Tuesday, February 27, 2018

SPOTLIGHT w/INTERVIEW - Caressed by the Edge of Darkness (Rulers of Darkness, #5) by Amanda J. Greene

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What are some of your writing/publishing goals for this year?
If life permits, my goal is to release 2 novels and 1 novella this year. In just a few months I’ll be releasing Wicked Passion (Under Realm Assassins #3). I’ve also been working on Caressed by Dawn, the sixth installment of the Rulers of Darkness series. In my spare time, I’ve been playing with the idea of a new series, the Shadow Lords, which I’m extremely excited to share.
Do you have a character that you have been working on for a long time that still isn't quite ready, but fills you with excitement to work on the story?
YES! Gregory Wrothston from my work in progress, Passion’s Prey. I’ve been working on his story for years and have rewritten it about 10 times. It’s been difficult deciding if I will make it a standalone, a series, or trilogy. Gregory’s story is long, complicated, and the world building is what I’ve been needing to fine-tune.
Where would you spend one full year, if you could go ANYWhere? What would you do with this time?
I’d love to spend a year in the Scottish Highlands. My husband and I have spent some time there and we absolutely loved it. I would spend my time exploring and writing. I may even try my hand at a historical book.
Can you share you next creative project(s)? If yes, can you give a few details?
I’m currently focusing on Wicked Passion (Under Realm Assassins #3). James is a vampire and an assassin sent to eliminate a group of shape-shifting magic thieves—the perfect mission. He didn’t anticipate rescuing the woman the shifter’s had kidnapped and never did he expect to fall in love with her.

 

Excerpt:
“I’m not the kind of human that cowers. I will not run from you.”
He appreciated Jordan’s bravery but not her attitude. Losing his patience he snapped, “Would you like a job or not?”
“I can find my own, thanks.” She turned on her heel and marched toward the door.
Let her go.
Gabriel blocked her exit. He should let her be angry. He should allow her to believe he hated her so that she would hate him, but…he couldn’t.
“Get out of my way!”
“Not a chance.”
She squared her shoulders and notched her chin up. Regal, stunning, her violet eyes flashed with defiance, challenge. “Should the lowly human have asked for your permission to leave?” She pulled her hair to the side revealing the graceful column of her neck. “Should I play the meek mortal and let you tap my vein.” Her sensual mouth curled in a taunting smile. “My blood, I know you want it, leech.”
Tempting lips. Sexy voice. Bitchy words. Goddamn, he wanted her. “I thought we’d already established if I wanted your blood, I could just take it.” His eyes narrowed. “No. There is something else I want from you right now.”
He advanced. She didn’t back away. Oh, he loved her spirit. Reveled in it. Vampires shrank from him, but not his mortal. He doubted Jordan could even spell retreat.
She moistened her lips, her tiny teeth catching the dip of her bottom lip. He groaned. He’d nibble and lick that bow for her. As if she could read his thoughts, Jordan responded to him. Pink tinted her high cheekbones; her breaths grew heavy and the scent of jasmine intensified.
With unfathomable speed, he lunged. Before she could react, he had her hair wrapped around his fist. Their bodies slammed together. Soft curves to unyielding muscle.
He had her pinned against the back of the chaise. They both knew with one swift movement he could have her beneath him.
Gabriel tightened his hold on her hair as he drew his other hand up her body. His gloved fingers skimmed the outside of her thigh, gently brushed over the arch of her hip, caressed her side, lightly tickled her ribcage, and stopped. His hand hovered just above her breast.
One heartbeat. Two.
 Jordan pressed forward; her luscious breast fit his palm perfectly. They both groaned and shuddered from the contact.
“You make me crazed,” Gabriel grated. Tilting his head down, he rubbed his face against her hair, inhaling deep. “I’ve wanted…” He pressed a kiss to the curve of her neck then to the tip of her ear.
She shivered in his arms. He could sense her need, her desire. It matched his own. Strong. Relentless.
He kneaded her breast, her nipple stiffened beneath her shirt. The pearl abraded his palm, taunting him. Gabriel wanted to taste it, to pull it between his lips. Would she like it if he used his teeth…his fangs?
His cock pulsed. He pressed the hard length against her belly. A shocked, delighted gasp seized in her throat. Jordan’s voice trembled as she whispered his name.
Their gaze locked.
She aches for me just as I ache for her.
He should stop this. Never had a woman enthralled him so…Never had he craved like this. Mindless.
The mortal—magicless, powerless—she’d done this to him.
Gabriel released her breast to grip the swell of her hip. He ground his sex against her.
She’d pay. He’d show her why no one dared tempt a beast.
His vision shifted, his fangs elongated. Yes, he’d show her and he’d take what he wanted.
Pulling her hair, he yanked her head back, exposing her throat. He leaned forward and inhaled her scent again, his lungs filled with jasmine and woman. His lips brushed over her pulse. “Beautiful.” He raked his fangs over her pulse then soothed the reddened flesh with his tongue.
Tiny sighs escaped her lips with every kiss he pressed against her neck, her jaw, her cheek.
“Look at me,” he demanded.
She opened her heavy lidded eyes to peer up at him from beneath thick, dark lashes. Her violet gaze glowed with need, her delicious lips parted as her breaths panted, silently begging for him.
When only a whisper separated their lips, he snarled, “I’ve waited.”
Gabriel possessively took her mouth. Claimed. Soft, giving lips trembled beneath his. He delved his tongue inside, tasting her. He expected a shy response, a tentative lick, but Jordan boldly kissed him back. She rose to her toes. Her hands flew to his shoulders. She cleaved to him in desperation. He felt the sharp points of her nails through his shirt as she pulled him even closer. Tighter.
Holding her, feeling her move against him, her mouth greedily meeting his. It felt right. Everything about this felt right, like he’d been waiting centuries for this moment. As if her kiss had broken some kind of spell, his heart pounded, his soul awakened. Had he truly been cold and deadened for so long?
This woman. This mortal was forcing him to feel again. He reveled in it; he reviled it. But he couldn’t stop. There was no stopping, no going back. She’d marked him and he’d mark her.

