Title:
In the Dark
Series:
The Cities Below, Book 1
By
Jen Colly
Genre:
Paranormal Romance
Publisher:
Lyrical Press/Kensington Publishing Corp.
Blurb:
Soren and Faith must
find a way to survive the evil and darkness.
Faith’s spur of the
moment vacation, meant to free her and boost her spirits, has left her lost on
the streets of Paris. And apparently, Paris is populated with something more
than just humans. Vampires, suave, seductive and oh so sexy, and one such
warrior vampire has set his sights on her.
When Soren hears Faith’s
terrified screams, he rushes in and saves her life without considering the
consequences. Two problems: one, she’s a human and clearly aware of his vampire
qualities, and two, the men who attacked her were not men at all, but demons.
Their target, his beloved underground city of Balinese. He can never let Faith
go home again, but can she learn to love his people...love him?
Excerpt:
Faith looked up at the silhouette of
a man curled over her, his head barely blocking the raindrops pelting her face.
She was moving, her feet were not, and the city was sideways. The foreign world
passed by her, the images coming slowly, as if she were seeing everything
through someone else’s eyes.
She was numb, her muscles from cold,
her mind from shock. Her memories seemed intact, scrambled and hazy, but
intact. She remembered being afraid of flying on the airplane, and the taste of
the ginger gum that kept her nausea at bay. She’d been lost in the rain on the
way back to her hotel. Then two men had trapped her in an alley.
Her shoulders and ribs shuddered
with chills powerful enough to make her teeth rattle.
She fought
through it, lifted her head and looked down at her hands.
“My purse.” The words didn’t come
out right. Her jaw refused to open, and her lips had difficulty forming the
simple words. She tried again. “Took my purse.”
“I have it. You need to be warm and
dry right now,” the man said, keeping up his pace, never once looking at her.
By the sheer confidence in his husky tones, without a doubt, this was the man
who had saved her. That intense look on his face was nearly the same as when
he’d pulled the muggers off her, driven them into the wall. It was oddly
comforting, at the moment.
Tall buildings, probably homes,
surrounded her, swaying in her field of vision as he strode along. Light peeked
through several arched windows, yellow and warm.
He entered one of the larger
buildings as if he owned it and carried her past several numbered doors to the
end of the hallway, where he started down a creaking set of stairs. Suddenly
she feared falling down those stairs, but her shuddering muscles wouldn’t allow
her to hold on tighter. She closed her eyes and trusted him not to drop her.
After the last step had been left
behind, she took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and almost wished she hadn’t.
The basement hallway was musty, and each bare light bulb they passed only
revealed cracks chasing each other across the ceiling.
He stopped, pressed her against a
green door as he fished for the doorknob with the hand supporting her legs.
“Put me down,” she said, trying to
help, and fully expecting him to drop her to her feet.
He fought with the knob until it
finally gave and carried her inside, then kicked the door shut behind him.
Author Bio:
Jen Colly is the rare case of an
author who rebelled against reading assignments throughout her school years.
Now she prefers reading books in a series, which has led her to writing her
first paranormal romance series The
Cities Below. She will write about anything that catches her fancy, though
truth be told, her weaknesses are pirates and vampires. She lives in Ohio with
her supportive husband, two kids, one big fluffy dog, and four rescued cats.
Author
Links
Website: www.jencolly.weebly.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jen.colly.1
Twitter: www.twitter.com/collyjen
3 comments:
Thanks so much for having me, Aubrie! It's great to be here with you today. :)
Very steamy! :)
LOL Thanks, Christine!
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