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Friday, September 14, 2018

Then... everything changed... Jaguar by Kayden McLeod


Life seemed so normal before I met the perfect guy. Then everything changed. 


Description:

Published: July 2018

Life seemed so normal before I met the perfect guy. Then everything changed. 

Sun, swimming and camping is the picture perfect vacation for Katrina. She needs a break from what has become her everyday life. She meets Kalvyn, tall, dark, with captivating green eyes. The attraction is instant, highly sexual, skittering on the edge of dangerous. In her heart, she knows there is something about Kalvyn he isn’t saying. When strange sighting of wild cats in the campgrounds, her life falls to shambles, and she has nowhere to turn. Kalvyn tries to protect her, but what man can protect the woman he loves, from himself? 

EXCERPT

He circled me, and I rotated with him. “Come now, Katrina. Tell me, have you ever done anything truly exhilarating, pushing past your limits until you couldn’t see them anymore? Something that made your heart race, adrenaline pumping through you?”
The naughty answer that flashed in my mind never left my mouth. But it flashed in my eyes. My cheeks burned. He threw his head back and laughed.
“Okay, perhaps the wrong description. Ever jumped out of a plane?”
“Hell no.”
            “Bungee jumped?”
            “Now you’re just teasing me.”
“True. Okay. Realism I can do. Ridden a roller coaster?”
“No. I don’t trust those things.”
He stopped. So did I.
“Is there anything you do trust?” He said. Yeah, Lola. But that went without saying. “It’s time for a change, Katrina. It’s time for you to step out of your suffocating box. Life isn’t life, until you live it.”
“By jumping off of a cliff?”
“For you, baby steps are necessary.” He turned me around and pointed over the edge. “To feel the wind running through your hair, caressing your skin. The freefall is how you break free from oppression.” He wrapped his fingers around my wrist, and walked around me. “Take a leap of faith. Find your freedom. Live.”
Oh my God, he pouted. He actually stuck out that temptingly full bottom lip and batted his eyelashes!
“I’m afraid of heights.”
            “Ahh, fear. Mankind’s greatest crippling block. Fear is of the unknown, until you crash through barriers, take fate by the hair and make her your bitch.”
            Now that’s a visual for you.
            “And if I break something?”
            “We’re hitting deep water down there, not concrete. I wouldn’t ask you to do something, if there was a chance you would hurt yourself. I’ve jumped much higher.”
            “Only you could make a rational argument out of this.”
            “Is that a yes?”
            “If I die, I’ll kill you.” No, the contradiction was not lost on me.
            “I will keep you safe, Katrina. I gave you my protection. That is no small thing.”
            I rolled my eyes to hide my nervousness. “Fine. Let’s do this.”
“I promise you won’t regret this.”
            I snickered. “You promise a lot.”
            “I never break my promises. Once you get to know me, you will understand what honor and integrity mean to me.”
            I swallowed. “Yeah, yeah. Let’s plummet to our impending death before I lose my nerve.”
            “My, my. I think I am insulted with your pessimism. Tomorrow, we shall work on that.”
            He didn’t give me a chance to reply. He yanked on my arm, and we ran at the cliff full speed. 

About the author:
Kayden McLeod is a paranormal and fantasy author, who dreams big, and writes bigger. She gets her inspirations from all manners of life and events that surround her. She is best known for her paranormal books, the Coven Series. Now, she embarks on new adventures in the dark world of Shadowdyn, found in the pages of the Demon Queen Series. As well, she has started to write her first YA fantasy books under the name Kinsey Knight.

She is an award winning Cover and Graphic Artist, and the co-owner of Otherworlds Publicity. In the past, she's completed cover art for a variety of publishers, although her freelance makes up most of her portfolio.

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2 comments:

Laura said...

I love shifters! Especially the big cats. This sounds fun. Great cover too!

CCAM said...

These perfect guys... always bring problems or at least challenges. And did I say that I like cats? :P
I will try it, thank you.