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Kara Magari is about to discover a beautiful world full of terrifying things--Ourea.
Kara, a college student still reeling from her mother's recent death, has no idea the hidden world of Ourea even exists until a freak storm traps her in a sunken library. With no way out, she opens an ancient book of magic called the Grimoire and unwittingly becomes its master, which means Kara now wields the cursed book's untamed power. Discovered by Ourea's royalty, she becomes an unwilling pawn in a generations-old conflict--a war intensified by her arrival. In this world of chilling creatures and betrayal, Kara shouldn't trust anyone... but she's being hunted and can't survive on her own. She drops her guard when Braeden, a native soldier with a dark secret, vows to keep her safe. And though she doesn't know it, her growing attraction to him may just be her undoing.
For twelve years, Braeden Drakonin has lived a lie. The Grimoire is his one chance at redemption, and it lands in his lap when Kara Magari comes into his life. Though he begins to care for this human girl, there is something he wants more. He wants the Grimoire.
Welcome to Ourea, where only the cunning survive.
Excerpt
Kara Magari pushed her way down an unkempt
trail in the Rocky Mountains, its trees hunching and swaying overhead as she
crunched her way along the rotting foliage that served as a carpet. The canopy
grew steadily thicker and swallowed the setting sunlight, casting a murky green
glow over her pale skin as she hiked. Her hiker’s build made her look a year or
two younger than she really was—a curse at twenty—but she knew she would be
grateful for it someday.
She ran a hand through her blond hair as she
examined the forest. This was a new path, one she found on the way back to her
car after an early dinner at the visitor center. She bit her lip and scanned
the empty forest. Even though there hadn’t been any empty beer cans or syringes
littering the way, solo hiking on an unfamiliar trail was never safe. It would
be dark in just a few hours.
She patted the side pocket of her backpack.
The edges of her stun gun pushed against the cloth. Kara smirked—she would be
fine.
Two minutes later, the footpath ended at a
simple gazebo built from unpainted wood. Low-hanging branches hid half of its
paneled roof, and a tree trunk on either side blocked the way around.
Waist-high wooden railings surrounded most of the structure, but left a break
in the fencing just wide enough to walk through. A path stretched from this
opening across the gazebo to the other side, where yet another gap in the rails
would let her through to the blinding daylight. Benches lined the miniature
lane through the shelter.
The landscape on the other side was blurred
and bright: a stark contrast to the heavy green glow of the forest, where only
freckled rays of sunlight could break through the leaves. She narrowed her eyes
as she got closer to the gazebo, but couldn’t distinguish anything through the
sun’s sharp glare.
A plank of wood framed with odd carvings had
been nailed to the space above the entrance, and she squinted in an effort to
read the dull cuts and make out the word:
Lichgate.
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Praise for Lichgates
Wow, the world building on this one was breathtaking. The world of Ourea is just full of so many things. Surprises are around every corner.
~Alexia P.
From the first few pages into this story, it was obvious that Boyce has a way with words.
~Author Becca Campbell
International Amazon Bestseller. Fantasy Author. Twitter addict. Book Blogger. Geek. Sarcastic. Gooey. Odd. Author of the action-packed Grimoire Saga.
S.M. Boyce is a novelist who loves ghosts, magic, and spooky things. She prefers loose-leaf tea, reads far too many books, and is always cold. She’s married to her soul mate and couldn’t be happier. Her B.A. in Creative Writing qualifies her to serve you french fries.
Boyce likes to update her blog a few times each week so that you have something to wake you up in the morning.
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Isn't attraction always a heroine's undoing. LOL! Enjoy your tour!
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