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The countdown continues. Six weeks to go until the release of Hell to Pay! Here’s another sneak peek. Enjoy!
Hell to Pay – Excerpt
“There is a matter, however, that does require your cooperation and possibly your particular talents,” Salvador continued.
Ah, here we go. The other shoe just dropped.
“I’m all ears.” I leaned back in my chair and signalled to the waiter with my empty glass. I had a feeling I was going to need another drink.
The waiter came, quickly replacing my glass with one that held a generous inch of tequila. Salvador waved him off impatiently.
“You have heard of this new club, Wishes?” Salvador paused, continuing at my nod. “You will visit this establishment, observe, and report back to me.”
“That’s it?”
“I think you will find that is enough. I feel this establishment is much more than it seems. Take your wolf if you would like, and Maxwell Hart has agreed to accompany you.”
Surprised, I looked at Tomas. The last time I had to go somewhere sketchy, he had been sent to babysit me.
Seeing my glance at Tomas, Salvador shook his head. “Alas, young Tomas will not be able to assist in this endeavour. Neither, might I add, will our friend Isaac.”
“Why not?”
Tomas scowled. “The place is crawling with norms and mutts,” he said, using the derogatory vampire term for werewolves, “but no vampire has been able to enter. There’s dirty magic involved, a barrier of some sort.”
“Magic!” No wonder Max was going to join me on my little field trip. If there was a rogue involved, it was the Coven’s responsibility to handle it. They had a lot of face to save after the whole DiCastro incident. “Max is better suited to the job. I don’t see what you need me for.”
“There is something in the air, my dear Harry. A shift.”
I started forward in my seat at Salvador’s words. It couldn’t be coincidence that I had heard that word again. “I’ll do it,” I replied with a sigh.
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Release day is drawing closer. The edits are complete and the final files will be ready soon. I’m getting excited to share Harry’s next adventure with you, so I thought I’d give you a sneak peek. Enjoy!
“You told him you’d do what?” Tess laughed and gaped at me in amazement.
“I told him I would cook dinner. What’s the big deal? How hard can it be?”
“Harry, you’ve never cooked anything in your life.”
“Sure I have.”
“Macaroni and cheese from a box doesn’t count.”
I frowned at her. She had a point. “Well, I guess it’s about time I tried then, isn’t it? Now are you going to help me find a recipe or not? I still have to run to the grocery store.”
“Perhaps I can be of some assistance?”
The computerized voice came from the speakers on the desk in the corner just as the screen blinked on, its now familiar animated robot waving at us from across the room.
“Bryce! Where have you been? No, scratch that. I don’t want to know.” Now that Bryce had unlimited, nearly instantaneous access to anywhere in the world the Internet could take him, he tended to disappear for long periods of time, more often than not surfing porn sites. I didn’t need to hear a play-by-play of his latest stop.
“I’m eager to hear how the GhostCam 3000 worked,” Bryce replied.
“The what? Oh, the tablet app. It worked great, didn’t it, Tess?”
“Yeah, it did.”
“Cool. I’m accessing the tablet now via the network so I can analyze the recording.”
“It recorded everything?” Tess looked surprised. “So we can watch it again?”
“Can we skip the technical conversation right now and find me a recipe instead?”
The printer suddenly beeped and spit out a page. I walked over and grabbed it.
“Easy Chicken and Rice,” Bryce intoned, his computer voice taking on an accent that suspiciously sounded like Julia Child. “It only has five ingredients and a difficulty rating of one spoon. Even you should be able to handle it, Harry.”
“Gee, thanks.” I bit my lip, peering over the instructions. “Actually, this is great. Thanks!” I sat down beside Tess at the kitchen island and made a list. The chicken was supposed to take an hour and I still had to go to the store. I needed to get cracking.
“So now that Bryce has solved your cooking crisis, can we talk about something else?” Tess turned to face me.
“Sure, as long as it doesn’t have anything to do with you moving out,” I replied, only half-joking.
Tess snorted and then pulled a green sheet of paper from the stack of mail that had been sitting on the counter. “Did you see this?” She shoved it towards me.
I looked at it with a puzzled frown. It was a flyer advertising a new nightclub called Wishes. “No. I’ve never heard of it.” I pushed the flyer back to Tess.
“I think we should go check it out. There’s a two-for-one drink special every night this month,” she replied, tapping at the flyer.
“Sure, why not? What’s the big deal? Why are you acting weird about asking me to go to a club?” It wasn’t like we had never been out dancing together before, and my dating Nash hadn’t changed anything.
“It’s…well…”
Tess bit her lip and tapped the flyer again, this time pointing to the address listed at the bottom of the page. I stared at it a moment, trying to figure out why it sounded familiar.
“Omigod! Is that where I think it is?”
“If you’re thinking that it’s the same address as the warehouse where DiCastro tried to sacrifice you to the Egyptian god Osiris, then yes, it is.”
“They made it into a nightclub? Who? Who owns it?”
“I don’t know, but I heard from some of the guys at the gym that it’s been completely renovated and totally tricked out. You won’t even recognize it.” She clasped her hands under her chin and batted her best puppy-dog eyes at me. “Puh-lease, Harry? Can we go?”
I wrinkled my nose at the idea. I didn’t particularly have fond memories of the place. I still had the occasional nightmare about it. “I don’t know. I’ll think about it, okay?”
Satisfied with my answer, Tess nodded and hopped down off her stool. “Great. I’ve gotta go. I promised Uncle Rigo I would inventory the new crossbow supplies tonight.” She turned and waved on her way to the door. “Good luck with your dinner, Harry.” She gave me an impish grin. “Don’t forget the fire extinguisher is under the sink.”
“Oh, ha-ha,” I replied, flipping her the bird. “Just for that, I won’t save you any leftovers.”
“Promises, promises.” Tess grinned at me again and then hurried out the door.
…but I’ve been busy editing Hell to Pay, the next book in the Harry Russo Diaries. As an early Christmas gift, I thought I’d unveil the fantastic cover for Harry’s latest adventure.
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Well, I had planned a little treat for Halloween, but I am so wrapped up in getting Harry’s latest adventure ready for the editor, I forgot. So here it is a day late. Your first sneak peek at Hell to Pay…the blurb at least.
No, I’m not going to go all Shakespeare on you. I am going to let you in on a secret though. There’s going to be Hell to Pay.
That’s right, Harry’s fourth book is in the works and now it has a name. Hell to Pay will be available in the new year. Cover reveal coming soon!
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Harry’s back in her next audio instalment. Tooth and Claw is available on October 11 wherever you buy audio books, including Amazon and directly from Tantor Media.
So have you checked out Dead and Kicking on audio yet? I’d love to hear what you think. Leave a comment below.
I’m so excited that in about two weeks time you will be able to listen to Harry’s first adventure as well as read it.
As you may know, I have been working with Tantor Media on getting the first three books of the Harry Russo Diaries out as audio books. First they let me select the very talented Dara Rosenberg to narrate (I think she will be a great fit for Harry). And then, because we weren’t able to easily get the rights to change my covers to fit the audio book requirements, a whole new cover was designed for Dead and Kicking (the other covers will follow). While I was a bit disappointed that we couldn’t use the great covers I already had, I was also kind of curious to see what a completely different designer (in this case, Matthew Frederick) would come up with for Harry. I think he did a fantastic job. What do you think?
You can check out Tantor’s listing for Harry’s books here. They still have the original covers up as placeholders right now though. Amazon is also already listing the audio books for pre-order.
weeks until the release of Hell to Pay. Have you pre-ordered your copy yet?
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