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Demon Hunters # 2
By: A.S. Fenichel
Releasing July 7, 2015
Lyrical
When
Demons threaten Regency London, only a Lady can stop them.
Lillian Dellacourt is beautiful,
refined and absolutely lethal. She’s also the most feared and merciless demon
hunter in The Company. She’s come a long way from the penniless seamstress’s
daughter sold to the highest bidder, and it wasn’t by trusting a man, let alone
an exiled Marquis with more on his mind than slaying the hellspawn . . .
For Dorian Lambert, Marquis de
Montalembert, being sent to keep track of Lillian is no mean task. He’s wanted
the fiery vixen since he first heard of her five years ago. But wooing the lady
while fighting the demon uprising is no easy feat, especially when the lady’s tongue
is as sharp as the Japanese sai blades she favors for
eviscerating the spawn of hell.
These two will have to learn to trust
each other fast, because the demon master is back, and he’s planning to turn
Edinburgh into a living hell…
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Excerpt
Holding up her hand, she pulled the horse to a stop. Dorian
slowed, watched, and waited.
Lillian touched her nose, alerting him to the scent of wood
burning. The wind came out of the northeast. The almost full moon lit the night
well enough. They dismounted, and tied the horses to a low bit of brush along
the rocky pass.
Spending the bulk of his time with the hunters behind a
desk, he willingly took a step back and allowed Lillian to take the lead. She
was far more experienced in the field. The fact that she was a woman meant
nothing in The Company.
He wished he was as unaffected by her feminine allure.
To his astonishment, she pulled a string at her waist,
which lifted her skirts, and she tucked them into some kind of belt hidden at
her hips. Above her high leather boots, he glimpsed her creamy thighs. His gaze
dropped to her curvy flesh and an array of weapons cleverly stored inside her
skirts instead of focusing on the danger ahead. He met her gaze.
“Try to stay alive, Dorian. Do not get distracted.”
He looked her up and down one more time. “You ask the
impossible, Lilly.”
The wicked look she gave him was almost as enticing as the
curve of her leg. She turned and climbed up the rock-strewn hill to the right. He
followed, making an effort not to admire her bare legs or the throwing knives
strapped around her right thigh. When they reached the precipice, flames blazed
as high as ten feet in the center of a clearing. Two demons fed the fire, one a
small trebox with scaly dark skin and the other a larger, dumber malleus
covered in slime. To the far left of the fire, three children huddled together.
The smallest girl wept loudly while the other two tried to comfort her.
Alive! A surge of elation followed by a wave of fear
assaulted him. Could he and Lillian keep those children alive?
The malleus stood as tall as the flames and sang in a low
grating tone. Firelight reflected off its slimy skin as it tore a year old tree
from the ground, roots and all. As if it were a twig, the malleus tossed it on
the fire. Flames roared higher and his voice grew louder. Dorian knew nothing
of the demon language, but the eerie cadence churned his guts.
The trebox slunk around the fire. He used two hands on a
sword, carving symbols in the hard ground. This trebox had shed his human
clothes, exposing his hunched back and visible ribcage.
A recent report had crossed his desk depicting a similar
scene in England. When they completed drawing the runes, the innocents would be
sacrificed. “They mean to open a gate. We only have until the song ends.”
Lillian’s eyes widened. She reached into the folds of her
underskirt and released a small crossbow from its holster, chocked an arrow,
and took aim. “We will need to move fast.”
“Ready.”
She let the arrow fly.
It pierced the malleus demon’s left eye, silenced the song
mid-word, and dropped the enormous monster to the ground before he even had
time to roar.
The trebox screamed in the language only demons understood.
He took up the song his comrade had been chanting and wrote faster in the dirt.
Dorian pulled one throwing knife from the belt strapped
around Lillian’s smooth skin. He jumped over the hill and ran down, dagger
raised in his left hand.
The trebox rushed at him with its eyes focused on the long
knife.
When he was within range, he let the smaller blade fly.
It buried deep in the greenish creature’s throat. He
crumpled with a whine.
Lillian ran behind him down the hill.
All three children screamed and cried.
She charged past them and kicked dirt on the fire.
“What are you doing?”
“I think he might have gotten the incantation finished.
Look at the way the smoke curls in on itself. Evil will find a way in even
without the sacrifice. Once opened, I don’t know how to close a gate.”
It was unnatural the way the smoke did not move with the
breeze. The ground rumbled. Dorian kicked dirt on the fire and rubbed out the
carved runes from the ground.
Rating: 5 of 5
Cover comment: Honsetly, when I first saw the cover I groaned and thought "o-kay," but after reading the book, I think it's a pretty good cover.
Book source: Netgalley. I received a promotional copy.
Deception, the second book in A.S. Fenichel's Demon Hunters series, has it all. Gripping action with an equally compelling storyline, two lead characters I fully loved, solid pacing, a unique premise, and I found it utterly charming. Lillian is the strong woman I like to read about in my paranormal and fantasy tales. As for Dorian, he is also a favorite type of man who can watch a woman take a demon out, support her, and find her sexy while doing it, and he stays alive too. For a story featuring killing demons and such, there was such a fun air between Lillian and Dorian when they weren't fighting the bad ones. They had incredible chemistry and yet, their growing relationship had a softness and sweetness usually found in sweet romances.
Even though this is the second book of the Demon Hunters series, I didn't read the first and had no any problems figuring out what was going on so this could be read as a standalone. Now that I've sampled this series, I'm hooked and definitely want more. I really enjoyed the author's writing style and how she mixed up facets of history along with the paranormal while adding in romance, plenty of the type of action found in urban fantasies, and sizzling chemistry. I loved it!
About the author
A.S. Fenichel gave up a successful
career in New York City to follow her husband to Texas and pursue her lifelong
dream of being a professional writer. She’s never looked back.
A.S. adores writing stories filled
with love, passion, desire, magic and maybe a little mayhem tossed in for good
measure. Books have always been her perfect escape and she still relishes
diving into one and staying up all night to finish a good story.
Multi-published in erotic paranormal,
contemporary and historical romance, A.S. is the author of the Mayan Destiny
series, Christmas Bliss and many more. With several books currently contracted
to multiple publishers, A.S. will be bringing you her brand of romance for many
years to come.
Originally from New York, she grew up
in New Jersey, and now lives in the East Texas with her real life hero, her
wonderful husband. When not reading or writing she enjoys cooking, travel,
history, and puttering in her garden.
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