Karilyn Bentley's love of reading stories and preference of sitting in front of a computer at home instead of in a cube, drove her to pen her own works, blending fantasy and romance mixed with a touch of funny.
Her paranormal romance novella, Werewolves in London, placed in the Got Wolf contest and started her writing career as an author of sexy heroes and lush fantasy worlds.
Karilyn lives in North Texas with her own hunky hero, a crazy dog nicknamed The Kraken, and a handful of colorful saltwater fish.
Blurb:
Gin
Crawford, the world's latest demon huntress, has no time to mourn her dead
lover as she's called in to determine why a demon attack occurred at the local
medical school. And not just any demon, but the one demon that gives her
demon-killing bracelet the shivers. A dead professor, a lab full of missing
anthrax, and a demon who turns good people into minions complicate her life.
Can Gin and her mentor Aidan Smythe solve the mystery of the missing anthrax
and the identity of the demon before someone else dies?
Excerpt:
The
scent of sulfur hangs in the air like a
demonic stink bomb. I want to slap a hand over my nose, but no one else seems
affected by the stench. Must be a demon huntress thing.
“Justitian,” Smythe
mutters. “Not demon huntress.”
“If you don’t like my new
title, then stay out of my mind.”
He glares. I swallow. Cross
my arms. Refuse to take a step back. I’m learning not to be intimidated by his
anger. Go me.
My justitia vibrates,
throwing me out of my internal battle, pulling me back to the land of death and
minions. The blob of colors pulsates, a glowing reminder of a moment of terror.
The moment the demon appeared to the grad student.
Granted, I’m still taking
Demons 101, but I thought demons formed minions in private. Usually after the human committed a crime, not
before. A tryout, so to speak. And maybe that happened, but it sure seems to me
like the black blob of demon force appeared to the grad student smack in the
middle of the hallway.
Or maybe that always happens,
and I just now noticed it.
The justitia’s vibration
grows stronger, trembling my arm, my veins. Not its normal excited tremor upon seeing
a minion or demon. A rush of images spikes through my mind, scenes of terror
coupled with blood and death, memories of the justitia’s former wearers captured
in time by the entity in the bracelet.
I’m not the only one freaked
out by the colored blob. How bad was this demon to scare a justitia?
Demon Kissed can be purchased at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, The Wild Rose Publishing, and iTunes.
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Thank you for letting me blog with you today!!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to have you here! Sorry I was absent most of yesterday. Hubby finally came home from the hospital late last night.
DeleteI love this excerpt, Karilyn. Best of luck with your new release!
ReplyDeleteThank you Casi! I'm glad you liked the excerpt!!! :)
DeleteKarilyn, your cover is amazing and the thought of being kissed by a demon totally scary! :) Best with Demon Kissed!
ReplyDeleteThank you Darcy! It is a scary thought, isn't it?
DeleteHappy Reading!
Excellent excerpt! Yes, LOL, the thought of being kissed by a Demon...yikes! :) Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteThank you Alicia!! Yikes is right! :) Happy Reading!
DeleteWishing you much success with the book!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Karilyn.
ReplyDeleteI'd be afraid to kiss a demon because he might suck out my soul...or maybe I've read too much Harry Potter. This sounds like a great read with a heroine who can laugh at herself and the world around her even in a time of crisis. Thanks for creating her, Karilyn!
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