Lost Causes by Mia Marshall
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Publisher & Release Date: Match
Books, September 22, 2015
Length:
354 pages
Book Description:
Aidan Brook has spent months living with the horror of
what happened when she lost control of her magic. Now she is searching for a
way to manage her immense power, but she only hits one dead end after another.
On the run from a council intent on her death, Aidan, the
bear shifter Mac, and the rest of her friends find themselves on a desperate
chase across deserts and oceans in search of answers. Along the way, they
encounter a living myth and a dual magic with secrets of his own—and they learn
that the cure may be more deadly than the disease.
To save her own life, Aidan will need to confront the
most dangerous foe she’s ever faced…herself.
LOST CAUSES is the fourth book in the award-winning
Elements urban fantasy series.
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Excerpt:
The magic hissed in fear and anger. For a moment it
considered attacking, but there wasn’t enough water left to drown her.
Also, it was Sera. I didn’t hurt Sera.
I stumbled backwards as reason slammed into me. I wrenched
the threads of magic toward me. They twisted in my core, displeased, but at
least I controlled them. It had so nearly been the other way around.
Sera’s movements were hesitant, as if she approached a wild
beast, but her eyes were as determined as ever.
“I’m back,” I said. My face was red and my heart pounded
like I’d just sprinted a mile, but I’d come back. This time, at least, I’d come
back.
Sera studied my face for a long, silent moment. She returned
the syringe to the black case and tucked that into one of the kitchenette’s
drawers.
Carmichael and Vivian watched me as they would a stranger. A
stranger who might try to eat their liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti.
“Really, it’s me. So long as I’m not using the magic, I’m
still Aidan. I didn’t slide any further down the sanity slope.”
They looked unconvinced.
“We can’t just use the drug every time.” I attempted logic.
“It knocks me out for days, and we can’t afford that.”
“I’m all for knocking you out, but we don’t have enough left
to do it whenever you’re an idiot.” That might have been Sera agreeing with me.
I gave her a shaky smile. She slapped my face.
“Hey!” It only stung a little, but allowing her to slap me
whenever she thought I was stupid wasn’t a precedent I wanted to set.
Author Bio:
Mia Marshall is the award-winning
author of the Elements urban fantasy series. Before she started writing about
imaginary worlds, she worked as a high school teacher, script supervisor, story
editor, legal secretary, and day care worker. She has lived all along the US
west coast and throughout the UK, where she collected an unnecessary number of
degrees in literature, education, and film.
These days, she lives in a small
house in the Sierra Nevadas, where she is surrounded by a small but deadly
feline army.
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