Check out this amazing EXCERPT of Blood Guard by Megan Erickson!
Coming soon on September 12th, you'll want to sink your teeth into this romance!
Enter a
world of immortal danger and desire—and discover an incredible fate borne of
blood.
Tendra: One minute, I’m a
bartender in gritty Mission City; the next, I’m whisked away by a vampire named
Athan who tells me that I’m the lifeblood of his clan. It sounds unbelievable,
but he’s got evidence I can’t deny. Turns out, Athan belongs to an underground
society of vampires who feed only on humans with their consent. Their enemies
have no such qualms, and they want me dead. The only thing standing in their
way is strong, sexy Athan. And the closer we get, the more tempted I am to let
Athan feed. . . .
Athan: How could I have
known when I snatched this snarky, beautiful human off the streets that she
would change my destiny? As a loyal
soldier, I must deliver Tendra to our future king—my brother. Empowered with
the blood of ten generations of the Gregorie breed, she is fated to rule as our
queen. But there’s something between us that’s so intoxicating, so carnal, I
can’t help wanting Tendra for myself . . . even if it’s treason.
EXCERPT:
The panic welled in my chest. I was trapped in
a strange apartment with a strange man who probably outweighed me trifold. I
opened up my mouth to scream but he held up his hand and said in a deep voice.
“You scream, and I’ll just put you to sleep again.”
My jaw snapped shut. I focused on breathing.
In and out. In and out. I wanted to thrash and yell, and holler, but he’d
somehow knocked me out before and I would be useless if he did it again.
I glanced around. The only light was from a
small, dim bare bulb above us. The rest of the room was in shadow. There was
nothing I could use for a weapon, not even my shoes. I focused back on the man
in front of me. “How’d we get here?”
“I carried you,” he answered, his voice a
rumble that I felt down to my bones.
Something moved in the corner of my vision and
I peered into the dark. A form materialized, and I must have been dreaming
still because Brex was there. He stalked toward me, rubbed against my leg, then
sat down by my feet like a feline guard. I tried to be calm, but I was close to
losing it. I didn’t date. Was this how people dated now? Maybe it was a thing.
“Why is my cat here?”
My captor didn’t move, and half of his face
was in shadow. “I brought him.”
“I don’t keep my ID on me, so how’d you know
where I live?”
“I didn’t need your ID.” His eyes narrowed
slightly. “I’ve been watching you.”
Oh, just fucking great. A stalker. I’d be
lucky if I made it out of here without him wearing my skin like clothes and my
head in a freezer. “Okay, cool. Well, uh, hi. I’m Tendra. I applaud you for
your unconventional, um, greeting. Want to untie me? We can go for a drink. I
make a mean screwdriver.”
Confusion flickered over his face, then his
scowl deepened, like uncertainty angered him. “No.”
I didn’t want to make him mad, but I’d never
been great at keeping my mouth shut. Sometimes me opening my mouth was the
reason we had to move. “Do you want money? Because I’m sorry to say, you
kidnapped the wrong girl. Especially because I just paid rent. I’m eating
peanut butter out of the tub for the next week.”
Again with the angry confusion. He rubbed his
forehead. “I don’t want your money.”
I gritted my teeth. “Well, now you have me
here. What do you plan to do to me?” The panic was slowly switching over to
anger, the fight instinct my mother instilled in me strong as ever. If he was
going to kill me, maybe I could piss him off enough that it would be quick.
“Because I’ll tell you right now, I will fight you to my dying breath and then
come back from the dead and haunt you until I convince you to cut your own dick
off.”
His expression didn’t change. “Charming.”
I was signing my death warrant, but I couldn’t
resist getting a shot in. “Fuck you, you creeper.”
His chest rose as he inhaled sharply. “Right,
so let’s have it out. I’m your guard, because you’re destined to be delivered
to my older brother in order to make our clan stronger.”
I didn’t move. Not an inch. Because holy shit,
not only was he a creepy stalker, but he was out of his gourd, too. I couldn’t
just have an evil stalker. Oh, no, I had to have a lunatic one, too. Zero of
what he said made sense, so I focused on one thing at a time. “Excuse me? Clan?
What are you, cavemen?”
I thought he’d take offense, but instead he
just looked bored. “No, not cavemen. Vampires.”
I blinked.
And blinked again.
But nope, he was still there. This was still
happening. Only me. If I made it out
of here alive, what a story I’d have to sell about my stalker who thought he
was a vampire. I had visions of the guy trying to bite my neck with his blunt
teeth. Which made a giggle bubble up in my throat, which turned into a laugh,
which turned into me throwing my head back in hysterical laughter until tears
streamed down my cheeks.
When I dropped my head and focused on him
through my tears, he was watching me carefully, that impassive expression still
on his face.
He reached down and picked up Brex by the
scruff of his neck, which immediately ceased any and all amusement on my part.
“If you hurt my cat, swear to God—“
Brex yowled and swiped a paw across the man’s
face. A thin line of scarlet bloomed on his cheekbone before the man dropped
Brex, who scurried off to hide under a small table near an old couch. “Good
job, Brex!” I shouted after him. “Now come back and finish the job!”
I turned to my stalker, and whatever I was
about to say died in my throat. I watched as the cut sealed up and vanished
before my eyes.
Gone.
No mark, no blood. No nothing.
And those dark eyes were still trained on me.
BITE THE HAND THAT BLEEDS by Megan Erickson is totally FREE!
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About the Author:
Megan Erickson is a USA Today bestselling author of romance that sizzles. Her books have a touch of nerd, a dash of humor, and always have a happily ever after. A former journalist, she switched to fiction when she decided she likes writing her own endings better.
She lives in Pennsylvania with her very own nerdy husband and two kids. Although rather fun-sized, she's been told she has a full-sized personality. When Megan isn't writing, she's either lounging with her two cats named after John Hughes characters or... thinking about writing.
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