Prophecy (Calypso, #1)
Release Date: 10/06/
14
Kensington
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Summary from
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On the other side of
death, is destiny.Callie Ingram is spending her senior year focused on one thing: swimming. Her skill as a competitive swimmer is going to secure a scholarship and her future, or so she hopes. She has big plans, and Liam Hale, her gorgeous new neighbor, isn’t going to affect them. But when Callie sees Liam beheading someone, she learns his family has a secret that will change everything. The Hales are Vikings, demi-gods who’ve been charged by The Fates to find their new destined leader.
Callie’s caught in the middle of a budding Norse apocalypse, in love with Liam Hale and desperate to protect her best friend...who the Hales believe is marked for transformation. Putting the clues together as fast as she can, can discovers she has the power to rewrite destiny, for herself and all humankind.
Teaser
excerpt: Runes
Coach blew his whistle and the
swimmer stopped stroking ten feet from the pool’s edge nearest
our feet. The swimmer was far too
long and broad to be a girl. Also, no shirt. So, who was this
guy? Lean arms stretched toward the
wall. His fingertips latched onto the shelf below my toes.
Liam’s face broke the water’s
surface. Blue goggles masked his eyes as he climbed from the
pool and ran huge hands over
dripping hair.
“Hale.” Coach looked from Liam to
me. “Callie Ingram. Callie, Liam Hale.”
“Hello.” Liam spoke. No nod. No
pretending I didn’t exist.
“Hey,” I answered lamely.
His accent was fabulous. I smiled,
pleased with the idea of having him to myself
for an hour a day. My theory about
everything being better at the pool might hold water
after all.
Liam pulled off his goggles,
revealing those unspeakably beautiful eyes. His
frown returned and my smile fell. So
much for my pool theory.
Coach turned his back on me. “Your
times are remarkable, Hale. Our season
begins November first. We practice
Monday through Thursday immediately after school.
Swim meets begin the first of
December. Miss a practice, you miss the meet. Miss a
meet, you’re off the team. You swim
unless you’re hospitalized, comatose, or dead. Same
goes for practice. Think it over
before you sign on. This is a solid five month
commitment, longer if we get to
Nationals.”
“Thank you, sir.” Liam extended a
hand to Coach and they shook on it.
Coach ambled to his office,
reviewing whatever he’d marked on his clipboard and
shaking his head. He stopped at the
threshold and turned back to Liam and me, still
frozen where he left us.
“You’re free to go, Hale.” He
pointed his whistle necklace at me next. “Don’t
wait for her. This one never
leaves.”
I shot Coach a sarcastic look before
he fell into his chair and put his feet on the
desk, watching us through his office
window. Liam looked at me, an odd expression on
his face. I averted my eyes,
avoiding his super intense soul searching stare. It wasn’t my
best idea. As my gaze fell on his
broad shoulders, I sucked air. “You’re not bad.” I lifted
a limp hand toward the pool. “In the
water, I mean.”
“No?”
I shook my head, visually tracing
the path of water droplets over the planes and
angles of his chest, following
patterns down a well-sculpted six-pack. Two rough scars
caught my gaze, pulling my interest
back up a few inches. Ragged white lines swelled
over his chest and rib cage on one
side. The marks looked like the result of an awful
accident at first, ragged at the
edges, imperfect, but I recognized the symbol they made.
I’d seen it a thousand times in the
Hale Cemetery. Like a letter z, tipped on a diagonal
and elongated in an ancient
hieroglyphic way. The symbol repeated in varied sizes down his left
side. I searched his body again,
closer this time, seeking anything else I missed.
Water continued to fall from his
hair to his torso. I tracked the drops over his skin until
they disappeared into the fabric of
his waistband.
“And outside the water?”
I jerked my focus back to his face,
heat creeping up my neck. We were basically
in our underwear and I’d examined
him like a shameless creeper. “Fine.” Fine? What was
wrong with me? I didn’t ogle guys,
stumble over words, or
Whatever was happening to my brain,
I didn’t approve.
About the Author
I tell stories, mostly to my children, sometimes to strangers. I'm YA obsessed,
addicted to social media, caffeine and Poptarts. You can find me anytime lurking around the
Internet, amped up on sugar and wielding a book.
I'm thrilled to announce
the Fall 2013 release of My YA suspense, Deceived, from Merit Press and my debut cozy
mystery series from Carina Press. 2013 is shaping up to be an amazing year.
I also write sweet
romance stories for Honey Creek Books.
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