Good morning! I hope you’re having a great weekend. It’s another chilly one where I am. Gotta love my wood stove. 🙂
I recently received the cover for my upcoming release Starving Artist. It’s posted below along with the blurb. Starving Artist is the first in a new series, Scarlet Nights, that is set in the same world as Blood and Soul.
There have been several great guests at my blog and more coming up this week. Please check them out below.
That’s about all for now. I hope you have a great week!
Kate
Upcoming Release:
Scarlet Nights 1: Starving Artist
by Kate Hill
After finding his family brutally murdered, Blair tries to end his life, but is instead Changed by a vampire. Burdened by guilt and driven by rage, he dedicates his new life to fighting evil. When he fails to save a family from the fate his own had suffered, he retreats to endure self-imposed starvation while he immerses himself in his art.
Alone and penniless, May is hired by a mysterious gentleman who sends her to work at his friend’s country manor. Mr. Black is even stranger than the man who hired her, but she is soon infatuated with the handsome, tormented artist who has deeper secrets than she could ever imagine.
Coming soon from Changeling Press!
http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=2342
Recent Guest Bloggers:
Jane Leopold Quinn
http://kate-hill.com/blog/?p=4620
Sarah R. Hughes
http://kate-hill.com/blog/?p=4623
TL Alexander
http://kate-hill.com/blog/?p=4615
Upcoming Guest Bloggers
Monday January 12th – Claire Cream
Wednesday January 14th – Amber Skyze
Friday January 16th – Stephanie Queen
Saturday January 17th – Carole Brungar
Book Reviews
Inked was reviewed by Amazon Nymph at Literary Nymphs Reviews. Read the review at
http://literarynymphsreviewsonly.blogspot.com/2015/01/inked-box-set.html
Inked was reviewed by Tash M at Confessions from Romaholics. Read the review at
http://www.confessionsfromromaholics.com/review-inked-box-set-kate-hill/
Excerpt of the Week: Licking Fire by Kate Hill
“I want you to listen to me carefully,” he said.
“Sure.”
“Beetle controls us and this world through his mind. He is very powerful.”
“I noticed that,” she said, settling more comfortably into the tub. When he released her foot and reached for her other one, she didn’t stop him. He massaged her uninjured foot, using his thumbs to press against the sole and his fingers to caress her instep.
“I believe there is a way to fight him and break out of this psychic prison.”
This caught her interest and she sat a bit straighter. “I’m listening.”
“We need something intense enough to make our minds overpower his. Pain can work. I’ve tried it and have managed to rouse myself out of this nightmare.”
“Then what are you still doing here?” she asked, wary of anything he might tell her. Yes all this was very nice, meeting a savior who gave a great foot massage and had a body to die for, but wasn’t it a bit too convenient? Maybe he wasn’t saving her at all. Perhaps he was part of Beetle’s plan to ruin her life.
“The pain stirred me enough to bring me back to reality,” he continued. “I was back in the real world, chained up in whatever place Beetle had brought me to. I’m still not sure where it is exactly. However my time there was short. For some reason the pain wasn’t enough for me to overcome him completely.”
“Can anybody really cause themselves that much pain anyway? Unless you do something drastic, you’re not going to keep up pain intense enough to beat a powerful, mind-fucking psychic at his own game.”
The frosty look in his eyes took her aback. “You’d be surprised. But that’s not the point. Pain, no matter how intense, isn’t enough. Or maybe one person’s pain isn’t enough, but if two of us combine our emotions—”
“Excuse me?” She gave him her sternest look and jerked her foot from his grasp. “No way am I going to dive into some crazy-assed pain ritual with you. I don’t even know you and I certainly don’t have a reason to trust you.”
“I’m not suggesting pain.” He stood, leaned over the tub and braced his hands on either side of her head.
Latara moistened her lips, her pulse quickening from Ethan’s nearness. She felt the warmth of his breath on her face and noticed it carried the faintest hint of peppermint.
“Then what the hell are you suggesting?”
“Pleasure.” He lifted a hand and trailed it between her water-slicked breasts.
“Pleasure?” She tried not to look as interested as she felt. The idea of experiencing pleasure with this man was…Well, it was exactly what she’d been needing for a long time. Not only was he physically attractive, but he looked as if he had the potency of a bull in mating season. She recalled the way he’d toted her up the stairs without breaking a sweat. Power. Stamina. And by the enticing bulge in the front of his pants, he could satisfy her in every way.
Hold on, Latara. Get a grip. Think. One step at a time.
“Why haven’t you tried this with somebody else?” she asked. “This world has lots of people in it.”
“And you saw them,” he said, still holding her gaze. “They’re crazy. Those who weren’t created by Beetle as part of this insane fantasy have been placed here by him. They’re prisoners just like we are, except they’ve been here for so long they’ve surrendered to the madness. That’s how I picked you out, Latara. You were dressed completely wrong. You looked terrified. You were running. In the real world, you would have looked insane, but in this world you were simply doing what any sane person would do.”
“Racing half-naked through the streets in fear of my life?”
“Exactly.” He leaned a bit closer, his lips almost touching hers. “Whether you believe me or not, you’re still stuck here. If we do this and it works, good for us. If we do it and it doesn’t, what have you lost?”
He had a point.
“Do you have any safety?” she murmured, her breath quickening with anticipation.
Licking Fire is now $0.99.
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