Watch
Me Burn
The
December People
Book
Two
Sharon
Bayliss
Genre:
Contemporary Fantasy
Publisher:
Curiosity Quills Press
Date of
Publication: 1/5/15
Number of pages:
250
Word Count:
75,000
Cover Artist:
Michelle Johnson
Book Description:
David
Vandergraff lost his home, his job, and contact with his oldest son, but
remains determined to be a good husband and father despite being a dark winter
wizard.
His resolve is
tested when a flyer for a missing girl--who happens to be a summer witch--begins
to haunt him. David believes a spell needs to use him to save her, so he
follows the magic's command and looks into her disappearance. His teenage
daughter Emmy resents him for caring so much about a random stranger. But when
she uncovers some disturbing evidence close to home, she begins an
investigation of her own.
David and Emmy
quickly learn that the mystery is not only about a missing girl they barely
know, but a deeply personal story that impacts everyone they care about. As
their world crumbles, they fear the warning may be true—never mess with summer
wizards, because the good guys always win.
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Excerpt
David
Vandergraff could smell magic in the air, as clearly as he could smell the
motor oil and burned coffee. When the news report began, the volume on the
television became much louder, and the screen glowed as if demons would claw
their way out at any minute. However, none of the other patrons in the waiting
room of the mechanic's shop noticed anything different. They continued staring
at their phones, looking pale and sick in the fluorescent light and excessive
air conditioning. Before David had known he was a wizard, he dismissed such
oddities as "just one of those things you can't explain". But now, he
knew better.
The
image of the missing girl on the screen shined so intensely, he could see her
outline burned into the blackness behind his eyelids when he blinked. The girl
posed in her volleyball uniform, displaying a radiant white-toothed smile. She
looked about fourteen or fifteen. She had blonde hair and golden skin and a
strange radiating quality, as if the pixels in the television gave her an extra
glow.
David
shook his head. Since he had learned he was a wizard, anytime he noticed
anything strange, from bad weather to a headache, he feared magic was involved.
His daughter Emmy was blonde, around the girl's same age, and played
volleyball. So, the missing girl reminded him of Emmy—and of course, that would
upset him. Besides, his heart always raced when he saw a missing child. Two of
his own children had been missing for a long time. And even though they were
now safe at home, he didn't think the fear and grief would ever leave him.
He
tried to turn his attention back to scanning job listings on his tablet, but he
couldn't focus his eyes on anything except the television report and all the
other sounds turned into a whirring buzz.
About
the Author
Sharon Bayliss
is the author of The December People Series and The Charge. When she’s not
writing, she enjoys living happily-ever-after with her husband and two young
sons. She can be found eating Tex-Mex on patios, wearing flip-flops, and
playing in the mud (which she calls gardening). She only practices magic in
emergencies.
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