There's no danger greater than falling for your enemy…
Publication date: June 30th
Series Name: The Angel Assassins #2
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Imprint: Select Otherworld
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy Romance
The Nephilim are bound. Their powers cursed. But half-angel Kasdeja will do anything to free them from Heaven's tyranny. When Kas is approached by a striking, mysterious woman, she tells him his greatest enemies hold the key to his freedom.Mariel keeps herself shrouded in secrets, using them to hide her true self. For she is not just employed by the Renegades--enemy fallen angels—she is a double agent, working on the sly for Heaven. Her directive is to seduce the gorgeous Nephilim—despite her insecurity about such sensual acts.For Mariel is playing a dangerous game, and falling for Kas could only cause trouble; her assignment isn't just seduction. It's destruction.
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Excerpt
The Nephilim grabbed Mariel's shoulder and squeezed. “You’re coming with me.”
Training
instincts kicked in. She slammed her elbow into his abdomen and cracked
the back of her fist into his throat. Kasdeja coughed but recovered too
quickly. He reached for her again, and she blocked his arm with hers.
He switched to his other arm, and she matched the move.
She
had once fought demons on the plains of Damascus. She’d hunted dark
elves in their underground cities. She’d survived the ambush that had
left her team—her friends— dead. No way on earth would a lone Nephilim
bring her down.
Desperation
fed her, and Mariel pressed her attack, but suppressed her strength. If
she could do some damage, she’d make it back to the Renegades while
Kasdeja remained alive. She spun a roundhouse kick toward the half
angel’s stomach, but he knocked her leg aside. He smoothly dodged her
punches but purposely avoided leveling a few of his own.
She
grappled for a way to end the fight. This was a mistake, and she
wondered why she refused to cause him unnecessary harm. Feigning a jab
to the left, she struck his face on the right. His head snapped to the
side, his long, loose hair flying. A lucky hit.
Kasdeja
swept one of her legs. Twisting, she narrowly missed a face-plant into
the pavement and rolled away from his boot before it collided with her
side.
The
fight had moved them deeper into the parking lot. Half a dozen cars and
trucks, parked inside and outside the painted lines, made maneuvering
dicey. The Nephilim’s arm came around faster than she expected and
slapped her into a spin.
Mariel
reached toward the blades hidden in her boots but changed her mind. She
stared at him and caught the stormy menace in his eyes. Distracted, she
failed to avoid the back of his arm as it drove into her stomach.
The air whooshed from
her lungs and Kasdeja pressed in, not giving her time to regain a
breath. He locked his large hands over her wrists, lifted her off her
feet, and shoved her, suspended by her wrists, against a brick wall. A
sunburst exploded behind her eyes. Agony blasted through her body and
escaped her mouth in a sharp cry.
“Damn you. I should bury you,” the assassin said in a choppy voice.
Tricia Skinner
Tricia Skinner is an author of passionate dark fantasy. She is a features writer for Fresh Fiction and a project manager for Short Fuse. She began her writing career as a business reporter and wrote for The Detroit News, Investor’s Business Daily, MSN, and The Houston Chronicle.
Raised in Detroit, Tricia graduated with a BA degree from the nationally acclaimed Journalism Institute for Media Diversity at Wayne State University. She earned a Masters of Liberal Studies – Creative Writing degree from Southern Methodist University and will obtain a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2017.
Diversity in genre fiction is dear to Tricia’s heart. She is represented by Laurie McLean, co-founder of Fuse Literary Agency. When not writing, Tricia can be found reading, lifting weights, or geeking out over games, movies, and music. She has a Tom Hiddleston obsession, and she is Team Vader. Her family includes three Great Danes (so far).).
