Friday Free Read: NaNoWriMo Excerpt #2

 November is, of course, National Novel Writing Month! This year I'm working on Book 3 of the Blood and Fire series: and adventure through Russia called Winter Hearts. During November, our regular Free Read posts will feature excerpts from this year's (as yet unedited) project.

Sascha rubbed at the back of her neck. Heat bloomed under her skin, creeping and uncomfortable.

She’d dreamed of the vampire. Of the bloodthirsty Archon Donovan, waiting in the rooms above. The whole scene replayed in her mind: the fire in the room’s hearth shining off Rhiannon’s glossy auburn hair and her long, lean body.

And the smooth leather of the imitation cock jutting up from between her thighs.

Friday Free Read: Lead Me Not...

This week's Free Read takes place in the world of the Four Courts; the urban fantasy series begun with Goblin Fires. Lead Me Not features one of the lovely Winter Royals: Talaith, Fourth Daughter of Oberon. If you've read Goblin Fires, this short story takes place before the events of that book.

Talaith recognized the perfume the moment she stepped into one of the private alcoves backstage. Jasmine and hibiscus: a scent all at once nostalgic, bittersweet, and arousing. Even in the pounding atmosphere of Frostbite, the New York nightclub owned and operated by the Winter Court—her court, in other words—that subtle scent stole all of Talaith's attention. 

"Kymera," she mused in a tone of playful exasperation. "What a pleasant surprise."