Surrendering by K.L. Kreig
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About the Book
To
feisty, relationship phobic Kate Martin’s utter surprise, she isn’t
automatically dismissed as a crackpot when she finally plucks up courage to
walk into a police station, revealing what she’s seen in her dreams. But
instead of making a simple statement and returning to her nice, quiet life, she
finds herself the center of attention from both a psychotic vampire and the ‘investigative
specialist’ who would die in order to protect her.
“You’re
anything but casual, Kate. I want you and I always get what I want.”
Young
women are disappearing across the country and Devon, Regent Vampire Lord of the
Midwest, knows his centuries old archenemy has finally resurfaced. A break in his fruitless search is provided
by the discovery of a woman who can not only see the missing in
her dreams, but who ends up being his Moira, his Destiny. And she couldn’t
have stepped into his world at a more inopportune time, for she is now the
prime target for his nemesis.
Protecting
her heart would prove to be her biggest challenge.
Devon
may be the sexiest, most sinfully erotic man she’s ever met, and he stirs passion
in her like no one else before, but he’s an entanglement Kate does not want or
need. While it becomes impossible to
deny their mutual desire, once the case is solved and the missing
women are found, Kate fully intends to return to her boring life,
alone.
At
least that’s what she thinks.
EXCERPT
Kate walked through the front door and straight to the kitchen. It wasn’t even five o’clock yet, but she
desperately needed a drink. Pouring a
glass of Zinfandel from a half empty bottle, she thought that simply might not
cut it tonight. Within fifteen minutes
she was emptying the rest into her stemless glass. Sitting at the kitchen table in silence, she
watched the bitter winter wind violently whip fluffy light snow around the
yard. It looked like someone had shaken
up a snow globe and she was reminded of the Beauty and the Beast one she had as
a child. Goddamn Disney and the dream of
happily ever after they push on young, impressionable girls.
So desperate for the
mind numbing effects of the alcohol, she hadn’t even bothered to take off her boots
and now there was a puddle of melted snow spreading out beneath her on the cold
tile floor. But it didn’t matter,
because she seemed to have a singular focus.
Try as she might, she
simply could not stop thinking of
Dev. Of his eyes or his smell or his
touch. She was obsessing like a fifteen
year old with her first real crush and it was just plain pissing her off. The only thing Kate was obsessed about was
research.
Until now.
Until him.
Now she could think of
nothing else. Maybe it had just been too
long since she’d had sex and now her lady bits were begging to be used. And used hard. Maybe Erin was right and one amazing sweaty
session of the wild thing was what she needed to get refocused. And maybe she was so full of shit that the
whites of her eyes were turning brown.
Sighing heavily, she
unceremoniously finished her second glass of wine and opened another
bottle. She had a paper to write, she
had homework to grade, she had a grant to think about. But all she wanted to do instead was sit and
daydream, like a lovesick puppy about a man she could never have.
Jesus, Kate. Get a
goddamned grip.
Pouring her third and
what should be her final glass, but
probably wouldn’t be, she headed into the bathroom and filled the Jacuzzi tub
with steaming water and lavender vanilla aromatherapy bubble bath. Lighting some candles and turning on Michael Bublé—don’t judge—she quickly disrobed and
eased slowly into the scalding water, groaning with relief. Bubble bath, wine and a sultry crooner…what
more could a girl want?
Why…one very tall, very erotic, very virile man with onyx
eyes peering up at her from between her thighs of course.
Kate spent the next
thirty minutes sipping wine and reliving her carnal dreams with this incredible
man—like she hadn’t done that hundreds of times over the last four months. She ran her hands over her nakedness, wishing
they were his. Unable to stop, one
slipped below the water and stroked her slick center. She remembered Erin telling her how quickly
she’d gotten off from the jets of her tub and at the time that had sounded
ridiculous. But now, badly needing to
take the edge off, Kate stretched her legs, positioning her sex perfectly
between the maximum speed stream of water and Oh. My. God. Within thirty
seconds an incredibly hard orgasm tore through her, sending warmth spiraling
throughout her body. Head falling back,
she reached for the controls and turned off the pulsating water, recovering
slowly from the quick rush.
Damn. Erin was
definitely onto something.
Glass long empty,
water cooled and feeling a bit less tense, Kate decided it was time to leave
her wallowing and soak up the alcohol she’d consumed with some food. Except she
didn’t have much in the house, so she’d either have to do take out or run to
the store. And since she’d consumed
three very substantial glasses of wine in the last hour, take out it was.
Forty-five minutes
later, long hair pulled into a messy bun and dressed in black yoga pants and a
ratty yellow Golden Eagles sweatshirt that had seen better days, the doorbell
rang. Expecting to see a delivery boy
from the Jade Garden, her favorite
Chinese restaurant with the best
cashew chicken and egg drop soup to ever to pass her lips, she quickly opened
the door without checking the peephole.
And immediately
regretted it. Oh God. Breathe Kate.
