Title: Ugly Like Me
(Angel Warden Series #1.5)
Author: Nia Shay
Length: 6,275 words
Sub-Genres: Paranormal
Romance, M/F, Contemporary, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
TAGLINE: The darkness
without is nothing compared to the darkness within...
BLURB:
Jandra Maxwell is just beginning learned the horrifying truth about dark
angels. In keeping a promise to an innocent victim, Jandra must face the
shadows in her own heart, and accept another facet of her unique nature.
(Author's Note: This short story directly follows the events of Dark
Angel's Ward and is not intended to be a standalone title.)
EXCERPT:
He raised hollow eyes to meet mine. The
flames within them dimmed and guttered out. Darkened, they looked like empty
sockets in his pallid face. I leaned in close, searching the depths of them for
the terror I hoped he felt.
I looked, and I saw…nothing. I stared
into the black mirrors of his eyes and found only emptiness, an infinite void
in what should have been the windows of his soul. A hunger to grasp something
he could never hold, to fill that emptiness inside by any means necessary.
"I
know that hunger." The
realization struck me so hard, I couldn’t marshal my thoughts in time to keep
from projecting it.
He let out a sharp breath in what might
have been a scoff. I barely noticed—I was frozen in horrified fascination. The
aching chasm in my own heart yawned wide, reflecting the darkness of those eyes
as surely as they reflected my own face back at me. I shuddered, hating him,
hating myself…
I wrenched my gaze free of his. “I know
that hunger.” This time I whispered the words aloud.
“Then sate it.”
I ventured a glance at his chin,
muttering, “You’re so eager to die?”
His lips curved up again in that faint,
mocking smile. “You have no intention of letting me live. Why shouldn't you
enjoy the kill?”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Nia Shay is a
reclusive weirdo who lives in a tiny concrete box in the middle of the Arizona desert. (No,
seriously.) In between dealing with mild
OCD and an epic caffeine addiction, she finds time to mold the voices in her
head into cohesive sarcastic remarks, and sometimes even a story or two. She
has been penning such tales, almost all of them with a decidedly paranormal
flavor, since the second grade. Now that paranormal fiction is the "in thing,"
Nia has decided to overcome her extreme distaste for trends and jump on the ol'
bandwagon. Join her on her harrowing journey through the twisted corridors of
her own mind—that is…if you dare.
Email - nia@cheznia.com
Website - http://cheznia.com
Blog - http://cheznia.com/blog
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Happy Reading!
Kristina
Thanks so much for hosting me today Kristina! You're the best :-)
ReplyDeleteTried the FB link but got nowhere *sigh* stupid iPhone :( Love the excerpt though, good luck and wishing you many sales
ReplyDeleteThanks Margie! I was having a devil of a time making a hyperlink for my page last night, too. I'm thinkin' it's Facebook and not your iPhone.
DeleteI have read Dark Angels ward and can't wait for the sequel. Nia is a fabulous author. Email is heathermitchell@bellsouth.net. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThanks Heather
DeleteWhat a great execerpt Nia (ok, I can't spell and my kidlets are taxing my brain, but you know what I mean. I hope.)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely draws my interest. Maybe one of these days when things slow down (snort) I'll get a chance to pick up your book!
Good luck!
argh. forgot the email address: kirstenkyn@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteAm a fan of your FB page.
Not sure what GFC is....
Google Friend Connect, hon. It's for subscribing to the blog. Over in the right hand sidebar. Thanks for entering!
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