Sam’s voice was rushed, muddled as I left the bed and stood in front of my door, my hand hovering over the handle. I didn’t need to look through the peep hole to know who stood out in the hallway.
“Whoever stole the Elam used old magic. They needed an old bloodline to make the hex work.” I squinted, looking over my shoulder toward the laptop as I twisted the handle, then didn’t blink or breathe at all as my gaze lifted to see Bane Iles. He stood on the other side of the open door.
“Yeah,” he said, as if he had been listening to our conversation. Just as shocking as his appearance at my door was the fact that his face was bruised, and there was a cut along his bottom lip —injuries that shouldn’t be there at all. “And that blood was mine.”
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Bane Illes never smiled. He never spoke.
But each day, that brooding wizard gave Janiver Benoit a glance. And when she could not take another quiet stare, or the warmth that look sent over her skin, she took from Bane something he’d never give freely—a lingering, soul knocking kiss.
Ten years later, someone has stolen the one thing that keeps magic hidden from the mortals in Crimson Cove and only Janiver can recover it. But returning to her hometown means she’ll have to face the past and all the secrets she left buried there, including the one person she promised herself she’d never see again.
The dangerous wizard that might make leaving Crimson Cove the last thing she wants to do.
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Acknowledgments
It takes a village to write a novel, and I’ve been blessed with an outstanding community. This project would have never become a real book without all of the special people who have graced my orbit.
To my earliest readers, Eliza, Karyn, Marteeka, Vanessa, Ashley W., and Lena: Thank you for offering both encouragement and thoughtful and kind, yet honest, critique. I had so much work to do back in the days of Magical Thinking 1.0, and all of you helped me figure out the path forward.
A shout out to the Yahoo critique group, especially Margot, Nancy, and Ainsley. Your close reading and thoughtful input on chapters of early drafts helped me learn the fine art of revision and rewriting, and also the best practices for incorporating feedback.
Keith, Lorna, and Danielle, thank you for reading early drafts and talking through ideas with me. Renee Leigh, you were my first “real life” fiction writer friend, and our page swaps and chats over Mexican food gave me hope and encouragement when I dearly needed both.
I truly believe that there are special people who come to us in quite auspicious circumstances, magical synchronicity even. When I was feeling down, an email from Katie B. would arrive at the perfect moment to lift me up. Love you bunches, author sister, and I’ll always hold that jade stone close!
I met numerous awesome authors during Pitch Wars whom I now consider to be dear friends. First and foremost, lots of love to Nadia. From tough love to support to brainstorming sessions in endless Twitter DMs, you are truly a rock star critique partner. I’m so thankful that we’ve gotten to hang out in real life, and I hope that we can attend another writing conference and stroll though an art museum again in the near future.
Huge thanks to Felicia for reading an early version of this during Pitch Wars and making me smile. You instilled in me a robust appreciation for the MST3000 style of critique! Lora, thank you for catching some zingers before I embarrassed myself, and thanks also to Brighton and Mary Ann. Jeni Chapelle saw directly into this manuscript’s soul and walked me through a major fix up. Thank you, Jeni!
Thank you Luna for reading this manuscript (and the other one!). I can’t wait to see our book beauties side-by-side! Renee, Reina, and Celia: your steadfast support has been a precious gift, and I’m so glad that we connected through the CP match. Michelle (and Felicia again!), thank you for reading over the series proposal and for your cheerleading. Speaking of awesome cheerleaders, thank you Evie, Lily, and Katrina.
To Tee Tate, my brilliant editor: you are amazing. I’m delighted that you love Brian like I do.
Lots of love to Barb for reading a later version of this book. Jaqueline, thank you for helping me out with that last-minute request, and for validating my decision to keep those darlings alive. I also owe a debt of gratitude to the 2020 Debuts and All the Kissing groups, as well as the City Owl Press team, for their steadfast support. Last but certainly not least, thank you to Mark for supporting my writing in countless, invaluable ways. Bricolage was the coolest name ever for a pop culture-themed bar, and I’ll manage to slip that into another manuscript somewhere down the line. Love you!
About the Author
Kat Turner writes urban fantasy, paranormal and contemporary romance, and domestic suspense. When not reading or writing, Kat works for a university, teaches yoga, and lives the mom life. She has two pet rats and too many plants, guards
