Stranger Rituals by Kari Rose Schmidt - Book Tour + Giveaway
Stranger Rituals
Kali Rose Schmidt
Publication date: July 9th 2019
Genres: Fantasy, New Adult
Kali Rose Schmidt
Publication date: July 9th 2019
Genres: Fantasy, New Adult
A fighter with a venomous grudge.
A monster with an immortal curse.
A girl with a terrible gift.
All three out for blood in a land torn apart by harsh gods and holy wars. Each entwined with the other, on their own quests for vengeance, and yet held together by strange links to sinister pasts. As their fates unravel, a dangerous romance blooms, and violent darkness beckons.
At turns both darkly humorous and utterly morbid, STRANGER RITUALS is the startling first novel in Kali Rose Schmidt’s dark new series.
Excerpt
“I guess our time
together is done,” Zephir said, no emotion in his voice. He pulled a cigarette
out of his pocket and knelt down before her. She clenched her jaw tight, her
lips pressed together as she slid back further into the wall.
His expression
didn’t change as his hands reached for her, but a shudder came over her as she
thought of his gloved hand on her face, his bright green eyes morphing into the
Praeminister’s watery gaze. She gasped.
He paused, his
dark brows knitted together in something like surprise, or confusion.
He didn’t back
away, but he lowered the cigarette, the one Scarko knew contained the mindeta.
His eyes trailed over hers, down to her lips, the scowl on her face.
“Where are you
from?” he asked, his eyes shifting back up, voice still rough, still cold.
Memories of the
Praeminister, of the palace, of the blind eye the king turned to the bruises on
her skin, on Klaus’s, the fear she always carried before his spiritual advisor.
“A village no one
knows. Close to Visla.” She didn’t know why she answered, why she told the
truth, but Zephir was so close, too close. She could barely breathe, and she
blinked, willing him not to turn to the Praeminister again.
Ida drew in a
breath. Jalde was silent.
Zephir didn’t
react for a moment, merely stared at her without blinking, unnerving her.
“Your parents.
Where are they?”
“Z, you know it
doesn’t matter—”
Slowly, he twisted
around to stare at Ida, and a flash of unease crossed her face. She looked
down, and Zephir turned back to Scarko.
“Dead,” she nearly
spat in answer to his question.
A flicker of
something crossed his face—anger, grief, it was hard to tell. He stared at her
a moment longer, as if trying to find something familiar in her face.
“Open your mouth.
I won’t hurt you, but you can’t be awake for this.”
Scarko clenched
her jaw.
Zephir sighed,
glanced down to her knees between them, his lashes grazing his cheeks. “Those
scars on your palm…how’d you get them?”
Scarko’s mouth
hung open in surprise, and before she realized she had been duped, he shoved
the mindeta cigarette between her teeth.
And then once
more, quicker than the last time, the world went very black.”
Author Bio:
Kali Rose Schmidt is an author, mother, and villain lover. She likes bloody tales of monsters, yoga with the lights off, and anything that goes bump in the night.
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Thanks for being on the tour! :)
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