Welcome to Friday Fantasy Free For All here at Through Stephanie's Eyes. This week I have a special treat. I was asked to be a part of another book tour hosted by Sensuous Promos. My little blog is the SIXTH stop for author Alexis D. Craig. Each stop you get to read one of four different excerpts, each tailored for the heat levels of the blog stops. How cool is that?
So sit back, relax and enjoy today's sneak peek at Give Me Shelter.
Welcome
to Sensuous Promo’s Give Me Shelter Book Tour.
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WATCH FOR CONTEST BELOW *
Give Me Shelter By
Alexis D. Craig
Inspector
Eli Miller's unspoken feelings for his partner, Bex, color his whole life. When
his past comes calling, will it be the push he needs to seek a future with her?
Inspector
Rebecca 'Bex' Mulcahy has lived long enough to know that love is a street con
at best, and a dangerous distraction at worst. Any feelings she has for her
partner Eli definitely fall into the latter category. Will her dedication to
her job keep her from finding a possible future with Eli?Their latest case is
protecting Violet Burrell, a young woman with scars on her soul stretching back
to birth, who inadvertently witnesses a shockingly brutal murder at the hands
of a sadist. Violet is determined to testify in court. Her strength and courage
impress Eli and Bex, who will protect her at all costs.
But
it is Violet’s beauty and spirit that entrances Junior Inspector Atticus
Randall. Atticus is also assigned to protect Violet, and while he knows he should
ignore his growing feelings for her, he just can’t stop himself from falling
for the brave beauty.
Life
in the Las Vegas branch of Witness Protection has never been more tangled. When
the emotional landmines start a chain reaction, everyone in the blast radius is
going to need a little shelter.
Excerpt
“Heterochromia.” A blue eye and a green eye were hard to miss,
especially prominent when she lined her lashes in jet black. He’d never been
this close to her before, never face-to-face, but there were many other things
he could have said that would have been so much smoother. Dammit.
“Actually my name is Zoe. The autosomal dominant gene is just one
of my many features.” She licked her lips and laughed as she dropped her head
forward. She looked up at him through her lashes and his book bag landed on his
foot as he lost control of his fingers. He took his student ID from his pocket
and slid it across the counter to disguise his trembling hands.
“I-I know your name,” he stammered, hoping not to sound like a
stalker. The heat in his cheeks was distracting as hell. “You’re in Stayton’s
Philosophy of Living and Dying lecture.”
“And you’re in Satterlee’s Romans d’Amour.” She took his book and
drew it across the counter slowly, presumably to deactivate the anti-theft tag.
The tips of her pigtails swooped down over her shoulders as she looked over the
book and found the check-out card. She held the card up under the infrared
light and then did the same with his student ID.
“Le même.” He hoped there was no one in line behind him, because
he wanted this interaction to go on for as long as possible. “I’m Eli, by the
way.”
“Interesting choice of reading material, Eli.” She handed the book
and his ID back to him and got a tinge of blush in her cheeks when their hands
touched. “Personal or independent study?”
“How do you know it’s not for a class?” he challenged. A quick
look behind him as he knelt down to put the book away in his bag told him that
he had all the time in the world to chat up the sexy little librarian. He slung
his bag over his shoulder as he stood, and was glad for it when she leaned back
and he could see the rest of her outfit. The lacy thing was the top of a
bustier, the color of the faintest rose, which was really more of a display
case than a foundation garment. She’d had to open up a couple of buttons, lest
they become potentially lethal projectiles and put out someone’s eye. He really
hoped he wasn’t drooling on the counter.
“Trust me, it’s not on any syllabus, and I would know.” Her every
breath made him lightheaded.
Her every movement made his ears hum.
“It’s for personal reading.” He was gratified to see her inky
eyebrow arch in response. She hopped down off the chair and for the first time
he realized how tiny she was. Five foot and maybe a handful of pennies,
compared to his 6’2” frame, she was practically a munchkin. She flounced over
to the desk and bent over a drawer and he knew that his dreams tonight were
probably going to kill him with the images of today, including the laces up the
backs of her stockings.
Zoe bounced back with a bright pink sticky note in the shape of a
kitty with a bow attached to her fingertips. She held it out to him. “In case
you ever want to talk about it. Discuss major themes and such.”
Her number, holy mother of geek gods, she was giving him her
number.
Buy Links
·
Lachesis
Publishing: http://lachesispublishing.com/?product=give-me-shelter
·
Bookstrand:
http://www.bookstrand.com/give-me-shelter
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Smashwords:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/405307
Connect with Alexis D. Craig
online:
Website:
http://alexisdcraig.net/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Dispatchvampire
* CONTEST *
Leave a comment below (with email
address) and your name will be thrown into the hat to win:
1st Prize - $15 gift card to Bookstrand
(where you can buy Alexis' book!)
2nd Prize - eBook copy of Give Me
Shelter
Every stop on this tour is
eligible for the same contest.
You may enter by leaving a
comment and email address on every stop.
That's up to 12 entries!!!
Winner to be drawn on April
2nd
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