Sep
Today I’m super excited to participate in the Release Day
Party of ‘Devil and the Deep’ by Megan Tayte. ‘Devil and the Deep’ is already
the fourth book in The Ceruleans series, and I seriously can’t wait to start
reading this one. The Ceruleans is a Young Adult Paranormal Romance series and
really awesome.
About the Book:
world. Only the ‘happy’ part is proving problematic.
among humans is fraught with risk, so her time with people can only be
fleeting. Which means being with Luke but not being with Luke.
death. Less awesome talent, as it turns out, and more overwhelming
responsibility. And it comes with rules – rules that are increasingly difficult
to obey.
something much bigger than herself, than her life in the cove. A force to be
reckoned with:
her head above water – or will she drown in the blood-dimmed tide that is
unleashed?
Interested in my reviews of the first three books? Please go here: ‘Death Wish‘, ‘Forget Me Not’, ‘Wild Blue Yonder‘.
Excerpt:
screaming.
and pressed her hand to her mouth.
the balustrade of the riverboat had a lanky lad not caught her.
the long table on deck, cheek on her bread plate, headdress in the butter dish
– twitched a little.
moved!’
twirly black moustache, ‘if you will forgive my intrusion, it must be noted
that this woman has a bullet hole in her head and is logically, therefore,
quite definitely deceased.’
‘Ohhhhhh’ and her husband grabbed a feathered fan and began wafting cool
evening air in her face while calling, ‘Smelling salts – does anyone have any?’
bottom lip until I tasted my cherry-red lipstick. I pinched my leg through the
cream satin of my gown. I dug my long cigarette holder into the sensitive flesh
of my arm.
wearing Converse All Stars.
read Pepto-Bismol.
looser with his every word.
plate, buffeted by the steady in-and-out breaths of the corpse.
River Dart, Devon, is hilarious.
with shock,’ said the guy at my side suddenly, and he slipped an arm around me
and turned me away. ‘Come, madam. Let us get some air.’
Thankfully, by the time full-scale hilarity hit me I’d been led to the rear of
the boat, away from the rest of our party, and could bury my face in the
bloke’s chest and shake mutely with laughter.
it all out and said loudly, for the benefit of any onlookers, ‘There there,
pignsey, there there.’
gave way and I melted into a puddle of mirth on the deck.
boyfriend a.k.a. gallant gent, hoiking up his too-tight corduroy trousers so he
could squat down beside me, ‘I Googled “old-fashioned terms of endearment” and
pigsney’s a classic.’
the process, and tried to catch my hiccupping breath as Luke went on.
apparently in the seventeenth century, calling a lady pigsney was the very
height of courting.’
stare so earnest I almost managed to stop laughing.
on the Nile-Stroke-Dart murder mystery night, Luke,’ I managed to get out.
‘Set in the nineteen thirties, not the seventeen thirties.’
is a historical fiction writer, isn’t he? So as well as dressing like a brainy
recluse – and I’m warning you now, I won’t hear another slur against this tweed
jacket – he’d know all kinds of obscure terms. Like ginglyform and jargogle and
nudiustertian and bromopnea and farctate and quagswag and philosophunculist.’
giggles. ‘You made those words up,’ I accused, poking a crimson talon into his
mustard-yellow shirtfront.
we left the house, I did my homework.’
does that last word you said mean?’
up as a vintage Hollywood starlet with cute little pin curls and rouge aplenty
can be, that is.
pretends to know more than they do in order to impress others.’
close.
eyes fixed on my too-red lips.
dress,’ I replied, eyes fixed on his too-kissable lips.
About the Author:
when she grew up she wanted to be a writer. Or a lollipop lady. Or a fairy
princess fireman. ‘Write, Megan,’ her grandmother advised. So that’s what she
did.
Thirty-odd years later, Megan is a professional writer and published author by
day, and an indie novelist by night. Her fiction – young adult romance with
soul – recently earned her the SPR’s Independent Woman Author of the Year
award.
Megan grew up in the Royal County, a hop, skip and a (very long) jump from
Windsor Castle, but these days she makes her home in Robin Hood’s county, Nottinghamshire.
She lives with her husband, a proud Scot who occasionally kicks back in a kilt;
her son, a budding artist with the soul of a palaeontologist; and her baby
daughter, a keen pan-and-spoon drummer who sings in her sleep. When she’s not
writing, you’ll find her walking someplace green, reading by the fire, or
creating carnage in the kitchen as she pursues her impossible dream: of baking
something edible.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
Thank you for sharing, Maureen.
Megan x
You're very welcome 😉