Darkest Dawn by E.I Jennings with Excerpt & GIVEAWAY

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Book – Darkest Dawn – Book Two in The Jessica Dawn Series

Author – E.I Jennings

Genre –Paranormal Erotica

Release Date – 31^st August 2013

Book Synopsis

The Darkest Days are finally upon us and the Daughters of
Eve shall rise again. 

Jess sacrificed herself for the people she loved but she now
has to pay the consequences for her actions because something dark is coming
and it is heading straight for her. She really did not think her life could get
any more complicated but when another tall dark stranger walks back into her
life she realises she has a decision to make. All she wants is for everyone to
leave her alone and let her live the life she thought she once had but things
are getting out of control fast. The love she has for Reuban can only ground
her for so long and her anger is beginning to spiral out of control. If she
tells him how she really feels she could lose him forever or get him killed and
that is a risk she could never forgive herself for. 

The Council have accepted her for what she is but has she?
There is a huge possibility everyone she loves is going to die if she stays,
but if she walks away she will have to leave the love of her life behind and
that would rip her soul apart.

The only way out is to work with the one person she hates
more than anything in this world and that was going to take a lot of
self-restraint if she was going to get through this nightmare without killing
him.

Reuban can see the torment within Jess and it is breaking
his heart. He would do anything to ease her pain even if it meant letting her
walk away, destroying him in the process. His only hope is to seek guidance
from Brigate and finally understand the true meaning of Megan's Prophecy. It
started with a Prophecy and it is there he will find the truth and it is a
secret that could tear the Council to pieces.

A fractured alliance will be formed again with a new
generation of warriors and Jess is at its centre. The war is about to begin and
a destiny will finally be fulfilled!

Author Bio

E.I Jennings lives in Derbyshire in the UK with her husband
and two black cats.  She has always had a
keen interest in writing and a vivid imagination.  At the age of 16 she wrote my first romance
short story as a hobby and never thought about publishing.  After a few jobs E.I Jennings re-evaluated
her life and has become an author full time specialising in Paranormal Romance
Erotica.  Her first novel Rising Dawn was
quickly followed by the novella Burning Desire; Juliet's Story.  E.I Jennings is currently working on the next
instalment in the Jessica Dawn Series and is hoping to release more in the near
future.  Each book are testament that
through hard work, imagination and a little help from friends anything is
possible and dreams can happen. 

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Rising Dawn – Book One in The Jessica Dawn Series - Amazon.co.uk  Amazon.com

Burning Desire – A Jessica Dawn Novella - Amazon.co.uk  Amazon.com

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Death & Maria…

I stood staring through the glass partition when I saw that
ginger Empath look up and storm in my direction.  I rolled my eyes and sighed.  Why did I always have to receive abuse from
women?  Civilisations had bowed down to
me in fear and now I couldn’t even scare a stupid Empath!

“What the hell do you think you’re doin?”  She was stood in my way with her hand on her
hips and it was taking all of my self-control not to move her out of the
way.  Jess was obviously feeling elated
because her wings were fully outstretched,

“I’M GOING TO SEE MY DAUGHTER, NOT THAT IT’S ANY OF YOUR
BUSINESS!” I frowned,

“And you can cut that out right now!”  And now the silly woman was pouting and
tapping her foot.  This will not do at
all!

“DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO I AM YOU SILLY CREATURE?” I
bellowed.  That should have scared her
but I watched in amazement when she looped her arm in mine and turned us
around.  I found myself looking over my
shoulder at Jess kissing her wolf while I was being manhandled by a woman,

“Yadda, yadda, yadda, I know exactly who you are and if you
call me a stupid ginger Empath once more I’m slapping your face.  Oh and you can pack that stupid voice in as
well.  It doesn’t work on me when Jess
does it and it sure as hell won’t work coming from Death, so you can just stop
it!”

“HOW DARE YOU SPEAK…”

“Seriously!  When was
the last time you spoke normal?  I’m
betting you didn’t speak to Eve like that, in fact I bet you were all hearts
and flowers before you knocked her up?” she interrupted.  If she wasn’t careful I would judge her right
here.  How dare she speak to me in this
manner!

“HOW…”  Heavens above,
she was interrupting me again!  She
stopped and stood in front of me placing her hand on my arm,

“Look cut the crap!  I
can feel how worried you are for Jess so be her father for once and not a ‘know
it all’ celestial being.  Her voice
scares the shit out of her and I’m guessing you had a hand in saving her again
so please try and be normal for her.”

