FEUDLINGS
by ~ Wendy Knight
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Cover Blurb
Nothing makes a new school suck worse than
discovering the guy you’re in love with is your prophesied nemesis.
Ari is the most powerful flame-throwing
sorceress ever, and her people’s last hope in an ancient war. But she’s also a
seventeen-year-old girl, and in her free, not-hunting-nemesis times, she jumps
from school to school, trying to figure out regular people her own age and
pretending she’ll get the chance to graduate.
Shane lives a double life. He goes to
school and masters the art of popularity, hiding the fact that he has a fate
with a slim chance of his survival. He’s destined to end a 300 year-old war by
killing or being killed. He knows he’s hunted by a powerful enemy who’s not
afraid to die. Only problem? He has no idea who that enemy is.
When Ari shows up at Shane’s school, angry
and sullen and determined to keep him at arm’s reach, neither of them realize
they are supposed to be killing each other, not falling in love. Until Ari does realize it, and she almost dies –
by Shane’s hand.
Tagline:
She’s never lost a fight in her life, but she’s
never battled love
Excerpt
“Shane,
I’m tougher than I look. I can handle it,” she said, although she wasn’t sure
she wanted to know any more about his magic than she already did. It could get him
in trouble. But she couldn’t just leave it alone. Part of her wanted to
know. Maybe the monster-killer part of her.
She
squashed that thought.
Shane
stopped, studied her. Under his intense blue gaze her heart started to pound
and she thought giddily that her favorite color just happened to be the exact
color of his eyes. What were the odds? “I’m serious, Ari. There’s this war
going on, and knowing anything about it could get you killed.”
“Killed?”
Ari tried to look dubious.
Shane
glanced around and grabbed her hand, pulling her with him out the front doors.
The air was crisp and cool; Ari could see traces of her breath. If Shane was
aware that half the student population was watching them speed-walk into the
woods, he didn’t show it, and after a final glance back Ari ignored them too.
When the school was out of sight, she
stopped and pulled her hand away. “Okay Shane. Spill,” she commanded. She
crossed her arms over her chest and tried to look cold. Normals would be cold
right now, but because of the flames flowing through their blood, neither she
nor Shane could feel it.
Shane
sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “Where to start? Even the short version
is long. We’re sorcerers, and there are two sides to this war… of course,
because that’s what makes a war, right?” he rambled. Ari raised an eyebrow at
him as she tried to shiver. “I’m a Carules. I have magic that stems from these
blue flames that, well, they’re in my blood. Hunter, too. And all other
Carules. The other side is Edren, and their magic comes from red flames.
Basically, we spend all our time trying to kill each other. It’s a lot of fun,”
he said with a bitter frown at the ground.
“So
you hide your magic because if an Edren found you...”
“They’d
kill me. Or try to, anyway,” Shane finished for her.
Ari
flinched at his words, and she knew right then that if she had seen him on that
battle field in Adlington, she wouldn’t have been able to kill him. Her eyes
widened in shock, her mouth opened into a silent “Oh”, and her heart
started to pound. This was a very, very dangerous revelation she’d just made to
herself.
She had a weakness. And it was Shane.
Author
Bio
Wendy Knight was born and raised in Utah by
a wonderful family who spoiled her rotten because she was the baby. Now she
spends her time driving her husband crazy with her many eccentricities (no
water after five, terror when faced with a live phone call, etcetera,
etcetera). She also enjoys chasing her three adorable kids, playing tennis,
watching football, reading, and hiking. Camping is also big: her family is
slowly working toward a goal of seeing all the National Parks in the U.S.
You can usually find her with at least one
Pepsi nearby, wearing ridiculously high heels for whatever the occasion may be.
And if everything works out just right, she will also be writing.
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Twitter: @wjk8099
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7009940.Wendy_Knight
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