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Immortal Revenge By Mary Abshire
Genre:
Urban fantasy
Pages: 288
Isbn: 9781616504939
Blurb
Grief
stricken Katie Dillinger is on a mission to claim revenge for the death of her
lover. In a race against time to find the murderer, Katie reaches out to Riker,
a man listed as her boyfriend’s emergency contact. The cold-hearted man comes
to Katie’s aid, but she doesn’t completely trust him. To keep her friends safe,
she insists they leave town immediately. But her efforts come too late. A
friend disappears and a clear message is left in the wake: surrender or more
people will die.
Katie’s
world is turned upside down when she discovers Riker has vowed to protect her.
She’s involved in a prophecy, one which her lover had been preparing her for
before his murder. All the combat training he gave her suddenly makes sense,
and as Katie fights to keep her friends alive, she’s forced to prioritize.
Revenge now, saving mankind next.
About
the Author
Mary lives in Indiana and is a lifetime
lover of the paranormal, sci-fi, and fantasy. When she's not slaving away at
her government job, she is a Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Author. She
creates fantastical worlds with vampires, demons, werewolves, and other
supernatural creatures. Dive into her books and find action, a dash of mystery,
and seductive men with passionate hearts.
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Contact
Links
Website:
http://www.mary-abshire.com
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/maryabshire
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/maryabshire
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Excerpt
Ravenous
flames devoured the headless body pinned to the makeshift cross in the front yard.
Katie stared, frozen in shock as she sat in her car. Chills shot down her
spine. Her gut instinct told her the body burning was her boyfriend, her lover
for the last nine years.
Smoke
drifted into the car from the vents. One breath triggered bile to rise in her
throat. She shoved the door open and bent. Her dinner came out in a mad gush,
flying onto the driveway. Tears streamed down her cheeks while her stomach
muscles tightened. More of the disgusting fluid rocketed up to her mouth. Pain
and heartache overwhelmed her mind, body and soul. He was gone. Forever. He’d
said the word countless times over the years. The meaning of the word never hit
home, until now.
Sirens
screamed through the night, moving closer by the second. The irritating sound
intensified the deep throb in her head. She vomited again, unable to control
the spasms. Through the thick smoke, she smelled gasoline. Oh God, they’d
poured it on him to make sure he couldn’t survive. As if decapitation wasn’t
enough.
Bright
lights flashed in the darkness as they headed toward her. She’d stopped in the
middle of the long driveway, not far from the burning cross holding her lover.
Two police cruisers rushed from the road and came to a stop behind her car.
Large fire engines blaring their horns passed them and her vehicle. They drove
by so fast her vehicle swayed slightly.
“Katie?”
Officer Hildebrand asked. She recognized his voice from having served him
drinks at the bar every Friday night when he was off duty. “Katie, are you all
right?”
She
wiped her mouth with the back of her hand as she watched him jog toward her. He
passed her and stopped a few feet in front of her car.
“Holy
mother of…” He directed his gaze to the burning cross. “Is that a body?”
Another
violent spasm hit her stomach. Teeth clenched and lips tight together, she held
the urge to barf again, but she couldn’t stop the flood of tears pouring from
her eyes.
“Ben,
would you stop looking at it and help her out,” Officer Charles Donahue said,
walking toward them. His deep smoker’s voice identified him anywhere.
“Katie!”
Officer Hildebrand blurted out as if he’d forgotten about her. He rushed toward
her and stopped short where her dinner lay on the ground. “Are you all right?
Did someone hurt you?”
Unable
to speak, she shook her head. Grief stabbed her in the heart. Why? How? Who?
Something such as this shouldn’t have happened.
Officer
Donahue stopped a few feet to the side of her door and took off his hat. His
white hair gleamed thanks to the bright flames. He stared at the sight on the
front yard. “My God.”
Officer
Ben reached across the circle of puke and placed his hand on her shoulder. “Are
you injured? Do you need medical attention?”
She
shook her head again as more tears ran from her eyes. Gone. Kyle was gone. How
could this happen? The question repeated in her mind.
“Ben,
why don’t you drive her back to the station?” Officer Charles said. “I’ll take
her car and meet you back there in a few minutes.” He placed his hat back on
his head and straightened it.
“Katie,
would you like to come with me?” Ben asked softly, as if he were a parent
speaking to a young child.
Katie
straightened her tense body. From the gap between the car door and the front
windshield, she stared at Kyle’s farmhouse. Large flames leaped toward the sky
and consumed the structure. Firemen carrying long hoses ran toward her home,
but kept a distance. Clearly they couldn’t save it. God, so many memories. So
much passionate love shared. So much laughter and happiness occurred within the
walls.
“Come
on,” Ben said, wrapping his fingers around her arm.
She
grabbed her purse sitting in the passenger seat. Leaving the keys in the
ignition and the car running, she slowly rose and avoided the disgusting mess
on the ground.
Ben
kept his hand on her arm while he escorted her toward his vehicle. She walked
with her head up and as much poise as she could gather, but her heart ached
fiercely. More tears escaped her eyes. Everything she owned and ever cared
about was gone. She had nowhere to go.
Ben
helped her into the passenger side of the police cruiser, opening the door and
closing it once she was situated inside. Katie’s lip quivered as she stared
ahead at the bright flames devouring the home she’d known for the last eight
years and the one man on earth she’d loved. He was invincible, a fighter to the
end. He was strong, smart, experienced, a teacher and lover at heart. He was
also immortal.
Review:
If vampires were real, could you live with and
love one? Katie did and does, but he’s
gone. Kyle had love Katie and taught her
for the last 9 years, that was how she knew vampires existed. But Kyle was gone because he wanted humans
and vampires to live in peace. So Katie
is going to kill the vampire that killed him, because she can. And everyone else can help or get out of her
way.
I love Katie.
I would love to be that in control and in shape, but not enough to drink
blood...not even my husbands (sorry you’ll have to read to find out about
that). Yuk. Katie is sassy, fearless, opinionated, sassy
(did I mention that before?) and “normal”. She is the woman I want to be when I
grow up. She may be afraid, but she is
going to walk up and spit in your eye anyway.
The author makes this story pull at you. Your heart will be in your throat, down at
your toes, and your belly will have flip-flopping before you are done. It’s a mile a minute race for love and
vengance.
I give this book 4.5 out of 5 clouds.
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