All The Write Stuff: Day of Death

Day of Death

A Rise of the Dread Series Novel

by LaVerne Thompson

Genre: Dark Romance, SciFi Fantasy

I will stop at nothing to get to the truth, no matter whom it hurts or whom I have to kill.

Blurb:

My name is Piper Adams. I’m young for a special agent to the king, but I’m very, very good at what I do—which is finding the truth. I can temporarily take over and inhabit the mind of another. The Day Walker king knows this and values my gifts. He uses me when others fail. Like in a rare once-in-a-lifetime murder case.

There is unrest in the Kingdom of Day. One of the King’s Men, was brutally murdered just a block away from the palace. The victim is a high-ranking officer of the King’s Men. Local corruption control say he’s a spy and traitor to the Day Walkers and our king. The King’s Men call bullshit.

The king has tasked me with figuring out what really happened. Both sides will try to stop me from getting at the truth. No matter what, I’ll find their dirty secrets. I will stop at nothing to get to the truth, no matter whom it hurts or whom I have to kill. By writ of my king.

Excerpt:

As lunchtime approached, I yearned for a moment alone with Mallory, a chance to break free from the constraints of secrecy. I tried to remind myself of the potential consequences for my family and my carefully cultivated reputation, but as usual, I pushed it away. The desire to be with Mallory openly tugged at my heart.

"There you are, Robert." Mallory's smile was sharp and alluring, as she lightly knocked on the frame of my open door and leaned against it. She smoothed her blouse with nonchalant grace, but as she arched her back, her fantastic breasts were accentuated even more, seemingly just for me. "I thought you might've been devoured by your paperwork."

A tight smile tugged at my lips, but I tried not to look up, not to stare at her like some horny monster, which almost made me chuckle. "Mallory, the paperwork is a relentless monster, as you know."

Secluded in a remote corner, the universe condensed to a single table designed for quiet, conspiratorial exchanges. Our conversation pirouetted delicately between professional subjects and charged glances, steeped in unsaid thirsts.

"Robert," she began, her gaze unyielding as it burrowed into mine. She closed the door with the back of her heel and approached my desk, twirling a blond curl around her index finger. "Do you ever ponder if we're truly walking the right path?"

I faltered, my heart clattering against my rib cage. "That thought... it crosses my mind too, baby." Her timing was unnerving, forcing me to confront emotions I’d rather bury. "But we have responsibilities. Families, children... they trust us." The thought of my children became an unexpected lifeline against her insistent, seductive pull.

Yet Mallory was relentless. She laid her hand on mine and leaned over my desk, giving me a full view down her blouse, a daring move that heightened the tension. "Don't you get tired, Robert? Of always wearing a mask; never fully satisfied? Is this the life we want to keep leading... that you want to keep leading?"

Her touch sent a jolt through me, igniting a storm of conflicting desires. If only Alice could meet my needs, rekindle the passion that once was. But Mallory… she understood the depth of my unmet desires. And it was inevitable. She'd soon demand more. Each word of hers fanned the flame, but I knew I had to remain focused, to hold on to our precarious arrangement.

"We need to bide our time, Mallory." The sentence was a plea. A secret affair with my secretary must remain just that.

A secret.

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About the Author

LaVerne Thompson is a USA Today Bestselling, award winning, multi-published author, an avid reader and a writer of contemporary, fantasy, and sci/fi romances. She also writes romantic suspense and new adult under the pen name Ursula Sinclair, her alter ego, who likes her relationships a little more complicated. http://www.amazon.com/Ursula-Sinclair/e/B00415YAVK/

Her stories are highly sensual with erotic elements but she has a few that are considered erotic. Most of her books also have a touch of violence and a few more than that. She enjoys good action scenes in movies and has incorporated some of those elements in quite a few of her books. She is also a certified chocoholic.

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