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Review To Kiss a Ghost (Book 2) by Becky Pourchot
When the opportunity to read To Kiss Ghost was offered
to me, I didn’t think twice because I just discovered (as I’m doing lately) the
volume one of the series Hungry Ghost and both the description and cover
attracted me. I didn’t have time to read the first volume, now I really want to
fix that, but I can honestly say that I really liked To Kiss a Ghost.
The book has a special delicacy, a tenderness that I
felt fully.
Despite the length that is not too
large, Becky M. Pourchot
succeeds a rich construction with
numerous levels. Everyday problems
of each teenager, including the delicate matter
of the distance relationships,
the traditions about we forget more or less, and especially
their motivation as
well as the problem (or whatever the tormenting thought of humanity) regarding what is "beyond"
are completed each other and give birth
to a beautiful story for youngsters (and
not just for them taking me in account).
„Penelope would let him rest his weary head on her shoulder and she would comfort him through his tears. From that moment on, I would be the one he left behind. I would be the ghost in this past.”
The Fantastic receives a special attention, the
author introducing a hierarchy or rather say a classification of spirits, relevant qualifications
that are supporting the book’s action, while they give
us clues, but also lying traps for us.
„They’re entities that exist to maintain order in the Universe. They’re the street cleaners, the vultures. You could also say they’re angels of the misfortune.”
Tension arises
at the right time and in exactly amount to have you shiver and shake a bit your expectations.
The relationships between the characters are different and evolving on several plans. Each of these relationships impress and each of these
relationships bring a plus of tenderness,
regret and nostalgia,
but also some hope.
Humor is
also present and I like how
the author used
it to highlight the human characteristics: kindness, gullibility or even stupidity,
insecurity, jealousy.
To Kiss a
Ghost is one of
those books that can make you want to be part
of it and to have the characters’
powers even if they could put you in some messes.
„Normal is overrated.”
The ending is
good, sad and happy at the same time, providing hope of rejoining.
„[...] I don’t even Know who I am yet... how can I go on to something else” [...] Don’t I have to figure that out first?”
If you’ll read the book there are great chances to really enjoy it.
I received the book from the author for review - Thank you!
I received the book from the author for review - Thank you!
Când mi s-a oferit ocazia să citesc To Kiss a
Ghost nu am stat pe gânduri pentru că tocmai descoperisem (cum mi se cam
întâmplă în ultimul timp) volumul unu al seriei Hungry Ghost şi atât
descrierea, cât şi coperta acestuia m-au atras. Nu am avut când să citesc acest
prim volum, abia aştept să recuperez, dar pot spune sincer că To Kiss a Ghost
mi-a plăcut mult.
Cartea are o delicateţe specială, o
sensibilitate pe care am simţit-o din plin.
În ciuda lungimii nu prea mari a volumului, Becky
M. Pourchot reuşeşte o construcţie amplă cu numeroase planuri. Problemele
cotidiene ale fiecărui adolescent inclusiv chestiunea delicată a relaţiilor de
la distanţă, tradiţiile de care uităm mai mult sau mai puţin şi mai ales
motivaţia acestora, precum şi problema sau, mă rog, chinuitorul gând al omenirii
cu privire la ce este „dincolo” se completează reciproc şi dau naştere unei
frumoase poveşti pentru tineri (şi nu doar avându-mă în vedere).
„Penelope would let him rest his weary head on her shoulder and she would comfort him through his tears. From that moment on, I would be the one he left behind. I would be the ghost in this past.”
Fantasticul primeşte o atenţie deosebită, autoarea
introducând o ierarhie sau mai bine zis o clasificare a spiritelor, o calificare
pertinentă şi care susţine acţiunea cărţii, dându-ne în acelaşi timp indicii,
dar întinzându-ne şi capcane.
„They’re entities that exist to maintain order in the Universe. They’re the street cleaners, the vultures. You could also say they’re angels of the misfortune.”
Tensiunea apare când trebuie şi este exact cât
trebuie să te înfioare, să-ţi zdruncine un pic previziunile.
Relaţiile dintre personaje sunt diferite şi se
dezvoltă pe mai multe nivele. Fiecare dintre aceste relaţii impresionează şi
fiecare dintre aceste relaţii aduc un plus de sensibilitate, regret şi nostalgie,
dar şi ceva speranţă.
