Title: Desprite
Measures
Author: Deborah Jay
Release date: December 13th 2013
Genre: Urban
Fantasy
Series: The Caledonian Sprite Series, #1
Word Count: 94,000
Cover Designer: Alexandria N. Thompson, GothicFate.com
ISBN: 978 – 1494404864 (paperback
available very soon)
ASIN: B00H6UKH5A
Blurb
On the surface
she's a cute and feisty blonde, a slender pocket rocket fitness coach. But
Cassiopeia Lake has a secret; she's really a force of nature – an elemental.
Water sprite,
Cassie, has lived undisturbed in her native Scottish loch for eons. Now, one
encounter too many with modern plumbing has driven her to live in human guise
along with her selkie boyfriend, Euan. It’s all going fine - until a nerdy
magician captures Cassie to be an unwilling component in his crazy dangerous
experiment.
Escape is only
Cassie’s first challenge.
She’s smitten by
her fellow prisoner, the scorching hot fire elemental, Gloria. But how do you
love someone you can never touch?
And what do you
do when your boyfriend starts to hero-worship your persecutor? Not to mention
that tricky situation of being the prize in a power contest between two rival
covens of witches.
So when Gloria’s
temper erupts and she sets out to murder the magician, can Cassie keep her
loved ones safe from the cross-fire, or will she be sucked into the maelstrom
of deadly desires and sink without trace?
Excerpt
The drive into town seemed to take forever.
In truth, it took no longer than any other
time, but I was impatient. I’d chosen the Audi Quattro this time—no point
making things easy for Liam—and I was frustrated that I could not use all the
power the sleek little beauty offered me. Every driver who delayed me by even a
fraction of a second had me fuming at the wheel. By the time I turned into the
club’s paved driveway, I was as near boiling point as it is prudent for a
sprite to reach. A discreet parking attendant, whom I suspected doubled as a
bouncer, pointed me to an empty bay, and then directed me to the head of the
stairs leading down to the basement club. Not wanting to arrive looking
flustered, I paused to gather myself.
Hair still caught in pony tail band. Check.
Dress neckline showing equal expanse of skin either side of cleavage. Check.
Hem straight and not quite riding
high enough to show that I hadn’t wasted mass on fashioning underwear. Check.
Ready to go, I stepped one well-shod foot onto
the first step down. And froze. Involuntarily, my body ceased to function. My
mind blanked and a chill of fear iced my veins. I gazed numbly at the slender,
dark figure lurking at the base of the stairs until he glanced away, freeing
me, permitting life to return to the lifeless.
My paralysed brain shot back to working
order. Recognition of the figure chilled me all over. Vampire.
Not something you see every day in downtown
Inverness, but I’d encountered enough of them in the distant past to know one when
I saw one. And to know the horror of being trapped by their gaze, unable to
move or even to think.
This one, darkly handsome and with more
than a passing resemblance to a youthful Bryan Ferry with his ever-present hint
of a sneer, glanced at me again but without interest. Vampires prefer their
blood more full bodied than the pseudo-stuff that runs through my counterfeit
veins.
Somewhat troubled at finding his sort here,
I was, however, still determined to continue with my evening’s plans. I
descended, brushing past the cold figure in his immaculate Armani suit. A
body-wracking shiver ran down my spine, even though I knew I was in no danger
from him.
I wondered what he was doing here. Perhaps
it was simply a good place for him to get a carry-out meal.
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Author Bio
Deborah Jay writes fast-paced fantasy adventures featuring
quirky characters and multi-layered plots – just what she likes to read.
Living mostly on the UK South coast, she has already
invested in her ultimate retirement plan – a farmhouse in the majestic,
mystery-filled Scottish Highlands where she retreats to write when she can find
time. Her taste for the good things in life is kept in check by the expense of
keeping too many dressage horses, and her complete inability to cook.
Her debut novel, epic fantasy THE PRINCE’S MAN, first
in a trilogy and winner of a UK Arts Board award, was published in July 2013,
with THE PRINCE’S SON due out summer 2014.
Urban fantasy, DESPRITE MEASURES, is the opening novel
of the projected five book CALEDONIAN SPRITE SERIES.
She also has non-fiction equestrian titles published
in her professional name of Debby Lush.
Find out more about Deborah at http://deborahjayauthor.com/
or follow Deborah on twitter https://twitter.com/DeborahJay2,
facebook https://www.facebook.com/DeborahJay
and Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7172608.Deborah_Jay
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