Monday, February 26, 2018

Man Candy Monday

Hi! 
I hope everyone had a great weekend. 
I took Mr. Barrett out for a hike - we haven't been in awhile - and spent most of the time relaxing. Now, I've got to get back to work and need to make a few changes to Wicked Passion (Under Realm Assassin s#3).

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Teaser: Caressed by a Crimson Moon

Teaser: Caressed by a Crimson Moon
(Rulers of Darkness #3)


~ His eyes were an impossible blood red, the white completely consumed by the deep crimson.

“As you can see, I am not like other vampires. I am the monster that demons fear. And,” his eyes slowly roamed over her body, she gasped as if he had physically caressed her, “I want you. I want to drain you as I claim your body. I want to feel your heart slow beneath my lips as I come deep within you.”

Eva closed her eyes as his words settled over her. How could she find what he was saying sexy? God, she had to be twisted. After all the time living amongst her father’s pack her mind must have snapped. He was describing how he wanted to kill her and she was getting hot?

“My grip on reality is fragile, my control razor thin.”

The harshness of his voice faltered ever so slightly and Eva snapped her eyes open.

Anguish. Despair. Loneliness. Hate. It was plain to see the emotions that flickered to life within his red eyes. He spoke of being a monster, but all she saw was a tortured man. She did not doubt what he said was true, yet, as she stood bewitched by his glowing red eyes, she knew evil was not his true nature.

Slowly, she raised a hand, cautiously reaching out to him. She expected him to growl at her, to slap her hand away or vanish. Instead, he stood firm as a marble statue. His hellish gaze fixed on her.

Comfort. Something within her cried out to comfort this vampire.

He admitted he wants to kill me.

Eva snapped her hand back preparing to scream as loud as she could. Taking in a large gulp of air, she prayed that Falcon would find her. Rescue her from—

“No,” his whisper was barely audible. “Touch me.” She had not seen him move, but now, he towered over her. “Please.” His eyes narrowed as if willing her to reach out to him. “Please, Eva, I need you to touch me.”

Description:
Consumed by madness and tormented by dark memories of blood and death, Hadrian Lucretius, King of the Validus Clan, has returned after living in self-imposed exile for nearly three hundred and fifty years.
To maintain peace with the vampires, Eva Maldonado is offered as a sacrifice to the crazed vampire king by her father, the alpha of the Silveria Shifter Pack. Hadrian’s reputation is both legendary and lethal; he is ruthless, bloodthirsty, lusty, and soulless. When Eva arrives at the ancient fortress high in the Carpathian Mountains, she is shocked to find a ravaged man with dark burning eyes filled with loneliness and dangerous desire.
Would she be his lover…or his prey? His savior…or his victim? Would Hadrian lure her into madness or would their perilous passion be their redemption?
 

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Writing Inspiration

I absolutely love Aerosmith! Their songs have helped to inspire some of my best work. 
 

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Teaser Tuesday

Sexy Snippet Tuesday

Caressed by the Edge of Darkness

~ His gaze turned hard, distant for a moment before focusing on her. His hold tightened as if she were his lifeline. “I tried to stay away from you. I thought keeping distance between us was for the best.”

It was. Wasn’t it? Yes, damn it. Distance is good. They were not compatible. She wouldn’t have sex without more and he couldn’t give her more.

