Gypsy Hunted
by Andrea Drew
BLURB
Reluctant psychic Gypsy Shields—she
prefers the term "intuition consultant"—finds herself in trouble
when, on her way home from a blind date, she interrupts a kidnapping in
progress. She attempts to intervene, and her heroics are repaid with a
collision between the attacker's van and a brick wall. She awakens in the
hospital, paralyzed on her left side and unable to speak. This also means she's
unable to share her vital information as a witness. Fortunately, she is able to
use her telepathic connection with her niece to throw a line out to a police
detective she knows: Connor Reardon, her blind date.
Connor will do anything to protect
Gypsy, and he listens to her claims of psychic power willingly, as he's
concealing certain powers of his own. Nor are they all he's concealing. Gypsy
senses a part of her new ally's mind is closed to her—what she cannot know is
that Connor suspects the kidnapper is someone close to him, and the kidnapping
victim holds secrets that will tear through Connor's department, putting
careers and lives at risk. Including Gypsy, still in hospital and vulnerable as
the attacker turns his sights on her once again.
Can she use her powers to track down
the perpetrator and prevent her own murder?
Excerpt
As a
telepath, I pick up on feelings and instinct more than most. Other people like
to call me a psychic medium, but I’m not really comfortable with the label. Apart from the fact that I do it for love,
not money, I’m sure once someone learns I’m a telepath they conjure up images
of dodgy fraudsters on stage at mass events, feeding grieving families what
they desperately need. I’d rather not expose myself to more ridicule than
necessary. My abilities happened almost by accident—apparently my grandmother
was ‘fey,’ as my mother enjoyed mentioning.
I was
sure the pinging, nagging doubt had something to do with Aaron’s home life.
“What about you, Gypsy? What do you do?” Connor relaxed his posture, the glass
poised before his mouth. He had taken on a different look, probably from the
wine, or even better, from unfulfilled lust.
“I write
business plans. I’ve also been told I have pretty damn good intuition.”
That
seemed to spark Connor’s interest. He
pulled at the other earlobe.
“Oh yeah?
What does your intuition tell you about me, then?”
“That you
seem like a nice enough guy.”
Connor
moistened his lips, which quivered with what I suspected was amusement as he
sat legs wide apart
“And?”
“And
you’re fishing for compliments that I’m not going to give you just yet.”
Connor
threw his head back, indulging in a belly laugh. The rich, throaty sound filled
me with pleasure. A smile I couldn’t suppress burst through.
“That’s a
fair call, Gypsy, fair call.”
The
silence was a comfortable one, our shared joke establishing the early threads
of friendship.
About the Author
Andrea Drew has been a commercial copy writer and
resume writer for over a decade.
She's written for celebrity stylists, assisted
business coaches and start-ups, written grants for not for profits, delivered
marketing presentations to business owners, and attends Australian writing
conventions.
Her self-published book "Pro Resumes Made
Easy" has been downloaded over 40,000 times.
Andrea has one husband (more than enough), three
kids, a pet rock (her daughters not hers), and a house in the suburbs, where
she's hard at work on the second novel in the Gypsy series.
Email her at andrea@andrea-drew.com.
Gypsy Hunted her first fiction novel (her first
suspense thriller set in her home town of Melbourne Australia) is available for
pre-order on Amazon prior to release on October 28 2014.
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