Denise Keiser

Glimmer Denise Keiser

When a devastating illness kills the women of the Avians, a gorgeous, otherworldly winged race so delicately connected to each other that mates are born perfectly matched, they look elsewhere to fill their void. In their search they find Celeste, a sixteen-year-old from Virginia. Struck with amnesia at age six, Celeste finds herself experiencing new, extrasensory feelings one evening that compel her to venture out into the night. Once outside, she's surrounded by unseen yet palpable forces engaged in a ferocious brawl. Terrified, Celeste retreats to the safety of her home, unaware that this is the beginning of the battle to make her a permanent part of the Avians. The next day while on a date with the handsome Jacob, a disguised Avian who is overwhelmingly drawn to Celeste, she is captured against his will by other unseen Avians. They take her to the hidden Isle of Aves, where she becomes the leader's pet captive and the first female experiment. Unable to leave without wings or to pass through the island's protective shield as Avians do, she is trapped with the surprisingly affable bunch, who are forbidden to help her. As Celeste struggles to escape the leader's mistreatment and the island, she becomes more drawn to Jacob and discovers a perilous secret that compromises her safety. Surviving the mysterious island's dangers and with growing questions, Celeste becomes the target of the leader's jealousy and revenge, which escalate into a battle that threatens to annihilate the entire Avian species. Can Celeste endure the hardships that separate her from forbidden love and restore balance to the Avian world?Glimmer, the first in a series of three, is a young-adult fantasy and romance novel.