Expect Deception

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Synopsis

Just when US WAVE Livvy Delacourt thinks she and her team of psychic Nazi hunters are ready for whatever The Reich can throw at them, Hitler adds to the mix a spy who also happens to be a wizard. Now dark magic is being used to attack US facilities, and Livvy must match wits with the evil wizard, whose objective is to destroy Operation Delphi and all her team. If she fails to ramp up her psychic powers, she may perish—and perhaps cause the US to lose the war with Germany while she’s at it.

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Author Biography

JoAnn Smith Ainsworth experienced food ration books, Victory Gardens and black-out sirens as a child. These memories help her create vivid descriptions of time and place for her award-winning, WWII paranormal suspense series wherein the U.S. government recruits psychics to hunt down Nazi spies. 1. Expect Trouble was a runner-up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition and a semi-finalist in the East Texas Writers Guild first-chapter contest. 2. Expect Deception was a finalist in the 2016 Best Book Award in the category of Mystery/Suspense and a finalist in the East Texas Writers Guild first-chapter contest. 3. Expect Betrayal released during the pandemic. 4. Expect Obsession was finalist at 2022 Global Book Awards. 5. Expect Treachery is being written. Ms. Ainsworth is the author of eight published novels. Expect Betrayal (Book 3) will release in 2020. She has B.A. and M.A.T. degrees in English and has completed her M.B.A. studies. She lives in northern California. To learn more, please visit https://www.joannsmithainsworth.com.

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Nazi Spy Juices Up His Spells

Nazi spy (and magician of the Black Arts) Fergus increases the potency of the spells he has woven to disable the U.S. psychic team.

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Expect Deception

Fergus leaned over the scarred wooden table. He spread his hands over each pigskin bag to test its remaining strength and chanted Latin incantations over each to increase the potency. He smirked at the memory of how he came to know these words. His high school Latin was proving more valuable than his narrow-minded teacher’s goal of spelling and declension. Without her catching on, he’d focused on learning those phrases and words needed for spell incantations. His teacher had been delighted to have such an eager Latin student.

The older gentleman’s bag seemed strong enough, but tokens from the more youthful Hamilton House staff were slipping from his grip. He mumbled more spell phrases even as he added additional ingredients. He dropped a rotting rabbit’s foot into the pudgy man’s bag, enveloping its contents with foul odor. A cook should react violently to decaying flesh. Fergus snickered as he remembered the mini whisk and handwritten recipe card. “I’m cooking up something special for you!”

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JoAnn Smith Ainsworth

Expect Deception

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Author Biography

Author Insight

Nazi Spy Juices Up His Spells

Nazi spy (and magician of the Black Arts) Fergus increases the potency of the spells he has woven to disable the U.S. psychic team.

Book Excerpt

Expect Deception

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