Roll out the Red Carpet ~ Evernight Celebrates Four Years of
Publishing!
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Join
authors, bloggers and reviewers as we take a RED CARPET tour featuring
Evernight's smart and sexy books. Slip on your virtual stilettos and walk the
red carpet of award winning titles, spectacular reviews and paparazzi style
interviews.
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sure to visit every stop on the tour where you can enter for a chance to win
great prizes, including a new eReader, gift certificates, swag, books and much
more!
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*
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My spotlight
shines on…
Warlock's Mistress by
Jessica Coulter Smith
Blurb:
Love Spell, 2
Seraphine Bishop, enchanted by a sorcerer in the 1800’s, has
been by Jared Blaylock’s side for over a hundred years. As his mistress. But
things are changing, Jared has been pulling away, distancing himself, and
Seraphine wants to know why. They’ve been together for so long, has he finally
tired of her?
Jared aches to be near Seraphine, his destined mate, but he must
pull away to save her. A fairy prince has laid claim to her, wanting her for
his bride. Unless Jared can find a way to change the prince’s mind, he’ll lose
Seraphine forever.
Be Warned: bondage
Excerpt:
Seraphine Bishop watched with narrowed eyes as her lover pulled
on his clothes. Was it her imagination or did he always seem to be in a hurry
to run out the door these days? It seemed she was good enough to fuck, but not
good enough to cuddle. That hadn’t always been the case. She’d been Jared
Blaylock’s mistress since 1895, when he’d found her roaming the streets, half
starved, without a penny to her name and without hope of surviving until
tomorrow. A sorcerer had taken a shine to her and had cast a spell over her,
freezing her in time and giving her the gift of eternal life, except he’d grown
tired of her after a few months and had thrown her out. Jared had found her and
given her a new life, except he hadn’t been Jared then. He’d changed names many
times over the centuries, with very few people knowing his original name—Lord William
Stratham. Her warlock was over five hundred years old, but still looked like a
sexy thirty-five.
In all these years, Jared had always been attentive, lavishing
her with attention and affection, but for the past month, it had been like
being with a stranger. He still came to her, spent an hour or two in her bed,
then ran for the door as if hellhounds were nipping at his heels and he
couldn’t wait to be rid of her. Why he hadn’t thrown her out, she didn’t
understand. It was obvious he’d grown tired of her. Really, she’d expected it
to happen a lot sooner. They’d been together for over a hundred years. She’d
been waiting for the day he’d crossed paths with his mate and end their affair.
Seraphine wondered if perhaps that’s what had happened and he just didn’t know
how to tell her, or wasn’t ready to let her go just yet. The question was how
much longer was she going to put up with it in silence? She’d been quiet so
far, taking his rejection as best she could, but it was grating on her nerves.
Things were still hot between them, there was obviously still something there,
but he didn’t seem to want to acknowledge it.
Jared paused at the bedroom door. His auburn hair fell across
his forehead and into his eyes, hiding their green depths from her. She
wondered if he was going to say something, tell her it was over, that he
wouldn’t be back, but he turned away from her, twisted the knob, and left
without a word. Her heart ached and she fought back tears at the cold
dismissal. She shouldn’t have let her heart get involved in the first place.
She was in his life for one purpose and one purpose only. As his mistress, she
didn’t have the luxury of falling in love with him. Unfortunately, her heart
had other ideas.
Not for the first time, she wondered if she should shackle him
to her bed. Of course, he could always use magick to get away—unless she used
spelled cuffs. Now there was a thought. She could make a game of it, draw him
into her web so to speak, then after allowing him to give her a mind-blowing
orgasm or two, she could torture the information out of him. What had changed?
Why was he different? What was he hiding? If he wanted to play games, she’d
play, but by her own rules.
That's one thing about being an immortal (or really long lived) that would probably be hard, living or loving someone for 100+ years. I enjoy reading stories about long loves though, that's why I read ...for escapism.
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What a great excerpt, this is a book I can't wait to read.
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You know, that's one thing I've always wondered. You see so many paranormal books with characters that have been together for hundreds of years, and it was always "and they lived happily ever after." Bull. It's hard for people to stay together for 5 years, much less 50 or 500. So it's fun to see how your romance changes when you've been together for so long.
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I liked both the excerpt and the lovely book cover too.
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I like her idea of shackling him to her bed.
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The excerpt's interesting
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Enjoyed reading your excerpt. I have always lived paranormal books and have recently become addicted to paranormal romance. It's nice to find another author whose books I can enjoy.
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Great excerpt. Thanks for the chance.
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Congrats on all of your success! Awesome excerpt! You definitely know how to grab my attention! Thank you for sharing! Thank you for the fantastic hop!
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