Please welcome my guest blogger today Shari Elder with SHIFTER TRIALS.
Thank you
so much for hosting me. I’m thrilled to be here and have the chance to share my
story. Shifter Trials is a modern day
rewrite of the Atalanta myth, the strong Greek woman who would only marry the
man who beat her in a foot race. In this
case, Talia is an alpha shifter, and Hayden is her vampire trainer. Put them
together, turn up the heat and watch what happens.
Quick Facts
Title
of book:
Shifter Trials
Author:
Shari Elder
Genre:
Paranormal (Shifters/Vampires)
Type
of story:
Short
Story/Novella (@16,000 words)
Sexual
orientation: M/F
What's
hot: Seriously buff vampire with a secret,
oozing enough dominance to win
a female alpha.
Shifter Trials Blurb
On the night of the full moon, any male shifter can call the Trials to
race against Talia Orion, alpha of the united wolf-eagle clans. Clan law
requires Talia to marry the winner of the Trials, a grueling twenty-mile
marathon through dangerous, rugged terrain. The product of an unhappy,
political alliance masquerading as a marriage, Talia trains obsessively to
ensure she avoids her parents’ fate. Her newest vampire trainer, Hayden
Mitchell, makes her powerful even as he knocks down her defenses, and finds his
way, first, into her bed then into her heart.
Hayden has loved Talia since the first moment he saw her. As the
destined ruler of the vampire clan, he has another agenda – to politically
unite Talia’s clans with his own—what Talia fears most, and will never forgive
him for.
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Excerpt
“I hate swimming.” Talia
plopped on her back on the hard, packed dirt at the lake’s edge. Droplets of
water glistened on still sun-bronzed skin, even as the world inched toward
winter.
“I know how you feel,” Hayden said as he lay on
his side next to her, his head held up by a bent arm. With his free hand, he
pushed her wet locks behind her ear, letting his fingers glide along the soft
silk of her cheek. “You are so beautiful,” he whispered, his gaze holding on to
those mesmerizing eyes he could not get enough of.
“You don’t shrink from my eyes, my dominance.”
She arched up, as if offering her firm, cream-puff breasts to him to worship. He bit his cheek to stop from leaning over
and taking the gift he wanted with every fiber of his being.
“Why?” she continued.
He wanted to tell her the truth, to show her who
he was and how good they could be together. But too much was riding on the plan.
“I respect strength in any form.”
Her voice lowered, husky, seductive but also a
little sad. “I like it. It makes me want things I thought I could do without.”
She pushed the strap off her left shoulder exposing one creamy breast, the rose
pink nipple bullet hard. “I can’t anymore.” She snaked one hand through his
hair and led his mouth to her exposed peak. “I know you want this.”
The spicy scent of her arousal was an
aphrodisiac, weaving through his senses, tensing his body until he thought he’d
snap if he didn’t take her. Weakened by desire, he didn’t resist the treat
teasing his lips. He lapped the peak with his tongue, then lashed and suckled
it harder or softer, in response to Talia’s throaty moans. The salty sweet
taste of her skin was a delicacy he’d been dreaming about sampling for so long.
About Shari Elder
By day, Shari Elder saves cities. By night, she builds
them—on Saturn’s rings, under a lilac bush, in a coral reef – then packs them
full of shifters, vampires, Olympian gods, extra-terrestrials or whatever else
comes into her head. In all these wondrous worlds, romance and passion blossom,
since she cannot resist writing a happy ending, especially for those who have
given up on ever getting one. Now that's satisfaction.
Raised on science fiction and fantasy, fueled by coffee and
red wine, Shari writes early in the morning, late at night, and in between
crises at home. She lives, contentedly albeit crazily, with her teen-age
daughter, teen-age dog, and the elderly cat who rules the roost.
Shari loves co-creating stories and ideas, so the blog
comment section is always open.
Find Shari
Twitter: @ShariEStories
Thanks so much for stopping by, Shari. :)
Thanks so much for hosting me. This has been a great opportunity to meet other author Evernight authors quickly.
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