Ashes
The Divided Kingdom
Book One
Sophie H. Morgan
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd
Date of Publication: 21 April 2015
Number of pages: 318
Word Count: approx. 99540
Cover Artist: Kanaxa
Book Description:
The Divided Kingdom
Book One
Sophie H. Morgan
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd
Date of Publication: 21 April 2015
Number of pages: 318
Word Count: approx. 99540
Cover Artist: Kanaxa
Book Description:
Secrets
can burn.
Reared from
birth to rule the Phoenix territory, Ana fled her future and her past when her
parents were murdered. Now she secretly leads a rebellion to stop the human
ruler, Edward, from experimenting on supernaturals.
When she finds
herself cornered by an assassin, she knows just what to do: Roast him and toast
him. Then recognition sends blue-tipped flames licking through her veins. It’s
Cade, the royal bodyguard who once rejected her youthful confession of love.
When Cade
regains consciousness from the force of Ana’s punch, he’s still reeling from
shock—and fury. He’d loved the princess, and for ten years he thought her dead.
Though his inner jackal growls with desire for her, she is the key to
completing his mission for Edward—hunt down the rebel known as Liberty.
Ana can’t
believe Cade doesn’t know the truth about Edward. If she can convince him of
it, his blade could turn the tide of the rebellion. But first they must get
beyond their past, or the whole kingdom could go up in smoke.
Product
Warnings
Contains
incendiary sex between a phoenix princess with a secret identity, and a jackal
shifter who can take a lot of heat. Boys from the “hood”, a king jacked up on
enhanced DNA, and killer heels. Anybody got a match?
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Excerpt
A smile played over his lips, a knowing one. “You were mine, once.”
When
his thumb brushed her cheekbone, dipping down to rub her bottom lip, it was all
she could do not to purr. For whatever reasons, this man could get beneath her
barriers. He could make her lose control.
But
he made her remember the past, something that threatened the foundation of the
life she’d built for herself.
The
door swinging into darkness. Cold, oozing puddles that cling stickily to bare
feet. A young voice, wavering as she called out for her parents. Her locket a
dull gold, mottled with red where it lay.
With
effort, Ana jerked her chin away from his touch. “Get your hands off me, Cade.”
With a thin smile, she added, “Only the vampire has those rights.”
That
flash of anger. For some reason, the man in front still viewed her as partly
his—the jackal, maybe, claiming her. Except jackals were solitary animals.
A
growl rumbled through his chest. Keeping eye contact, he stood. When he leaned
forward, she flinched, unable to help herself. Whether she was afraid of being
touched or tortured, she didn’t know.
His
arms flexed with muscle as he worked at something about her head. Something
clunked, and the chains fell away from her with a heavy jangle. They lay on the
bedspread, innocent and coiled like a false snake.
Grasping
she was free, Ana slid from the bed. “Son of a bitch,” she spat, putting out a
hand to help steady her. “Iron?”
She
lunged at him, confused when her body refused to cooperate. Her biker boots hit
the floor as she landed, tottering, two feet away from her intended target.
Focusing
inward, she registered how cold her embers were. They barely glittered, a few
halfhearted sparks at her prompting. A breath hissed from her.
Phoenixes
radiated at around one hundred and twenty degrees; she’d wager she was
operating on about human temperature. The lack of heat in the room and lack of
food and water equaled her core running on empty. Even as she thought it, the
sparks began to disintegrate, sucking inward to preserve the embers at her
core.
Determined,
she fought through the weakness, charging Cade.
He
allowed himself to be thrust backward. “You’re too cold,” he commented.
“Hungry. You can’t hurt me.”
“You
wanna bet?”
Her
knee jerked upward, narrowly blocked by Cade’s hand.
“Don’t
even try it.” He pushed her away, making her stagger from weak knees. “You’ll
be on your back quicker than an eager whore. Then again,” he continued, the
jackal’s obvious pleasure at the verbal sparring spinning through his wicked
smile, “maybe you’d enjoy that.”
With
a vengeful shriek, Ana went for him. She jabbed with her fists, using her
elbows when that didn’t work. He avoided all her blows, laughing with a
gut-deep amusement.
When
she used her scissor-kick, she saw her mistake too late as he caught her legs
and flipped her to the dirty gray carpet. He was on top of her before she could
curse, lazy amusement swirling like phoenix smoke.
His
arms caged her as an old dimple flashed. “What did I say?”
His
weight suddenly pressed down on her abdomen slashes. A wince tugged at her face
before she could stop it, a hiss pouring from between her teeth.
His
face changed immediately. “Fires above, Alana, you should have said something.”
“I
thought you’d hurt me if it was necessary.” She shoved him off her. He let her,
a hunter tracking her as she stumbled away. She dropped into the chair he’d
claimed earlier, unwilling to admit her jelly limbs. “You’re all mouth.”
A
slow smile spread over his face while his eyes altered to a dark velvet. Damn.
She’d always been a sucker for the shadow-drenched eyes.
He
stalked nearer, the jackal’s satisfied rumble curling out of his mouth as
strong hands came down over hers on the chair’s arms.
She
couldn’t dislodge him. Curses spilled from her as panic, not for her life but
for something more prized, surged up her throat. “Don’t you come near me, Cade
Lorin.”
“All
mouth?” he repeated, his voice that dark drawl he’d once whispered her name
with. “I’ll show you all mouth.”
Sophie H. Morgan is a paranormal romance author with a love for hot guys, sassy heroines and HEAs that seem impossible. Currently residing in England, Sophie divides her time between her two crazy spaniels and plotting how best to drive her characters into each other’s arms. Ashes is her first book.
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