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Bitten Shame
Book 2 of the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy
By Olivia Hardin
By Olivia Hardin
Genre: Paranormal/ Romance
ISBN-10: 0615645380
ISBN-13: 978-0615645384
ASIN: B0085W2BAW
Number of pages: 232
Word Count: 52,310
Blurb
:
Jill
Prescott returned from self-imposed seclusion to help save her best friend
Devan’s life. Throwing herself into Devan’s problems and bringing an evil
organization to its knees might just be the distraction she needs to keep
living without the only man she’s ever loved. Her life changed forever when she
was hired to spend a week with Doc Massey.
On
the day she became a vampire her youthful innocence ended, but Doc’s love
rescued her from being consumed by the darkness. The shadow of that former life
continues to loom over her, keeping her from realizing her own self-worth.
Running from her past only brings her closer to a destiny that is inextricably
connected to what she is trying to escape…
Every gift has both a reward and a price, because All of it fits…
About the
Author:
Olivia
Hardin realized early on how strange she was to have complete movie-like
character dreams as a child. Eventually she began putting those vivid dreams to
paper and was rarely without her spiral notebooks full of those mental
ramblings. Her forgotten vision of becoming an author was realized when she
connected with a group of amazingly talented and fabulous writers who gave her
lots of direction and encouragement.
With
a little extra push from family and friends, she hunkered down to get lost in
the words. She's also an insatiable crafter who only completes about 1 out of 5
projects, a jogger who hates to run, and is sometimes accused of being
artistic, though she's generally too much of a perfectionist to appreciate her
own work. A native Texas girl, Olivia lives in the beautiful Lone Star state
with her husband and their puppy Bonnie.
Contacts:
Website: www.booksbyolivia.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OliviaH_Writer
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/oliviahardin
Youtube Trailer: http://youtu.be/9I0C2V6DFUQ
Witch Way Bends (Book
1 of the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy)
Bitten Shame (Book 2
of the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy)
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Excerpt:
Prologue
Jill stood in what had
become her bedroom in her friend's house and watched as Devan walked away. As
she murmured another goodnight, she felt a prickle run along her skin bringing
her attention back to the fact that Langston was waiting outside her room for
her. Her lips drew into a severe line when the giant man quietly opened the
door and approached her with steps too soft for his massive body. His size was
such that he should have sounded like a herd of elephants entering the room. He
exuded calm and patience and she tried to draw from his composure but her
stomach still turned into knots. Even
being a vampire, Jill experienced all the same emotions and feelings she’d had
before she was changed. At this very moment she was both terrified and
sickened.
Langston’s easy smile
didn’t help soothe her any, but instead caused her to open her mouth and begin
talking in short breaths. “I wish we had more time. I wasn’t prepared to do
this yet. I don’t like doing this at all, you know? It’s not right. It makes me
feel dirty…”
“It is not dirty when it is
consensual. It is the best way to prepare you. We do not have time now, and we
all need the rest,” Langston began to use his large hands to unbutton his grey
shirt.
Horrified, Jill reached out
and waved her hands to keep him from removing
his clothing any further. “No,” Jill shouted, “I can take just as well
from your wrist. I can’t… I can’t from your neck. That’s too intimate… you know?”
He touched her chin in a
gentle manner, not as a lover would do but more as a father might. “Shoulders
back, Jill. Tomorrow you will be free, no matter if you succeed in your quest
or not.”
It was an ominous sort of
comment, because failure meant her death. Still, strange as it seemed, his
words provided her with a sort of solace; an end to her life would at least
stop her constant torment. Releasing the ball of tension in her gut, she
laughed and shook her head. “Ah, Andre, you’re something else, ya’ know that?”
He showed little or no reaction
to the pet name. There was no denying
the impressive stature of this tall and beefy guy. When they first met she’d
thought instantly of Andre the Giant, and the name had just stuck in her mind.
She took his enormous hand
in her small one, marveling at how warm he felt to her touch. As a vampire, her
body was forever cold and although she could register the feeling, she couldn’t
warm herself with it. The heat passed through her and disappeared just as
quickly.
“The reverie,” she
whispered, her lips trembling as she hovered them just over his skin. “Are you
sure? There’s no reason not to. It isn’t right for you to feel pain for my
benefit…” she trailed off as she felt his eyes bore into hers. They had
discussed this, several times actually, since the moment he first suggested she
should feed off his blood. Each time he refused the reverie which would
hypnotize him and thereby allowing her to pierce his skin and suck his blood
without pain.
Jill brought his wrist to
her lips and closed her eyes. She willed her incisors to lengthen, and with a
quick and sure thrust she dug them into his skin. Langston remained immobile.
When the first metallic taste of his hot blood splashed her tongue, she tried
to pull away, but he took the back of her neck and held her fast to his wrist.
Giving in, she sagged against his side and began to suck like a hungry babe.
The taste of him was
intoxicating. She hadn’t had fresh blood in such a long time. She was like an
addict taking a hit after years of sobriety. And to complicate matters further,
Langston’s blood was bursting with strength. His magic tingling her throat with
each deep swallow of the luxuriously thick and decadent liquid. Her limbs began
to throb and pulse with energy.
Most importantly of all,
she didn’t want to remember that this was what had broken his will. She didn’t
want to take the chance again that someone else would break her own will and
give her a reason to forget him…
Excerpt
4
Doc
didn’t say anything, but nodded, placing his hands behind his back to keep
himself from reaching for her again. He watched her move back to the chair
she’d occupied earlier. She plopped down and folded her legs Indian-style.
“Can
you see your reflection?”
He
rolled his eyes, annoyed. “Yes.”
“Stakes?”
“Deadly.”
“Silver
bullets?”
“Those
too.”
“Um…”
she bit her lip and looked up at the ceiling. “Do you hibernate during the
day?”
“I
don’t hibernate. I usually sleep during the day, yes. But it’s just sleep, the
same as you do during the evening.”
“Coffin
or bed?”
He
sighed, “Bed.”
Thank goodness she thought, then giggled, “And do you eat? Food, I mean?”
“I’d
become sick. I can’t digest it. I can, however, drink virtually anything
without issue.”
“Can
you fly?”
He
shook his head and she dropped hers in disappointment.
“Turn
into a bat?”
“Jill!”
his exasperation level rising.
Jill
cocked her right eyebrow up and looked him dead on. “How old are you, Doc?”
The
vampire’s expression turned serious. “Old enough.”
Book Review:
Loooved
it! Such a fun story. I didn’t read book 1 in the series, so it can
obviously be read alone without reading book 1 in the series. The story was funny, cute, sad, sweet, oh and
did I mention funny? I especially loved
the whole “Here, it is, what is,” component where inner self is
revealed. Love the weasel.
I give
this story 5 out of 5 clouds.
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