THE
STARBUCK CHRONICLES, BOOK #1
Release
May 16, 2014
Series Overview
The fine thread between reality and the fantastical has snapped. The mortal and supernatural must learn to co-exist in post-reality Minneapolis/St. Paul where video games leak monsters into the night, demons roam, thirsting for more than just blood, people are not who or what they seem and a diabolical evil plots and plans to devour the world.
The fine thread between reality and the fantastical has snapped. The mortal and supernatural must learn to co-exist in post-reality Minneapolis/St. Paul where video games leak monsters into the night, demons roam, thirsting for more than just blood, people are not who or what they seem and a diabolical evil plots and plans to devour the world.
AfterLife
Lily Starbuck’s day doesn’t start well with blood on the horizon
and a grumpy werewolf who refuses to pay his catering bill. Her day only gets
worse when she finds out that her business partner in their catering company
has embezzled all their available cash.
Lily can get no answers from her partner when she finds her
dead. That’s the least of her worries—her landlord is evicting her, she’s being
hounded by the Fairy Dust Administration (FDA) who suspects that her partner
was dealing in illegal dust, and Lily’s pissed off their werewolf supplier.
With Lily’s very livelihood in jeopardy, she has no choice but
to discover who killed her partner and try to track down the cash. She has only
Spocko, a small, wizened gnome with just a bit of gremlin blood in him that
makes him cantankerous at best to depend on, but he often goes invisible on
her. Clues lead her to an open case being investigated by
Otherworld Security (O.S.) and the tough O.S. Warden, shapeshifter, Tam
Darkwood. And, at the outset of the investigation, a tiny, mythical
fire-breathing, red dragon joins her as her trusty (and opinionated) sidekick,
Kindle.
It seems a rogue mage has created a video game that is unwarded
and game monsters are being released to terrorize the citizens of the Twin
Cities. Trouble is Lily has reason to believe that this mage killed her
partner.
The investigation takes an unexpected turn when they are led to
influential and powerful Archmage Tarquin Wilding and somehow Lily
finds herself embroiled in a sinister shadow Fae plot. With her friends at
her side, she tackles dangerous and unpredictable supernaturals and monsters
with an “all in a day’s work” attitude.
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About the Author
Zoe Dawson is the alter ego of Karen Anders, award winning,
multi-published author. Her writing journey started with poetry and branched
out into fiction. With a couple of college English courses under her belt, she
penned a historical, then moved onto contemporary romance fiction. Today, she
is happy producing romantic suspense, romantic mystery, urban fantasy and
paranormal novels. The words feed her soul and the happily ever afters feed her
heart.
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4 Star
Lily's life is in chaos, even without her memories from before 3 years ago, she thought she'd made something of her life. Only to find out that her partner has lost all their money within the last six months, and now she's dead. Lily has few options and when the law keeps forgetting about her case and she wants answers. She's a witch with a mission and even when everyone is trying to stop her from finding the truth she's determined to find justice. Even when it means getting in the way of The Federal Dust Administration and their sexy as sin Fae who are determined to get to the truth about illegal fairy dust.
Lily is strong and when determined nothing can get in her way. She's smart and she cares about those closest to her even when they have betrayed her. She seeks the truth no matter where it takes her.
This story grabs you right away with Lily's kick butt attitude. I enjoyed seeing her go through her problems and work on solving everything thrown her way. Watching how she deals with what comes at Lily and her cantankerous gnome best friend was fun at times sad at others and crazy in between. And then there's all the sexy as sin men who seem to keep showing up as every corner.
The supernatural/paranormal element was interesting and I enjoyed seeing the world the author created. It was described enough that I mostly knew what was what in it, but at times I did want to know even more about the world created. I'm excited to see even more from this series when it comes out!
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