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The Truth About Night
by Amanda Arista
Genre: Paranormal Mystery
As an investigative journalist, Merci Lanard has an uncanny knack for getting the truth out of people, a talent she uses to expose the real story behind her city’s most gruesome crimes.
Until one night, when her partner, Ethan, is killed.
Reeling from shock and grief, Merci vows to track down his murderer. As she starts digging, she meets Ethan’s estranged brother, Rafe, who agrees to work with Merci to find his brother’s killer. She soon discovers Ethan had been hiding things from her, mainly that he was a Shifter and had a whole life in a supernatural world she knew nothing about.
A Shifter himself, Rafe introduces Merci to magic she never knew existed. As they work together to uncover hidden connections between Ethan’s murder and a series of strange dead bodies, they find themselves in the crosshairs of a turf war for the soul of the city.
If Merci is to have any hope of saving her city, she will have to face the truth about this war, the truth about this new magical world, and the truth about who she truly is.
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Amanda was born in Illinois, raised in Corpus Christi, lives in Dallas but her heart lies in London. Good thing she loves to travel.
During the summer after second grade, she read every book in the young adult section of the library, much to the surprise of the local librarian. So she started making up her own stories and hasn’t stopped.
She has a husband who fights crime, one dog who thinks he’s a real boy, and another who might be a fruit bat in disguise. She recently added a tiny human to the mix who is following in her mother’s footsteps of storytelling.
Along with her BA in English & Psychology and her MA in Education, Amanda is a graduate of the SMU Creative Writing Program and now teaches other aspiring authors. She has delivered lectures at several writer conferences and loves discussing craft, character, and structure. Her current favorite: Stirring up Trouble with Romantic Subplots.
She is represented by Kimberly Brower, of Brower Literary & Management.
Random Facts:
Amanda is adopted and loves to share that story with others to promote adoption.
Amanda has a collection of turtle figurines that collects on her travels.
Amanda has a strange love of cheesy horror movies. She prefers demons and witchcraft to slasher films.
Amanda is a really good bowler and completely rocks at croquet.
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The cover is beautiful & the book sounds awesome.
I agree and would like to read this one:)
I like the cover and a good mystery.
That cover has me very curious about the mystery inside.
This sounds like a story I’d love. Thanks for sharing, Laura😁
Me too! I had to add it to my list.
i love covers with trees on them…and shifters…love ’em too
sherry @ fundinmental
I’m with you, Sherry! I knew you’d love that cover too:)
This sounds amazing! Im excited to read this.
I do like like the sound of this one.
this looks really cool
Sure does!
The cover is genuinely enticing. Sounds like a great supernatural mystery! Good job!
The cover is awesome and I want to find out what’s going on inside the pages:)
very cool
Sure is:)
Love the cover! Sounds like a really different kind of mystery.
And I’m always looking for something different in a good mystery story
i love the cover! Makes me want to read it. i want to know if the author plans to make more books?
It is a great cover.
I like the cover a lot,can’t wait to read it!
I want to read it too!
nice cover
I really like it:)
Spooky cover! great for a mystery!
Very spooky!
The cover is nice and I always enjoy a good mystery. Thanks.
That’s what I think too:)
Thank you guys so much for the comments for my book! I’m excited to get this one out into the world.!- Amanda Arista
Thank you for stopping in! I’m excited to read your book:)
Sounds good. Great cover!
I liked both the book description, and the book cover.
Me too!
wow cool cover and the book looks intresting.
I really like the cover too.