Silver Dagger Book Tours
  • Welcome!
  • Current Tours
    • Book Tours
  • Book a Tour
  • Open Sign Ups
  • Contact
  • About
  • Win a Book Tour!
  • Welcome!
  • Current Tours
    • Book Tours
  • Book a Tour
  • Open Sign Ups
  • Contact
  • About
  • Win a Book Tour!

Kidnapped Killer - Book Blitz and Giveaway

9/6/2022

16 Comments

 
Picture
Picture

Kidnapped Killer
by Nina R Schluntz
Genre: LGBTQ Dark M/M Paranormal Romance

Picture
One brief encounter and Jimena is determined to make Nic his at all costs. He wants him to be completely and utterly at his mercy. But, popular, gorgeous Nic doesn’t see Jimena. He is background material at best.
Until Jimena drugs him at a bar and ties him up in his basement.
If that didn’t get Nic’s attention, then the dozen or so bodies buried in the basement he’s tied up in does.
Nic feeds on souls. They taste better if they are flavored by strong emotion, usually fear or pain.
Jimena tastes different. His soul is flavored in obsessive love, focused on Nic. He’s never been loved by someone before, even if it is an unhealthy love and Jimena wants him dead. Not in a hateful way, but in a, I don’t want anyone else to have you, kind of way.
If only Nic could convince him to try being a normal boyfriend, he might be able to feed off Jimena’s soul for a few decades.
A deadly dance begins. A demon wanting to be loved and a serial killer wanting to kill his lover.
If they can find a balance, they might just find they’re perfect for each other.



