GENRE: Urban Fantasy/Romance
Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Deaths-Curses-Becca-Fox-ebook/dp/B0949T79FL/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
BLURB:
After one screw up too many, Esmeralda Barnes
is shipped off to Seattle to start her first semester of college while living
under the strict guardianship of her great aunt. She’s prepared to serve her
time in simmering silence when she meets Charlie Campbell, the only person
worth talking to at the tiny community college she’s being forced to attend.
His efforts to scare her away don’t work, not even when he lefts it slip that
he has a psychic twin sister who helps their uncle—a police detective—solve
murders. As the former member of a gang, Esmer’s confident she’s tough enough
to take anything he throws at her in stride.
Then she has a near death experience. And Charlie
is the first person on the scene. It turns out, his sister isn’t psychic but
she does have a special connection to Death. She and Charlie both.So maybe this
friendship will take a little more work than Esmer originally thought. But hey,
it’s better than the gang. Even after being pulled into a string of grisly
murder investigations, running with people possessing supernatural abilities,
and dealing with the very real presence of a minor goddess, Esmer’s pretty sure
hanging with Charlie is better than being back with the gang. Yep, pretty damn
sure.
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Excerpt
Two:
Charles
It was probably juvenile but I told myself there were worse
things I could be doing than supporting the local rage room. Responsible enough
for Uncle Vic, no one had to get hurt, and I could work out every toxic thought
in my head for forty-five dollars. Win, win, win.
Wiping the sweat from my brow, I made my way to the locker
rooms to change out of all the protective gear they’d forced me to wear. I was
standing in line at my favorite taco truck maybe twenty minutes later. A couple
was arguing nearby. Ordinarily, I would’ve ignored the grown-ass adults making
a scene on the street, but the female’s voice sounded oddly familiar.
“Just because you gave me a beer doesn’t mean you own me,
asshole!”
I turned to see a girl with short red hair, switchblade open
and pressed against the throat of a rail-thin guy who looked about ready to
piss himself. She wore a gray hoodie sweatshirt which was probably too thin to
offer any warmth, ripped black jeans that clung to her slender hips and exposed
her pale knees, along with well-worn neon pink sneakers. All she needed were
rough tattoos and she’d look like she belonged in a gang.
“S-Sorry,” the guy stammered, stepping back. “My bad.”
I rolled my eyes and paid for my tacos before stepping away
from the truck. Of course. Of course it was Esmer.
Her scowl stayed fixed on the guy’s retreating form as he
hightailed it down the street with what appeared to be a six pack under his
arm. Well, it was a five pack now.
Some of the onlookers whooped and cheered.
“Yeah, that’s what I thought.” Esmer snapped her knife
closed with a flick of her wrist and shoved it into her back pocket.
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GIVEAWAY
Becca Fox is a socially
awkward introvert who loves to read and write, binge watch crime-solving shows
and anime, and play videogames next to her gamer husband. She also loves to
bake, and plan trips she hopes to one day take. She has a toddler and a
crawler, which means that her house truly is as messy as you’re imagining.
Blog:
https://fanofthefiction.wordpress.com/
Website:
http://becca-fox.com/
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Becca-Fox/e/B076PTNPV9/
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17274613.Becca_Fox
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Bears_Goose1?lang=en
Facebook:
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Martha Agundez has a BA in English from Sacramento State
University. She worked as a tutor at the Sacramento State University Writing
Center for two semesters and was a journalist for The State Hornet Newspaper
for one semester. She was also the Calaveras Station Literary Journal Fiction
Section Editor for a semester. She has worked as a 916Ink manuscript copy
editor for three years and counting, while also offering her editing services
as a freelancer.
5 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Thanks so much for participating in this blog tour, Dawn!
To our readers: hi and welcome!
Fun fact about me: I don't stick to one genre when writing. All you have to do is visit my website or Amazon author page to see it's true. There are authors out there who create one world and seem perfectly content to stay there, but I've never been able to do that. When I get an idea for a story, I run with it and I always end up having a great time writing it. I don't stop to think about whether it's the right genre for my audience or if it's marketable. (That's probably why I'm not a billionaire right now lol) I do have two series that I'm currently working on, but that's the closest I've ever come to staying in the same world or genre.
I really enjoyed the excerpt.
Glad you liked it, Sherry! I had a lot of fun writing the scenes of Charlie and Esmer's accidental meetings. ;)
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