Straight Chatting from the Library: Courtney Davis

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I should start by admitting I've never been a fan of spiders. They are definitely not welcome in my house, though I can appreciate their beauty outside and don't try to kill them in their own environment, just don't invade mine! So when the idea popped into my head of a woman who shifts into a spider, I was intrigued because it felt different than the usual shifter stories and it was almost a little challenge to myself to make this thing that many people find gross and scary, including me, into something interesting and attractive. I definitely gained a new appreciation for spiders after researching them a bit for the book, but I still don't want them in my house!

Once I had the idea that my heroine would shift into a spider, I named her Aranha, which is Portuguese for spider, and I started to think of what unique abilities she might have, staying away from the spider-man superhero idea, (as cool as he is, definitely a favorite of my 4 year old), she isn't a superhero, I knew that from the beginning. I imagined her as a tortured soul type with a violent history and some redeeming qualities. When I decided that her webs would play a role in a supernatural sort of way, I was hooked to my idea and ran with it.

Aranha was destined to be dark and troubled, spiders live in shadows and cracks, she did too, hidden and vicious in her defense of what's hers. She is only trying to survive however, like any animal, and with that inevitably comes death for others, no way around it. She doesn't want to be the villain however, and in her own way, maybe is a hero. I guess that's for readers to decide.

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Aranha is the last of her kind, a spider shifter who preys upon the dregs of society in an attempt to validate her existence and feed her hunger. She’s lived alone for two hundred years, no family and no friends; always watchful for those who would kill her.

Dag is one of a dying species, vampires who can walk in the day. They have lost their companions and live in dread of the day that they too will become extinct; leaving the earth to the vile creatures who prey upon humans without mercy.

Aranha sees danger in Dag’s face, Dag sees the future in hers. Neither can believe the other exists and their lives are about to get very complicated. Together they embark on a mission to save a young human from the vampires and learn the reality of what their two species were doing in The Garden of Eden.

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She didn’t like the idea of being in his space, but the public was no place for this conversation. She didn’t trust him, but she was curious as to what he could possibly think she needed his help with, and how did he even exist? She had as many questions as he did, she was sure. She couldn’t keep Jonah and herself safe if she didn’t know what was out there; maybe he wasn’t the only one and she needed to be aware of them as a danger too. She decided she had no better option. “I will follow you,” she agreed.

He nodded and held the door open for her gallantly. She didn’t move. “I said I’ll follow you.”

“You should trust me,” he said quietly.

His blue eyes stared straight into hers, it touched her soul and she had to steel herself against the threat of feelings she had no use for. “Why?” she hissed.

“I don’t think you have anyone else,” he said quietly, then went out the door and up the stairs.

She bristled at the truth in his words. Other than Jonah, she didn’t have anyone, but she didn’t have to trust him, she had no reason to think he meant her anything other than harm. She tucked her knives away and locked the door behind them. Three brown spiders crept out of the dark and looked up at her. “Cover the door, make sure it looks unused and unwelcoming.”

MEET THE AUTHOR

Courtney Davis is an author of urban fantasy, paranormal, supernatural fiction with a little romance and humor thrown in. She loves creating worlds and exploring human, and inhuman, interaction. She lives in North Idaho with her husband and children where she teaches and enjoys time spent relaxing in the summer sun and winters by the fire. She has always had an affinity for reading and writing and a goal to make a career of it. There is no greater joy than to know her words took a reader out of reality for a time and into another world.

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