Sorry, guys, we are going to skip the next installment of the Innkeeper. Nothing is wrong, the mammogram was normal – thank you to everyone who emailed – it’s just that we are working full speed on Hugh to finish in time for our deadline and because we are in the finale, it’s very hard to switch gears at this point. We have an action-packed scene coming up for Maud, and we want to do it justice. So we will see you next week.
But we do have a consolation bribe available for you this Friday. Click here to read the first two chapters of Magic Triumphs. Please keep in mind that the chapters haven’t been through the copyedit and will contain grammatical mistakes. They will be replaced with cleaned up versions once the book has been properly edited. Also, it is a massively long excerpt, so please be patient with the page load.
Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She’s made friends and enemies. She’s found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be.
Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later, a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones. And when a mysterious box is delivered to Kate’s doorstep, a threat of war from the ancient enemy who nearly destroyed her family, she knows their time is up.
Kate Daniels sees no other choice but to combine forces with the unlikeliest of allies. She knows betrayal is inevitable. She knows she may not survive the coming battle. But she has to try.
For her child.
For Atlanta.
For the world.
So good 🙂
Thank you! Love the bribe!
Wow, you sure know how to placate the horde. Thank you so much. I hope the work on Hugh’s book is going well.
Did anyone else catch when Raphael said ascanio ran into H….could H be Hugh?
I thought is was something like “his”…relatives, former alpha, something like that.
Honestly I have no idea of what/who ‘H…’ was. But if it’s indeed Hugh. Now that’d be a twist!
AM I the only one who thinks they spotted a hint about who else might be in Hugh’s book?
Really happy if I’m right:)
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Ascanio meets Hugh…. Now I really can’t wait for Hugh’s book!
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Bribe is best bribe. 🙂
Uuuuugh I’m not gonna read only because I know how TERRIBLE I will feel after reading the last word. It can’t just stop!
I’ll feel like that after reading the last page of the book as well but at least that will have been a proper ending. The hangover will last a couple of days, I’m sure.
Ditto. Good luck with Hughes book Authorlords.
Love, love, love!
lovely excerpt, thank you <3
If i may ask, how is Kate able to use the land's reserve magic to fight Roland in the prologue. I thought Erra said she wasnt supposed to take magic from the land….
Kate isn’t supposed to pull magic when Tech is up because then she is pulling from the “reserves” every living thing has. When Magic is up as it appears to be in this chapter then she can use the lands magic for defense because she’s not pulling on just the reserves she’s pulling on Magic itself.
But Erra and Curran exchange a look when that happens. There is always a chance Kate’s ‘Happily Ever After’ is ‘rocks fall, everybody dies’.
The magic is up. She can use the land’s magic while the magic is up, which is how she shielded Atlanta from Roland at the end of Magic Binds.
Thank you for the bribe ! It is awesome !! Don’t get it wrong I like the Innkeeper books and also Nevada’s but Kate … I read two sentences and I was already soooo much into it ! That I was really amazing 😀
I love Derek, he knew what Kate needed and just silently give support ! I am also sooo relieved to learn that he is getting better and starting to make jokes again… Such a relief ! Being broken forever is just … I don’t have word for it
I read some of the comment’ (not all them pardon me –to much of them haha) but I am not really fond of the theory that Ascanio runs into Hugh because Hugh is kind of an important, powerful, bastard but interesting caracter really “tied” to Kate and Raphael hiding it ? It doesn’t sit well with me. I just think Ascanio runs into someone or something that has a personal importance for _him_ ? I don’t know, just thinking. That and I don’t really like Hugh, I mean even if the guy doesn’t work for Roland anymore and found someone (his people or a girl) that can change him… I spend to much time worrying about him and wanting him out of the picture for all he has done to appreciate him right away, I’ll have to wait for the book.
For Raphael, I don’t think he was wrong going to see Kate to tell her, but the way he is saying it I understand why it is bothering a lot of you. But I do agree with those of you that can’t stand Jim anymore haha
I am so very scarred that Curran won’t be present for a good part of the book (I don’t know if this sentence make sence but don’t know how to say in a better english)
Since when is Erra able to touch things ??? God it is awesome
Going back on Ascanio I don’t really like the “loyalty” and all, I mean it sound more like an obligation and to much in a “In-Shinar context”, so I don’t really the word, maybe because in French it has a different connotation than in english ? I don’t kow, anyway, “back to our sheep” haha, I really think this “loyalty” business has nothing to do with Ascanio staying or not in Cutting Edge, if Kate is in trouble he’ll come running, friendship before loyalty haha, maybe it is a naive way of thinking haha
Sorry for the long post haha
Made a mistake in the begginning “that was really amazing” not “I” ?? sorry
Hugh was responsible for healing Ascanio that one time (of course he was responsible for the injury too but Hyenas are not known for their careful logical thought processes), I figured that had come up somehow. Actually if Ascanio did have some reason to avoid telling Kate about Hugh, it would explain more of why he’s been avoiding Kate, I’m not completely sure I buy that he’s only feeling guilty about not wanting to work for her agency any more.
I’ve never particularly liked Raphael (even in Andrea’s book he came across as spoiled and petulant for most of it) but I’m hoping this book will change that (after all he’s lost a parent and is a father and a clan head now, poor guy had to pack a lot of growing up into a very short time)
I think Ascanio is 19 and conflicted. When you love someone it is always hard to let go.
Wow, now that is a bribe!! Thank you
I felt for Kate when she let Ascanio go. That was a really sad moment and I shed some tears for her.
Thank you!
Great excerpt. I can’t wait for the whole book. Loved the “favorite nephew” exchange. It’s pretty much identical to the one I have with my nephew every time I see him – even to responding “Details” to him pointing out that he’s my only nephew. Of course, at 17, his next comment is “you always say that” complete with eye roll.
I’m so excited for the big finale! I’ll be sad, but Kate deserves a break and a HEA.
I just finished re-reading the series for the 65 billionth time, and I have to say it… screw Jim! I really hope Kate sticks to her guns and doesn’t forgive him in the final book because “he’s paranoid, he made a mistake, he’s a friend and she doesn’t have many of those” bullshoot. He’s an ass, and I hope he gets in trouble and she tells him to f* off.
Sorry, just finished reading the final page a minute ago and I’m still pissed off hahaha I needed to vent my anger with people who might understand lol
I totally understand and agree with you! (I always have to comment in support of anyone who says anything against Jim, because I am the president and CEO of the ‘I hate Jim’ club… What’s the opposite of fan club?)
I’m also a member of the I Hate Jim Club.
August feels very far away… Thanks for sharing!
I understand Jim. He’s a realistic product of his experiences. He’s never been loyal to anything but the shapshifter cause. Everything else is other, and when Curran left he became other. Do I agree with him? No, I am disappointed in him. But I don’t hate him either.
I was sad to see Ascanio leave Cutting Edge. But I do agree it was important for Rafael to do it. Aunt Bea gave him to Kate for his own good, Rafael takes him back for the same reason. He never separated from the Pack like Derek did.
I can’t wait for all the books this year in Kate’s world.
Great bribe, thank you.