The Pacemaker

An amnesiac nobody wins a full-paid scholarship to a prestigious university filled with famous elite geniuses, dark secrets and deadly curses. What else could she ask for?A supernatural tale of love, secrets, deception and betrayalMinerva Walsh forgot everything about her life before her eighteenth birthday. Since then, betrayal, hardship and strife plagued her life over the last five years, and good fortune was never on her side. However, when Minerva receives a full-paid scholarship to the most prestigious school in the country, Calendula University, and is given a chance to restart her miserable life, she feels her luck has changed.But after arriving, the dark shadows and deadly secrets looming underneath the serene facade of this academic paradise shows Minerva that her new life is far from the peaceful escape she thought it would be. She learns about the curse haunting the university and claiming innocents’ lives in unusual accidents. Minerva also gains a strange power which lets her control the heartbeats of time and space and enter a world outside of reality. To solve the mystery behind Calendula’s curse, Minerva must use her new powers to investigate the secrets surrounding this elite school before the curse claims the lives of those close to her. But as she draws near the truth, pieces of her missing past come to light. Can Minerva unravel the mystery behind her forgotten memories and the school’s curse? Or will she become its next victim?

About the Author

Imania Margria is the author of Secrets of my Heart and The Pacemaker. Her poems and quotes have been shared around the world in various languages. She was born on September 29, 1991 in Livingston, New Jersey. She spent the first twelve years of her life growing up in East Orange, until moving to Kearny, New Jersey. She is of Native American, African and European descent. The native tribes she descends from are the Shinnecock, Cherokee, and Blackfoot tribes. Margria's passion for writing was sparked when she was very young. She loved to read classic novels, such as 'Black Beauty', 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm', the Nancy Drew/ Hardy Boys novels, and 'The Invisible Man'. She also adored reading works from classic and modern poets, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, and Maya Angelou. Reading these different pieces inspired Margria to compose her own works of poetry and fiction.

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