Previously only available as part of the A Fantasy Christmas anthology, you can now purchase the novella Halfling on its own!
Read the three excerpts below the purchasing information.
Banished from the South Pole,
Kara tries to carve out a new life among the elves of the North. It’s not easy
with a secret to protect—a secret she's cursed with by the unusual
circumstances of her heritage: half-elf, half-fairy. In the North, she’s
assigned to work with Seb on a special project. He's the most gorgeous elf
she’s ever seen—and the orneriest.
As if being banished wasn’t
punishment enough.
Seb introduces her to Trystin, a
fairy from the nearby fairy forest. Trystin discerns her secret right away and
promises to teach her how to use the powers given to her by the very thing
she’s fighting to keep hidden.
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Excerpt #1
Kara took a deep
breath, her hand on the glass doorknob. A
new beginning. She kept repeating the words over and over in her mind. They
rang just as hollowly now as when she’d been banished. Well, there was nothing
to be done for it. This was her new life—for now. At least until her secret was
once again discovered.
Excerpt #2
She caught sight
of a male elf entering the room and froze. He was dazzling. She’d never seen an
elf that looked like him. He was tall and lean, as were most elves, but he was
even taller than most. His broad chest and shoulders made him formidable. His
arms rippled with tight muscles. His form was arresting, surely, but it was his
face that held her mouth-gaped attention.
His cheekbones
were high and strong, his lips full and sensuous above a seriously masculine
jaw. His eyes shone bright blue—like the sky on the clearest of days, framed
with long, dark lashes that would be envied by any female. His long
midnight-black hair was tied back with a length of leather, giving him a fierce
appearance. He was attractive beyond any elf—beyond anything—she’d ever seen—and that was saying a lot considering the
natural beauty of all elves.
Excerpt #3
He held the
helmet out once again and this time Kara took it. She climbed on behind Seb,
holding to the side handles. He grunted, in frustration or humor she couldn’t
tell. He reached behind him, grabbed her hands and wrapped them around his
waist. Kara gasped.
“No backrest,”
he said, which was true enough. “You’ll fall off if you don’t hold on.”
Seb hit the
throttle, launching them forward. Kara couldn’t stop the small scream that
escaped her throat as she tightly clasped Seb, burying her face in his back in
terror. She slid forward, pressing tightly against him, refusing to look up as
the world sped by. Panic slid across her bones until she felt as frozen as the
Earth’s surface beneath them. He sped around corners and across bumps that
lifted the machine airborne. Her breathing was rapid and her heart felt as if
it would pound its way through her chest. It seemed as if hours passed rather
than a mere thirty minutes when he finally pulled to a stop.
Kara tried to
release him, truly she did, but telling her brain to release her death grip on
him and actually doing it seemed to be at opposite ends of the spectrum.
“Kara?” he
asked. She couldn’t lift her head to answer him. She felt his hands on hers, peeling them
away. He managed to do so, though she still couldn’t move.
Pulling her
helmet off, he leaned down to peer into her face. Seb surprised her by pulling
her into his arms, holding her tight, safe, enfolded in his warm embrace as she
shook, spasms wracking her body. Kara didn’t know how much time passed before
her brain began to really process the situation. As she became aware of her
reaction to nothing more than a ride on a sled, and the fact that she was now
clasped tightly in Seb’s arms, embarrassment seeped through her.
