Jane Yellowrock Short Story pt. 3 by Faith Hunter (Shadow Rites Book Tour) + giveaway

Short Story pt.3

IT’S JUST A DATE Part THREE

From the world of Jane Yellowrock

Copyright Faith Hunter

I opened the door to see Bruiser on the front stoop, leaning against the post that held up the gallery overhead. His dark hair was hanging over his forehead, a little too long, his Roman nose slightly reddened from a day in the sun. His dress slacks were pressed to a perfect crease, the sleeves of his white shirt were rolled up to show off his well-muscled arms, and his shoes were polished to a high shine. The only odd note was the double shoulder rig that would be hidden beneath his sports jacket when we got to the restaurant. His lips turned up in reaction to my perusal, and he held out a single dark red rose, the exact shade of my favorite lipstick. Scent had nearly been bred out of red roses, and because my skinwalker senses made flowers with scents a bad prezzi, the rose was perfect for me in every way.
I accepted the bloom, and the heat in his eyes made it seem as if I were accepting something far more valuable than a flower from him. His fingers caressed along mine, lingering on the ring I wore.
“Jane,” he said. Just that. My name.
And something that was both icy and scorching raced along my nerves, beneath my flesh.
Mate, my Beast purred. Would rather have cow than plant.
Mentally, I shushed her, and shoved aside the image of Bruiser meeting me at the door with a raw steak in his hand. “Hiya, Bruiser,” I said, moving back to invite him in. I stepped into the kitchen for a vase, my low heels clicking. I could feel his eyes on my butt the whole way.
“Get a room,” the Kid grouched, proving me right.
I grinned. Bruiser laughed. He was closer than I thought, his mouth suddenly at my ear as he reached around and took the narrow white vase from my hands. He pinned my hips to the counter with his body and held me lightly in place with his body as he filled the vase with water and placed the rose inside. He was Onorio hot. Burning through my clothes to my skin. A human that warm would be in a hospital, packed with ice bags. I took a breath and smelled his faintly citrusy scent.
“Shall we place it by your bed?” he murmured, his lips moving on the side of my arched neck. His heat shot through me like lightning. I dropped my head back to his shoulder. At six feet, there weren’t many men I could do that to and not hurt myself, but Bruiser was a big man. “So it can be seen when we wake?”
“You’ll make us late,” Eli said, the words bland but somehow amused.
Without raising his voice Bruiser said, “Your timing is dreadful, as usual.”
“His timing is fantastic,” Syl said. “But you two can romance after we eat. I’m starving.”
“Triple date,” Bruiser said, straightening. 

“I have a feeling it will not go well.”

SHADOW RITES (Jane Yellowrock #10)
by Faith Hunter
368 pages
April 5, 2016
ISBN: 9780451465979

Slaying vampires is child’s play for skinwalker Jane Yellowrock. But handling the complicated politics of New Orleans’ supernatural players is another story...

Jane is keeping the peace between visiting groups of witches and vamps in the city, but then trouble comes knocking on her doorstep. When her house is magically attacked, the wild chase to find her assailants unearths a mystery that has literally been buried deep.

A missing master vampire, presumed long deceased, is found chained in a pit...undead, raving mad, and in the company of two human bodies. Now it’s up to Jane to find out who kept the vampire hidden for so long and why, because the incident could tip already high supernatural tensions to an all-out arcane war.

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Faith Hunter, fantasy writer, was born in Louisiana and raised all over the south. She writes three Urban Fantasy series: the Skinwalker series, featuring Jane Yellowrock, a Cherokee skinwalker who hunts rogue vampires. The Soulwood series, featuring earth magic user Nell Ingram. And the Rogue Mage novels, a dark, urban, post-apocalyptic, fantasy series featuring Thorn St. Croix, a stone mage. (There is a role playing game based on the series, ROGUE MAGE.)

Under the pen name Gwen Hunter, she writes action-adventure, mysteries, and thrillers. As Faith and Gwen, she has 30+ books in print in 29 countries.

Hunter writes full-time, tries to keep house, and is a workaholic with a passion for travel, jewelry making, white-water kayaking, and writing. She and her husband love to RV, traveling with their rescued Pomeranians to whitewater rivers all over the Southeast.

Tour-wide Giveaway

1 complete set of the Jane Yellowrock series (all 10 novels!), plus one $100 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. This giveaway details will be listed on our tour page http://www.ltpromos.com/2016/03/13/faith-hunters-shadow-rites-blog-tour/ 

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The publisher will ship 1 copy of SHADOW RITES to one I Smell Sheep winner. US only, no PO Boxes please.

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