Spirit Warrior
Spirit Walker
Book Three
Ella J. Smyth
Genre: Urban Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Unapologetic Romances
Date of Publication: 26th August 2018
ISBN: 9781386686910
Number of pages: 299
Word Count: 65600
Cover Artist: CoverMe Designs
Tagline: A mighty spirit walker with a personal grudge, set to destroy them both.
Book Description:
Adi and Honi journey to Southern Oklahoma to meet Honi’sMekui’te tribe at the reservation where he grew up. Honi’s infectious excitement almost erases Adi’s apprehension at meeting his family, and she’s desperate to make a good impression.
When Adi is met with silent hostility that gets worse rather than better, she realizes there may be more to the initial resistance Honi had warned her to expect.
Honi is confused and hurt by his family’s reaction, and by Adi’s increasingly strange behavior. She’s claiming the spirit animals of his tribe are diseased and sickly, but they look just fine to him. On top of that, when Adi meets Honi’s ex, Nina, her jealousy gets way out of hand, and threatens to drive them apart.
While mysterious forces manipulate and distort their realities, can Honi and Adi join forces to figure out what is happening before it’s too late and they are separated forever?
Excerpt:
The wind picked up,
carrying with it the smell of late fall, of damp vegetation and sour apples. It
played with Adi’s hair, although she barely noticed the cold breeze. Too many
eyes were staring at her. Adi’s skin itched with the attention. She wasn’t usually
this shy, but the weight of all the glares made her afraid to
lift her head.
“Come on, Adi, they
won’t bite. Let me introduce you. They’re my family—they’ll love you.”
As much as I do. Adi
understood Honi’s unspoken words.
How many people were
there? Forty? Fifty? Had the entire Mekui’te tribe come out to greet them? Adi
shivered. The smell of early snow made her nose twitch. It brought bad memories
of a woman with white eyes, forcing her to make a choice between Honi’s life
and a lifelong thrall.
She shuddered when an
ice-cold gust blew across the open space where Honi had parked their rental. He
had called ahead, laughing and joking with his old friend and mentor, John. The
shaman of the Mekui’te tribe had expected them hours earlier, but they’d gotten
held up at the airport. Their luggage had gone missing for a few hours, plus
the rental car hadn’t been ready yet.
When they’d finally
driven the five hours from the airport to the reservation, they had to take
turns because both of them had been exhausted after the long trip from Germany
back to the U.S. The closer they’d gotten to their destination, the more Honi’d
woken up. His excitement to see his family again after more than a year had
been so infectious that Adi’d swallowed down her apprehension.
Until now. She kept a
smile on her face, trying to appear relaxed and at ease. Inside, she was
anything but. There was something disconcerting standing in front of such a
large group of people, most of who looked at her with suspicion.
Was it because she was a
stranger? Had John told the community she was a spirit walker? She couldn’t
imagine he had. So why the hostility that wafted from the silent group like an
invisible cloud?
About the Author:
Unapologetic Romances Because Love Needs No Excuses
Growing up in Germany, Ella always had a passion for myths and fairytales. No surprise then that she married an Irishman and lived 6 years in Ireland, the country of Leipreachán, Sidhe, Púca and other fascinating creatures. There's nothing like walking at night through a deserted laneway, fog swirling around your feet, knowing that maybe, just maybe, on the other side of the hedge, there might be some old lady in a black cloak waiting for you...
If you got the shivers right now, you know why Ella feels compelled to write stories around the supernatural and paranormal. There's nothing like a delicious shudder making you enjoy life just a little more... Plus she’s a romantic.
So look forward to modern romantic stories set against the background of ancient myths and legends. Ella hopes you enjoy reading them as much as she enjoys writing them!
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