Night of the Hunter
Susan Harris
(The Ever Chace Chronicles, #4)
Published by: Crimson Tree Publishing
Publication date: November 13th 2017
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Caitlyn Hardi is on a mission…a suicide mission. Driven by the pain of the past, she sets out to confront the monster deep in the Catacombs of Paris—the one who took everything from her. Caitlyn doesn’t care if she survives Paris. Her only concern is that the vampire who made her does not take another family from her. If dying means keeping everyone she loves safe—especially Donnie—then Caitlyn can accept that…as long as she can take her maker to Hell with her.
Donnie O’Carroll began to live the moment Caitlyn made him a vampire. Caitlyn gave him a family, a purpose, and he’ll be damned if he’s going to allow the darkness to overwhelm the woman he loves. He will fight to the end to prove to Caitlyn that love can conquer all—even if he has to die to do it.Sacrifice, a supernatural assassin, and immortal love are on a cosmic collision course in this powerful fourth installment of the Ever Chace Chronicles.
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EXCERPT:
“Oh, my dear, what have those vampires done?”
Kenzie spun round and laid eyes on the most beautiful man she had ever seen. A tumble of dark hair caressed his shoulders. When he stepped into the light, it was a rich brown, almost with an undertone of red beneath the dark. His eyes were of the same reddish-brown tint, with an expression that sent warnings of danger throughout Kenzie’s entire body. He was imposing, standing in the doorway, a leather duster coat dipping into the blood-soaked carpet that made Kenzie want to tell him to lift it up so it wouldn’t get damaged.
“Who are you?” she asked as the stranger’s full lips curved into a small smile.
“Someone who can help you exact revenge on those who slaughtered your family.”
Kenzie lurched forward. “You know who killed them? Tell me!”
The stranger stepped forward and cupped her cheek in his hand. Kenzie flinched, the coldness of his touch unexpected.
“You are not ready yet, Kenzie Blake. But you could be. Would you leave all you know, all you could have been, in order to seek vengeance on those who did this to little Kaleb?”
His questions had Kenzie’s heart pounding in her chest. “What killed them?”
The stranger ran his thumb over a streak of blood on her face and brought it to his lips. “Evil vampires killed your family. Those who do not abide by the rules of the council. I hunt those who do not follow the rules and slay them.”
As he licked the blood from his finger, Kenzie saw a flash of fang and stumbled back.
“You’re a vampire.”
“I am. But you have nothing to fear from me, Kenzie. I only wish to help you rid yourself of the pain this will cause. I can train you to be what I am, a slayer of the evil vampires. And when you are ready, we will track down the monsters who did all of this and kill them.”
Something told her to run. Instinct screamed inside her mind. But as Kenzie glanced back at the body of her little brother, anger and hatred seeped into her marrow, and Kenzie Blake ceased to exist, replaced by a bringer of death and vengeance.
The handsome man held out a hand, which she took, the sound of sirens wailing from outside as Kenzie left her old life behind. They slipped out the back door and hurried away from the estate.
“What’s your name?” Kenzie asked the man who offered her vengeance.
He gave her a cunning grin, one of great smugness.
“My name is not important. But you, dear Kenzie, you can call me Father. Many do.” He leaned in and pressed his lips to hers before pulling away. “I have waited a lifetime to find you, Kenzie Blake. And they will not see you coming.”
He pulled her into an alleyway as police cars whizzed by. “But first things first.”
Kenzie shrank back against the wall in horror as the man snarled, his fangs elongating and ripping into his wrist. Kenzie knew she had made a mistake, and there would be no going back now. Quick as lightning, he clasped the back of her head and shoved her lips against his wound. His other hand wrapped wound her neck and worked her throat so she had little choice but to swallow, her eyes wide in fear.
Stepping back, her new acquaintance stared at her as if he were waiting for her to react. Fire erupted in the pit of her stomach and Kenzie screamed as the pain intensified until she buckled under the weight of it. The last thing Kenzie remembered before she sank into the pitch black was cool lips on her forehead as the stranger murmured another woman’s name—a name that would haunt her for years to come.
Caitlyn.
The Interview That Never Was.
*This interview takes place just after the events of
Smoke and Mirrors
and just as the events of
Night of the Hunter takes place*
When I arrived at the station this evening, the place was a flurry of activity, the Paranormal Investigations Team squad room empty when I popped my head in. tonight I was here to interview Donnie, and I must admit, this was the interview that terrified me. Not because Donnie was a vampire, but the fact that he could see inside my mind, and sometimes, that was not a very happy place to be.
I left word with one of the officers, then made my way into the interview room to prepare. After setting out my interview questions, I mulled over whether or not to ask Donnie about his feelings for Caitlyn. It was obvious to anyone with half an ounce of common sense that those two were destined to be together. Family was out since Donnie had his own tragic back story, and from all the stories my Dad had told me about the infamous Donnie O’Carroll, Munster Rugby hero and his legendary binge sessions, perhaps asking him about his past would not be the best way to conduct this interview.
As you can probably tell, I got absolutely no sleep last night!
My nerves kicked up a notch after I had been sat twiddling my thumbs and doodling on my notebook for about an hour. Heavy footsteps thundered down the hallway, the door to the interview room swinging open as Tom ‘Sarge’ Delaney stood in the doorway, his face reddened in fluster,
“I’m sorry, Ms. Harris, for not coming sooner. But one of my Agents decided it would be a good idea to burn down an exclusive hotel.”
I let loose a nervous laugh. “Let me guess…Ricky?”
“You hit the nail on the head.” Sarge replied with a snort. “Perhaps I should hire you considering I’m down half a team and have cases coming in left, right and centre.”
Though Sarge spoke in jest, my heart kicked a little, considering that there was totally a reason I took all those online courses in Psychology and Criminology. But that was not going to happen for terribly human me.
“Were the team injured in the fire?” I asked, hoping that the team were all okay.
Sarge sighed. “Everyone’s fine. But Caitlyn decided to run off to Paris with Donnie hot on her heels. Derek went after Ever. Erika upped and vanished. So, I’m left with a newbie vampire and a hot head to turn to.”
My jaw almost hit the floor. Caitlyn was gone to Paris? Why had Ever run off? The journalist in me wanted to grill Sarge about what the hell was going on, but one look at the exhausted expression halted my inquisitive nature.
I gathered my belongings, and let Sarge walk me out with a promise he would give me a call when all the knuckleheads regained some common sense and came home.
And even though I desperately wanted to find out what was happening with the team, I was totally relived that the one interview that I was dreading since taking on this task had been postponed for now. I guess I’d just have to wait for another time to see just how far into my mind, Donnie O’Carroll could read.
Author Bio:
Susan Harris is a writer from Cork in Ireland.An avid reader, she quickly grew to love books in the supernatural/fantasy and Dystopian genre. She writes books for young adults and adults alike.When she is not writing or reading, she loves music, oriental cultures, tattoos, creepy snow globes, DC shoes, stationary, anything Disney, Marvel movies, psychology and far too many TV shows. If she wasn't a writer, she would love to be a FBI profiler or a PA for Dave Grohl or Jared Leto.
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1 comments:
This series sounds exciting. I have the first book and now going to bump it up on my list!
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