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Lichgates
Kara Magari is about to discover a beautiful world full of terrifying things--Ourea.
Kara, a college student still reeling from her mother's recent death, has no idea the hidden world of Ourea even exists until a freak storm traps her in a sunken library. With no way out, she opens an ancient book of magic called the Grimoire and unwittingly becomes its master, which means Kara now wields the cursed book's untamed power. Discovered by Ourea's royalty, she becomes an unwilling pawn in a generations-old conflict--a war intensified by her arrival. In this world of chilling creatures and betrayal, Kara shouldn't trust anyone... but she's being hunted and can't survive on her own. She drops her guard when Braeden, a native soldier with a dark secret, vows to keep her safe. And though she doesn't know it, her growing attraction to him may just be her undoing.
For twelve years, Braeden Drakonin has lived a lie. The Grimoire is his one chance at redemption, and it lands in his lap when Kara Magari comes into his life. Though he begins to care for this human girl, there is something he wants more. He wants the Grimoire.
Welcome to Ourea, where only the cunning survive.
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Excerpt from The
Grimoire Saga by S. M. Boyce
The
air in the submerged library stalled, stagnant and suddenly heavy.
The muscles between Kara’s shoulders tightened, and her neck
tensed.
Hidden
deep within the desk before her was a thick sheet of parchment paper.
Kara set this aside, covered as it was in an illegible, spidery
script. The book’s faded red leather was porous and soft, its title
written in gold lettering that had long ago begun to chip so that
now, only spotted lines comprised the runic letters.
The
chains wrapped around the cover like metal vines, and instead of a
padlock, they had all been fused together in the book’s center. In
this mess of iron was a small silver pendant, hung from a short chain
and set into the fused metal like a key in a lock. It was the same
symbol that had appeared on the door: a crude four-leaf clover
comprised of thin crescent moons. A brilliant diamond glittered from
its center.
Her
hands inched along the pages trapped beneath the odd lock and brushed
the silver vines in the process. The metal burned her fingertips. She
dropped the book, which thumped on the desk. Pain shot through her
arm.
Someone
whispered in her ear.
She
whipped her head around and held her breath, but the library was
empty and quiet once more. Her shoulders tensed, and her body told
her to run, run! But
there was nowhere to run to. The library had no door and only one
inaccessible window.
Maybe
she wasn’t supposed to
open the book. The thought alone made her want to open it even more.
She
sat in the chair, tore off a bit of her sleeve, wrapped it around her
hand, and dug her thumbnail beneath the pendant. It shifted. The cold
vines stung her thumb through the fabric, but she gritted her teeth
and jiggled the pendant again. The necklace moved above her finger
and finally popped. Something else clicked.
The
sound of metal slithering over fabric made her freeze. The iron vines
unwound themselves and fell from the book, and for the second time
that day, she suppressed a scream as inanimate things moved. The
metal twisted away, clattering to the floor.
The
air thickened again, weighing on her neck. A shiver raced down her
back. Her hips pressed into the chair, as if someone was pushing hard
on her shoulders. Another whisper chorused in her ear. Even though
her breath caught in her throat, she didn’t try to find the source.
She doubted anything would be there if she looked.
This
couldn’t be real.
Author S.M. Boyce
International Amazon Bestseller. Fantasy Author. Twitter addict. Book Blogger. Geek. Sarcastic. Gooey. Odd. Author of the action-packed Grimoire Saga.
S.M. Boyce is a novelist who loves ghosts, magic, and spooky things. She prefers loose-leaf tea, reads far too many books, and is always cold. She’s married to her soul mate and couldn’t be happier. Her B.A. in Creative Writing qualifies her to serve you french fries.
Boyce likes to update her blog a few times each week so that you have something to wake you up in the morning.
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