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ISBN-13: 9780998405339
Publisher: Rawlings Book, LLC
Release Date: 07-10-2017
Length: 218pp
Buy It: Amazon/B&N
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Publisher: Rawlings Book, LLC
Release Date: 07-10-2017
Length: 218pp
Buy It: Amazon/B&N
GOODREADS
Overview:
One would think the sassy, sexy hybrid Earthen Protector and Healer Alex Conner deserves some downtime after all she’s been through. But no. Instead, she finds herself trapped by the king of the Fae, and he’s not letting her go until he gets what he wants.
As alternate realities tangle her in confusion and bring her close to forgetting who she is and everyone she loves, will she unwittingly give the king what he craves?
If she does escape, will she ever pick up where she left off with her sexy Adonis Ryan? And can she control the new power she never knew she could wield—one over life and death itself—or will she be entangled in a realm whose ruler is hell-bent on entrapping her and someone she holds dear, forever?
One would think the sassy, sexy hybrid Earthen Protector and Healer Alex Conner deserves some downtime after all she’s been through. But no. Instead, she finds herself trapped by the king of the Fae, and he’s not letting her go until he gets what he wants.
As alternate realities tangle her in confusion and bring her close to forgetting who she is and everyone she loves, will she unwittingly give the king what he craves?
If she does escape, will she ever pick up where she left off with her sexy Adonis Ryan? And can she control the new power she never knew she could wield—one over life and death itself—or will she be entangled in a realm whose ruler is hell-bent on entrapping her and someone she holds dear, forever?
Excerpt––
A maniacal
laugh breaks through the dank, frigid prison. Unsure how I could have missed it
before, I am suddenly hyperaware of someone else close by.
“Who’s there?”
Do I really
want an answer? Whoever’s there is either responsible for me being here or
making sure I stay put until they get what they want. The answer comes in the
form of a male voice, one bearing the tones of a person who holds all the
cards, the control, and the kingdom.
“Alex
Conner—Eila, as my foolish son so lovingly addressed you—how do you like your
new home? I find it more than adequate for someone of your stature. There’s
only one reason you are not dead, and that is because I need something from
you, Ms. Conner. Something I will get by any means necessary.”
Staring out
into the darkness, I can hardly make out the form speaking to me. I can’t see
any other cells, but I am sure they exist. The space appears unending outside
my sight. Booted feet approach, and I see the king coming into view in green
velvet robes and a metallic crown resembling branches on his head. As he moves
closer, I can barely grasp the resemblance to the boy I knew as a child, yet
there’s no mistaking who he is. The only question is what he wants. Making me
pay for what happened to his son is my first guess, but he’s not attacking me,
as I would expect him to, if that were what he wants.
“I’m sorry
about Lestan, your son. I didn’t mean for that to happen. I loved—I love him. Let
me try to bring him back. We can work together. Is this all really necessary? I
wasn’t even the one who did it!”
My anger is
coming purely from a place of grief and the fear of being entrapped in this
place all alone. More laughter echoes around me as the king’s head falls
backward and his insanity becomes horrifyingly apparent. He strides forward and
hovers just outside the bars where any move I make toward him will be greeted
with the same fiery pain as before. Not wanting to show the king that he, or my
circumstances, scare me in any way I approach the bars so we are face-to-face
with only mere inches separating us.
“My son chose
his fate when he failed me over and over again. And allowing himself to die at
the hands of a lower being is what he deserved!” The king, Lestan’s poor excuse
for a father, screams his final words laced in his own spit and venom into my
face, yet I refuse to take even one step back. If I’m not here to pay for what
happened to Lestan or to bring him back, then why in the hell did he bring me
here?
Reaching
underneath my eye to wipe away his spittle from my face, I step closer to the
bars of my shitty cell and stare into the king’s face. Enraged to a point of
blurring the lines between sanity and mania, my teeth course across each other
in a painful jarring sound. Unlatching my jaw, I spit my words right back at
him. “Then what does the king of Avalon, of the Fae, want from me, huh? What
can I possibly have that you need?”
He stares at
me, and for a second I see him searching for something. Is it my face? My eyes?
As he stares, I see a flicker of recognition followed by something that could
be pain, yet in an instant it’s gone. It means something, but the silence in
our shared space, a silence that isn’t completely quiet because I can still
hear the blood rushing and pounding in my ears, is an eerie quiet, one on the
precipice of a vicious storm, a tragic, world-ending hurricane.
“All in due
time, my dear. All I need from you I will find soon. So soon. If you think your
life was full of misery before, you’re in for quite a shock, because the things
I can and will do to you far exceed anything you’ve experienced before. That I
promise you, just as I promised my son the same if he didn’t do as I asked. And
I assure you, he fought me for a long time, and look what he became. A jealous
man-child worth killing. Now what do you think will become of you, Alex? I know
I’m dying to find out.”
Parker Sinclair gives credit to the development of her imagination and passion for writing to multiple childhood destinations lacking indoor plumbing. While attending college, Ms. Sinclair studied biological sciences and psychology, specifically animal behavior, but her love has forever been to write. Since 2007, Ms. Sinclair has called Virginia Beach home where she is a licensed professional school counselor and a full-time writer, and finds time to write late into the night after her kiddos and in many cases, her husband are fast asleep.
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Kind of a fun and interesting cover for this! Thanks for the giveaway chance Debbie. I hope you have a great weekend!
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DeleteOh that excerpt is kinda dark. I love it!
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DeleteThat cover is super interesting, Debbie! Hugs and Happy Friday!
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DeleteI would read this just to escape.
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