Isn't this a gorgeous cover!! This is the wonderful, Maggie Mundy's latest release, available from Amazon and all great e-tailers. Check out the blurb and excerpt below =)
BLURB:
Two things have helped Nicole cope since the murder of her husband. One is running her detective agency, and the other is her guardian angel Mira. When Mira is killed by a demon, Nicole accepts the help of a Ridge, a long haired, cigar smoking diamond in the rough with wings. Things go from bad to worse when a replacement guardian cannot be found. She has to trust Ridge, which is tricky when she realizes there are no demons or angels, just parasitic aliens that humans have built the myths of these celestial beings around. Ridge isn’t an angel or a devil, but an alien half breed known as a Midworlder. He is also way too sexy for his own good, or is it her own good.
Excerpt:
“Please don’t drop me, please don’t drop
me,” Nicole repeated as she closed her eyes. She didn’t like flying in planes,
let alone being dragged through the night sky by an oversexed scruffy angel who
was too hot for his own good. Or was it her own good.
“I won’t let you fall. Look around
before we go over. I reckon you’ve guessed the events of tonight aren’t the way
we normally do things. Humans aren’t meant to be aware of our flying through
the night sky which means I can’t let you remember any of this.”
She took a deep breath and opened her
eyes. His face was close to hers as he gripped her tight around her waist. It
was too dark to read what he might be thinking from his expression. His lips
were so close and her own were parting at the thought he might kiss her. She
trembled, but not from fear anymore and hoped he couldn’t read her mind. They
were being hunted and she wanted a kiss, no she longed for it. He had to be putting
the thoughts in her head.
She needed to get her mind off him so
she gazed down at San Francisco. Her adopted city stretched out below with
steep streets reaching down to the harbor, while the lights on the Golden Gate
Bridge shone in the distance, reflecting on the water below. She smiled as a
tear flowed down her cheek. She had never seen it this way before. For a moment
she forgot others were after them or after her in particular. She peeked over
Ridge’s shoulder and glanced back over his wings as they glided through the
sky. Three dark, winged shapes were following and could be seen against the
light of the full moon. Maybe the full moon could explain why strange things
were happening, because this was like staring at a scene from a horror movie,
except it was real.
The shapes of their pursuer’s bodies
blurred. She turned back to the city but the lights of San Francisco were
disappearing. In the moonlight she focused on the face next to her. Ridge
smiled and touched her cheek with his.
“It’s okay. I’m gonna get you a new
guardian and all of this will go away. I won’t let anyone hurt you.”
She didn’t want a new guardian, she
wanted Mira back. It went dark and reminded her of when she went adventure-caving
in Australia. The absolute darkness of underground where not even a trickle of
light breaks through, no matter how hard you look. She couldn’t see Ridge
anymore, but the closeness of him and the darkness amplified the sound of his
wings. For a moment they were all that existed in the universe. His lips
touched hers and her mouth opened to him only to have him pull away. Did he
mean to do that?
“I suggest you close your eyes and give
your mind over to me,” he whispered.
Nicole shook her head and tried to get
herself back to reality, whatever that was. “I’m not going anywhere with my
eyes shut after tonight, and from what I’m picking up at times your mind seems
a bit murky to let you in again.”
“Suit yourself darling, but don’t blame
me if you pass out.”
Pain sliced through her temple. She
squeezed her eyes shut and instinctively hugged Ridge tighter. His thoughts
were in her head again telling her to relax, but this time it wasn’t working. She
tried to hold down the rising alarm of what would happen next. Somehow she had
an inkling it wasn’t going to be good.
Maggie
Mundy lives in Adelaide, Australia and is a member of Romance Writers of
Australia, and the local chapter SARA (South Australian Romance Authors). She
recently completed a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and English at Flinders University.
She had a short story published in the Romance Writers of Australia Topaz
Anthology Little Gems in 2010 called Sea and Vines. She has three books out
with Rogue Phoenix Press. Two erotic novellas called Blood Scent and Blood Oath
and a paranormal romance called World Change. She also has a supernatural
thriller out with Soul Mate Publishing called Hidden Mortality and paranormal
romance called Unknown Protector.
She has also performed for many years in
corporate entertainment for which she wrote her own sketches, which probably
explains why her head is so full of characters. She loves writing romance but
thinks falling in love can be scary, especially in her stories where creatures
of the night really exist.
2 comments:
Thanks so much for having me on your blog Mel
Not a problem at all Maggie =)
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