A huge welcome to Regan Summers, author of Don't Bite the Messenger, a new and exciting urban fantasy with a perfect dose of romance! I love a good romance but there's just something about a forbidden romance that makes a story all the better. Today, Regan is giving us a little glimpse of her characters, Sydney and Malcolm, who should be off limits to each other but find comfort in each other. Stick around 'till the end and enter the giveaway to win your own copy.
You can read my review here.
You can read my review here.
"What Tastes Better Than the Forbidden?" by Regan Summers
I thought I’d share a couple of excerpts from Don’t Bite the Messenger. This story started as an urban fantasy, but once Malcolm Kelly stepped onto the page – with his quick smile and wicked mouth – it expanded to include a solid romantic thread. Yes, sometimes I do write stories just to get my fictional characters’ clothes off.
“He was like
the drunken midnight-sun skydives I used to do: a bold, beautiful, very bad
idea. It had been so long since I’d done anything fun.”
“He moved
behind me, so close I could feel the warmth of his body. He traced the
underside of my arms, pausing on a jagged scar on my left forearm before
catching my elbows and pressing upward until I stretched my arms over my head.
His hands ran down my sides, fingers gentle over my ribs and tickling light
against my stomach. I opened my mouth to take in air and tasted the tropical
night. I knew for a fact that it tasted nothing like him. It was raw where he
was smooth, sweet where he was smoky.”
About the Author:
Regan Summers
lives in Anchorage, Alaska with her husband and alien-monkey hybrid of a child.
She can suspend disbelief in the space of a heartbeat, is prone to spazzing out
in inappropriate settings, and believes that hard work leads to happiness
(after all the misery of hard work, that is).
Don't Bite the Messenger by Regan Summers
Anchorage, Alaska
The vampire population may have created an economic boom in Alaska, but their altered energy field fries most technology. They rely on hard-living—and short-lived—couriers to get business done…couriers like Sydney Kildare.
Sydney has survived to the ripe old age of twenty-six by being careful. She’s careful when navigating her tempestuous clients, outrunning hijackers and avoiding anyone who might distract her from her plan of retiring young to a tropical, vampire-free island.
Her attitude—and immunity to vampires’ allure—have made her the target of a faction of vampires trying to reclaim their territory. Her only ally is Malcolm Kelly, a secretive charmer with the uncanny habit of showing up whenever she’s in trouble. Caught in the middle of a vampire turf war, Sydney has to count on Malcolm to help her survive, or the only place she’ll retire is her grave…
The vampire population may have created an economic boom in Alaska, but their altered energy field fries most technology. They rely on hard-living—and short-lived—couriers to get business done…couriers like Sydney Kildare.
Sydney has survived to the ripe old age of twenty-six by being careful. She’s careful when navigating her tempestuous clients, outrunning hijackers and avoiding anyone who might distract her from her plan of retiring young to a tropical, vampire-free island.
Her attitude—and immunity to vampires’ allure—have made her the target of a faction of vampires trying to reclaim their territory. Her only ally is Malcolm Kelly, a secretive charmer with the uncanny habit of showing up whenever she’s in trouble. Caught in the middle of a vampire turf war, Sydney has to count on Malcolm to help her survive, or the only place she’ll retire is her grave…
One lucky winner will win an ecopy of Don't Bite the Messenger!
To enter, fill out the form below:
Angel and Buffy. Angel was cursed by the gypsies. Angel was never allowed to have true happiness or love. If he did, then he turned evil. Please enter me in contest. I would love to read this book. Tore923@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have considered Angel and Buffy as a forbidden couple, but I can see Tore's point. I can't think of any great couple that has won out, but it seems to be popular in YA like Bella and Edawrd in Twilight and so many others. There's three YA series where couples ended up as stepsiblings and put their relationship on hold. To date (I've lost track of them), they did not pass that hurdle.
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Fang and Aimee from Sherilyn Kenyons dark hunter series.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Tore. Angel and Buffy. It was sometimes so heartbreaking to see how much they loved each other, but it wasn't meant to be.
ReplyDeleteRegan-the more I read about this book, the more I want it!
MJB
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Hi
ReplyDeleteI'd go with Elena and Damon from the Vampire Diaries TV series.
Although they're not technically a caouple per se yet I'd love to see them together. *wink*
Daniela.
dany7578 at hotmail dot com
Clary and Jace in The Mortal Instruments
ReplyDeleteI will say Dimitri and Rose from Vampire Academy I love them so much! Thank you so much for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOh I had decided to say Eric Northman and Sookie, but I see Daniela has come up with one that recently has been on my mind having watched the show from the beginning recently and I definitely agree that Damon and Elena are a great forbidden couple :) Thank you for this awesome giveaway opportunity.
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