Author Name: Charley
Descoteaux
Book Name: The
Pinch of the Game
Release
Date: June 24, 2015
Blurb:
Being a witch doesn’t mean one can beat
the devil forever.
Jeffrey
Overton, unemployed IT professional turned poker player, pushes his luck once
too often and runs afoul of the host of an illegal card club. The man sent to
escort Jeffrey to a “meeting” about his supernatural winning streak arrives at
Jeffrey’s crappy North Portland apartment, lock-picking tools in hand and a
charm to block Jeffrey’s magick.
Head
muscle for said host, Mike Wells, is a Daisy from Daisyville. He isn’t a witch.
What he lacks in magickal talent he makes up for in brawn, so he doesn’t expect
the guy he’s after to overpower him. But once Mike renders Jeffrey helpless,
he’d rather seduce him than bring him in.
Jeffrey
and Michael ditch the “meeting” and end up hunting some of the same people they
ran from, trying to get Jeffrey back into his own body. And that’s only part of
the adventure. The pair travel halfway across the country on the quietest road
trip in history and find missing people, empire-building witches, and maybe
even the families they’d both thought lost to them.
Excerpt:
If Sal had sent someone after me, a
short trip up to Seattle might be a good idea, maybe even BC. That called for
some new clothes, so I grabbed my battered gym bag—my quick escape kit—and was
almost home free when the kitchen door burst open. It would’ve been dumb to
turn off the light when the goomba first went to work on the lock—I can’t see
any better in the dark than your average Daisy, not when I’m blocked. Once that
massive body filled the doorway, I wished I had. Wished I’d done something.
He hesitated, barely a moment, and I
bolted for the front door. He grabbed me before I made it out of the kitchen
and pinned both of my arms to my sides. It wouldn’t work, I knew that, but I
still tried to burn his hands. All I needed was enough time to—fuck, is he laughing?
“Give it up, pretty boy. You’re
blocked.”
The big man pushed me against the
wall face-first and pulled both hands behind my back.
“Hey, wait a sec, big guy. Let’s talk
about this. I can—”
He pushed me flat against the wall,
and the rest of that sentence disappeared in the rush of air he squeezed from
my lungs. I couldn’t help being turned on, even though pain and domination
usually aren’t my thing. Neither are bears, but underneath the padding he felt
nice and solid, leaning full against me. He tightened a plastic zip tie around
my wrists with shaking hands. And then he held me there.
About
the author:
Charley Descoteaux has always heard
voices. She was relieved to learn they were fictional characters, and started
writing when they insisted daydreaming just wasn’t good enough. In exchange,
they’ve agreed to let her sleep once in a while. Charley grew up in the San
Francisco Bay Area during a drought, and found her true home in the soggy
Pacific Northwest. She has survived earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods, but
couldn’t make it through one day without stories.
Where to find the author:
Facebook
Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/CharleyDescoteauxAuthor
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover
Artist: AngstyG
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