**Only .99cents!!**
Amazon

​
Picture
Picture
Picture
​I worked part time at a mall in one of the department stores. I mostly stood at a register that no one ever came to because who actually still shops at the mall anymore? To mix it up, I sometimes folded clothes. Normally, I would be scanning the crowds for someone who might be a good fit to spend a few days screaming in my basement. I’d daydream about how they’d squeal and what color their bruised flesh would become under the bite of my belt. But since the occupancy of my basement was currently uncertain, such ideals were absent today.
I folded new dress shirts in the women’s department, preparing us for the spring clothing line, when a familiar voice spoke to me, his breath so close it tickled my neck.
“This is where you work, huh?”
I jerked and stumbled into the display, undoing several piles of hard work. I held myself upright with both hands sprawled on the table, preparing to toss handfuls of clothing at him in defense.
“I didn’t mean to startle you,” Nic said. “Would you prefer to keep our interaction strictly to the classroom and your basement?”
“What? What is with you?” I hissed the words at him in barely a whisper. I scrambled to collect the fallen garments, noting that the few customers near us were staring.
“I thought you liked me, Jimena? Isn’t that why you kidnapped me?”
“You can’t be at my work,” I said, refusing to look at him. “I’ll get in trouble.”
“Oh, and we wouldn’t want that, would we?” He snaked a hand over mine and squeezed. I couldn’t tell if it was meant to be romantic or a threat. “Are you gay, Jimena?”
“Get the fuck off me!” I flailed wildly, and he let go at just the right moment to mess up my balance, resulting in me falling hard to the ground. I landed on my rear, tears of frustration blurring my vision, and when it cleared, it wasn’t Nic standing above me but my balding boss. I swiped at my heated cheeks and erased the tears.
“What are you doing? Are you okay?” His face looked concerned, but whether for me or the possibly damaged shirts, I couldn’t tell.
“Sorry,” I said. I got to my feet, grabbing shirts as I did. “A jerk from the college I’m attending startled me.”
He surveyed the area, as if preparing to take on the bully himself. “I don’t see anyone.”
“He probably ran when I screamed. I’ll get this cleaned up.”
“I’ll do it. Go work in the back for the rest of your shift.” He had a keener eye than I expected. My arms were trembling and some wayward customers were still peering. He lowered his voice. “Are you sure he didn’t hurt you?”
“I’m fine.”
I sorted boxes we’d received and tidied the returns area until my shift ended. I stood in front of the timecard machine and realized I didn’t want to go home. At work, there was the hope someone would show up and chase the phantom away. At home? I should invite someone over. I was losing my grip on reality and experience told me isolation would only make it worse.
But what if he was there? I couldn’t have my cousin chilling on the couch with me asking, “Who is that screaming in your basement?”
Twenty minutes later, I stood in my driveway and found myself dreading entering my own home. I couldn’t move. I considered checking into a hotel. He wouldn’t be able to find me, would he?
“What the hell am I saying?” I clasped my forehead and shook my head. Was I really afraid to go home because I was concerned the guy I kidnapped would be there?
I pushed my doubts aside and went inside the house. I refused to look at the basement door. In fact, I would ignore my basement completely. Fuck Nic! He could rot down there. I ate supper, showered, and settled in the living room to watch some television.
That’s when the shouting started. The only words I could understand were my name. The basement was pretty sound proof, otherwise it would make for a shitty place to put captives. The fact I could hear him at all, meant he was standing right on the other side of the door, shouting at the top of his lungs.
I had two locks on the basement door: the door handle and a bolt. I turned around on my couch, peering over the back of it, and watched the door and its locks shaking as Nic pounded relentlessly on it.
If he could magically get out of the chains, why could he not enter the rest of my house? He was in class and at the mall, but somehow the first floor of my house was off limits? The lack of sense behind it only supported that this was all in my head.
But which parts were real and which were fake?
I crept toward the door and pressed my ear against it.
“Jimena!” He repeated my name over and over, then I heard him run his fingernails across the grain of the door. I jumped back and stared at it. How could this simple door entrap him when the chains didn’t?
I slammed my palms on the door. “Stop it!”
He fell silent. I heaved, my heart thumping loudly. I would get no sleep if he kept this up.
“I’ll come down if you promise to be chained and you promise to keep the chains on. Okay?” I’d become fully delusional, but at this point, there was little sense pretending he didn’t have the ability to remove the chains at will. Still, knowing he had them on brought me comfort.
I yanked the door open, fully expecting him to be standing there, prepared to murder me. The entryway was empty. I rushed down the steps and flicked on the lights as I reached the bottom.
He was there, sitting on the floor, chains on his wrists, wearing the same designer sweater and torn jeans that he’d had on at the mall. They were not the clothes I’d kidnapped him in.
“Do you normally ignore your victims like this?” he asked. “Do you realize I’ve been down here several days, and you haven’t offered me water?”
“What difference does it make? You keep leaving!” Whether I understood how or not, I’d accepted it as my current altered reality.
“Perhaps if the treatment in this establishment was better, I wouldn’t need to.”
“Treatment? This isn’t a day spa!”
“Feed me.”
“No!”
He stood and jerked his hands, rattling the chains. I couldn’t help but flinch when he did it. I couldn’t take this anymore. I’d brought the key with me this time. I unclipped it from my belt loop and shoved it in the lock on the cuffs.
“I’m freeing you, okay? You can leave.”
“I don’t want to leave.”
“What?” I stepped back and watched in horror as he put the cuffs back on. “Stop that.” I grabbed his wrist and tried to jam the key back in but he pushed me away. “You can’t imprison yourself in my basement. Let me free you.”
“Or what? Are you going to call the police? Do you think they’ll believe I chained myself?”
“Why are you doing this?”
He shrugged. “I like your basement. The rent is very affordable.”
“You aren’t paying me any rent!”
“That’s why I said it’s affordable.”
“Let me get this straight. I kidnapped you, and now you’re refusing to leave?”
“That’s correct.”
Well, he did leave when I threatened him with that pipe, but I wasn’t a big fan of how I felt afterwards. My eyes unconsciously went to the pipe that lay where I’d last dropped it.
“Don’t.” His tone was icy. Did the pipe hurt him?
“The only way to get you out of my house seems to be threatening you with that pipe, so if you don’t want me to take another swing, you should leave.”
He sunk to the floor, looking defeated. “Why did you bring me here?”
“Whatever my reasons were, they don’t matter now. I want you out.”
“This must be very odd for you.”
“What?”
He moved only his eyes to look at me. “Your victims likely begged for their release until they lost their voices, and now, you are begging your victim to leave. How ironic. Tell me, did you ever let one of them go? Did you ever take pity on them?”
There was no real way for him to know if others had been where he was. I refused to admit anything.
“Or did you merely play games with them and give them false hope? You said I could earn my freedom. Are you still willing to play those games, Jimena, in the hope that you might be rid of me if you win?”

​

Picture
Picture
Picture
Nina Schluntz is a native to rural Nebraska. In her youth, she often wrote short stories to entertain her friends. Those ideas evolved into the novels she creates today.

Her husband continues to ensure her stories maintain a touch of realism as she delves into the science fiction and fantasy realm. Their three cats are always willing to stay up late to provide inspiration, whether it is a howl from the stray born in the backyard or an encouraging bite from the so called “calming kitten.”



Website * Facebook * Twitter * Instagram * Amazon * Goodreads

​

Picture
Follow the tour HERE for special content and a giveaway!

Sep 6
kickoff at Silver Dagger Book Tours
Lady Hawkeye
A Wonderful World of Words
Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author
Bayou Book Junkie
#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog
Naughty Nightie Book Blog
4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼
❧Defining Ways❧
ⒾⓃⓉⓇⓄⓈⓅⒺⒸⓉⒾⓋⒺ ⓅⓇⒺⓈⓈ
The Sexy Nerd 'Revue'
Bedazzled By Books
Books a Plenty Book Reviews
Books all things paranormal and romance
Craving Lovely Books
eBook Addicts
Girl with Pen
Inside the Insanity
Insane Books
Midnight Book Reader
Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
Scrupulous Dreams
Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin'
Sylv.net
The Book Dragon
The Bookshelf Fairy
Twisted Book Ramblings
Word Processor, Romance, Cats, Kids and Creed



a Rafflecopter giveaway
Picture
16 Comments
Bernie Wallace
9/6/2022 05:27:23 am

How long did it take you to write your book?

