Blurb
On
the other side of death, is destiny.
Callie Ingram is spending her senior year focused on one thing: swimming. Her skill as a competitive swimmer is going to secure a scholarship and her future, or so she hopes. She has big plans, and Liam Hale, her gorgeous new neighbor, isn’t going to affect them. But when Callie sees Liam beheading someone, she learns his family has a secret that will change everything. The Hales are Vikings, demi-gods who’ve been charged by The Fates to find their new destined leader.
Callie Ingram is spending her senior year focused on one thing: swimming. Her skill as a competitive swimmer is going to secure a scholarship and her future, or so she hopes. She has big plans, and Liam Hale, her gorgeous new neighbor, isn’t going to affect them. But when Callie sees Liam beheading someone, she learns his family has a secret that will change everything. The Hales are Vikings, demi-gods who’ve been charged by The Fates to find their new destined leader.
Callie’s
caught in the middle of a budding Norse apocalypse, in love with Liam Hale and
desperate to protect her best friend…who the Hales believe is marked for
transformation. Putting the clues together as fast as she can, can discovers
she has the power to rewrite destiny, for herself and all humankind.
Prophecy
Calypso
# 1
By: Julie Anne Lindsey
Releasing October 6th, 2014
Lyrical Press / Kensington
Purchase Links:
Amazon * B&N
Excerpt
“Come on
in.” The look in his eye stirred something in my middle, as if he’d issued a
challenge.
I dove in. Under water, my hazy mind cleared. My limbs felt alive. I broke the surface rejuvenated. “Oh my goodness. I feel amazing.” I blinked salt water from my eyes.
“I’m glad.” Liam treaded water, closing the space between us slowly.
My fingertips traced the white scars on his chest. “Do you mind?” I glanced into his eyes, barely able to break focus on the luminous lines over his chest. They called to me. Whether because their shape was so familiar or because it broke my heart to think someone had carved into him this way.
“No. I don’t mind.” His breath shuddered over the words. “How do you see the runes?” His fingers encircled my wrist, stopping my hand against his skin.
“It’s the same one on the tombstones. Why’d you do this?” I flattened my palm over his heart. “Was it because your father died?” I bit my lip and shut my eyes. He hadn’t told me about his father. “I researched you online and I read about your dad. Was that the reason you moved?”
Liam released me. “You see the runes on the tombstones as well?”
“Yes.” Discussing his dad’s death, his move, and his scar were apparently off limits. I swallowed my irritation as I tallied up the things we couldn’t talk about. Fine. Maybe I could figure out what the rune meant without his help. “I grew up wandering the cemetery, collecting acorns and buckeyes. Mom took me for picnics when I was young. The kids played there in grade school. When they stopped, I kept going. It’s my quiet place. I think there and walk Chester there. I have chalk rubbings of almost all the stones.”
His eyes widened.
“The runes never come through. They’re smooth.”
Liam blinked, unspeaking.
“Did you do this to yourself?” I touched his scar lightly.
“No.”
My eyes flashed to his. I hated this option worse than any other. “Who did?”
His soft green eyes darkened. “I will answer your question on one condition.”
My heart jumped. “Okay.”
Liam lifted a palm to my cheek. Watching me closely, he slid his other hand to the back of my neck, cupping my head and bringing me closer in the warm salt water. He brushed his thumb over my lips and lifted my chin with his fingers. “Still okay?”
I nodded, hoping I wouldn’t forget how to swim or breathe.
His lips whispered against mine with feather light pressure, testing me.
The dusting of his lips ignited something inside me and worry washed away. I inclined my chin, pressing my mouth to his, savoring the electricity flowing through my veins. Liam’s lips parted.
“And now?”
I draped my arms over his broad shoulders and curled my fingers into his hair. “Still fine.”
I dove in. Under water, my hazy mind cleared. My limbs felt alive. I broke the surface rejuvenated. “Oh my goodness. I feel amazing.” I blinked salt water from my eyes.
“I’m glad.” Liam treaded water, closing the space between us slowly.
