LEOPOLD'S WICKED EMBRACE ~Blog Tour~
LĂ©opold's Wicked Embrace
Immortals of New Orleans, Book 5
Print
Length: 283 pages
Publisher:
MT Carvin Publishing
ASIN:
B00JHNAWQS
JUST RELEASED: April 4,
2014
Seductive
and lethal vampire, LĂ©opold Devereoux, returns to the Big Easy to find a
killer. His search leads him to a
beautiful and mysterious woman, who awakens desires and emotions that he’s long
fought to keep buried. After centuries
of self-imposed solitude, the billionaire philanthropist struggles to restrain
his growing thirst for the intriguing, lovely female who’s captured his
attention.
Laryssa
Theriot, an antiques proprietor in the Vieux Carré, agrees to help the
commanding yet debonair stranger, who seeks her assistance. She withholds her secret abilities, afraid to
trust the man who threatens to unleash her darkest fantasies. All the while, LĂ©opold consumes her thoughts,
testing her erotic limits and bringing her to new levels of ecstasy. As the menacing force that has stalked
Laryssa for years finally catches up to her, she submits, putting her life into
the hands of the dominant vampire who offers his protection.
Deep
in the heart of New Orleans, they embark on a perilous adventure, forced to
search for an ancient sacrificial relic that they hope will save their
lives. As they face formidable
challenges, LĂ©opold and Laryssa surrender to the passionate intimacy that
possesses them. After hundreds of years
of denying himself love, will LĂ©opold bond to the woman who has begun to crack
the impenetrable shell around his heart?
As evil draws near, will Laryssa survive the demon that has come to take
her soul?
Warning: This book contains several
erotic love scenes and is intended for adult readers only.
Kym
Grosso is the author of the bestselling erotic paranormal romance series, The
Immortals of New Orleans. The series
currently includes Kade's Dark Embrace
(Immortals of New Orleans, Book 1), Luca's
Magic Embrace (Immortals of New Orleans, Book 2), Tristan's Lyceum Wolves (Immortals of New Orleans, Book 3), Logan’s Acadian Wolves (Immortals of New
Orleans, Book 4) and LĂ©opold’s Wicked
Embrace (Immortals of New Orleans, Book 5).
In
addition to romance, Kym has written and published several articles about
autism, and is passionate about autism advocacy. She also is a contributing essay author in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on
the Spectrum.
Kym
lives with her husband, two children, dog and cat. Her hobbies include autism
advocacy, reading, tennis, zumba, traveling and spending time with her husband
and children. New Orleans, with its rich culture, history and unique cuisine,
is one of her favorite places to visit. Also, she loves traveling just about
anywhere that has a beach or snow-covered mountains. On any given night, when
not writing her own books, Kym can be found reading her Kindle, which is filled
with hundreds of romances.
Connect
with Kym:
Website: http://www.kymgrosso.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KymGrossoBooks
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KymGrosso
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“Did you just say it clawed at her? Is she hurt?”
Dimitri approached LĂ©opold so that they stood shoulder to shoulder,
taking in the landscape. It was the
first time he’d been to LĂ©opold’s lake house.
“No, she’s
fine, but…” LĂ©opold didn’t finish his
sentence.
“But
what? Exactly how does someone get
swiped by a demon and be fine?”
“She’s
healed.” While she was sleeping, he’d inspected the wound and not a trace of a
scar was evident.
“I take it
this has something to do with what she does?”
“Indeed, mon
ami. But I promised her that I wouldn’t
tell anyone what she is, so don’t bother asking. It’s her story to tell. You can ask her when she comes out. My guess is that after that demon showed up,
she’ll tell you. But I cannot break my
oath to her. I’ve already done enough to
hurt her on my own without digging the hole any deeper,” LĂ©opold confessed. Turning to Dimitri, he raked his hand through
his tousled hair.
Dimitri
leaned toward his friend and sniffed. He
shook his head, knowing the answer to the next question he was about to ask
LĂ©opold. “You fucked her didn’t
you? I can smell it.”
“Must you be
so uncouth?” LĂ©opold replied, blowing out a breath.
“You did,”
Dimitri exclaimed. “Jesus Christ, Leo. Seriously, man. You can have any woman you want. Why her?
You ever hear that expression, ‘don’t dip your pen in the company ink’?”
“Yes, I’ve
fucking heard it, asshole. But she’s
just so…I don’t know, she’s just special.
Goddammit, I know, okay? I know I
fucked up.”
“I don’t see
what the issue is here. I mean have you
two idiots ever heard the term ‘consenting adults’. What’s the big deal?” Jake asked.
“The big
deal is that he just fucking met her.
And we need her to help us to keep Ava safe. If she’s in danger, so is our Alpha. Laryssa was just starting to trust us, trust
him, and lover boy here just can’t keep it in his pants,” Dimitri huffed,
taking a seat at the table.
“He’s
right. There’s no excuse,” LĂ©opold
agreed. “It’s not sleeping with a woman
that’s a problem, it’s the fact that I can’t…I won’t have a relationship. It’s not happening. And now that we’ve made love, well, it adds
complications to our situation. Ones we
didn’t need.”
“It would be
one thing if you actually cared about anything besides yourself,
Devereoux. But you don’t. That’s the thing. If you fucking hurt her…” Dimitri began.
“Why do you
care about her anyway, wolf?” LĂ©opold’s
eyes narrowed on Dimitri.
“Because,
Leo,” Dimitri stared at his friend. “She
seemed kind of nice. And she stood up to
that asshole, Luca. And for some reason,
unbeknownst to me, she seems like she might actually care about you. Why is beyond me. And she cares about Ava
too, and she has no reason to. We are
the ones who sought her out. Now, not
only have we upturned her life, we’ve brought a demon to her…right here to your
goddamn house.”
“I think
we’ve established that I fucked up. I
just said so. Can we just move on?”
“She’s okay
with one night? Because I know that you
never have women sleepover. You’ve told
me as much.”
“I told her
that I don’t do relationships. I can’t
become involved with her. But you’re
correct in that we do need her. We need
to find that knife.”
“This isn’t
going to go well, you know that, right?
I mean, I don’t know Laryssa, but I saw the way she looked at you
yesterday, and I have a hard time believing she’s a one night stand kinda
girl. Could be wrong? But damn, it was as if she had ‘innocence’
stamped on her forehead,” Dimitri said.
“Please stop
already. Okay?” LĂ©opold tilted his head
backwards, closed his eyes and wiped them with both of his hands out of
frustration. “I get it. I’m a dick.
I shouldn’t have slept with her but I did. I can’t take it back. I promise you that I’ll do my best to repair
this…‘relationship’ I’ve irresponsibly put at risk.”
He choked on
the word. Relationship. No, no, no. As if it wasn’t bad enough that he was
developing feelings for Laryssa, now Dimitri had him filled with guilt for what
he’d done. Damn wolves. Damn humans.
For a moment, he wished he could go back to not caring about his new
friend. But no matter how he tried, what was done was done. Merde. I’m
truly f-----.
Thanks so much for hosting me today on my tour! ♥
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