Seduced By Blood tour & Giveaway!

Seduced by Blood

Sweetblood Series #4

Release date July 24, 2012

E-books released August 1, 2012

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Deep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two vampire coalitions: Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors... Hot-blooded and hard-edged, Tristan Santiago has an uncanny ability to see beneath the surface-a power that serves him well as the Guardians' region commander. But when a deadly plot against his fellow vampires is uncovered, he must turn to the one woman he can't read: the beautiful yet mysterious Roxanne Reynolds, whose sensual presence soothes his tormented memories. Roxy had put love before duty once before, with devastating results. But to root out a dangerous traitor in their midst, she must put her faith in Santiago, the one man skilled enough to break through her defenses. Posing as lovers, Santiago and Roxy work side by side-and discover a powerful craving that threatens to consume them both.

Except from SEDUCED BY BLOOD © Laurie London 2012

The guy staring up at Tristan Santiago was pleading for his life, but that wasn’t the reason he decided not to kill him.

Instead, Santiago yanked him to his feet and slammed him against the wall. The Darkblood clutched at his hands, trying to break the hold, but it was no use. Santiago outweighed him by at least forty pounds and was a helluva lot stronger.

“How did you know where to find us?” Santiago hissed through his bared fangs.

“What?”

“My men. How did you know we were waiting for you?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Had it been two weeks, two days, even two hours ago, he’d be handling things differently right now. He’d have unsheathed Misery, plunged the silver blade into the guy’s heart muscle, and watched him turn to ash. But as it turned out, he needed a few answers first.

“Oh, really.” It was a statement, not a question. The guy was bullshitting him and they both knew it. 

There was no way DBs should’ve known Guardians would be coming. Their intel about the location of this den came through only yesterday. Now, one of his men had been injured on a job that should have been routine.

Misery hung heavily beneath his coat. He pulled out the blade, placing the point just inches away from the guy’s eye. Most Darkbloods wore sunglasses to hide the fact that the whites of their eyes were black, but this one didn’t. Either that or he’d lost his during the chase.

“Don’t kill me. I swear to God, I don’t know.”

“I’m not planning to kill you.” The guy relaxed ever so slightly and Santiago smiled, flashing his own set of fangs again. “But don’t think I’m being nice. I don’t do nice.”

His phone vibrated in his pocket but he ignored it. Instead, he let Misery’s razor sharp point prick the skin and a small bead of blood teardropped down the guy’s cheek.

“Please, no,” the bastard pleaded.

The blade wanted to go deeper and Santiago considered letting it. No one fucked with his people. No one.

The lone overhead light snapped and fizzled as its filament started to fail, creating grotesque shadows on the curved cement walls. Soon, they’d be enveloped in total darkness, which would make shadow-moving much easier. Footsteps pounded in the tunnel behind him as one of his men approached.

“What’s wrong?” Kip Castile glanced at the two of them, confused. Guardians didn’t show mercy when it came to their enemies. Justice was swift and unforgiving. “Why didn’t you charcoal him? Wait. You’re saving him for me, aren’t you?” With a cold smile, the young Guardian in training withdrew his stiletto and advanced on the prisoner.

What a sadistic son of a bitch. I knew I liked the kid.

A little about Laurie:

A graduate of Western Washington University with a BA in Business Administration and a former tester/programmer for a Fortune 500 company, Laurie London now writes from her home near Seattle where she lives with her husband and two children.

Her debut book, BONDED BY BLOOD, A Sweetblood Novel, came out February 2011 from HQN Books. It was followed by HIDDEN BY BLOOD, an e-novella June 2011; EMBRACED BY BLOOD July 2011; “Enchanted By Blood,” a novella in the anthology A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS Oct 2011; TEMPTED BY BLOODMarch 2012; and SEDUCED BY BLOOD August 2012.

Her writing has won and been a finalist in several prestigious contests including the Beacon, the Emerald City Opener, the Marlene, and the Orange Rose.

She is a member of Romance Writers of America®, Greater Seattle Area RWA, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
  

When not writing, she can be found running, reading, or riding and showing her horse. Someday she hopes to qualify for the Quarter Horse World Show – that is, if her horse doesn’t get hurt again.

Find Laurie here

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Laurie’s Christmas novella is a finalist in the Prism contest this year.  When we have more details we will pass this on to you.

Giveaway Details:

The giveaway is open to everyone.  I have a copy of Seduced by Blood & set of Trading cards open to US/Canady only.  If you are and international winner, you will win a copy of an ebook of Seduced By Blood through Amazon or B&N.  Please leave a comment with your email if you are interested in entering.

GRAND PRIZE:

There's also a grand prize.  One winner on the whole tour will win a complete set of the SweetBlood series along with a set of the trading cards.  This is open to US/Canada only.  So you can increase your chances of winning by stopping at each of the stops listed below and entering the giveaway!

Each stop will be giving away a signed copy of Seduced by Blood:

July 9^th All things Urban Fantasy

July 10^th Hanging with Bells

July 11^th Ramblings of a Chaotic Mind

July 12^th Sizzling Hot Book Reviews

July 13^th Paranormal Cravings

July 16^th Reading between the Wines

July 17^th Book Monster Reviews & Literal Addictions

July 18^th Romance Book Craze Blog

July 19^th Books-n-Kisses

July 20^th United by Books

July 21^st The Qwillery