I am pleased to be able to
host author Kira Saito on my blog today.
Bound
Series: Arelia LaRue
Genre: Paranormal YA
Publisher: Self
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Amazon: Bound
Blurb
Sixteen year old Arelia LaRue lives in New Orleans where the
music is loud, voodoo queens inhabit every street corner, and the ghosts are
alive and well. Despite her surroundings, all she wants is to help her
Grand-mere Bea pay the rent and save up for college.
When her best friend Sabrina convinces her to take
a well-paying summer job at the infamous Darkwood plantation, owned by the
wealthy LaPlante family, Arelia agrees.
However, at Darkwood strange things start to
happen, and gorgeous Lucus LaPlante insists that he needs her help. Soon, the
powers that Arelia has been denying all her life, come out to play and she
discovers mysteries about herself that she could have never imagined.
You can buy it here!
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Bound-Arelia-Paranormal-Romance-ebook/dp/B0060EHJX6/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_1
Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/101051
Excerpt
It had to work. It just had to. After repeating the
chant at least six times, it still didn’t work. “Fine you greedy spirits!” I
yelled. It was clear that they wanted more blood. In a rage, I drew more blood,
this time slashing my palm. I brought my dripping palm up to Ben’s neck and
repeated the chant. After a few minutes, I felt a distinct energy. It was a
force within me so incredibly strong that I was convinced that I was able to
move a mountain if I wanted to or even get Sabrina to stop talking about boys.
“Arelia what are you doing?” Ben’s voice forced me
to open my eyes.
“You’re strangling me.”
I realized my hands were gripped a bit too tightly
around his neck. I unwrapped them to find that his wound had completely healed,
and his fever was gone. “Ben, you’re okay!” I exclaimed. I gave him an enormous
hug.
“Of course, I’m okay,” he said. “I’m just sleepy it
was a long night. Tell the alligators and ghosts that I’ll see them tomorrow.”
He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
In my excitement, I leapt up, and by sheer impulse
gave formerly-shirtless guy a hug. As my body touched his, I could smell him
and felt my skin tingle.
Delicious chills overtook my body. He wasn’t
wearing any cologne, but he smelt lovely. Warm and familiar mingled with a dash
of sadness and danger. I caught myself clinging to him and took a step back in
embarrassment. My moment of conquest had quickly passed, and I realized that I
was standing next to a swamp, in front of a stranger in a corset and petticoat
which basically translated to a bra and underwear. I was horrified.
Formerly-shirtless guy looked at me like the
existence of Santa Claus had just been proven before taking off his jacket and
wrapping it around me. “You must be cold,” he observed. “Your hand is
bleeding.” He ripped a sleeve off of his shirt and covered my palm.
In my state of absolute exhilaration, I had failed
to acknowledge the fact that the night had gotten a bit chilly. My entire body
was covered in goose bumps, and my hand was leaking blood everywhere. “Why did
you follow me?” I wrapped his jacket around me realizing that I was standing in
the middle of nowhere with someone who could be a psychopathic, serial killer.
His lips broke out in an amused smile. “Do you
think I’m stalking you?” He asked hovering over me. It really sucked being
short sometimes. Standing at a measly five foot three inches made me feel as if
I lived in a world full of giants. At this moment, formerly-shirtless guy
looked like a giant even though he wasn’t freakishly tall or anything, maybe
slightly over six feet.
“Well, how else can you explain being here?” I
stated what I thought was the obvious. I tried to stand on my toes, hoping to
make myself appear taller.
Author Bio
Kira is a magic junkie and loves writing YA
paranormal romances. Some of her heroes include: Jack the Pumpkin King, Willy
Wonka, Larry David, Princess Tiana, the vampire Lestat, Andy and her Maltese
Costanza.
Twitter @KiraSaito
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