Reluctant Adept: Book Three of A Clairvoyant's Complicated Life (56 page)
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Authors: Katherine Bayless
Detective Vince Vanelli
Vince was one of the two primary Chiliquitham police detectives assigned to the Circle Murder investigation. When I showed up as a consultant, Vince told me in no uncertain terms that they didn't need any 'magic mumbo jumbo' to help them solve the case. After just three minutes in his presence, I concluded he was a psi-phobic jackass. So, given my complicated life, is it really any wonder that he turned out to be the first normal I'd ever encountered who I could touch without the protection of a skin-suit? Later, after I figured out that Vince wasn't such a bad guy after all, we both learned that he's far from normal. The reason my clairvoyance doesn't work on him is because Vince is a part-blood sidhe. Despite the fact that we hadn't gone on an official date, I thought Vince had come to love me. At least, he said he did … once. But then, last month, during what was supposed to be a meet-and-greet with the sidhe, Princess Maeve glamoured Vince and took him back to the Otherworld, closing her temporary gateway before I could do anything about it. Next thing I knew, Vince and Maeve had become soulmates. And everyone knows, when it comes to matters of the soul, an individual can't be forced. Bottom line: Vince chose Maeve over me. The news stung at first, but I've moved on.
Wade
Wade is the amhaín's part-blood mate. We met in Invisius Verso's basement, the day Kieran, Jackie, Michael, Daniel, and I stormed the telepath's base of operations in our attempt to bring the wayward organization back under the king's control. Ever since that first meeting, I've wanted to ask Wade whether he's a Viking—like an honest-to-goodness raiding warrior from the ninth century. He sure looks the part. And since he's mated to a full-blooded sidhe, he doesn't age, so I suppose it's possible. One of these days, I'm going to work up the nerve to ask. Wade is a skilled healer, accomplished warrior, and a genuinely nice guy. He also shuts Fisk up whenever the guy starts acting like a douchebag, which always brightens my day.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Day-dreamer and committed late-sleeper, Katherine Bayless writes paranormal fantasy and romance for fun and occasional profit. When she isn’t adventuring vicariously through her stories or playing wrangler to her three children, Katherine crafts hand-made greeting cards, lays waste to the Scourge in World Of Warcraft, and indulges various addictions to cooking shows, science documentaries, and digital photography.
Katherine's writing career began when she wondered what a clairvoyant's life would be like, an idea that sparked her imagination and added 'creative writing' to her brimming list of hobbies. In her pre-Mommy life, Katherine worked as a software engineer in the game industry, where she not only met her awesome husband but also discovered her passion for fantasy stories and role-playing games.
Over the past twenty-five years, she has moved eleven times, calling California, Oregon, Washington, and Illinois home states at one time or another. She currently lives happily in view of Central Oregon's ancient volcanoes with her husband, three children, a sweet but shamelessly spoiled whippet named Patches, and Zeke, a cabinet-opening, treat-stealing commando that doesn't know his own name because everyone just calls him Cat.
Although Katherine freely admits she'd rather live inside her head and write stories instead of blog posts, she always makes the time to respond to emails and blog comments.
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www.katherinebayless.com
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