Umorul este şi el prezent şi îmi place cum
autoarea l-a folosit pentru a scoate în evidenţă câte o caracteristică umană:
bunătate, naivitate sau chiar prostie, nesiguranţă, gelozie.
To Kiss a Ghost este una dintre acele cărţi
care te poate face să-ţi doreşti să fii parte din ele şi să ai aceleaşi puteri
chiar dacă acestea ar putea să te bage în unele belele.
„Normal is overrated.”
Finalul este bun, trist şi fericit în acelaşi timp,
oferind speranţa regăsirii.
„[...] I don’t even Know who I am yet... how can I go on to something else” [...] Don’t I have to figure that out first?”
Dacă veţi citi cartea sunt mari şanse să vă
placă.
Description To Kiss a Ghost
Gala Rhyce the reluctant ghost whisperer is back again. When she finds herself bullied by shadow creatures to care for the ghosts in her town, she’s forced to dive deep into the world of the paranormal. The only benefit comes when Gala finds herself happily entangled with a mysterious, handsome ghost who is quickly falling for her.
“Even better than the first book in the series, To Kiss a Ghost, is a thrill ride not to be missed. You will cry, laugh, get angry, and repeat the emotional spectrum as you read this stellar new release. Pourchot has a series worth continuing on her hands.”
Description To Kiss a Ghost
Gala Rhyce the reluctant ghost whisperer is back again. When she finds herself bullied by shadow creatures to care for the ghosts in her town, she’s forced to dive deep into the world of the paranormal. The only benefit comes when Gala finds herself happily entangled with a mysterious, handsome ghost who is quickly falling for her.
“Even better than the first book in the series, To Kiss a Ghost, is a thrill ride not to be missed. You will cry, laugh, get angry, and repeat the emotional spectrum as you read this stellar new release. Pourchot has a series worth continuing on her hands.”
Book #1
Life was pleasantly normal for Gala Rhyce—that is, until her mom moved
the family to Flagler Beach, Florida. Now—despite the palm trees, ocean
breezes, and cute surfer guys—Gala is miserable…until she meets Trista.
Trista makes a great friend, except for one thing: she's a ghost.
The girls learn to communicate, and through Gala, Trista finds a way to experience the world again. As Gala’s romance with a heartthrob poet begins to bloom, her unlikely friendship with Trista continues—until the ghost wants more than Gala can give, and things start to go horribly wrong.
Filled with horror, romance, and humor, Food for a Hungry Ghost is about friendship, trust, jealousy, and boundaries that get pushed too far.
How much can Gala endure? Will she survive the clutches of the Hungry Ghost?
The girls learn to communicate, and through Gala, Trista finds a way to experience the world again. As Gala’s romance with a heartthrob poet begins to bloom, her unlikely friendship with Trista continues—until the ghost wants more than Gala can give, and things start to go horribly wrong.
Filled with horror, romance, and humor, Food for a Hungry Ghost is about friendship, trust, jealousy, and boundaries that get pushed too far.
How much can Gala endure? Will she survive the clutches of the Hungry Ghost?
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Happy Birthday Few Are Angels (Few Are Angels #1) by Inger Iversen
Description:
After a fatal hit and
run accident, Ella Monroe fears that she’s lost more than her beloved
parents. Horrifying visions of a past life and a disturbing voice in
her head have psychiatric professionals convinced that she’s lost her
sanity as well. But when Kale--a dark and handsome stranger with a
mysterious past--reveals the true meaning of her visions and the
tremendous power she wields through them, Ella must come to terms with
the devastating truths of her own past, while eluding an ancient Dark
Prince who seeks to control not only her future, but all of mankind’s,
by means of abilities that Ella is only beginning to understand.
Enter the shrouded world of an age old battle between an ancient race known as the Immortals and their bitter enemy Laurent, the so-called Dark Prince, who commands an army of half-breed vampires known as Chorý. Both sides have been desperately searching for the prophesied emergence of the Arc, a clairvoyant with unparalleled power to recall the past and a soothsayer with clear vision into the future.
