This first book in the series is loosely based on a book that I took down quite some time ago entitled “Curves For The Billionaire Demon.” If you are one of the few that read the short story…don’t worry, because you won’t recognize the book. Although I loved the concept and the characters, the book just never took off so it was pulled from my Curve series and shelved. The book probably never quite fit in that series as it was a paranormal while the others were not. It was also a short story without enough detail. Now…it’s been re-written, expanded into a full length novel and is completely unrecognizable. I think it’s the way it always should have been, but wasn’t.
You all know I have a fondness for unusual heroines, and this series will be no different. All of the heroines will be smart, strong and sometimes funny, but not exactly the typical, beautiful romance heroine. It will be sort of like “plain Jane” meets Tarzan, our heroines bowled over by having a hot alpha male salivating over her for the very first time. The problem is…every one of these hot males are demons…literally. And every one of the heroines is a demon radiant, the demon Sentinels’ destined mates.
The whole series is a good demon versus bad demon theme. Well…okay…the Sentinels might be the good demons, but every demon has just a little bit of wicked, and the series starts with Winston brothers, billionaire demons that fight for the good guys, but are just a tiny bit bad when they meet and fall in love with their radiants.
The first book is about Zachary and Kat. I hope you fall in love with both of them as I have while writing their story. Here’s a few excerpts of Zach’s alpha moments that will leave you wondering…um...possessive much?
But never fear...he also has a wonderful tender side. : )
Excerpt 1:
How can she not know how fucking attractive she is, how damn tempting. Her soul warms mine. She belongs to me.
Zach stood, his eyes raking over Kat as she stared at him with her intelligent green eyes, his demon urges pounding at him to take her. She was his radiant, and for the first time during all the years of his demon existence, he felt warm and alive, the darkness inside him kept at bay by Kat.
She’s mine, dammit.
Unable to stop himself, he moved closer, backing her up against the refrigerator. He knew his eyes were glowing amber, but she didn’t look afraid. She looked…fascinated and mesmerized. “Do you want to know what I see?” he growled, slapping a hand on each side of her body, clenching his jaw as he fought the urge to claim her, trying to block his thoughts so she didn’t feel obliged to obey his compulsions.
Kat shook her head slightly at first and then nodded, the muscles in her throat flexing as she swallowed, as though she were unable to speak.
“I see a woman with hair like wild flames that I’d happily allow to incinerate me and eyes so green and deep that I’d gladly jump into them and drown. She has a body made for wicked, carnal nights and a heart as big as the universe,” he told her in a low, husky tone. Unable to stop himself, he buried a hand in her silky tresses and brought his mouth down to nip her earlobe as he finished, “And best of all, I see a woman that’s completely mine.”
Zach took a deep breath, his whole body stiffening as he inhaled the fragrance of her, his mate, his radiant, the irresistible scent making his already erect member strain against the metal buttons of his jeans.
Fuck. I can’t do this. She’s under a demon bargain, compulsions. She doesn’t need a demon mate. She deserves better. I’m being a selfish bastard.
His hand fisted in her hair, struggling to contain the urge to unblock his thoughts and let her feel the compulsions.
Dominate.
Conquer.
Take.
Mine.
Zach’s actions and thoughts were becoming completely visceral and beyond possessive, his humanity slipping beneath his demon urge to have his radiant.
“Zach,” Kat whispered, her arms coming around his neck, urging his mouth to hers.
He felt the warm whisper of her ragged breath against his lips before he completely lost it.
Except 2:
Kat backed up, but her ass hit the oak bed post. She wasn’t sure she liked Zach's slightly evil grin. It made her heart flip and her mouth go dry. Surely he wasn’t considering…
“Kitten, there’s no way I’m letting you go into the shower by yourself.” His voice was graveled as his arm snaked around her waist. “I plan on joining you. I’m sure you can feel what I want right now.”
She did…and it sent tingles down her spine in addition to other places on her body. “Why?” Okay…she didn’t understand this, and she really wanted to. Zach’s desire was real, and it was a rampant, uncontrolled desire that she just couldn’t comprehend. “I’m not attractive, Zach. I’m not saying that because my self-esteem is low or because I’m insecure. It’s just a fact. My face is plain and if you look close enough you can see freckles. I’m plump by today’s standards of how a woman should look, and I’m nothing any man desires this much. I’m intelligent, I’m a hard worker, and I’m a survivor…but I am not physically attractive to most men. Especially not to a man like you.” Kat sucked in a deep breath as she finished, feeling strangely comfortable revealing how she felt to Zach.
He crowded her, pushing her back and ass against the sturdy bedpost and trapping both her arms over her head, gripping them both snuggly with one strong hand. His eyes were fierce and beginning to glow amber as he captured her gaze. “I’m not looking at you as just a man; I see you as a demon Sentinel views his radiant. I don’t see insignificant flaws, things you view as unattractive …I see your fucking soul, and its lightness enthralls my darkness. I don’t know how human men see you, and I don’t give a fuck as long as they don’t touch you. My vision goes deeper, seeing you from the inside out, and what’s inside you warms me, makes me want to find every freckle on your body so I can worship it. Your softness makes me want to bury myself inside of you so deeply that neither one of us can do anything except lose ourselves in the other, joined so tightly that we don’t know where one stops and the other begins, and with a need so profound that it’s nearly killing me. There’s not one thing about you that isn’t absolute perfection.” He lowered his head, his mouth so close to her ear that she could feel his hot breath against the sensitive flesh as he rumbled in a low voice, “So don’t tell me that you aren’t beautiful. To me, you’re the most exquisite female on the planet, and there’ll never be another. Understand?”
Kat was mesmerized by his hypnotic voice and heartfelt declaration. Hard as it might be to believe…he meant every word. She could sense it, feel the truth of his words in her gut. It was hard to wrap her mind around the fact that someone who looked like Zach wanted her so desperately, but it was a heady feeling, one she had never experienced before. “I’m not used to it,” she admitted in a breathy voice.
“Get used to it,” he warned in a husky voice. “I’ll never see you in any other way.”
Kat gulped as Zach released her, whipped his t-shirt over his head and bared his perfectly sculpted, muscular upper body. She quivered as his sexual needs consumed her. “You’re doing that on purpose. Letting me feel your wants.”
“Damn right, I am. I’m not even trying to hold back on thinking about what I want right now. I want you to feel it. I want you to own it. Because you’re the only woman who’s ever made me this insane. And I think it’s time for you to understand just how much I want you.” His jeans and briefs were gone seconds later and he was gloriously nude, looking better than her wildest fantasies.
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End Of Excepts
Let me know what you think of these little excerpts. As always, thank you all for being such wonderful readers. : )
My continuing free shorts on the characters from the Billionaire’s Obsession coming soon!
