Throwback Thursday to my debut novel, Prophecy Girl, which is on sale for 99 cents today!
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Both Prophecy Girl, and book two, Liberty Bound, are on countdown deal today, so if you’ve been waiting to get into the series, here’s your chance!
This short story is FINALLY out in the world! I wrote this ages ago. While the cover is not my favorite, I’m in love with the story. We get to see more about Alzina and her life, meet a character I’m very fond of, and even get out of the valley for a little while!
Staring Contests (Lacuna Valley)
Alzina has never left the valley—until now. It’s not much of a vacation hunting for an evil thief with your uncle, but a werewolf has to take what she can get.
Staring Contests is a short story of 9,000 words. It takes place during the first several chapters of Liberty Bound (Lacuna Valley, #2) and should be read after Prophecy Girl (Lacuna Valley, #1).
Hey guys! Have you checked out The Caffeinated Diva Reads Liberty Bound? Another great blog to check out, and not just because they liked the book. 😉
Today I’m excited to share this excerpt from Liberty Bound (Lacuna Valley, #2). Please keep in mind that if you haven’t read Prophecy Girl (Lacuna Valley, #1) this excerpt is full of spoilers. It also serves as a great reminder for what’s going on in the series for those who read Prophecy Girl a while ago.
Excerpt from Liberty Bound (Lacuna Valley, #2) Chapter Two:
Tommy had driven the two hours home in silence. It was only when they were seated in the living room of his pink home, with Zach and Violet asleep upstairs, that Nick finally broke the silence.
“We still have Violet,” he whispered.
For one infinite moment, the world froze. That was the last time Sam remembered quiet. Ever since that silent infinity, her mind had been stuck in a very loud, very animated, overdrive. It was as if Tommy had never stopped shouting.
“I guess that makes it all okay then! She has THE ORB, the all controlling reason for our family’s entire existence, but I guess everything is fine because we don’t, as of yet, know of any way for her to activate it. It’s not here, controlling things like we’ve sworn it would, but that’s fine, too. Everything’s fine, fine, fine. When I have to go tell Charles what has happened and he tells me my family has broken the deal that keeps his kind from killing every person here, I’ll just tell him that Danielle doesn’t have Violet, so it’s fine! I think he’ll be okay then, don’t you? I don’t think he’ll just kill me on the spot. BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS FINE!”
“I didn’t say everything was fine, just that-”
“It’s damn straight not fine, Nicholas Thomas Saylor! It is not fine! We are so far from fine that I don’t have any idea how we’ll ever see fine again. Do you? Do you have some plan to make this fine, or did you just think it would fix itself? Did you think I’d fix it? Or Adam? Or your girlfriend? Or that’s right—you thought Violet would fix it. The nine year old. The puppetmaster. Because puppetmasters have had such a positive effect on our family so far! Let’s go wake up the little girl and see if she knows how to make everything fine. You think it’ll work? Or do you think she’ll wish us all into oblivion? Really, Nick? What were you thinking?”
Nick clenched his jaw. Sam wasn’t quite sure if he was trying not to yell, or cry. He turned to face the wall. Tommy flexed his own jaw before turning to stare at his own wall, both of them seething.
She knew she should have said something. Everything was her fault, afterall. Each time she replayed the scene in her mind she imagined herself stepping forward and saying something, but she knew it was important that whatever it was she said was great. She’d spent her time since that day trying to figure out what that something was.
She couldn’t say it would be fine. She couldn’t say she’d fix it. She wanted to fix it, but how? How? How? The word plagued her.
Liberty Bound is visiting with some of my favorite book bloggers this week! There’s a tourwide giveaway for 15 winners–ecopies of Prophecy Girl and Liberty Bound–and reviews popping up all over the place. Today, you should check out Happy Tails and Tales, where they have a review of Liberty Bound up for you. She writes great, detailed reviews, so it’s a great blog to check out!
Liberty Bound (Lacuna Valley, #2) Synopsis
All Sam ever wanted was to be free of her mother. With a happy home and Nick at her side, life should be great. But life has never been that simple. With the werewolves angry, the deal with the seasonals broken, and her mother on the run with the orb, Sam is more lost than ever. This would be a great time to make use of her prophetic dreams, if she could only figure out how to navigate them.
While Sam seems powerless, her little sister is not, and everyone wants to take advantage of her wish-granting abilities. It’s all Sam can do to keep them at bay. At nine years old with powers that could save—or end—the world and a mother who left her for dead, Violet’s had more than her share of awful. Sam’s not about to let anything else happen to her sister. But Violet is starting to realize that with all her power, maybe she doesn’t need Sam’s help at all.
Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Author’s Website.
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Prophecy Girl (Lacuna Valley, #1) by Faith McKay
Liberty Bound (Lacuna Valley, #2) by Faith McKay
All Sam ever wanted was to be free of her mother. With a happy home and Nick at her side, life should be great. But life has never been that simple. With the werewolves angry, the deal with the seasonals broken, and her mother on the run with the orb, Sam is more lost than ever. This would be a great time to make use of her prophetic dreams, if she could only figure out how to navigate them.
While Sam seems powerless, her little sister is not, and everyone wants to take advantage of her wish-granting abilities. It’s all Sam can do to keep them at bay. At nine years old with powers that could save—or end—the world and a mother who left her for dead, Violet’s had more than her share of awful. Sam’s not about to let anything else happen to her sister. But Violet is starting to realize that with all her power, maybe she doesn’t need Sam’s help at all.
Available at: Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo.
Check out Chapter One of Liberty Bound.
Paperbacks coming in the next few weeks. Prophecy Girl is still on sale for 99 cents to celebrate!