Series: Rite World: Vampire Wars #1
Publication date: October 29th, 2021
Synopsis:
Supernaturals around Portland are turning up dead. I'm next... if the vampire I just made a powerful bond with doesn't kill me first.
Magic is in a short supply for a half-witch like me, which makes things very difficult when I'm bound by a blood promise to avenge my parents.
With no leads left to follow, I make a bargain with a demon for help. Bad decision. The quest the demon sends me on binds me to a vampire named Killian, a half-mad, half-naked monster who hates my guts almost as much as he longs to drink my blood.
Killian swore to kill all witches on sight, but we agree to work together to solve the murders ravaging the city. He despises me, and I can't stand him... but there's an unexpected connection between us, something I can't help but be curious about.
No, I can't let anything distract me. Not even a hot and enraged vampire who presses all of my freaking buttons. I'm determined to find my parents' killers, and stop the chaos taking over the supernatural world.
If only love didn't get in the way.
A delicious slow-burn enemies to lovers novel, The Darkest Vampire is a new adult urban fantasy that's full of dark romance, adventure, and twists you won't see coming. Fans of Linsey Hall, Leia Stone, and Jaymin Eve are going to become obsessed with this brand-new paranormal series by Juliana Haygert!
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Excerpt
"I see now why no one wants to come into the haunted house," he said, his tone amused.
"Yeah, me too." I pressed my free hand to my stomach. "Oh my God, that was ridiculous. In a good way." I took a deep breath and calmed down a little. I stared up at him. "Thank you for that."
His eyes searched mine. "Anything for you."
My breath caught. The way he held my hand so close to him, this moment, this tiny place, the way he looked at me...
"Killian," I started, not sure what I would say, I couldn't find any more words when his gaze dipped to my neck. Damn, so that was it. Like I always thought... he just wanted my blood, nothing more.
I pulled back, but Killian held on to my hand and tugged me closer again. His eyes moved to my mouth and it was all I saw before he crashed into me. I gasped as his lips brushed mine, a butterfly's kiss, so soft, so gentle, it was barely there. Oh, damn, I needed more, so much more. I fisted his jacket and held him in place, close to me. A snarl rumbled from his chest and then his lips claimed mine, not gentle at all. I opened my mouth, letting him in. Killian's hand clasped behind my back as his tongue plunged in. Oh my God... his kiss was pure sin. I had been kissed before, of course, but not like this, not by him. His mouth tasted like cotton candy and mint and I wanted to eat him up all day long.
Killian let go of my hand, sliding his own around my waist, under my shirt, touching my bare skin... My knees became jelly. He splayed his hand on my lower back, his touch eliciting a shiver up my spine, and held me up against him. My body glued to his. Paradise.
I would my arms around his neck as somehow he deepened the kiss even more. My brain turned into fog and all I knew was Killian. Killian's mouth. Killian's body. Killian's sensual touch...
A scream came from the haunted house, followed by laughter.
Killian broke the kiss.
He dropped his arms.
Stepped back.
His eyes met mine. His jaw hardened.
Without another look, he turned and left.
He left me alone in the dark.
While Juliana Haygert dreams of being Wonder Woman, Buffy, or a blood elf shadow priest, she settles for the less exciting--but equally gratifying--life of a wife, mother, and author. She resides in North Carolina and spends her days writing about kick-ass heroines and the heroes who drive them crazy.
