The Bull Riding Witch
by Jamie Marchant
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GENRE: Urban Fantasy
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BLURB:
Daulphina’s father, the king of
Asteria, has always wanted a male heir. Unfortunately for him, Daulphina’s
magic means that will never happen unless her bastard half-brother displaces
her on the throne. But she’ll take on all the gods herself before she lets that
happen. He isn’t nice enough to be a good king.
But apparently, the gods don’t like
being challenged because she’s flung across the void and into the dumpy old
trailer and chiselled body of Joshua Killenyen, a rodeo bull rider from
Alabama. With nothing to eat but Frosted Flakes and no knowledge how she got
there, she better find a way home before she gets her head stomped in by the
bulls she must ride. Or her brother will take the throne and reduce her people
to slavery. Remember, he isn’t nice.
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EXCERPT:
I
woke with my head pounding and my tongue coated with the fur balls of ten
thousand cats. I nearly gagged at the stench that filled the air, a scent that
combined the reek of the inside of a knight’s armor after jousting with the
odor of rotting flesh.
Confused,
I examined my surroundings. Hanging on the wall facing me was a portrait of a
huge bull with its head down and its heels kicked high into the air.
Incredibly, a man, holding onto a rope with only one hand, sat on the bull’s
back. Why would anyone ride a bull? Bulls were dangerous and impossible to
control.
Piled
high on the bedside table were plates covered with the remains of several
meals, bowls with a few dregs of sour milk, and empty bottles. The sheet I laid
on was stained with various substances I didn’t want to identify. Where was I?
This was certainly no place worthy of me, the crown princess. Maybe I had
somehow ended in the servants’ quarters, although I couldn’t imagine how.
I
tried to sit up, and my head felt as if it were going to split in two. I
groaned, and the sound was deep and masculine. What the . . .? I looked down at
my arms. They were muscular and covered with hair. I grabbed my naked chest. My
breasts were entirely flat, and my chest was covered with thick, coarse hair.
When I rubbed my hand across my face, I felt thick stubble. I looked down at
the short clothes, which were the only thing I was wearing; there was a bulge
that just shouldn’t have been there. I lifted the waistband and peeked. Dear
gods, how had I gotten one of those? I poked it with my finger, and it
twitched. I snapped the waistband closed and jumped away, but I couldn’t get
away from the body I was wearing.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Jamie began writing stories
about the man from Mars when she was six, and she never remembers wanting to be
anything other than a writer. Everyone told her she needed a back up plan, so
she pursued a Ph.D. in American literature, which she received in 1998. She started
teaching writing and literature at Auburn University. One day in the midst of
writing a piece of literary criticism, she realized she’d put her true passion
on the backburner and neglected her muse. The literary article went into the
trash, and she began the book that was to become her first novel. She writes
about the fantastic . . . and the tortured soul. Her poor characters have hard
lives. She still teaches writing and literature at Auburn University. She is
the mother of a grown son.
Links:
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