The Council of Immortals has sworn to protect the Arc, whom they have identified as young Ella Monroe, a college freshman from Virginia living quietly and unaware of her powers or her past. But a renegade Chorý has other plans for the protection of a girl he has loved through the ages. Can Kale convince Ella of who she is, what she is destined to become, and what he once meant to her? Is he truly the best protector to shield the world from the devastating misuse of her powers that Laurent is bent on controlling? Or will the forbidden love they share and Kale’s cursed condition as a retched and hated Chorý be used against them both?
This paranormal romance told from the heroine’s perspective builds in intensity and intrigue to a finale you won’t see coming. Heart pounding action mixed with heartwarming friendships and heartbreaking romance will leave you breathless and begging for more.
Enter the shrouded world of an age old battle between an ancient race known as the Immortals and their bitter enemy Laurent, the so-called Dark Prince, who commands an army of half-breed vampires known as Chorý. Both sides have been desperately searching for the prophesied emergence of the Arc, a clairvoyant with unparalleled power to recall the past and a soothsayer with clear vision into the future.
The Council of Immortals has sworn to protect the Arc, whom they have identified as young Ella Monroe, a college freshman from Virginia living quietly and unaware of her powers or her past. But a renegade Chorý has other plans for the protection of a girl he has loved through the ages. Can Kale convince Ella of who she is, what she is destined to become, and what he once meant to her? Is he truly the best protector to shield the world from the devastating misuse of her powers that Laurent is bent on controlling? Or will the forbidden love they share and Kale’s cursed condition as a retched and hated Chorý be used against them both?
This paranormal romance told from the heroine’s perspective builds in intensity and intrigue to a finale you won’t see coming. Heart pounding action mixed with heartwarming friendships and heartbreaking romance will leave you breathless and begging for more.
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Inger Iversen lives in Virginia Beach with her tree-hugging boyfriend Joshua and her overweight lap cat Max. When not reading or writing she spends her time watching reruns of True Blood or killing zombies in Call Of Duty.
Name: Kale Grey
Age: 21
Council Status: Hunted
Blood Status: Infected Chorý
Origin: France
Love should never be dangerous, but Kale knows more than anyone how deadly it can truly be. Having learned from his past mistakes, Kale fights his feelings for Ella in order to protect her from their common enemies, as well as from himself.
Name: Alex Carleton
Council Status: Uninfected Human
Age:19
Blood status: Not Infected
Origin: USA
Alex has always had Ella’s back, but not even he understands what she is going through. As Alex starts to regret his choice to leave Cedar Grove for New York, he also learns that the reason he wants to go home, may have a lot more to do with matters of the heart than just his need to protect Ella.
Name: Eloise "Ella" Monroe
Age: 19
School: Old Dominion University
Rank in Council: Arc, to be protected
Blood Status: Not Infected
Origin: USElla's life will never be the same. Death, visions and voices challenge her sanity. Will Ella be stronger than her ties to the past?
Age: 21Council Status: Hunted
Blood Status: Infected Chorý
Origin: France
Love should never be dangerous, but Kale knows more than anyone how deadly it can truly be. Having learned from his past mistakes, Kale fights his feelings for Ella in order to protect her from their common enemies, as well as from himself.
Name: Alex Carleton
Age:19
Blood status: Not Infected
Origin: USA
Alex has always had Ella’s back, but not even he understands what she is going through. As Alex starts to regret his choice to leave Cedar Grove for New York, he also learns that the reason he wants to go home, may have a lot more to do with matters of the heart than just his need to protect Ella.
Name: Eloise "Ella" Monroe
Age: 19
School: Old Dominion University
Rank in Council: Arc, to be protected
Blood Status: Not Infected
Origin: USElla's life will never be the same. Death, visions and voices challenge her sanity. Will Ella be stronger than her ties to the past?
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Excerpt Blind Dating by Kerry Taylor
Published March 31st, 2013
Description:
When mid-forties,
divorced, single-mother-of-three, Kimberly, realizes her own mother has
more of a life than she does, she decides to do something about it.
Encouraged by success stories from people at work, she joins a dating
chat room, ICQ, and gets a lot more than she ever bargained for.
