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HEART AWARD FINALIST NANCY NORTHCOTT'S FIRST NOVEL, RENEGADE, AS AN EBOOK ORIGINAL ON SALE NOVEMBER 6th
Northcott Brings Romance, Suspense and the
Paranormal to RENEGADE, the
First Book in her The Protectors Series
RENEGADE by Nancy Northcott
A Forever Yours
E-book Original/ On Sale 11-5-12/$2.99/1-4555-2665-7, 978-1-455-2655-9
"Clever world
building at a breathless pace...gripping."-New York Times bestselling author Dianna Love
"Darkly
compelling...thrilling paranormal suspense."-New York Times bestselling author Patricia Rice
"Nonstop
action...smooth prose, gripping emotion and dynamic characterization."
-Gerri Russell, Award-winning Author of A Knight to Desire
"A new writer to
watch...I loved Renegade, and you will, too."
- New
York Times bestselling author A.C. Crispin
RENEGADE, the first novel in three time Golden Heart Award Finalist Nancy
Northcott’s The Protectors series, introduces one of Collegium council’s
top sheriffs, Valeria Banning, the mage council's sheriff for the southeastern
United States. Valeria doesn't just take her job seriously, she takes it
personally. So when Griffin Dare, a notorious fugitive sworn to protect
innocent Mundanes and mages from dark magic, risks his life to save her, she
has to wonder why. To find the answer, she'll put everything on the line,
starting with her heart.
Before Valeria can recover from the attack that almost
killed her, evil forces are moving against them. Soon, they're fighting side by side. What they are
doing is forbidden, and when the council discovers they are working together,
Valeria and Griffin must run for their
lives, and not just from the law. Danger
threatens at every turn as they try to
prevent the advent of a ghoul takeover, and struggle to find the traitor they
believe is betraying the Collegium and working with ghouls to send unsuspecting
mages to their death.
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR: Nancy Northcott has been a lover of comic books,
science fiction, fantasy and romance since childhood. An attorney, she left that profession to
teach at the college level and to write. Now, she combines her passion for
romance and high stakes in RENEGADE,
her first published novel and the first book in her contemporary mage series. She continues her story in GUARDIAN, which will be published in
May 2013.
Nancy lives with her family in North Carolina.
Excerpted from Nancy Northcott's RENEGADE, Book 1 in
the Protector Series
Fire seared Val's eyes. With a gasp, she
jerked upright, trying to open them.
Pain flashed through her body. She choked down a cry and fell back.
At least she landed on pillows and
a soft mattress. Definitely not ghoul hospitality.
"Easy," a man's deep
voice said at her side. A callused hand closed gently over her clenched fist.
Mage power resonated in the touch. Like sunlight in her blood, strengthening
power flowed from him. "You're safe now."
Truth also vibrated in his touch.
Along with...worry? Regret? Before she
could probe, his hand withdrew. She couldn't sense anything now. He'd locked down his power and his emotions.
She forced herself to relax.
Her eyes wouldn't open. She raised
a hand to her face and gasped at biting pain in her shoulder. Her fingers
touched linen. Bandages. The air smelled of lemon verbena and lavender, healing
scents. Homey ones, with a hint of bay leaf for protection? on the pillowcase. Not hospital smells. A
droning noise and a stream of cold air hinted at a window air conditioner.
"Venom in your eyes," the
man said. "Sorry I can't heal them fully, but at least there's no organic
damage."
His deep voice gave her a tingly
sensation, like velvet drifting over her skin, and warmed her inexplicably. She
pushed herself up to sit. The movement
hurt pretty much everywhere, but she felt at a disadvantage lying down.
He banked pillows behind her.
Awareness of him, pleasant and also somehow familiar, prickled over her skin.
"I'm Kyle Connor," he
added. "You're at my home near the swamp."
"Valeria Banning." She
offered her right hand. He took it in a warm, firm grip but released it too
soon for her to probe. Yet the vibes of his magic felt familiar. "Have we
met before?"
"We had a couple of reeve
training classes together before I chose a different career. Do you remember
the fight?"
Ghouls. A tall, brave mage, who
looked, who fought, like...but Griffin Dare had no reason to help her and every
reason to let her die. With the damage to her eyes, she hadn't seen the man
clearly. Maybe Connor only resembled Dare, with the same height, lean,
broad-shouldered build, and jet-black hair. "I assume you rescued me.
Thank you, so very much."
Yet cold fingers of unease pinched
her throat. Though her vision had been blurred from the injury, she'd seen that
the man fought with a quarterstaff, an antiquated weapon almost no one used. In
the Southeast, where people spoke with his accent, only Griffin Dare wielded
one. She had best tread carefully.
Copyright © 2012 by Nancy Northcott
A
Forever Yours E-book Original/ On Sale 11-5-12/$2.99/1-4555-2665-7, 978-1-455-2655-9
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