Winner of the 2016 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize!
Tara Walker dreams of more excitement than slinging plates of seafood for Cape Cod tourists, but as she learns when she is attacked and forced to fight for her life, fate sometimes has a funny way of giving you exactly what you wish for. Faced with strange new powers and embroiled in a murder investigation, Tara must now race to uncover the secrets of the ancient Fury that has woken inside of her – and of the evil that stalks her.
As if Tara’s life hasn’t gotten complicated enough, she is forced to ally herself with Jackson Byrne, witness to her assault and uncle to a pint-sized oracle whose fate is intertwined with hers. Skeptical, stubborn, and oh-so-sexy, Jackson wrestles with demons of his own. He is determined to ignore the attraction rising between them even faster than the body count, but like it or not, he and Tara need each other if they are to unravel the mysteries that surround them.
Genre: FICTION / Romance / ParanormalFury's Kiss currently has 41 reviews on Amazon (US) with a 4.2 star rating (out of 5). It is consistently in the top 25 of its genre categories (see below for specifics as of July 2017). It is currently being promoted as a first-in-series freebie and remains steady in the top 5,000 free books on Amazon (all genres).
Fury's Kiss is currently being produced in audio format and I am hopeful that ebook/print/audio/translations together will continue to build momentum and increase visibility.
Amazon rankings for July 2017
#5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Myths & Legends > Greek & Roman
#19 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Mythology & Folk Tales > Mythology
Chapter 1
It was Friday night and I’d been stood up.
Which was probably what I deserved for relaxing my strict no-dating-customers policy. But it had been months since I’d had a date, and sometimes it seemed like all I did was sling plates of seafood at the Graceful Mermaid. Working at one of Hawthorne’s few up-scale restaurants was good training for my dream of owning my own place one day, but it was hard not to give up sometimes when my feet hurt and my back ached. When I went to bed alone and smelling of shellfish every night.
I checked my watch for the thousandth time before rising to throw my cold macchiato in the trash, and decided to head for Spyder’s. Maybe there would be something happening at the local watering hole.
When I pulled into the parking lot, though, I was disappointed to see it was nearly empty. The only other vehicle in the lot was the beat-up old pickup I knew belonged to Nora Katsaros, the bartender.
Weird. Although the place wasn’t exactly the crown jewel in Hawthorne’s entertainment scene, I’d never seen it completely dead before. For all its dubious charms, Spyder’s was a popular place.
As I got out of my car and headed for the door, a stray plastic bag ghosted across the empty lot and I realized suddenly how alone I was in the darkness. I shivered despite the warm July air and walked faster. A young woman had been found murdered the week before, just a town over from Hawthorne, and it was too easy to imagine myself in her place.
It was stupid to let my fears run away from me, but I breathed easier when I stepped into the warm circle of light on Spyder’s front porch.
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Hindi
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Translated by Jahida Rahman
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Author review: Jahida was great to work with. She was very timely and responsive to communication. |
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Portuguese
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Already translated.
Translated by Nelson Santos
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Author review: High-quality translation completed in a very timely fashion! Nelson Santos was a pleasure to work with. |
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by Dr. José Pedro Galindo Macías
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Author review: Very professional and easy to work with! |
