Undead in Brown County, #6
by S.J. Wright
Publisher: Read and Wright Publishing LLC
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Artist: S.J. Wright
Genre:
Paranormal romance
From The Book Junkie Reads . . . The Vampire's Rival (Undead in Brown County, #6) . . .
Cliffhangers. . . I absolutely, positively hate them. This was a read that was part of a serial series. I felt like I was walking on a the middle of something with Michael and Sarah. This was a quickie read. As most serials are but I felt loss going into it and coming out of it I was just plan pissed. I have no real frame of reference for the goings on in Brown County.
This rival vampire brings a touch of intrigue to the situation with Michael and Sarah. He brings stories that appeal and frighten. But at the same time did not hold me captive.
I can see the serious potential for a good paranormal read. The angst was that I felt lost and confused walking in on this one.
This rival vampire brings a touch of intrigue to the situation with Michael and Sarah. He brings stories that appeal and frighten. But at the same time did not hold me captive.
I can see the serious potential for a good paranormal read. The angst was that I felt lost and confused walking in on this one.
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BLURB
A surprise visitor shows up at Sarah
and Michael's lake house in Indiana. His story is one that intrigues and
frightens Sarah. What frightens her more is the growing attraction she begins
to feel for this new vampire.
Can she choose between Michael and a
vampire she barely knows? Or will that choice be taken from her?
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“He’s been killing humans. Four since this
late this morning, as far as we can tell,” Kate told me. I could nearly detect
a note of panic in her voice, but I knew better than to address it.
“Does
anyone know where he is right now?”
“No.
One of the members of the Council was interviewed by Homeland Security and
positively identified Michael in a security video.”
“They
caught him on camera?”
“Yeah.
A convenience store in Chicago. He
killed the cashier and one bystander there, then an hour later got a taxi
driver and his passenger. It’s not like him to be so reckless, Alex. You know
that. Especially now that he’s king,” she said.
“What
is he trying to do?”
Kate
didn’t know either.
Telling
Sarah about that conversation wasn’t easy. It reopened her emotional wounds.
But I couldn’t see how hiding it from her would help anyone. We climbed back into
her truck. I drove this time.
She
was too quiet. I wasn’t sure if talking would help or not. Maybe she needed to
process everything that had happened on her own. I didn’t really know what to
say anyway. It was a nightmare for her and I didn’t want to rehash everything
and end up making it all worse.
“Alex,
where should I go?” she asked. Her voice reminded me of a little girl’s.
“I
don’t know. Is there anywhere you would be safe?”
We
both knew the answer. She would not be safe until Michael was locked up again.
And the only place that could happen would be…
“The
farm,” she said.
Getting
in touch with the lumber company wasn’t as difficult as we thought. They had
bought the property after the explosion and were ready to have someone take it
off their hands. The profit in the lumber wasn’t as good as they imagined it
would be.
So
Sarah wrote them a check from the joint account she’d opened with Michael and
signed the deed the next day. She had tears in her eyes when they gave her the
keys to the front gate. Whether they were tears of sadness or nostalgia, I
wasn’t sure. Maybe it was a combination of the two.
The
problem was that Sarah had been turned outside of the farm property. I had
changed her into a vampire at the cabin. So she couldn’t go onto the property
herself until she was invited, just like other vampires. It was different with
me. I had been turned at the farm by Michael and Victoria.
We
needed Kate.
So
Sarah called and requested that her sister come out there to let her onto her
own property. Sarah’s friend from school, Kara, let us borrow her family’s
large camping trailer and we towed it out the farm entrance with Sarah’s truck.
It
didn’t take Kate very long at all to get back to Indiana.
She
pulled up in a fiery red Camaro convertible. She wasn’t alone. Her mentor from
the clinic in Brazil was in the passenger seat. Marco. I’d met him once before
and had been impressed with his knowledge.
Before
Kate even got out of the car, she was cussing. “I can’t believe I have to
fucking do this.”
“Don’t
even bother to say hi, Kate?” Sarah asked.
Kate
gave her a withering look and shook her head. “I’m sorry. Hi. It’s been a long
couple of months hunting that bastard Mahdi. I’ve followed him through seven
different states and two Caribbean islands.”
“No
luck catching him, though?” I asked.
“Exactly,
Alex,” she retorted with spirit. “No luck on that score, Mr. Obvious. Trust me.
Once I get this guy, I will lose this attitude I’ve got going on right now.”
Sarah
walked over to the gate and Kate followed. Kate put the key in the lock and
pulled the chain off the aluminum frame. She sighed deeply and stood inside the
property line.
“Sarah,
you are invited,” Kate said.
And
that was all we needed Kate for, but it didn’t take a genius to see that her
sister’s safety meant a great deal to her. “I think I’ll stick around town for
a while. Marco, you good with that?”
He
nodded and then punched up a few numbers on his cell phone. “I’ll get a
reservation somewhere.”
Sarah
began walking up the hill towards the spot where the house had stood for so
many decades. The house and barn had both been completely demolished in the
explosion, but a few things had remained.
“The
stones are still there,” Kate said as we followed Sarah up the hill. “The
cowshed is partially burnt, but still standing. Alex, how can coming back here
help m sister? This doesn’t make much sense.”
I
glanced over at her. Her long dark curls were pulled up into a ponytail and she
was wearing a pair of tight jeans and a snug sweater. I probably shouldn’t have
looked at all.
“Kate,
if Michael has done what they are accusing him of, the Council will catch him.
And when they do, where do you think they will send him?”
She
laughed without a hint of humor, “Not Arizona, I hope. That place is a wreck.”
“It
will be here. But he can’t get in without your invitation. We need Michael to
be put in here and then Sarah can leave and be safe. Do you understand? Their
relationship is over. She has to move on with her life.”
“But
they don’t want Michael locked up.” She looked at me with those dark eyes and I
didn’t want to turn away.
“They
want him dead,” she finished quietly.
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Author Info
S.J. Wright first began writing
stories when she was twelve years old. She has been a cashier, a receptionist,
a factory worker and has served a multitude of other roles over the years. Her
favorite role has been that of a mother to her two sons.
The Undead in Brown County series
takes place in Brown County, Indiana. She began writing the series in October
of 2010. In February of 2011, she published her first novel The Vampire's
Warden as an ebook on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Since then, she has
released five more books in the series.
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