Illuminate is here! Release day thoughts, chapter excerpt, sale + a surprise bonus release!
Illuminate, my latest release is finally here!
I loved writing Emma's story. It was so much fun. She's a kick butt heroine, with some flaws - my favourite type of character to write!
Before i share a chapter excerpt below, i need to tell you about my surprise.
That's right, i actually have 2 books releasing today!
First Glance has just gone live in Audio!
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Now, back to Illuminate.
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ILLUMINATE EXCLUSIVE CHAPTER EXCERPT
Two days later, I landed
in Auckland, and as I grabbed my carry-on
luggage from the overhead compartment of the plane, I turned on my phone. It
beeped several times telling me I had numerous missed calls and unread text
messages. As soon as I saw they were from Darcy, I groaned and tossed my phone
into the bottom of my bag. Modern technology was a curse as well as a blessing.
I needed my phone, laptop, and tablet for work, but could do without the added
annoyance of my immortal ex. I didn’t read a single message he had sent me, but
I’m sure they were all about me flying off to investigate the mysterious wolves
of New Zealand.
He probably thought I was interfering. I was—so he could just deal with it. I had tried
to work with him in controlling the supernatural creatures, but lately, more
and more humans were becoming aware of us. They had seen things that were… unexplainable. This couldn’t go on much longer.
When I walked out into the airport terminal, I collected my
suitcase at the carousel and headed over to hire a car. Before I had stepped
off the plane, I placed my sunglasses on. This
was for two reasons—one, it was sunny. And two, I didn’t want people to see my
pink irises. I could control them most of the time, make them appear blue and
human-like, but sometimes, my magic slipped. This
happened especially when I was tired. And
today I was running on only one coffee, which meant I was tired, and my human glamor was in danger of slipping. And because I
was tired, I wasn’t thinking straight. I slid my sunglasses up onto my head
when I greeted the car hire sales person. Big mistake. As soon as I set down my
suitcase beside the stand and looked up at the man behind the desk, he gasped
audibly and dropped the pen he’d been holding onto the desk. It had happened
before, and I usually covered myself with humor.
“Oh, are my dark circles
that bad? I apologize. I don’t normally subject myself to anyone without at
least three coffees in my blood stream.”
“I—” He chuckled awkwardly and scrambled to find his pen and
the car brochure. “So how can I help you today?”
“I’d like a good reliable vehicle. One that’s suitable for
driving into the mountains and forest areas.”
“Uh… certainly. We have a few cars that will suit your need.
Uh…” He was still staring at me, so I slid my shades back over my eyes and
smiled at him with closed lips. This got
him moving.
“We have a Mitsubishi ACX, a Range Rover, or a Honda CRV
available.”
“Perfect. I’ll take the Range Rover,” I told him, placing my
credit card down on the counter with a slap.
“Um… sure. Do you have your driver’s license too?”
“Oh. Certainly.” I handed him my driver’s license with a
confident smile. The young man, who had to be at least twenty human years old,
studied my driver’s license. Probably trying to discern that I was of legal
age. I was actually way beyond legal.
Over three hundred years past legal to be exact. But since coming to the human
realm, I’d had to get fake IDs made. In human years, I was meant to be
eighteen. The young man took a copy of my license and handed me papers to sign
before handing me the keys to the Range Rover.
“Thank you so much. I appreciate it.”
“You’re welcome.”
I took my license back and picked up my bags before heading
outside to the parking lot. I glanced back over my shoulder as I headed out the
door to see the young man had stopped staring at me. But that was due to a
little distraction spell I may have cast over him to make him look the other
way and to make me appear human. I hated using magic, but sometimes, it was
hard to avoid. Humans weren’t as aware of things that were different as
supernatural beings were, but they were still aware.
I headed out to the Range Rover, which wasn’t hard to find
in the small parking lot, and began my search for the mysterious wolves of New
Zealand.
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