All of a sudden she’s a swinging single, online and in the real world, with extreme dates, a little dirty talk, and a sense of her new, sexy self— until that fateful moment when her long-time chat-room buddy, LonelySingle, wants to meet.
What if he doesn’t like her?
What if she doesn’t like him?
These are the thoughts, inside her head. Until they meet and realise, that they have been friends offline aswell as online!
What happens next?
A light-hearted, romantic comedy about a single mom finding true love, which was right before her eyes.
All of a sudden she’s a swinging single, online and in the real world, with extreme dates, a little dirty talk, and a sense of her new, sexy self— until that fateful moment when her long-time chat-room buddy, LonelySingle, wants to meet.
What if he doesn’t like her?
What if she doesn’t like him?
These are the thoughts, inside her head. Until they meet and realise, that they have been friends offline aswell as online!
What happens next?
A light-hearted, romantic comedy about a single mom finding true love, which was right before her eyes.
Excerpt:
He asked the same question: “Where were we?”
Great, he has finished off the phone and I am still sitting here. I am not sure why I am sitting here. I could have got up and ignored his question. Why am I still sitting here! I scream inside myself.
“Oh,” he recalls.
Damn, I wish he would not ………………I say in my head.
“Do you feel uncomfortable?” he questions, seeing the frown in my face.
“Course, I do,” I reply.
“Wow, that must be the first and only time that you have ever shut me down,” he says in a state of shock.
“Yes, but I do not want to discuss it, please consult with your friends,” I reply rushing out of the office.
What was he going to do next, pull down his pants and ask me if his bulls are small?
I just do not want us to have that type of relationship. After all these years, we have not, and I do not intend to things being different now.
I delegate my entire work load to Kyle, and then I leave the office. Think for once I will go to watch Eric play in his league game. He asks all the time and I can never make it. For once, Mom will make it.
About the author:
A single mom of three living in Madrid, Kerry Taylor has been through many tugs-of-war in her life – from being stalked and abused to separated from her estranged husband – all while expressing her life through writing in different forms. She has released a series of autobiographies in the form of short stories and poetry: Stones of My Heart, Life’s Pebbles, Emotional Rollercoaster of a Single Mom, and Gravels of Moments
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Monday, May 27, 2013
Release Day Giveaway Feeling Death (Death Trilogy #1) by D.T. Dyllin
Expected publication:
May 27th 2013
by Dragonfairy Press Description:
Samantha
Bevans is having the best sex of her life—but it's not with her
husband. Fortunately for her marriage, the affair is all in her mind.
Isn't it? As an empath, she senses other people's emotions. But her
connection to the man with the the chiseled face and haunting eyes seems
so real.
There's no time for fantasies with a serial killer loose in Pittsburgh. The killer is targeting dancers at a strip club where Samantha used to bartend, back when drugs were the only cure for the torment of her abilities. As a member of a special task force, Samantha uses her talents to sense the victims’ final thoughts. Just when she thought the case was complex enough, she discovers one of the victims was thinking about her fantasy man when she died.
Who can Samantha trust when she can’t trust her own mind? An empath feels the emotional environment around her…and Samantha is surrounded by death.
There's no time for fantasies with a serial killer loose in Pittsburgh. The killer is targeting dancers at a strip club where Samantha used to bartend, back when drugs were the only cure for the torment of her abilities. As a member of a special task force, Samantha uses her talents to sense the victims’ final thoughts. Just when she thought the case was complex enough, she discovers one of the victims was thinking about her fantasy man when she died.
Who can Samantha trust when she can’t trust her own mind? An empath feels the emotional environment around her…and Samantha is surrounded by death.
Cynical-Optimist. Chocolate-holic. Sarcasm Addict. Paranormal Believer. Romance Junkie. Self Imposed Insomniac. Animal Lover. Writer.
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Love Me Some Cowboy by Lisa Mondello, Day Leclaire, Jean Brashear, Ginger Chambers, Barbara McMahon
Description:
Who can resist a tough, rugged cowboy? Not these feisty, determined women!
Five full-length novels at a steal of a price!
