Welcome to the 1-Week Virtual Book Tour for Blackflies and Blueberries (Mysterious Tales from Fairy Falls, #2) by Sharon Ledwith!
About Blackflies and Blueberries:
The only witness left to testify against an unsolved crime in Fairy Falls isn’t a person…
City born and bred, Hart Stewart possesses the gift of psychometry—the psychic ability to discover facts about an event or person by touching inanimate objects associated with them. Since his mother’s death, seventeen-year-old Hart has endured homelessness, and has learned ways to keep his illiteracy under wraps. He eventually learns of a great-aunt living in Fairy Falls, and decides to leave the only life he’s ever known for an uncertain future.
Diana MacGregor lives in Fairy Falls. Her mother was a victim of a senseless murder. Only Diana’s unanswered questions and her grief keeps her going, until Hart finds her mother’s lost ring and becomes a witness to her murder.
Through Hart’s psychic power, Diana gains hope for justice. Their investigation leads them into the corrupt world threatening Fairy Falls. To secure the town’s future, Hart and Diana must join forces to uncover the shocking truth, or they risk losing the true essence of Fairy Falls forever.
Blackflies and Blueberries Cover:
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
Publish Date: May 17, 2019
Excerpt :
Donovan
jumped up for the keys, but it was no use. Hard work may have given him an
athletic build, but fate hadn’t been kind in the height department. At five
foot six, he had no chance against Bean’s six foot frame. Brook, however,
seemed to have a better idea. She plowed her elbow into Brett’s rib cage,
making him cave instantly, and she snatched the keys out of his hand.
“Isn’t that bad karma for a self-proclaimed witch, Freak?”
Brett asked, rubbing his ribs.
“Bad only if I hurt you for selfish reasons, Beanie-brain,”
Brook cracked, passing Donovan the keys. “Come on, hero, let’s go find us a
ring to make our girl smile.” Brook pushed Donovan past Brett and down the
hall.
“I wouldn’t trust Johnson with my ride,” Brett said in a
raised voice. “The only four wheels he’s managed to master is his skateboard,
and even then he has a hard time making the curves.”
A chorus of guffaws erupted behind Brett. Diana peered around
him. It was Brett’s pit crew of car club jerkies, all sporting the same
clothes, same attitudes, and same egos. Brett bent down close to Diana. She
could smell cigarettes on his black leather coat and his white T-shirt reeked
of strong cologne. She crinkled her nose and tried to step back, but couldn’t.
Her locker blocked her exit. Bravely, she swallowed hard, tasting the remnants
of her medication, and glanced up to look Brett in the eye. His coffee-brown
eyes held hers for a split second. He raked his wavy brown hair off his pimply
forehead and smiled, showing off his straight, perfect white teeth, his reward
for a few years of torture wearing braces during the last grades of elementary
school. Brett parted his wide lips. His tongue darted out to caress them a way
a snake would. He moved closer to Diana and craned his head down to her ear to
whisper, “Diana, I know it must be hard for you today of all days. I know what
it’s like to lose a parent. It sucks. I can comfort you, make you forget.”
Diana’s eyes widened. Forget? That did it. Being a
pompous jackass was one thing, but openly propositioning her while telling her
to forget about her mother was quite another.
In the time it took for her to exhale, Diana planted both
hands firmly on Brett’s expansive chest. Brook mentioned that Brett had a
nipple pierced the same day she had her nose done. She braced herself.
Then, not knowing which one of his nipples were pierced, she positioned first
her left hand and, feeling nothing, seized Brett’s left nipple with her right
hand and twisted. His face broke out in a sweat, contorting grotesquely with
each tweak she delivered. In seconds, he was down on his knees in front of her,
his breathing harsh, his skin pallid.
Slowly, Diana bent her head down to Brett’s ear, so that only
he could hear her whisper, “Your father, unlike my mother, died of a heart
attack while doing the nasty with his secretary. So, no, you don’t know how
hard it is for me today. Nor could you, or anyone else, make...me...forget.”
She released her hold on Brett, and pushed him away.
Brett scrambled to his feet, cupping his chest as though he’d
been shot or stabbed, or both. Anger exploded across his face. Diana’s eyes
darted from the left to the right. There was a crowd around them, holding out their
cell phones while waiting for Brett’s comeback.
Brett lunged to make his move, but one of his buddies grabbed
his shoulder. “Brett, teacher’s coming.”
Diana looked down the hall. Ms. Fisk was headed their way.
Cloaked in an oversized white lab coat, her frizzy brown hair bounced wildly
off her thick, black glasses. It made her look more like a frazzled, mad doctor
than Diana’s grade eleven science teacher. The crowd splintered off into
groups; some went down stairs, others went up. The rest fanned out toward their
lockers, leaving Diana and Brett alone for the moment. As Ms. Fisk passed by,
she nodded a curt ‘hello’ before entering the classroom closest to Diana’s
right.
A shadow engulfed Diana’s whole body. Brett, now inches away
from her, slammed his hand against her locker, making her wince. Diana’s
stomach hardened. Brett’s breathing was shallow, his breath stale. “You sure
have the nerve, judging my father, when your mother was probably out screwing
around, too. If you ask me, MacGregor, your mother got what she deserved.”
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About the Author:
Escape to the past and have a blast
Sharon Ledwith is the author of the middle-grade/young adult time travel adventure series, THE LAST TIMEKEEPERS, and the teen psychic mystery series, MYSTERIOUS TALES FROM FAIRY FALLS. When not writing, researching, or revising, she enjoys reading, exercising, anything arcane, and an occasional dram of scotch. Sharon lives a serene, yet busy life in a southern tourist region of Ontario, Canada, with her hubby, one spoiled yellow Labrador and a moody calico cat.
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