Cassie Scot: Paranormal Detective
by Christine Amsden
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Blurb:
Cassie Scot is the ungifted daughter of powerful sorcerers, born
between worlds but belonging to neither. At 21, all she wants is to find a
place for herself, but earning a living as a private investigator in the shadow
of her family’s reputation isn’t easy. When she is pulled into a paranormal
investigation, and tempted by a powerful and handsome sorcerer, she will have
to decide where she truly belongs.
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Excerpt:
At random, I picked up a bottle of
perfume from the top shelf and read: “Induces powerful lust. Spray on your
intended and make sure you are the first person they see. Lasts about an hour.”
The thing you have to understand
about any magic is that there are good ways to use it, and bad ways to use it.
The concept of black magic is a hotly debated topic among sorcerers. Even
death, in self defense, is a shade of gray. As I stood there, reading the
functions of the various love potions, I thought of all the innocent and
harmful ways they could be used. A couple in a committed relationship might
have a lot of fun with a spray of lust. On the other hand, using it on an
unwilling victim...
I shuddered as I replaced the bottle
and accidentally knocked one of the neighboring bottles of perfume to the
ground. It shattered, splashing perfume all over my open-toed sandals.
“Crap.”
“What happened?” Evan asked, his
voice hard and alert. I could hear him moving closer.
“Stop! I don't want to see you right
now.”
“Which potion was that?” Evan asked,
still in that hard-edged voice of command.
I pointed to the row of similar
bottles on the top shelf. “Lust.”
One of the little bottles floated
away from the shelf, but I did not turn around to see what Evan was doing with
it. Instead, I started looking through my purse for a pack of tissues to clean
the mess off my feet.
“Cassie, I have some bad news for
you.”
“Worse, you mean?”
“This potion doesn't take affect
until you actually look at someone. Your hour starts then.”
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Award-winning
author Christine Amsden has written stories since she was eight, always with a
touch of the strange or unusual. She became a “serious” writer in 2003, after attending
a boot camp with Orson Scott Card. She finished Touch of Fate shortly
afterward, then penned The Immortality Virus, which won two awards. Expect many
more titles by this up-and-coming author.
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