My novella, Wild Woods, is due to release this week. I’ll be posting additional excerpts on Wednesday and Thursday. Hope you enjoy them!
– Kate
Mate Marks Cursed: Wild Woods
by Kate Hill
(Erotic Paranormal)
From Changeling Press
Cover: Marteeka Karland
Blurb:
After a magical artist tattoos an intriguing demon on her skin, Madison meets a gorgeous stranger with an alarming reputation and a fiercely sexy winged creature with an attitude. She senses they are one and the same. Despite the danger surrounding them, she’s drawn to them by an inexplicable force.
Half-human and half-demon, Brody has spent his life fighting against his evil birthright. Despite the hatred of the townsfolk, he uses his supernatural powers to defend them from his foul bloodline.
Neither Madison nor Brody can fight their lust or deny their love, but hell is out to get him. When everyone close to him, especially his destined mate, is targeted by eight generations of Blazewood demons, the only way to fight evil is with evil.
Excerpt 1:
Madison stared at the tattoo inked on her skin from her mid-thigh to just above her hip. She’d wanted something for herself that she could enjoy in private but conceal at work. Actually one of her coworkers had recommended this particular tattoo artist. Rumor had it that the woman possessed magical powers and her tattoos reflected the image of the wearer’s destined mate. That story, which had at first intrigued Madison, now frightened her. If the rumor held true, then her destined mate was. . . not quite human.
Though handsome with a strong jaw and a well-defined nose, his wide set eyes had an almost supernatural glow. The faint smile on his finely-shaped lips revealed his needle-sharp teeth. His buzzed haircut exposed the pointed tips and lobes of his ears.
If this man–or monster–were real, she wondered what other bestial characteristics he possessed, for the tattoo only showed his face.
“You like it?” asked the tattoo artist.
Madison glanced at the dark-skinned woman with wild black hair and eyes so intense they looked almost inhuman as well.
“He’s. . .beautiful. In a weird way, that is,” Madison replied. “You know what’s weirdest of all? It didn’t really hurt. With my other tattoos I always felt something, but this–”
“It’s my technique,” the artist replied and turned away. Madison thought she heard the woman whisper, “The pain will come later.”
Once again Madison stared at her tattoo. This was certainly an interesting start to her vacation.
First stop, the crazy tattoo artist. Next stop, a peaceful town in the mountains of New England. Hiking. Shopping in quaint little stores. Lounging among the smooth rocks in a cool stream on a hot summer day. Madison could hardly wait.
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