| Mariah Jordan thinks that by taking a few days off from her book signing tour, it will give her a well deserved break. What she finds is a gorgeous vampire, bleeding to death, who is being hunted by something far more evil than anything Mariah could imagine. Seeing as it might be her last night if she is wrong about the dying vampire, Mariah offers her blood to him for a price... a kiss. Little does she know something so delicious and tempting would thrust her into a war between the Borne Vampires and the Damned where she is the ultimate prize! Rathe, a Demon Slayer, is now the hunted by what he has sought to destroy for centuries. He gets the surprise of a lifetime when a human female demands a kiss to save him. Unable to resist such a tempting offer, he makes the fatal mistake of taking far to much of her precious blood and must give of his own to save her. By doing so, he breaks the law of the Borne Vampires--never convert a human! Stunned when his enemy seeks the very woman he saves, Rathe takes Mariah with him, determined to keep her safe. Fighting their attraction, Rathe and Mariah learn along the way past holds the hope of the Damned and the destruction of the Borne, if she falls into the wrong hands. Can Rathe keep her safe from his enemy or his own desire to make Mariah his forever despite the law? Can the Borne Vampires defeat the Damned despite their heavy losses? In Mariah will they find hope and turn back the tide of ever-growing number of demon vampires and save manind from the evil seeking to rule the world? |
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| "What's wrong honey? Ain't you never seen a real vampire before?" Carl grinned, cracking up at his joke. "See, Stan, she's just waiting fer you to come and get her." Seeing the fear in Mariah's eyes, Stan bolster forward. "Come on, darling, I'd like to introduce you to a vampire." His voice changed, deepened as his eyes turned red. "Me." "As a matter of fact, I have already met a vampire. Would you like to meet him?" Mariah smiled tightly, seeing Rathe drop out of the sky behind Carl as her dogs rushed Stan. Fear flushed Carl's gray pallor. "Slayer!" Rathe flashed a cruel grin at the terrified demon vampire before ramming his gloved fist into his face. A saber gleamed wickedly in Rathe's right hand and flashed blue fire as he swung, seperating arl's head from his body. Greenish-black blood sprayed the pavement. Salish dragged Stan over and stepped back as Rathe ended his life, too. Reaching into his pocket, Rathe withdrew a clear bottle and uncorked it, pouring some of the liquid on his sword. The greenish-black blood bubbled and disappeared. Sprinkling the liquid over the bodies and heads, he spoke a prayer over the dead. Their gray flesh ignited like crepe paper before exploding into flames. The night wind rose and and carried away the ashes. Unbelieving what she had just witnessed, Mariah steeled herself from Rathe's anger as he stormed over toward her, sword still in hand. "I told you to be careful! Why did youi not stay in the car?" he demanded furiously. Before she could form an answer, he dropped his sword and grabbed her shoulders, slamming her against him as his mouth crushed hers. Kissing her, pouring all his fears and rage into her, Rathe forced her to feel what she had done to him. Somewhere between anger and terror, her mouth softened under his savage onslought. Her arms crept around his neck as she rose on her toes, kissing him back until their passion exploded and the fury of their desire caused the heavens to protest. Lightening slashed downward, thunder cracked, sending the earth to shudder in response. Rathe reluctantly released her It took several tries until Mariah was finally able to get the words out. "Did we do that by just kissing?" His dark eyebrows drew together in confusion before looking up at the fury above them. "Damn it," Rathe sowre, concentrating on calming the storm. Glaring at her, he growled, "Woman, you are positively lethal to my very sanity! Let's go." |
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| ~WHISPER TO ME~ |
| ~BLURB~ |