In, out...in, out.
Instead of the
deliveryman, standing on her front porch was the man of her dreams. Literally
and figuratively. And in one hand
dangled her food.
“Hello Kate,” he
drawled, full lips turned up on one corner.
He stood there in the
same breathtaking suit she’d seen him in earlier, but with a heavy, long black
overcoat shielding him against the elements.
“Hi.” Her voice was
breathy. Lord, he was just sinfully
good-looking.
“I think I have
something you want.”
There was no truer
statement ever made than that
one. She wanted, all right. Oh, how she wanted. He laughed as she
stood quietly gaping at his sheer perfection.
“I was talking about
the food, but by the way you’re devouring me with your hungry eyes, I can see
maybe food’s not all that’s on your mind.”
He strode confidently
through the door, but not before leaning down and running his nose seductively
along the unencumbered expanse of her neck, inhaling deeply. A sexy, low rumble sounded in the back of his
throat.
“Mmmm, you smell good,
Kate.”
Good god. Cue the fan.
He stood back, his burning eyes roaming over every inch of her body.
Her hideously clothed body. Go her.
Finding her voice, she
finally asked the question that had been burning in her mind for the last sixty
seconds.
“How did you know
where I live?”
He smiled
mischievously and sauntered quietly through the living room into the
kitchen. He was as comfortable as if
he’d been there a dozen times before.
Having no choice, she followed him but stopped in the doorway and
watched as he efficiently found a plate and silverware and set them on the
table before dishing up her food.
“What are you doing?”
He looked up from his
task, confusion clouding his face. “What
does it look like I’m doing? I’m feeding
you.”
She couldn’t help the
small smile that passed her lips. She
should be irritated and in truth she was, but irrational delight overrode any
other emotion she felt. But that didn’t
mean she was letting him off the hook.
He seemed very good—too good—at
dodging her simple questions.
He gestured for her to
sit, but she wasn’t about to fall in line that easily. “You haven’t answered my questions.”
He walked toward her,
but gliding would have been a more accurate description. He moved with such stealth and grace, it was
almost unnatural. Stopping only inches from her, his piercing gaze pinned her
so firmly in place so she couldn’t move even if she’d wanted to.
“Really? Because I was certain that I had,” he said in
a low, deep voice that went straight to her loins.
Unable to speak, she
could only shake her head in disagreement.
Leaning down so close
his breath feathered her lips, he reached up and drew the back of his fingers
lightly down her cheek.
“Where you live is
public information, Ms. Martin and as for what I’m doing here? I haven’t been able to get you out of my head
since the moment I laid eyes on you.”
“Oh,” she whispered,
mouth suddenly dry as the Sahara. She
felt dizzy and didn’t know if it was the wine or his scent affecting her. Probably both. His evident desire for her was heady and she
found herself making excuses on why it might not be so bad after all to sleep
with this man.
Just when she thought
he’d lean down to kiss her, he took a step back taking his body heat and unique
scent away with him. Disappointment
stabbed deep. She wanted his mouth on hers
more than she’d ever wanted anything else.
Even more than she’d wanted that little electronic Barbie car as a
child, the one you could sit in and drive around your neighborhood? And she’d wanted that a hell of a lot.
“Now, why don’t you
take a seat and eat before your food gets cold,” he motioned as he pulled out
the chair like a gentleman.
Not knowing what to
make of this bizarre encounter, she walked to the small round table and took a
seat. He sat just to her right and all
of a sudden she wished she hadn’t drank so much wine. While the haziness clouding her brain was
absolutely in part due to him, it was also undeniably the alcohol. A woman didn’t face a man like Dev without a
very clear head unless she wanted to end up underneath him in short order. And while she so did, she worried with her inhibitions lowered she’d make a
mistake of epic proportions and end up hating herself in the morning.
Because nothing had
changed between this morning and now, saying no was exactly what she needed to do, but she was wound so damn
tight that she wasn’t at all sure she’d be able to.
About the Author:
K.L. Kreig
Most authors will tell you that writing is all they’ve ever
wanted to do. I guess I’m one of the few
that don’t fit in that bucket. Writing a
book was never on my bucket list until three years ago. On my list was: Climb the Corporate ladder. Check. Go to Europe.
Check. Complete a half marathon. Check. Eat chocolate daily. Double
check. Isn’t this on everyone’s bucket list? Catch up on two seasons of Games of Thrones
in one day. Painful, but check. And
finally, devouring romance books at an alarming pace like the unashamed book
addict I am…Over a thousand checks!
Living in Nebraska with my soul-mate hubby, I pen my magic
world at night, while paying the bills with an actual paying job in the
corporate world during the day. Writing
is just an all-consuming passion for now, but boy, if I could dream...
My other loves include my simply amazing, incredible and
talented children and newly acquired son-in-law (wink), a steamy novel, great
friends and family, and a warm ocean breeze gliding over my sun drenched skin
with a cocktail in hand.
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