“I ignored it. Fought it.”

It? His attraction for her? His need for her? Yeah, she knew, and it had hurt. It had angered and saddened her and…it still did. No, it doesn’t. She didn’t care anymore.

“I told myself you were not for me, that we didn’t suit, that I would be unable to be…gentle with you. My strength and need would be too much. I had to protect you, even from myself. But the truth is…” He released her and took a step back. His wide shoulders rose and fell with a strangled sigh. “The truth is, I’ve been protecting myself from you.”

Oh…my…god! Gabriel was opening up to her. The cold, stonehearted, unconquerable vampire king was lowering his walls. He was letting her in. The realization sent her reeling. Her heart pounding.

“I went to the club to see you. I…had to see you.”

Wasn’t that what Rowena had said? He had come for her. “Then why were you—”

“Those women were to distract me, to help me forget you.” He ran a hand over his jaw. “I was desperate to be free of you.” A deep laugh rumbled his chest. “Then you sang.” His enormous body trembled. “You’ve bewitched me…” He shook his head. “I can’t fight it anymore.”

His hands were on her, his lips a breath from hers, their bodies so close. Jordan gasped, not from fear, not from shock, but from pleasure. God, he felt amazing.

“I won’t.” He gripped her chin and turned her face up. Jordan’s breath left her on a hard gasp. His eyes, green swirled with black. So deep. So clear, she could see not just the demon within but the man. She could see his torn soul, and it called out to her own.

“You—make—me—feel.” His growl was a mixture of unleashed desire long denied and pure aggression.~

Description:
 Hardened by centuries of torture, former blood slave, Gabriel Erhard, is driven by an insatiable need to destroy his enemies. Violence darkens his battered soul, leaving no place for mercy in his world. Gabriel’s only desire is vengeance—until he finds her.
Seized by vampires, bound as a slave, and placed on the auction block, Jordan Culver is instantly entranced by the dangerous male who claims her. Jordan’s new captor vows to set her free, but his haunted gaze burns with savage desire and his wicked kiss makes her crave his touch and...complete surrender.

While Gabriel battles his enemies, he will break every sacred law to achieve his ultimate goal—uniting the Outcast Society and creating a new vampire Clan. But the distracting human with mesmerizing violet eyes jeopardizes his plans. With every soft whisper she evokes his tormented memories, tests his sanity and challenges his every boundary. Can Jordan help him overcome the miseries of his past and find a future with her? Or will he lose what remains of his soul and become a true beast?
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Monday, February 19, 2018

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Twitter Thursday

~James smiled, his fangs glinting in the moonlight. "I'll be your executioner."~
 Wicked Passion (Under Realm Assassins, #3)
To be released: Spring 2018
Description:
James Stonewoll is an Elite Assassin for the Under Realm Syndicate—an expert hunter and merciless killer. As a former pirate, he thrives on danger, the more perilous the mission, the better and he can't resist his newest contract: eliminate a rebel shape-shifting magic thief that stalks the border of the Under Realm kidnapping and murdering innocent Others. But never did the centuries old vampire anticipate playing hero to a mythical temptress with luscious curves, tantalizing lips, and hypnotic eyes.
Captured and held prisoner, Katya Moro was trapped in a seemingly endless loop of unimaginable agony as her magic was slowly being torn from her soul. A gasp away from death, she is rescued by a sinful kiss and awakens in the strong arms of a powerful warrior whose roguish smile, sharp fangs, and intense strength unlock dormant instincts within her, an all-consuming madness that demands complete surrender.
Gazing down at her, James knew he had to kill her. Dark Magic Wielders, like the beautiful female he’d found, were a grave threat to human society and were not permitted to roam the mortal world. But Katya’s smoky voice and sweet kisses stir a fierce hunger inside him. She is unpredictable, uncontrollable and wickedly seductive—his perfect kind of dangerous. To keep her safe, James will protect her from the magic thieves that hunt her and his fellow assassins until he can find a way to return Katya to her home in the Under Realm.
Will Katya’s passion be able to conquer the darkness within his soul or will James let her go?
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Valentines Giveaway: Under Realm Assassins Series


 Valentines Giveaway

To celebrate Valentines Day and the upcoming release of Wicked Passion (Under Realm Assassins #3), I'm giveaway 2 copies of the first 2 novellas within the series. 
Enter to win below! Winners will be randomly selected and announced 2/20.

Wishing you all a wonderful Valentines Day!

