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    Fey Lights
    Fey Lights
    Fey Lights
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    Fey Lights

    By Liana Brooks

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    Running from the slaver Hothi, Jeani crash lands on a backwater planet. A breached hull, fast-rising water… Not good. But a man it hurts to remember, from a past she wants to forget? Breath taking.

     

    The island-born want to slit the throat of the stranger washed up on the beach. But Dominique, a Lander and an outsider, argues to investigate first. What he finds changes… everything.

     

    A sweet second chance romance about the power of true love to transcend even the boundaries of time and space.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInkprint Press
    Release dateJan 25, 2015
    ISBN9781502238306
    Fey Lights
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    Liana Brooks

    Liana Brooks once read the book GOOD OMENS by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and noted that both their biographies invited readers to send money (or banana daiquiris). That seems to have worked well for them. Liana prefers strawberry daiquiris (virgin!) and will never say no to large amounts of cash in unmarked bills. Her books are sweet and humorous with just enough edge to keep you reading past your bedtime. Liana was born in San Diego and in addition to there has lived in Illinois, Colorado, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Kansas. We'd like to tell you where she is right now, but last we checked she was researching books on both Alaska and Africa. Not only are the bookstore algorithms breaking trying to track this lady, but we can't tell you where to mail that daiquiri. Your best bet is to try Twitter where you can often find @LianaBrooks talking about her four kids, her giant dog, and plans for world domination.

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      Fey Lights - Liana Brooks

      Dedication

      This is for Laurie and the rest of the SFR Brigade crew who gave my crazy imagination a safe port to land in. Here’s to always finding your true home.

      For the Tweeps who inspire my insanity, especially Bill.

      For my friends who get me through my rough days.

      For my betas who are awesome beyond description.

      For my children, who always make me laugh.

      And for my husband—after ten years together you’re still my hero. I love you.

      Fey Lights

      Dark water writhed over the ship’s deck, a living thing hunting for prey, stinging like acid where it touched bare skin. Jeani stumbled over the guts of her ship, swearing in every language she knew. Her foot fell through a hole in the deck created by the crash. Hot metal gouged her leg as tears ran down her cheeks.

      I don’t want to die like this. There has to be a way out.

      There is a way out. The same way the water is coming in.

      Running was out of the question. Half-limping, half-swimming through the rising water, Jeani forced herself back to the rear of the ship, navigating by touch and the weak glow of the emergency lights that hadn’t burst, back to the gaping wound that was once the engine room and secondary hold. Pressure from the rapid descent into the gravity well and the gushing water warped the frame, creating a strong current. Jeani grabbed the free-fall handle near the emergency door and pressed her free hand to the glowing lock.

      Nothing.

      She tried yanking the override.

      Nothing.

      She kicked the door with her good leg.

      Pressure sent the door flying inwards at the head of a tidal wave. Jeani gasped for air and went under. Seconds ticked away as she grappled blindly for the next free-fall handle, the current tugging at her.

      The hand-hold slipped out of her grip. She pushed up once, bumping her head against the high ceiling of the engine room as she gasped for air. The current swirled under her, pulling her down into the darkness. Saltwater stung her face. She shuddered as something nipped at her bleeding leg. Ignoring the pain, she clawed at the water until she broke through and  gasped in the alien atmosphere. Water crashed over her in the darkness.

      Rough, warm sand rubbed against her skin. Sucking in a lungful of the oxygen-rich air, Jeani flipped onto her stomach and pulled herself away from the water.  It lapped at her legs, a wayward lover begging her  to return.

      She laughed as she looked at the strange stars overhead. Her lungs burned, her leg ached, she was shaking with delayed shock, but she was alive. See, Hothi, I told you I wasn’t going to die that easy.

      Shooting Star

      Dominique pushed through the crowd and looked down at the beach.

      Could be a Lander, Gregor said as he adjusted his cap. Saw the prison ships sailing past this last moon. Could be a Lander, he repeated with a final snort.

      A knife waved past Dominique’s face, stabbing toward the figure on the beach. ’Twere wedding lights last night. Lit up the sky with fire, set the trees to burning, said Beau.

      ’Tain’t no fire touched the trees. Trees are fine, Gregor argued. ’Tis a Lander.

      Fey fire, someone said behind him. Fey burn things with cold fire. A fist hit Dominique’s shoulder. Fey can turn a man’s bones to ice. They summon monsters from the deep.

      One of the women crossed her fingers and made the sign of the arch to ward off the ill will of the  deep dwellers.

      Landers bring plague, Adrian said grimly. He too tapped Dominique’s shoulder. We can’t let a Lander near the village.

      We’s best shooting it from here, Gregor said.

      Another shook his head. Arrows can’t touch fey.

      You volunteering to go down there to slit its throat? Gregor demanded.

      Such a thing to ask a man! I’ve got kin, I have.

      There was the sound of shuffling feet. A cool sea breeze wrapped around Dominique’s legs as the crowd parted. He filled their silence with imagined conversations. He’s a Lander, one would say in the Silent way of the island-born.

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