{"id":2894,"date":"2013-10-18T19:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T19:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/blog\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2013-10-15T22:14:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T22:14:55","slug":"dark-and-dangerous-six-in-one-hot-paranormal-romance-books-boxed-set-just-99c-99p-excerpt-from-assassins-touch-by-laurie-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/18\/dark-and-dangerous-six-in-one-hot-paranormal-romance-books-boxed-set-just-99c-99p-excerpt-from-assassins-touch-by-laurie-london\/","title":{"rendered":"DARK AND DANGEROUS: Six-in-One Hot Paranormal Romance Books Boxed Set – just 99c \/ 99p – Excerpt from Assassin’s Touch by Laurie London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DARK AND DANGEROUS: Six-in-One Hot Paranormal Romances Boxed Set<\/a> featuring six books by six best-selling authors is out now in ebook and for a limited time only, it’s just $0.99 \/ 99p<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

That’s right, you can get these 6 hot paranormal romance books by Felicity Heaton, Jennifer Ashley, Bonnie Vanak, Caris Roane, Laurie London and Erin Kellison for under a dollar right now.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the release, I’m holding a huge week-long international giving away where you could win a $50 or $25 Amazon Gift Card! But hurry, this giveaway ends on October 20th!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Find out more about DARK AND DANGEROUS<\/a> and this amazing giveaway, and enter today at my website: http:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/darkanddangerous\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s your next excerpt from one of the books in this fantastic boxed set of paranormal romances.<\/p>\n

Today, we have an excerpt from ASSASSIN’S TOUCH by Laurie London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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DARK AND DANGEROUS is available in e-book from:<\/strong>
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\nUS\/International<\/strong><\/a> | UK<\/strong><\/a> | Canada<\/strong><\/a> | Germany<\/strong><\/a> | France<\/strong><\/a> | Italy<\/strong><\/a> | Spain<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Other Retailers:<\/strong>
\nBarnes and Noble Nook<\/strong><\/a> | Kobo Books<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

(Coming soon to Apple iBooks Stores)<\/p>\n

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ASSASSIN’S TOUCH by Laurie London<\/a><\/h3>\n

As they rode along in silence, Neyla was grateful she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d ridden a lot as a girl. Using only her legs, she could easily maintain her seat and balance behind him without having to hold on to his waist\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbecause, if she were honest with herself, the less physical contact she had with him, the better.<\/p>\n

Rickert seemed strangely subdued. At least on the way to Rosamund\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d told her to watch her step and guided her around various obstacles in her way. Now that they were riding, he was all but silent.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Duag is a beautiful animal,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said to break the quiet. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You keep him with Rosamund when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6on our side?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes, and I keep her and her daughters supplied with Vengold silk from my travels.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Ah, so the fabric was a type of silk. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do all the women here dress like that?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

He shrugged. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Some do. Others wear dresses. Fewer wear pants.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why? Is it forbidden?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In a male-dominated society, it shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t surprise her that women were forced to wear dresses or saris to cover their legs. If a woman exposed them, they probably assumed she was a whore.<\/p>\n

He glanced over his shoulder at her and frowned. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have no rules like that. I think they prefer to dress that way.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So if I walked through your streets wearing shorts and a tank top, I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be jailed\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 or pulled into a dark corner and raped?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Reining Duag to a halt, he turned in the saddle to stare at her. Up this close, she couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help breathing in the herbal soap smell of his sun-warmed skin. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have our customs, Agent Trihorn, just like you do over there, but violence against women is never acceptable. However, I suspect the punishment we mete out for such crimes is much more final.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

He wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite angry with her, she decided. It was more like\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6disappointment or hurt. She suddenly felt myopic and foolish, aware that she was judging his world\u00e2\u20ac\u201dperhaps too harshly\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthrough her own limited lens.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6sorry. That was unfair of me.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

A tiny muscle in his jaw flexed. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Clearly, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got a biased view of me and my people.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

As she stared down at her hands, she knew he was right. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d never bothered to learn anything about them other than what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d gathered from scattered news reports and army briefings. Occasionally, the tabloids would have a story about someone crossing over, but there were some in her world who didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even believe the portals existed. She recalled a well-known evangelist who publicly stated he wanted to save the barbarians, so he prayed for a portal to be shown to him. As far as she knew, it had never happened, because he was soon preaching about how the portals and the Barrowlands weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t real. They were merely the unholy inventions of a society in moral decline that was fixated on false prophets and the supernatural.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes, I guess that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she admitted.<\/p>\n

He was quiet for a moment, contemplating what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d just said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just as guilty of judging you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The way he said it made it sound so personal, as if the rift between their worlds boiled down to just the two of them.<\/p>\n

It was easier to be angry with him for being part of the enemy as a whole. It was less easy to be upset with him, the man. After all, he had saved her from Smythe and had shown remarkable concern for her welfare. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d even given her the package from Rosamund, explaining that it was a poultice of herbs to help with the bruising.<\/p>\n

The saddle leather squeaked as he shifted slightly, and she assumed he was about to turn around. Instead, he reached back and carefully moved a strand of hair from her face without touching her skin. Only when his gaze dropped to her mouth did she realize she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d licked her lips, drawing his attention.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153My little soldier, what am I to do with you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The air around them seemed to crackle. She was suddenly hot under the thin tunic. Could she be reading him right? Was he going to kiss her? Should she lean forward a couple of inches and kiss him first? She wondered what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d taste like, how his skin would smell if she were that close. Would his short stubble prickle against her lips?<\/p>\n

Duag stomped an impatient foot and snorted, effectively breaking the spell.<\/p>\n

The corner of Rickert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mouth twisted. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I suppose if it were me<\/i> walking down your<\/i> streets wearing my leather kilt, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d draw a few stares too.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

She laughed at the visual, relieved on some level that whatever had just happened between them was over.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yeah, from every woman with a set of eyeballs.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d She remembered his bare, muscular chest. His powerful shoulders and arms. Women would line the streets in New Seattle just to admire his physique. After all, who could resist a man like him, wearing nothing but a leather kilt?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Did you enjoy today’s excerpt?<\/p>\n

DARK AND DANGEROUS is available in e-book from:<\/strong>
\nAmazon Kindle Stores:<\/strong>
\nUS\/International<\/strong><\/a> | UK<\/strong><\/a> | Canada<\/strong><\/a> | Germany<\/strong><\/a> | France<\/strong><\/a> | Italy<\/strong><\/a> | Spain<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Other Retailers:<\/strong>
\nBarnes and Noble Nook<\/strong><\/a> | Kobo Books<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

(Coming soon to Apple iBooks Stores)<\/p>\n

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