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Over to you Lee Ann
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I adore vampires especially the one I
created, Will Brennan, a more than two hundred year old Irishman who quotes
Shakespeare, smokes cigarillo, sometimes drives an eighteen wheeler as a cover
and way to pass the time, lives in a castle and loves his Cara to
distraction. His stunning good looks,
dark hair and amazing blue eyes are based on an Irishman I once knew
What is it about vampires we find so
fascinating? I’m not sure even though
I’ve been into vampires from an early age and I write vampire romance with my
Love Covenant series from Evernight Publishing.
One of my first published pieces of short fiction was an erotic vamp
tale I titled “Flame” which appeared in a magazine down New Orleans way.
Maybe
it’s because vampires are immortal. That
offers a certain appeal because vampires can be ancient and yet appear very
young, even handsome. In most lore,
vampires radiate (but don’t sparkle) with a sexual energy and appeal which
becomes almost irresistible.
My
fourth book in the Love Covenant series, Love
Shadows, is now out from Evernight Publishing and continues Will and Cara’s
amazing love story. Here’s the blurb, an
excerpt, and be sure to comment for your chance to win a PDF copy of the new
release!
Cara couldn’t be
happier now that her sexy vampire husband Will Brennan located his long lost
brother Seamus. Her new found
brother-in-law even has a theater where she can sing - until a vampire named
Henri shows up in the audience. He
covets Cara but not for a happy ending. The old vampire, far more powerful than
Will or Seamus has a bad reputation among the undead.
Back in Memphis
Henri demonstrates he can make them suffer at will. A cat and mouse game begins and takes them
back to Missouri, then onto Texas for what they hope will be a happy family
holiday.
A last minute
grocery store run puts Cara in Henri’s hands and leaves Seamus near dead. When Henri takes Cara deep into the
mysterious back waters of Caddo Lake, it’ll take more than just Will Brennan
and his brother to save her – if they can.
Here’s the blurb:
Cara couldn’t be
happier now that her sexy vampire husband Will Brennan located his long lost
brother Seamus. Her new found
brother-in-law even has a theater where she can sing - until a vampire named
Henri shows up in the audience. He
covets Cara but not for a happy ending. The old vampire, far more powerful than
Will or Seamus has a bad reputation among the undead.
Back in Memphis
Henri demonstrates he can make them suffer at will. A cat and mouse game begins and takes them
back to Missouri, then onto Texas for what they hope will be a happy family
holiday.
A last minute
grocery store run puts Cara in Henri’s hands and leaves Seamus near dead. When Henri takes Cara deep into the
mysterious back waters of Caddo Lake, it’ll take more than just Will Brennan
and his brother to save her – if they can.
Here’s an excerpt from the newest, book
four of the series, Love Shadows:
“Are you still cold, Cara?” he asked, his breath soft against my
face. I could smell the alcohol from the drinks and
the smoke of his many cigarillos. “Let me warm you up.”
I answered him with my lips, latching onto his mouth with the finesse of
clasping a delicate filigree chain yet with the strength of a snapping
turtle. I stroked his lips with mine, claiming my right and
he responded with power. He kissed me back until my head whirled and I
appreciated the heavy bed beneath and above me, a stable place in a spinning
world. Bold as the highwayman he’d once been, he ran his hands over
my body, awakening each nerve, notifying every cell of his need. My want
answered it and we came together, touching, stroking, biting, and even
licking with the force of the mighty Mississippi River that flowed not so
far away.
His body moved over me like a raging floodtide, sweeping away my worries and
leaving nothing but this sensual moment between us. I felt my nipples harden
even as my hand, stroking his cock, which strengthened in my grasp until
it had the solid feel of stone. Within, my body prepared for him by
easing the passageway with wetness and as he fondled me from throat to my
cleft, my body refused to wait. I pushed upward until my body
bumped against his and strained with the overwhelming need for release.
As our skins touched, our bodies savored the feel of one to another, Will’s
patience eroded. He drove into me with such speed
and total impact that I crashed, my body dropping back against the mattress,
helpless against his invasion.
As the essence of his loving poured into me, I drowned in it, delighted in the
immersion and opened to him, all defenses down. At that second of total
connection, I cried out, my voice a wordless shriek to express my
overwhelming pleasure. Will silenced me with his mouth, his tongue
entering my mouth to move in the same rapid in and out sequence as his penis.
When I came, it happened with shuddering and with such total awareness that
nothing outside this room that bed mattered. I clung to him so that I
wouldn’t fall into oblivion and he filled me even as he held me tight.
Love flared between us, the emotion as potent and strong as the musk that
filled the room around us from our physical pleasure. We were one, body
and soul, in those moments and together in a way that I’d never
been with anyone else and would not ever be. Such intimacy must be rare, I
thought, as I lay wrapped in his flesh, his smell on my skin and I treasured it.
To the east, morning must be breaking. I could feel it now, a sense of
danger, a feeling that my
consciousness must soon fade to black
and he knew it too. I fumbled to throw a cover over us both and as I
began to sink into that darkness, Will whispered,
“Are you warm now, mo anam cara?”
“Oh, yeah,” I whispered back, my lips making tiny baby kisses against the base
of his throat. I knew he liked it and his smile lit, tender, as we went to
sleep together.
When I roused, come nightfall, the bed stretched large and empty around me.
Will hadn’t been gone long and I could guess that wherever he was, he
would be with Seamus. I knew he wouldn’t leave without me
so I took my time. I enjoyed a long, leisurely bath complete with scented
oil that left me feeling almost boneless. Since this was Halloween, I
figured we’d be staying home the way I’d planned. But when I drifted
downstairs, wearing nothing but a brocade dressing gown Will bought me last
winter, barefooted, I found the brothers dressed to go out. Their dark heads
leaned together as they sat talking in the flickering light of
the fire I’d asked Malachi, Will’s faithful human servant, to light in the
parlor but when I entered, without a sound, Will glanced up with a smile.
“There you are, Cara.” He stretched out his hand to me and I crossed to him, my
hand straying across his broad shoulders when I leaned down for a kiss. He
tasted of wine, not the Moscato that we both preferred but another vintage,
tarter and less sweet. “I was about to come up to find you.”
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Sounds great, Lee Ann :) I must say, I love my vampires... and yours sound particularly interesting!
ReplyDeleteI so love a great vampire book. I think they are sexy as all get out with their bad boy vibes and dominant natures. Not to mention they bite. :) The excerpt was great, thanks for sharing Lee Ann.
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