Gypsy Hunted
by Andrea
Drew
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BLURB:
Reluctant
psychic Gypsy Shields—she prefers the term "intuition
consultant"—finds herself in trouble when, on her way home from a blind
date, she interrupts a kidnapping in progress. She attempts to intervene, and
her heroics are repaid with a collision between the attacker's van and a brick
wall. She awakens in the hospital, paralyzed on her left side and unable to
speak. This also means she's unable to share her vital information as a
witness. Fortunately, she is able to use her telepathic connection with her
niece to throw a line out to a police detective she knows: Connor Reardon, her
blind date.
Connor
will do anything to protect Gypsy, and he listens to her claims of psychic
power willingly, as he's concealing certain powers of his own. Nor are they all
he's concealing. Gypsy senses a part of her new ally's mind is closed to
her—what she cannot know is that Connor suspects the kidnapper is someone close
to him, and the kidnapping victim holds secrets that will tear through Connor's
department, putting careers and lives at risk. Including Gypsy, still in
hospital and vulnerable as the attacker turns his sights on her once again.
Can
she use her powers to track down the perpetrator and prevent her own murder?
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Excerpt
As a telepath, I pick up on feelings and instinct more than
most. Other people like to call me a psychic medium, but I’m not really
comfortable with the label. Apart from
the fact that I do it for love, not money, I’m sure once someone learns I’m a
telepath they conjure up images of dodgy fraudsters on stage at mass events,
feeding grieving families what they desperately need. I’d rather not expose
myself to more ridicule than necessary. My abilities happened almost by
accident—apparently my grandmother was ‘fey,’ as my mother enjoyed mentioning.
I was sure the pinging, nagging doubt had something to do
with Aaron’s home life. “What about you, Gypsy? What do you do?” Connor relaxed
his posture, the glass poised before his mouth. He had taken on a different
look, probably from the wine, or even better, from unfulfilled lust.
“I write business plans. I’ve also been told I have pretty
da*n good intuition.”
That seemed to spark Connor’s interest. He pulled at the other earlobe.
“Oh yeah? What does your intuition tell you about me, then?”
“That you seem like a nice enough guy.”
Connor moistened his lips, which quivered with what I
suspected was amusement as he sat legs wide apart
“And?”
“And you’re fishing for compliments that I’m not going to
give you just yet.”
Connor threw his head back, indulging in a belly laugh. The
rich, throaty sound filled me with pleasure. A smile I couldn’t suppress burst
through.
“That’s a fair call, Gypsy, fair call.”
The silence was a comfortable one, our shared joke
establishing the early threads of friendship.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Andrea Drew
has been a commercial copy writer and resume writer for over a decade.
She's written
for celebrity stylists, assisted business coaches and start-ups, written grants
for not for profits, delivered marketing presentations to business owners, and
attends Australian writing conventions.
Her
self-published book "Pro Resumes Made Easy" has been downloaded over
40,000 times.
Andrea has
one husband (more than enough), three kids, a pet rock (her daughters not
hers), and a house in the suburbs, where she's hard at work on the second novel
in the Gypsy series.
Email her at
andrea@andrea-drew.com.
Gypsy Hunted
her first fiction novel (her first suspense thriller set in her home town of
Melbourne Australia) is available for pre-order on Amazon prior to release on
October 28 2014.
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