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A Curse Unbroken (Weird Girls #5)
Author: Cecy Robson
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Publisher: Loveswept
Description:
Fans of Keri
Arthur will love the Weird Girls, four sisters cursed with supernatural
powers. In Cecy Robson’s latest urban fantasy romance, the search is on
for an unholy grail, while evil is licking its wounds—and looking for
revenge.
The preternatural world is changing. After a
massive magical throwdown tore apart the established order, the dark
elements are rebuilding their ranks unopposed. Celia Wird’s world is
changing, too. She’s the mate of the pureblood were Aric, and his
Warriors are honor-bound to protect her family as she and her sisters
recover from unimaginable horrors.
Celia hesitates to reveal the
true extent of the Wird sisters’ trauma, but they aren’t the only ones
keeping secrets: Aric and the werewolf Elders are tracking a stone that
grants limitless power. So is a tough coven of witches. Then Misha, a
master vampire with his own plans for the stone, sends Celia after it.
Can she and the vamps beat both the weres and the witches to the
treasure before it falls into the wrong hands?
Fearing for
Celia’s safety, Aric begs her to stay out of the hunt. What they don’t
realize is that they’re the ones being hunted. But Celia’s ready to
prove that she’s not easy prey.
My Deepest, Darkest, Fantasies
(Okay, not really.)
When
I was very young, I used to fantasize about flying. Like, a lot. I even
had graphic dreams where I’d actually feel my feet leave the ground and
sense the breeze sweep along my cheek. Most people would think my
obsession with flying stemmed from a desire to become a pilot―maybe even
an astronaut. Considering I’d get motion sickness on the Merry Go
Round, those people pegged me all wrong.
My other
fantasies consisted of leaving my reality far behind. Too much violence
existed in the environment where I was raised. Those places where
fairies fluttered and I could fall asleep on a thick bed of moss as I
watched them whirl around, now, that was a place I needed to be. It was a
mystical land where I could have an adventure, skip through fields of
flowers, eat candy, and yes, fly.
To say I often escaped
into the worlds I created inside my head was an understatement. If I
could have, I probably would have taken up permanent residence in those
magical places that always made me smile. And while I frequently
envisioned these worlds and their inhabitants at length, I never thought
to write about them. Not for a long time.
Everything
changed on May 1, 2009. After reading well over thirty urban fantasy and
paranormal novels, I decided to give this writing thing a try. Don’t
get me wrong, I never intended to make this a career. I simply wanted to
see if I could write a book. Sounds easy, right?
Yeah. Not so
much. I didn’t know how to develop characters and how to “show” instead
of “tell”. I didn’t understand how to “hook” a reader, and grammar was
more a foreign language than rules I understood enough to follow.
Passive voice? Yeah, I had to Google that term to determine what that
stuff was all about. But despite all the things I didn’t know, like how
to create a plot, the one thing that came naturally was my writing
voice, my ability to tell a story, and my aptitude for (you guessed it)
creating a whole new world.
My first novel, Weird Girls,
which later became Sealed with a Curse, developed from a dream in which
four unique women were given the task of defeating evil. At first, they
were more commando-types than supernatural. But their boyfriends were
werewolves. I specifically remember the werewolves and I remember one
strumming a guitar. Well, if there were werewolves in my world, it was a
special place. So my girls had to be special, too.
I
decided to make them sisters, and different from any race of human or
supernatural on earth. Celia, as the oldest, would become their leader. I
gave her the power to change into a golden tigress along with the
abilities to transport herself underground. Taran, my tough and
trash-talking sister would wield fire and lightning and receive glimpses
of the future. Shayna, my perky little cheerleader of the group, can
manipulate metal and wield weaponry. But I couldn’t stop there. My
girls were very human, and very mortal. I needed Emme, the youngest
sister to possess the power to heal. But Emme needed more than that,
after all, unlike the fun fairy realms I created as a child, my “weird”
urban fantasy world was a dangerous place. Emme needed to be a powerful
telekinetic in order to defend herself against the big scaries my
over-active imagination sent snarling their way.
A Curse Unbroken
is the fifth novel in my Weird Girls series, and marks the end of
Celia’s journey for now. Taran, whose attitude and inappropriateness
have made her infamous, will now step into spotlight. Her first novella,
tent. titled Of Flame and Promise, is scheduled for a September
release. It will be followed by three full length novels: Of Flame and
Light, Of Flame and Fury, and Of Flame and Fate.
I’m
hoping each of the sisters will have their own series, but I won’t stop
there. I’ve written proposals for other novels including Death Seeker,
an urban fantasy series about the Scottish and Irish Fae, and Old Erth, a
high fantasy that takes place in Fae.
So, peeps, what it boils down to is: I’ll probably never fly. But that doesn’t mean my characters won’t.
Thanks for having me!
Thanks for stopping by and chatting with us today Cecy!
Cecy Robson is the New Adult author of Once Perfect, Once Loved, and
Once Pure and the award-winning author of the Weird Girls urban fantasy
romance series. A self-proclaimed professional napper, Cecy counts among
her talents a jaw-dropping knowledge of useless trivia, the ability to
make her hair big, and a knack for breaking into song despite her
family’s vehement protests. A full-time writer, registered nurse, wife,
and mother living in the Great Northwest, Cecy enjoys spending time with
her family and silencing the yappy characters in her head by telling
their stories.
Author Links:
Website: http://www.cecyrobson.com/
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Twitter:
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Cecy Robson is a new adult and contemporary author of the Shattered Past series, the O’Brien Family novels and upcoming Carolina Beach novels, as well as the award-winning author of the Weird Girls urban fantasy romance series. A 2016 double nominated RITA®finalist for Once Pure and Once Kissed, Cecy is a recovering Jersey girl living in the South who enjoys carbs way too much, and exercise way too little. Gifted and cursed with an overactive imagination, you can typically find her on her laptop silencing the yappy characters in her head by telling their stories.
