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$25 #Giveaway Magician Rising by Renée des Lauriers @ReneeMiyoung Ends 6.3 @XpressoTours

May 24, 2021 By Mary 28 Comments



Magician Rising
Renée des Lauriers
Publication date: May 25th 2021
Genres: New Adult, Urban Fantasy

Dark powers she can’t control. Deadly hunters tracking her down. Can she rip the target off her back before it turns fatal?

Jun Bear has lived with bad luck all her life. And when a professor threatens to give her a failing grade, the college senior sees her hopes for graduating in two months going down another ill-fated drain. But her fortunes plunge further when an unnatural earthquake shakes the campus and unleashes cold-blooded assassins after her head…

Unsure what’s happening, Jun finds herself facing a trained killer intent on exposing the wielder of the dangerous magic. And when she’s provoked into revealing her unexpected new abilities, she’s determined to prove her innocence before she’s permanently eliminated.

Can she win over an ally and survive a bloodthirsty secret society fixated on wiping her out?

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EXCERPT:

Jeff scowled. If this punk stole something, would he get fired? If it was the wrong thing, maybe. So Jeff stopped at the end of the aisle, straightening cans, just close enough to notice the kid was muttering to himself. Jeff sidled closer.

But that didn’t stop the boy from pulling something off the shelf, ripping it open, and eating it right in front of him. Oh, hell no.

“Umm, are you going to pay for that?”

The kid ignored him, jamming another handful into his mouth.

“Hey, kid, I said…” Jeff trailed off. The kid was shoving batteries into his mouth, chomping on them like they were carrot sticks. What the fuck?

As he stared, the kid dropped the package of AAs and ripped into another. Chewing and snorting like a pig as he ate.

“Is this some sort of reality TV show?” Jeff looked over his shoulder. “Kevin? Maggie? You can come out now, I’m not buying this. It’s not funny. You can stop now.”

But no one answered. There was no hey, you got me. No hidden camera crew came out and explained what was going on. Just some weird kid making his way through a twenty count package of batteries. Must be drugs then. People did all sorts of crazy things on drugs.

That’s it. Jeff didn’t like being pushy, but he was going to have to put his foot down. If the boy was high, there was no telling what other crazy stuff he was going to pull. Jeff tapped on his shoulder. “Excuse me, but I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”

The kid turned and smiled in a rictus of jagged teeth, ringed with blood. His pupils were constricted into sharp points that didn’t meet Jeff’s gaze as he crammed the last handful of batteries into his mouth.

Oh, shit.

Author Bio:

Renée was raised by a folk singer and an accountant to be analytically creative. From thirteen, she played guitar and sang on stage at coffee shops. She also oil painted and wrote poetry on odd paper scraps. Besides writing, Renee has worked as an emergency medical technician and a high school English teacher. Now she lives in California with her family.

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Comments

  1. victoria alexander says

    May 24, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    Great cover, thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Angelica Dimeo says

    May 24, 2021 at 9:28 pm

    Beautiful cover

    Reply
  3. barrie says

    May 24, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    I love the color of the cover. It’s very eye catching. Sounds like a fun read.

    Reply
  4. Elaine G says

    May 24, 2021 at 10:01 pm

    Great cover and excerpt. Sounds like a good book

    Reply
  5. Patricia Lieberman says

    May 25, 2021 at 4:39 am

    Interesting story.

    Reply
  6. Maria Malaveci says

    May 25, 2021 at 4:53 am

    Sounds like a great read!

    Reply
  7. Marcy Meyer says

    May 25, 2021 at 5:11 am

    The cover looks good. Sounds like a good read.

    Reply
  8. Barbara Montag says

    May 25, 2021 at 7:33 am

    I like the title subject and cover for this great book.
    Thank you for sharing the review.

    Reply
  9. Cindy Merrill says

    May 25, 2021 at 8:03 am

    I love a girl who can kick serious butt! My kind of story.

    Reply
  10. Cathy French says

    May 25, 2021 at 8:11 am

    I really like the color graphics on the cover and love the character name Jun

    Reply
  11. Linda Romer says

    May 25, 2021 at 8:15 am

    Looking forward to reading Magician Rising! Thank you

    Reply
  12. Susan Smith says

    May 25, 2021 at 8:30 am

    Sounds like a good book. I like the cover and excerpt.

    Reply
  13. shelly peterson says

    May 25, 2021 at 10:28 am

    Sounds like a good read.

    Reply
  14. Kate Sarsfield says

    May 25, 2021 at 12:24 pm

    OMG! That excerpt is terrifying!

    Reply
  15. Nancy says

    May 25, 2021 at 1:16 pm

    The cover of your book is very colorful.

    Reply
  16. wendy hutton says

    May 25, 2021 at 1:18 pm

    love the cover, congrats on the release

    Reply
  17. Glenda M says

    May 25, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    I love this cover!

    Reply
  18. Joy Avery says

    May 25, 2021 at 4:44 pm

    I love the sound of this!

    Reply
  19. Bonnie says

    May 25, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    What a fascinating book! Great cover and excerpt. I’d love to read more.

    Reply
  20. Deb Pelletier says

    May 25, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    nice book cover.

    Reply
  21. Jenn says

    May 25, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    I love the cover – she can already feel that the main character is a heroine.

    Reply
  22. Bea LaRocca says

    May 26, 2021 at 7:39 am

    I like the book cover and the synopsis and excerpt are intriguing, this sounds like an exciting read. Thank you for sharing the book and author details

    Reply
  23. Ellen Stafford says

    May 26, 2021 at 11:39 am

    Sounds like a great read!

    Reply
  24. bn100 says

    May 26, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    cool

    Reply
  25. Karen H says

    May 29, 2021 at 11:09 am

    Sounds like a good story. Love the cover too.

    Reply
  26. clynsg says

    May 30, 2021 at 12:11 pm

    I am always interested in learning about new books that I might want to read.

    Reply
  27. Sandra Dufoe says

    May 31, 2021 at 5:40 am

    Love the cover and sounds like a great read love a good urban fantasy book.

    Reply
  28. Amy Green says

    June 2, 2021 at 3:48 pm

    Prepare to be spellbound with this powerful page turner! I was delighted with all of the supernatural twists and turns!

    Reply

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