Would you defy God, for love?
In
Bonds of the
Earth is the new paranormal erotic
romance by Janine Ashbless, and is the second in the Book of the
Watchers trilogy. It is due for release on March 1st 2017.
“Broad
at
the
shoulders
and
lean
at
the
hips,
six
foot-and-then-something
of
ropey
muscle,
he
looks
like
a
Spartan
god
who
got
lost
in
a
thrift
store.
He
moves
like
ink
through
water.
And
his
eyes,
when
you
get
a
good
look
at
them,
are
silver.
Not
gray.
Silver.
You
might
take
their
inhuman
shine
for
fancy
contact
lenses.
You’d
be
wrong.”
Blurb
“I
will free
them all.”
When
Milja Petak
released the
fallen angel
Azazel from
five thousand
years of
imprisonment, she
did it
out of
love and
pity. She
found herself
in a
passionate sexual
relationship
beyond her
imagining and
control –
the beloved
plaything of
a dark
and furious
demon who
takes what
he wants,
when he
wants, and
submits to
no restraint.
But what
she hasn’t
bargained on
is being
drawn into
his plan
to free
all his
incarcerated
brothers and
wage a
war against
the Powers
of Heaven.
As
Azazel drags
Milja across
the globe
in search
of his
fellow rebel
angels, Milja
fights to
hold her
own in
a situation
where every
decision has
dire
consequences.
Pursued by
the loyal
Archangels, she
is forced
to make
alliances with
those she
cannot trust:
the mysterious
Roshana Veisi,
who has
designs of
her own
upon Azazel;
and Egan
Kansky, special
forces agent
of the
Vatican –
the man
who once
saved then
betrayed her,
who loves
her, and
who will
do anything
he can
to imprison
Azazel for
all eternity.
Torn
every way
by love,
by conflicting
loyalties and
by her
own passions,
Milja finds
that she
too is
changing –
and that
she must
do things
she could
not previously
have dreamt
of in
order to
save those
who matter
to her.
In
Bonds
of
the
Earth
is the
second in
the Book
of the
Watchers trilogy
and the
sequel to
Cover
Him
With
Darkness.
Excerpt
from
In
Bonds
of
the
Earth:
I
was giving my long-dreaded presentation on the anniversary footbridge
to Misters Ellis, Singh, Constanzo and Mackenzie…when Azazel walked
in.
Oh
hell.
“Excuse
me, gentlemen,” I said loudly, lurching around from behind my desk,
grabbing Azazel’s arm and spinning him back to face the door. “Not
here, come on, please,” I implored through clenched teeth.
If
there was one thing I’d learned by then, it was to not ignore
warning dreams. If I’d paid them more attention from the start,
things between me and Egan might have gone very differently back in
Montenegro…
No,
better not to think of Egan, not when Azazel was around. One guy at a
time was quite enough to wrap my head around. Especially this guy.
He
humored me though, this time, letting me pull him out of the meeting
room and through the open plan office without resistance. We
attracted a lot of stares, but there was nothing I could do about
that except hold my head high.
“Where
are we going?” he asked.
“Out.
Anywhere.”
“You’re
so impetuous.”
I
didn’t need to glance up at his wicked smirk. I could feel it
burning its way into my breast.
Bryce,
the beardy guy in my new team who’d shown me the ropes of the job
and seemed just a tiny bit too eager to talk every morning, stood up
from his cubicle to intercept us. “Milja, is everything okay?”
“It’s
just fine,” I rasped, towing Azazel faster.
“She’s
insatiable,” my demon lover confided with a helpless shrug to my
colleague as we swept past.
Bryce
stared, mouth open.
“Goddamnit,”
I muttered, and Azazel chuckled.
Sometimes
it was hard to remember that he’d risked everything to save me.
We
reached the doors at the end of the room and I pushed through, past
the lobby with the elevators and into the concrete stairwell of the
emergency stairs beyond. The only people who came here were smokers
on their way to the roof, and it looked empty for now. My panicky
momentum fizzled away and I swung to face him.
“What
are you doing here?”
“What
do you think?” he countered, taking my face in his hands.
“Azazel—”
But he cut off my protests with his hungry kiss; a kiss that lanced
through me all the way to my core. I gave up resisting, and speaking,
and almost breathing, as his lust rolled over me in a hot wet wave. I
slid my hands around his neck and tangled my fingers in his messy
hair, pulling myself into his embrace. His body was hard as rock, his
hands heavy on my waist and hips. The yearning for his touch that
smoldered in my flesh day and night woke to a roaring heat.
I’d
missed him. His skin, his smile, the peppery scent and salt taste of
him. The sweetness of his lips and the harsh rasp of his stubbled
chin. I’d missed him so much. Like an addict missing her
hit.
About
the Author
Janine
Ashbless is a writer of fantasy erotica and steamy romantic
adventure. She likes to write about magic and myth and mystery,
dangerous power dynamics, borderline terror, and the not-quite-human.
Buyer
beware! If you like dark romance and a hard-won Happily Ever After,
try "Cover Him with Darkness," "Heart of Flame,"
or "The King's Viper." If you prefer challenging erotica,
go for "Red Grow the Roses" or "Named and Shamed"
instead. All her other books lie somewhere on the spectrum between.
Janine
has been seeing her books in print ever since 2000. She's also had
numerous short stories published by Black Lace, Nexus, Cleis Press,
Ravenous Romance, Harlequin Spice, Storm Moon, Xcite, Mischief Books,
and Ellora's Cave among others. She is co-editor of the nerd erotica
anthology 'Geek Love'.
Born
in Wales, Janine now lives in the North of England with her husband
and two rescued greyhounds. She has worked as a cleaner, library
assistant, computer programmer, local government tree officer, and -
for five years of muddy feet and shouting - as a full-time costumed
Viking. Janine loves goatee beards, ancient ruins, minotaurs, trees,
mummies, having her cake and eating it, and holidaying in countries
with really bad public sewerage.
Her
work has been described as:
"Hardcore
and literate" (Madeline Moore) and "Vivid and tempestuous
and dangerous, and bursting with sacrifice, death and love."
(Portia Da Costa)
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