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“What do you want to do to me?”
The question seemed to shock Luca somehow, the top of his sharp cheeks
taking on the barest hint of cherry red. He seemed to give it some thought in
the darkness of the dripping tunnel, “This time, when we do whatever we’re
going to do, can you pretend…to love me.”
Peter halted. “What?”
“Don’t make it weird.”
Peter latched on to Luca’s arm and halted his purposeful march through
the main chamber. “I’m not trying to make it weird. What did you say?”
“Pretend to love me this time. Despite being a shitty liar, you’re good
at pretending. It shouldn’t be that hard for you to make me believe it.”
Peter squeezed his shoulder and turned him around so he could see his
face, his stark features illuminated by the glowing blue pool of liquid. “You
want to believe that I love you?”
“I want to know what it feels like…” His eyebrows knitted. “I keep
thinking about Avaline. How much she must’ve loved him to turn her afterlife
into this forest. A tree for every tear. I want to know what she was crying
over.” Something about Peter’s expression triggered Luca’s defenses, and he
spun around. “Forget it.”
“Stop,” Peter snapped with a vehemence that left his voice echoing in
surrounding caverns.
Luca halted, but didn’t face him, head tilted to the side. “What?”
“Didn’t Lydia love you? Didn’t Chief love you?”
“I don’t think that’s the right kind of love.”
“What you asked for…” I don’t have
to pretend. “Stay here. I’ll be back.”
“Where are you going?”
“To get rope.”
About the Book
Everything you know is a
lie.
Sly
fox, misanthrope, and resident comic nerd, Peter, has earned his nickname as
the Boy Who Cried Wolf. He’s surrounded by chaos. It doesn't matter if Peter has angelic
intentions or diabolical plans—mass pandemonium will ensue. When he mimics the
howl of a long-lost friend, the consequences are disastrous.
With
no recollection of his past, the wolf, Luca, remains hidden in the
shadows. Otherwise, he'll have no
future. But when someone steals Luca’s
howl and forces him to investigate, he ends up stranded with a mouthy fox who
insists they were friends once upon a time.
The
Underwood is a dangerous place.
They
have two choices: work together or die.
Experience
the timeless story of friendship, love, and loss in a Gothic, realistic
retelling of your favorite childhood classics, Aesop's fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf and David P.
Mannix's classic novel The Fox and the
Hound.
Author Bio
Greta is the unruly offspring of a tiger
and a dragon. She spends most of her time reading, stalking Goodreads, and
harassing other authors with pranks.
Links
How to Win
a Free e-Book Copy of Cry Wolf
The first 5
people to comment on one of Greta Stone’s tour post will automatically win a
free e-book copy of Cry Wolf. Available formats include: mobi, pdf, epub, and
prc. Interested parties should email newgotham1@gmail.com with their e-book
format preference for their prizes. Greta will submit prizes at the end of each
tour day.
Get a book
and cozy up on the couch with a rude mug!
Nothing beats
reading with a warm cup of coffee or tea. This is precisely a horde of gremlins
ransacked Granny’s kitchen and stole all her mugs. Each one is inspired by a different character
in the book, and signed by the character.
Granny
Sole’s Mug:
“That’s
what I do. I drink and I know things.”
Peter’s
Mug:
“Oh,
for ‘fox’ sake.”
Luca’s
Mug:
“Keep
calm and demand trial by combat.”
Elderstone
Keys – What’s the big deal?
There is a
house in New Gotham that is rumored to be haunted. No one has lived in it since
the Great Depression, and no one can recall what its last occupants looked
like, what they did for a living or where they went. Only one is fated to enter
and learn its secrets. Anytime I host a contest, I give away keys to
Elderstone. The person who collects ten of them is fated to own the house.
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