New Release | Fox Tale by Karen Hulene Bartell #pnr #paranormalromance #newrelease #bookboost
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    • Apr 8
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New Release | Fox Tale by Karen Hulene Bartell #pnr #paranormalromance #newrelease #bookboost



Title Fox Tale

Author Karen Hulene Bartell

Genre Paranormal Romance

Publisher The Wild Rose Press

 

Book Blurb

 

Heights terrify Ava. When a stranger saves her from plunging down a mountain, he diverts her fears with tales of Japanese kitsune—shapeshifting foxes—and she begins a journey into the supernatural.

 

She’s attracted to Chase, both physically and metaphysically, yet primal instincts urge caution when shadows suggest more than meets the eye.

 

She’s torn between Chase and Rafe, her ex, when a chance reunion reignites their passion, but she struggles to overcome two years of bitter resentment. Did Rafe jilt her, or were they pawns of a larger conspiracy? Are the ancient legends true of kitsunes twisting time and events?

 

Excerpt

 

“Ava, are you all right?”

 

“Yes…” His anxious eyes cleared my mind like fog lights cutting through mist. “I am all right…no thanks to you.”

 

“I deserve that.” His chin dropped on his chest.

 

“That and so much more.” This time, anger rose in my throat like acid reflux.

 

After the breakup, I couldn’t mention the bastard’s name for a year. Always questioning what I’d done wrong, I finally realized his leaving was his flaw--not mine. Then I fantasized telling him off, rehearsing what I’d say and how I’d say it…

 

But now, face to face, the bluster left me.

 

Worry lines radiated from his glistening eyes.

 

Mute testament to what? Grief? Remorse? Like drops of water eroding stone, what thoughts etched those furrows? His face was haggard. His looks have changed, but has he?

 

“Your behavior two years ago was unconscionable.” I pressed five, and the elevator doors started to close. “I shouldn’t have come.”

 

He intercepted, and the doors reopened. “Please stay…”

 

I took a deep breath, debating. Then rather than hold up the car again, I stepped into the vestibule.

 

“Can you forgive me?” A deep V showed between his red-rimmed eyes.

 

“No. Standing me up on my birthday was bad enough but eloping…That was unforgiveable--and crocodile tears won’t help.”

 

“Yet here you are…” A light flickered in his moist eyes.

 

“I know.” I glared at my nemesis in a silent standoff, annoyed as I stifled a sigh. “What I don’t know is why.”

 

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Author Biography

 

Author of the Trans-Pecos, Sacred Emblem, Sacred Journey, and Sacred Messenger series, as well as Kissing Kin, Fox Tale, Wild Rose Pass, The Keys: Voice of the Turtle and more, Karen is a best-selling author, motivational keynote speaker, IT technical editor, wife, and all-around pilgrim of life. She writes multicultural, offbeat love stories steeped in the supernatural. Born to rolling-stone parents who moved annually, Bartell found her earliest playmates as fictional friends in books. Paperbacks became her portable pals. Ghost stories kept her up at night—reading feverishly. The paranormal was her passion. Novels offered an imaginative escape. An only child, she began writing her first novel at the age of nine, learning the joy of creating her own happy endings. Professor emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin, Karen resides in the Texas Piney Woods with her husband Peter and her mews—three rescued cats and a rescued Catahoula Leopard dog.

 

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