{"id":1457,"date":"2014-01-31T06:40:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T14:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2014-01-31T06:40:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T14:40:24","slug":"the-faerie-guardian-by-rachel-morgan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/2014\/01\/31\/the-faerie-guardian-by-rachel-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Faerie Guardian by Rachel Morgan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today I’m excited to share the first book in Rachel Morgan’s Creepy Hollow<\/em> series, The Faerie Guardian<\/a><\/em>.<\/div>\n

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Enter a hidden world…<\/b><\/div>\n
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Protecting humans from dangerous magical creatures is all in a day’s work for a faerie training to be a guardian. Seventeen-year-old Violet Fairdale knows this better than anyone–she’s about to become the best guardian the Guild has seen in years. That is, until a cute human boy who can somehow see through her faerie glamour follows her into the fae realm. Now she’s broken Guild Law, a crime that could lead to her expulsion.The last thing Vi wants to do is spend any more time with the boy who got her into this mess, but the Guild requires that she return Nate to his home and make him forget everything he’s discovered of the fae realm. Easy, right? Not when you factor in evil faeries, long-lost family members, and inconvenient feelings of the romantic kind. Vi is about to find herself tangled up in a dangerous plot–and it’ll take all her training to get out of it alive.You can download\u00a0The Faerie Guardian<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>on Amazon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Excerpt<\/h4>\n

My assignment tonight is cuter than most. He\u2019s asleep at his desk, his cheek stuck to the open page of a textbook. Strands of sun-bleached hair lie across his forehead, and his lips\u2014which I may or may not have been admiring for the past half hour\u2014are parted.<\/p>\n

I slide off the window seat and creep across the room. It\u2019s bigger than I first thought, and with couches and a television arranged to form a separate sitting area, it\u2019s more like a hotel suite than a regular bedroom.<\/p>\n

Great. More places for things to hide.<\/em><\/p>\n

I shrink into a shadowed corner and wait. For what, exactly, I\u2019m not sure\u2014the Seers never See more than a glimpse of what may happen. The boy\u2019s steady breathing fills the room. A breeze lifts the curtain, and I catch the flicker of a streetlight on Draven Avenue.<\/p>\n

Breathe in.<\/p>\n

Breathe out.<\/p>\n

Breathe in.<\/p>\n

Breathe\u2014<\/p>\n

There she is! With a hiss, the serpent woman streaks across the room, lamplight reflecting off her scaly skin. I stretch my arms into position and feel the prickly warmth of the bow and arrow as they materialize in my hands. I pull back and let go. The arrow flies across the room in a shower of orange-gold sparks, finding its mark in the reptiscilla\u2019s shoulder.<\/p>\n

She cries out, stumbles, and twists in my direction. Her black eyes bore into mine. \u201cIt\u2019s happening already,\u201d she whispers.<\/p>\n

She rips the arrow from her shoulder\u2014a move that must have\u00a0really\u00a0hurt\u2014and lunges for the boy. I toss my bow aside and dive toward him too, knocking his sleeping form to the floor. He\u2019s awake now, which isn\u2019t ideal, but at least he can\u2019t see us.<\/p>\n

I roll off him and spring to my feet, just in time for the reptiscilla to throw herself at me. We\u2019re on the floor. She buries her fangs in my arm, but I barely register the stinging pain. I hear Tora\u2019s voice in my head:\u00a0Bend your knees, arch your back, thrust your opponent right off.<\/p>\n

I hurl my body over and pin the reptiscilla down by her throat, my free hand already reaching into the air for another arrow. I bring it down swiftly, straight toward her heart.<\/p>\n

But she\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n

Thankfully. I hate it when I have to kill them. With a heavy breath I collapse against the nearest wall, still gripping the arrow. The cord that held my hair back has come undone, and tangles of purple and black fall in my face. I push them away, and begin to feel the tingling ache of the reptiscilla\u2019s bite.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. the hell\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. was that?\u201d<\/p>\n

I raise my eyes. The boy is looking at me.<\/p>\n

At me!<\/em><\/p>\n

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You can download\u00a0The Faerie Guardian<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0Amazon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Find more from Rachel on her\u00a0blog<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Goodreads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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