In Nothing But Trouble by USAToday Bestselling Author Lisa Mondello, city girl Melanie Summers must spend an entire month alone in the Wyoming wilderness with sexy rodeo cowboy, Stoney Buxton, without getting into trouble. Possible? Not a chance in the world!
USAToday Bestselling Author Jean Brashear adds Lone Star flavor with Texas Secrets. Boone Gallagher returns to the only home he's ever known only to find it's been willed to a sexy stranger who's intent on leaving. He must keep her there for thirty days or it will be lost to them both.
Love romantic reunion stories? Then much-loved Harlequin author Barbara McMahon has the perfect book for you! Crazy About a Cowboy brings you Sam and Lisa Haller, who divorced for all the wrong reasons. Now Sam wants his ex-wife back for all the right ones.
Once Upon a Cowboy by Day Leclaire, author of the wildly popular Dante's Legacy series, introduces Cami, a lovable, greenhorn spitfire determined to become a cowboy, despite the objections of her sexy rancher boss.
And last, but far from least, beloved Dell and Harlequin author Ginger Chambers offers a heartwarming treat with Love, Texas, in which Cassie Edwards returns to the hometown she'd forsaken to negotiate the sale of land belonging to the Taylor family. Hard-working rancher Will Taylor, once her girlhood crush, is all man now and fighting hard to save his heritage. When attraction flares, will true love triumph?
What Readers Are Saying About These Authors:
"Emotional depth and situations that tore at my heart. This is exactly what I want from a romance." (about Ginger Chambers, Love, Texas)
"I can never get enough of Day Leclaire's novels. It's all about the characters, and these are especially lovable, funny, and heartwarming ... not to mention sexy. I really identified with Cami's act-first, think-later personality. Adorable!" (about Day Leclaire, Once Upon a Cowboy)
"A great story about second chances at love. A hunky cowboy and a feisty cowgirl and a cute little boy to round off this romance." (about Barbara McMahon, Crazy About a Cowboy)
"I really enjoyed this, er, literary foreplay. I knew that when these two finally made love, they wouldn't just be going through the motions—there were going to be some fireworks....Jean Brashear is a terrific discovery for me." (about Jean Brashear, Texas Secrets)
"Loved this book so much I didn’t put it down till I was finished. Highly recommended for a very good read." (about Lisa Mondello, Nothing But Trouble)
Her Heart for the Asking is FREE on:
Who can resist a tough, rugged cowboy? Not these feisty, determined women!
Five full-length novels at a steal of a price!
In Nothing But Trouble by USAToday Bestselling Author Lisa Mondello, city girl Melanie Summers must spend an entire month alone in the Wyoming wilderness with sexy rodeo cowboy, Stoney Buxton, without getting into trouble. Possible? Not a chance in the world!
USAToday Bestselling Author Jean Brashear adds Lone Star flavor with Texas Secrets. Boone Gallagher returns to the only home he's ever known only to find it's been willed to a sexy stranger who's intent on leaving. He must keep her there for thirty days or it will be lost to them both.
Love romantic reunion stories? Then much-loved Harlequin author Barbara McMahon has the perfect book for you! Crazy About a Cowboy brings you Sam and Lisa Haller, who divorced for all the wrong reasons. Now Sam wants his ex-wife back for all the right ones.
Once Upon a Cowboy by Day Leclaire, author of the wildly popular Dante's Legacy series, introduces Cami, a lovable, greenhorn spitfire determined to become a cowboy, despite the objections of her sexy rancher boss.
And last, but far from least, beloved Dell and Harlequin author Ginger Chambers offers a heartwarming treat with Love, Texas, in which Cassie Edwards returns to the hometown she'd forsaken to negotiate the sale of land belonging to the Taylor family. Hard-working rancher Will Taylor, once her girlhood crush, is all man now and fighting hard to save his heritage. When attraction flares, will true love triumph?
