Damned
LM Pruitt
Release Date February 15
Book Description:
From the writer of the international bestselling WINGED series comes a look at the other side... where it's good to be bad....
I was thirty years old when I chose to die--or rather to give up my soul.
Eternal youth, endless money... and sex.
Mind blowing, life changing, otherworldly sex.
For all those things, being damned is a small price to pay.
WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE AND EXTREMELY GRAPHIC SEX SCENES. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
Excerpt:
âIâm Lacey Jackson.â She stuck out one hand, something in her eyes daring me to not take it. âAnd you areâ¦?â
âJulie Watson.â I took her hand, making my reluctance more than obvious. The second my skin made contact with hers, a spark of energy shot through me so violently I couldnât help but gasp. Swallowing, I said, âWhat brings you to Savannah?â
âOh, Iâm here for work.â Without releasing my hand, she slipped out of her seat and slid in to the one across from me. Leaning in, she lowered her voice and said, âI was fully prepared for it to be another dull, routine trip but now⦠well, now I think Iâm glad I got assigned this route.â
âOh.â The low fluttering in my stomach wasnât unfamiliarâI was far from a virgin and Iâd not only done Mardi Gras and Spring Break in Miami but Iâd also spent a month in Europe after my college graduation. But this⦠this was something different. And not because it was caused by a woman.
This was⦠raw. Visceral. Almost feral. Like sheâd tapped in to some hunger I wasnât even aware Iâd had and now that I did the idea it would go unfulfilled was almost too much to bear.
âYou should come work with me.â She lifted our joined hands, brushing her lips over my knuckles. âI have a feeling you would be⦠amazing.â
âWhat?â It was as if all my attention was focused on the small bit of skin where sheâd kissed me, tendrils of lust spooling out through the rest of my body in lazy ribbons. âWhat do you⦠what do you do?â
âI collect souls.â Her eyes darkened, her breath catching in her throat and I realized for the first time I wasnât the only one affected by our contact. âOr rather the energy from them. The actual soul is taken up by someone elseâit doesnât matter, the details can be explained later.â
âYou collectâ¦.â I trailed off, part of me sure she was joking and an even larger part of me sure she wasnât. âReally. Why?â
âBecause I can.â She flicked her tongue over her lips and I sucked in a shallow breath. âBecause itâs fun.â
âBut that would make youâ¦.â
âA demon, yes.â This time when she smiled, a dimple appeared in her left cheek and I was caught with the sudden urge to kiss it. âMore specifically a succubus.â My confusion must have shown because she laughed. âI fuck people for their energyâsometimes to death, sometimes not. It all depends.â
âAnd you want to do that to me?â
âOh, no.â She shook her head, her hair sliding across her shoulders, the tips curling over the swell of her breasts. âI told you. I want you to work with me and my sisters and Lilith.â She leaned closer and I breathed deep, the scent of her perfume almost painfully exotic. âI want you to join the ranks of the Morning Star and spend eternity tempting the weak and the wicked.â
What she was suggesting was lunacy. Madness. Even if I believed her, the idea of giving up my life to be some sort of demonic minion was ridiculous. Althoughâ¦.
What would I be giving up? A lifetime spent catering to Davidâs whims, denying myself the things I truly enjoyed because it would be bad for his reputation or his political chances or his weight? A lifetime attempting to please my parents and knowing it would never happen because nothing would ever overshadow Joanneâs sacrifice? A lifetime being nothing but the substitute?
What, exactly, would I be giving up?
âJules.â The nickname I hated hearing from David sounded and felt like a caress coming from Lacey. Lifting our hands again, she ran her tongue over one of my fingertips before nipping lightly. Her voice was heavy with promise when she spoke again. âCome play with me.â
âYes.â I breathed out the single word before leaning over the table and crushing my mouth to hers.
Who needed a soul anyway?
About the Author:
L.M. Pruitt has been reading and writing for as long as she can remember. A native of Florida with a love of New Orleans, she has the uncanny ability to find humor in most things and would probably kill a plastic plant. She knows this because she's killed bamboo. Twice. She is the author of the Winged series, the Plaisir Coupable series, Jude Magdalyn series, the Moon Rising series, and Taken: A Frankie Post Novel.
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