I have an 80K word completed fantasy novel, with romance, mystery, and action/adventure. If you're willing to beta read, please email me at perfumecost@gmail.com (unflattering name, I know).
Blurb:
Seventeen-year-old Ysolde Daeters read Nine of Spades for the first time when her parents died, and seven times since then. When the theater adaptation of the book is announced, she should be overjoyed, but the coin her magic tricks make is too meager to pay for a theater ticket. All she can do is muse over which actors might be selected—until a mysterious letter appears in her doorway claiming she has been selected as lead actress.
She arrives at the rehearsals with light in her eyes and hope in her heart—quickly extinguished when the play starts coming to life. Murderous characters are appearing and props act as dangerously as their book counterparts. To investigate, Ysolde teams up with her co-star Mardin. Between investigating is practicing magic tricks and acting together, and Ysolde finds his presence tugging at her heart.
Matters tumble in worse directions when the ghost of the author steps in dreams, bargaining with people to help her bring the book to life, in exchange for something precious to them. Ysolde refuses, but Mardin does not, and they find themselves fighting not only each other but the feelings in their hearts. As the realities of fame and fiction become too real, Ysolde is left alone in a theater stained with mistrust—and war.
I have an 80K word completed fantasy novel, with romance, mystery, and action/adventure. If you're willing to beta read, please email me at perfumecost@gmail.com (unflattering name, I know).
Blurb:
Seventeen-year-old Ysolde Daeters read Nine of Spades for the first time when her parents died, and seven times since then. When the theater adaptation of the book is announced, she should be overjoyed, but the coin her magic tricks make is too meager to pay for a theater ticket. All she can do is muse over which actors might be selected—until a mysterious letter appears in her doorway claiming she has been selected as lead actress.
She arrives at the rehearsals with light in her eyes and hope in her heart—quickly extinguished when the play starts coming to life. Murderous characters are appearing and props act as dangerously as their book counterparts. To investigate, Ysolde teams up with her co-star Mardin. Between investigating is practicing magic tricks and acting together, and Ysolde finds his presence tugging at her heart.
Matters tumble in worse directions when the ghost of the author steps in dreams, bargaining with people to help her bring the book to life, in exchange for something precious to them. Ysolde refuses, but Mardin does not, and they find themselves fighting not only each other but the feelings in their hearts. As the realities of fame and fiction become too real, Ysolde is left alone in a theater stained with mistrust—and war.