“LOOK…” I coughed.  I
couldn’t believe a stupid ginger Empath was making me change my voice but here
I was doing just that, “…she is my daughter and I couldn’t let her die so I
helped her along a little.  Not that it’s
any of your business might I add!” I sighed,

“The name is Maria by the way, NOT the stupid ginger Empath!  Jess is ok but she will need time to come to
terms with the fact you’re here.  When
Eve died it destroyed her and she’s felt alone ever since.  Deep down she doesn’t even hate you, she
regrets not knowing you and so barging in there isn’t going to do you any
good.  I have no idea what you’re doing
here because Jess isn’t ready and you have incredibly shit timing!” she pouted,

“I am here to protect my daughter from the approaching
darkness and if I go back now Evelyn will have my balls!”  I seemed to have an uncontrollable urge to
talk to this woman and it was annoying.

“Excuse me, Evelyn?” she questioned looking puzzled.  Of course, she wouldn’t know Evelyn was in
the mists with me,

“Yes Evelyn, my wife and Jess’ mother.  She would not be pleased if I simply ran back
home without trying to help our daughter!” I scowled,

“Eve is with you?” she said astonished,

“Yes.  Has anyone told
you that you’re nosey for a crossbreed?” I said raising an eyebrow,

“But she died?”

“Yes indeed she did!”
Maria was starting to try my patience,

“And you didn’t judge her?”
Her voice was sounding an octave higher probably from the shock,

“It was not my place to!”

“Because she was your wife?”

“ENOUGH WITH THE QUESTIONS!
EVELYN IS NOT YOUR CONCERN AND NEITHER IS JESS.  IF YOU DO NOT STEP OUT OF MY WAY I WILL SMITE
YOU!” I bellowed shacking the light fittings.
I stood in absolute horror when the stupid ginger Empath started
laughing,

“Oh...sorry…wait…can’t breathe…oh God…smite!” she snorted
and I raised an eyebrow.  It was no wonder
Bunny and Jess liked this woman because she was insane,

“Will you stop laughing?”
Even I was starting to smile,

“I swear if you call me a stupid ginger Empath once more…I
mean it!  You know Eve was my friend and
it was my job to protect her.  I’m now friends
with Jess and if you think I’m gonna let you stroll in there and upset her
after she’s been asleep for six weeks you really have another thing
coming!  You may be a scary Archangel but
you’re also a father and it’s about time you stepped up to your
responsibilities.  I promise you that
once she is a little more stable I will take great pleasure in introducing you
but for now just let her have a little time with the man she loves, please.”

A Fire That Burns by Kirsty-Anne Still

Blurb

“Six years on and you’re still as in love with me as you were when you left. You never stopped loving me, you never could. You didn’t leave because you didn’t love me.”

After running from the truth for six years of her life, Austin Pearson decides it’s time to come home to life in Point Arena. What she finds is broken relationships and broken hearts and the same love that consumed her years ago.

When confronted with the love of her life, Austin has to decide between giving in, giving up or hiding all over again.

Will Tyler Armstrong be enough to crack the secrets that drove the woman he loved away when they were nineteen or are they destined to love other people? What happens when he finds himself living everyday with Austin and realising that feelings he thought had diminished flame up and take a hold of his life? What happens when fires burn brighter than ever and the secrets of the past come tumbling out?

Is love enough to get them through what life has in store for them?

 Excerpt

    “Well,” Tyler said as he sauntered up to Austin. He hadn’t even noticed her, his mom had pointed her out to him. It was the first time he had seen her after all the hubbub of her return. “Aren’t you a sight for sore eyes?”

    Austin looked up at Tyler and she felt her restraint disappear. She smiled and then looked away, “Right backatcha.”

    She hadn’t changed one bit, Tyler thought. Sure she was curvaceous now, gorgeously so and her hair was longer and a darker shade of blonde than before, her lips were still plump and kissable and her eyes still managed to capture him with one look, but regardless of the changes to her physically she was still the same old Austin. He couldn’t deny that all the sexual tension and chemistry that had helped to build their relationship was still there – untouched by the years. He acknowledged his weakness to her immediately and knew he didn’t stand a fighting chance.

    Taking a seat next to her, he huffed a laugh, “So what brings you back?”

    Shrugging, Austin looked down at the drink, “You do not want to know, believe me.”

