RELEASE TOUR incl Exclusive Excerpt: Cursed by Morgan Brice
Length: 60,000 words Series: Witchbane Book 8 Prior Reading: Prior reading recommended but not essential Genre: paranormal Tropes: mm romance, monster hunters, established relationship, grump and sunshine, work partners in love, rescue romance, road trip romance, Trigger/Content Warnings: n/a Designer: Lou Harper/May Dawney
The killer knows they’re coming for him. Can Seth and Evan save the next victim and shut down the dark witch, even when they’re cursed?
Seth Tanner and Evan Malone head to Savannah, GA, to hunt the seventh of the coven members responsible for the death of Seth’s brother and so many other victims over the past hundred years.
Seth and Evan fell in love when Seth rescued Evan from one of the dark witches, and they went on the road together to stop the murders. Their relationship is new and intense, growing deeper with the danger, giving them both a reason to survive and gain vengeance.
Sterling Vernon is a prominent restaurateur with a thriving array of businesses, and he’s also the seventh witch-disciple with a new victim in his sights. His reputation and wealth protect him, and his dark magic enables him to evade consequences. Vernon needs to work his ritual to replenish his power soon, and that requires a new sacrifice.
Paxton Miller is Vernon’s next intended victim. When Vernon puts a killing curse on Evan to force a confrontation with Seth, it’s going to take all of Seth’s courage and cleverness, as well as help from their friends with supernatural abilities, to save Evan and Paxton and stop Vernon once and for all.
Cursed is an adrenaline-packed supernatural thrill ride with plenty of paranormal suspense, hurt/comfort, hot nights, found family, deadly magic, immortal witches, determined hunters, haunted places, creepy ghosts, spooky chills, and sexy thrills, and features an evolving, established romantic relationship with all the feels.
“Cops are trained to look for human patterns, not supernatural ones,” Seth pointed out. “What doesn’t make sense, they ignore as impossible. And don’t forget—my parents never mentioned the deaths that happened in my own family. They never recognized the pattern, either.” A century ago, a sheriff’s posse hunted and killed Rhyfel Gremory, a powerful warlock. His devoted witch-disciples stalked and murdered the sheriff and his deputies, and used spell work to create a bond to their dead master’s spirit, requiring the murder of the eldest male of each of the posse’s families. In Jesse’s case, the warlock accidentally chose the wrong brother, leaving Seth guilt-ridden as well as bent on revenge. Seth set out to hunt down Gremory’s disciples and stop the carnage, trying to save other families from the heartbreak he had known. He never expected to fall in love with the coven’s next intended victim—Evan. Together, they dispatched that warlock, started hunting the rest of Gremory’s coven together, and became partners in every way in the process. Seth watched Alicia to make sure she was okay. She waved off his concern as she ate and drank, regaining her color. Alicia was in her late thirties, plump and unassuming, which made some people underestimate her ability as a powerful psychic and medium. Her black hair fell in waves over her shoulder, a contrast to bright blue eyes. “Take your time and get your second wind,” Seth cautioned. “Megan will whip my ass if she doesn’t think I took good care of you.” Alicia and her wife, Megan, shared the modest white clapboard house where Alicia did her readings. Seth turned back to Evan. “We found Vernon’s aliases over the years. He’s stayed pretty close to the shipping company his father started back in the 1800s. Quite a rise from a sea captain with a single cargo vessel to a small fleet specializing in high-end, unusual cargo.” “Very unusual,” Evan added. “I figured they’d be smuggling rhino horns, pangolin scales, or tiger bones for ritual ingredients. Not shifter filet or yeti tenderloin.” He wrinkled his nose in disgust. “Makes me wonder who his customers are.” Seth leaned back in his chair. “Other immortals? High-status non-humans like vampires, werewolves, and lesser witches?” “No one’s ever been able to pin a smuggling rap on Vernon in all this time,” Evan pointed out. “I doubt monster meat is the only thing he’s moving in those ships. He’s either got protection spells out the wazoo or he’s paid off all the right people.” “Probably both,” Alicia said in a smooth, low-country drawl, already bouncing back from the energy expended with Jenning’s ghost. “He’s smart, and he’s had time to diversify. Savannah’s a major port. If he’s stayed in business this long, he’s learned to change with the markets.”
Morgan Brice is the romance pen name of bestselling author Gail Z. Martin. Morgan writes urban fantasy MM paranormal romance, with plenty of action, adventure and supernatural thrills to go with the happily ever after. Gail writes epic and urban fantasy, with less romance, more explosions. All of the modern-day Morgan Brice and Gail Z. Martin series crossover, so characters from one series appear in cameos and on page in important secondary roles in books from other series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but the more you read the more the expanded universe of friendships and connections becomes clear. Morgan and Gail believe that paranormal elements make any story even better, and her worlds are full of ghosts, psychics, shifters, creatures, vampires, monster hunters, and magic. She’s also a huge fan of the TV show Supernatural. (Chibi art by Kamidiox) Find Morgan at www.MorganBrice.com and her reader group at www.facebook.com/groups/WorldsOfMorganBrice She’s @MorganBriceBook on Twitter, @MorganBriceAuthor on Instagram, and can also be found on Bookbub, Goodreads and Pinterest (as GZMartin). (Chibi by Kamidiox)