What Readers Are Saying About These Authors:
"Emotional depth and situations that tore at my heart. This is exactly what I want from a romance." (about Ginger Chambers, Love, Texas)
"I can never get enough of Day Leclaire's novels. It's all about the characters, and these are especially lovable, funny, and heartwarming ... not to mention sexy. I really identified with Cami's act-first, think-later personality. Adorable!" (about Day Leclaire, Once Upon a Cowboy)
"A great story about second chances at love. A hunky cowboy and a feisty cowgirl and a cute little boy to round off this romance." (about Barbara McMahon, Crazy About a Cowboy)
"I really enjoyed this, er, literary foreplay. I knew that when these two finally made love, they wouldn't just be going through the motions—there were going to be some fireworks....Jean Brashear is a terrific discovery for me." (about Jean Brashear, Texas Secrets)
"Loved this book so much I didn’t put it down till I was finished. Highly recommended for a very good read." (about Lisa Mondello, Nothing But Trouble)
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Excerpt Nothing But Trouble
His jaw tightened. Yes, there was something definitely wrong here. And money had nothing to do with it. It had everything to do with this beauty standing in front of him, who was clueless about what she was getting her pretty little hide into. "No," he replied tersely. "Mr. Buxton, I need your help."
"Tourist season is in full swing. I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding someone else."
He turned his back to her and began walking along the fence toward the barn, almost forgetting... Abruptly, he glanced up and saw the charred remains of the barn. The place where all his troubles had started just one year ago. It hadn't taken but a second for him to hear her boots digging into the dusty gravel behind him, jarring him from his thoughts.
"Then I'll do it myself," she said to his back.
His whole body stiffened. He angled back to read her face, to see if she was just being a spoiled rotten rich kid, trying to get her way, or if she was actually serious. Seeing her head held high and her arms crossed in front of her, he realized she was dead serious.
And dead she'd be if she stepped one boot into those mountains alone.
"You'll do no such thing."
Frustration flaring, he lifted his dusty hat and forced his fingers through the thick crop of black hair before returning the hat to his head.
"You just don't get it, do you? You're not asking me to take you on a theme park ride where you'll get to see the wonders of the world at a nice safe distance. This is God's country. The creatures that live up there don't know civilization, and you are no better than them. You could--probably will--get killed if you go out there alone." His lips twitched, taking a good long appraising look at the woman in front of him. "You might even chip a nail on that pretty hand of yours."
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Sentinels of New Orleans series by Suzanne Johnson
Description:
As the junior wizard
sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco’s job involves a lot more
potion-mixing and pixie-retrieval than sniffing out supernatural bad
guys like rogue vampires and lethal were-creatures. DJ's boss and
mentor, Gerald St. Simon, is the wizard tasked with protecting the city
from anyone or anything that might slip over from the preternatural
beyond.
Then Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans’ fragile levees, unleashing more than just dangerous flood waters.
While winds howled and Lake Pontchartrain surged, the borders between the modern city and the Otherworld crumbled. Now, the undead and the restless are roaming the Big Easy, and a serial killer with ties to voodoo is murdering the soldiers sent to help the city recover.
To make it worse, Gerry has gone missing, the wizards’ Elders have assigned a grenade-toting assassin as DJ’s new partner, and undead pirate Jean Lafitte wants to make her walk his plank. The search for Gerry and for the serial killer turns personal when DJ learns the hard way that loyalty requires sacrifice, allies come from the unlikeliest places, and duty mixed with love creates one bitter gumbo.
Then Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans’ fragile levees, unleashing more than just dangerous flood waters.
While winds howled and Lake Pontchartrain surged, the borders between the modern city and the Otherworld crumbled. Now, the undead and the restless are roaming the Big Easy, and a serial killer with ties to voodoo is murdering the soldiers sent to help the city recover.
To make it worse, Gerry has gone missing, the wizards’ Elders have assigned a grenade-toting assassin as DJ’s new partner, and undead pirate Jean Lafitte wants to make her walk his plank. The search for Gerry and for the serial killer turns personal when DJ learns the hard way that loyalty requires sacrifice, allies come from the unlikeliest places, and duty mixed with love creates one bitter gumbo.
Description:
Hurricane Katrina is
long gone, but the preternatural storm rages on in New Orleans. New
species from the Beyond moved into Louisiana after the hurricane
destroyed the borders between worlds, and it falls to wizard sentinel
Drusilla Jaco and her partner, Alex Warin, to keep the preternaturals
peaceful and the humans unaware. But a war is brewing between two clans
of Cajun merpeople in Plaquemines Parish, and down in the swamp, DJ
learns, there’s more stirring than angry mermen and the threat of a
were-gator.
