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A curse awakens… Kate Waters finds herself in another nightmare when Brooke, a coven friend of priestess Thea Wright, is discovered electrocuted in her home. Thea fears it was the curse of the Goddess Rán embodied in an ancient statue thought to have washed ashore from the 16th century Spanish vessel, El Oro Señora. But after Kate uncovers the statue in Thea’s house, she knows magic and curses have nothing to do with Brooke’s death, and everything else to do with murder and deception. The marked will face her wrath… Unusual storms and frequent earthquakes along the Juan de Fuca have Kate diving deep into unknown territories and the closer she gets to the statue, the further truth sinks away from her. The curse manifests exactly as Thea warned, one that inflicts a mysterious symbol into the neck of Rán’s next victim. When Kate bears the mark and another woman dies, she worries she is next, but from who or what? The vengeance of another or the wrath of the Goddess Rán?
Author
Erin Cole grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where dusty combines, water skipper-filled rivers, and shadowed forests were her playgrounds. She has worked an eclectic range of jobs, spanning salsa making, to international warehousing, and helpline counseling for the Alzheimer's Association. After obtaining her B.S. in psychology, Erin naturally progressed into penning mystery and horror. In 2009, her short story, "Unspoken Bonds", made the Preliminary List for the Tom Howard / John H. Reid Short Story Contest, her non-fiction essay, "My Compass", received honorable mention in the Willamette Writers Kay Snow Writing Contest, and "The Wall of Never Doubt," won 10th place in the Writer's Digest 80th Annual Writing Competition. Still, she is most proud to have readers who enjoy her work. She has been published in various anthologies and online print magazines, such as Niteblade Fantasy and Horror, Liquid Imagination, and Dark Eclipse, with more forthcoming in Fantasy Scroll Magazine and Space Squid. Currently, she is working on her third novel, 'Dead in the Forest' (working title). She is the author of the Kate Waters Mysteries, 'Grave Echoes' and 'Wicked Tempest', the novella 'Feral Things', and the short story collections, 'After Dusk', 'Of the Night', and 'Between Feathers and Fins'. She resides in Portland, Oregon with her husband, three children, and one terribly, cute dog, Cosmo.
