This week I have a special treat. I was asked to be a part of another book tour hosted by Sensuous Promos. Each stop you get to read one of four different excerpts, each tailored for the heat levels of the blog stops. So far you've read two of the four on our sister blogs Behind Closed Doors and Through Stepanie's Eyes. Now you get another here at Sassy Vixen.
So sit back, relax and enjoy today's sneak peek at Give Me Shelter.
Welcome to Sensuous Promo’s Give Me Shelter Book Tour.
* WATCH FOR CONTEST BELOW *
Give Me Shelter By Alexis D. Craig
Inspector Eli Miller's unspoken feelings for his partner, Bex, color his whole life. When his past comes calling, will it be the push he needs to seek a future with her?
Inspector Rebecca 'Bex' Mulcahy has lived long enough to know that love is a street con at best, and a dangerous distraction at worst. Any feelings she has for her partner Eli definitely fall into the latter category. Will her dedication to her job keep her from finding a possible future with Eli?Their latest case is protecting Violet Burrell, a young woman with scars on her soul stretching back to birth, who inadvertently witnesses a shockingly brutal murder at the hands of a sadist. Violet is determined to testify in court. Her strength and courage impress Eli and Bex, who will protect her at all costs.
But it is Violet’s beauty and spirit that entrances Junior Inspector Atticus Randall. Atticus is also assigned to protect Violet, and while he knows he should ignore his growing feelings for her, he just can’t stop himself from falling for the brave beauty.
Life in the Las Vegas branch of Witness Protection has never been more tangled. When the emotional landmines start a chain reaction, everyone in the blast radius is going to need a little shelter.
Excerpt
The door to the conference room closing may as well have been the
prison door on a twenty year stretch. Bex’s witness, one Violet Burrell (née
Bukowski), sat across the table from them, seeming surprisingly untroubled by
her current circumstances. Reading a book, listening to her MP3 player,
she appeared like any other teenager. He set the file on the table and held the
chair for Bex, and then Violet looked up and the floor dipped beneath his feet.
Her kohl-rimmed eyes were blue, a strange, deep blue that was
almost amethyst, offsetting her pale skin and full, purple-stained lips. Her
jet black hair was slicked back into a severe bun at the base of her skull,
matching the jet black dress that caused AR, their 25-year-old junior inspector
and de facto office assistant, to catch a case of the vapors when she’d walked
into the office, clinging in places he didn’t even know he should be dreaming
about. It was funny to watch, for about a minute, before his mind betrayed him
with a recollection that was almost old enough to drink.
“Marshals.” Her smile was faint, polite, and distant.
“Vi, this is Marshal Miller. He’ll be assisting with your
transition.”
“Nice to meet you.” She didn’t offer her hand, which was just as
well. Caressing him with her hypnotic eyes, the corners of her mouth turned up
in a grin that bordered on indecent and Eli felt the walls in the room start to
inch just a bit closer. It was then he noticed the book she’d been reading,
bright green, unmarked cover closed around a bookmark of a skull with a pink
bow, the spine betraying the title: Lady Chatterley’s Lover . The lump in his
throat ballooned to cantaloupe-sized proportions.
Eli nodded, not trusting himself to speak. The look Bex gave him
was probably going to leave scars, but he shook his head slightly as he opened
the file again and studied it diligently. Everything but the picture, the
picture was a lot more than he could deal with at the moment, especially once
confronted with the reality.
“He means to say ‘nice to meet you, too’, but his manners are
still out at the dry cleaners.” He felt the moment her green eyes turned from
him to her witness, and he relaxed ever so slightly.
“They do get filthy sometimes, or so I’m told.” And she had jokes,
dark humor with a dash of double entendre, in her soft voice, the color of a
New England autumn. The Fates should probably just kill him now to save on the
paperwork.
Buy Links
· Lachesis Publishing: http://lachesispublishing.com/?product=give-me-shelter
· Bookstrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/give-me-shelter
· Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/405307
Connect with Alexis D. Craig online:
Website: http://alexisdcraig.net/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dispatchvampire
* CONTEST *
Leave a comment below (with email address) and your name will be thrown into the hat to win:
1st Prize - $15 gift card to Bookstrand (where you can buy Alexis' book!)
2nd Prize - eBook copy of Give Me Shelter
Every stop on this tour is eligible for the same contest.
You may enter by leaving a comment and email address on every stop.
That's up to 12 entries!!!
Winner to be drawn on April 2nd
SOunds intriguing, two loves for the price of one.
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Thank you for stopping by, Debby! Good luck in the contest. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Vixen aka Tammy