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Once Bitten, Forever Burned
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Genre: Paranormal/Vampire/Werewolf Romance
Heat Level: Super Hot (18+)
Length: 31000
ISBN: 978-0-9869154-1-3
MSRP: $0.99
Once bitten, are they damned to forever burn without the touch of love?
A mini anthology containing:
Cruz's Salvation by Stacey Kennedy
Devon's Redemption by Eve Langlais
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Cruz's Salvation by Stacey Kennedy
Cruz understands torment. A mortal turned vampire in the war, he has suffered untold loneliness and despair. That is until he meets Kiara—a werewolf he’s forbidden to love.
Though Kiara needs Cruz, and wants him forever, werewolves and vampires are bitter enemies. To make matters worse, her Alpha, also her father, suspects that Kiara pines for a mate. Mistaking her sadness for the longing she feels for Cruz, he sets out to give her all the happiness he can provide.
Together, Kiara and Cruz will have to fight against the rules placed upon them to hold onto their love. But an unwanted visitor creates a complication neither of them planned for. Milo, Kiara’s chosen mate, has come to stake his claim. Now, not only are lives at risk, but hearts are threatened and dreams hang in the balance.
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Devon's Redemption by Eve Langlais
Bethany lost her one and only love to a war overseas. As if that weren’t bad enough, a brutal attack and claiming by a Lycan makes her life a living hell. She lives only for revenge until the day love comes back into her life and promises to rescue her from her misery. However, the mate who forced her isn’t about to let her go.
Devon died on the battlefield only to be reborn as a creature of the night. He fights to stay away from his one true love, but when he caves to his desire and sees her again, he discovers redemption is possible even for one who walks in darkness.
Warning: Contains scenes of violence toward the heroine and mentions of rape that might be offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.
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Excerpt from Devon's Redemption:
Thursday at the animal clinic was her late night for appointments. Although her last appointment for eight-thirty cancelled, Bethany hung around, as usual avoiding going home to him. At least he’d stopped showing up at the clinic, keeping tabs on her. She had his many girlfriends to thank for that. They kept him busy fucking, which thankfully reduced the amount of groping she had to endure.
However, busy fornicating or not, Tyson always had to know where she was and what she did. He kept close watch on her, even if she couldn’t understand why. He had plenty of bitches to choose from. Why he insisted on keeping her around baffled her. Bethany hated him, and knew he couldn’t stand her. They were both miserable, and yet, he just wouldn’t let her go. If it hadn’t been for his superior strength and cunning, she would have killed him a long time ago. Running away wouldn’t work—her beating after her last attempt made that clear, and tempered her actions with caution. Tyson in a rage wasn’t something to mess with, and to her eternal shame, scared her. Much as she hated her life, she feared death more.
If I die, I can’t kill him for what he’s done.
But hope clung to her tenaciously that someday, somehow, she’d find a way to free herself of him.
Taking out the garbage, just another chore to delay the inevitable, a tingle went up her spine. She paused and sniffed the air. Nothing untoward came to her and, yet, the skin on the nape of her neck tickled. Danger, her instincts screamed. Bethany closed her eyes and let her enhanced senses roam.
I’m not alone.
She didn’t let such a thing as fear send her scurrying. Apart from Tyson and his bully boys, not much could scare her—or hurt. Scanning the area behind her practice, her sharp gaze didn’t reach far in the darkness, not with the glare of the light above the door. Useless thing, it only illuminated a small area. A few steps, taken away from the building, put most of the blinding glow behind her. Bethany peered again into the gloom, scanning the empty parking lot and the shadows of the trees that bordered it. Not a flicker of motion betrayed a presence, but she knew without a doubt that someone watched. It made her skin prickle.
Don’t tell me Tyson is back to his old games? Sending his lackeys to spy on me?
Pissed, she called out, “I know you’re out there. You might as well show yourself.”
Nothing, not even a whisper of a breeze, answered her, but that thrumming sense of awareness still gripped her. Oddly enough, time seemed to slow, and Bethany experienced the oddest feeling that she stood on the threshold of something, a momentous event that would change her life. Shaking her head at her fanciful thoughts, she called out again, “If you’re spying for him, then you can tell him I’m on my way home now.”
Finally, a figure stepped from the shadow of the trees. Tall and broad shouldered, he seemed to glide toward her. Bethany shivered because there was something unnatural about his movement. Not human, whispered her psyche.
As the watcher neared the light pooled around her, Bethany’s eyes widened in shock, and she took a step back.
No, it can’t be.
Dizziness overtook her and her knees trembled. An urge to run gripped her as he approached, but her body froze like the prey she hunted on full moons. She couldn’t even speak. Her throat locked in shock as he arrived to stand in front of her, his familiar features tinged with sadness.
“Hello, Bethany.”
At the sound of his gravelly voice, a voice she heard in her dreams—and nightmares—her knees buckled, her eyes rolled up in shock, and she collapsed.
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For an excerpt of Cruz's Salvation please see StaceyKennedy.com
Two tales of forbidden romance rife with violence, danger and passion. On sale now!
Editor: Brieanna Roberston - www.brieannarobertson.com
Cover Artist: PJ Friel-Edwards - www.AmberStar.net
ISBN: 978-0-9869154-1-3
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Five Rose Review for Once Bitten, Forever Burned
"...Bethany is a damaged heroine that captivates your heart and transmits her pain and suffering to you in just a few chapters. Devon is ever the suave vampire who charms you from his first appearance, his love and devotion to Bethany is one to envy! Their story is raw and emotional with a satisfying and unexpected ending!
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Romancing The Darkside
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Five Star Review for Once Bitten, Forever Burned
"What a wonderful anthology! ... a lot of passion, and also some heartache too. Both authors do a wonderful job at making you feel the character's emotions. Also, the characters are extremely likeable..."
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Paranormal Opinion
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'A' Review for Once Bitten, Forever Burned
"This first story in this collection is Devon's Redemption by Eve Langlais and is probably my more favorite of the two. ...
... Their sexual interludes are steamy and perfectly spaced throughout the story so that the storyline flows smoothly.
...This was an entertaining anthology and I can't help but think that the world these characters inhabit would make a great series. "
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Joder of Wow From The Scarf Princess
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Five Fang Review for Once Bitten, Forever Burned
"Two talented authors that bring all new meaning to sizzling-hot, action-packed, suspenseful page-turning paranormal romance books. The stories are both brilliantly written with a storyline that blends from one work to the other so that you feel that you are reading part one and two of an amazing series!...
...This is a truly action-packed, romance-filled, tear-jerker of a read that will take you into their world and keep you there until you read "The End""
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Paromantasy
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