Title: Party Girl: 2nd Edition (Soul Debt)
Author: Ayla Ruse
Blurb:
Santos, a Collection demon from Hell, finds himself drawn to a human. He doesn’t want to corrupt Erin, he simply wants her, but he doesn’t understand how humans interact. As he tries to blend in, his demon partner tricks Erin into bartering her soul.
When the time comes for Erin to regain her lost soul, Santos is chosen as her debt collector. He is bound by rules, yet he finagles options. One choice will corrupt her soul forever, but the other choice could spell her death.
Caught up in a situation neither wanted, Santos and Erin form a bond with one another, but will this be enough for them to survive and find love?
Excerpt:
Erin took a deep breath and, in what felt like slow motion, twisted the knob and swung open the door. Her eyes trailed up the most handsome man in existence. Strong legs encased in perfectly creased dark slacks. A dark silk shirt tucked in and a suit coat in the same color completed the simple outfit. Memories flooded her brain as her eyes met his dark ones.
“Santos.” Her voice trembled, and her heart skipped a beat.
“Hello, Erin.” His voice felt like he’d run a firm hand up her spine. She shivered and stepped back to let him in. His eyes never left hers and she took a deep breath.
He grinned, but it wasn’t as welcoming as she’d expected. He seemed grim. Determined.
“Your year is up,” he explained in his deep voice, stepping over the threshold. “It’s time to repay your debt.”
“My debt?”
He shut the door behind him and stroked her cheek. “Yes. Your debt.” He ran a rough thumb across her lips before tilting her chin back. “Remember.”
His word was a command and worked as a key to a hidden lock inside herself. Those flittering, dark memories poured through her and she remembered. Everything.
Santos. Nirvana. Sex. A contract. Popularity.
Time skittered ahead and she saw herself over this past year, how she’d become more confident, how her number of friends had increased and how her sex life had begun to… hell, she’d actually started to have a sex life.
“It’s been a trick,” she said softly. Something vital had been missing from her life as her popularity had grown, but she’d ignored the empty feeling because she’d had no idea what could fill that hole.
“No. No trick, Erin. It’s a contract. You indebted yourself to us with your soul as collateral. It’s time. You do want your soul back, don’t you?”
Goosebumps sprang up over her skin and she stepped back, not sure anymore if she should be overjoyed or scared at his return. But his words made her realize it was her soul that’d been missing.
“Yes, I want it back. But I thought Nirvana would handle that.”
Santos chuckled low and deep, the sound reaching out to wind its way around her spine. “You forget. She’s the Negotiator. I’m the Collector.”
“Oh.”
He gazed at her as if expecting her to say more. Erin remembered now how they’d set the contract up, and her body trembled with desire. They’d… she and Nirvana had… Santos had… Images of hot sex and warm flesh flashed in front of her. She looked into Santos’ eyes and felt herself falling into the dark depths there. He wanted her to accept what she remembered and, probably, what would come.
Purchase Links:
Changeling Press:
http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=2002
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https://www.amazon.com/2nd-Party-Girl-Soul-Debt-ebook/dp/B01MZ3YH5F
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Author Bio:
Handed a historical romance at young age, Ayla Ruse fell in love with love and with happy endings. Having grown up living life tasting a little of this and a little of that has not changed this attitude, but it’s expanded her views. Love isn’t always happy and it isn’t always the way a person “thinks it should be.” Sometimes it’s outside the box, and it’s always a challenge. Ayla is a stay-at-home mother who also home schools three rambunctious children. In her (cough) free time, she loves the outdoors, reading, and exploring.
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