By
Moonlight
Book
10
Nancy
Gideon
Genre: dark
paranormal
Date of
Publication: 10-26-15
ISBN:
9781517777852
ISBN: 157777852
ASIN: B016FUGSRM
Number of
pages: 326
Word Count: 105,000
Cover
Artist: Patricia Lazarus
Summary
He feared no
man, no foe, no obstacle or challenge . . .
Burdened by the
weight of his secrets and his father’s sins, the need for redemption pulls Cale
Terriot from his duty to his clan and the arms of his new mate into deadly
intrigues in a rival territory. His dangerous
masquerade in a high-stakes Shifter fight club is about to be exposed to those
who would show no mercy – if he can survive in the ring.
How to protect a
prince turned king made pawn?
Fearing she’ll
lose her soulmate to the darkness he carries inside, Kendra Terriot, newly made
queen in the Shape-shifter House of Terriot, must provide him with an heir in
order to save his life . . . and his soul.
But first she must risk all to coax him back from the edge of violence
inherited with his crown.
Can her love
tear him from an unbreakable vow that can only end in death?
“Every delicious
word Nancy Gideon puts on the page exhilarates with a sensuous ferocity. Hopelessly addicted.”
—Darynda Jones,
NY Times Bestselling Author
“Complex
characters, vivid writing and intriguing plot twists keep readers coming back
to Gideon’s magical NOLA.”
–Publishers
Weekly
Excerpt
1 from UNLEASHED BY SHADOWS . . .Cale
He feared no
man, no foe, no obstacle or challenge. He’d learned to stand his ground and
take it without a wince while growing up with the most to prove in the House of
Terriot. He’d been schooled beneath the heavy heel and meaty fists of Bram
Terriot, bearing the marks of those lessons scored into his skin and once
tender psyche. He understood intimidation better than he did compassion. Had
once indulged in every savagery Lee now expected from him. Would have become a
brutal, heartless monster walking the same path his father followed had it not
been for the two things that called to his latent decency: The brothers who’d
fearlessly stood beside him and the female brave enough to believe his claims.
He owed them. He owed his family
prosperous lives without fear and subjugation, where pride wasn’t measured in
cruelties. He owed the woman he loved the fulfillment of promises made by a
starry-eyed boy. He owed them a future in which they bowed to no one and had no
reason to expect the worse from one another. And to achieve those things, all
he had to do was right the wrongs of the man who’d desecrated the crown he now
represented.
All . . .
With a weary laugh, Cale closed his
eyes.
His debt. His burden. His to carry
and complete alone. No whining about the costs to body, heart or soul. No
crying over what couldn’t be changed, repaid or repaired. No shirking from
sacrifices sure to cost more than he’d ever thought to wager. The blood on his
hands would never come clean. There was no forgiveness for his sins—the sins of
the father now those of the son. He was lost but he wouldn’t drag those he
loved and respected down with him. Not while he still had strength and breath
and opportunity.
He couldn’t save his people hiding
on their mountain top. He couldn’t purge his guilt without a willingness to
surrender his life.
And he couldn’t protect his mate if
he couldn’t provide her with his heir.
Excerpt
2 from UNLEASHED BY SHADOWS . . .Kendra
She’d
spend her entire life cloistered behind protective walls both physical and
psychological in the care of her protective cousins. She’d been an object of
pity, of well-meaning devotion that smothered more than it sheltered, of
terrorizing manipulation being dangled as a prize in a battle for a crown.
She’d never known emotion stronger than her fear until a fierce, claiming kiss
on a moonlit night woke her to passion. She’d never known independence until
she clasped a dangerous prince between her knees on her first wild motorcycle
ride down a mountainside. She’d never realized her own strength until a
hoarsely whispered, “Don’t let me fall” demanded it of her.
The
timid girl clinging to the protection of others had evolved into a woman eager
to embrace all the world offered, beginning with an impulsive trip to a
dangerous city to support her prince now king.
If
Brigit MacCreedy could see her now.
Since bonding, she’d felt driven by
an almost ferocious need to provide whatever her mate needed be it comfort,
support, or the one thing he desperately desired that she’d yet to supply. A
child to cement their relationship and his legacy.
About
the Author:
Nancy
Gideon
is the award winning author of over 58 romances ranging from historical,
regency and series contemporary suspense to dark paranormal, with a couple of
horror screenplays tossed into the mix, and is currently testing the “Hybrid
author” waters. She works full time as a
legal assistant in Southwestern Michigan, and when not at the keyboard, feeds a
Netflix addiction along with all things fur, fin and fowl. She’s also written
under the pen names Dana Ransom, Rosalyn West and Lauren Giddings, and is a
member of the Mid-Michigan, PAN and FF&P Chapters of RWA.
Giveaway:
Thanks for hosting me on Release Day, Stephanie!!
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