New Book: The Page Turner
Red Rope of Fate is officially launched, and as I type this Princess Ahira is available for free. (Remember, you can get a free, extra chapter of Red Rope of Fate by reviewing it on Amazon and emailing your review to me. For more information scroll down to the next post or click here!) Released books and free stuff always makes me excited, but I’m dedicating today’s post to the next book I’ll be releasing, The Page Turner. (As usual, the title is pending.)
The Page Turner is a young adult urban fantasy novel, and it will probably be the last YA book I’ll be releasing for 2013. So far I’m planning for an official release date of Friday, May 31, or Saturday, June 1.
The Page Turner stars the dry and sarcastic Raven Wishmore. Raven is a member of a secret society called Kingdom Quest that strives to guard and protect magic. Raven’s role in her society is that of a page turner–essentially a librarian in training. As mundane as her job might seem Raven is anything but because of her rare magic–the ability to read things to life.
This book is going to be different from everything I’ve released so far for several reasons. First of all I will not be posting it in the romance section of the Kindle store. (Adult, teen, juvenile or otherwise.) While there are hints of love and what-not I don’t think I could ship this book as a romance book when it fits in other genres so much better. Second of all, I will be charging $2.99 for it. No, I’m not planning on charging that much for future books, this is not a pattern I plan to reproduce. The price simply reflects the length of the book. Robyn Hood: A Girl’s Tale is approximately 43,000 words. The Page Turner is about 105,000 words.
Below is a sample blurb of The Page Turner. I hope you guys enjoy it, and thank you in advance for reading!
Raven followed the twins, but she sunk back on her heels when they tried to yank her into the men’s bathroom.
“You have got to be kidding,” Raven said, planting her hands on her hips.
“We’re not,” Aron insisted.
“Come on, Raven,” Asher said. “Don’t you want a Honey Cake? A Chocolate Chimera Tail?”
“This had better not be a joke,” Raven said, giving the twins the evil eye before following them into the vile bathroom.
While Raven marveled over the rusty and corroded sinks Asher strode across the room to the empty paper towel dispenser. He pressed the button to release the door, which swung open. He peeled off the edge of a sticker that illustrated how to replace an empty paper towel, and sprung a little door. The door popped open to reveal a little button, which Asher did not press. Instead he swung the door so it folded out over the sticker and pressed it as hard as he could.
There was a chime, one Raven recognized as the warning chime for a portal painting entrance that was about to open.
“Come on,” Asher gestured, walking into a bathroom stall after closing the paper towel dispenser. Raven followed him with a pinched expression, Aron bringing up the rear.
The three squeezed together to fit in the stall. Raven glared up at Asher as she was smashed into his chest while Aron wrestled the door shut.
“Isn’t this fun?” Aron brightly asked.
Asher said nothing but looked uncomfortable.
After Aron clicked the lock shut, the lid of the toilet smashed shut. The toilet folded up and was plastered to the wall before the back wall swung away. Asher slowly backed up through the open space, Raven and Aron inching after him.
Raven uttered a little cry when she entered the secret room. “It’s, it’s,” she passionately stammered, looking for the right words.
“Muligan’s,” Asher and Aron grinned.
Muligan’s was a sight for sore eyes. The small store was styled in the familiar, extravagant style of Kingdom Quest architecture and magic. The floor was shimmering white tile buried under several inches of glass. The walls were pristine white, and the ceiling was charmed to reflect the outside weather. Immaculate shelves and coolers lined the wall, and there was a checkout counter (also sparkling white) where a human sized pixie was stationed. She wore a perfectly pressed white and sky blue uniform of a skirt, dress shirt, and vest. The pixie nodded at Asher and Aron as she pushed a delicate, wire swing. Perched on the swing, or more correctly clinging to the swing, was a miniature dragon. His scales gleamed sky blue and cloud white, perfectly matching the pixie’s uniform.
“Welcome to Muligan’s,” the dragon said in a surprisingly deep voice, even though he was barely the size of a parrot. After greeting Raven and the boys the dragon snapped at the pixie’s finger as he flailed on his swing.
“Wow, this is a big deal for you isn’t it?” Asher asked, looking down at Raven.
She was almost drooling.
“My hometown doesn’t have a KQ Convenience store,” Raven said, gazing at the goods on the white shelves with adoring eyes before hustling into the one room store.
Asher and Aron swapped glances. “What kind of Podunk town did you live in that you didn’t have a Kingdom Quest convenience store?” Aron drawled.
Raven ignored him, she was already going through the candy bars with the eye of a connoisseur. “Marshmallow-Mellow Star Blast, Arctic Dragonite Breezes, Fairy Dust Sugar Pops, Glazed Cashew Crunch, come on, where are they?” Raven grumbled.
“Looking for something special?” Asher asked, crouching beside Raven.
“Firebird Toffee Tail Feathers,” Raven replied, still searching the rows of candy.
“Hey Tamar, is this melon bread fresh?” Aron called from across the store.
“Got it in from a festival in Kyoto today,” the pixie replied in a bored voice.
“Here they are,” Asher said, tapping a box filled with shiny wrapped candy bars.
Raven’s eyes glowed as she stared at the conquest. She uttered a quick “Thanks,” before swiping the entire box and calmly strolling to the counter.
“Asher, should we buy some Pixie sparklers for tomorrow?” Aron asked, surveying the Kingdom Quest goods.
“Wouldn’t be a bad idea. Farfa, do you have anything new that might interest us?” Asher asked, walking to one of the built in fridges to remove three cans of coconut juice.
The dragon clung to his perch, both his back legs and front legs clenching his bar. “No, I don’t believe so. You guys were here when I got that sneezing chili powder. I do recommend the dragon rockets, though. The hobgoblin that made this batch is a pyro.”
