Book Tour: Demon Inhibitions By Gary Starta

Demon Inhibitions

by Gary Starta

About The Author:

Gary Starta is a former journalist who began writing multi-genre fiction in 2004. He likes to include science theory in his stories as well as elements of paranormal, fantasy, mystery and romance. 

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Genre: Paranormal Romance/Science-Fiction

Publisher: Self-Published at Amazon Kindle
Release Date: March 15, 2013
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Book Description:

Most people don't travel to another universe to get a new job, house and boyfriend but psychic investigator Caitlin Diggs did. Now she's living the life of her alternate self, working for the FBI's Preternatural Division where her first case just happens to include chasing a genetically engineered man hell bent on stealing souls. Well, there had to be consequences. 

Demon Inhibitions Excerpt

When she found I had visited Manners, Briana began scurrying about her house, scooping up a pair of scissors and a red candle. Before I could speak further, she came at me. I backed away from her in fright. Her placid face revealed nothing malevolent. But the shears were headed right for me. I tried to dive away from the contradiction. Who was the real Briana? The sweet woman who made cookies for me--or her shears wielding maniac counterpart now standing before me? She screamed not to worry. I heard a snip. I felt a strange sensation. Not pain. But something was no longer attached to me. It was a piece of my hair. She caught the floating lock in her hands as if it were a runaway feather.

"It is very important we get to work, Caitlin." Too stunned to process the weird moment, I could barely utter a groan.

Then she explained how she must protect me. "He'll surely make a visitation now that he has met you."

I tried to explain it was a good thing. I would probably get a vision of him and then I could determine his part in the slayings.

She interrupted. "A visitation is what he'll do to you. I don't know how to break this to you but the cat judge is an incubus. He'll surely come to you in your dreams. And in case he is our murderer, you'll need a protection spell, pronto."

I reminded her I carried a firearm. I had worked in the FBI.

"No earthbound weapons can harm the judge once he joins with you. An incubus enters your dream world."

'How do you know this?" My tone grew edgy. She had obviously withheld knowledge of Manners. Maybe the two were friends or even lovers. And she just admitted an incubus could have committed these crimes without fear of being harmed or caught.

"I know things because I'm a witch, Caitlin. That explanation will have to suffice for now."

If you're truly a witch, Briana, you must know he's our best suspect."<br<

"I do not wish to make sentence of him, yet. He could very well be innocent, even though he is not human. You must not be quick to judge. Don't forget you now have paranormal abilities. You wouldn't want to be labeled guilty just because of who you are."

She had me there.

I settled in for the spell.

"I will create a mind shield for you, Caitlin Diggs."

She began to chant, inviting me to join her.

"I call upon the helpful powers of my ancestors. Please protect and shield me from harm. By the ancient ancestral power, blessed be!"

Briana played soft Celtic music for me as we waited for the spell to take effect. I tried to distract myself with the lovely dulcet tones of harps and violins. It almost worked until my stomach rumbled--again. We never had supper. Briana was too intent on saving my ass. For what seemed hours we held hands waiting for the candle to burn down. I had plenty of time to drink in the ambience of the McFadden household. Floral print furniture and lacy doilies surrounded me. But most disturbing, a poster of Cher is depicting the actress as a witch in the film Witches of Eastwick, hung right before my eyes. When the candle finally expired I yawned and thanked Briana.

"Don't thank me yet. The night is now upon us. We must return to your house if we hope to engage the judge."

"Won't your presence discourage Manners from coming?"

"No." She paused to smile. "You could have twenty police armed to the hilt and he'd still come. Nothing from the waking world can harm him."

muttered something unintelligible even to me.

"I'll be in the next room to supervise so to speak. When he comes I'll sense it. I will then cast a binding spell so he can't attack you - or worse, drain you. Now the spell won't last indefinitely so you won't want to waste time with small talk. Hopefully you'll be able to determine his innocence or guilt in your dream."

had once interrogated an evil man named Crowley in a dream state. It didn't go so well. But at least he didn't threaten to harm me. Maybe he couldn't. I still don't know; but I was sure of one thing if the judge threatened me in anyway I would defend myself. I didn't care what Briana said about the dream and waking worlds. I went to bed packing a handgun.

My Review

I was given a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

Caitlin Diggs had worked as a topnotch special agent for the FBI for fifteen years. Five months ago she resigned from her job; a job that she loved it was her life. She never planned on quitting but she lost her lover and partner and started seeing visions when she came in contact with people and it was hard for her to keep her emotions under control. She was afraid that people would start to figure out what was going on with her and she would end up in a straight jacket. So she left DC and moved to Salem, Massachusetts where all the paranormal was said to be.

She left DC because she couldn't continue living a lie; she had to tell people about her abilities. She moved to Salem to become a private investigator where she could use her abilities to help people. She was hoping that moving to a town like Salem, being the most celebrated town for paranormal activity, maybe she wouldn't end up in that straight jacket. She thought hey you know maybe she was called to Salem for that very reason to help people by using her abilities.

Someone was killing women in Salem and Caitlin believed it to be a demon, Mollini. She followed him to another realm an alternate world from the one she lived in. She met a man Manners there that she had met in her world. In this alternate world Caitlin had a twin of sorts, a double. There was not another Manners in this world. Not everyone had a double in both worlds. Caitlin had to try and stop this demon from killing women in her world. It was her job to stop demons from harming humans. Someone had to do it as they say but Caitlin loved her job or she loved working for the FBI. Caitlin cared about everyone humans and demons alike. It didn't matter to Caitlin if they were demons or humans, to her there was good and bad in any one of them. Caitlin was on the side of what was right no matter who you were. All she cared about was doing the right thing.

Demon Inhibitions had you on the edge of your seat the whole way through wondering what was going to happen next. There were so many twist and turns with just the right amount of mystery to keep you hanging on right up til the very end. You never knew what was happening. When a writer can keep you in the dark where you don't know what is going on until the end now that is what I would call a great writer.

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