Snake Charmer (Confessions 1)
by Kate Hill
(M/M Erotic Paranormal Romance)
Blurb
Skye: I’m a lone wolf, but I’ve left the forest to fight against demons who’ve taken over the world. Right now I’m with a pack in Baltimore, but their alpha respects my ways. I take assignments from him, but I live alone and fight alone — until the night I’m attacked by a swarm of bat demons and a hot little snake dancer jumps in to back me up. For me, it’s lust at first sight, but it’s more than that. I think this adorable little tough guy is my mate, even though he’s not a wolf.
Erik: I’m called Snake Charmer. Dancer. Contortionist. Spirit twin to an alien serpent who has always been my protector. My life has been a series of horrors with some beautiful experiences tossed in. I’ve learned to be independent, especially after my best friend and I were brutalized in an attack that left her dead. Now I’m out for revenge, and it’s brought me to Maryland, directly into the path of a gorgeous werewolf who makes me feel things I never dreamed of. It can’t last, though, and nothing, not even desire this deep, will come between me and my vendetta.
Warning: While set in a futuristic paranormal reality, Snake Charmer includes references to previous child abuse, rape, and murder that may be triggers to some readers.
Excerpt:
“You want it rough?” His voice is deeper and scratchier than usual, and I know he’s trying to hide his fear, but he can’t. Not from me.
I release his hands and they settle on my shoulders. “Only if you do.” I press a gentle kiss under his ear. His hands slide to the back of my neck and weave through my hair. I continue kissing his neck and jaw line.
Moaning softly, he tilts his head, allowing easier access to his neck. The fear scent
dissipates, replaced fully by lust. This is more like it. I unzip his jacket and run my hand over his chest and stomach. His tight black shirt hugs every bone and muscle, but I want to feel skin. He apparently wants the same because he’s pulling up my shirt. I step back to remove it and he shrugs off his jacket and lets it drop.
We quickly shed our clothes and I take a moment to look at him — pale, lithe, and naked, with his face painted like a black and red snake. His blue-green eyes gleam with passion. I can’t wait any more. Pulling him close, I cover his mouth in a penetrating kiss. Beneath the flavor of the lipstick is his more familiar taste. He wraps his arms around me. He’s a lot stronger than he looks, but after watching him dance, I’m not surprised.
“Let’s go to the bedroom,” I say against his lips. Grinning, he slides, snakelike, from my grasp and glides backward toward the bedroom, beckoning me with a graceful hand.
I growl and follow, more an eager puppy than a dangerous wolf. He does that to me, and it’s nice, to have someone who makes me feel young and free again. Things have been so damn intense since the demon occupation.
From Changeling Press
https://www.changelingpress.com/snake-charmer-confessions-1-b-3032
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Whew, that’s super steamy.
Intriguing bit here. Demon possession
Since reading Mercedes Lackey’s Herald Mage series in the 1970s and 1980s, I haven’t particularly liked M/M romance novels, but this is nicely done.