Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Book Tour - Tangled Up in Trouble by Olivia Hardin

Tangled Up in Trouble by Olivia Hardin

Lynlee Lincoln isn’t just a witch, she’s also a Neutralizer. Her job is a juggling act to keep magical and undead clients out of trouble. But getting back together with her old flame throws one more ball into the mix and romance with a guy who has two kids can get complicated. When her old mentor asks her to investigate the goings-on of a dark witch, things turn messy. The witch is stalking supernatural creatures to collect ingredients for a potion that Lynlee can’t seem to figure out.
To keep those closest to her from becoming the next victims, she may have to confront the demons within herself.
Releasing June 21st on Amazon
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Excerpt

My body was curled up into a tight ball, the blankets wrapped up to my chin, and I was still freezing.  Did I forget to pay the gas bill? I thought even as I shook my hand to conjure my wand.  I pointed it over my shoulder to my right, sending a spark into the fireplace as my body shivered and my teeth chattered. 
If the cold weren’t enough, I was in the middle of a fabulous and very hot dream about Beck.  I clenched my eyes shut and tried to recover the vision, but it escaped me.  For some odd reason, even though I couldn’t get the dream back, the scent of Beck was strong in my nostrils.  Sometimes I liked to sniff the air the moment I was within touching distance of him just so I could take in that smell.  It was a warm earthiness combined with a scent like… like fresh laundry. 
I sniffed again.  Fresh laundry and burning paper.
I bolted upright, tossing the blankets off with such force that I lost hold of my wand and it went flying across the room.  That was unfortunate because I had just realized that I was not in fact in my own house with a fireplace in the bedroom. 
Beck didn’t have a fireplace.  That meant a stack of magazines were currently caught up in a building inferno against the far wall.  I tripped over the blankets as I tried to get out of the bed and fell against the nightstand, whacking my forehead on the corner. 
“Damnit!”  I cried, clutching my head and crawling to retrieve my wand.  As soon as I had the magical stick in hand, I used it to toss water onto the fire until it went out. 
Just then Justin came charging into the room, his eyes wide in alarm.  “What happened?”
I was distracted by the fact that, when I brought my hand away from my forehead, it was wet and red with blood.  A curse was on the tip of my tongue, but I held it at bay due to the mixed company.  “I just had a little accident, Justin.  I’m okay.  Just give me a minute.”

About the Author

When Olivia Hardin began having strange movie-like dreams in her teens, she had no choice but to begin putting them to paper.  Before long the writing bug had her and she knew she wanted to be a published author.  Several rejections plus a little bit of life later, and she was temporarily “cured” of the urge to write.  That is until she met a group of talented and fabulous writers who gave her the direction and encouragement she needed to get lost in the words again.
Olivia’s attended three different universities over the years and toyed with majors in Computer Technology, English, History and Geology.  Thenl one day she heard the term road scholar and she knew that was what she wanted to be.  Now she “studies” anything and everything just for the joy of learning.   She’s also an insatiable crafter who only completes about 1 out of 5 projects, a jogger who hates to run, and she’s sometimes accused of being artistic.
A native Texas girl, Olivia lives in the beautiful Lone Star state with her husband, Danny and their puppy, Bonnie.
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1 comments:

Olivia Hardin (Writer) said...

Thanks so much for posting this excerpt and for being a part of the tour.

Happy reading, All!

~Olivia