Cursed by Fire
Author: Danielle Annett
Release Date: January 28th, 2015
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal
Designer: Mae I Design
Blurb:
It has been six years since the Awakening and
peace in Spokane, Washington is still tenuous at best. The vampires and
shifters are all vying for control of the city and the humans seem to be the
ones suffering the consequences, or so it seems.
Aria Naveed has spent the last two years of
her life fighting to make the many wrongs of the world right, but soon finds
out that the humans aren’t as weak as they appear and may be a more terrifying
foe than any of the other races combined.
When a stranger rolls into town with trouble
on his heels, Aria finds herself trapped in the middle of a battle that could
cost her more than she has bargained for as a fight for justice turns into an
unexpected fight for her life.
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Behind the scenes look at how
Cursed by Fire’s cover came to be:
About Danielle Annett
Danielle Annett is a reader, writer, photographer, and the blogger
behind Coffee and Characters. Born in the SF Bay area, she now resides in
Spokane, WA, the primary location for her Blood & Magic series.Addicted to coffee at an early age, she spends her restless nights putting pen to paper as she tries to get all of the stories out of her head before the dogs wake up the rest of the house and vye for her attention.
SHORT EXCERPT
The light began to fade from his eyes
as I crawled across the floor in an effort to reach my father. My nails were
raw and bloody as I struggled to carry myself closer to him, digging into the
rough wooden floors with each drag of my body.
“I’m
coming,” I panted in between breaths. “Just hang on, Papa, I’m coming.”
I woke gasping for breath, drenched
in a cold sweat, clutching the hilt of my dagger as if my life depended on it.
I frantically looked around the room in search of our attacker while also
taking stock of any injuries. I was perfectly whole.
“It was just a
nightmare,” I told myself, though that did little
to ease the ache in my chest over the remembered pain. I miss you so much.
Rubbing my hands over my face, I pushed
back the wet, loose tendrils of hair that had escaped my braid during my fitful
rest and returned my dagger to its resting place beneath my pillow. Taking
another deep breath I registered a hint of smoke.
Sh*t!
My eyes roamed over the room,
frantically looking for the source of fire.
“You have got to be kidding me!”
I untangled my body from the sheets,
tripping and falling into a heap on the floor before I was able to crawl out of
my covers and retrieve an old shirt. I frenziedly swatted at the bedroom
curtains with the old t-shirt but the flames continued to rise. Deciding there
was no other choice, I ripped the curtains from the window and rushed to the
kitchen.
Throwing the curtains into the sink and
turning the faucet on all the way, I watched as the flames were snuffed and
steam began to rise. The curtains ruined.
Turning the water off, I allowed my
body to slide down the smooth wooden cabinets until my bottom met the cool tile
floor. I folded my arms across my knees and rested my forehead against them.
Closing my eyes I took several deep breaths, my heart still racing from the
effects of the recurring nightmare. This was getting out of hand. I had thought
the nightmares were fading, but something was bringing the memories back with a
screaming vengeance and this was the third time this week they’d plagued me. I
missed my parents but it’d been over six years now. They weren’t coming back
and I needed to let it go. My subconscious needed to let it go and I needed to
let Daniel’s death go. Not the case, no, I wouldn’t let that go. But his death
was affecting me in ways I couldn’t allow to continue.
I breathed deeply in an effort to calm
my nerves. Small tremors racked my body, the nightmare had shaken me more that
I’d like to admit. My skin was covered in a fine sheen of sweat. A physical
reminder that I needed to relax before I accidentally caught something else on
fire.
Book sounds really interesting, thank you for the reveal!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading the excerpt. Looking forward to reading this book!
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