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I’ll be reviewing Kaitlin’s Tale at a later date.

For now I can share the amazing cover art, and an intriguing excerpt.

And read on to learn about some fun events Christine has coming up on Facebook!

Oops, almost forgot! There’s a giveaway too, so don’t forget to enter!

Kaitlin’s Tale

A Cassie Scot Companion Novel

by Christine Amsden

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Kaitlin Mayer is on the run from the father of her baby – a vampire who wants her to join him in deadly eternity. Terrified for her young son, she seeks sanctuary with the Hunters Guild. Yet they have their own plans for her son, and her hopes of safety are soon shattered.

When she runs into Matthew Blair, an old nemesis with an agenda of his own, she dares to hope for a new escape. But Matthew is a telepath, and Kaitlin’s past is full of dark secrets she never intended to reveal.

*Companion to the Cassie Scot Series

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Excerpt

Matthew couldn’t help it. He reached out one long hand, just brushing a silken strand of hair that she had missed when she’d done her earlier hair flip. Her breath caught, and so did his. Her heart was pounding, echoing within his own chest.

Kaitlin licked her lips, her thoughts racing, but not entirely in words. He won’t kiss me, she thought, it’s too soon. And I don’t want him to, do I? Talk about being attracted to a bad boy!

Cassie always said I had terrible taste in men, and doesn’t this just prove it? And it’s not just me I have to worry about now, it’s Jay. But oh, her body loved the idea. It’s been so long, and I almost thought that part of me was dead. It isn’t. It so, so isn’t. She practically tingled. Like a teenager with my first crush.

Or was that an echo? Matthew suddenly realized he was having trouble keeping her thoughts separate from his own. He’d felt this way before, but never so soon.

His hand moved from her hair to her upper arm, and he scooted towards her several inches.

Her eyes were on his lips; her mind half-hoping, half-disbelieving.

Any minute now, I’m going to wake up, she thought.

Not if he could help it.

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About The Author

Christine Amsden

Christine Amsden has been writing fantasy and science fiction for as long as she can remember. She loves to write and it is her dream that others will be inspired by this love and by her stories. Speculative fiction is fun, magical, and imaginative but great speculative fiction is about real people defining themselves through extraordinary situations. Christine writes primarily about people and relationships, and it is in this way that she strives to make science fiction and fantasy meaningful for everyone.

At the age of 16, Christine was diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease, which scars the retina and causes a loss of central vision. She is now legally blind, but has not let this slow her down or get in the way of her dreams.

Christine currently lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, Austin, who has been her biggest fan and the key to her success. In addition to being a writer, she’s a freelance editor, mom, and foster mom.

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Christine will be having a launch party on May 16 with lots of prizes:

Check it out at this link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/249660888702652/

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The Cassie Scot Series

Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective (Cassie Scot #1)

My Review

Secrets and Lies (Cassie Scot #2)

My Review

Mind Games (Cassie Scot #3)

My Review

Stolen Dreams (Cassie Scot #4)

My Review

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Ember has a little problem…fairies want her dead.

Ember spends her Friday nights lurking in the bad parts of town, killing fairies. It’s either that, or become a victim to their flesh-eating hunger.

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Excerpt of The Deepest Black

The visual being fed into my brain fades out, and Gwendolyn removes her sticky palm from my head.

“What happens if you touch the barrier?” I ask, envisioning being hurtled back with a bolt of electricity.

“Nothing.” She locks her gaze on mine. “That’s the entire problem.”

I resist looking away. “So, if we do get in, what happens from there?”

“I need two of his teeth to make more of the elixir.” She turns and begins gathering the mugs from the table. “There’s a man at the end of the block with a rickshaw who will take you for a satchel of tea. I can give you the tea, but I can’t promise anything with the Penumbra beastie.”

All things considered, this quest seems harmless enough. We go to the swamp, we can’t do anything when we get there, and we turn around, go home, and make cookies. Or something. Because at that point, there is no elixir, and we’re back to using sage oil to kill the big bad fairies.

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Remy looks up at me, eyebrows arched.

“What? This bog beastie doesn’t scare me,” I say, without adding it’s only because there’s a barrier around the place and I won’t be able to get to the creature. Best effort, class.

I don’t know if Remy is also running on empty actions, or he’s really ready to take on the Lunar Swamps. We say farewell to Gwendolyn and set off to make a deal with the man with the rickshaw. He’s eager, just as Gwendolyn said he would be, and before long, we’re loaded up in a green and yellow rickshaw. The man sings in a low voice as he takes us through the city and out into the open.

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