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Bite’s Tale: A Furry Fable
By
Veronica Blade
A sweet
romantic tale with a Cinderella spin featuring vampires, witches and werewolves
Blurb:
A
Cinderella who spends her nights as a wolf. A prince with a taste for blood.
Seventeen
year old Cydney struggles against her werewolf nature, trying to keep everyone
around her safe. No way will she risk exposing the beast at the prince’s
ball, no matter how her two cousins try to persuade her. Even as she
attempts to get on with her life, Cydney can’t forget the boy she loved three
summers ago — or what she did to him after losing control.
Turned
into a vampire to save his life, the prince refuses to live up to his royal
duties. He just wants to find the girl he loved and lost...the werewolf girl
who bit him. But his father, the king, commands him to attend a ball where he
must choose a wife. Can he find his Cinderella before he's forced to marry
another? He doesn’t even have her real name, much less a glass slipper.
Excerpt:
If I’d
known it could be like this and that she’d wanted it too, I would’ve kissed her
ages ago. I mentally kicked myself for wasting all those weeks when we could’ve
been doing this the entire time.
Her
hand crept up under my shirt and her fingers trailed along my back. Goosebumps
danced on my skin. She pressed closer against me and I took the kiss deeper,
letting loose my weeks of pent up craving for her.
I
didn’t think life could get any more perfect than being with Cindy. And I no
longer yearned for a normal life. I wanted things to stay exactly as they were
at that moment. With my Cinderella.
Forever.
A soft
moan erupted from my throat when she angled her face to take the kiss still
deeper. I slid my arms around her waist and the tips of my fingers inched up
underneath her tank top.
She
shivered.
But it
wasn’t a usual shiver. Her whole body began to tremble and I nearly lost my
hold on her. I pulled back. Cindy’s eyes grew huge and her pupils dilated.
She
threw her head back, her limbs vibrating as she growled. No, not a growl. It
was more like a dull roar, full of pain and anguish. Was she… was my Cindy
about to turn into a werewolf? Or was it something else? Maybe if I held her
again, whatever was happening to her might stop. I lunged for her.
“Get
away from me!” Sobbing, she shoved me back, but in the process, one of her
claws raked across my chest.
I
flinched, as blood beaded on my skin. A little scratch wasn’t going to stop me
though. Not when Cindy needed my help. I stepped forward again.
Her
lips curled up, exposing long, growing teeth and she shrieked. Yeah, she’d hit
werewolf maturity all right. But she hadn’t completely morphed. Just her teeth
and nails. Maybe if I calmed her, she could prevent it from progressing. I
wrapped my arms around her waist, as I’d done just moments ago, and pulled her
close.
She
shrieked again, then searing pain shot through my arm.
Werewolf
bite. Oh, crap. My dad was going to kill me… unless the werewolf virus beat him
to it.
The
forest spun around me and I couldn’t keep my eyelids up. My muscles went lax
and when the ground rose to slam against me, I didn’t feel a thing.
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From
Fame to Shame
By
Veronica Blade
From
Fame to Shame by best-selling author Veronica Blade is a novella,
approximately 100 pages. This is a contemporary Young Adult romance.
If you
like dark dystopia with a lot of intense world building, this is probably not
the book for you (Wow, what a sell, huh?). But if you like a little humor with
a TON of hot (but sweet) romance, this might be your thing. Think Meg Cabot
meets Simone Elkeles, except with a totally different plot/characters :-)
Blurb:
When
good-girl Maddie switches places with her famous bad-girl twin Jackie, she has
some pretty high stilettos to fill.
Despite
the danger of tabloid drama if their identity swap is discovered, Maddie has to
save her sister's butt. When Jackie’s ex-boyfriend shows up with a
rekindled spark for “Jackie,” his deep gray eyes and sweet kisses make Maddie's
heart thumpety thump.
But
dating the guy who dumped her sister is a no-no. Too bad Dallas isn’t used to
girls saying no.
What
will happen when he discovers Maddie’s deception?
Excerpt:
“And
what are your plans later tonight?” Dallas reached up to rub a lock of my hair
between his thumb and finger.
“Plans?”
My mouth went dry. He stood way too close and my concentration slipped.
“You always have
plans.” His eyes caressed my face.
“Not
tonight.” Somewhere deep in my soul, I knew that was the wrong answer. It
opened the door to a date with him, which would lead straight to trouble. But
when your brain stops working, telling the truth is so much easier.
“A
friend told me that Josh Adams is jamming at Hanks Blues tonight.”
I
nodded, since it was all I was capable of at the moment.
“We’ll
have dinner there. I’ll pick you up at six.”
Preventing
Dallas from making another date with me would’ve been smart. The words hovered
in my throat, but I couldn’t force them out. Even if I didn’t reject his offer,
I needed to say something. Or, at the very least, finish cleaning up after
breakfast. And yet, I couldn’t move. I just stared into his eyes as they fixed
on mine.
His
gaze fell to my mouth, then he reached both hands up to cup my face and, inch
by inch, brought his mouth to mine.
Our lips
touched, feather-light. He shifted his body and brought his thighs against
mine, but he didn’t deepen the kiss. He just skimmed the surface, gently
teasing my mouth until my body hummed. Seconds stretched and my lungs stilled
as I waited for his next move.
Then,
slowly, he withdrew, keeping close enough that I still felt his warm breath
against my skin. I couldn’t catch my breath. A thick haze clouded my brain
and I worried he might ask me something, anything, that required a response and
I’d slip up. Fear that I’d blow it for Jackie paralyzed me.
Oh, my
God! Jackie! If she knew I’d just kissed the guy who dumped her, she’d be hurt
and feel betrayed. Jackie didn’t need that, on top of everything else.
“I…” I
had no idea what to say. I only knew that if someone didn’t say something soon
and break the trance, I would betray Jackie worse than I already had. Because,
more than anything, I wanted this guy, no matter how nice he was.
About
the Author:
Veronica
Blade lives in Southern California with her husband and whichever of their kids
— or someone else’s kid — decides to drop in. By day she runs the family
business, but each night she slips away to spin her tales. She writes stories
about young adults to relive her own childhood and to live vicariously through
her characters. Except her heroes and heroines lead far more interesting lives
— and they are always way hotter.
You can
visit Veronica Blade on FaceBook, check out her website at www.VeronicaBlade.com or
follow her on Twitter @VeronicaBlade. She loves hearing from readers!
Twitter:
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Website:
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2 comments:
Thank you for being here Veronica!
Thank you sooo much for having me, Mila! I love your site. So pretty!
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