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Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n Giant bat-like demons drop from the deli\u2019s rooftop. They swarm around me, slashing me with needle-like claws. Growling, I shift to full wolf form, hoping the thicker fur will protect me. I lash out at them, claws swiping leathery flesh and my teeth gnashing at the wind. I try to make it to my bike, but I can barely see through the mass of dark bodies.<\/p>\n The demons shriek and turn away from me. At first I don\u2019t understand what\u2019s happened, and then I see him. Dressed in black, his face covered in a fitted hood that leaves only his eyes exposed, he kicks and strikes at the demons, his lithe body twisting into unnatural positions. He attacks and defends with the speed and precision of a raptor or a snake — maybe some weird combination of both. He isn\u2019t like any creature I\u2019ve seen before, demon or otherwise.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t have much time to think about it. Shoving aside the few demons still clinging to me, I bound toward my bike.<\/p>\n What the hell am I doing?<\/p>\n I turn toward the shrinking swarm. The remaining demons continue attacking my rescuer. I might be a lone wolf, but abandoning someone who\u2019s lent me a hand isn\u2019t in my nature.<\/p>\n Growling, I gallop back toward the scene, shift to my half man, half wolf form again, and reach for the masked dude. He glances at me with eyes the color of my favorite lake back home — a combination of dark blue water tinted by the reflection of the surrounding evergreens. His eyelashes are so damn thick and long — prettier than the fake ones worn by the strippers at the club down the street from my apartment. A pang shoots through my chest.<\/p>\n \u201cCome on.\u201d I grasp his arm — it\u2019s thin enough for my fingers to touch, but hard, like flexible steel. His shredded clothes are sticky with blood, exposing bits of torn skin beneath. I\u2019m ripped up pretty bad, too, but my accelerated healing has already kicked in. These superficial wounds will be all but gone by morning. I don\u2019t know how quickly my wiry friend here heals. He doesn\u2019t smell completely human, but that means nothing. Even some demons have a short lifespan, meager strength, and limited powers.<\/p>\n I drag him toward my bike and he quickly falls into step with me. I jump on and he dives on behind me and grabs my belt loops. His lithe body presses to mine as we fly down the street. A demon or two swoop down at us, but once we hit the main road, they either don\u2019t bother following or aren\u2019t able to match the bike\u2019s speed.<\/p>\n \u201cLet me off!\u201d my passenger shouts above the engine and the roaring wind. I don\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n Order Links: Amazon<\/a> \/ Apple Books<\/a> \/ Barnes & Noble<\/a> \/ Changeling Press<\/a> \/ Everand<\/a> \/ kobo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Skye: I\u2019m a lone wolf, but I\u2019ve left the forest to fight against demons who\u2019ve taken over the world. Right now I\u2019m with a pack in Baltimore, but their alpha respects my ways. I take assignments from him, but I live alone and fight alone \u2014 until the night I\u2019m attacked by a swarm of bat demons and a hot little snake dancer jumps in to back me up. For me, it\u2019s lust at first sight, but it\u2019s more than that. I think this adorable little tough guy is my mate, even though he\u2019s not a wolf.<\/p>\n Erik: I\u2019m 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\u2019ve learned to be independent, especially after my best friend and I were brutalized in an attack that left her dead. Now I\u2019m out for revenge, and it\u2019s brought me to Maryland, directly into the path of a gorgeous werewolf who makes me feel things I never dreamed of. It can\u2019t last, though, and nothing, not even desire this deep, will come between me and my vendetta.<\/p>\n Warning<\/strong>: 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.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/snakecharmerkatehill-198x300.jpg\")
Snake Charmer<\/strong>
\nby Kate Hill
\nSeries: Confessions (Part of the Pandemonium universe)
\nFormat(s): Ebook
\nHeat Level: Erotic Romance
\nPairing(s): M\/M
\nGenre\/Themes: Paranormal, Werewolves, Magic
\nLength: Novella
\nCover Art: Bryan Keller<\/p>\n