{"id":8854,"date":"2021-09-15T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=8854"},"modified":"2021-09-14T21:27:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T01:27:35","slug":"because-i-need-you-all-their-midnights-mfrwhooks-vampireromance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=8854","title":{"rendered":"Because I Need You &#8211; All Their Midnights #MFRWHooks #vampireromance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the time of the week for the Book Hooks Blog Hop in which authors share excerpts from their books.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s excerpt is from Don&#8217;t Drink the Blood, a story in my upcoming collection of short vampire stories, All Their Midnights.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to check out more excerpts from authors in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mfrwbookhooks.blogspot.com\/\">MFRW Book Hooks Blog Hop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for stopping by!<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8783 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AllTheirMidnightsmed-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AllTheirMidnightsmed-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AllTheirMidnightsmed.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>All Their Midnights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Kate Hill<\/p>\n<p>Short Story Collection, Vampire Romance<\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagining the pale, lovely man shattered and bleeding beneath the fiend\u2019s assault, I felt guilty fleeing, but fear pushed me toward the subway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By the time I reached it, the train zipped by before I could board. I cursed, my heart pounding. Any minute that pig would be after me again, because there was no way pretty-boy would make it out of that alley alive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I had to get out of there. Turning, I crashed into a man\u2019s chest covered in black. I screamed. Strong hands gripped my shoulders. My gaze darted up to the angel\u2019s pale, blood-streaked face.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRene, are you all right?\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I stopped struggling. \u201cHow come you know me, but I don\u2019t know you?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We stood so close that I could count the fine lines at the corners of his eyes. A sheen of sweat made his face glow like marble in the moonlight. A tendril of sand-colored hair tumbled across his forehead. The urge to brush it away almost overwhelmed me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019ve made it my business to find out who you are.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBecause I need you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I raised an eyebrow in disbelief. What could a man like this possibly need from me?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYour blood,\u201d he continued, \u201cis the only treatment for my disease.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDisease?\u201d I snorted with sarcastic laughter. \u201cWe can\u2019t get sick, or didn\u2019t you know that?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>His gentle expression turned fierce. \u201cYou\u2019re the one who doesn\u2019t know! Two months a vampire and you think you know everything.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blurb:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All Their Midnights is a collection of vampire poetry and short stories with a romantic twist.<\/p>\n<p>The Lighthouse \u2013 Imprisoned in a dungeon and forced to do battle for a cruel lord, Drew lost his sanity long ago. Kenna\u2019s passion for Drew never faltered, even when it drove her from the only other person she\u2019d ever loved, her twin brother, Collin. Kenna and Drew escaped the horror of their past to live a quiet life as lighthouse keepers. Their hard-won happiness is threatened when Collin arrives, stirring past memories that hurl him and Drew toward possible destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Blood and Whiskey \u2013 Despite his thirst for blood, Danel has never wanted to cause permanent harm to his prey. He\u2019s spent his life learning to control his violent nature. Then he meets Yori. She rouses his bloodlust, but will he curb her wild ways, or will she lure him into a life of savagery?<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t Drink the Blood \u2013 Rene is a young vampire scraping by while fighting for her life in a world that has shown her little mercy. While on the hunt, she\u2019s attacked, but a strange, beautiful man rescues her. Oliver suffers from a disease that affects vampires. Only Rene\u2019s blood can save him from a slow, painful death. They make a deal\u2014her blood in exchange for his tutoring. Can he transform an uneducated, struggling cynic into a sophisticated vampire warrior? Even more, can he win her hardened heart?<\/p>\n<p>Pre-Order Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09F5W2NQX\">Amazon<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/all-their-midnights\/id1582523220\">\u00a0Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/all-their-midnights-kate-hill\/1140046042\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/gr\/en\/ebook\/all-their-midnights\">kobo<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/1100646\">Smashwords<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- start LinkyTools script --><\/p>\n<p><b>Powered by Linky Tools<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkytools.com\/wordpress_list.aspx?id=302141&amp;type=basic\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to enter your link and view this Linky Tools list&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s the time of the week for the Book Hooks Blog Hop in which authors share excerpts from their books. 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Don&rsquo;t forget to check out more excerpts from authors in the MFRW Book&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1046],"tags":[783,925,521],"class_list":["post-8854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-their-midnights","tag-blog-hop","tag-romantic-horror","tag-vampire-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8855,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8854\/revisions\/8855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}