Tall, Dark & Fangsome
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“I understand you’re interested in love stories written in the future,” Lucan said, his lips widening into a charming grin.
“I am.” Heart pounding with excitement, I joined him on the porch. We each took a chair.
Lucan steepled his hands under his chin. “In the future, global pollution will cause worldwide sterility.”
Uh-oh. “Humanity is going to die?” I asked.
“Our best hope will be a star map I found in King Arthur’s castle.”
“A star map…” Oh, that sounded exciting. “You followed the map to the stars?”
“To find the Holy Grail.”
“Because the Holy Grail will cure Earth’s infertility problem?”
He nodded and I was pleased. I was a writer for a reason. I could put clues together. But I wanted more. “You mentioned a love story?”
Lucan’s face softened. “Lady Cael, High Priestess of Avalon.”
“She helped you?”
His full lips twisted into a handsome grin. “First, she almost killed me.”
“But you’re still alive,” I prodded, settling back in my chair. There was nothing I liked better than a good adventure story about saving the world, especially when it involved romance and love.
If you’d like to read the story Lucan told me, the book is in stores now. And if you’d like to contact me, you can do so at www.susankearney.com.
Enjoy!
From the desk of Marliss Melton
Dear Readers,
“What inspires your stories?” my readers ask. I tell them everything—news stories, movies, dreams, but most especially personal experience. “Write what you know” is wise advice, especially when it comes to painting a vivid setting. Though I’ve never visited the jungles of Colombia the way my characters do in my latest book SHOW NO FEAR (on sale now), I did get to experience the jungle as a child living in Thailand. During my family’s three-year tour there, we often vacationed at a game reserve called Kao Yai.
Children are wonderfully impressionable. I will never forget the moist coolness of the jungle air or the ruckus of the gibbons, swinging in the canopy at dawn and again at sunset. And the birds! There was a great white hornbill named Sam, hand-raised by the park rangers, that liked to frighten unsuspecting tourists by dive-bombing them! One morning, I fed her Fruit Loops off my bungalow deck. By day, my parents would drag all five of us kids on mile-long hikes, an experience stamped indelibly into my mind, providing inspiration for Gus and Lucy’s perilous hikes. Our labors were always rewarded by a swim in the basin of a thirty-foot waterfall. Behind the waterfall, I discovered a secret cave, just like Gus and Lucy’s. On one hike in particular, we stumbled into a set of huge tiger tracks. Who knew how close a tiger was lurking? Luckily, it left us alone.
Without a doubt, my childhood adventures have provided me with tons of material for my writing. I hope you enjoyed Gus and Lucy’s adventures in SHOW NO FEAR. To read more about my adventurous childhood and what inspires my writing, visit my Web site at www.marlissmelton.com.
Sincerely,
From the desk of Michelle Rowen
Dear Reader,
In my Immortality Bites series, I’ve put fledgling vampire Sarah Dearly through a great many trials and tribulations, and she’s weathered them all with her trademark sarcasm (her greatest weapon against nasty vampire hunters), grace, and charm (although this is usually mixed with a whole lot of anxiety and paranoia).
In TALL, DARK & FANGSOME (on sale now), the fifth and final book in the series, Sarah finds all of her vampire-related issues coming to a head. Her nightwalker curse seems likely to turn her permanently into an evil, bloodsucking vamp; she’s being blackmailed into helping Gideon Chase, the leader of the vampire hunters, become the strongest vamp ever created; and her romance with master vamp Thierry seems destined to break both of their hearts.
Life sure ain’t easy for a vamp.
How will it all work out? Will Sarah get the happily ever after she’s been hoping for?
I wish I knew!
(Ha. I do know. I wrote it! But I can’t just give away the ending so easily, can I?)
What I know for sure is that writing these crazy characters for the past five-plus years has been a pleasure and I’m going to miss them very much! I hope you’ve enjoyed the journey and that you’re as pleased as I am with the ending to Sarah’s story…
Happy Reading!
www.michellerowen.com
Table of Contents
Cover
Copyright
He brought my arm up to his mouth.
Praise for Michelle Rowen Stakes & Stilettos
Also By Michelle Rowen
Acknowledgments
The Basics
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
THE DISH