Blurb
…but
Gisele Walker has no plans to pay the debt.
As
a half-demon paranormal bounty hunter, Gisele is used to flirting
with death, but stealing a curio and opening a portal to Hell’s
demon court is more than your average day job.
Now,
she’s partnered with an infuriatingly handsome demon, Shade, who
has more levels of grey than she can count.
Who
can she trust to help save the city as Baltimore burns to the ground
and ghouls roam the streets?
With
a white-hot attraction burning between them and secrets blocking
their path, Gisele must face her past and venture into the twisted
heart of the demon royal court.
But
with no memory of her past…
…will
she be able to save their future?
Excerpt
Wings
burst from the doppelgänger-Shade’s back, massive and talon-tipped
and tensile. They billowed, leathery and black as the forelimbs of a
giant bat. Shadows shifted behind them as they spanned, making them
appear to fill the width of the room. Patches of skin darkened and
pebbled before ripping into tiny, hardened scales that gleamed in the
soft glow of the containment tanks lining the walls, and bones
elongated, protruding at knuckles, elbows, and clavicle, hulking the
creature in both muscles and height until it towered over her. Two
thickly ridged, ebony horns cut from its temples, banked in loose
ash-brown locks that roiled about its shoulders. A long tail whipped
against a tank, shattering glass.
She
wanted to scream but couldn’t, numb, frozen like prey before a
monster.
Shade’s
demonic form speared her with eyes blacker than the depths of Hell,
glistening with pure evil. They were the eyes of a creature that
would suck out her soul and sanity and laugh at the corpse it left
behind. This was what she’d always known in the back of her mind,
that Shade was dangerous. That he was a born killer, a full-blooded
Devil from the deepest regions of Hell.
No,
wait. That wasn’t right. Sure, she was scared of Shade’s true
form—he was a powerful and nightmarish-looking beast. But she also
had flashes of him smiling and protecting her, worried and protecting
her, laughing and crying and screaming her name, all while baring
those same obsidian wings.
A
gun was in her good hand, but she didn’t remember having drawn it.
It wavered, trembling where it was outstretched.
Shoot,
shoot to kill, a whispered voice not her own pounded in the back of
her head, incessant. Shoot him before he turns on you, then shoot
yourself.
With
a start, she realized she’d aimed her sight at the real Shade’s
back. She was a breath away from firing.
Buy
links
The book is $0.99 during the
tour.
Amazon:
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Amazon
Print (won't be live until released day):
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Publisher
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About
the Author
Megan
Starks is the award-winning author of the Gatewalkers urban fantasy
series and a game writer at Obsidian Entertainment. A Romance Writers
of America Golden Heart® finalist, Writers Guild of America award
nominee, and Pitch Wars alumna with an MFA in fiction, Megan enjoys
reading and writing paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and fantasy
novels. Whether it's dark demons, brooding vampires, howling
werewolves, or feisty witches, Megan loves it all.
When
she's not penning novels about magic and strong, kick-butt heroines,
she enjoys playing video games and spending time with her husband and
their cat, Sushi, in California.
Look
for Night of Sunder & Sorrow, the sequel to House of Ash &
Brimstone, coming in Spring 2020.
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Megan
Starks will be awarding a prize pack of best selling urban fantasy
romance + a copy of House of Ash and Brimstone to a randomly drawn
winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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6 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Welcome to Beyond Romance, Megan!
This sounds fantastic. I had the devil's time deciding which of your enticing excerpts to post.
Hope the tour is going really well!
Looks fascinating. Good luck on the tour!
I'm looking forward to reading this book. This will be my first read of a Megan Starks book. I'm excited.
I won? Yeah Me!!!
Congratulations, Audrey!!!
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