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Authors: Pamela Palmer
Tags: #Horror, #Supernaturals, #UF, #Vampires
Quinn gave her a quick hug at the thoughtful gift. Elizabeth, too, was one of the Levenachs, another who’d accidentally wandered in on a sunbeam before Cristoff’s defeat. Elizabeth had told her yesterday that she planned to try to find and help the youngest sorcerers.
“In other news,” Micah announced, “we’ve had two more kovenas—one from Croatia, another from the Philippines—query us about moving here. That makes more than a thousand new vampires with the other five kovenas who’ve already contacted us. They all want to live under Quinn’s sun.”
Quinn met Arturo’s rueful gaze and smiled. “Why do I feel like the politics of this place are going to make my head spin?”
Arturo slid his hand beneath her hair to cup her neck. “That would be because you’re as wise as you are beautiful.”
She snorted. “It’s a good thing you’re such a skilled diplomat.”
He grinned, his eyes as deep as the oceans, and kissed her. “Vamp City will never be an easy place to live,
amore mio
. If the politics and the feuding become too much, we will leave. I will live wherever you choose, you know that.”
She smiled. “I do know that, my vampire. For now, though, this is where I choose.”
We’ve made a difference here, Turo,
she added for his ears only.
An understatement,
tesoro mio
. You’ve changed the lives of everyone here, all very much for the better. Many owe you their lives, many our souls.
As he spoke the words, he stared into her eyes, his thumb stroking the side of her neck with the most tender of touches until her heart melted and her body warmed.
Quinn reached for him in return, gripping his lean waist with her free hand, the one not holding wildflowers.
And I owe you…everything. You’ve changed me, Vampire. You helped me find and appreciate my strength.
He’d taught her the power of friendship. And love.
Behind them Micah cleared his throat. “Earth to Ax and Quinn.”
Laughing, Arturo pulled her against his side and they turned to face the others, her family, her friends.
“You didn’t get the significance of Elizabeth’s gift,” Micah said, a funny look on his face.
Quinn glanced down at the small bunch of wildflowers. Then back at Micah.
A huge grin spread across his face. “We found those growing in the Crux.”
She stilled, her mouth dropping open. “The
Crux?
”
“Right by the new Focus. Grass is beginning to grow. Leaves are starting to bud on the trees.”
Her brows slammed down. “It’s November.” Which, under the circumstances, was completely irrelevant.
Most of them apparently agreed and laughed.
“Your magic has brought more than light,
amore mio
.” Arturo hugged her closer. “It has brought life.”
And it had, she knew that. In the heart of a vampire otherworld, she’d found her life. Her heart.
Most of all, she’d found herself.
Don’t miss the first two books in the Vamp City series!
A BLOOD SEDUCTION (Vamp City Book 1)
Quinn Lennox is searching for a missing friend when she stumbles into a dark otherworld that only she can see—and finds herself at the mercy of Arturo Mazza, a dangerously handsome vampire whose wicked kiss will save her, enslave her, bewitch her, and betray her.
Available for purchase on Amazon.
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A KISS OF BLOOD (Vamp City Book 2)
One of the few humans who managed to escape the deadly twilight world of Vamp City, Quinn Lennox vows to never return. But the vampires want her back, for only she has the power to renew the magic of their crumbling world—and free the vampires trapped within.
Available for purchase on Amazon.
About the Author
Pamela Palmer
is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of nineteen paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels. When Pamela’s initial career goal of captaining starships failed to pan out, she turned to engineering, satisfying her desire for adventure with books and daydreams until finally succumbing to the need to create worlds of her own. Pamela lives and writes in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
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Books by Pamela Palmer
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Vamp City Novels
A Blood Seduction
A Kiss of Blood
Of Blood and Passion
A Forever Love novella (in the Vampires Gone Wild anthology)
Feral Warriors Novels
Desire Untamed
Obsession Untamed
Passion Untamed
Rapture Untamed
Hunger Untamed
Ecstasy Untamed
A Love Untamed
Wulfe Untamed
Hearts Untamed novella
The Esri Novels
The Dark Gate
Dark Deceiver
A Warrior’s Desire
Warrior Rising
Jewels of Time Novels
Sapphire Dream
Amethyst Destiny
Acknowledgements
T
hanks, as always, to Laurin Wittig and Anne Shaw Moran who make every journey a pleasure. Thanks also to my wonderful team: Amy Atwell, Patricia Schmitt, Joan Turner, and Kelly Poulsen. I couldn’t have done it without you.
To my readers, I offer my endless and heartfelt appreciation. It is because of you that writing is such a joy. It’s your imagination and enthusiasm that truly bring my worlds to life.
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Of Blood and Passion
Copyright © 2015 Pamela Palmer
ISBN: 978-0-9899955-2-8
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
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Cover Art: Patricia Schmitt/Pickyme
Digital Formatting: Author E.M.S.
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