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Erotic Paranormal
Romance
Blurb:
A hotter-than-sin reaper. A badass demon. Hell doesn’t get steamier than this.
Zekiel owns the newest nightclub in the French Quarter. The decadent atmosphere draws the corrupt, their blackened souls just what he likes to reap.
Jewel is not amused. Not only has Zekiel cut in on her territory, Satan’s gotten hardcore, upping her quota. All hell’s going to break loose if mortals don’t start selling their souls to her.
The race is on. Zekiel claims victory and wants Jewel as his prize for one evening. Nothing forbidden. Nothing denied. In other words, the whole enchilada, including voyeurism and BDSM.
After the first promising look and lingering touch, they’re goners…even though they’re supposed to be competitors.
This
book was previously published in a box set.
EXCERPT:
He brushed his lips over her ear. “Are you challenging
me?”
She was a hot mess, unable to do anything except submit.
His breath was fresh and warm, his muscles harder than stone. “Challenge you to
what?” Us doing the horizontal tango?
Bondage? Punishment?
“To see who can claim a soul faster. You seem to think
you can.” He snuggled his tongue into her ear.
Jewel shivered. Her knees bumped his. “Not seem. Know.
What happens when I win?”
He laughed, his chest and hard stomach quivering.
She should have slugged him but couldn’t find the
strength. His beard-roughened cheek scoured hers in the best possible way.
Never again would she consider reapers loathsome creatures worse than pond
scum. However, he had still horned in on her turf. That deserved retaliation.
She broke free from his grip and stroked his inner arm.
He trembled.
She purred. “What’s the matter, baby? Afraid of real competition?”
He eased back slightly. Charcoal locks dangled over his
forehead, begging her to ease them into place.
She resisted.
His dimpled smile returned. “Are you serious? Competition
from you?”
Certainly not from other reapers who usually resembled
Lurch in that ancient TV show The Addams
Family. Even if those guys hadn’t owned the kiss of death, their looks
alone sent mortals scurrying for cover. “How about we give it a try?” She
shoved him off her. “When I win, I’ll determine your new role at this place.”
“When you win? I’d say ‘if’ isn’t even close.” He bent
down until their noses nearly touched. “Want to know what I want when you
lose?”
Her expelled from here and roaming New Orleans like a
whipped dog, desperately scouring the surroundings for mortals to corrupt so
she’d make this month’s quota. If that didn’t happen, Satan might renege on the
one promise he’d made her. The reason she’d willingly sold her soul when she
shouldn’t have.
Love hadn’t given her a choice.
She shook off the unchangeable past and steeled for
battle. “I don’t care what you want, because my losing to you won’t happen. The
second I win, I want full access to this place from midnight to seven a.m.”
“My operating hours.”
“Bingo. I expect you to round up the most likely
candidates and let me do my thing. No hassle or interference. It’s only right
given that you’re trespassing in my hood.”
He played with the top bow on her bustier. “Sure you
don’t want to hear what happens when I win?”
She brushed his hand away. “Shall we begin?”
“Fine with me.” He tugged the ribbon, untying it.
Jewel leaned into his touch then stopped and pulled away.
“We’re wasting time.” Satan wasn’t going to wait forever for her newest report.
“Good luck.”
“Thanks, but you’re the one who’s going to need it.” He
ignored her offered hand and swung his to the side, touching a twentysomething guy
who strolled up. He sported thick Goth makeup. Metal studs dotted his face in a
haphazard pattern.
With Zekiel’s touch, the young man turned whiter than
nature or Revlon allowed, clutched his chest, and dropped to the floor.
The guys behind him giggled drunkenly and stepped over
his corpse to leave the club.
Zekiel blew on his forefinger as one would a smoking gun.
“Wow. Looks like I win.”
She gestured frantically. “Bring him back. He’s too young
to die. He’s not even corrupt.” Despite his macabre appearance, his soul
smelled of sunshine and hope.
Zekiel regarded the poor slob. “What do I get if I do?”
“Fine, reap him.” She crossed her arms. “I’ll even call
911 for them to collect the remains. I’m not leaving without my quota.”
He muttered something that sounded nasty and revived the
young man.
The kid teetered to his feet and blinked repeatedly. “I
just saw Heaven.”
Jewel rubbed her temple.
“It was beautiful.” He bounced on his heels. “I wanna go
back.”
“Maybe tomorrow night.” Zekiel waved his hand.
The gust that produced whizzed the kid to the exit and out
the door.
Zekiel faced her. “Seems like you need me to take a
handicap to make our competition remotely fair.”
“Fair would be you taking off and letting me have this
place.”
Laughter shook him. “Tell you what, you pick the victim.”
“Not until I know you won’t touch him until I’ve closed
the deal.”
“That’s giving away the keys to the castle.”
She stroked his throat, enjoying how hard he swallowed.
“Would it be so bad if I won?”
About Tina:
Tina’s an Amazon and international bestselling novelist who writes passionate romance for every taste – ‘heat with heart’ – for traditional publishers and indie. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Romantic Times and numerous online sites have praised her work. She’s won Readers’ Choice Awards, was named a finalist in the EPIC competition, received a Book of the Year award, The Golden Nib Award, awards of merit in the RWA Holt Medallion competitions, and second place in the NEC RWA contests. She’s featured in the Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market. Before penning romances, she worked at a major Hollywood production company in Story Direction.
On a less serious note: she’s an admitted and unrepentant chocoholic, brakes for Mexican restaurants, and has been known to moan like Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally while wolfing down tostadas. She’s flown a single-engine airplane (freaking scary), rewired an old house using an ‘electricity for dummies’ book, and is horribly shy despite the hot romances she writes.
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