April 17, 2013

A Witch Without Magic - Book Blast, Excerpt & Giveaway

Hey all!! Today we have a stop on the Super Book Blast for A Witch Without Magic by Larisa Walk. Included is an excerpt, info on the book and a giveaway for you all.

A Witch Without Magic 
by Larisa Walk

BLURB:
When her neighbors accuse Belladonna of Satanism and making them age years to days, she must find who is behind it or face a modern day witch hunt. Her mysterious enemy knows where to strike to cause the most damage: Belladonna's only friend is losing his life-force; the garden that feeds her is dying; and her house ghost goes poltergeist. To save her neighbors and friends and prove her innocence, she must travel to the Otherworld where butterflies have razor wings and where her worst fears will come to life.

Excerpt
The mob on the other side of the wrought iron fence wore no tri-cornered hats or starched bonnets. They didn’t brandish pitchforks or flaming torches. Hell, they didn’t even bring a preacher to drive the Devil out. Still, they had come to flush out a witch and the witch was me.

They were thirty all together, gathered outside my gate under the two California live oaks that shade the sidewalk in midday. I had to squint into the still hot mid-October sun to study their unfamiliar faces. The mob included several dwarves. The youngest dwarf must have been in her forties, a tiny woman that for some reason wore a yellow, red and blue Snow White dress with an appliquéd picture of Snow White on the chest. She didn’t look like a typical dwarf: no classically high forehead and her arms and legs were proportionate. She was holding a fluffy purple teddy bear by a front paw and sucking her thumb.

In the sun my forehead sweated under the straw hat. A mocking bird’s harsh chirrup burst from the oak on the right, piercing as a car horn. I flinched.

I don’t much like or trust people in large groups - doing time in Greenville State Prison for Women had taught me that. In prison the exercise yard is the most dangerous place to be: too many inmates in one area, too many chances to be stabbed with a shiv made from a sharpened toothbrush handle or from melted and hardened Styrofoam cups.


AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Larisa Walk, a native Russian, lives in California with her husband and two formerly homeless cats. She writes paranormal fiction that is more often than not populated by characters from the Russian fairy world. Her short fiction appeared in several anthologies and magazines. She has published a historic fantasy novel, A Handful of Earth, and a modern paranormal novel, A Witch Without Magic. See her quirky blog posts here: http://www.larisawalk.com



Giveaway
Larisa will be awarding a $10 Amazon Gift Certificate to five randomly drawn commenters during the tour. Be sure to comment below with some way for the author to contact you if you win and follow the tour to better your chances.

9 comments:

  1. Book sounds like it would be interesting :) Thank you for the giveaway :)

    Cassandra
    closkot at hotmail dot com

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  2. Thanks for sharing the blurb and the excerpt! I love the sounds of it...seems like a blend of a modern paranormal fantasy and a fairy tale!

    andralynn7 AT gmail DOT com

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  3. I love blending to see what exotic dish comes out! LOL

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  4. Thanks for the giveaway! Really excited to buy the book if I win! lol!

    ~Kate~

    hense1kk AT cmich DOT edu

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  5. This is not a genre I normally read, but I must say, your story sounds very good. Thanks for the excerpt and giveaway.

    kareninnc at gmail dot com

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    1. Thanks, Karen. It is a mix of genres: paranormal, horror, humor, magic realism.

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  6. Nice excerpt

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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