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Away
by Meg
Benjamin
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GENRE: Paranormal Romance
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BLURB:
Grim
Morrigan, Guardian of the Ward and part-time private detective, polices the
Folk, the clans of fairies who live in the foothills outside Denver. But his
main job is concealing their true nature from the mortals around them.
Enter
mortal Annie Duran, who hires him to look for her brother Richard, missing and
presumed dead for ten years. Annie has seen Richard in the parking lot of the
nightclub where she works. Now she wants answers, and Grim’s supposed to find
them.
The
quest for Richard ensnares both Grim and Annie in a sinister conspiracy
involving kidnapped women and outlaw magic. But they also discover their own
overwhelming attraction to each other.
When
Annie herself disappears, Grim’s need for answers becomes even more urgent.
With the help of a dissolute prince and a motley crew of unlikely fairies, Grim
confronts a rebellion among the Folk.
And it may take more than just magic and
luck to save both Annie and Grim this time.
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EXCERPT TWO:
Across
from them, Bertie pulled his coat tighter.
Another
Barbegazi turned toward Gowan, his voice low. “The curse begins in cold. Your
hands and feet are never warm again. Then it travels to arms and legs, like
frost across a frozen lake.”
His
mouth a rigid line, Gowan flexed his fingers.
“When
it reaches your stomach, it’s like you ate a dinner of sleet,” another
Barbegazi threw in. “No matter how much coffee or tea or even mulled wine you
drink, your guts stay frozen.”
Grim
resisted the urge to zip his coat. The Barbegazi spell was spilling over onto
him, too, but he didn’t want any distractions right now.
Something
old and dark had entered the room. Not a trick this time. Mountain magic, from
before the time the Barbegazi had moved below the timberline. Ancient power
slid through the space like hoarfrost. Grim fought down his own shivering.
The
Seelie’s ears were rimmed with ice. Spots of white and yellow marked the
beginning of frostbite on Gowan’s cheeks. His hands were reddening around the
joints. “Stop it,” he rasped.
“It’s
a curse, Gowan. It doesn’t stop unless they rescind it.” Grim had to stiffen
his jaw to keep his teeth from chattering. “And this is only a taste of what
it’s like. A brief demonstration, more or less. Give them to me and the curse
won’t be imposed. Drag them off to the punishment suite, and you and your men
had better lay in a supply of electric blankets.”
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GUEST POST:
Five Reasons to Read Away, Book 1 of The
Folk
1. You’ll
experience a very different, world—the world of the Folk, modern fairies living
in the Colorado Rockies. The Folk have a very different lifestyle from the
mortals around them (no, they’re not immortal, they just use mortal to
designate people who aren’t like them). They live in clans, groups of the Folk
who came to this country several hundred years ago from Europe. They have a
queen, but they’re really ruled by the chiefs of their clans. They live
together in compounds in the mountains, for the most part. But some are
independent, like my hero, Grim Morrigan. And there are lots of tensions among
the clan groups that an unknown force is choosing to make a lot worse. Grim, a
Guardian of the Ward (i.e., a Folk police detective) is trying to find out who’s
behind the problems and how to head them off before they endanger everyone
around him. But he finds he has some powerful enemies.
2.
You’ll experience a very familiar world—the world of the mortals who surround
the Folk. Although the Folk have a culture of their own, they live in parallel
with the rest of us. They drink the same beer we do, dance to the same tunes,
and enjoy the same kind of nightlife. And sometimes they have affairs with
mortals, although those rarely end well. Just ask the large number of
“half-bloods” living in the greater Denver area, neither entirely Folk nor
entirely mortal and possessing some skills not even the Folk are familiar with.
3.
You’ll see what happens when those worlds overlap. Let’s say you’d like to go
for a hike in my neck of the woods: the western suburbs of Denver. You could go
to Golden Gate Canyon State Park outside Golden and hike to a deserted ranch in
a couple of hours. Nice hike. I’ve done it myself. My heroine decides to do it
because she’s feeling a little stressed and wants to stretch her legs. Bad
idea. She runs into a Black Dog on the trail—not a dog that’s black, mind you;
a supernatural Black Dog. That’s what happens when you live side-by-side with
the Folk: your world occasionally overlaps with theirs, and the result may be a
little startling.
4.
You’ll be plunged into the mystery of Richard Duran. Richard Duran vanished ten
years ago and was presumed dead after he disappeared in an abandoned mine. But
his sister Annie, whom Richard left waiting on the mountainside on the day he
was lost, swears she saw him in the parking lot at the nightclub where she
waits tables. Annie hires Grim Morrigan to find her brother. Grim takes the job
because parts of her story remind him of Folk traditions, and he suspects some
rogue faction of the Folk may be kidnapping mortals as their ancestors did back
in the day. The question of where and who Richard Duran is becomes the key to a
series of mysteries that will haunt both Annie and Grim.
5.
You’ll have your ideas of fairies rearranged. Let’s face it: for most of us
fairies are tiny women in tulle tutus with transparent wings named Orange
Blossom or Sweet Willow. The Folk are different, sometimes very different. They
look just like us, but they have a few…extras. Some of them can talk to
animals. Some of them can blow you across the room with a hand gesture. Some of
them can call up a spell to freeze your beer—or your soul. As Grim says at one
point, “They’re not the most principled beings in the world.” But the half-blood
Grim is willing to take his chances to help Annie find her brother. And Annie
plunges into the world of the Folk to find closure and the solution to a
mystery that’s haunted her family. But neither Annie nor Grim is ready for all
they find. This particular fairyland is a lot different from the Disney
version.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Meg Benjamin is an award-winning author of
contemporary romance. Her newest series, the Folk, is a paranormal trilogy set
in Colorado. Meg’s Konigsburg series is set in the Texas Hill Country and her
Salt Box and Brewing Love trilogies are set in the Colorado Rockies (both are
available from Entangled Publishing). Along with contemporary romance, Meg is
also the author of the paranormal Ramos Family trilogy from Berkley InterMix.
Meg’s books have won numerous awards, including an EPIC Award, a Romantic Times
Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Holt Medallion from Virginia Romance Writers, the Beanpot
Award from the New England Romance Writers, and the Award of Excellence from
Colorado Romance Writers. Meg’s Web site is http://www.MegBenjamin.com.
You can follow her on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/meg.benjamin1),
Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/megbenjamin/), and
Twitter (http://twitter.com/megbenj1). Meg loves to
hear from readers—contact her at meg@megbenjamin.com.
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I enjoyed getting to know your book and thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the tour and thank you for the excerpt, book description and giveaway as well. Great Post!
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ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading the excerpt, thank you! Congrats on the tour!
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