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Death Is a Bitch
Author: Cate Masters
ASIN: B008RQFJEQ
Format : Kindle
Pages: 113
Genre: Urban
fantasy/dark paranormal
Summary
Eternity can suck
when it’s all work, work, work. Death harvests souls even when they stack up
faster than pancakes in an all-you-can-eat-buffet. No wonder she can’t shed the
Grim Reaper rep.
As the patron angel
of death and dying, Azrael works closely with Death but is dying for true
intimacy. She’s the only immortal who’s ever aroused such powerful emotions in
him. One taste of her leaves him needing her like humans need air and food, but
will a demon’s lies leave a bad taste?
No one escapes
Death – except King Sisyphus. Twice. With the help of Damien the demon,
Sisyphus tries again, and she’s determined to have justice. Some say Death’s a
bitch, but only when she has to be. But will the price of justice be a broken
heart?
Short
Excerpt
Death stepped from the shadowy curtain of night along a
deserted stretch of road toward the mangled hunk of cherry-red metal that used
to be a sweet Z240 sports car. Stardust glinted in the black hair that dipped
to her waist.
She kept a safe distance from the wreck. Inside, a thirtyish
man slumped behind the wheel, the air bag deflating away from his near-lifeless
body. Blood oozed from a nasty gash to his head. Should have worn his seat
belt. Too late for life lessons, though. Those weren’t her expertise anyway.
Just the opposite.
Leaves crackled in the underbrush beyond the nearby trees. Death gripped the silver charm bracelet on her wrist, her senses on high alert. Her finger poised near the hidden latch, ready to release a stream of lightning.
A deer. It stilled, its wide eyes fixed on her.
Seeing nothing else, she continued with a modicum of caution. Taking souls didn’t exactly make her popular, and after so many millennia, she should’ve been used to it. The bad jokes. The Halloween parodies. A scythe? Please. She’d never used cheap props. Only the finest weaponry. No mortal ever suspected the intricately designed baubles adorning her bracelet were anything more than ornamental.
Moonlight gleamed off the curves of the sports car, and she ran a gilded nail along its hood. She wouldn’t mind taking one of these babies for a spin. In its former condition, of course, before this guy took the curve too fast and wrapped it around a tree. Humans always rushed everywhere, sometimes straight into her arms.
The man’s moan signaled she had no need for weapons. This one would give her no trouble. She fingered his blond hair, matted with blood. What a shame. So young, and so handsome. He’d leave at least one lover grieving, no doubt.
His eyes fluttered open. When he looked up, recognition intensified the flicker of life in his eyes.
She needed no introduction. They always knew her,
unmistakable in the glimmering black filament gown, its folds revealing a
glimpse into infinity.
The stilettos usually earned a second glance, the four-inch heels glistening like fool’s gold. The butterfly tattoo spanning her upper arm likewise drew curious looks, which inevitably changed to horror when the souls recognized the face imprinted within that colorful ink: their own.
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Author Bio
Cate Masters loves romance with a dash of magic and
mayhem! Multipublished in contemporary to historical, sweet to erotic,
fantasy/dark fantasy to speculative, she sometimes mashes genres. Reviewers have described her stories as “so compelling, I did not
want to put it down,” and “such romantic tales that really touch your soul.”
When not spending time with her family, she can be
found in her lair, concocting a magical brew of contemporary, historical, and
fantasy/paranormal stories with her cat Chairman Maiow and dog Lily as company.
Look for her at http://catemasters.blogspot.com
and in strange nooks and far-flung corners of the web.
Cate loves to hear from readers! Friend her on Facebook or
Goodreads, or email her at: cate.masters AT gmail.com
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