HEAVEN AND HELLSBANE, releases August 27th!
To help gear up for the big day a whole crew of author friends will be stopping by all month sharing photos of their writing caves where they create those books we just can't wait to read. And I'll be posting excerpts from the first two HELLSBANE stories as well as EXCLUSIVE sneak peeks of the up and coming, HEAVEN AND HELLSBANE book.
Don't forget to enter the pre-release contest for a chance to win a Nook Color, $50 Amazon Gift Card and copies of the the first two Hellsbane books and the prequel! [ CLICK TO ENTER ]
HELLSBANE series
HELLSBANE series
Emma Jane Hellsbane was born different, the child of Fallen angel and human—the child of sin. But Heaven has a way for her to make amends for her birth. Like others born of Fallen angels, she’ll work as their bounty hunter, rounding up the Fallen and banishing them to the abyss. The trouble is, the Fallen won’t go quietly and Emma won’t be done until she finds the one Fallen angel who created her.
And then this happened...
Someone’s killing angels and turning the half human, half angel illorum warriors against their angelic supporters. If the supernatural baddy behind the attacks isn’t stopped soon, Heaven itself could fall victim. The Council of Seven has called in the best they’ve got to find the killers, and no one’s more surprised than Emma Jane Hellsbane when it’s her phone that rings.
But when her own angelic mentor—and off-limits hottie—Eli is targeted, Emma takes it personally. With Emma hot on the trail of the growing army of assassins, though, hackles start to raise around her. Everyone wants to know if she’s in it to protect all angels or just one in particular. The Council has their suspicions…and so does Emma’s boyfriend.
Now Emma isn’t just fighting off demons, rogue nephilim, and Fallen angels, but she’s defending her honor as well. The problem is even Emma Jane isn’t sure of her motives. One thing she does know: if she doesn’t figure out the killers’ identities soon, she may not live long enough to know what, or who, she really wants.
It’s all in a day’s work as Heaven’s ultimate bounty hunter.
Now for the second exclusive excerpt of the upcoming installment of the HELLSBANE series,
HEAVEN AND HELLSBANE
Book 2
“Dan,
people are dying. I have to help if I can. You know that, right? I can’t just
stop to go chase every thin lead.” But I knew it was a flimsy excuse. I’d
barely even thought about the blurry photo of the angel who’d seduced my
mother. Was I ignoring the chance to find my angelic father because a part of
me didn’t want to leave this life? I didn’t know anymore.
“You
make your choices, and I’ll make mine,” Dan said. Then to the demon he said,
“Tell me how this works. What do I have to do to trigger my power?”
The
point of Bariel’s sword lowered slightly as he pulled another sword from his
hip. The black blade sizzled into existence as it drew from the hidden
sheath—the air around it wavering like heat vapors, thin smoke rolling off the
forming metal. “It’s quite simple. Use this sword to take the sword of a
magister, and then kill him with it. Then we’ll see what happens.”
Dan
reached out for the sword, but the demon held it back suspiciously before
allowing the cop to take it in his grip.
“Any
magister?” Dan asked, and the demon beamed like a proud father.
“Yes.
Any magister. Even Elizal, if you like.”
Dan
nodded, marveling at the weapon in his hand.
“Please,
Dan. Don’t do this,” I said.
He
got to his feet, ignoring me. “So it can hurt magisters. What will it do to
demons?”
“Pardon?”
Before Bariel could puzzle out the question, Dan slashed the sword across the
belly of the demon, drawing a quick line of black, oozing blood. The momentum
of his swing spun him around and he threw the gibborim weapon to me.
The
toss was short, but I sped forward and caught it. Doc Westly was on my heels,
but the moment of confusion played to my advantage and I twisted in time for
the gibborim to race right into the blade—skewering himself through the gut.
His blue eyes widened, surprise and pain playing across his face.
“Emma
Jane,” Eli said, and I glanced across the overlook to where the bodies of the
other two gibborim lay. I watched as Eli snatched up my sword.
“Stupid
soul sack,” Bariel said and I spun back to see the demon’s sword stab through
Dan’s back and out his chest. “I did promise to release you, did I not?”
Disbelief
stretched the whites of Dan’s eyes and he looked down at the bloody blade, his
arms relaxed at his sides. His gaze came back up to me. “It’s okay,” he said, a
shaky smile playing across his lips. “I’m okay. It doesn’t hurt.”
A
scream ripped through my head, my mouth open, gaping, and soundless. Precious
seconds ticked by but I couldn’t move, couldn’t think, my body like stone, freezing
me to the spot.
Bariel
pulled back his sword, yanking it from Dan’s spine, and the man’s knees
buckled. Before his body hit the ground, Eli appeared at his side, catching
him. With a backhanded swing, the angel sliced a line across the demon’s neck
that I knew in an instant wasn’t deep enough. But it was all Eli needed to
allow him time to vanish with Dan in his protective embrace.
I hope you enjoyed that little sneak peak! The stakes are high this time around and someone's going to pay more than they counted on. What are you most hoping for with Emma, Eli, Dan and the angels? I'd love to hear about it! Leave a comment.
There's still one more exclusive HEAVEN AND HELLSBANE excerpts to come! Check back Thursday to get a taste of the romantic path things are taking in the Hellsbane series book 2.
It's not too late to read the first excerpt from the upcoming book here.
And check back tomorrow to see the writing cave of Natalie Damschroder, author of HEAVY METAL, from Entangled Publishing.
Friday Robin Covington author of Playing the Part from Entangled Publishing will be here.
And Monday August 26th, author Simone Elkeles, that's right,
NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Simone Elkeles,
will be HERE to help celebrate the release of HEAVEN AND HELLSBANE (Aug 27) and sharing photos of her writing cave.
SQUEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget to enter the HEAVEN AND HELLSBANE Pre-Release contest for a chance to win a Nook Color, a $50 Amazon Gift Card and copies of the whole HELLSBANE series so far!!
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