{"id":1468,"date":"2016-10-28T01:05:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T05:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2016-10-24T08:53:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T12:53:01","slug":"story-sample-after-midnight-prequel-to-house-of-the-rising-son-by-trevann-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/2016\/10\/28\/story-sample-after-midnight-prequel-to-house-of-the-rising-son-by-trevann-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Sample: After Midnight, Prequel to House of the Rising Son by Trevann Rogers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"trafter-midnight-front-cover\"Title:<\/strong> After Midnight,\u00a0\u00a0Prequel to House of the Rising Son<\/em><\/p>\n

Living After Midnight Series<\/p>\n

Author:\u00a0<\/strong>Trevann Rogers<\/p>\n

Blurb:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Improbable love. Impossible life. Immeasurable danger.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jewell\u2019s stepfather thinks she\u2019s worthless. She agrees. When she looks in the mirror she sees an overweight, overemotional, overeating mess who can\u2019t keep her fangs to herself.<\/p>\n

Ria hails from a family of old world vamps who’d be happy to share their wealth with her, if only she\u2019d fall in line. Fat chance, especially since being in that line includes not being gay.<\/p>\n

Being in love is easy for Ria and Jewell\u2014the young vampires belong together like vodka and tomato juice. Adding Cheyenne, a talented and sexy incubus, to their union is the hot sauce in their Bloody Mary. The only problem? Vampires and incubi are mortal enemies.<\/p>\n

Despite the odds Ria, Jewell and Cheyenne find their way to happiness. But Jewell is hiding a huge secret, one that defies the laws of procreation: She\u2019s going to have a baby.<\/p>\n

While she tries to figure out how to break the unbelievable news to her lovers, a horror from Jewell\u2019s past slithers into her present, forcing choices no one should have to make.<\/p>\n

Will it be love or death? Happiness or safety? She has until dawn to decide…and it’s already After Midnight.<\/p>\n

Excerpt<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The choice between staying in on a Saturday night to clean and going to see Cheyenne at his first real gig hadn\u2019t been a complicated decision. He was a world-class rocker who could play the guitar like a fiend and had a voice that made you feel\u2026everything. Or made you horny. And hell if she didn\u2019t love him. Damn incubus.<\/p>\n

She reached across him and caressed Jewell\u2019s side. Jewell\u2019s eyes opened and she stared expressionless at the ceiling, hyper-alert to danger. It always took a few moments after resurrecting for her to remember where she was and who was with her, but since moving into their new home it seemed to take even longer.<\/p>\n

Ria sighed. She\u2019d do anything if it would help Jewell feel safe enough to die each dawn and awaken peacefully. \u201cAll is well, Babydoll. It\u2019s just me. Time to rise and twinkle with the stars.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlready?\u201d Jewell scrunched her eyes and blinked as if trying to focus them.<\/p>\n

Cheyenne lay his head on the soft swell of Jewell\u2019s belly. \u201cDidn\u2019t we just go to bed?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ria kissed his back and licked a slow trail down his spine. \u201cHours ago. Did we tucker out the poor little sex demon?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot hardly, dead girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

She grabbed a fistful of his hair and turned him to face her. \u201cThat\u2019s\u00a0undead<\/em>\u00a0girl, thank you.\u201d She bit his lower lip and let it drag between her teeth. \u201cShow us what you\u2019ve got left.\u201d<\/p>\n

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