This Halloween Hump Day Hump features a vampire hero.
Revenge of the Court Jester
by Kate Hill
(M/F Vampire)
Purchase Links (ebook):
Ellora’s Cave / All Romance Ebooks / Amazon / Barnes and Noble
Purchase Links (paperback):
Ellora’s Cave / Amazon / Barnes and Noble
Blurb:
With a body from heaven and a face from hell, Sadavis Baptista balances between two lives–one as a prize-fighting sculptor and another as a special forces agent for the vampire Network.
By chance Esmeralda Giordano finds herself at a professional fighting match where she is instantly attracted to a magnificent beast of a man known to fans as “The Court Jester”.
It’s lust at first sight for Sadavis and Esmeralda, but their budding love affair is cut short when he is betrayed by a fellow agent. Imprisoned, tortured and near death, Sadavis performs a dangerous magical spell that prevents him from supplying information to his enemies. The effects of this spell linger long after he is set free. Sadavis’ mind slowly fractures and he must depend on Esmeralda to help him regain his sanity. Will their love be strong enough or will Sadavis be lost forever?
The following excerpt from Revenge of the Court Jester is for readers 18 and over.
Her pulse quickening, Esmeralda turned and gazed into his eyes. She rested her hands against his wrists then slid her palms up the length of his arms to his shoulders. Lord, his muscles were as hard and his skin as tantalizing as she’d imagined. His scent filled her. Vampiric lust turned his gray eyes fiery. Moistening her lips with the tip of her tongue, she edged a bit closer.
Rather than kissing her mouth, he rested his hands on her hips and lowered his face to the side of her neck. His lips, moist and soft, brushed her flesh, making her quiver with need. He kissed behind her ear then took the lobe between his teeth and licked it.
Esmeralda’s eyes slipped shut. Her arms slid around his neck and she smiled with pleasure.
His deep, husky voice whispered in her ear, “Do you want this?”
“Yes,” she replied, running her hands over his back. She kneaded the powerful muscles. Her clit and pussy tingled with need. It was a struggle to keep from thrusting her pelvis against him to appease the desperate ache he inspired.
“Good,” he murmured then kissed her.
His hand cupped the back of her head and his mouth covered hers. Ever so gently his lips moved against hers, gradually becoming more demanding. She opened her lips to his tongue, surrendering completely to the long, slow strokes. His kiss was warm and wet and he tasted of peppermint.
Without warning he swept her into his arms and carried her to the bed. Her head spinning with passion, Esmeralda watched, her senses alive with anticipation as he stepped away, his hypnotic hands moving to his fly.
First he opened the button, then the zipper. The denim dropped to the floor. Black pubic hair flared over his groin. A magnificent cock patterned with veins jutted from the curly thatch. Its bulging head was tinged dark pink. The captivating little eye seemed to call for her tongue’s caress. His balls were no less fascinating. Large and perfectly formed, they swayed slightly as he moved closer. Before he joined her on the bed, her gaze raked his incredibly long, steel-muscled legs scattered with a faint dusting of hair.
Stretching out beside her, he placed a hand on her stomach and caressed it with long sweeps of his palm, his gaze fixed on hers. His slightly parted lips revealed the tips of his wolfish fangs. To vampires such fangs were almost as much of a turn-on as a great cock. Unlike hybrids, Immaculates’ fangs were retractable with the potential for much larger proportions. Another difference between the two was that only the blood of other vampires could nourish an Immaculate, while hybrids could thrive on human or vampire blood. That difference had never meant much to Esmeralda before, but the thought of Sadavis drinking from her sent her desire off the scale.
She knew by the glow of his eyes he was starving for her. Still he moved slowly and continued stroking her from ribs to thigh through her clothes. Rising to his knees, he unbuttoned her blouse with those long, deft fingers. He parted the material and gazed at the white bra filled with her plump breasts, the hard pink nipples just visible beneath
the pale lace. He touched a fingertip first to one then the other. The delicate flesh tightened even more and a magical ache encompassed her clit as if it was directly connected to her nipples.
Her breath held in anticipation, Esmeralda watched him unhitch the front fastening on her bra. Finally free, her breasts tumbled into his cupped hands. Tenderly he squeezed and caressed the globes. He ran his thumbs over the nipples in small circles that nearly sent her into a passionate frenzy.
With a racing pulse, she forced herself to remain still and watch him fondle her breasts until his soft touch on her nipples was almost painful. As if sensing her threshold, he left her breasts and continued undressing her. She shifted position, allowing him to discard her blouse and bra.
Esmeralda reached for him with desperate hands. Gazing deeply into her eyes, he loomed above her while she caressed his chest and shoulders. It was like touching warm, breathing marble. Moaning with the sheer pleasure of touching him, she closed her eyes and slipped her arms around him, her fingers gripping his back.
“Esmeralda.”
Her eyes opened and focused on his face. For a mere second she was once again aware of his grotesque features, but the moment passed when she lost herself in his dove gray eyes. She focused on them and felt her body temperature rise even more at his expression of scarcely restrained desire.
“Yes, Sadavis,” she whispered.
He shook his head slightly, his lips parted as if he was about to kiss her. When he didn’t move, she tightened her grip around his neck, pulled herself upward and covered his mouth with hers. She thrust her tongue between his lips, needing to taste and explore every warm, wet inch of his mouth. His tongue met hers, stroking, teasing and engaging in a sensual battle that was sure to end in a draw.
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Ooh. That’s an intriguing combination, Kate! Thanks for the excerpt!
Wow, that was hot, putting this one on the top of my to buy list!
Thank you very much, flchen1 and Jean!
Kate