THE KEEPER
Crossing Realms #1
Rebecca E. Neely
Sacrifice or salvation? A
chosen psychic few may be both. As the city's Keepers battle Betrayers to save
the human race, all's not fair in love and war.
Nick
Geary, jaded clan leader of human guardians, the Keepers, is doomed to love a
human woman who’s forgotten him, time after time, for thirteen years: Libby
Klink, a skittish accountant who’s as terrified of her recent and strange
intuitions as she is of her mundane existence.
When
Nick is ordered by the clan’s guiding force to seek Libby’s help in defending
the clan against enemy Betrayers, romance sizzles as the pair forms an unlikely
alliance in their desperate search to discover the key to the clan’s
salvation—which Libby alone holds.
But a
haunting secret could cost Nick everything, and in a race against time, both
will be forced to choose between their hearts and duty. Can their love, and the
clan survive, or will the very forces that drew them together ultimately
destroy them?
The
battle in the Steel City begins.
CHAPTER
1
Libby Klink gripped the wheel of her Sonata
tighter. She squeezed her eyes shut against the gridlock of makes, models and
metal surrounding her; against the stone cold gray of the highway’s Jersey
barrier, four inches from her left side view mirror.
Just a
traffic jam.
Her body knew different. Her pulse raced. Her
blood, her brain wailed, frantic with the rhythm. She battled the stars
claiming her vision, gulping air into her lungs. Shaking, she rummaged in her
purse until her fingers closed around a prescription bottle. Flipping open the
lid, she snatched one white round pill and downed it with a swallow from the
ever present water bottle in her drink holder. Sweat glazed her scalp, her
neck, her armpits. She shivered inside her lightweight cardigan and scraped her
ponytail away from her damp skin.
Just a
road.
Like
hell. More like a cattle chute. She’d been sitting here, what, ten minutes? She
lowered the driver side window to breathe in greedy mouthfuls of early April
air. And willed the meds to kick in, trying not to think about the fact she was
effectively trapped. On I-279 South. About a quarter mile outside the city of
Pittsburgh. Or that she had to pee.
She
closed her eyes, tried to conjure soothing mental imagery; a forest, a beach.
Wasn’t that what her therapist taught her to do? But other thoughts and images
crowded her mind.
The cashier at the grocery store two nights ago.
The barista at the coffee house this morning.
The smells.
The dreams.
If
that’s what they are.
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About Rebecca E. Neely:
A sucker for a happy ending, Rebecca writes the kind of stories she loves to read—those featuring authentic, edgy and vulnerable characters, smack dab in the middle of action that explodes from page one.
Raised on a down home blend of Johnny Cash, Jack London, Sherlock Holmes, the Steelers, and all things small town, Rebecca feels blessed to have grown up in a close knit, fun loving and artistic family. Her mother, a voracious reader and scratch cook, and her father, an entrepreneur, English teacher and lover of literature, taught Rebecca and her brother to work hard, aim for the stars, and live life.
With music, books and laughter as constant companions, she grew up working, cooking and eating in the family’s restaurant business. A certified book and hoagie junkie, Rebecca thrives on live music, mysteries and the outdoors.
She’s a cheddar enthusiast, lover of cats, teddy bears, hot coffee, cold beer, thunderstorms, the blast of a train’s whistle, the change of seasons, country roads, woodpeckers, spoon rings, cool office supplies, and the Food Network.
Careers, past and present, include freelance writing, accounting, mother, problem solver, doer and head bottle washer.
Rebecca is a member of the Three Rivers Romance Writers, a PAN member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA), and is honored to serve as a judge for several writing contests each year.
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