Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Touched Series by Nancy Straight Excerpt & GIVEAWAY


Title: Touched Series:  Blood Debt, Centaur Legacy, Centaur Rivalry, Centaur Redemption
Author: Nancy Straight
Publisher: Self-published
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Paranormal Romance / Greek Mythology




Blood Debt, Book 1 Synopsis:
Her whole life, it had just been the two of them. Before her mother’s last breath, she gave Camille the information she had craved her entire life: the identity of her father. Daring to contact him, Camille was welcomed by an entire family she never knew existed. But nothing comes without a price, as she discovers when her family claims a legendary heritage tracing back to a Centaur touched by Zeus.

As she learns the secrets of her Centaur bloodline, she is drawn into a forbidden love with Drake. Her family acknowledges her life may be the blood debt required to pay for her mother’s transgressions. The same person who once held her mother captive, and forced her into decades of hiding, now controls Camille. Her only chance is to seek a piece of her mother’s past that will win her freedom and the life she desperately desires.

Centaur Legacy, Book 2 Synopsis:
Camille and Drake are on the run from the head of the Centaur Council, seeking the mythical pasture of Thessaly and a family heirloom that may keep them safe. As their journey progresses from the rolling hills of Ireland to the snow covered forests of South Dakota, Cami learns more about her mother’s secrets, including a twin brother and a Centaur legacy that puts a death warrant on her entire family.

Camille and Drake don't know who to trust or where to hide. Camille’s family is quick to come to her aid, but who among them can be trusted?

A supernatural benefactor forces Drake to choose between being the man he wants to be and the Centaur warrior Camille needs him to be.

Centaur Rivalry, Book 3 Synopsis:
The Centaur world is rocked as news spreads of the Lost Herd, Camille's existence, and her Centaur protector. A death order against Camille's father and family sends all into hiding.

Camille and Drake leave the country pursued by the Lost Herd as well as by Centaur Council enforcers. Camille's twin brother Cameron is manipulated by the Council Head and is quickly becoming her newest enemy.

Amid unexpected new protectors, enemies, and romances, Camille and Drake make their plans to travel to Africa to confront the Centaur Council. They hope acceptance of Camille as Chiron's heir, yet knowing that her link to the Lost Herd could require them to kill or to be killed.

Centaur Redemption, Book 4 Synopsis:
Cami and Drake’s honeymoon is cut short as they escape attacks by the Council Enforcers and head to South Africa for the meeting of the Centaur Council, which has ordered a death sentence on Cami and all members of the Lost Herd. The Council Chairman is her grandmother, her most dangerous foe. Surrounded by family and friends, Drake and Cami face the Council, Cami’s power-hungry uncles, an ambitious twin, taking the battle all the way to Zeus to attempt to win the freedom of the Tak herd.

Excerpt from Centaur Rivalry, by Nancy Straight (Touched Series, Book 3)
In a fluid motion Drake opened a door along the wall I hadn’t noticed before.  He pulled me into the dark room and shut it behind us.  My eyes hadn’t adjusted to the dark, and it felt about thirty degrees colder.  The floor was made of cement – we were in the garage.
His hand returned to the tender skin of my lower back while his other cupped my jaw.  Drake’s voice was slow, “I missed you.”
His lips were on mine, soft and gentle – not matching my own building fire.  Drake’s touch fed off my hunger; his fingers dug hard into my back, pulling me fully to his body.  I could feel him, all of him, as we stood wrapped together in the frigid garage.  His voice sent shivers all the way to my toes, “I want you.”  His body guided me up against the metal door we had just walked through, as his other hand went to my face.
Drake’s lips refused to let mine go.  My heart beat erratically, the sound so loud I could hear the beating of it in my ears.  I couldn’t get the words out, so I answered him in thought, “You can have me.  Here.  Now.”  I laced my hands around the towel gathered at his waist, my fingers sliding just under the rim.  His skin was smooth, warm – inviting my touch.
A moan escaped his lips as he pressed his body fully into mine while his answer echoed in my mind.  “You feel incredible.
I didn’t care that the door my back was pressed against felt like ice through my clothes.  I didn’t care that the room was so dark we could have been in a cave.  I only cared that Drake’s body was hot against mine, just as warm as it had been the night I found him shirtless in the woods before a blizzard.  His lips were soft and his muscles rigid.



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Author Bio:

I LOVE Starbucks’ White Mocha Latte and Mountain Dew, (but not together). I have a lead foot so I set cruise control when I drive, even in 25 MPH zones. I almost never win when I play Angry Birds, but have my 9 year old close, so he can clear the hard levels for me. I grew up on a farm and am opposed to eating fresh chicken (not opposed to meat - just opposed to any meat that was alive a few hours before lunch). I am a huge fan of the show, Big Bang Theory, on CBS. I share my life with two fantastic sons, three rotten dogs and a husband that I adore.

Twitter: @NancyStraight

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