An unfulfilled prophecy. An undeniable fate. The creator who chose her to be the one.
Trapped in an alternate dimension. Hunted by a sadist. With no magic of her own, can she escape her relentless pursuer and get back to Earth?
Amanda Covington is desperate for a miracle. After she and her fiancé are hijacked from the Bermuda Triangle by a sudden electrical storm, the sheltered eighteen-year-old wakes up in another universe with amnesia and a stranger claiming to be her husband. Refusing to give in until she reclaims her memories, she breaks free of her abusive captor and flees into the foreign land.
Stumbling across unexpected help, Amanda is shocked to discover everyone else has powers and she could be exposed as an ungifted outsider and enslaved by authorities. Barely keeping ahead of her ruthless stalker and his cruel plans for her, she fears any wrong step will make her a prisoner in this world… forever.
Can Amanda find her way to freedom before the door to her old life slams shut?
The Keeper of Secrets is the compelling first book in the Chosen Origins portal fantasy series. If you like tales of courage, gripping self-discovery, and eye-opening twists, then you’ll love Amy Proebstel and Bethany Hall’s well-crafted page-turner.
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Survival means defying fate.
For the first time in her eighteen years, Amanda’s not surrounded by friends and family. She’s lost, confused, and afraid.
She’s an old soul and she’s no longer in her homeworld.
From the short time she’s been in Tuala, she has witnessed magic, escaped captivity from a sadist, and is running for her life. Newly engaged, she should be loving her life with her fiancé, but that’s not going to happen. Especially now.
She’s been reported to the authorities, hunted by her previous captor, and her life is suddenly in jeopardy. She only has two options left: turn herself in or run.
✔ Option one will keep her captive on a foreign world.
✔ Option two will take her farther away from finding her missing fiancé, but is the only chance she has to survive.
Yet she can’t use magic, unlike the rest of the people, and she doesn’t even have a birth crystal to connect her to the earth’s elemental energy. How can she pass as a citizen without any magic of her own?
Could things get any worse? Of course they can.
Welcome to Amanda’s life.
We are not alone; there is more to what is happening around us than just what we can experience with our senses. Amanda has always been carefree, trusting everyone around her, and embracing a wonderful life. Newly engaged, she has led a sheltered and safe existence. An electrical storm and the raging seas of the Bermuda Triangle becomes her portal into another dimension named Tuala.
Petre, a master deceptor of Tuala, is cunning and controlling who easily takes advantage of others. Finding Amanda, who has amnesia, has been the highlight of his existence. He revels in keeping her feeling isolated, while he abuses her physically and mentally aboard his water craft.
As her memory slowly returns and after coming to terms with the idea she is no longer on Earth, Amanda must risk her life by jumping into the ocean to escape Petre’s clutches. She shifts into survival mode, and her luck returns when she falls into the path of another person, Barla, another displaced person by an accident into this other world. Barla and her husband, Ahn, teach her the social mannerisms to blend in, for discovery could mean captivity by the Elders of Tuala.
When Petre’s search for her increases, it becomes apparent Amanda cannot remain any longer with Barla and Ahn. Arrangements are made for her to be moved inland with Barla’s friends, Bryon and Alena. When Amanda meets them, she realizes they are busy with their community, outgoing, and willing to take risks to help others.
Bryon and Alena, curious about Amanda’s odd tendencies, want to discover Amanda’s true heritage. At the same time, Amanda is learning from her new hosts all about the telepods, special powers, and unique abilities which the Tualans possess. Alena informs Amanda of her pregnancy, and this shocking revelation elevates her urgency to find a passageway to Earth. If Amanda is unsuccessful, she will be forced to make a life for herself and her child in this strange new land without the support of her family.
The Curious Twist
The tale takes a curious twist on Earth when Dr. Gascon and Dr. Medin try to extract information from Amanda regarding her missing fiancé, one by force, the other by friendship. Neither doctor is emotionally attached to Amanda, yet Dr. Medin wants to treat her with hypnosis rather than the harmful drugs Dr. Gascon insists are more effective. Realizing Dr. Medin is her only hope of getting out of the psychiatric facility, Amanda chooses to cooperate with the kind doctor in unlocking the truths hidden within her own mind.
This epic adventure explores personal growth, domestic abuse, and cultural discrimination while challenging our reality. The one thing which rings true is no matter how dire the situation seems there is always hope on the other end. What is real when life’s adventure shifts you into the unknown? Find your own truth in The Keeper of Secrets.
