#chancemonroe

[naturiisms]

@chancemonroe // femi’s apartment

sometimes it felt to femi like days dragged on and nights never ended. she had always been overambitious, filling her schedule to the brim and then some for the sake of being able to say she could. days like today were where it caught up to her, filling her bones with lead and depleting her drive to none. knowing better than to overexert herself by now, she took advantage of the fact that she owned the tattoo shop and made her own schedule at the lounge. a good slow day would make up for far too many fast ones, or at the very least she would try. after sending a few quick texts to the right people, femi pulled herself out of bed and headed to the kitchen to start breakfast. if she could get the good food down, she'd only need good company to make the day complete. pulling out her phone, she leaned against the counter and opened chance's contact. if there was anyone she could have a day off to be herself around, she knew it would be with him. "how fast can you be here?" she sent off, following up with, "i'm making breakfast and you're on the menu."

[petalsfm]

LOCATION: ride wise roller rink STATUS: closed / @chancemonroe

"i can't believe i let you talk me into rollerskating," rhys announces as he plops into a booth across from chance. "have you ever seen anybody LESS graceful? i feel like a freshly-born giraffe. i know i'm going to be feeling it tomorrow."

[emuknight]

who: @chancemonroe where: hell & high water

Emily was on her second drink leaning against the pool table with a stick in her hand analyzing the table. Chance was up by a ball and she knew she was probably not going to win this game, but she didn't want him to beat her too easily. She had texted Chance to meet her at the bar after her shift at Night and Dine and like the good brother he was, he agreed to go out with her. Emily took another drink crouching down to become eye level with the balls. "Do you think this table is tilted?" She looked up at Chance. "I think the table is tilted."

[petalsfm]

LOCATION: main squeeze STATUS: closed / @chancemonroe

"i know that kale is, um... it's supposed to be really good for you... and this, uh, this smoothie is a really beautiful shade of green... i just, uh, feel like smoothies should be fun? like, something cute like, um... pink? purple? what did you get?"

[petalsfm]

LOCATION: on the ice STATUS: closed / chance @chancemonroe

it was pretty common knowledge not to laugh at the people you were teaching. however, in kamala's defense, chance just looked so out of his element. which, she didn't think was possible for someone as confident as chance. and even then, it was kamala who found him out of place-- he stood up against the wall, seemingly ready for whatever she had to throw at him. besides, it was a small chuckle-- not so bad, right? "are you excited? once you get the hang of it, it'll be so much fun."

[bouncingtigger10]

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Missing your soil?

Hedge witches we find out are ‘bound’ to their land and can’t leave it – ever – as it makes them very ill and eventually the ties will break or they will die. Hedge witches with broken ties are driven mad by the loss of the land-ties.

This is very original concept for me mixed with some standard magic and paranormal abilities. Looking up hedge witchery – I always like to check on things, it seems that the name comes from the time when villages were small and usually surrounded by a hedge or natural forest. Hedge witches were also thought of as being shamans that can cross into the Otherworlds  – it is an old tradition that is recognised by modern witches as being a difficult path to take.

Love the story-telling with its humour and empathy.

[bouncingtigger10]

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When the FBI meets the real spooks

 When I was given this free book, I read the title and thought it must be a paranormal, fantasy romance.

What I actually got was very different.

I got  a serial killer suspense/thriller with the FBI and a witch who is ‘tied’ to, and responsible for, maintaining the health of a particular patch of land. So harvest and seed sowing blessings, ensuring that pesky elves and fairies and other magical creatures don’t upset the earth and those who ‘garden’ it are part of her job – for which she gets paid. And an earth witch can trace the history of the land through communing with it. Murder, war and so on leave scars in the land’s memory that she can access.

When Chance was at college studying Forensic Psychology she was attacked by a serial killer, but was saved from death by her attacker being interrupted and her being rushed to hospital very quickly.

Now the serial killer is back and targeting his only survivor and the FBI want to use her talents to catch him.

Heather Long is a well established paranormal author with many published novels and it shows in her writing. The book is well proofed, the style is fluent and she tells a story that not only crosses genres but is one that you really don’t want to stop reading.

I went and bought the next book in the series immediately! .