Love bytes is delighted to be aible to reveal to you the brand new cover of Shira Anthony her upcoming Dreamspun Beyond release with Dreamspinner Press.

Shira introduces us to the story , shares the blurb and the excerpt and brought with her a giveaway you can enter!

Welcome Shira 🙂

Thank you Dani and Love Bytes for being the first to share a sneak peek at the brand new cover of Finder’s Keeper! I can’t wait to share this fun book with you. Be sure to read to the bottom of this post to find out how you can win an ebook copy of one of my other Dreamspinner Press books!

Finder’s Keeper is part of the brand new Dreamspun Beyond line of contemporary paranormal romances from Dreamspinner Press, along the lines of the Dreamspun Desires line. Romance-forward, but paranormal love stories featuring all kinds of wonderful creatures and unusual situations.

My book is the story of Kit, the half-human, half-fox spirit guardian of the gateway between the human and spirit worlds, and Zane, his “Keeper,” the human who lends him power and strength. Except that Zane hasn’t the foggiest idea of what that means or even that Kit isn’t entirely human! The cover is taken from the scene in which Kit finally reveals his spirit form to a very surprised Zane.

I hope you’ll enjoy Finder’s Keeper and the entire line of Dreamspun Beyond. I know I’ll be writing more for this fun new line of books.

Want to win an ebook? Tell me what your favorite paranormal creature is by commenting on this post. I’ll choose a winner from those who comment, and you’ll have your choice of any of my already published Dreamspinner books! Good luck! -Shira

 

Are we ready to see the cover…. Here we go 🙂

The cover by Aaron Anderson

Release date: Sept 15, 2017

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Blurb:

When Zane moves into an old gothic brownstone, he discovers the house comes equipped with a caretaker—Kit, who lives in the basement. Zane is immediately drawn to the charming and attractive Kit. But Kit is much more than he seems. He is a two-hundred-year-old half-human, half–red fox spirit who guards a Gate between the mortal and spirit worlds—a fact Zane should recognize, but doesn’t.

 

Orphaned at a young age, Zane never learned he comes from a long line of mystical Keepers. Kit needs Zane’s help to protect the Gate, but how can he tell Zane of his legacy when that will crush Zane’s dreams of traveling the world? If he takes up the mantle, Zane will be bound to the Gate, unable to leave it. But when Zane realizes Kit’s true nature, and his own, he’ll have to make a choice—fight to protect Kit and the Gate, or deny his destiny and any chance of a future with Kit.

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The room was huge—at least ten times bigger than Zane had expected. Bigger than the footprint of the house. Near the doorway, a simple cot stood against a bare wall. Next to it an alarm clock and a book sat on a table. All normal, everyday things.

 

The rest of the room was something out of a dream.

 

A set of heavy wooden doors completely filled the space. Simple inlaid handles joined to create a square with a single character in silver paint—like a letter from a strange alphabet—in the center. The space between the bed and the doorway reminded Zane of a Japanese rock garden with matching benches on either side of a walkway. The stones that formed the garden substrate glowed blue and seemed to oscillate, first solid, then flowing like a liquid.

 

Someone stood between the two benches, his back to Zane, dressed in a hooded robe of deep blue with silver embroidery at the ends of the sleeves that hung well below where his hands would be. The same letter painted on the doors had been sewn in silver thread into the fabric at the back of the garment. The scent of something familiar and sweet danced around Zane’s senses, reminding him of the delicate perfume his mother had worn, with its hints of citrus and ginger. In the face of the impossible beauty of this place—was he still in his basement?—the fragrance felt familiar and warm.

 

“Kit?”

 

“I didn’t want you to find out this way.” Kit’s shoulders rose and fell as he drew an audible breath. He turned around. In the dim light of the room, his eyes glowed green and his pupils looked much like a cat’s. His skin was so pale, it seemed nearly translucent. He pressed his lips together and held Zane’s gaze before he reached up and drew off his hood.

 

Kit’s hair tumbled over his shoulders and down his back in waves, the red silk of it like embers in the hottest of fires. Zane gasped. Atop Kit’s head were two large ears like those of an animal, pointed and furred. Like a wolf, or a dog, or a—

 

“Fox,” Kit said as if he’d heard Zane’s thoughts.

 

With that, a wave of something black flew toward him. It wrapped itself around him and squeezed. He couldn’t see. He couldn’t breathe. His head spun and the room shifted sideways. The last thing he remembered was two strong arms catching him as he fell.

About Shira: Shira Anthony was a professional opera singer in her last incarnation, performing roles in such operas as Tosca, i Pagliacci, and La Traviata, among others. She’s given up TV for evenings spent with her laptop, and she never goes anywhere without a pile of unread M/M romance on her Kindle. You can hear Shira singing “Vissi d’arte” from Puccini’s Tosca by clicking here: Shira’s Singing

Shira loves a great happily-ever-after and never writes a story without one. She’s happy to write what her muse tells her, whether it’s fantasy, sci fi, paranormal, or contemporary romance. She particularly loves writing series, because she thinks of her characters as old friends and she wants to visit them even after their stories are told.

In real life, Shira sang professionally for 14 years, and she currently works as a public sector attorney advocating for children. She’s happy to have made writing her second full-time job, even if it means she rarely has time to watch TV or go to the movies. Shira writes about the things she knows and loves, whether it’s music and musicians, the ocean, or the places she’s lived or traveled to. She spent her middle school years living in France, and tries to visit as often as she can.

Shira and her husband spend as many weekends as they can aboard their 36′ catamaran sailboat, Land’s Zen, at the Carolina Coast. Not only has sailing inspired her to write about pirates and mermen, her sailboat is her favorite place to write. And although the only mermen she’s found to date are in her own imagination, she keeps a sharp lookout for them when she’s on the water.