Courting
Darkness
The
Magicsmith Book 2
by
L.R. Braden
Genre:
Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
“A
great story of murder, mystery . . . and well-developed
characters.”—Margie Hager, Netgalley Reviewer on A Drop of
Magic
“A
Drop of Magic is a damned fun and original read, with sass,
action, hot men, and a whole lot of magic.” —Diana Pharaoh
Francis, author of the Diamond City Magic, Magicfall,
and Horngate Witches series
Deeper
into the shadows. . .
The
paranatural community isn’t done with Alex. She’s been summoned
to the fae court, and she's got her hands full trying to prepare.
But her date with the fae will have to wait. There’s been a death
at the gallery, and the man she hoped would be a part of her future
is the prime suspect.
Bitter
enemies pull her into the middle of a paranatural war for territory
that has her dodging police, swords, teeth, and claws—not to
mention the truth. The deeper she digs, the more secrets she
uncovers, and the less certain she is about the innocence of the one
man she wanted to trust.
She
thought she was done with murder and monsters, but she’ll have to
enter the belly of the beast if she hopes to save her friend.
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A
Drop of Magic
The
Magicsmith Book 1
The
war isn’t over . . .
With
the world clinging to a fragile peace forced on the Fae by humanity
after the Faerie Wars, metalsmith Alex Blackwood is plunged into the
world of the half-fae who traffick in illegal magical artifacts. Her
best friend’s murder and his cryptic last message place her in the
crosshairs of a scheme to reignite the decade-old war between humans
and fae.
Worse,
violent attacks against her and the arrival of a fae knight on a
mission force Alex to face a devastating revelation of who
and what she is. To catch a killer, retrieve a
dangerous artifact, and stop a war, Alex will have to accept that
she’s an unregistered fae “halfer” with a unique magical
talent—a talent that would change everything she believes about her
past, her art, and her future.
Her
world is crumbling around her, and Alex will have to decide who to
trust if she and the world are going to survive.
“
A
Drop of Magic is
a damned fun and original read, with sass, action, hot men, and a
whole lot of magic.” —Diana
Pharaoh Francis,
author of the Diamond
City Magic, Magicfall,
and Horngate
Witches series
Born and raised in
Colorado, L. R. BRADEN makes her home in the foothills of the Rocky
Mountains with her wonderful husband, precocious daughter, and
psychotic cat. With degrees in both English literature and
metalsmithing, she splits her time between writing and art.
GUEST POST
How did you come up with
the concept and characters for the book?
Alex was easy. She was a shadowy
version of me shaped by different life experiences --- someone who
shared many of my personality traits so I could make her feel
authentic, but living in different circumstances.
As for the concept, at the time I
thought of this story I’d just read a whole bunch of urban fantasy
books where the main characters already knew who they were and what
they could do. Yes, they still grew and changed over the course of
the books, but these were people confident in their powers. I wanted
to create a similar story, but from the beginning, about a person who
wasn’t quite sure who they were or what they could do. I wanted
Alex to experience the discovery of a new reality, and share that
with readers. In the first book, Alex learned she is a part of the
paranatural community. In this one, she gets to dive a little deeper.
What
did you enjoy most about writing this book?
I had a lot of fun writing the action
sequences. It’s great when I can be swept up in the moment and just
watch the story unfold on the page like watching a movie.
How
did you come up with the title for this book?
I settled on the title Courting
Darkness because Alex is both considering a relationship with a man
who turns out to have a very dark side indeed, and because Alex ends
up letting some of her own darkness come out to play as she struggles
to find her footing in the paranatural world.
If
you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your
latest book?
Yes and no. I’m a perfectionist, so
even if I love something I will always find something to
change. This was never more clear than when I had to approve the page
proofs, meaning I had to read through the whole book but I wasn’t
allowed to change anything. Not move a comma, not change a word,
nothing. It drove me insane.
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