    “It’s been six long years, Austin, I think I deserve some sort of explanation,” Tyler started and leaned forward to look up at her. He gave her a smirk and a quick teasing wag of his eyebrow, “That or a proper welcome back.” He sat back as she looked at him in shock, “You pick.”

    Feeling a constriction in her chest, Austin remained placid for a moment. It didn’t matter how much she tried to allow this to be okay, she just couldn’t do it anymore. She looked at him and felt her heart skip an all knowing beat. She tried to smile, but faltered, “I’m really sorry, Tyler, but I can’t do this.” She then got up and left, not a goodbye to anyone. She just put her cup down on the kitchen work top as she fled the back yard and headed for the front door for her quick exit.

    Growling as the familiar scent of Austin surrounded him, he exchanged looks with Tom and got up and bolted after her. He was determined to get an explanation out of her. Six years of trying with Tom had failed so he went for the origin itself.

    “You don’t get to walk away from me again,” Tyler shouted out to stop her as he left through the front door, following Austin’s footsteps. “Not after six years.”

Author Bio

I’ve lived actually quite a boring life- LOL – I’m only twenty-two and did all the things a normal person my age has done. I’ve grown up in a family with two brothers and my mum and always feel like I have to match up to them with my successes in life! After finishing at school, I went to University to become a teacher. That never happened! In my second year I realised I didn’t want to be a teacher, but still wanted to work closely with children. In my final year, I finally wanted to take my writing further, but I had to be realistic and so have worked as a nanny as well as kept a steady job in a shop for nearly three years. Took me until I was like 19 to find out I could actually write, took my until last year to realise I had a talent actually worth pursuing and all because I stumbled across fanfiction! Apparently that website is a godsend!

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Hamden Series by W. Ferraro

Synopsis:

Three of Hearts
Mae Turney is searching for the type of life and happiness she has
never known but has only dreamed about. She's fortunate enough to find
a great opportunity to live in an exterior apartment of a beautiful
lake house in a small town in Vermont. When she realizes the apartment
and scenery are not the only gorgeous appeal but the home owner, Seth
Finn, is as well, she puts it all on the line for the chance at love.
When she becomes comfortable and confident in her own skin and
sexuality, Mae realizes that this place and this man is exactly what
she came looking for. Knowing Seth and his three children are as
special as they come, Mae bets the house, and prays she and her gamble
are enough.

Excerpt:

“Don’t even think about it Finn!” she said as she tried to stand her ground and not run.
“Too late, I’ve not only thought about it, I’ve committed to the idea.” Seth said wickedly as his face grew into a sinister smile.

Synopsis:

Dylan Cross is the type of man that enjoys everything female, and
enjoy it he does, but always on his terms. However, his terms are
pushed to their limit when Natalie Parker proposes an offer; teach her
and her delectable little body, all about sex and desire. There is one
catch. He has to play the part of Natalie’s madly in love boyfriend
for her dying mother. Dylan signs on, and finds that separating the
two is harder than he thought. Natalie’s days of shyness and lack of
confidence come to a quick close as she learns what her body craves
and demands in the bedroom. Soon, Dylan becomes the student as Natalie
teaches him things he didn’t even know he wanted. Will Hamden’s
notorious playboy, bachelor be able to keep calling the shots, or will
he find that, he, himself, is just another player at the card game of
life, as we all are?

Excerpt:

“Feel that, Natalie? That is what you do to me. That is the reaction your innocent ways and naïve little oral activities cause. So, you ask why I call us in a relationship, because what you feel against you right now, cannot be faked. I’m going to pop that cherry of yours and I’ll make sure you love every minute, before, during, and after. So, we are in a relationship from this moment on. Get used to it, Babe.” He leaned down and claimed those small lips that he had fixated on for the last forty-five minutes.

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New Beginnings by Melissa Crowe

Synopsis:

 Vaughan and Nicola have survived a vampire turf war, now they face a much greater threat. “So, when you say you need to go to Egypt and find The Creator. What does that mean exactly?” After 66 years as a blood drinker, Vaughan makes moves to regain the mortality that was stolen from him. “It is time for you to show your loyalty to me. I have a task I wish for you to undertake in exchange for what you request.” He and the seductress Cleopatra embark on a doomed mission to find Clara and take her to Egypt for punishment. When you make a deal with the devil, there’s sure to be consequences.

