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Unknown Protector
The Midworlder Trilogy
Book One
Maggie Mundy
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Date of Publication: 30th September 2014
ISBN: 978-1-61935-596-5
ASIN: B00O3KOCHU
Number of pages: 243
Word Count: 88,000
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Book Description:
Two things have helped Nicole cope since the murder of her husband. One is running her detective agency, and the other is her guardian angel Mira. When Mira is killed by a demon, Nicole accepts the help of a Ridge, a long haired, cigar smoking diamond in the rough with wings.
Things go from bad to worse when a replacement guardian cannot be found. She has to trust Ridge, which is tricky when she realizes there are no demons or angels, just parasitic aliens that humans have built the myths of these celestial beings around. Ridge isn’t an angel or a devil, but an alien half breed known as a Midworlder.
He is also way too sexy for his own good, or is it her own good?
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Excerpt:
“Please don’t
drop me, please don’t drop me,” Nicole repeated as she closed her eyes. She
didn’t like flying in planes, let alone being dragged through the night sky by
an oversexed scruffy angel who was too hot for his own good. Or was it her own
good.
“I won’t let you
fall. Look around before we go over. I reckon you’ve guessed the events of
tonight aren’t the way we normally do things. Humans aren’t meant to be aware
of our flying through the night sky which means I can’t let you remember any of
this.”
She took a deep
breath and opened her eyes. His face was close to hers as he gripped her tight
around her waist. It was too dark to read what he might be thinking from his
expression. His lips were so close and her own were parting at the thought he
might kiss her. She trembled, but not from fear anymore and hoped he couldn’t
read her mind. They were being hunted and she wanted a kiss, no she longed for
it. He had to be putting the thoughts in her head.
She needed to
get her mind off him so she gazed down at San Francisco. Her adopted city
stretched out below with steep streets reaching down to the harbor, while the
lights on the Golden Gate Bridge shone in the distance, reflecting on the water
below. She smiled as a tear flowed down her cheek. She had never seen it this
way before. For a moment she forgot others were after them or after her in
particular. She peeked over Ridge’s shoulder and glanced back over his wings as
they glided through the sky. Three dark, winged shapes were following and could
be seen against the light of the full moon. Maybe the full moon could explain
why strange things were happening, because this was like staring at a scene
from a horror movie, except it was real.
The shapes of
their pursuer’s bodies blurred. She turned back to the city but the lights of
San Francisco were disappearing. In the moonlight she focused on the face next
to her. Ridge smiled and touched her cheek with his.
“It’s okay. I’m
gonna get you a new guardian and all of this will go away. I won’t let anyone
hurt you.”
She didn’t want
a new guardian, she wanted Mira back. It went dark and reminded her of when she
went adventure-caving in Australia. The absolute darkness of underground where
not even a trickle of light breaks through, no matter how hard you look. She
couldn’t see Ridge anymore, but the closeness of him and the darkness amplified
the sound of his wings. For a moment they were all that existed in the
universe. His lips touched hers and her mouth opened to him only to have him
pull away. Did he mean to do that?
“I suggest you
close your eyes and give your mind over to me,” he whispered.
Nicole shook her
head and tried to get herself back to reality, whatever that was. “I’m not
going anywhere with my eyes shut after tonight, and from what I’m picking up at
times your mind seems a bit murky to let you in again.”
“Suit yourself
darling, but don’t blame me if you pass out.”
Pain sliced
through her temple. She squeezed her eyes shut and instinctively hugged Ridge
tighter. His thoughts were in her head again telling her to relax, but this
time it wasn’t working. She tried to hold down the rising alarm of what would
happen next. Somehow she had an inkling it wasn’t going to be good.
About the Author:
Maggie Mundy lives in Adelaide, Australia and is a member of Romance Writers of Australia, and the local chapter SARA (South Australian Romance Authors).
She recently completed a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and English. She had a short story published in the Romance Writers of Australia Topaz Anthology Little Gems in 2010 called Sea and Vines. She has three books out with Rogue Phoenix Press. Two erotic novellas called Blood Scent and Blood Oath and a paranormal romance called World Change. She also has a supernatural thriller out with Soul Mate Publishing called Hidden Mortality and paranormal romance called Unknown Protector.
She has also performed for many years in corporate entertainment for which she wrote her own sketches, which probably explains why her head is so full of characters. She loves writing romance but thinks falling in love can be scary, especially in her stories where creatures of the night really exist.
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