazing book. It's an eye opener and while writing this review, with a heart doubled in size, I'm experiencing a world wind of emotions just by reminiscing what I've read. If you aren't touched by this novel at all, you are definitely a rock. Really, I want to give a virtual standing ovation to Sherry Gammon for this novel that I cannot express into words how much I loved. I want everyone to read this. I then want you to give it to your mom, your grandmother, your whole family, even read it to your dog, because this story… it needs to be shared.

Souls in Peril

Chapter 1

“Dude!
She
is the ho
ttest cheerleader at Port Fare H
igh.” Leo slapped Max on the back as they watched the cheerleaders perform their final cheer.

“
The team is in the huddle,

The captain’s at the head,

They all go
t
together,

and
this is what they
said . . .”

Ma
x beamed proudly
as Emma did a backflip flawlessly at the end of the cheer.
“That's why she's
my
girl.”
He
cocked his biceps playfully, kissing each one.

Leo laughed. “I don't know what's bigger
.
Y
our guns,” he pointed to Max's biceps, “or your ego.”

“I think it's a tie.” Max laughed at himself. His
dark brown eyes and hair, long thick eyelashes, and dimpled smile
were simply a matter of good genes. For that
,
he thanked his parents. The iron hard body
, however,
he earned himself through h
ours of sweat and hard work. He
sacrificed
partying with his amigos for good
,
old
-
fashioned healthy living. No liquor or illegal substance ever pas
sed
his lips, let alone the evilest of them all: White Flour and White Sugar. His mom was a fanatic about eating healthy, a choice she passed on to her son, and for that Max was eternally grateful.
Your body is a temple
, she always said, and Max certainly worshiped his.

Leo and Max made their way down the steel bleachers to the edge of the football field. The pep rally was almost over
,
and Emma promised to meet him there afterwards.

“Hey, beautiful.”
Lisa York appeared
out of nowhere
and wrapped her arms around Max. She planted a huge kiss on his cheek, only because Max turned his head in time.
She had
aimed for his mouth. She'd been after him since the sixth grade, but he only thought of her as a friend, much to her dismay.

“Lisa.” Max laughed and swung her around before setting her down and backing
a
way. She sunk her hands into the pockets of her jeans and frowned. “Doesn't Emma look good today?” Max pointed out
to
his girl as she came running across the field in her pleated blue and gold skirt and matching tank top to join them. His smiling eyes sent a blaring message to Lisa:
Unavailable
.

Undaunted, Lisa tried to slither herself back up to Max. He quickly sidestepped her snaking arms and gathered the girl he
really
wanted into his arms.

“You did so good today, babe.” Max planted a long, deep kiss on Emma, having now completely forgotten that Lisa existed. He loved how
she
smelled of fresh cut grass after her pep rallies. It reminded him that
his team was poised to take the state baseball championship this year. Now a senior at Port Fare High,
this would be his last year
as pitcher, and h
e hoped to go out in a blaze of glory.

“Hi, Max. I love you in this shirt,” Emma said with her signature heart-stopping grin. Max wore the yellow shirt on purpose. He knew Emma loved how the color popped against his golden Latino skin.

“I'm thinking we should go and catch a movie tonight. That new slasher film,
Glorious Guts,
is at the drive-in.” Max ran a hand over Emma’s long blond hair and tucked a strand behind her ear. He loved the feel of it. So smooth and flowing compared to his dark curls.

“Ew!
I hate slasher movies, you know that.” Emma scrunched her face, burying her sky-blue eyes behind her cheeks. She shook her blue and gold pompoms at him.

“I wasn't planning on watching the movie.” He wagged his eyebrows and grinned, bringing out the dimples on either side of his smile
that he knew Em loved.

“Max!” She slapped her pompom
s
playfully on his chest. “What would your parents say if they heard you talk like that?”

“Yeah, Max, what would they say?” Lisa interjected
awkwardly
into the conversation.  He
glanced
over at
Leo,
who busied himself with a text, as usual. Max wondered if the cell phone w
as
a third appendage, he'd seen it in Leo's hand so much.

“My father would probably agree with me, Lisa. 
My Madre?
Not so much,” he admitted. “Okay, come over for dinner tonight then, Em.  My dad is making Shrimp Scampi. You know how good his Scampi is.”

Before
s
he could answer, Lumpy Larry and Icky Izzy meandered by. Larry's face pointed to the ground
,
as did his slumped shoulders. His greasy brown hair stuck up in the back where he'd scratched his head recently. His tight jeans did little to improve the look of his girth. The button at the waist struggled to hold on.

Izzy plodded at his side, nearly invisible with her frail, wispy body and long, stringy blonde hair.
She appeared tan due to the freckles that covered her face, and her watery blue eyes sank in
to
match her hollowed cheeks.

“Well, look
ie
who we have here.
If it isn't
The
Ten
.”
Leo beamed at his little joke. Only Lisa laughed. Max and Em
had
heard it a million times before. Leo loved to point out that the two geeks looked like a ten walking side by side: Icky with her lack of bulk and Lumpy with bulk to spare
.

“Ugh. What is that smell?” Leo dramatically sniffed at the duo.

“I do believe
it's
Twinkies
,
mixed with Oreo's,” Max chimed in. He knew he shouldn't have said it, but it came out so automatically he didn't have a chance to stop it.

“Yes, I do believe you're right, although you forgot to mention the quart of greasy hair.” Leo plugged his nose and pretended to faint.

Icky and Lumpy upped their stride
s
and escaped before any more abuse could be hurled at them. Everyone collapsed onto
Leo,
laughing. Everyone except Emma, that is.