“Really? You don’t want to go visit your ladies? Get a top off on blood and some hanky panky?” That came out far snarkier than I intended.
I mean, I had never had a problem with Vlad fulfilling his needs in the past. His time, his life. Now, something inside of me rebelled at the idea of Vlad seeing other women. I certainly wasn’t going to feed his appetite, but I didn’t like the idea of him getting his needs met by some skank.
I probably just needed some sleep. We had spent an awful lot of time together the past few days. Some time away from him would do us both good.
“I don’t need blood right now.” He took a step toward me and offered me his hand. “I would much rather spend a night off work with you, Alyson.” My cheeks heated up as he spoke, and I prayed he couldn’t see my blushing.
“Thanks, I think I would like it too.” I bit my lip before I could say anything to cause me more embarrassment.
Thank You for reading!
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Author’s Note
Dear reader, if you REALLY want to read the next FBI Dragon novel- I’ve got a bit of bad news for you.
Unfortunately, Amazon will not tell you when the next comes out.
You’ll probably never know about my next books, and you’ll be left wondering what happened to Alyson and Vlad. That’s rather terrible.
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A word from J.L.
Thank you all so much for picking up my latest book! I wrote this with J.A. Cipriano, it was my first time writing a full-length book with another author. I learned a lot from J.A. and I think this is my best book yet! I hope you enjoyed it.
While finishing this book I found out I had a rare heart condition and ended up in the hospital for open-heart surgery. All went very good. I’m healing faster than anyone thought, although, I am getting tired of laying around and watching T.V. I must give a huge shout-out to J.A. and thank him for finishing up all of the loose ends while I was in the hospital and then at home recovering. He has been great to work with. I hope you check out some of his other books as well as mine!
When I first started writing A Ritual of Fire I wasn’t exactly sure where we were going with this story. We had an outline, but it was vague (on purpose). We spent several weeks going back and forth with the outline and the first 15K words trying to get it right. I knew something wasn’t quite right, as did J.A., so he sent it to a developmental editor who put us back on track. We wrote out a great opening sequence, but when it came down to final edits that scene did nothing for moving the story forward. I have those original first few chapters and have loaded them up on my website as a special “Bonus” for all who read this far! Come on by and read the outtakes from A Ritual of Fire! https://jlhendricksauthor.com/free-short-stories/
I also want to thank everyone who helped make this a fantastic first book in my latest series! Our editors, cover designer, and even the ARC readers who got back to me with a few questions on where the story is going. By asking those questions, I know they are really invested in this new series!
When J.A. first approached me about writing a new series with him, I was completely shocked! He’s such a great author and I really admired him and his writing. Of course I said yes right away! I think the story really took advantage of a woman/man writing team! We have two main characters; one is female and the other male. Having authors who represent both sexes really added to the characters’ dimension and made them seem more real, even if they are paranormal creatures. LOL
I totally look forward to writing the next book with J.A. Cipriano! I hope you look forward to reading it!
-Jen
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