After one screw up too many, Esmeralda Barnes is shipped off to Seattle to start her first semester of college while living under the strict guardianship of her great aunt. She's prepared to serve her time in simmering silence when she meets Charlie Campbell, the only person worth talking to at the tiny community college she's being forced to attend. His efforts to scare her away don't work, not even when he lefts it slip that he has a psychic twin sister who helps their uncle-a police detective-solve murders. As the former member of a gang, Esmer's confident she's tough enough to take anything he throws at her in stride.
Then she has a near death experience. And Charlie is the first person on the scene. It turns out, his sister isn't psychic but she does have a special connection to Death. She and Charlie both.So maybe this friendship will take a little more work than Esmer originally thought. But hey, it's better than the gang. Even after being pulled into a string of grisly murder investigations, running with people possessing supernatural abilities, and dealing with the very real presence of a minor goddess, Esmer's pretty sure hanging with Charlie is better than being back with the gang.
Yep, pretty damn sure.About the Authors
Becca Fox is a socially awkward introvert who loves to read and write, binge watch crime-solving shows and anime, and play videogames next to her gamer husband. She also loves to bake, and plan trips she hopes to one day take. She has a toddler and a crawler, which means that her house truly is as messy as you're imagining.
Becca has published six books to date: two young adult romance novels titled I Dare You to Love Me and I Dare You to Stay With Me; a new adult epic fantasy novel titled Asta and the Barbarians; a new adult paranormal romance/thriller called In the Dark; a new adult science fiction/fantasy novel called The Andromeda's Ghost; and a new adult urban fantasy novel titled Death's Curses. To find out more about Becca's work, go to www.becca-fox.com or sign up for her newsletter through Facebook (Becca Fox Author).
Martha Agundez has a BA in English from Sacramento State University. She worked as a tutor at the Sacramento State University Writing Center for two semesters and was a journalist for The State Hornet Newspaper for one semester. She was also the Calaveras Station Literary Journal Fiction Section Editor for a semester. She has worked as a 916Ink manuscript copy editor for three years and counting, while also offering her editing services as a freelancer.