Excerpt:

We drove in silence for an hour into the desert before Bari stopped the car at the side of small square shaped building. From the outside it appeared to be abandoned and run down. The mud brick was in ill repair and cracks were strewn through the walls. Pieces of brick were missing or chipped away, and there were no offerings to the goddess at the foot of the steps as one would expect. Even the carvings were worn with age and neglect. The sand and rock terrain crunched underfoot as I neared the broken steps of the temple. Hot night air blew over me and made my mouth feel gritty and dry. Bari stood beside me on the threshold as I tried in vain to calm my raging nerves. I was really about to do this, my hands began to tremble with anticipation. So many outcomes could eventuate from this one encounter and my life one way or the other would be changed forever.

“Are you ready?” My guide asked me giving me an encouraging nod.

Tentatively I moved forward into the shrine, ready to accept my fate. The hot wind died away the moment I set foot inside the temple, which was no larger than the shell of a modest house. The cool shelter of the shrine was welcome and the air much easier to breathe. A sense of calm came over me. Bari stepped ahead of me and knelt on the ground in front of the two stone thrones in the centre of the room. He bowed his head and touched it to the floor as he muttered some words in a language I did not recognise, then stood and made his way back toward the door we had entered. He nodded to me in a way that assured me.

My eyes adjusted to the change in light and I looked around the room. The only furnishings consisted of two thrones made from stone that were flanked by statues of the goddess herself and her consort Ptah. The smell of sandalwood wafted from the braziers at the entrance from which I had passed. The walls of the room were lit with torches in bronze holdings and they flickered with the breeze that whispered through the doorway. The ancient hieroglyphics depicted the rise and fall of the goddess, the seasons, battles of time long past.

My eyes befell a woman who stood just behind the throneslightly out of view. Her long dark hair and heavily made up eyes gave her away against the pale interior of the room. Slowly she stepped forward and her hips swayed seductively from side to side as she swaggered toward me. She was looking me up and down, absorbing me. An Egyptian cobra was draped around her neck, its head craned toward me with the long forked tongue flickering in my direction. The woman seemed familiar to me, yet I knew we had never met. She wore a long gold silk dress that clung to her womanly curves, her presence demanded the attention of the room and my eyes were fixed on her as she seductively made her way towards me. Her skin was pale like all blood drinkers, but still a warm caramel with hazel eyes staring out from long dark lashes. Her fringe was cut sharply across her brow line, she was breath takingly beautiful and from the way she seemed to carry herself she knew it too. Her arms were adorned with gold bangles, one of which was around her upper arm and in the shape of an asp with rubies for eyes. The snake around her neck hissed and my hand clasped to my mouth in realisation of the woman before me. “Cleopatra!” I exclaimed.

Triumphantly she smiled and lowered the snake from her shoulders and placed it on the floor where it slithered toward me, making slow deliberate sideways motions and then circling around my feet. Hissing seemed to erupt from all sides of the shrine, the sound was almost deafening but I did not show the discomfort it was causing. Before my eyes I watched as the snake arched itself upward, its hood flared and a violent hiss escaped its slit of a mouth. It rocked methodically from side to side and my vision swayed with it. The snake began to swell and take form. Its long slender body appeared to almost become upright and bulged as womanly curves filled out the creature. Arms and legs became prominent and the hood fell over the shoulders into hair as the face filled out with humanlike features. This metamorphosis continued until before me stood a woman; The Creator,Sekhmet. The power of speech seemed to evade me, I could not form a comprehensive word or thought. Power emanated from the ancient vampire before me. Her broad shoulders and muscular arms contrasted with her flowing red feminine gown. Her hair was worn in long braids; golden threads had been worked into it. The face that looked back at me was feline; this was the only word I could possibly use to describe her. She stepped back toward the throne, not speaking, her crimson gown billowing behind her. She placed herself in her seat, looking much like a model posing for a painter. I bowed my head to the goddess. A heavily beaded gold menitnecklace hung around her neck. When the goddess made herself known to me I had forgotten about the other woman in the room. She joined Sekhmet, standing next to her throne and placed her hand on the goddess’ shoulder. Both women stared at me and I felt them both moving around inside my head. I tried to close my thoughts but Sekhmet raised her hand “That would be both useless and foolish. I know every thought that has ever entered your mind, opened or closed. That trick is powerless on me. I am the Creator of this divine race. You have no secrets with me.”

“So you know why I’m here?” I said.

“Of course” Her face and voice did not change its expression while she spoke. This made me feel ill at ease.

“And?” I prompted.

