Young Adult Paranormal Thriller

SHELTERED by Debra Chapoton

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Five troubled teens confront demonic forces and deal with their problems in different ways; paranormal meets psycho meets budding love.

--What's the synopsis?
High school junior, Ben, hacks into his step-father's real estate holdings and provides rooms in an old two-story house to various outcasts: the schizophrenic kid, the angry Goth girl, and the homeless girl who worships him. When Megan needs a place to live she comes to the rooming house with a different set of problems and the ability to confuse and attract Ben.
One by one strange and mysterious occurrences stretch the teens’ beliefs in the supernatural. How they deal with demons, real and imagined, has tragic as well as redeeming consequences.

--How did you get the idea for the story?
The inspiration behind Sheltered came from reading the Bible and observing that everywhere Jesus taught and preached he cast out demons. It must have been a pretty big problem back then, but why don’t we hear about it now? The demon-possessed people of Bible times manifested the symptoms of epilepsy, dementia, super strength, schizophrenia, self-mutilation and so on. Aha, science and medicine have new names for what they used to call demon possession. But what if sometimes they’re wrong?
Anyway, I also wanted to get the message out on the subjects of teen suicide, self-mutilation, depression, homelessness, and the occult.

--Where can we find SHELTERED?
AMAZON
KINDLE  
NOOK

What are reviewers saying about SHELTERED?
"I would recommend it to anyone looking for a YA-friendly psychological thriller.”
"Completely unique, and filled with engrossing characters who were at once sympathetic and enthralling."
"It's so fascinating I found it very difficult to walk away from, and couldn't wait to get back to it."
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