The Mortal One by Shannon Bell Tour Book Spotlight
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The Mortal One by Shannon Bell
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Genre: Paranormal
Romance
The Mortal One Series
follows Dylan, a woman who is trying to find herself, across Europe. After a
run-in with a wannabe vampire in Romania and gives up on their existence, Dylan
is cornered by Nico, a real vampire, in Florence. Nico catches her and her
heart by surprise. She is suddenly brought into vampire politics at their
worst. She needs to receive a mark to keep her safe, but there is another
vampire Olivier, who is trying to claim her as well. He has his reasons for
doing this and she is faced with who the best vampire is to be with.
~Excerpt~
“Before I could scream,
several things happened. He pressed himself down the front of me, sandwiching
me between his hard body and the equally hard brick wall. Then the vampire’s
mouth descended onto mine, kissing me with a crushing intensity lasting for at
least half a minute. Somewhere during the kiss, I rose up on my toes to meet
his lips.
The commotion at the
other end of the alley stopped. He withdrew from the kiss as quickly as it had
begun. I watched him take a step back and lick his lips to savor the taste. I
backed myself against the wall to steady myself and pressed my palms flat
against the cold brick. The kiss left me breathless. Not because it was from a
vampire, but because it was powerful. No one’s ever kissed me like that. If
Chris had, I might have fought to stay with him.
I fought the urge to run
my fingers through his short waves and press my lips against his again. I also
fought the urge to turn and run in the opposite direction because I was
attracted to a vampire.
“That was not meant to
happen.” He looked past me, purposefully avoiding my gaze.
I took in a very shaky
breath. What was that?
“The shop owner you saw
earlier hadn’t seen you walk past again. He was checking to see if you were
okay. He would have called the police if he thought you were in danger. It was
the only way to be convincing.” Niccoló looked away as he didn’t believe what
he was saying, either.
“Oh,” was all I could
manage out. I couldn’t get my mind to make any coherent thoughts. It made sense
he didn’t want to get caught, but a kiss? I wasn’t complaining, which should
have meant that I was completely insane.
Normal people don’t want
to be kissed by a vampire who’s about to kill them!
“You are one of the
strangest mortals I’ve ever met.”
I needed to get better
at keeping my thoughts to myself. The fact he could read my mind was getting
annoying and more than a little embarrassing.
“You’re one of the
strangest vampires I’ve ever met.” I countered.
He laughed again. “I’m
the only vampire you’ve ever met.”
“True,” I hesitated.
“But how can you want to kill me in one moment and kiss me the next?” I
probably should have kept my mouth shut. I didn’t want to remind him of his
original plan.
Buy Links: The
Mortal One (#1): Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Immortality Stolen
(#2): Amazon Barnes and Noble
~About the Author~
Shannon Bell grew up in
Florida and has always dreamed about vampires - and still secretly hopes they
exist. She is married to someone who tolerates her crazy story-telling about
Romania and has a daughter she hopes will have the same enthusiasm for vampires
when she grows up.
Shannon has a BA in
Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida as well as an online
degree in vampirology. She is a full-time writer and currently hard at work on
her next novel.
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