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My latest novel, Super Starrella, starts in the heat of Summer. Here is the scene just before the heroine’s superpowers are activated in an explosion.

Excerpt:

One sultry morning, Spotty was cantering along a straight stretch of shady lane and halted abruptly at the intersection with a broader gravel road.

The black motorbike leaned on a tree trunk at the side of the road. Clad in a sleeveless black shirt and jeans, Toby crouched on one knee and peered at the tires. Wary of the stranger, the mare snorted and pawed in the dirt. Wiping an oil stain from his cheek, Toby stood up and gazed at the horse and rider. His surly expression lightened, and he drawled, “Estelle! Hey babe, ain’t seen you for days. You avoidin’ the city gangster?”

Smiling at his acute question, she rolled her eyes and fluttered her lashes. “Hi Toby. I like it quiet.” He looked good; long legs, lean waist and broad chest with the cat tattoo stretched over his biceps.

Toby stepped to the mare’s side and stroked her neck. To Estelle’s surprise, Spotty stood still and tolerated his touch without even twitching an ear. Estelle enjoyed her vantage from the saddle, looking down on Toby’s head as he petted the mare. A black band restrained his long dark hair and a stray strand curled over his ear. Beads of sweat glistened on the back of his neck. He stood so close his elbow almost jostled her knee when he brushed the mare’s mane. She stifled the urge to run her fingers over the tattoo on his muscular arm. 

Swinging her head toward Toby, Spotty butted her nose against his chest. 

“Pretty mare,” he said, rubbing her pink nose. “Saw her in the Gossetts’ field by the road to town. Did she jump the fence again?”

“What of it?” Estelle stiffened, anticipating a rebuke.

Instead, he grinned. “You look good together. Two long haired blondes.”

Disconcerted by his casual compliment on her sun-bleached hair, she blushed. “There’s no space for a horse at home in Atalanta and I have to go back in two weeks when my classes start.” Estelle groaned at the thought of sitting in lecture halls all day instead of riding in the woods.

“Where’re you going to school?”

“Goldman University. I’m a freshman.” 

His browns met in a frown. “College kid? You look too young.”

“I’m nearly eighteen!” she cried, her voice shrill with indignation. Noticing how his lips twitched into a crooked smile, she said, “You’re teasing me, right?”

Cocking his eyebrows, Toby drawled, “Babe, you’ll be a star. No kidding.” He looked along the track in the direction she was heading and said, “Fort McPhee owns land that way. Watch where you ride. Don’t trip in a bomb hole.”  

“I’ll be careful.” Estelle turned the mare’s head, and kneed her flanks. Toby slapped the mare’s hindquarters and Spotty jumped forward into a trot. 

Buy Links:

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Blurb:

Teen superhero, Starrella, and her flying horse combat vicious killers in the skies of Atalanta.

The quiet summer before her freshman year turns frighteningly weird after Estelle Wright trespasses onto an Army base. Blown into the air and knocked unconscious, she wakes with a nascent superpower. Not to mention a winged horse with a snarky attitude and a mind of her own.

         Back home in Atalanta, a serial killer is targeting the students at Goldman University. Before long she must juggle college classes with sneaking out of the house after dark to battle alien monsters. Estelle’s life is in danger, but who can she trust: handsome Captain Copper from military intelligence, or hunky Toby, the tough gangster with a motorbike? Both men have secret agendas, but falling in love is not in their plans. 

The Sequel, Starrella Falls, is on Pre-order for 99c:
 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HT1W8AW/ 

College freshman Estelle Wright has it all: a superpower, a flying horse, and a hunky boyfriend. All is threatened when her old enemy swears revenge, ruthless killers target Atalanta, and Toby is under pressure to dump her. But, Estelle’s knack of finding trouble scuttles his plans. Their lives are at stake and they face agonizing decisions. The wrong choice will lead to disaster. 

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