Bayou Blues
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- £2.49
Publisher Description
When your sister has saved the world, you have a lot to live up to.
Genie McQueen thought she’d seen it all after helping her big sister Secret stop the Apocalypse. The dead walked, New York City burned, and things nearly went to hell in a hand basket. After it was all over, the world knew about vampires and werewolves, and Genie’s life would never be the same.
But now, three years later, someone doesn’t want werewolves or any supernatural creatures to live alongside humans. A new anti-werewolf church with a charismatic leader and a cult-like following has declared open season on Genie’s whole species. When a member of her pack is kidnapped, she decides it’s time to stop going with the flow and to step up and fight for her people.
Tagging along for the ride is a handsome troublemaker, Wilder Shaw, a pack outsider who just wants to save his brother, but will leave Genie’s head spinning in the process.
Equally troubling are the ghosts of her past she can’t quite shake, the nightmarish figures who haunt her even when she’s wide awake, and a dark magic inside her she hasn’t yet learned to tame.
Things are about to get messy in the bayou.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Spinning off of her Secret McQueen urban fantasy series (Something Secret This Way Comes, etc.), Dean delves deeper into the psyche and life of Secret's younger sister, Genie, in this light, enjoyable novel. When Genie was 13, she acquired both her werewolf form and her magical power. Either one would have been challenging to master, but having both has complicated her life exponentially. She's not just any werewolf, but a werewolf princess; and she's not just any witch, but niece to the King of the South. At 21, Genie's a college student in New Orleans with a human boyfriend, Cash. Werewolves and other supernaturals have recently made themselves known to the human public, and not everyone is happy about their existence. When one of her pack mates goes missing, Genie drops everything to help his brother, Wilder, find him. Their simple detective work quickly unearths a dark and horrifying corruption that seems to have spread throughout an entire small town. Occasionally slow pacing prevents the story from flowing smoothly and gives the plot a tentative feel. However, beautifully drawn characters and strong worldbuilding ensure that readers will be curious about what comes next. (BookLife)
