Wicked Faerie's Tales and Reviews: PeopleFish by Medella Kingston - Blog Tour with Author Q&A, Excerpt, and Giveaway

Title: PeopleFish

Author: Medella Kingston

Publisher: NineStar Press

Release Date: January 23rd

Heat Level: 3 - Some Sex

Pairing: Female/Female

Length: 118000

Genre: Romance, lesbian, bisexual, paranormal, Addiction, psychic ability, romance

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33546115

Synopsis

Her Cree grandmother called it the gift of seeing, but for Petra “Pete” Orvatch, knowing things in ways that defy explanation has made reality and fantasy blur in a world where the clocks literally go backward. Her fascinating and clairvoyant mind is a riddle that many doctors have tried to solve with medication. Love comes her way unexpectedly when she meets Fiona Angeli, a stunningly beautiful single mother. A risk-taker by nature, Fiona is not scared off by her new lover’s psychic abilities and eccentricities.

The two of them share passion and secrets on a magical and surprising journey, and their torrid love affair takes them to thrilling new places until betrayal divides them. Both these women fight battles within themselves; Fiona must gain control of her dangerous compulsions, and Pete’s onerous gift ultimately puts her at risk of losing herself in the gap between delusions and the real world.

Excerpt

PeopleFish

Pete looked up from the mystery she was reading and scanned the faces in the waiting room. There was Tired Pinched Mom, with faded blond ponytail and dark roots coming in. She had one kid under control and was now quietly negotiating with the other. Next to this trio sat Man Too Large for His Seat, who seemed to be staring at his shoes or sleeping with his eyes open. In the corner was someone so nondescript she couldn’t instantly name her—then it came to her: Any Woman. This woman was neither thin nor large, short nor tall, and had a slightly exotic yet familiar face. She looked as if she could be from many different places, like Greece, Morocco, Central America, or New Jersey. She was text-messaging so quickly, Pete half expected her thumbs to spark and set fire to her phone.

Doesn’t anyone people-watch anymore? Was she the only person left who liked to read faces and create narratives? Maybe so. She’d never stop doing it. She’d been spinning this stuff since she was little—much to the annoyance of her mother. Instead of acknowledging the creative gifts of her child, or at the very least being entertained by them, she’d say, “God will punish you, Petra Marie, for thinking bad thoughts about people and making up lies.”

Some traits must skip generations, because Grandma Sweets had the right attitude. She’d join right in and embellish her granddaughter’s rough outlines of strangers’ lives with additions that could only come from a seasoned mind. If Pete said a passenger on the bus looked guilty, Gram Sweets would say, “Of course he looks guilty, he ought to! Instead of cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving, he cooked his wife!”

Her reminiscing was perforated by the staccato ring of a telephone.

“Cambridge Holistic Health and Wellness Center, please hold.”

Please hold? No one else is on the line; is this receptionista just fucking with the caller? Pete dog-eared the page in her paperback, closed it, slipped it into her bag, and decided to devote all of her energy to observing. She was just about to make up a story about the receptionist when her eyes landed on something strange. She hadn’t noticed the cheap plastic clock on the wallpapered wall before, but now she couldn’t take her eyes off it because the second hand was moving backward.

At first she thought she was seeing things, since her imagination was such a well-developed muscle. So she did something that made her feel seven instead of thirty-seven. She closed her eyes to reset, inhaled a long, slow breath, and then opened them, hoping this simple act could alter what she saw, or make things feel right again. She didn’t return her gaze to the clock right away, but rather avoided its face like you would dodge direct eye contact in a volley of flirt-and-stare with a stranger who’d caught you looking.

She panned her eyes evenly over all she had just taken in. Now the previously obedient child of the two was acting petulant, Man Too Large for His Seat actually was asleep, and Any Woman had stopped texting and was staring back at Pete. This startled her a bit. She looked away and then forced herself to look at the clock again. The red second hand was still moving backward and now instead of 2:27, it was 2:26, and the room seemed brighter to her than it had been just a minute ago.

“Petra Orvatch?”

She heard the automaton call her but she couldn’t move—she felt obligated to monitor the clock and confirm that it was in fact going backward, but knew she shouldn’t say anything about it. It was one of those times when she couldn’t expect people to understand her. These occurrences had happened ever since she could remember and could be confusing, amusing, or even downright dangerous.

Purchase Links

NineStar Press: http://ninestarpress.com/product/peoplefish/

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU8Z4ZD

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/peoplefish-medella-kingston/1125465975

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/peoplefish

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/695471

Q & A with Medella Kingston

If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?

I would be a mighty ‘shero,’ with the superpowers of strength, invisibility, the ability to fly ,and to read minds. My mission: to fight racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, as well as the abuse of animals, children, and other vulnerable members of society,

If you could trade places with one of your characters, who would it be and why?

That’s easy: Fiona. I’d want to feel all the power, burden, and adrenaline rush of being THAT beautiful. If I could be in her skin, I could know how it feels to have all that sex with all those people, and to want to stop for one person.

If you could sequester yourself for a week somewhere and just focus on your writing, where would you go and what would the environment be like?

When I was working on PeopleFish, I took a handful of what I called ‘writing retreats.’ I would reserve a hotel, motel, or cottage by the ocean and only bring my laptop, my big dog, Jack, and our necessities. The lodgings themselves aren’t as important as the ability to get exercise with my dog on the beach and then sit with my feet up for hours on end just writing. During these getaways, I indulge in my ultimate favorite way to edit: I read every word aloud to make sure I like the cadence, rhythm, and taste of the words the way I’ve put them all together.

Meet the Author

Medella Kingston fell in love with writing at an early age and published articles, poems, and stories when she was growing up. She wrote, performed, and sold songs for movie soundtracks, and continued writing short stories for her own pleasure. She currently sings in the band Omnesia, which has aired locally on UC Berkeley’s radio station and been heard as far east as Goa and the Mumbai University. She lives with her partner and their two dogs in the East Bay. PeopleFish is Medella’s first novel, and she is currently working on a new book.

Author Links

Website: http://medellakingston.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/medella.kingston

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedellaK

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