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Dark Love Rising
by
Danita Minnis
Blurb:
Former MI6 agent Xavier Quinn would say that
you're daft if you think he will stop killing for a living. But that is
exactly what is about to happen. Very soon now, Quinn will start killing
to stay alive. On the run after taking out the wrong man, Quinn would die a
happy man if he could just live long enough to ruin the Parliament member who
set him up.
Layla, a 2,000 year old vampire with a moral
code, has other plans for the contract killer. When she awakens to the sound of
a dark rising, she enlists Quinn to join her on a mission to save
humanity from her twin sister Tamara.
But Quinn is just the kind of man that a cold-blooded killer like
Tamara needs in her world. A man like Quinn, who never believed in humanity,
has only one belief; self-preservation. Being a vampire sounds much better than
staying human in the game of kill or be killed. Will he stay alive long enough
to find out how Layla's love can change the equation?
Excerpt:
She was a beautiful cadaver. This young woman was sick.
Quinn let her go when she was able to stand on her own. She
pushed glossy sheets of midnight hair out of her eyes and it fell to either side
of her, like a silken shroud. He was watching that hair shimmer against her
hips in a lover’s embrace when he felt her hands clamp around his neck.
He grabbed her wrists, but couldn’t break the frosted
beauty’s grip on his throat. For one
unbelievable moment, he could have sworn her feet didn’t touch the ground. Her
head was level with his.
She had seemed almost catatonic before, but now, even as he
struggled, this petite goddess pulled him down.
Her eyelids fluttered and he thought she would pass out, but
the grip on his neck was cutting off his air supply.
Just as his own eyelids began to close, she looked him
directly in the eye.
“Aurelius.” Eyes, the shape and color of almonds with a hint
of gold, widened in recognition and she loosened the chokehold on his throat.
Coughing, he lost his footing and stumbled back. Damned if
he wouldn’t have fallen to the ground without her hand steadying his arm, this
woman-child.
She stepped closer, and a small, clammy hand traveled over
his features to caress his cheek. One long talon traced the shape of his lips.
She wasn’t hurt. She had acted so violently, she was either
on drugs or in shock. The change in her,
from sluggish to the swiftness of a predator made his hand slide back down to
the gun.
“Who are you?”
For some reason, hurt flashed in her beautiful eyes, dulling
them a bit. “I am Layla.”
Her voice was hoarse, but he detected an accent.
Mediterranean.
“Are you alone?” Quinn looked around for drug paraphernalia,
this boyfriend Aurelius she called for, something that made sense this time of
night for a tourist to be out and about on the Nile banks.
“Yes.”
“What are you doing out here alone?”
When she did not answer he looked down at her. Her eyes
roamed his body with the kind of interest that must have been in his eyes
before she tried to choke him to death.
The young woman who called herself Layla ran one hand along
the satin trimmed lapel of his tuxedo jacket while the other raked through the
curls at the base of his neck.
There was something about those fingernails; they were a bit
longer than he cared for and looked very…strong. Even so, the hair massage was
undeniably arousing.
Abruptly, he looked away from the amber pools drawing him in
and focused on a question. “Are you hurt?”
“My head…” She leaned against his chest.
His arms betrayed him, wrapping around her, and he stifled a
curse. She burrowed closer, her lush curves pressing against him. Now was not
the time to play the hero.
He took her by the shoulders and held her away from his
body. “Where do you live?”
Her eyes traveled slowly down his tux. “Why are you dressed
in this way?” She reached for him again but he stepped back.
“Why are you not dressed at all?”
Danita
Minnis Bio:
Born and raised in the heart of
New York City, Danita is a singer, writer and lover of romance. Her fourth
novel, Dark Love Rising is her first
vampire romance. She is the author of the ghostly love story Adderley’s Bride and the Cardiff novels,
Falcon’s Angel and Love Entwined.
Mystery, mayhem, the fantastic
and the fey are as intriguing as Siberian Huskies - shout out to the
Khan Man. One more hour with her laptop and
Danita is living the dream.
Connect with Danita:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Danita_Minnis
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Book Links:
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZFICFR/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1485912379&sr=1-1
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and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-love-rising-danita-minnis/1125606509?ean=9781542798402
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