Read about SHOCKING FINDS (a Finder's Keepers Novel), a blurb, a quick excerpt, some links for buying options and author info… and Lastly… a fun little Q&A session with the main character Marin!! Happy wordage, everyone!
About SHOCKING FINDS
An
act of rebellion, Marin doesn't think that running into the new store in town
will hurt anything. Her aunt will never know... right? One car wreck later, her
aunt is hospitalized, Marin is forced to spend her twenty-first birthday
fighting for her life, and magic - the very thing her aunt has always sworn to
be for fools - is real. And so is the irresistible Fae dedicated to Marin's
protection.
Kyland
has searched Earth-side and all the other realms, looking for a missing Fae
child. A child his Queen prophesied would be able to one day save the Fae
people from the Danshue, as the evil Fae threat tries to overwhelm the entire
Supernatural Community. A child that would know nothing of her blocked gifts,
or her Fae heritage waiting to be claimed. A child that has grown into a curvy,
delicious morsel he would love to taste.
Together
Marin and Kyland will fight Fae assassins, overcome betrayals, and if they're
lucky ... they will find the Danshue responsible for their plight. That's if
Marin doesn't shock him to death with her erratic new gift, and her out of
control emotions.
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SHOCKING FINDS
Excerpt:
(from chapter two Shocking Finds)
The man—and
Marin was only guessing that the driver was a man—had bypassed those without
parking lot etiquette and zeroed in on Lindal. If she had continued her slow
progress through the parking lot, would Marin be in this horrible room with its
beeping monitors and bleached air instead of Lindal.
Staring down
at her aunt’s unmoving form, Marin tried to find a place to rest her hand. She
needed to touch her. She needed to know that the only person willing to take
her in, after the death of her mother, was really here and still alive.
“They will
find him, Lindal. He won't get away with this,” Marin made her vow as quietly
as possible, not wanting to disturb Lindal's recovery.
Glancing up to keep tears from falling from
her eyes, Marin noticed something swinging off of Lindal's oxygen line. “What
the...” It looked like a Barbie doll with wings, perhaps six inches tall. The
odd little creature wore a loin cloth and sported some overly obvious male
attributes. Was it wrong to be checking out the abs of someone no larger than a
child’s toy?
His arms
tugged and his muscles bunched as he attempted to make a knot in Lindal's
oxygen line. His silver skin tone went beautifully with his tri-colored wings—
a mix of light purple, maroon, and gold. The little man didn't seem to realize
that Marin was staring at him.
“Stop,”
Marin shouted. Dammit, this was a hospital. She needed to lower her voice. She
also needed to go upstairs to the psych ward. Head trauma, shock, or
hallucinations something wasn’t right. If she told Lindal about this, her aunt
would call her every kind of fool.
Hallucination
or not, she grabbed the little man by the wings, pulled him from Lindal’s
oxygen line, and tried to speak more calmly. “What do you think you’re doing?”
She finally
had her figment’s attention. A striking, though small, pair of lavender eyes
glared at her through overly long sandy brown bangs. On closer inspection, she
could see that his hair was actually multicolored. It seemed to go from crystal
white sand to bronzed gold.
“Well,
answer me. What do you think you're doing?”
“Waiting for
you, of course.”
“What are
you?” She was losing it. The buzzing in her temples was increasing. And she was
now speaking to a figment of her imagination. Yep, she needed to be
medicated.
The creature
put its tiny fists on narrow hips. “A Sprite, of course. Don't you know
anything? I have my work cut out for me.” Now she was being insulted by her
imagination. Great.
“Nope. Too
Much,” Marin said and tossed the little man with wings out of the hospital
window. She needed coffee. Either that or a large dose of Thorazine. Maybe
both.
Now…
without further ado… here is Marin Yarthine…
Interviewer:
You’ve had quick the introduction to the Fae world, Marin… Can I call you
Marin..
Marin (reddened cheeks): Uhh… sure… I
mean, that’s what most people call me… Kyland has been call me, Minzet, but I’m
pretty sure that’s something just between us since it means Sweet One…
but…yeah… Marin would be best.
Interviewer
(light chuckle): Great. Well, I nice to finally get to sit down with us… and as
the new Princess to the Fae people, with such an odd upbringing… the Fae would
love to know a little pit about you… Tell us a little bit about day to day life
in the royal world…
Marin: Pfft… Most of the time I think
they have the wrong girl… I mean… I was home schooled, and have worked at
Finder’s Keepers since I turned 17… for the past four years I have been
slipping into Finder’s Trances in order to locate everything from pets to abduction
victims… from car keys to family heirlooms… it sounds like important work but
really, I mostly had to pull a bunch of information together so that other
Finder’s could go out on Mission to locate whatever the client had misplaced…
Interviewer:
That sounds like important work to me… also, something that would take a toll
on your emotions… do you have someone to cuddle up to at night to help you get
through the day???
Marin (Cheeks now flaming red):
Kyland… he came out of nowhere and changed my life… and he doesn’t even mind
when I accidentally shock him with this new power that has a tendency to get
out of control when I’m upset…
Interview:
…. (shuffles through questions) … (scoots chair back and grits her teeth)… What
goals and hardships do you face… what do you want for the Fae?? I mean… what
are your plans to keep the Fae community safe?? (scoots back a little further…)
Marin (head cocked to the side): I’m
still learning about the Fae world.. but I would say my goal is to keep as many
people safe as I can… (fists clench) … if the evil Fae, those Danshue ********…
sorry for my language, but if they would just stop getting in the way, I could
learn a little faster… someone needs to stop the Danshue before this community
I’m just getting to know dies out…
Sparks light up on
Marin’s hands, but Interviewer merely gets a white
Knuckled grip on her set
and continues…
Interviewer:
One final questions and we will let you get back to your new duties as
Princess… Can you tell us what fears you are facing in this new chapter of your
life???
Marin: … (Deep Breath…) Lindal… that
the woman that pretended to be my only family, that kidnapped me as a child
(sparks on her fingertips) … that she will find a way to finish what she
started… (more sparks) … that she will find a way to hurt the people I am
coming to care about… that she will hurt KYLAND … (small explosion blowing out all
the lights)
Interview warily pulls
herself up out of the floor, where she dove to avoid flying glass…
Interview(voice
shaky) : Alright… I think that’s all we have time for… thanks for stopping by
Princess…
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