The Fortune Teller
by Gwendolyn Womack
GENRE: Romantic Thriller
Blurb
Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering ancient texts―and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems. Both a memoir and a prophecy, it appears to be the work of a powerful seer, describing devastating wars and natural disasters in detail thousands of years before they occurred.
The more she reads, the more the manuscript begins to affect Semele’s life. But what happened to the tarot deck? As the mystery of her connection to its story deepens, Semele can’t shake the feeling that she’s being followed. Only one person can help her make sense of it all: her client, Theo Bossard. Yet Theo is arrogant and elusive, concealing secrets of his own, and there’s more to Semele’s desire to speak with him than she would like to admit. Can Semele even trust him?
The auction date is swiftly approaching, and someone wants to interfere―someone who knows the cards exist, and that the Bossard manuscript is tied to her. Semele realizes it’s up to her to stop them: the manuscript holds the key to a two-thousand-year-old secret, a secret someone will do anything to possess.
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Enjoy the excerpt
To my reader: I can see what time you live in, and I feel your eyes upon me. We are from different eras, you and I, and by the time you are reading these words, my ancient world will have long been buried. I am one you call a seer—someone who can divine the future and divine it well.
The power of intuition will have ebbed in your time, so you may not believe this story, or worse, think it a fable. But I assure you, my tale is true. I will begin by telling you about my life before, when I was a girl in Alexandria, Egypt.
In my youth, I did not know I had the sight. Only at certain times did the faintest glimpses of what was to come strike me like glimmers of light. Suddenly, I could see when the rains would come, whether my brother would marry, if my father would buy me the wesekh collar from the market. This kind of simple knowledge would present itself, but for the most part, I thought nothing of these inklings.
Copyright © 2017 by Gwendolyn Womack. All rights reserved.
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Author Gwendolyn Womack
Gwendolyn Womack is the author of the RWA Prism award winning novel The Memory Painter. She writes metaphysical thrillers and love stories that travel history, exploring divination, reincarnation, magic, and time travel. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and is currently working on her third novel.
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I’m thrilled to share and thank you for this lovely feature.
What a great giveaway. I don’t mind having the inside track a fortune teller may provide. 🙂
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Me either, Sherry!
Thanks for this intriguing feature and giveaway. A most talented author.
She sure is. I was so excited to share today!
Really enjoyed the description of the book and I’m looking forward to reading. Tarot readings are fascinating and would like to learn more about the Tarot.
Fortune Teller sounds exciting and I’ve always wanted to learn to read Tarot Cards.
Fortune tellers are one of favorite characters! AND Cleopatra ‘s time my favorite times! AND there are wars and natural disasters.Whohooo a winner : )
LOL I’m with ya!
Thanks for the excerpt! Sounds like an interesting book.
I do love sharing. And I’d like to read Fortune Teller. Such an interesting synopsis for this book!
Great post – I enjoyed reading it. 🙂
I enjoyed it too:)