Releasing July 8,
2014
The Rundown
Lizzie receives an offer she can't refuse—an internship at the
Lost Library, home to hundreds of magical books. And to make the deal even
sweeter, her prospective boss has offered to act as her magic mentor. What’s a
girl to say, but yes? Except…there are the questions of her unresolved love
affair, her recently acquired arch enemy, and a haunting past.
Can Lizzie tackle a new job, learn the magical ropes of spell
casting, and save her relationship with an amazing man—all while eluding her
nemesis? She’ll sure as hell try.
Join Lizzie as she muddles through another magical adventure, with old friends and new, making the most of what life—and the afterlife—throw at her.
Excerpt
Suddenly,
the fight shifted. She hadn’t realized that John had been fighting defensively,
until he wasn’t. The seething mass of tawny, silver, and reddish fur seemed to
heave. Before Lizzie could properly process what had happened, the body of a
red wolf—much smaller than John—was lying in a pile next to the tapestry wall.
Her ears were ringing from the sound of the two shots Max had fired almost
immediately, hitting first the torso then the head of the prone wolf. She
couldn’t imagine he had survived his impact with the wall. Whether a broken
neck or a bullet killed him, the result was the same. Even from across the
large entryway, Lizzie could clearly see the open, staring eyes and the
motionless body heaped into a pile of unnatural angles, loose skin, and
bloodied fur.
Her
stomach roiled and her mouth started to water in a way that predicted the very
real possibility she’d lose the contents of her stomach. She inhaled
cautiously. Then exhaled very slowly, fearful a fast breath might push her
nausea into vomiting. She’d seen a Lycan killed before—but she hadn’t been this
close to the corpse. She took another slow breath.
As
she struggled to stay calm, she couldn’t help but see John. His body
intertwined with pale patches of fur. With just the two, she could see more
detail as the fight continued. The paler wolf’s dangling and useless foreleg.
The blood—definitely not John’s—splashed across his rib cage. The increasingly
sluggish movements as both wolves tired. Wrapped up in the push and pull, the
clawing and grabbing, Lizzie could feel her nausea recede. John would be
fine. John would be fine. Almost a chant in her head.
This
excerpt is unedited and subject to change.
Meet Kate Baray
Kate Baray is a paranormal romance and urban fantasy writer. She
writes and lives in Austin, Texas with her pack of pointers and a bloodhound.
Kate has worked as an attorney, a manager, a tractor sales person, and a dog
trainer, but writing is her passion. When she’s not writing, she volunteers
with a search and rescue team, sweeps up hairy dust bunnies, and watches
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