About
In 8th grade, author Jolea M. Harrison was required to writea 5-page essay on a person from history that she admired. She wrote 40, got anA and her teacher, Mrs. Miller was so impressed, gave her extra, extra credit.After reading The Lord of the Rings, the fantasy bug bit, which was thencomplicated by her immediate love of Star Wars and other works of sciencefiction. Not paying attention to genre barriers, Ms. Harrison set out to writethe story she wanted to, combining these two genres in an enticing and uniqueway, producing eight novels in the Guardians of the Word series. The firstbook, Chosen, was recently published to excellent 5 star reviews. The secondbook, Myth has just been released this November. Telepath is on track torelease early February. The remaining Legend, Union, Adept, Seer, and King willbe released over the next two years.
Her other interests are teaching in the field of specialeducation, and maintaining her Civil War era home. On a recent fact findingmission about the house, she discovered the name of a young soldier who died therewhile being cared for by the doctor who owned the house at the time. She hastwo children who firmly believe in ghosts.
Size Zero (Visage Book 1)
Description
<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>"A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style."</strong><strong> - Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways.</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion's biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend's New York City mansion.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil's family fortune.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies?</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>In high fashion modeling, selling bodies is organized crime.</strong></p>
Story Behind The Book
Chosen is the first book of the series, Guardians of the Word, but ended up being the last book written! An unexpected twist in the plot cropped up in King, the 8th book, which in turn informed the author of the true beginning of the story and proved the theory that sometimes characters have a mind and will of their own.
