Hey, Fam! 

This week, I want you to meet Kathryn's best friend, Susan O'Brien. 

As a reminder (and to those who just recently subscribed!), I don't have character art yet, so I'm using stock photos instead.

Stats:

🗓️Age--late 20s
🌎Hometown--Taunton, MA

🧍‍♀️↕ Height--5'4" (164cm)

💥Superpower (they're called “gifts” in the series)--mental illusions

👍🏽Best traits--friendly, loyal, a survivor

👎🏽Worst traits--opportunistic, manipulative, can mess with someone's mind REAL BAD

Meet Susan

Excerpt from chapter eight:
 

“What is your gift?” Kathryn somewhat mockingly used the term they had insisted upon. “Or can you also shoot lightning out of your ass?”
 

Both Susan and Charge laughed. “No, my gift is more mental in nature.”
 

“Mental?” Kathryn took another drag from her cigarette. “Show me.”
 

“Okay.” Susan sat back in her chair. “Close your eyes.”
 

Kathryn looked at Susan skeptically before complying. She didn’t hear anything or feel anything during the few seconds of silence. She then heard Charge say, “Open them.”

 

Kathryn opened her eyes. Charge was now sitting across the room in the chair. She was about to ask what the big deal was when she realized Charge was also still sitting next to her. She practically fell off the couch in shock. “What the hell?”

 

Both Charges laughed at Kathryn’s reaction. Her eyes darted back and forth between the two of them. They were identical down to the clothes they were wearing. “I don’t . . .” Her voice trailed off. She didn’t know what to say.

 

The Charge across the room finally spoke. “It’s a suggestion.” Kathryn frowned. He continued, “I planted a suggestion in your head that you’re seeing Charge sitting here.”

 

“So, you’re still Susan,” Kathryn said cautiously.

 

Charge nodded his head and smiled the same disarming smile Kathryn had grown so fond of. “Very much so.” He explained, “You just think you’re seeing Charge.”

 

“And hearing him,” Kathryn said in amazement. “Unbelievable.”

Susan is very good at what she does. And sometimes, her mental illusions are not so…harmless. Want to know more? I'm still looking for ARC readers!

ARC readers will receive a copy of A Deviant Beginning on Friday, August 14th. You'll also receive first access to a bonus spicy scene I had to cut because I had too many (as if it's possible to have too many sex scenes!). The ARC acceptance email will also include graphics to help with social media promotion, and I'll be raffling off ten signed copies of the paperback, so a select few of you will be able to hold Kathryn in your hands!

ARC acceptance emails go out every Tuesday and Friday, so if you apply, make sure you check your email to see if you are chosen. Oh, and whitelist hello@elisabethroseland.com to make sure my emails don't get flagged as spam.

 

As a heads up, I'll be sending newsletters more frequently from now until launch day, They'll include character spotlights, juicy snippets from the novel, musings on how I came up with Kathryn and the world she lives in, and much more. So stay tuned!

🕓Did you miss the newsletter spotlighting Kathryn--the very bad ass but kinda messy FMC? Click here to read about Kathryn.

⚡Want to know more about the sexy MMC who can manipulate electricity? Click here to read about Charge.

That's all for now!

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