Red Rose Publishing is a fine house led by the indomitable Wendi. The first of my books they will be publishing is an Urban Fantasy called Shifter Born. It will be released on December 31st, 2009. We’re going to have a lot of fun with this one.
Just to get the ball rolling, here’s an excerpt:
Frank was grinning like a fool. It was illegal to hunt deer at night and here was a whole pack of folks getting ready to do it. Not only that, but it looked like this priest was running an illegal hunting camp. He did wonder what they were going to use for the hunt, since there were no rifles that he could make out. Several of his shots would be good quality with all the bright light they had around that stage. It looked like a couple of campfires had been setup, along with some charcoal grilles, but none of these had been lit, yet.
The photographer let his attention slip during the prayer but it snapped back a moment later when he saw first the preacher and then about a dozen others getting undressed.
“What th’ kinky hell is goin’ on?” Frank murmured to himself. This didn’t stop him from taking shot after shot as some of the gypsies walked back to the campers and others were getting naked. There were several very pretty women, but one absolutely stunning young woman had black hair that flowed past her shoulders. She and her boyfriend were also stripping. Well aware of the fact that sex sells, he made sure to get plenty of her images. He stopped, yanked the memory card from his camera, replaced it with an empty one and kept shooting.
Father Phil was standing, naked and with his arms folded, watching the others. Frank made sure he got several shots of that pose. It would not go over well with his church leaders, but it would surely make Frank a ton of cash.
Once more he focused on the raven-haired beauty and her boyfriend. “Damn! She has great tits.” He muttered. At that instant, she gave her boyfriend a quick kiss and the pair of them squatted down. They seemed to glow a bright blue for just a second and before his camera could adjust there was a large gray wolf and a sleek black leopard in their place. Frank’s jaw dropped wide open. He tried to refocus and then realized that there were a whole series of blue flashes and in every case, the humans were gone and had been replaced with some wild beast. A few of the ones that kept their clothing sat sipping drinks, smiling, pointing and commenting on the changes their friends and family were experiencing.
His heart in his throat, Frank kept shooting, more from habit and reflexes than anything else. There were huge dogs that he recognized as Deerhounds, more leopards and wolves and even a black bear.
As the last of them ran, bounded and loped out of the light and into the woods, he began to understand.
That was when it dawned on him. His escape path led through the woods and back up a quarter mile of uphill country road to his car. All the beasts had run deeper into the woods, but he remembered the preacher saying they could hunt the pastures as well. Those pastures were between him and the safety of his car.
Shifter Born Cover Art
I may be a bit prejudiced here, but I think Theresa McKinney did a marvelous job on the cover. It captures two of the primary characters.
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Hi Steven,
I just tried to click on the link for Red Rose Publishing and it says the page is unavailable — just thought I’d let you know.
By the way, I LOVE the look of your books and they sounds like they will be really interesting reads! I would love to help you promote any or all of your titles on my website.
I hope to hear from you soon.
All My Best,
Bobbie Crawford-McCoy
Founder, Owner & Editor or Pinnacle: Author & Book Promotion
Hi there, Bobby!
Thanks for letting me know about the broken link. It’s been fixed now.
I’ll check out your website and get back with you soon.
Anthony
Hello Again Anthony,
You are most welcome re: the broken link; thanks for fixing it so quickly!
I do look forward to hearing from you again soon.
All My Best,
Bobbie Crawford-McCoy
Founder, Owner & Editor or Pinnacle: Author & Book Promotion