Lightning in Her Hands Book Launch

Join us for the launch party of local author Raquel Vasquez Gilliland's LIGHTNING IN HER HANDS, a novel about a young witch whose emotions control the weather. Raquel will read an excerpt of the novel, and following that there will be a brief Q&A, as well as book signing. Refreshments will be served.

Thursday, October 17 · 5 - 7pm

Free. Registration required. Registration closes 24 hours prior to the event.

If you register, and later cannot attend, please contact Shakti in the Mountains immediately so your spot may be offered to another person.

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ABOUT LIGHTNING IN HER HANDS

Gifted—or cursed—with the power to influence the weather, one woman must embrace her wild heart in the next electric romance from the author of Witch of Wild Things.

Teal Flores is desperate for two things—control over her gift of weather, and a date to her ex’s wedding. The first isn’t possible until she finds her long-lost mother, but the second has a very handsome last-ditch solution: Carter Velasquez.

Carter needs Teal too. His chance at receiving an inheritance is dependent on him being married by age thirty (blame his traditional Cuban grandmother), so who better to pose as his wife than Teal? But fake marriage and cohabitation prove tricky when mutual attraction charges the atmosphere—quite literally for Teal, whose volatile emotions cause lightning strikes.

Together, Teal and Carter embark on a quest to find her mother and the answers she’s searching for. But along the way, they’ll discover something even better: a love that can weather any storm.

Raquel Vasquez Gilliland is a USA TODAY best-selling and Pura Belpré Award-winning Mexican American poet, novelist, and painter. She received her BA in cultural anthropology from the University of West Florida and her MFA in poetry from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Raquel is most inspired by folklore and seeds and the lineages of all things. When not writing, Raquel tells stories to her plants, and they tell her stories back.

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