LOST CAUSES
by Mia Marshall
BLURB:
Aidan Brook has spent months living with the horror of what
happened when she lost control of her magic. Now she is searching for a way to
manage her immense power, but she only hits one dead end after another.
On the
run from a council intent on her death, Aidan, the bear shifter Mac, and the
rest of her friends find themselves on a desperate chase across deserts and
oceans in search of answers. Along the way, they encounter a living myth and a
dual magic with secrets of his own—and they learn that the cure may be more
deadly than the disease.
To save
her own life, Aidan will need to confront the most dangerous foe she’s ever
faced…herself.
LOST
CAUSES is the fourth book in the award-winning Elements urban fantasy series.
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EXCERPT:
“Here.” She handed it
to me and returned to her seat. “Put it on your face. You should use as little
magic as you can, even to heal.”
“Is that your version
of an apology?” I pressed the ice against the cheek Sera had slapped. I wasn’t
bruising yet, but it was tender enough that it was only a matter of time. Sera
hadn’t pulled that punch.
“Did you hear me use
either the words ‘I’m’ or ‘sorry’? Then no.”
I made a face in her
general direction, then made a second face when the movement pulled at my
swelling cheek.
“What else could I
have done?”
“Nothing! You do
nothing, Aidan. Damn it. I’ve lost too many people already. Our father.
Christopher. Hell, I’ve been losing people my whole life.”
She paused, swallowing
whatever she’d been about to say. Sera rarely spoke of her mother, who died
when she was just thirteen. Elementals were long-lived, but we weren’t
immortal. Any sudden trauma could kill us as easily as it would a human.
When she spoke again,
her words were measured. “I’m not losing anyone else. I don’t care if I have to
burn those council assholes myself.”
“You’re not a killer,
Sera. You’d never be the same.”
She held my eyes, her
own so serious I barely recognized them. “But I’d be sane. Can you say the same
thing?”
She was right, and at
the same time she was so very wrong. “You know who you sound like?”
One side of her mouth
quirked in the tiniest of smiles. “What can I say? Like father, like daughter.”
“Daughters,” I
corrected. “And if we’re not careful, we’re all going to die in our efforts to
protect each other.”
AUTHOR BIO:
Mia Marshall is the award-winning
author of the Elements urban fantasy series. Before she started writing about
imaginary worlds, she worked as a high school teacher, script supervisor, story
editor, legal secretary, and day care worker. She has lived all along the US
west coast and throughout the UK, where she collected an unnecessary number of
degrees in literature, education, and film.
These days, she lives in a
small house in the Sierra Nevadas, where she is surrounded by a small but
deadly feline army.
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5 comments:
Nancy, thank you being part of the book blast!
I love learning about new books and authors, thanks for sharing this great sounding series.
Looking forward to reading this book. Thank you!
If you didn't like writing books, what would you do for a living?
Would love to read this book :) Thanks for sharing!
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