Cleopatra let out a stifled laugh at my boldness. Sekhmet’sface did not change, nothing was given away “Do you truly believe you can come into my inner sanctum and I will simply hand over what you think you desire?” she bellowed, the sound echoed all around the room “You know not what you ask from me young one. You have much too long to live before you can make such demands to me.”

“I do know what I ask for. This ‘divine gift’ was not given to me but rather thrust upon me unwillingly. And I have had to suffer with it for the last sixty six years.”

“Yet if you did not suffer with it, you would not have met the reason for your visit to me.”

“Nicola is not the only reason I want this. It is something I have wanted since I was made this way.”

Sekhmet considered me for a moment before she continued. “You despise being immortal yet you have not lived it to its full potential or sought revenge on your Maker. Not even tried to locate her. There were always other options to be rid of this existence if you hated it so. You have burdened yourself with such unnecessary guilt since the beginning, when you could have easily switched it off. I’m sure even Ivan taught you that.”

“He did teach me how to control my emotions, but if I switched it off then I would like what I have become and lose sight of what I truly want.”

“Why not embrace it Vaughan!” she raged at me, her claw like hands grasping at the stone alter where she sat. Muscles rippled from her long delicate fingers into her forearms. “You have the passion within you to be a great leader and do so much good, but you let emotions get in the way.”

“I don’t want to be a leader.”

“No, you want a happily ever after. They are the things of modern day fairy tales, they do not exist, for mortals and immortals. You do not know what you ask of me.” Flaming torches on the walls rose in anger, shooting orange flames to the ceiling and I cringed back, shielding my eyes from the painful light. This seemed to have no effect on the two women before me. Cleopatra stepped forward slowly. Circling around me, her long slender hands ran along my back and a shiver rolled down my spine at her touch. She leaned in closer to me and whispered “Stay. Let me teach you.”

My eyes were locked on The Creator and I shook my head “No!”

Cleopatra leaned in closer this time, her warm breath tickling my ear. Her cool hands were now on my shoulders massaging gently. “You remind me of my lover, Marcus Antonius. He was strong willed too, before he was taken away from me unwillingly. Just as you were taken away from your lover Ivy unwillingly.”

I spun to face Cleopatra, waves of rage shook through me and it took every ounce of strength not to lose control. This was a name I had not heard or tried not to think about for over sixty years. Her face lit up with excitement, she knew she had hit a nerve.

“Let me help you get your revenge for Ivy, just like I got mine for Marcus Antonius.”

“Don’t speak that name,” I managed to grit through my teeth.

Cleopatra stepped back and looked at me innocently “What name? Ivy! Your fiancé, I see her face in your memory even now. She was very pretty, blonde, perfect, everyone was so happy when you asked for her hand. But then came the disappointment, she was the first human life you took once you became one of us. You continue to torture yourself to this day when you could have sought revenge for her death.”

“I don’t want revenge.”

“Why not?” Cleopatra stepped closer toward me our bodies almost touching. Power radiated from her in currents.

“Enough!” The Creator was now behind me, I was trapped between the two most powerful vampires in creation. “You come to me with this request Vaughan, and yet you shun what we are. You believe we are evil creatures. Never in your existence have you accepted your fate and embraced it, lived to your full potential. It would be wise of you to take a leaf from your friend Marcus’ book.”

I turned to face her and thoughts of Marcus flashed before my eyes. His relaxed nature, accepting what he was with little regard for anyone but himself and of course now Gerri.

“If you were human you will grow old. You will die. You will have no control over your emotions. You will be vulnerable,”Sekhmet explained.

“I am aware of all this. You cannot deter me. I know what I want.”

Sekhmet’s face darkened “You come here with this blasphemes request and expect me to grant it? You offer me nothing in return. Be gone from my sight at once before I dispose of you.”

Bari was now at my side, guiding me to the door and into the waiting car. A tingling sensation came over me and my body moved robotically, it was no longer in control of itself. I let Bari lead me away, the power of speech and thought gone. My body was left a shell and put up no resistance. Once in the safety of the car everything returned and the emotions of what had just happened flooded into me. I had failed. A thousand thoughts surged into my mind at once, then the sound of a thousand voices all yelling filled my ears and I clasped my hands to the sides of my head trying to hold them out. They grew in force and my brain felt on the verge of exploding, everything turned white and fire burned my skull and I heard the vicious laugh of the goddess. My body writhed in agony on the back seat of the car before everything went blank and fell silent.    

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I am from the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. In 2009 I began writing and have not looked back. In 2012 I self published three titles with many more to come.

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