A Bewitching Christmas
It has been seven years since Analette Dyson stopped practicing magic and headed to New York, where she created a new life, complete with a fabulous job, an apartment in Central Park West, and a sexy werewolf fiancé. She never planned on returning to her small home town in Maine, but when she learns her grandmother is ill, she decides to pop over for a visit and what better time than Christmas? Excited for her fiancé to meet her family, they head up a day early.
Worst idea ever!
After doing some last minute Christmas shopping, Analette returns to their hotel to find her fiancé in bed with another woman. Cursing the universe for her never ending bad luck with men and dreading telling her family about her cheating fiancé, she heads to the bar to self medicate.
Not one to celebrate the holidays, vampire and assassin, Cole McRae, has followed a lead to a rustic town in witch territory. But after a few days of research and waiting for his target to show, he begins to suspect he has wasted his time. That is, until he meets a curvaceous blonde with bewitching green eyes at the local bar. One night with the enchanting Analette could make this useless trip well worth his time.
Their passion is undeniable and unbeknownst to them, their fates are intertwined. Magic and romance will strike on Christmas, changing their lives forever.

4 of 5 Stars from Lore, Lush Books - "Smart, Sexy, and Short."
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Surrender to the Chase

A year after the tragic death of his close friend and fellow assassin, Ethan Halstead is ready to take up his sniper rifle once more. But his first assignment is nothing he ever expected. Ethan must hunt and retrieve a beautiful, spirited, alluring werewolf.
Knowing no other way to escape an arranged marriage, Fraya flees from her pack. As she contemplates slipping across the border and heading to South America, she is captured by a dangerously seductive vampire who plans on escorting her back to her family. Even as Fraya vows to make Ethan’s mission as difficult as possible, she can’t resist the riotous desire he sparks within her.
But Ethan isn’t the only predator that peruses Fraya. A powerful rival pack’s alpha wants to make her his mate. Will Ethan be able to keep Fraya safe and return her to her pack? Or will he surrender to temptation and claim Fraya as his own?

4 of 5 Stars from Kristina over at Kristina's Books & More - "It's everything you could want in a paranormal novella. Well written, sexy as sin, with some romance and action."
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Wicked Passion - Release Date TBA
Coming Spring 2018

James Stonewoll is an Elite Assassin for the Under Realm Syndicate—an expert hunter and merciless killer. As a former pirate, he thrives on danger, the more perilous the mission, the better and he can't resist his newest contract: eliminate a rebel shape-shifting magic thief that stalks the border of the Under Realm kidnapping and murdering innocent Others. But never did the centuries old vampire anticipate playing hero to a mythical temptress with luscious curves, tantalizing lips, and hypnotic eyes.
Captured and held prisoner, Katya Moro was trapped in a seemingly endless loop of unimaginable agony as her magic was slowly being torn from her soul. A gasp away from death, she is rescued by a sinful kiss and awakens in the strong arms of a powerful warrior whose roguish smile, sharp fangs, and intense strength unlock dormant instincts within her, an all-consuming madness that demands complete surrender.
Gazing down at her, James knew he had to kill her. Dark Magic Wielders, like the beautiful female he’d found, were a grave threat to human society and were not permitted to roam the mortal world. But Katya’s smoky voice and sweet kisses stir a fierce hunger inside him. She is unpredictable, uncontrollable and wickedly seductive—his perfect kind of dangerous. To keep her safe, James will protect her from the magic thieves that hunt her and his fellow assassins until he can find a way to return Katya to her home in the Under Realm.
Will Katya’s passion be able to conquer the darkness within his soul or will James let her go?

Friday, February 9, 2018

Caressed by the Edge of Darkness Tour Wrap Up

Thank you to all of the people who participated in Caressed by the Edge of Darkness' tour! It is wonderful to see the love readers have for the Rulers of Darkness series. 
Also, there are only 2 days left to enter the giveaway - win a $25.00 Amazon gift card!
I wish you all happy reading!

- Amanda

Enter giveaway HERE

Caressed by the Edge of Darkness
Hardened by centuries of torture, former blood slave, Gabriel Erhard, is driven by an insatiable need to destroy his enemies. Violence darkens his battered soul, leaving no place for mercy in his world. Gabriel’s only desire is vengeance—until he finds her.
Seized by vampires, bound as a slave, and placed on the auction block, Jordan Culver is instantly entranced by the dangerous male who claims her. Jordan’s new captor vows to set her free, but his haunted gaze burns with savage desire and his wicked kiss makes her crave his touch and...complete surrender.
While Gabriel battles his enemies, he will break every sacred law to achieve his ultimate goal—uniting the Outcast Society and creating a new vampire Clan. But the distracting human with mesmerizing violet eyes jeopardizes his plans. With very soft whisper she evokes his tormented memories, testing his sanity and challenging his every boundary. Can Jordan help him overcome the miseries of his past and find a future with her?

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