From Award of Excellence finalist and Angie Award winner, Susannah Scott, comes a new, ancient world series full of exiled magicians, imperiled dragon-shifters, and steamy romance.
An outcast magician with lousy control...
Kingdom Come: Book 1
Susannah Scott
Kas is a half-light with the “gift” of invisibility and healing, but her sometimes deadly magic makes her distrusted by her own people. In an effort to prove her worth and save her people from execution, she infiltrates an enemy castle on a spy mission, but is kidnapped by a powerful intruder. When her only friend is taken hostage as well, Kas has no choice but to embrace her volatile magic and turn to her captor for help.
A dragon-shifter king with an island in revolt...
Cullen is the most powerful dragon of his generation, but strength and cunning won’t stop the mysterious scourge killing his kinsmen. After he steals Kas away to heal them, he’s incensed to find her magic is uncontrollable. Despite her unpredictable powers and non-existent fighting skills, he soon becomes convinced she holds the key to saving the dying dragon race. He’s willing to do anything to gain her cooperation. Even if it means breaking all taboos and seducing the crafty little magician.
With a kingdom of enemies after them both, Kas and Cullen must learn to trust each other before their kingdoms are rendered extinct.
DRAGONS WILL FALL is a full-length HEA, stand-alone fantasy romance about a woman who doesn’t trust anyone, not even herself, and the Dragon King who convinces her to examine her fears and desires. The series may appeal to fans of Warprize, Throne of Glass, Radiance, and the Dragon Blood series. Due to “open-door” sexual content and dastardly-dude-comeuppance, this book is recommended for mature readers.
Also available: Nook, Scribd, Oyster, Tolino, and Page Foundry
Kingdom Come Series:
Book 1: Dragons Will Fall, (Kas and Cullen) September 2015
Book 2: Waters Will Rage, (Muriel and Hank), early 2016
Book 3: Kingdom Come, (Felix and Lettie), late 2016
Excerpt:
Armati dragged her to
the library door, kicked the guard aside, and pulled her into the hallway. No
other guards seemed to be coming. If she let him drag her from the castle, she
would be lost. Her best chance at escape was now, when he dealt with the
humans. Kas turned herself to invisible and wrenched away, but his grip didn't
waver.
At the top of the stairs,
he paused and spoke directly into her ear. “Behave.”
Behave?
She fought in earnest,
kicking and hitting at him all the way down, but only managed to bang her heels
on the risers. Armati pulled her past the hearth room to the kitchen. Behind
them, a bell rang a single repeated clang, signaling that the castle was under
attack.
“Leave, now,” he said as
they entered the kitchen. The servants looked at him slack-jawed and fled out
the door.
Kas released her hold on
her cells, and the hum of transformation zipped along her nerves, allowing her
body to become wholly visible. “Let me go,” she said. “Or I'll start screaming
and bring the guards.”
His eyes swept from her
toes to her face. “You'll scream?” An amused muscle twitched near his mouth.
“I'm terrified.” He opened the cellar door and gave her a push downward.
She braced her arms wide
on the open door, resisting by holding the doorframe.
Armati brought his face
to her ear, and the scrape of his beard abraded the side of her chin. “Get in.
Now.” The words puffed along her neck, sending chills down her back.
She rammed her right leg
to his groin, but he caught her knee in a tight grip before she made contact.
He smiled the slow, taunting smile from the library, and slowly lifted her leg
past her waist. She jumped on her left foot to keep her balance.
Armati crowded her so
she had to back step down the cellar stairs. He closed the door behind them and
followed. Damp earth and stored onions filled her nostrils. Muted light from
the kitchen permeated the wooden floorboards above their heads.
“They'll find you.” She
composed her voice. “You'll never get away.”
He stalked toward her,
and she forced herself not to cower. His eyes dropped to her brown tunic,
pants, and boots. “Who are you?”
“I’m no one.”
“Not true,” he said with
a sardonic twist of his lips. “You've got a wicked right knee.” He walked
closer and she retreated until her back hit the cellar wall. “And magic, so
you're either a full Magician or a Half-Light.”
“I am no one,” she
repeated.
Without warning, he
reached forward and pulled open her shirt.
“Hey!” Buttons scattered
to the dirt.
Armati turned her so her
chemise pressed to the musty wall. He yanked her woolen shirt off her shoulders
and his hands lifted her under shirt from her back. His cursory inspection told
her that he wasn't after seduction.
“What are you doing?”
He released her and she
flipped around and tugged her clothes together. “You've no markings, and the
Magicians aren't prone to leave the mountain. You're a Half-Light.” He gazed at
her thoughtfully. “You know where the healer is.”
Kas shook her head. “No,
I don't.”
“I can hear your heart
beat and smell your emotions.” Armati leaned forward and inhaled deeply.
“You're lying.”
She pressed her lips
closed and crossed her arms over her ruined shirt. “I wouldn't piss on you if
you were on fire.”
Overhead, boots stomped
across the wood floor, sending dirt showering down. Armati stepped closer,
crowding her against the wall. The heat of his body leached through the narrow
space between them. “Is invisibility all you can do?”
She knew how to be
quiet.
Armati held his hands up
in mock surrender and stepped back a foot. “I need to talk to your leader.”
“What makes you think
I'm not our leader?”
He dragged his gaze from
her feet to her face, lingering briefly on her chest. A blush heated her cheeks
and she pulled her arms tighter around her torso. “You can't lead people
without good boots. Never know when you're going to need to stick one up an
ass.”
Praise for Susannah Scott...
"It is amazing to experience the extent of an author's imagination, and Scott really soars."~Sara Reyes, Kirkus Review
"Awesome! The book was fun and exciting to read. I was caught up in the fascinating, truly original storyline, romance, drama, action, and suspense... The sexual tension was great. The steamy scenes were hot."~ DebA, Night Owl Reviews Top Pick
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