Beastly & Bookish by Catrina Bell EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Catrina Bell
- Language: English
- Genre: Paranormal Demons & Devils Romance
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“Adeal’s a deal, Jaromar. The building is yours.”
The older demon and I clasp forearms in a traditional
handshake. My eyes glow fever-warm while his burn a brighter shade of
red. We nod at the same time, sealing the agreement.
Demonkind are natural bargainers and will con you out of the clothes on
your back, but when we make a deal, we stick to it. There’s no one I
understand better and would rather do business with than my own kind.
While we’re the least populous of the world’s people groups, here in Winter
Bliss, we’re the majority. The active volcano nearby is an epicenter for
demons who come for the holidays and to ski the lava flows that erupt
every winter.
The real estate agent, Balthazar Jones, leans back and surveys the empty
storefront he just rented me. “My Maggie will love having a coffee shop in
this old building. What’re you naming the place?”
“Perkatory.”
“Ha! Glad to see the Perchaz family doing so well.” He’s an old friend of
my dad’s, and a grin kicks up on one side of his face at the name. Perkatory
is a play on words, not only nodding to our family name but our demon
background too, at least the human myths about us ruling some hellish
purgatory full of fire and brimstone.
Call me crazy, but it always sounded kind of pleasant.
My family started the business as a coffee cart at the local university in
Austin, Texas. Mom and Dad manned the mobile drink stand while us kids
ran deliveries all over campus. That single rickety cart grew into a fleet of
coffee trucks then brick and mortar locations. Business has never been
better. Between my parents and brothers, we manage a flagship cafe, a
roastery, and four chain locations throughout Texas. Big families are
common with fated mate couples, like my mom and dad.
This lease in Idaho will be our first expansion as a national brand. And
choosing a sleepy holiday town like Winter Bliss is no coincidence. It’s
where I spent the glory days of childhood.
Out the lead-paned front windows, sit the general store and post office, as
quaint as ever. Closer to my heart, this empty storefront is next door to the
town library, my favorite place as a kid.
Maybe she’s still here somewhere, my mind whispers.
I peek at the older demon as I gather the paperwork set on the glossy
bartop. He would know. But how do I ask without him looking too hard into
it? Demons, especially demons in a small town like this, gossip like it’s
everybody’s business.
And I’ve always hated being the center of attention.
“How is your wife?” I ask. They lived on the same street as her family
back then.
“The woman never stops working.” He beams. “Started an Etsy shop that
sold like hot cakes and helped us buy our dream home, a new chalet up on
the BZB.”
“Nice.”
Well, damn. He moved to the rich mountain down the road. Mount BZB is
a snowy paradise of a mountain compared to its twin closer to town, the
fire-scarred and treacherous ridges of Mount Winter Bliss.
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