Please join me in a warm welcome to Katie M. John as we showcase her new novel, Beautiful Freaks.
Title:
Beautiful Freaks
Author:
Katie M. John
Series:
Stand Alone
Genre:
YA/Paranormal/Gothic/Romance
Publisher: Little Bird Publishing House, London
Release
Date: Ebook October 2012 Print February 2013
Edition/Formats
Available In : Currently just ebook print coming soon Feb 14 2013.
Synopsis:
**** A PARANORMAL GOTHIC DETECTIVE TALE ****
Between
these pages you will find yourself transported back in time to the high Gothic.
Victorian London.
The year is
1899 and both the century and the Queen are dying.
As the
London populace is gripped by a terrifying series of paranormal murders,
eighteen
year old Kaspian Blackthorne finds himself on a decadent journey of self
discovery.
Victorian
London is a place where appearance is everything, but sometimes
appearances
can be deceiving. Behind the grand houses, carriages and silks, London is a
dark labyrinth of sorrow and violence.
Amongst the
gambling dens, dancehalls, and brothels you'll find No 7,
known to its
members as Eve's; the most exclusive club in London, infamous for its 'Palace
of Beautiful Freaks'.
Each exhibit
has a history, each their own unique story.
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Author Bio
Katie. M
John is a writer of YA, Dark Fairytales, Contemporary Paranormal Fantasy and
Horror.
She lives in
the London suburbs, is married to a dashingly handsome giant and is mummy to a
3ft Mud-puddle Fairy. Katie likes to write whilst eating Jaffa cakes and
listening to her i-Pod.
Katie's
Contemporary Arthurian series, 'The Knight Trilogy' was launched in December
2010 with the release of 'The Forest of Adventures' and the subsequent release
of 'Immortal Beloved' in 2011. Both books have been in the UK top 10 Amazon
charts for Contemporary Fantasy and Fairytales. The final book 'Star Fire' was
released this summer.
She has
recently released a standalone YA novel called 'Beautiful Freaks', a steam
punk, Victorian Gothic detective fairytale in London, which has gained a loyal
fan base.
She is
currently working on a seven book series called the ‘Pentacle Chronicles’, a
tale of witchcraft and other supernatural happenings in a quaint English
village.
She is a
founding member of Dark Heart & Night Shade; a twice yearly anthology
publication that showcases emerging YA talent.
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EXCERPT
CHAPTER ONE:
Kaspian
pondered his eighteen years as he walked through the evening gloom of the
London streets. The rain had forced most people inside, creating the impression
that the great metropolis had turned into a ghost town. Kaspian liked walking
at times like this. It made him feel as if he were walking through his own
silent empire.
Then he saw
her.
She was
standing under the streetlight, a newspaper held out in front of her as if she
were reading it. Kaspian thought it obvious that she wasn’t; she was watching
the church on the other side of the cobbled street. He stopped midstride and
pulled himself behind a tree; spied on her as she took a pocket-watch from her
pocket and flip open the lid. He thought it strange she should read it by
placing flat in front of her eyes rather than looking down on it – it was as if
she were taking a reading from a compass. Kaspian looked over to where she was
watching. The church was empty and he couldn’t fathom what could possibly be of
interest. The lights were out, the door locked, and the whole place had the
impression of sleeping.
The woman
was tall and slender; striking in a slightly over-powerful way. Despite wearing
a full, black silk skirt, the fitted waistcoat and black necktie were more
manish in dress than ladylike. Kaspian had never seen a woman like her,
although he had heard of ‘her sort’ as Heartlock’s companions would say.
When he
looked closer, he could see she wore a monocle in her left eye and was at least
ten years younger than he’d guessed from the first impression: twenty one was
the age he now settled on in his mind.
She must
have sensed him looking at her because she turned towards him and, seeing him
poking out from behind a tree, smiled. It was a strange reaction to the
discovery that someone was spying on you. The boldness of her action unsettled
Kaspian in a way he couldn’t quite understand. He bent down, pretending that he
had been about to tie his shoelaces. When he was sure she had returned to her
own secret observations, he scuttled past her and almost ran all the way to the
safety of home.
By the time he pushed open the imposing, black
front door, Kaspian carried the strangest sense that something deep within him
had changed, and things would never be quite as before.
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