SERIES SPOTLIGHT INFO:
SILENT WARRIOR
The Dragon Kings, Prequel Novella
Publication
Date: April 23, 2013
Publisher: Pocket Star
ISBN: 978-1476713250
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A silent woman ashamed of her
criminal background becomes a Cage warrior to seek redemption. An unrepentant
fortune hunter will do anything to escape his mounting debts. Although rivals
on the streets of Hong Kong, they find common ground when seeking their clan’s
stolen idol, but for vastly different reasons. Neither one suspects that love
will begin when he becomes the first man in five years to hear her speak.
CAGED WARRIOR
The Dragon Kings, Book 1
Publication Date: June 25, 2013
Publisher: Pocket Star
Print ISBN: 978-1451695915
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Ten years ago, Audrey MacLaren chose
to marry her human lover, making her an exile from the Dragon Kings, an ancient
race of demons once worshiped as earthly gods. Audrey and her husband managed
to conceive, and their son is the first natural-born Dragon King in a
generation–which makes him irresistible to the sadistic scientist whose
mafia-funded technology allows demon procreation. In the year since her husband
was murdered, Audrey and her little boy have endured hideous experiments.
Shackled with a collar and bound for
life, Leto Garnis is a Cage warrior. Only through combat can Dragon Kings earn
the privilege of conceiving children. Leto uses his superhuman speed and
reflexes to secure the right for his two sisters to start families. After
torture reveals Audrey’s astonishing pyrokenesis, she is sent to fight in the
Cages. If she survives a year, she will be reunited with her son. Leto is
charged with her training. Initially, he has no sympathy for her plight. But if
natural conception is possible, what has he been fighting for? As enemies,
sparring partners, lovers, and eventual allies, Leto and Audrey learn that in a
violent underground world, love is the only prize worth winning.
BLOOD WARRIOR
The Dragon Kings, Book 3
Publication Date: July
30, 2013
Publisher: Pocket Star
Print ISBN: 978-1451695922
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As a young man, sarcastic, violent
Tallis Pendray believed the Dragon Kings’ survival depended on a prophecy
delivered in dreams by a woman named “the Sun.” His role has been to complete
inexplicable, even reprehensible tasks. First, by murdering a priest, he united
his fragmented clan in their hatred of him. Dubbed “the Heretic,” Tallis fled
his family’s Highland estate. Now disillusioned, he seeks revenge on the woman
he holds responsible for two decades of exile.
Telepath Kavya Indranan is a
charismatic, seductive cult leader born to a prominent family. However, she
grew up terrorized by the ominous threat of her powerful, insane twin brother.
On the run and hiding among the poor, she witnessed the destruction wrought by
her clan’s centuries-old civil war. Maturity nurtures Kavya’s determination to
end the cycle of bloodshed. Those who follow her call for peace have nicknamed
her “the Sun.”
Bent on revenge, and without
knowledge of Kavya’s noble intentions, Tallis kidnaps her on the eve of her
groundbreaking announcement. The two watch in horror as her twin brutally
smashes the tentative truce…and hunts the sister whose death would make him
invincible.
Kavya is the Sun–revered, untouched,
and bound by a lonely destiny that promises a deadly showdown against the last
of her family. Tallis is the Heretic–despised and exiled because of actions
that seem random, heartless, and contrary to the safety of the clans he
protects. She’s not a goddess, and he’s not a natural born killer. A desperate
trek from the Himalayan foothills to the Scottish Highlands reveals two secluded
souls hidden by bloody reputations. Will their trust be strong enough to avert
an all-out war that could destroy them, and their kind, forever?
Excerpt:
Excerpt:
Whether the Sun’s plan to unify the clans would
protect the Dragon Kings from extinction was no longer his concern. After what
he’d endured, what he’d done, what he’d become for her—he deserved to embrace a personal grudge.
“You cannot threaten me,” she said, head tilted at an
assessing angle. “And you cannot harm me.”
“I did, and I can.”
Tallis leapt forward—the fluid, trustworthy movement
of a body honed for fighting. One of his seaxes was easy to retrieve. He
grabbed the woman’s hair, twisted fistfuls in his free hand, and held a razor’s
edge of steel to her throat.
Her eyes bulged. She froze.
“That’s right,” Tallis said. “Very still.”
“It’s not Dragon-forged.” Her voice was a near-silent
rasp.
“Correct.” A Dragon King could only be killed by rare
swords forged in the Chasm where the Great Dragon had lived and died, high in
the Himalayas. “But killing you would make you a martyr. Not my intention.”
Her appearance as she’d addressed the crowd had struck
Tallis like a blow to the jaw. A faint, otherworldly shimmer had surrounded her
as would the wavy heat of a mirage. Nothing distinctive except for that
inviting shimmer, urging people to believe the false front she presented.
Now he was near enough to see each lash. Wide irises
as rich as amber. Lush hair as luscious as chocolate. Realizing the full extent
of how well she could been deceive others, including Tallis, was a overwhelming.
At least her figure matched his visions. He held her
resilient, athletic body close to his. A gold silk sari wrapped around womanly
curves he’d seen in the nude.
He restrained a frustrated growl.
The Sun still hadn’t moved, but her lips tilted into a
ghostly smile. Nothing about her seemed false, yet he could feel the potential
for deception like a slick of oil on his fingertips. His only chance was to
keep her distracted. With the ability to focus on only one mind at a time, his
threat of violence might keep her from assuming too many of the false
impressions she gleaned from other individuals.
“This way,” he said, yanking her hair. The blade
nicked a line of red across her delicate neck.
Delicate? No.
It was just a neck.
She deserved no adjectives. He could trust no
adjectives.
“I don’t know what I’ve done to anger you,” she said
with surprising calm. Only her near-frantic respiration gave away her fear.
“But we can discuss it. We can make amends.”
“No, we can’t. Now, this blade is going back in its
scabbard. You’re going to walk with me.”
She actually laughed, although the action pressed her
neck more firmly against his seax. Her laughter was truncated by a gasp as
another streak of red appeared. “How do you expect to accomplish that?”
“You have an announcement this evening.”
“I do.” She still breathed without rhythm. “It’s
important. More important than you can imagine.”
“You have done my imagining for too long.”
“I’ve never seen you before!”
“Save it. You want to make that announcement, right?
Can’t have these people disappointed.”
A gleam of moisture coated brown eyes that matched the
rocky landscape of her homeland. “That’s right.”
“Then we’re walking. Calmly. I hold no grudge against
anyone else, but I will do harm if you cause them to interfere.”
“They would demolish you in a second. We’re the
Indranan. Telepathy can be a nasty weapon. You’d live the rest of your life
with your body intact and your mind flipped inside out.”
Tallis pulled her hair and brought their faces
together, close enough to share the same chilly air. “How much chaos could I
cause before that happened? The precious Sun in danger. A hundred Dragon Kings
running scared. Your cult destroyed.”
The woman grasped his forearm with both hands. Her nails
dug into his flesh. “You have no right. Why would you plan violence, here of
all places? These people live in peace and they believe in me.”
“And in time they’ll learn the truth.” Tallis held her
neck in his palm as he sheathed his blade. “Just like I did.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Lindsey
Piper is the alter ego of an award-winning historical and contemporary romance author.
Her hotly anticipated DRAGON KINGS series is her first foray into paranormal
fiction. She lives and writes in Chicago.
2 comments:
Thanks for the spotlight on this series and for the giveaway - these sound good!
Thanks for sharing the Spotlight and the giveaway. The Dragon Kings are awesome! evamillien at gmail dot com
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