SUMMARY:
Seven years ago, my world
ended.
Seven years later, my new life
began.
Austin Cole has returned to the
city where he grew up, and just in time. He's lived a hard life these past
seven years, and the shadows of his past are threatening to destroy Lexi's
family. It's time that she learned the truth about her brother, but there is a
shocking twist that Austin never saw coming. Now he must protect her family
when her mother and sister wind up in mortal danger. Will Lexi learn to accept
the truth about who he is, and can Austin salvage a relationship from the ruins
of their past?
EXPECTED RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 22, 2013
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MEET THE AUTHOR
This is the segment where you learn a
little more about who I am, so here's what I can tell you: I drink
copious amounts of vitamin water placed precariously close to my laptop while
writing. These are two healthy habits I have no intention of breaking. I'm a
transplant living in the south, but I was born in the 70's to a military dad
who moved us around the world.
When I'm not writing (which is all the time), I'm hunting down
Indie music, watching movies, reading, eating Tex-Mex, discovering new ways to
humiliate myself bowling, and burning up my laptop battery on the Internet. I
have a relaxed, easy-going personality and don't like drama. I live with a cat
who thinks she is a dog, or a goat (she eats plastic, so I'm not sure which).
Throughout my life, I've had insomnia. Counting sheep never
worked and eventually I would imagine those sheep were the sole source of food
after an apocalyptic battle where only thousands survived. I made up stories in
a futile attempt to bore myself to sleep. The problem was, I got so wrapped up
in my "head stories" that I would continue them through the following
nights, changing it up each time to make it more exciting. Eventually, I
started writing my ideas down - creating short stories, and then I discovered
my love for poetry.
It's almost embarrassing how many spiral notebooks and stacks of
paper I have of poetry and lyrics.
Another passion: digital art. I design all my book covers,
marketing, and series art. I'm a very visual person and pursued photography as
an avid hobby for many years.
I am not a YA author (I feel like I have to state this only
because I've had a few people ask), but I think it's wonderful there are so
many books available to teens in Urban Fantasy and Paranormal.
I am finally doing what I have always wanted to do: giving my
characters a pulse through writing full time. I focus on adult urban fantasy
romance, but I don't like labels and I enjoy blending genres to break out of
the confines of predictability.
But it's what I love to do.
Danni
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Excerpt:
The closer I snuggled up to Austin,
the more I craved that cozy familiarity—more than I would have cared to admit.
I’d missed him. How do you not miss someone who was a huge chunk of your
childhood and young-adult life who disappeared off the face of the earth?
Almost every memory I had from kindergarten to age twenty involved Austin Cole.
The next thing I knew, my cheek rested
on his bicep and I tucked my body against his like a puzzle piece. Just when I
closed my heavy eyelids, he groaned.
Oh God, please
don’t let him wake up now.
It was deep and guttural, and he
shifted on his right side, facing me.
“You okay?” he murmured.
I didn’t reply. I played dead and
pretended I was asleep. It seemed like a good plan to avoid the embarrassment
of explaining why I was latched on to him like a man-sucking leech.
A rough, warm hand cupped my cheek and
I felt him scoot down a little. Maybe he thought I had fallen asleep, because
his thumb brushed over my right eyelid softly.
Five times. I counted.
When his lips lightly touched mine, my
brain just shut down. It was a soft, almost nonexistent kiss, but I felt it all
the way down to my toes. Then it zinged back up to my hips and damn if I didn’t
moan.
Now we were both aware I wasn’t asleep
and he was kissing me. But it didn’t stop. His kiss pressed a little bit harder
and tingles roared through my body, and my breath was shaky and erratic.
When his tongue touched my lip, I
quickly opened my mouth and kissed him back.
Hard.
Deep.
Kissed
him like I’d fantasized about doing for the last seven years.
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Love the cover and excerpt. I'm excited for this one.
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