Cover Reveal! - A POISONED GARDEN by Kim Alexander

 
Out of This World SFF is so very excited to be able to bring you the official cover reveal for A POISONED GARDEN by fantasy author Kim Alexander! This upcoming book is the fourth in Kim's New World Magic series, which has been described as "a delightful urban fantasy with heart and humor." I'm delighted to be able to host not only the reveal of this beautiful new cover designed by Aurelia Fray, but also provide for you a brief description of the book as well as a sample chapter.

So let's get on with the show, shall we?!!


Back Cover Blurb
A unicorn walks into a bar and...wait, what was I saying?

Look, between what I'm pretty sure is premature senility and wanting to barf all the time, I'm barely hanging in there. At this point, I need a break after solving xeno murders, fighting murderous fox shifters, and my best friend nearly murdering me for...reasons.

But do I get a break? No, I get an invitation to the court of the Unseelie fae, and it's the kind of invitation you can't refuse because it's from the king who flip-flops between wanting to share a pizza with me and stabbing me.

The upside is that I can see my best friend Marly, the newly minted and slightly murderous Unseelie fae queen. The downside? Apparently, I have to prevent a civil war between powerful magical beings, and I don't even get a can opener for self-defense.

Just like clockwork, I'm back to running from supernatural squids, double-dealing with triple-dealing fae who probably all want me dead, and getting tangled up with beautiful, broken-hearted unicorn who makes me feel guilty, and I don't know why.

After all, we've never met before...have we?



And now, time for the big reveal of the brand new cover for Kim Alexander's latest fantasy release, A POISONED GARDEN!!!


Simply breathtaking!!!

A POISONED GARDEN is due to be released on December 13th. You can preorder it now on Amazon by clicking HERE.


I bet you thought we were done. Well GUESS AGAIN!

Because author Kim Alexander has been nice enough to share a sample chapter from the new book with us, and here it be...


Chapter 1
The woman walked right past the unicorn.
    "Can I get you another?" The bartender smiled at March, his hand already on the tap. He was about to agree when something caught his attention. A smell - delicious and familiar. Was it rosemary? Here, surrounded by plastic and metal and cold light, a delicate reminder of light and warmth.
    March raised his head in time to catch the woman wearing the fragrance refelected in the mirror behind the bar. She rolled her suitcase to a stop at an empty barstool and plopped down with a sigh.
    He went tense all over, but it only took a second to realize she was just a random traveler sitting down for lunch. Not Ruby.
    After all, why would Ruby be day-drinking at the Home Team Sports Bar in terminal two of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to begin with?
    Why was he?
    "Was that a yes?" the bartender asked?
    He'd forgotten to answer.
    "No, I'm fine. Thank you." He kept one eye on the woman, in case she turned out to be Ruby after all.
    "Don't want to miss your flight. Sure." There were other people waiting for their drinks, but the bartender lingered. "Where are you off to? Someplace good?"
    "Um, not really. I'm not sure where I'm going, honestly." 
    The young man leaned on his elbows. "Yeah? Well, if you need a place to stay or anything..."
    "Thanks, but I'm fine. Maybe you ought to..." he indicated the waiting customers, looking increasingly impatient. The bartender reluctantly left to wait on them.
    He thought about how he'd gotten here; this bar, this place. Once, it would have been almost impossible for him to follow a map of time and place - points A, B, and C. It would all be happening at once. Now, he could picture each step; in order, back to the beginning of this journey.
    After the Unseelie king Sasha, "gifted" him with his sanity by fixing him in time, he decided the thing to do was to get back to his old life, the solitude of his forest. He hadn't said goodbye to anyone, not even his old friend, the demi-goddess and therapist Bel. Not even Ruby, not that it would have mattered, because Sasha took her memories away. Her memories of March, the rocks blocking his river. He didn't want to be distracted by human things.
    He started walking, away from the city, away from the cars and buildings and humans, but mostly away from Ruby. he told himself it was out of concern for her well-being - what would happen if she should see him again? Would it hurt her? But thinking of their last moment together, when thanks to Sasha's intervention she no longer knew him, the way she'd glanced at him with the blank, dismissive eyes of a stranger - he finally had to admit that it was his own heart he wanted to protect. 


About The Author
Kim Alexander grew up in the wilds of Long Island, NY and slowly drifted south until she reached Key West. After spending ten rum-soaked years as a DJ in the Keys, she moved to Washington DC, where she lives with two cats, an angry fish, and her extremely patient husband who tells her she needs to write at least ten more books if she intends to retire in Thailand, so thank you for your patronage. Please visit her on her Website as well as Goodreads and Twitter.


And that concludes the cover reveal for Kim Alexander's A POISONED GARDEN! I really hope you enjoyed it as well as learning a little more about Kim and her books. I'd like to extend a warm thank you to Kim for allowing me to host her reveal. And thanks as always for visiting and supporting the blog. It is appreciated so much. Happy Reading!
- Nick

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