Title: Destiny
Series: Tranquilli Bloodline Series
Number: Book 2
Author: Celia Breslin
Genre: Urban Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Champagne Books
Date of Publication: November 3, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-77155-164-9
ASIN: B00O6A77FG
Number of pages: 234
Word Count: 74K
Cover Artist: Ellie Smith
Book Description:
In HAVEN, San Francisco nightclub owner Carina Tranquilli survives a vicious attack by her vampire family’s longtime archenemies. Several weeks later, as she struggles with PTSD and survivor’s guilt, supervillain Dixon resurfaces and kidnaps two of her best friends. To save them, Carina must comply with the evil bastard’s unusual demands. The kicker? She must tell no one what she is up to.
Meanwhile, she has a new dance club to open for the preternatural community, a fated soul mate acting secretive and distant, and a sexy, new, undead friend who’d love to take Alexander’s place in her heart and bed.
Blackmailed, betrayed, tempted…sometimes destiny has a wicked sense of humor.
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Excerpt
(RATED R)
My attacker pinned me
face-first to the trunk, grinding an erection into my backside. Panic and pain
pierced my gut. Oh, hell no. I struggled to free myself, my power eager to fry
the bastard. But a familiar wintery power slid under my skin and doused my fire
as if it were a weak matchstick.
Warm breath teased my
earlobe. “Hello, pet.”
I froze. Fuck me. Dixon.
He nipped my ear lobe with
wicked sharp fangs. “Miss me?”
“No.” The cut stung. Blood
trickled, warm and wet, down my neck.
“No? I’m hurt.” Jolts of icy
power secured me to the tree trunk while Dixon’s skeletal hands roamed over my
body.
“Back off, you undead
wanker,” I snapped, refusing to surrender to my fears.
He chuckled. “I do so love it
when you speak my language, my little kitten.”
The world spun when he
flipped me around and lassoed me tighter to the trunk with his power, his lean,
tall body caging mine. Head lowered, gaunt face too close, his silver eyes
shone like moonlight. Mesmerizing, seductive moonlight.
Shit. He was trying to compel
me. Very few vampires could do that, and they had to be old. Unfortunately,
Dixon was as old as Stonehenge. Maybe older.
I lowered my gaze to his
thin, blue-black lips. They curled up in a creepy smile under my inspection,
crinkling the lightning bolt tattoo streaking across one hollow cheek. He
circled one long fang with the tip of his tongue. “Come now, pet. No more words
for your favorite admirer?”
Anger almost had me hurling
insults at the bastard but I clenched my teeth. You’re bat shit crazy, and I’m going to kill you if I can get my hands
free.
He slipped a bony finger
under my chin and tilted it upward, trapping my gaze again. I met his challenge
for two whole seconds before pain closed my eyes. He’d likely dislocated my
shoulder with his aerial stunt, and so far my vampire quick healing genes had
failed to fix it.
“Oh dear, is my favorite toy
broken?” He poked my shoulder hard, chuckling when I cried out.
“Bastard.” Moisture beaded on
my forehead, and nausea knotted my stomach. I should puke on the smug jerk.
That would teach him.
“Here my pet, let me help.”
“Don’t touch—”
Pain clogged my throat as he
reset my shoulder with surprising medical precision.
He slid his hand over my
repaired shoulder and down to the curve of my waist. “There, all better now.”
His hand inched lower and squeezed my ass.
“Back off, perv.”
“Hm. Still spicy I see. Very
good.”
He leaned into me until his
erection pressed against my belly. Inside my power paced like a caged tiger,
roaring and swiping at the metaphorical bars Dixon had placed around her. God,
how I wanted to grab his head and fry him, starting with his too-perfect, spiky
platinum hair, then his tattooed face and on down until he was nothing but an
ash statue standing in his studded leather boots.
My anger surged. I bucked
against his hold, hating his gaunt body plastered to mine, his cigarettes and
leather scent searing my nostrils, just…hating him.
He trapped my arms above my
head and rubbed his cheek against my forehead. “Yes, move like that kitten.
Right there.” He lapped at my bleeding ear. “Don’t stop now, my lush little
pet.”
Bile burned my throat, making
a bid for freedom. “Screw you.”
“Oh, yes. Quite soon in
fact.”
Panic ripped my gut. “Never.”
“Forever,” he shot back.
About the Author:
Celia lives in California with her husband, daughter, and two feisty cats. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and has a particular fondness for vampires, werewolves, and the Fae. When not writing, you’ll find her exercising, reading a good book or indulging her addiction to Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies.
HI Diane!
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting Carina and her vampires on your blog today. :-)
Celia