Reply
Beyond Comps
9/6/2022 06:12:53 am

Great cover!

Reply
Marcy Meyer
9/6/2022 06:53:25 am

Sounds like a really good story. The cover looks great.

Reply
xjanelx78
9/6/2022 08:27:07 am

Interesting cover and the book sounds interesting, can't wait to read it!

Reply
Susan Smith
9/6/2022 10:43:00 am

I like the cover and excerpt.

Reply
Jen L
9/6/2022 10:46:41 am

Enjoyed the excerpt

Reply
Bea LaRocca
9/6/2022 12:57:30 pm

An intriguing cover, synopsis and excerpt, Kidnapped Killer sounds like a thrilling read and I am looking forward to it. Thank you for sharing your bio and book details and for offering a giveaway

Reply
Sherry
9/6/2022 01:21:42 pm

I love the cover and think the book sounds interesting.

Reply
wendy hutton
9/6/2022 02:04:39 pm

this sounds like a great book, thanks

Reply
Eva Millien
9/6/2022 02:37:29 pm

Happy Book Birthday, Nina! Kidnapped Killer sounds like a thrilling and exciting book for me to read and I like the eye-catching cover! Good luck with your book and the Blitz!

Thanks for sharing it with me and have a terrific day!

Reply
Rita Wray
9/6/2022 02:39:32 pm

I liked the excerpt.

Reply
Dana Banana
9/6/2022 08:25:45 pm

How did you come up with the idea for this book?

Reply
bn100
9/6/2022 09:49:10 pm

spooky

Reply
Debbie P
9/6/2022 11:39:22 pm

This sounds like an incredible read!

Reply
Terri Quick
9/7/2022 09:50:58 pm

Sounds like an interesting read

Reply
space waves link
8/26/2024 09:56:12 pm

I was torn between my curiosity to see how the deadly dance between a demon looking for love and a serial killer looking to possess his lover would play out, and my deep discomfort with the sheer darkness and violence that permeated this story.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Win a FREE tour here!
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Sign up for tour updates!

    New tours. All genres. All ages. All the time.

    Thank you!

    You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

    RSS Feed

    Picture

    Categories

    All
    Action
    Activity Book
    Adventure
    African American
    Alt History
    Anthology
    Apocalyptic
    Audiobook
    Australian
    Bdsm
    Billionaire Romance
    Biography
    Chick Lit
    Childrens
    Christian
    Coloring Book
    Comedy
    Coming Of Age
    Contemporary Fiction
    Contemporaryromance
    Contemporary Romance
    Cookbook
    Cozymystery
    Cozy Mystery
    Crime
    Cyberpunk
    Dark
    Dark Romance
    Drama
    Dystopian
    Educational
    Epic Fantasy
    Eroticromance
    Erotic Romance
    Fairytale
    Fantasy
    Fantasy Romance
    Financial
    Giveaway-hop
    Gothic
    Graphic-novel
    Health And Wellness
    Historical
    Historicalromance
    Historical Romance
    Holiday
    Horror
    Humorous
    Inspirational
    Legal Thriller
    Lgbtq
    Literaryfiction
    Mafiaromance
    Mafia Romance
    Magicrealism
    Magic Realism
    Mcromance
    Mc Romance
    Memoir
    Menage
    Middlegrade
    Middle Grade
    Military
    Mystery
    Mythology
    Native American
    Newadult
    New Adult
    Nonfiction
    Paranormal
    Paranormalromance
    Paranormal Romance
    Parenting
    Pets
    Poetry
    Politics
    Postapocalyptic
    Pulp-fiction
    Reverseharemromance
    Reverse Harem Romance
    Rockstarromance
    Rockstar-romance
    Romance
    Romantasy
    Romanticcomedy
    Romantic Comedy
    Romanticsuspense
    Romantic Suspense
    Satirical
    Sciencefiction
    Science Fiction
    Scifi
    Scifiromance
    Scifi Romance
    Selfhelp
    Shortstories
    Short Stories
    Special Needs
    Special-Needs
    Speculativefiction
    Speculative Fiction
    Sportsromance
    Steampunk
    Supernatural
    Suspense
    Sweetromance
    Thriller
    Timetravel
    Time Travel
    Travel
    Urban
    Urbanfantasy
    Urban Fantasy
    Western
    Womensfiction
    Womens Fiction
    Youngadult
    Young-adult
    Youngadultya
    Young Adult Ya

    Picture

    Archives

    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016