I am happy to be hosting a stop on the blog tour for DRAKON'S TEAR by N.J. Walters! I have an excerpt to share with you today check it out and enter to win the giveaway below!
About The Book:
Dying isn’t an option. I’ve survived a kidnapping and now I’m on the run from the Knights of the Dragon who want my gift. I’m Abigail Owens and I can sense gemstones. There’s nothing a dragon loves more than treasure. But when I find a beautiful stone at a tiny shop in Moscow, I have no idea it’s a drakon tear, or that I’ve just put myself in the middle of a war between the Knights and a Drakon.
I guess I’m just lucky like that.
The only person I trust even a little is Vasili Zima, which is weird since I’m not sure if he wants to kill me or protect me. I’m drawn to him in a way I hadn’t thought possible, and he feels the same way, or he wouldn’t be risking his life to help me. He’s wanted by the bad guys just as much as I am, and staying with me, well, there’s a hundred percent chance I’m about to get us both killed. But I will not be going down without a fight.
Now on to the excerpt!
“Why? Why
were you drawn to the bracelet?” She lowered her voice and leaned in. “Are you
one of them?”
He had to
admire her discretion, even though they were seemingly alone.
“Why would
you think that?” he asked. He was curious to see how her mind worked and how
much she actually knew about his kind.
Frustration
flashed across her face, and she crossed her arms over her chest. “Fine. You
want to be all mysterious, don’t tell me.”
“Answer my
question, and I’ll answer yours.” Maybe he wouldn’t tell her everything, but
he’d give her some kind of answer.
She gave
him a look that told him she knew he was tricking her somehow but was willing
to go along.
“That
tattoos for one. I’ve seen similar ones.”
On her
brother-in-law, most likely. “What else?”
“You’re
big and strong, and there’s something about you.” She shook her head when he
started to smile. “Yeah, you don’t need your ego stroked.”
But he
did, at least by her. He leaned forward and propped his forearms on his thighs
and linked his hands together. It pulled the material of his sweater up,
exposing his tattoos. “Don’t stop now.”
Abigail
huffed in pure frustration. “Then there’s the bracelet.” She slipped her sleeve
back and stared at the silver band with the embedded drakon tear. The more he
saw it, the less he liked her wearing the tear from another drakon.
Abigail
was his treasure.
“You were
attracted to the bracelet, not me. Admit that much.”
Vasili
nodded. “I did sense the bracelet, but once I saw you, it no longer mattered.
“Yeah,
right.” She pulled her sleeve back down. “You wanted to know where it came
from, how I got it, and if I was working for a certain group who shall remain
nameless.”
“You’re
right. I did want to know all of that and more.” Once he’d seen her, he’d
wanted to know everything about her. That had concerned him at first, but now
that he knew her better, he was coming to realize just how special she was.
“What I
can’t figure out is, if the bracelet is a trap…” She looked to him for
confirmation.
“It is,”
he assured her. Even now, there was no denying the pulsing power coming from
her wrist.
“Then why
doesn’t it affect you?”
Vasili
knew he was at a crossroad. He’d always had a sense about such things. This
moment and what he said would affect the rest of his life. He knew if he didn’t
share something with Abigail, she would leave him as soon as possible. If he
couldn’t build some kind of trust between them, he would lose her.
His dragon
roared inside him, and the skin on his forearms rippled. He desperately wanted
to shift and barely managed to control himself.
Abigail
gasped and sat back on the bunk. She glanced at the door of the cabin, but it
was closed, giving them privacy. She wasn’t afraid of him. Not his Abigail. She
was afraid for him.
That
stung. He was a drakon, mighty and powerful. She should trust him to take care
of her, should recognize his strength.
He knew he
was being totally irrational. That, too, was out of character. What was it
about Abigail that pulled at all of his senses?
About NJ:
Once upon a time N.J. had the idea
that she would like to quit her job at the bookstore, sell everything she
owned, leave her hometown, and write romance novels in a place where no one
knew her. And she did. Two years later, she went back to the bookstore and her
hometown and settled in for another seven years.
One day she gave notice at her job
on a Friday morning. On Sunday afternoon, she received a tentative acceptance
for her first erotic romance novel and life would never be the same.
N.J. Walters is a New York Times
and USA Today bestselling author who has always been a voracious reader, and
now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, werewolves,
dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen, and next-door neighbors with
smoldering good look will vie for her attention. It’s a tough life, but someone’s
got to live it.
Giveaway Details:
1 winner will receive a $15 Amazon
Gift Card, International.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
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I liked the excerpt, sounds like a good book.
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