Shattered by Cassie Swindon (The Linked Trilogy #3) | Spotlight ~ Excerpt ~ Meet the Author ~ Gift Card

Shattered by Cassie Swindon (The Linked Trilogy #3) | Spotlight ~ Excerpt ~ Meet the Author ~ Gift Card

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Shattered by Cassie Swindon (The Linked Trilogy #3) | Spotlight ~ Excerpt ~ Meet the Author ~ Gift CardShattered by Cassie Swindon
Series: The Linked Trilogy #3
Published by Independent on February 3, 2023
Genres: Epic Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy
Format: eBook, Hardcover, Paperback
Pages: 318

The fast paced romantasy finale, of The Linked Trilogy. Read what happens to Kyra, Jadox, and Isaac in their love triangle full of elemental Magik, betrayals, obstacles, and surprises from the villain!

Darkness is gnawing at my soul. The shadows swallow me a little more each day. But someone needs to destroy Elana Elidi. And I may be the only one who can. There’s a spell to stop her from destroying the remaining Ordulls. But it requires a sacrifice from my true love. The problem is—who does my heart belong to—Jadox or Isaac?

 

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Excerpt from Shattered

Terrified of making any sudden movements, I crossed the room at a snail’s pace. Kyra patted the floor beside her without taking those obsidian eyes off me. Haunting, unnatural eyes.

Another shudder threatened to rip through me, but I held it back, using all my energy not to spook her. One wrong move might push the thing possessing her to lash out. As a child, I had heard Gemm tell a story about spirits, but it was only supposed to be a fairytale.

I gulped down what felt like a pile of stones and carefully sat beside her. The healing spell was at the tip of my tongue, but I didn’t want to scare her. Instead, I silently chanted Terra angakok. Terra angakok, again and again, praying to the Divinity above that it would save her from whatever monster bewitched her body. It didn’t work. Kyra stared at me like an empty shell.

My heart rammed chaotically against my chest. I needed help. Reinforcements. Where was fuckin’ Nilson when we actually needed him? Maybe if I distracted her, it’d break the stupor. Terror seized my soul, and I didn’t move a single muscle. What the Flames was I supposed to do? If I touched her, would she snap out of the trance? Had someone cursed her? Why were her eyes the color of death? Sweat dripped down my back, and time ceased to exist.

“Hallie wants me to buy a puppy.” She stroked my dog’s head again and again. The sweetness of her voice had an actual scent; it was like ice cream dipped in poison and spider webs.

“Kyra, Hallie died. She’s not here anymore. I think we should go to bed and —”

“No!” she bellowed. “I don’t have to go to sleep. I don’t have to choose one of you! I don’t have to save anyone.”

I clenched my fists into balls by my side, then released them. Clenched. Released. There was a fundamental wrongness in the air. Gemm had never taught me how to deal with dark Magik as a child. This wasn’t something I had ever trained for. It was time for a new approach.

“Kyra, it’s okay. I think you’re sleepwalking,” I pleaded, hearing the uncertainty in my voice.

She laughed, but the sound was foreign to my ears, veiled in jagged, harsh edges. “No, I’m awake, right, Hallie?”

If I knocked her unconscious and carried her inside, maybe Narelle or Caspian would have a solution. Or we could call Gemm. But there was no chance I’d leave her here alone to search for them.

“What if I die soon?” Kyra asked, her tone sweeter a scrumptious pie.

“What?”

Her gaze latched onto all my fears. That fraudulent smile returned, slithering up her face and claiming it. I had to stop this. Whatever controlled Kyra was taking another piece of her with every passing moment.

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About Cassie Swindon

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Cassie Swindon isn’t only an Indie author of six fiction books, but she has also tackled a stranger for a pair of Michael Phelps’ personal goggles, cried when the Cubs won the World Series and chose where to move cross-country by the flip of a coin. If you’d like to learn more about how her cat caused a flood in her house, or maybe to buy a book or two of hers, then check out the social media accounts below.

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Full Tour Schedule:

May 8:
1: All the Ups and Downs
2: Kit ‘n Kabookle
3: Adriana Kraft
4: Ilovebooksandstuffblog
5: Kenyan Poet
6: The Book Countess Tours
7: Read Your Writes Book Reviews
8: Words of Wisdom from The Scarf Princess
9: Fabulous and Brunette
10: The Key Of Love

11: Westveil Publishing

May 9:
1: Write. Read. Live.
2:It’s Raining Books
3: Books+Coffee=Happiness
4: Sandra’s Book Club
5: Books to Light Your Fire
6: Gina Rae Mitchell
7: The Avid Reader

May 10:
1: Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
2: Literary Gold
3: Novels Alive review
4: Welcome to My World of Dreams
5:Wendi Zwaduk – Romance to Make Your Heart Race
6: Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin’
7: Tina Donahue Books – Heat with Heart

May 11:
1: D. S. Dehel
2: Celticlady’s Reviews
3: Lynn’s Romance Enthusiasm
4: The Faerie Review
5: Long and Short Reviews
6: Travel the Ages
7: Author Deb Bailey

May 12:
1: Beverley A Baird
2: FUONLYKNEW
3: Our Town Book Reviews
4: Sapphyria’s Books
5: The Pen and Muse Book Reviews
6: Straight From the Library

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4 responses to “Shattered by Cassie Swindon (The Linked Trilogy #3) | Spotlight ~ Excerpt ~ Meet the Author ~ Gift Card

  1. Nancy

    Shattered by Cassie Swindon sounds like an interesting romantic fantasy filled with magic.

  2. Bea LaRocca

    Good morning! Now that The Linked Trilogy is complete, what is coming up next from you? Is there any possibility of a spin-off series involving any of the secondary characters?