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:
Padding into
the living room, she watched as the door across the suite opened and two men
walked in. The first man was big and round enough to block her view of his
thinner companion. Though she chose to remain visible facing them across the
large living area, they had not yet seen her standing in front of the bedroom
door. The second man closed and locked the door behind him.
They didn’t
belong here in this pure, white living room which gave the impression of being
up in the clouds. They wore stiff, dark clothes like Aurelius, but they were
not like him at all. She could smell hatred. There was no other feeling in
them. They had killed many, and they were here for Aurelius.
Ah, praises to
Anubis. They are ripe.
She sighed and
closed the bedroom door behind her.
The murderers turned.
“Where is
Quinn?” The heavy man smiled, while his silent companion went around the room
closing the drapes on the panoramic view of Luxor.
Quinn; the
name suited Aurelius in this life, nimble and smart, as her Roman commander had
been.
“He is bathing.”
She smiled as if the two jackals had just come for a visit.
“And what is
your name, love?” The heavy man strolled across the expanse of white carpet to
walk around the u-shaped sectional sofa. His bulbous red-veined nose bore the
colors and marks of a trade route freshly drawn on papyrus. His blood would not
be sweet, he drank spirits too often, but there would be enough to satisfy her
craving.
“I am
Lay-laah.” She met the man half-way, near the sofa, keeping her hands to her
sides. She must not alarm them. But she could not stop the bloodlust, she
needed so much more blood, and her fingers flexed in excitement, aching to tear
him open.
“Well,
Lay-laah.” The man chuckled, trying to mimic her accent. “Quinn’s got good
taste,” He glanced over his shoulder to his companion, who now held something
in his hand. The thin man pointed the metal spear at her.
“Well, this is
unfortunate,” the heavy man said. “We came for Quinn, but we’ve got two for the
price of one.” He took a similar metal spear out of his jacket and pointed it
at her. “It must be fate.”
“Fate.
Yes-sss.” Layla grabbed him by the neck. The motion was so swift the man still
smiled at her while she sank her teeth into his leathery flesh.
She
experienced a moment of discomfort as the heavy man’s metal spear struck her in
the chest several times. She rose above him and he toppled backward with a
shout and fell over the low glass table in front of the sofa.
The thin man
rumbled in disbelief at what must be to him an unexpected turn of events.
It was ever
this way; humans could not fathom a being like her, they did not believe in
monsters. Neither had she, long ago. But there were many things in the world -
seen and unseen - that this killer would fear if he knew of them.
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.
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Hi Ruth,
ReplyDeleteThanks for featuring Dark Love Rising today! Looks like Layla got two for the price of one in this scene. 😁
My pleasure!
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