In the Beginning

The Velvet Book #1

by Jacquelyn Verze-Reeher

THE VELVET BOOK, YA/NEW AGE Fantasy. An incredible debut fantasy novel from author, Jacquelyn Verze-Reeher.
All her life she has been told by society, she isn’t good enough. She’s not smart enough, not pretty enough, not rich enough, not worth the worlds time, or care. So now, at the age of seventeen she’s begun to believe them. She has fallen into the mentality of why bother, why try, why give a damn. She will end up just like her mother waitressing, living paycheck to paycheck, until the day she dies. So why try?
Amy and her younger brother John grew up in a broken home with only their mother for guidance. Her father a military officer left them destitute for another woman. She grew up in clothes from charity shops, in shoes with holes in them and in a tiny studio apartment in San Francisco’s Mission district.
When her father is finally pressured into caring about his first two children, he decides to send them to a wealthy private boarding school. John is more than thrilled to make his father proud, but Amy sees no point to it. “I’ll end up just like mom anyway, why bother?”
Amy quickly finds out there’s much more to this school than meets the pamphlet. Amy, her brother John, and their roommates end up being dragged through a portal to another world, where they are the only ones who could save billions (including those on in our world) from becoming enslaved body, mind, and soul to a wicked wizard out to prove to the world he is their rightful god.
Amy must now go on a journey of self-discovery. With Vampires, talking wolves, Dragons, witches, and other vile creatures all after her, all pulling her one way or another she must learn her self-worth…and quickly. For the sake of everyone’s soul.
Join Amy, John, Melody, and James in this harrowing tale of self-discovery, through JVR’s fantastical world of Mirunder. A tale that will take hold, and be sure to never let go.

217 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 28, 2014

About the author

Born in Guam U.S.A., Jacquelyn Verze-Reeher is an author of dynamic, fast-paced fantasy novels, as well as science fiction that will leave you turning the pages wanting more! Her books are full of magic, adventure, romance, and plot twists you'll never see coming.

Current publications include:
The Velvet Book Series 1, 2, 3


Coming soon:
A Science Fiction Thriller

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Reviews

[Carole P. Roman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast paced fantasy that incorporates almost every creature imaginable in an alternate universe where four high school students find themselves enlisted as an army of assorted characters who are trying to save the world from a shadowy villain named The Phantom. More New Adult, rather than YA, it has a fair amount of gore, but the fab four Amy, Melody, James and John keep the reader engaged as well as entertained. Fairies, Vampiresses, a powerful warrior woman, ghostly skeletons, and a big, bad wolf are just some of the fierce villains in the creative nether world in which the brave students must learn how to use both their wits and skills to overcome evil. There's a special book, spells, magic, menacing creatures, even a royal family. Sometimes action-packed, often humorous, Verze-Reeher keeps the action coming. Amy and Melody are strong characters and share great chemistry, while James and John remind me of Bill and Ted. More than once their dialogue made me smile, "Dude!"
A most excellent read!

[Jonathan Harris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Weird pacing makes for a very uneven read. It rushes through sections that could be interesting and pauses for nothing.
No characters of note or interest.
Bored enough within the first quarter of the book to stop and look elsewhere.