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.
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Excerpt
This excerpt is unedited and subject to change.
Lizzy felt a hard yank on her scalp. She wanted to
cry out, but no sound emerged from her lips. Someone was dragging her down the
path. Her muzzy, pain-filled brain tried to put the pieces together. If he was
carrying a gun, he might have a very good reason to hate her. A personal reason
to become emotional over her appearance at his front door. Maybe his magic was gone, too?
The painful
pulling at her scalp was joined by a steady wrenching feeling in her
shoulder. She must have passed out for a
moment, because suddenly she was inside the house and being pulled across a
floor. She could feel the wood floor and then the rug underneath her—but it was
all distant and fuzzy, like she’d just woken from a dream but wasn’t yet able
to think clearly or move. She could feel even these sensations start to slip
away as her thoughts became hazier. A sharp pain pierced through the darkness.
Her body slamming into a wall? A doorway? Briefly she tried to grab at the door
jamb she was being yanked past, but her fingers wouldn’t move to clench the
frame.
She woke briefly as a guard pulled her body this way
and that as he restrained her. Her shoulder screamed with a tearing pain, and
tears were running down her face. She could just barely make out Worth speaking
in the background. He was giving instructions to one of his men for evacuation.
As she struggled to hear anything that might hint at their destination, the
guard had finished binding her feet and moved to her hands. He pulled her hands
together, wrenching her damaged shoulder. She bit down on her cheek frantically
as waves of pain tore through her. She didn’t want Worth to hear her scream,
she thought a fraction of a second before her mouth filled with her own blood,
and she lost consciousness.
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 British mysteries. Sign up for Kate’s newsletter: http://eepurl.com/WD6UD
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