How about a bit of paranormal romance to get us through this chilly Hump Day? Libby BishopΒ is back with book three in her Revenant Investigations series. Check out Ghosts of Emerald Bay!
Ghosts of Emerald Bay (Revenant Investigations #3)Β by Libby Bishop
Available: FebruaryΒ 12, 2016
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-77233-722-8
Kate Briar is enjoying her vacation when her boss calls her to the office about a job. As head researcher for Revenant Investigationsβa paranormal investigation teamβsheβs unsure why he sounds so wary about her taking the case. After all, thereβs very few people in Noble, Maine sheβd refuse to work with. Sheβs even more uncertain about his hesitation when he announces that the case is one sheβs dreamed of since she was a teenager. That is, until he tells her who sheβll be working with.
Murphy OβKeefe is a well-known legend hunter. He chases the legends of the dead for profit. Kate used to be good friends with him, and they were growing much closer before he betrayed her. She was helping him with a case when she woke up one morning to find all of her research and all of the artifacts sheβd found goneβshe hasnβt seen him since.
To keep things civil, she offers him a truce, not wanting to spoil the importance of the new case. But she doesnβt realize the turmoil of anger and attraction that truce will ignite. Nor that her fate is directly in the hands of the man that broke her heart.
Excerpt:
Sitting at his desk, Folger leaned his forearms against it and folded his hands together. βIβll start by telling you the investigation is at the Norling Lighthouse.β
Excitement sparked within her at the name, and she couldnβt help but smile wide. βFolger! Iβve been waiting for an opportunity to investigate Norling since I was a teenager.β
Folger chuckled. βI know, which is why youβd be the perfect person for the job.β
βExactly what does the client want?β The lighthouse was known to be haunted by three different ghosts, but it was rumored to be connected to the pirates who came through Noble during the summer months.
βThe interest is in the ghost who walks the lighthouse, but the other ghosts should be noted as well. The most important thing for him, our client, is to find the lighthouse keeperβs journal, because he believes itβs somehow connected the pirate legend.β
The joy that was coursing through her drained away, and dread took its place. She understood now why both he and Arabella had kept the clientβs name from herβit wasnβt a Noble resident. Their client was a legend-hunter: a person who hunted myths of the dead for profit.
βKate, look at me.β
She met Folgerβs gaze, which was filled with understanding.
βItβs Murphy OβKeefe.β
Her throat went dry and refused to work. Murphy was the one person on the face of the planet she never wanted to see again. Their last encounter was so engrained into memory, all she had to do was think about it and she was right back there in the moment, feeling the anger at his betrayal all over again.
βHe has presented enough facts to the town council theyβve agreed to allow him to dig deeper into the lighthouse keeper, who, as you know, is the one haunting the lighthouse itself.β Folger leaned back in his chair. βThey had a stipulationβRevenant Investigations is to send someone with him to document the investigation and help him search. They asked specifically for you since you know the history of the lighthouse and the pirates better than all of Noble, save Doyle,β he was the head of the Historical Society, ββbut if you donβt want to do this, Iβll understand.β
Kate took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. She swallowed hard, the motion near painful. βDoes he,β she cleared her throat, βhave to be at the lighthouse? Can I investigate by myself or with another team member?β
Folger shook his head. βNo. He has to be thereβit was his stipulation. However, if you feel it necessary to bring in another member of the team, thatβs what will be done.β
Kate crossed her legs, wondering what to do. This case was a dream case for her. She practically begged the Historical Society every year to let her go in for even just one night. But to deal with Murphy? Sheβd trusted him as a friend and teammate before she started with Revenant and heβd betrayed her. Gutted her, to be more exact. But still, the Norling Lighthouseβ¦
What if she never got another chance to investigate?
βHe canβt run with the goods, so to speak? He has an ironclad agreement with the council?β
Folger handed her a piece of paper. βI have the entire document on file, but thatβs really all you need to see.β
She began to read it, very carefully.
βIn summary, it states that Murphy cannot use any of the findings for profit. That includes documents, journals, jewelry, or any other historical artifact relating to the pirates of Emerald Bay and those who dwelled in the lighthouse, or once dwelled where the lighthouse and the keeperβs house now stand.β
Thatβs exactly what the paper she was holding stated. Sheβd read it four more times before handing it back to Folger. βNo profit.β
βNot a penny. All heβll receive is credit for helping find anything we donβt already know for a fact. He canβt even sell the story, KateβNoble will control how everything will be announced and released.β
So Murphy would only get creditβ¦ Kate took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. βIβll do it, Folger. Iβll take the case.β
Where to Buy:
β½Β Evernight Publishing
About the Author:
Libby Bishop is aΒ paranormal romance/erotic romance author.
She loves reading, writing, movies, Lindt dark chocolate, autumn, the SyFy Channel (Haven and Bitten!), and spending time with friends and family.Β She has one fat, fluffy cat who thinks sheβs queen of the houseβ¦and really, she is.
She also writes dark fantasy/paranormal/horror under the name October Weeks.
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