My fingertips traced the white scars on his chest. “Do you mind?” I glanced into his eyes, barely able to break focus on the luminous lines over his chest. They called to me. Whether because their shape was so familiar or because it broke my heart to think someone had carved into him this way.
“No. I don’t mind.” His breath shuddered over the words. “How do you see the runes?” His fingers encircled my wrist, stopping my hand against his skin.
“It’s the same one on the tombstones. Why’d you do this?” I flattened my palm over his heart. “Was it because your father died?” I bit my lip and shut my eyes. He hadn’t told me about his father. “I researched you online and I read about your dad. Was that the reason you moved?”
Liam released me. “You see the runes on the tombstones as well?”
“Yes.” Discussing his dad’s death, his move, and his scar were apparently off limits. I swallowed my irritation as I tallied up the things we couldn’t talk about. Fine. Maybe I could figure out what the rune meant without his help. “I grew up wandering the cemetery, collecting acorns and buckeyes. Mom took me for picnics when I was young. The kids played there in grade school. When they stopped, I kept going. It’s my quiet place. I think there and walk Chester there. I have chalk rubbings of almost all the stones.”
His eyes widened.
“The runes never come through. They’re smooth.”
Liam blinked, unspeaking.
“Did you do this to yourself?” I touched his scar lightly.
“No.”
My eyes flashed to his. I hated this option worse than any other. “Who did?”
His soft green eyes darkened. “I will answer your question on one condition.”
My heart jumped. “Okay.”
Liam lifted a palm to my cheek. Watching me closely, he slid his other hand to the back of my neck, cupping my head and bringing me closer in the warm salt water. He brushed his thumb over my lips and lifted my chin with his fingers. “Still okay?”
I nodded, hoping I wouldn’t forget how to swim or breathe.
His lips whispered against mine with feather light pressure, testing me.
The dusting of his lips ignited something inside me and worry washed away. I inclined my chin, pressing my mouth to his, savoring the electricity flowing through my veins. Liam’s lips parted.
“And now?”
I draped my arms over his broad shoulders and curled my fingers into his hair. “Still fine.”
Julie Anne Lindsey is a multi-genre author who writes the
stories that keep her up at night. She’s a self-proclaimed nerd with a penchant
for words and proclivity for fun. Mother of three, wife to a sane person and
Ring Master at the Lindsey Circus, most days you'll find her online, amped up
on caffeine and wielding a book. Julie started writing to make people smile.
Someday she plans to change the world.
Julie is a member of the International Thriller Writers
(ITW), Sisters in Crime (SinC) and the Canton Writer’s Guild.
Website * Facebook * Twitter * Goodreads
I have this on my TBR list and just so you know, you will be seeing more of Julie Anne Lindsey because she has agreed to represent her demi-gods in my Ghoulishly Good Monster Mash Mix Up coming later in the month! :-)
Do you believe in prophecies?
Do you believe in prophecies?
Don't forget to enter the Comment Incentive Giveaway. It is a great chance to win a book you'd like to have! The link can be found at the top of the page.
oh.. viking... norse mythology ...so many things i love reading...*__*
ReplyDeletei will have to read this one!
do i believe in prophecies? hum... good question...i never really thought of it but i guess i don't short futur is already so difficult so he someone was able to see it it would be quite a feat... pro^hecies for centuries ahead or millenia... i don't believe in it would be too easy to change the interpretation to make works like we want ( and we can loose teh sense as well after all 2012 is past and we are here still)
I agree. I don't put much stock in the mass hysteria that gullible people fall into like Y2J and the end of the world happening. The end will but it will come in God's time and no mortal man knows when that is. Worrying won't stop it and we have no idea what will happen or when. I like to live and let live. I trust in God to make sure that I am safe, happy and as healthy as I can be.
DeleteI read fantasy but live in reality. :-)
I can only imagine her reaction of seeing him behead someone. :) This sounds great! I look forward to hearing from her on the GGMMMU.
ReplyDeleteI never really put much thought into prophecies.
Thanks for the giveaway
ReplyDeleteNice excerpt! I will be wanting to read this one for sure. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDelete