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About the Author:
After spending
several years as a newspaper reporter and corporate communications director,
Tricia Skinner cast off traditional journalism for the freedom of novel
writing. ANGEL BAIT is her urban fantasy romance debut. Her reading tastes are
all over the place, but she’s mainly drawn to fantasy (and its subgenres),
paranormal, sci-fi, and history.
In those rare
moments when she’s not writing, Tricia is a newbie “green” practitioner, a
fitness procrastinator, and a technology geek. She is a mother and a
wife. Her family includes two Great Danes.
Tricia stays
active in various writing communities. She’s the Web Editor for Pony
Express(ions), the online literary journal of the Masters of Liberal Studies
Program at Southern Methodist University; a volunteer with SMU’s The Writers Path; the Newsletter Editor and a Mud
Puddle Critique Group moderator for the Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal
Chapter of Romance Writers of America. . In December 2012 she received a
master’s degree with a Creative Writing focus from SMU.
She welcomes correspondence from readers.
Visit her online at www.TriciaSkinner.com
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Angel Bait
Book 1 of the Angel Assassins Series
Book 1 of the Angel Assassins Series
Tricia
Skinner
Genre: Urban
Fantasy Romance
Number of
pages: 140
Word Count:
65,000
Book
Description:
Saved by the angel sent to kill them, four half-angel boys are trained and employed as Heaven’s assassins. Jarrid and his nephilim brothers are raised as members of The Eternal Order, and must enforce Heaven’s laws by hunting down those who defy the Directorate.
His only shot at freedom is Ascension, but his
employers won’t permit the ancient ritual. Then Jarrid learns a Renegade angel
is in Detroit .
Such a high-level takedown is the answer to his prayers—all the leverage he
needs to Ascend.
For freedom, Jarrid is willing to do anything to lure
his elusive enemy out of hiding.
Even use an innocent woman as bait.
News reporter Ionie Gifford has no clue an angel
outlaw wants her dead. She agrees to help Jarrid, the enigmatic nephilim with
penetrating silver eyes and a worship-worthy body, but only because he accepts
her terms. He’s her all-access pass into the city’s supernatural underworld
where she hopes to locate her mother’s killer.
Blindsided by Ionie's beauty and tenacity, Jarrid
soon finds the eternity-old glacier around his heart thawing. With duty and
desire at war within him, he’s forced to make a choice—either save Ionie from
the trap he snared and stay chained to Heaven, or allow her to become
collateral damage.
Excerpt:
She
leaned back and studied him, taking in the casual way his thigh rested against
a chair. Her throat closed, smothering her clever retort. Jarrid angled his
chiseled face to study items on her desk, and Ionie caught the awed stares of
her passing colleagues.
One woman
tripped over her own feet.
Another
face-planted into a wall.
Jesus
Christ.
The
half-angel was so handsome it hurt. Jarrid didn’t seem to notice the attention directed
at him. Or maybe he didn’t care.
“You’re
upset I won’t allow photos, but you still plan to work with me,” he said, his fingers
sliding over a shriveled dictionary. “I want to know why.”
Blunt
and to the point.
“I’m not
upset.” Ionie snorted, a sound she hoped made her seem indifferent. “You’ve
answered my prayers. I’m used to working obits, or chasing the occasional fire
truck.”
He
flicked his head at the desk adjoining hers. “You work with someone?”
“I don’t
do partners.”
“Yet you
will do me.” The simple statement, spoken in his sexy rumble, liquefied the
marrow in Ionie’s bones.
“Uh,” she
said. “My work takes on a whole new meaning when you say it.”
He leaned
in, a smooth slide of firm muscle and taut flesh. She caught a whiff of his
scent; she hadn’t noticed it before. Something nameless, celestial like the man
– the being – it belonged to. She inhaled deep, lulled by his nearness. Gorgeous.
No other word fit him better.
My thoughts:
Interesting premise. Well built, interesting characters. Well developed storyline. Although angels seem to be the "in" paranormal to write recently, this book is fresh and entertaining. Captivating! I can't wait for more Angel Bait books.
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