The Fortune Teller
by Gwendolyn Womack
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GENRE: Romantic Thriller
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BLURB:
Semele Cavnow
appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering
ancient texts―and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of
Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the
story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves
further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems. Both a memoir and a
prophecy, it appears to be the work of a powerful seer, describing devastating
wars and natural disasters in detail thousands of years before they occurred.
The more she reads,
the more the manuscript begins to affect Semele’s life. But what happened to
the tarot deck? As the mystery of her connection to its story deepens, Semele
can’t shake the feeling that she’s being followed. Only one person can help her
make sense of it all: her client, Theo Bossard. Yet Theo is arrogant and
elusive, concealing secrets of his own, and there’s more to Semele’s desire to
speak with him than she would like to admit. Can Semele even trust him?
The auction date is
swiftly approaching, and someone wants to interfere―someone who knows the cards
exist, and that the Bossard manuscript is tied to her. Semele realizes it’s up
to her to stop them: the manuscript holds the key to a two-thousand-year-old secret,
a secret someone will do anything to possess.
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Excerpt One:
She shut the door and leaned back against the heavy wood and
closed her eyes.
“Daydreaming?”
Startled, she turned to find Theo standing in the doorway of
his father’s study. He was waiting for her. He had changed into slacks and
another sweater. Her eyes reflexively swept over him, but then she caught
herself.
“Did you have a chance to take a last tour around the house
before you’re off?” A knowing look danced in his eyes.
Semele’s heart hammered in her chest. He had seen her
upstairs. “I—I . . . I wanted to look at your Orbis. . . .” She hesitated, thinking that didn’t sound right.
“Did you? Look?” He walked towards her.
She watched him close the distance between them. “Is it
really an original?” She hated how nervous she sounded. Her conscience screamed
for her to back up, to look away, to figure out how to the leave the room, but
she couldn’t resist the spell that was weaving itself around them.
“I’m afraid this house is full of surprises,” he said
softly. “God knows I shouldn’t be down here.” His hand came up and trailed
along her cheek. “Tell me to go.”
The desire in his eyes made her forget every thought running
through her mind. She wanted him—had wanted him from the first moment they met.
Their lips locked, seeking each other, and the tension that had been building
between them all these weeks turned into an insatiable dance. It was as though
a hand reached insider her and turned her like a spinning top.
Copyright © 2017 by Gwendolyn Womack. All rights reserved.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Gwendolyn
Womack is the author of the RWA Prism award winning novel The Memory Painter. She writes metaphysical thrillers and love
stories that travel history, exploring divination, reincarnation, magic, and
time travel. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and is currently working
on her third novel.
She can be
found online at http://www.gwendolynwomack, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Gwen_Womack,
and on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorGwendolynWomack
Book Video: https://youtu.be/Ws3VTKpjnGc
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GIVEAWAY
Gwendolyn will be awarding Exploring
Tarot Using Radiant Rider-waite Tarot: Deck & Book Set (US ONLY) to a randomly drawn winner via
rafflecopter during the tour.
congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
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