Words
That Bind
Ash
Krafton
Genre: paranormal romance
Publisher: The
Wild Rose Press
Date of Publication: Oct. 10,
2014
ISBN: 978-1-62830-560-9
ISBN: 978-1-62830-561-6
Number of pages: 314
Word Count: 75000
Cover Artist: Debbie Taylor
Book Description:
Social worker Tam Kerish can’t
keep her cool professionalism when steamy client Mr. Burns kindles a desire for
more than a client-therapist relationship—so she drops him. However, they
discover she’s the talisman to which Burns, an immortal djinn, has been bound
since the days of King Solomon…and that makes it difficult.
Ethical guidelines are
unequivocal when it comes to personal relationships with clients. However, the
djinn has a thawing effect on the usually non-emotive Tam, who begins to feel
true emotion whenever he is near. Tam has to make a difficult choice: to stay
on the outside, forever looking in…or to turn her back on her entire world,
just for the chance to finally experience what it means to fall in love.
Available at Amazon and Wild
Rose Publishing
Short
Excerpt:
“So. You’ve
destroyed a stereotype for me. A genie who lives in a library. Different.”
“When in Rome,
no?” He stirred his cup before setting down the spoon with a light clink
against the saucer. “Or, I suppose it is more accurate to say when in human
form. When I am Burns, I prefer here.”
“Human form.” It
didn’t sound right. Who said things like that, and meant it? “Can you change
into anything you want? Any shape at all?”
He stretched out
his legs and cocked his head, sliding his gaze up and away. “I suppose I could.
I’m getting old and set in my ways. There’s this…” He swept his hands down the
line of his body.
Her eyes were unable
to keep from following, not even when he lingered over his midsection. Even
lounging, his shirt was tightly tucked into his beltline. No belly fat there.
He tilted his
head and gave her an upper-teeth smile, nibbling gently at his lower lip. “And
apparently this form is pleasing to the eye, so I wear it often. But there are
others. Tiger, a favorite. Savage and regal and the colors of flames in the
night. Fearsome to behold, but very useful when dealing with physical
conditions in which a human form may be outmatched. Plus, I can lash my tail.”
His voice took a
teasing, conspirator’s tone. “I love my tail. You’d love it too, if you saw
it.”
She trained her
eyes firmly upon his. No way would she give him the pleasure of checking out
his tail.
About
the Author:
Ash Krafton is a speculative
fiction author from northeastern Pennsylvania. Krafton’s first novel, Bleeding
Hearts was published in 2012 as part of a three-book urban fantasy series The
Books of the Demimonde (Pink Narcissus Press).
An urban fantasy novella,
Strangers at the Hell Gate, was published by Wild Rose Press in 2013. Her
latest project, Words That Bind, won first place in the HeRA RWA “Show Me the
Spark” 2013 competition; it is also available through Wild Rose Press as an
October 2014 release.
Krafton also writes New Adult
speculative fiction novels under the pen name AJ Krafton. Upcoming titles
include The Heartbeat Thief, Face of the Enemy, and the award-winning Takin’ It
Back. She is part of a YA/NA collective known as the Infinite Ink Authors.
In addition to novel-length
fiction, Krafton enjoys writing poetry and short prose, some of which earned
distinctions in various writing competitions. One of her poems was also
nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She’s a proud member of Pennwriters, Romance
Writers of America, and Pikes Peak Writers. Krafton is also a staff blogger for
the Query Tracker Blog.
Thank you for hosting me today! I'm really excited about this new book and I hope everyone gets a chance to enter the giveaway...
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Thank you for sharing your excerpt sounds good, thank you for the giveaway too!!
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