Blood Mate (24 page)

He held his gaze
in the mirror as he picked up the jewelry from the dresser and
secured the cross around his neck. The familiar weight settled
against his bare chest, the silver searing through each layer of skin
to burn straight into his soul. The smoke rose off his flesh like
dramatically timed fog in a ballet. His heart fluttered in an
uncertain and curious cadence. No longer the dull, steady
thrumming—the march that went beyond the edges of the universe and
kept going. It was a new beat. One that could change. Or someday end.

Through the smoke,
August glimpsed the ghost of a smile.

If
you enjoyed
Blood Mate
, please consider some of Kitty's other
titles:

(note: links go to the US
Kindle store)

Submissive Fairy Tales:
A collection of novellas: The Auction, Awakening, and The King's Pleasure

The Auction:
Belle lives on a planet where women are auctioned off on their 18th
birthday, but the rich girls don’t have to worry as they are soon
set free. Belle has bargained to get a friend to buy and release her,
but her plan goes awry when one of the alien creatures on the planet
outbids him.

The King's Pleasure:
Abigail is moments from losing her hand for stealing bread in the
castle, when the King is awakened by her screams and decides he’d
rather keep her.

Awakening:
Nerina is a mermaid unfamiliar with the sexual ways of humans, until
she washes ashore and a wealthy landowner becomes determined to
awaken her in order to turn her human.

The Last Girl: (Another vampire tale)
Juliet is haunted by dreams of a man who once broke into her home but
left her unharmed. He’s been waiting for the right moment to come
back for her.

Comfort Food:
A woman held captive by a man who refuses to speak to her. Touch is
the only form of communication he’ll offer.

Mafia Captive:
Faith witnesses a mob hit and instead of being killed, becomes an
unlikely Christmas present for the mobster’s kinder twin brother.

Guilty Pleasures:
Vivian is sexually shut down until she meets massage therapist,
Anton, who will go to any lengths to awaken her body to him.

Tender Mercies:
Grace doesn’t want play kink. She wants a real master. But will it
cost her everything?

Big Sky:
Veronica is deep in debt until an attractive rancher comes along with
an offer that is too good to be true.

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Thank you to the
following people in no particular order:

Robin for cover art! And
for re-doing it to a new template size when we realized the page
count estimate was WAY off!

Karen and Michelle for
beta reading. Extra thanks for coming to my aid in brainstorming
developmental editing sessions and continuing to take a look at
changes, new scenes, etc. Definitely above and beyond when I was in a
tight spot!

M for digital formatting
and putting up with my angst-puppy routine during the final stages of
the book. Love you!

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