Colbana Files #3
By JC Daniels
Release Day January 6, 2014
Kit Colbana: assassin, thief, and
investigator extraordinaire. Now broken. She always expected her past to catch
up with her but never like this. Haunted by nightmares and stripped of her
identity, she’s retreated to Wolf Haven, the no-man’s land where she found
refuge years before. But while she might want to hide away from the rest of the
world, the rest of the world isn’t taking the hint.
Dragged kicking and screaming back
into life, Kit is thrust head-first into an investigation surrounding the theft
of an ancient relic...one that she wants nothing to do with. Her instincts tell
her it’s a bad idea to just leave the relic lying about, but finding it might
be just as bad.
Forced to face her nightmares, she
uncovers hidden strength and comes face to face with one of the world’s
original monsters.
If she survives the job, she won’t be the same...and
neither will those closest to her.
Excerpt 1
Damon.
My heart raced. It had
been three weeks since I’d seen him. It seemed like longer. But it wasn’t long
enough. I couldn’t—
The door opened. My hand
convulsed on the water and the plastic crumpled. Lowering my gaze, I stared at
the water and sighed. Dumping it in the recycler, I dried my hands off. I was
surprised to see they weren’t shaking. That was nice, I thought. At least I
could face him without showing how much of a mess I was.
He’d know, of course.
Damon always knew.
My heart bumped against
my ribs as I turned around and saw him standing in the door. His hair had grown
out longer than I’d ever seen it, maybe even close to an inch all over. Eyes
the color of thunderheads stared at me as I stood there. A muscle pulsed in his
jaw.
The silence was weighted,
a heavy burden settling on my shoulders as I fought the urge to back away. Run.
Hide.
Nearly a month had passed
since he’d barreled his way through the wards at TJ’s. An eternity seemed to
stretch out between us, words hung unspoken, the pain in my heart, in my soul,
so vivid and all consuming, it all but doubled me over.
Doyle was the one to
shatter it. “Kit needs some information on somebody in the Clan.”
Damon shot me a look and
then focused on Doyle. “What for?”
“Work.”
Damon looked back at me,
taking in the gun, the K-bar strapped to my thigh and although he didn’t say
anything, I suspected he was fully aware of the fact that I was pretty much
loaded for bear. His gaze dropped to my belt—at least that was what I figured
he was looking at, although some part of me, the part that wasn’t instinctively
cowering in fear, felt a warm, shivery little tingle spark, then spread. I
rested my hand on my belt and stroked the silver wire of the garrote, needing
something to ground myself.
“You looking to kill one
of my cats, kitten?”
Excerpt 2
“I don’t like that woman,
Damon. I don’t like her at all.”
A muscle in his jaw
pulsed. “She’s a bitch, but the clan doesn’t exactly give out phone numbers
just because a human girl calls up looking for one.”
“And what about when your
girlfriend calls to talk to you after a fight?” I don’t know if I’d meant to
talk about that or not. But the words ripped out of me and…and they were justthere.
Thrown out like a sucker-punch and now they hung between us like an ugly, red
stain.
Silence struck, heavy and
weighted, crackling with more tension that I could stand.
Damon came off the couch
in a smooth, controlled motion, his eyes locked on my face and everything
inside him seemed…quiet.
Too quiet. All of that
caged, restless energy was sucked down and he just stared at me, unblinking. It
was damned unnerving.
Seconds ticked by and
finally, he said softly, “What did you just say?”
J.C. Daniels is the alter ego of
author Shiloh Walker and was created basically because Shiloh writes like a
hyperactive bunny and an intervention was necessary. J.C. is the
intervention. The name… J.C. Daniels is a play off of the three people
who pretty much run Shiloh’s life.
Professional Bio
J.C./Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in
love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to
the more…ah…serious works of fiction. She loves reading and writing just about
every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she
writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest. She writes
urban fantasy, romantic suspense and paranormal romance, among other things.
You can learn more and connect with JC here website
{link: http://jcdanielsblog.com}
, facebook {link: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorShilohWalker}
, twitter {link https://twitter.com/shilohwalker}
and goodreads {link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5921279.J_C_Daniels}
Giveaway Details:
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win a Kit & Damon goodie bag which will include
a silver
cuff bracelet inscribed with a quote from Shakespeare "Though she be
but little she is fierce..."
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A clouded leopard
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Thank you for hosting JC
ReplyDeleteYAY!! Fabulous book!
ReplyDeleteThanks for Hosting JC ... This is a great series, I have enjoyed all the books and can not wait for the next one.
ReplyDeleteAwesome excerpt! This book sounds good but look at the author, of course it sounds awesome :)
ReplyDeleteSigh! I LOVE this series! Thanks for sharing the excerpts.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read it! Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteLove this series!! =)
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//Linda