Book
blurb and cover
Title:
The Uncovering
Author:
Jes Young
Genre:
Paranormal Romance / Urban Fantasy
Book Blurb:
“Tab Bennett is normal —
unusually, excessively normal. Her job as a bank teller is safe and secure, her
grandfather finally let her move out of the house (at least to the cottage at
the end of the driveway), and her fiancé fiercely guards her chastity, whether
she wants him to or not.
It's something of a
shock, then, when Tab learns that she is the elvish queen of the fabled kingdom
of the Inbetween. Also shocking is the appearance of the staggeringly confident
and gorgeous elvish warrior who claims to be Tab's true betrothed. Even amidst
a steamy love triangle, Tab must tell friend from foe in an unknown world of
danger, deceit, magic, and sex.
The first in the
Underneath and Inbetween trilogy, The Uncovering sparkles with wit and
unadulterated fun."
Book
Excerpts:
CHAPTER ONE
While my sister Rivers
was dying, I was planting crocus bulbs in my front yard.
While she was fighting for life, I was thinking about
how pretty the purple and yellow flowers would look poking up through the snow
when the spring came. While she was gasping for air, I was singing along with
the radio to some stupid Top Forty song I’d be embarrassed to admit I knew. I
was tired and achy. I saw the dirt under my nails and then I knew. There was
dirt under her nails too.
I could see her struggling in a small dark place. I
could feel her panic as the air ran out. Her fingernails snagged and broke on
rocks and roots as she clawed at the soil settling above her.
The earth closed in all around until there was no light
and no air and no sound. There was nothing but the quiet, airy emptiness you
hear inside a seashell.
Rivers was gone and I was kneeling in the cold, wet
grass with a pounding headache and a bloody knee. The vision ended as abruptly
as it had begun.
Some black birds lifted from their roost in the trees
just as Francis came running from the other side of the house.
“What is it? Are you hurt?” he yelled as he ran toward
me. “Are you hurt?”
I struggled to my feet, took one lurching step, and
passed out before I hit the dirt.
*
* * * *
It was dark and quiet
when I woke up.
I didn’t have to lift my head or open my eyes to know
where I was. I recognized the lumps in the cushions and the smell of the afghan
draped over me. I heard the comforting rumble of men’s voices in a nearby room
and knew that I was home, safe and cared for on the couch in the downstairs
sitting room at Witchwood Manor. The tapping of a size twelve work boot against
the floor told me that my fiancé Robbin was there waiting for me to wake up,
watching over me until I did. For the first time ever I found his restless,
relentless tap, tap, tapping comforting. It told my heart what to do. Beat,
beat, beat, it said. It reminded my lungs to fill and empty and fill again.
He
was the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes. He was leaning against the
doorframe, still in his work clothes, looking angry and sad and, of course,
beautiful. He just couldn’t help that—even when tragedy really called for him
to be less sensational-looking. He was tall and muscular with a strong chin and
a soft, sweet mouth. His eyes were the color of the ocean on a sunny day and
his short hair was a sandy blond. I sighed, wishing I were waking up with him
under happier circumstances.
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Print copy ISBN 978-1-84982-239-8:
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Ebook copy ISBN 978-1-84982-289-3:
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Author
Bio:
Jes
Young holds a BFA in creative writing from Emerson College. She writes
Urban Fantasy and Paranormal romance because, in spite of a complete lack of
supporting evidence, Jes still believes in fairy tales, happy endings, and true
love.
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