Reality Bites Magazine 18 | Page 11

NEW RELEASE The Spear of Destiny (Misadventures of Loren, Bk 1) By Ines Johnson Chivalrous? Nah. Virtuous? Not since…well, none of your business. The difference between me and the Knights of the Round Table? I make medieval look good. Loren Van Alst is an independent, twenty-first- century woman, an accused forger, a suspected thief, and the last descendant of Sir Galahad of the Arthurian court. To claim her seat at the Round Table and protect her newly found family of modern-day witches, she’ll need to convince the current Arthur and his knights to let a woman take the knights’ trials. But things go sideways when a crazed wizard goes on the loose with a magical spear that can strip a witch of her powers. As if that weren’t enough, the clique of mean girls from middle school arrives in Camelot and turn out to be witch hunters. To safeguard a future she never knew she wanted, Loren will have to evade the hunters, defeat the wizard, capture the spear, and pass her trials. No one ever said becoming a kick-ass heroine would be easy!