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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?
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.
Solid debut! Interesting, mysterious and suspenseful. Moves at a nice pace and the characters are likeable. Looking forward to more good things from Andrea!
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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