Wizards are dying, and something—or someone—from the Beyond is poisoning the waters of the mighty Mississippi, threatening the humans who live and work along the river. DJ and Alex must figure out what unearthly source is contaminating the water and who—or what—is killing the wizards. Is it a malcontented merman, the naughty nymph, or some other critter altogether? After all, DJ’s undead suitor, the pirate Jean Lafitte, knows his way around a body or two.
It’s anything but smooth sailing on the bayou as the Sentinels of New Orleans series continues.
Wizards are dying, and something—or someone—from the Beyond is poisoning the waters of the mighty Mississippi, threatening the humans who live and work along the river. DJ and Alex must figure out what unearthly source is contaminating the water and who—or what—is killing the wizards. Is it a malcontented merman, the naughty nymph, or some other critter altogether? After all, DJ’s undead suitor, the pirate Jean Lafitte, knows his way around a body or two.
It’s anything but smooth sailing on the bayou as the Sentinels of New Orleans series continues.
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An undead serial killer comes for DJ in this thrilling third installment of Suzanne Johnson’s Sentinels of New Orleans series
The mer feud has been settled, but life in South Louisiana still has more twists and turns than the muddy Mississippi.
New Orleanians are under attack from a copycat killer mimicking the crimes of a 1918 serial murderer known as the Axeman of New Orleans. Thanks to a tip from the undead pirate Jean Lafitte, DJ Jaco knows the attacks aren’t random—an unknown necromancer has resurrected the original Axeman of New Orleans, and his ultimate target is a certain blonde wizard. Namely, DJ.
Combatting an undead serial killer as troubles pile up around her isn’t easy. Jake Warin’s loup-garou nature is spiraling downward, enigmatic neighbor Quince Randolph is acting weirder than ever, the Elders are insisting on lessons in elven magic from the world’s most annoying wizard, and former partner Alex Warin just turned up on DJ’s to-do list. Not to mention big maneuvers are afoot in the halls of preternatural power.
Suddenly, moving to the Beyond as Jean Lafitte’s pirate wench could be DJ’s best option
The mer feud has been settled, but life in South Louisiana still has more twists and turns than the muddy Mississippi.
New Orleanians are under attack from a copycat killer mimicking the crimes of a 1918 serial murderer known as the Axeman of New Orleans. Thanks to a tip from the undead pirate Jean Lafitte, DJ Jaco knows the attacks aren’t random—an unknown necromancer has resurrected the original Axeman of New Orleans, and his ultimate target is a certain blonde wizard. Namely, DJ.
Combatting an undead serial killer as troubles pile up around her isn’t easy. Jake Warin’s loup-garou nature is spiraling downward, enigmatic neighbor Quince Randolph is acting weirder than ever, the Elders are insisting on lessons in elven magic from the world’s most annoying wizard, and former partner Alex Warin just turned up on DJ’s to-do list. Not to mention big maneuvers are afoot in the halls of preternatural power.
Suddenly, moving to the Beyond as Jean Lafitte’s pirate wench could be DJ’s best option
Short Excerpt River Road
The minute hand of the ornate grandfather clock crept like a gator stuck in swamp mud. I’d been watching it for half an hour, nursing a fizzy cocktail from my perch inside the Hotel Monteleone. The plaque on the enormous clock claimed it had been hand- carved of mahogany in 1909, about 130 years after the birth of the undead pirate waiting for me upstairs.
They were both quite handsome, but the clock was a lot safer.
I’d have blown him off if my boss on the Congress of Elders hadn’t ordered me to comply and my co-sentinel, Alex, hadn’t claimed a prior engagement.
At seven thirty, I abandoned my drink, took a deep breath, and marched through the lobby toward the bank of elevators.
On the long dead-man-walking stroll down the carpeted hallway, I imagined all the horrible requests Jean might make. He’d saved my life a few years ago, after Hurricane Katrina sent the city into freefall, and I hadn’t seen him since. I’d been desperate at the time. I might have promised him unfettered access to modern New Orleans in exchange for his assistance. I might have promised him a place to live. I might have promised him things I don’t even remember. In other words, I might be totally screwed.
