them about the paranormal stuff, though. They wouldn’t believe it, and we’d be marked as crackpots. I’m sure I’d lose my job. Still, I’d rather stay here tonight with you in the cottage. We have a lot of catching up to do.” Tala smiled. “We have our whole lives for that now.” *** Sharp floated in a haze of knowing and unknowing, but aware of Tala’s and Matt’s words. Gregory’s body lay next to him. Excruciating pain shot through him, but he moved slowly, reaching for the amulet. If he survived, he’d make sure they wouldn’t have their whole lives for anything.
About the Author
Originally from New York City, Patricia La Barbera moved to Oklahoma with her husband when they were newlyweds. She spent eleven years of discovery there and developed a deep respect for Native Americans. When they moved to Florida, she went back to college and received a BA and an MFA in creative writing. Besides being an author, Patricia’s a freelance editor, specializing in genre novels and short stories. She’s a member of the HWA and MWA and has had fiction and poetry published in a variety of journals and three anthologies. Patricia’s also a writing-contest judge. In addition to the first three books in The Tala Chronicles, she’s written a mystery novella, The Celtic Crow Murders . Patricia’s grateful to her hometown fire department who sponsored the first writing contest she won for her fire-prevention essay when she was in the third grade. And she forgives the teacher who told her in front of the class that she must have had a brain tumor when she wrote a story about a cat from outer space. But she does wonder what that teacher would think about her paranormal romance novels. Patricia now lives on the west coast of Florida with her husband and her mews, Maeve. She loves the sunshine and swimming in the gulf. Patricia hopes her readers enjoy her stories as much as she enjoys writing them. She’s working on the fourth book of The Tala Chronicles. Learn more about the author by visiting her website. www.patricialabarbera.com