Book Info
Title: The New Mrs.
Collins
Author: Quanie Miller
Genre: Paranormal
Release Date: October 13, 2014
Author: Quanie Miller
Genre: Paranormal
Release Date: October 13, 2014
Book Blurb
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In the small town of Carolville ,
Louisiana , no
one knows that Adira Collins inherited mystic powers from her great
grandmother. All they know is that she’s beautiful, poised, graceful, and
ruthless—especially when it comes to love. And no one knows that more than
Leena Williams, who was all set to marry the man of her dreams until Adira
swooped into town and stole the man’s heart.
Being left at the altar is bad enough, but Leena and her ex
share custody of their son, so she has to see the new Mrs. Collins on a regular
basis.
And it burns every time she does.
But soon, Leena starts to suspect that there is more to
Adira Collins than meets the eye. And it’s not because she owns some kinky
lingerie shop or allegedly insulted the pastor’s wife—it’s the strange way she
can make a door close without touching it, or take one look at something and
make it drop dead at her feet.
Leena starts digging for answers
and soon discovers that, unlike her public persona, Adira’s true nature is
somewhere on the other side of grace. She also learns, a little too late, that
some secrets are better left buried.
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Excerpt
Even
though Johnny’s house was a good ten miles away, it did not occur to Leena to
put on a pair of shoes, or to comb her hair, or wash her face. She walked along
Elmer Drive until she got to Stoney Way. She ambled along, not paying attention
to anything in particular, when she looked up and saw a woman in a white
nightgown walking towards her. There was nothing really remarkable about her
except for the fact that her face was on fire. Leena stopped and pointed at the
woman. She was going to ask her if she knew her face was on fire when the woman
smiled at her. To Leena’s horror, the woman’s face transformed into her face. The woman was her. She looked
at her reflection in a store window and saw that it was true: her face was
ablaze.
Leena
looked down at her fingertips and noticed that they were on fire as well. She
wondered — if she touched something, would it burn? She turned her attention to
a mailbox on the corner and winced when it blurred, went back into focus,
disappeared, and then returned. She walked towards it, stuck her burning finger
out, and was shocked to discover that the mailbox wasn’t real. Her finger went
right through it as if the mailbox were made of clouds. She was stumped. She
looked at her hand again when it dawned on her what she had gone to the kitchen
for that morning — to cut the tips from her fingers.
She
turned around, headed back to her house and wondered who left her front door
wide open. When she got to the kitchen, she laid her hand on the cutting board
and took the biggest knife from the cutlery set. She would start with the pinky
first. She laid the little finger there, raised the knife high in the air, and
just as she was coming down to slice, heard the whisper once more, and this
time, it was as clear as a blue diamond sitting in a shallow pool of water: Go to McCullens Bridge.
McCullens
Bridge! Well, that made sense. Her face was on fire so it was logical that she
should go to McCullens Bridge and stick her head in to put the fire out. Why
hadn’t she thought of it before? She walked outside and noticed that the sun
was hanging lower than usual, almost on top of her neighbor’s house. She wagged
her finger as she walked past it, thinking that if it fell on her head, she’d
be in a world of trouble. She looked at it one more time to make sure it would
stay put, then she continued walking.
Author Bio
Quanie
Miller grew up in New Iberia, Louisiana. She fell in love with reading at an
early age and spent most of her time at the Iberia Parish Library discovering
authors like R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike (she was often found walking back
home from the library with a stack of books that went up to her chin). She
holds degrees from Louisiana State University and San Jose State University.
She has been the recipient of the James Phelan Literary Award, the Louis King Thore
Scholarship, the BEA Student Scriptwriting Award, and the Vicki Hudson Emerging
Writing Prize. She is the author of The
New Mrs. Collins, a southern paranormal novel, and It Ain't Easy Being Jazzy, a romantic comedy. She lives in South
Carolina with her husband and is currently, as always, working on another
novel. To find out more about Quanie and her works in progress visit
quanietalkswriting.com.
Book Purchase Links
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/483357
Social Media Links
Twitter:
@quaniemiller
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/QuanieMiller
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