I reached the door of the Eudora Welty Suite and knocked, reflecting that Jean Lafitte probably had no idea who Eudora Welty was, and wouldn’t like her if he did. Ms. Welty had been a modern sort of woman who wouldn’t hop to attention when summoned by a scoundrel.
He didn’t answer immediately. I’d made him wait, after all, and Jean lived in a tit- for- tat world. I paused a few breaths and knocked harder. Finally, he flung open the door, waving me inside to a suite plush with tapestries of peach and royal blue, thick carpet that swallowed the narrow heels of my pumps, and a plasma TV he couldn’t possibly know how to operate. What a waste.
“You have many assets, Drusilla, but apparently a respect for time is not among them.” Deep, disapproving voice, French accent, broad shoulders encased in a red linen shirt, long dark hair pulled back into a tail, eyes such a cobalt blue they bordered on navy. And technically speaking, dead.
He was as sexy as ever.
“Sorry.” I slipped my hand in my skirt pocket, fingering the small pouch of magic-infused herbs I carried at all times. My mojo bag wouldn’t help with my own perverse attraction to the man, but it would keep my empathic abilities in check. If he still had a perverse attraction to me, I didn’t want to feel it.
He eased his six-foot-two frame into a sturdy blue chair and slung one long leg over the arm as he gave me a thorough eyeraking, a ghost of a smile on his face.
I perched on the edge of the adjacent sofa, easing back against a pair of plump throw pillows, and looked at him expectantly. I hoped what ever he wanted wouldn’t jeopardize my life, my job, or my meager bank account.
“You are as lovely as ever, Jolie,” Jean said, trotting out his pet name for me that sounded deceptively intimate and brought back a lot of memories, most of them bad. “I will forgive your tardiness— perhaps you were late because you were selecting clothing that I would like.” His gaze lingered on my legs. “You chose beautifully.”
I’d picked a conservative black skirt and simple white blouse with the aim of looking professional for a business meeting, part of my ongoing attempt to prove to the Elders I was a mature wizard worthy of a pay raise. But this was Jean Lafitte, so I should have worn coveralls. I’d forgotten what a letch he could be. “I have a date after our meeting,” I lied. He didn’t need to know said date involved a round carton with the words Blue Bell Ice Cream printed on front. “Why did you want to see me?”
There, that hadn’t been so difficult—just a simple request. No drama. No threats. No double- entendre. Straight to business.
“Does a man need a reason to see a beautiful woman? Especially one who is indebted to him, and who has made him many promises?” A slow smile spread across his face, drawing my eyes to his full lips and the ragged scar that trailed his jawline.
I might be the empath in the room, but he knew very well that, in some undead kind of way, I thought he was hot.
I felt my face warming to the shade of a trailer- trash bridesmaid’s dress, one whose color had a name like raging rouge. I’d had a similar reaction when I first met Jean in 2005, two days before a mean hurricane with a sissy name turned her malevolent eye toward the Gulf Coast. I blamed my whole predicament on Katrina, the bitch.
Her winds had driven the waters of Lake Pontchartrain into the canals that crisscrossed the city, collapsing levees and filling the low, concave metro area like a gigantic soup bowl.
But NBC Nightly News and Anderson Cooper had missed the biggest story of all: how, after the storm, a mob of old gods, historical undead, and other preternatural victims of the scientific age flooded New Orleans. As a wizard, I’d had a ringside seat. Now, three years later, the wizards had finally reached accords with the major preternatural ruling bodies, and the borders were down, as of two days ago. Jean hadn’t wasted any time.
The infamous Jean Lafitte had expected me at seven. He’d summoned me to his French Quarter hotel suite by courier like I was one of his early nineteenth-century wenches, and I hated to destroy his pirate-king delusions, but the historical undead don’t summon wizards. We summon them.
About the author:
Suzanne Johnson writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance from Auburn, Alabama, after a career in educational publishing that has spanned five states and six universities. She grew up halfway between the Bear Bryant Museum and Elvis' birthplace and lived in New Orleans for fifteen years, so she has a highly refined sense of the absurd and an ingrained love of SEC football and fried gator on a stick.
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