Today I'm honored to turn my spotlight on
Dark Love
Rising
By
Danita Minnis
Blurb:
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:
She was a beautiful cadaver. This
young woman was sick.
Quinn let her go when she was able
to stand on her own. She pushed glossy sheets of midnight hair out of her eyes
and it fell to either side of her, like a silken shroud. He was watching that
hair shimmer against her hips in a lover’s embrace when he felt her hands clamp
around his neck.
He grabbed her wrists, but couldn’t
break the frosted beauty’s grip on his throat.
For one unbelievable moment, he could have sworn her feet didn’t touch
the ground. Her head was level with his.
She had seemed almost catatonic
before, but now, even as he struggled, this petite goddess pulled him down.
Her eyelids fluttered and he
thought she would pass out, but the grip on his neck was cutting off his air
supply.
Just as his own eyelids began to
close, she looked him directly in the eye.
“Aurelius.” Eyes, the shape and
color of almonds with a hint of gold, widened in recognition and she loosened
the chokehold on his throat.
Coughing, he lost his footing and
stumbled back. Damned if he wouldn’t have fallen to the ground without her hand
steadying his arm, this woman-child.
She stepped closer, and a small,
clammy hand traveled over his features to caress his cheek. One long talon
traced the shape of his lips.
She wasn’t hurt. She had acted so
violently, she was either on drugs or in shock.
The change in her, from sluggish to the swiftness of a predator made his
hand slide back down to the gun.
“Who are you?”
For some reason, hurt flashed in
her beautiful eyes, dulling them a bit. “I am Layla.”
Her voice was hoarse, but he
detected an accent. Mediterranean.
“Are you alone?” Quinn looked
around for drug paraphernalia, this boyfriend Aurelius she called for,
something that made sense this time of night for a tourist to be out and about
on the Nile banks.
“Yes.”
“What are you doing out here
alone?”
When she did not answer he looked
down at her. Her eyes roamed his body with the kind of interest that must have
been in his eyes before she tried to choke him to death.
The young woman who called herself
Layla ran one hand along the satin trimmed lapel of his tuxedo jacket while the
other raked through the curls at the base of his neck.
There was something about those
fingernails; they were a bit longer than he cared for and looked very…strong.
Even so, the hair massage was undeniably arousing.
Abruptly, he looked away from the
amber pools drawing him in and focused on a question. “Are you hurt?”
“My head…” She leaned against his
chest.
His arms betrayed him, wrapping
around her, and he stifled a curse. She burrowed closer, her lush curves
pressing against him. Now was not the time to play the hero.
He took her by the shoulders and
held her away from his body. “Where do you live?”
Her eyes traveled slowly down his
tux. “Why are you dressed in this way?” She reached for him again but he
stepped back.
“Why are you not dressed at all?”
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.
Connect with Danita:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Danita_Minnis
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Book Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZFICFR/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1485912379&sr=1-1
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-love-rising-danita-minnis/1125606509?ean=9781542798402
Liquid Silver Books: http://liquidsilverpublishing.com/?s=Danita+Minnis&post_type=product
Thanks for featuring Dark Love Rising today! Layla and Quinn love sharing their story.
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