Chest of Bone

A Mage. A Monster. A Mission.And a Melody That Binds.What if you see the world through a blindfold? What if you are sightless to the magic that surrounds you? What if you are unaware that you are the magic?Clea Artemis Reese, a magical creature blind to her nature, lives in the mundane world, our world. When the brutal murder of Clea's mentor unlocks her Mage powers, she begins to grasp her extraordinary destiny. Fierce in her determination to avenge her mentor, she's forced to team up with the compelling James Larrimer in her hunt for the killers.Larrimer is a predator who stalks traffickers of endangered animals. Yet he masks his reality-a strange and deadly one-even as he hunts Clea, the most exotic creature of all. When Clea and Larrimer learn of her mentor's ties to the mysterious Chest of Bone, the ultimate source of otherworldly power, they clash with the malignant forces bent on obtaining it. Have Clea and Larrimer the strength and courage to prevent the Chest from falling into corrupt hands and wreaking havoc and death? Or will they die in the process?
About the Author: Vicki's fantasy romantic suspense series, The Afterworld Chronicles, launched with Chest of Bone. The second novel, Chest of Stone, hits shelves Nov. 2017. Her mystery/thrillers-Body Parts, The Dead Stone, The Grief Shop, a Daphne du Maurier winner, and The Bone Man, a du Maurier finalist-feature homicide counselor Tally Whyte. All are now in ebook format. Tapping into her love of knitting, she wrote Chest of Bone The Knit Collection, a pattern book based on her novel and in collaboration with Karen Clements, Norah Gaughan, and Rosemary Hill. She also co-wrote (with Lisa Souza) 10 Secrets of the LaidBack Knitters. Vicki and her late husband, William G. Tapply, ran The Writers Studio workshops. She grew up in professional theater-the Ivoryton Playhouse-and planned to become an actress. Instead, she's slung hamburgers, managed a scuba shop, and became a college professor. She's a mom to two wonderful humans and a furry pack. Her passions for scuba diving, fly fishing, and knitting pop up in her novels. As do vinho verde, bourbon, Maine lobster, and chocolate, not necessarily in that order. She sings musical comedy scores in the shower, unfortunately not an Equity venue, and she writes daily. She adores teaching, having taught fiction and modern media writing at Clark University, and so she mentors writers and students in a variety of writing genres. Currently, she's playing with her pup, Penny, going wild in L.A., and pounding the keys on the series' third novel, Chest of Air.