Curses With Benefits: Inklet, #99

By Amy Laurens

Wrestling with insomnia leaves Harry desperate enough to do the unthinkable: summon a demon for assistance.

Naturally he gets more than he bargained for in this two-for-one deal that leaves him fighting for an unexpected ally's life.

Of course, unexpected allies sometimes bring unexpected gifts, as well…

A quirky urban fantasy tale about making friends in surprising places, for readers who appreciate moral shades of grey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inkprint Press
• Release date: Feb 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798201559434

Amy Laurens

AMY LAURENS is an Australian author of fantasy fiction for all ages. Her story Bones Of The Sea, about creepy carnivorous mist and bone curses, won the 2021 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella. Amy has also written the award-winning portal-fantasy Sanctuary series about Edge, a 13-year-old girl forced to move to a small country town because of witness protection (the first book is Where Shadows Rise), the humorous fantasy Kaditeos series, following newly graduated Evil Overlord Mercury as she attempts to acquire a castle, the young adult series Storm Foxes, about love and magic and family in small town Australia, and a whole host of non-fiction, both for writers AND for people who don’t live with constant voices in their heads. Other interesting details? Let’s see. Amy lives with her husband and two kids in suburban Canberra. She used to be a high-school English teacher, and she was once chewed on by a lion. (The two are unrelated. It was her right thumb.) Amy loves chocolate but her body despises it; she has a vegetable garden that mostly thrives on neglect; and owns enough books to be considered a library. Of course. Oh, and she also makes rather fancy cakes in her spare time. She’s on all the usual social media channels as @ByAmyLaurens, but you’ve got the best chance of actually getting a response on Instagram or the contact form on her website. <3

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Curses With Benefits

INKLET #99

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AMY LAURENS

www.InkprintPress.com

CURSES WITH BENEFITS

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Streetlights filtered in past the  edges of the master bedroom’s blinds, casting silvered bands up the wardrobe door in the dark. The air carried humidity from the shower, and the faint scent of sage soap lingered in the air. Harry lay drowsy and warm beneath the heavy covers on the bed, completely comfortable, and completely awake, even though the digital clock on the other side of the room said 2:00AM.

Unaccustomed to needing help falling asleep, Harry let his left hand dangle over the edge of the bed. Seagal, he murmured. He inhaled, ready to name the big, black, Great Dane-shaped demon twice more to summon it—demon it may be, but its fur felt convincingly soft and sleek, and since he’d demonstrated to it quite convincingly that he had the