August 1, 2008
9:00 am • Filed under: New book fun!, Writing
Yay! I wrote this book a long time ago and now I can finally share it with you all! The Vampire Oracle: Shadow is now available at Cobblestone Press.
psst — I’m still in San Francisco but watch for a contest starting on my blog this upcoming Monday, August 4th in celebration of my book coming out!
Intrigued by her mysterious neighbor, Susanna doesn’t understand the attraction between them. Overcome with sadness and unhappy with her life, could he be just the thing she’s looking for?
Declan’s afraid she’ll turn him away once she discovers he’s a vampire. But he can’t deny the attraction, or the hunger…
Want to read an excerpt? Here you go after the jump! It’s only slightly naughty…
“Jessica! There you are.”
The feminine voice that sounded behind him made every hair on his body stand on end, his skin tingling with awareness. He swore he’d heard that voice before though he couldn’t place it. It did strange things to his insides, made his breathing accelerate, his cock harden beneath his jeans.
He had to know who it was.
Turning around, he was shocked to see the woman who lived next door to him headed in his direction, waving at the woman, Jessica.
How would she know this young girl? This woman, his neighbor, never went anywhere besides her job.
Yes, he’d been watching her but only because she made him curious. Elusive women with sad eyes always made him curious.
“Susanna! Come meet the owner of the club.” Jessica roped her arm through Declan’s and he cleared his throat, suddenly feeling awkward.
He’d had sex with this young woman in every way imaginable and was now about to be introduced to his neighbor by her. Normally he kept all of this separate. What happened at the club stayed at the club. What happened at home, which was absolutely nothing, stayed at home.
Now the two were coming together and he didn’t like it.
“Susanna, meet Dex, he owns this place. Dex, this is Susanna. We work together.”
Susanna made her approach with an open expression, her luscious pink lips curving into a friendly smile. She was lovely, a word he didn’t use for any of the women he encountered. Wholesome in appearance with her thick shoulder length brown hair and smooth complexion, though her eyes were a dark, deep blue, tinged with a sadness most probably didn’t notice.
This woman had experienced terrible loss in her life. He sensed it.
“Hello.” The second her gaze met his, all of the color drained from her face and he was afraid she would drop to the ground in a dead faint.
“Welcome. I believe we’re neighbors.” He took her outstretched hand, the spark of electricity that shocked his palm at her touch making his head reel.
His cock grew harder with every second that he touched her, his entire body aching for this woman he didn’t know.
“Yes, yes, I believe we are.” She shook his hand slowly, her lashes fluttering, skin so pale he swore he could make out the various veins showing through even in the dim light.
“Oh, holy shit, no way!” Jessica slapped her hand to her open mouth, eyes wide with surprise. “You’re not telling me this is…”
“Yes, it is,” Susanna said through tight lips, disengaging her hand from his grip.
Her fingers shook, he saw them and he realized his entire body trembled as well.
This woman held a power over him he’d never encountered before.
Declan wanted to explore this realization more thoroughly.
cyclops8 says:
Thanks for the excerpt.
Wylie says:
Congrats on the book, Karen.
OMG - I can’t believe I finally met you, live and in person!!!!! You totally rock girl-friend, and now, when i read your blog, I can picture you and hear your voice.
Hope the conference was everything you hoped!
Wylie
Amy Ruttan says:
Congrats sweetie.
OMG I can’t believe how awesome it was too meet you. I know I was really “happy” at the time, but still those teary eyes were for real short stuff.