ohh those tattoos
Things to Know About Holden Levy… #Paranormal
#Shifters
Hi everyone!
Thanks so much to Raven for inviting me on her blog
today to talk about my newest release, A
Love Unfinished, and give you a few inside details about the hero of this
story, Holden. Being that the tale is told entirely from the
heroine’s—Dani—perspective, it can sometimes feel like Holden is as much of an
enigma to the reader as he is to the heroine. So, here are ten facts about him
to get you inside of his mind and life a little more…
1)
Holden is a shifter. To be precise,
he is a dragon shifter.
2)
He grew up in foster care after being
found in a tree when he was only two-years-old.
3)
He survived an attack from a rival
clan at a toddler’s age and grew up with no understanding or knowledge that he
would eventually become a dragon.
4)
None of his biological family is
alive, so the only person who ever felt like home to him was Dani.
5)
He spent months in his dragon form,
unable to transform back, and during that time he stayed close to the only
thing he knew was his—Dani.
6)
He’s a very talented photographer,
and has a thing for tying his lover up with red silks before he takes her
picture.
7)
Being an Alpha, he’s still learning
his spot in his clan. But he’s doing it well.
8)
Dani is the first, and only, love of
his life—he would do anything and everything for her, no matter the cost.
9)
He has a few intricate tribal
tattoos, one of which is a dragon in flight on his stomach and side.
10) He
will do anything to get Dani back.
Now, let me introduce you to A Love Unfinished and
give you a little excerpt:
A Love Unfinished by Bethany-Kris
Genre:
Paranormal Erotic Romance
Length:
95k—Full length novel.
Release
Date: January 10th, 2014
Publisher:
Evernight Publishing
Blurb:
Over two decades ago, an
attack on The Clan of Cobalt left families of dragons in ruins; now, with the
clans able to start rebuilding their lives, history is beginning to rewrite,
one dragon and one mate at a time…
Dani
Heartview spent a year running from the past she can’t forget and it’s about to
catch up in the form of Holden Levy. When he suddenly disappeared, she was
devastated, but now he’s back. Even if she can’t deny their connection, the man
who returned is vastly different from the one who left.
With Holden’s secrets
uncovered, the Alpha dragon inside the man is demanding for its mate to be
claimed, but there’s danger lurking close by. Still, his abandonment is a
monster she can’t shake. Can she forgive to restart their life, and if she
does, can Dani handle exactly what it means to be a dragon’s mate?
Clans of Fire, Book One
Excerpt:
“Get away from me,” I hissed. “You have
no right to be here.”
Emotion broke through on his handsome
features, marring it with sadness as my eyes blurred with unshed tears.
“Please, Dani…”
“Stop saying my name.” My voice was
rising to an unhealthy octave. My heart was pounding at a too fast pace. Why
would he be here? He had to have known I wouldn’t want him here. “Stop sharing
my fucking air. For God sakes, get out of my space, Holden.”
“Ouch, man.”
Holden didn’t even glance back at his
friend. “Shut up, Duran.” There was a timber in his tone, something else I
didn’t recognize from the man standing before me. I felt wetness drip down my
cheeks. “Oh, Dani, please don’t cry…I didn’t come here to make you cry, baby.”
Baby? “Who in the hel—”
“Dani!” Jade was out of the kitchen and
rushing over to my side. She barely noted the men or my heartbroken expression.
That, or she mistook it for the pain of the coffee spill. “Did you get burned?”
“I’m fine.” Those words were the
biggest lie I’d ever spoken.
“She’s not,” Holden replied quietly.
“Could you get a cool cloth and the first aid kit, if you have one?”
“I’m fine,” I repeated. “Jade, could
you handle these guys, please?”
“Dani, wait.”
“Holden, I swear to God if you don’t
walk out of this place right now and never look back, I will…” I couldn’t
finish my sentence because there wasn’t anything I didn’t already feel for him.
Hate. Love. Desire. Disgust. I felt all of that. With him being so close, it
only served to make me more confused. Defeated, air rushed from my lungs, in a
harsh exhale. “Leave, right now.”
Jade appeared lost. “Um…okay, I’m going
to grab the first aid. You’re going to stay here and sit down.”
Duran smiled at Jade when no one
responded. “Thanks, sweetheart.”
Holden hadn’t taken his eyes off me.
When he moved forward, I backed up. “Don’t come any closer. I don’t want you
near me.”
Agony pulled Holden’s full lips into a
frown. “Let me explain.”
“I told you this wouldn’t be the best
place to approach her,” Duran said. “We should have waited.”
“We don’t have that kind of time.”
“Why haven’t you left?” I asked,
feeling a seething rage beginning to take over my initial shock and pain. “Have
I not made it clear enough yet that you’re not welcomed?”
“You made it clear.” Holden’s gaze
flickered up to the ceiling, a tick showing in his strong jaw. “But it’s not
that simple. One minute, Dani. That’s all I’m asking for. After all we were,
don’t you owe me that?”
“Owe you?” My hands trembled.
The sudden burst of fury and courage that swept over me was all consuming. I
stepped up to him and slammed my fist into his chest. Holden barely flinched
and the action hurt me a great deal more than it must have him, but emotional
pain registered in his eyes. “I owe you. Are you fucking insane? You
left me, Holden. Left me in Tennessee with nothing. Not a goddamned
explanation, not a goodbye…nothing!”
I hit him in the chest again, disbelief
coursing through me. “How could you ever say that I owe you after everything
you did to me? I waited for months. I called your phone every day. I texted,
emailed, and left messages until your inbox was full. You could have been dead
if not for that stupid note. I defended you when it was clear you didn’t want
me anymore … Once, Holden. All you had to do was answer me back just once! You
up and walked away from me, from our home, and our life without a single care
in the world. And you have the audacity to say that I owe you anything?”
“Do not…” he growled, face suddenly
mere inches from mine, “…say that I just walked away from you, Dani. I never
would have walked away from you like that had I been given the choice. Ever.”
His response only served to fuel my
rage. “Well, excuse me for living. What would you call me waking up to an empty
house, with a note on the counter, and no you to be seen again, exactly?”
Anger clouded his face. “What did that
note say, Dani?”
“Holden, calm down.” Duran was up off
the bench, a hand on his friend’s shuddering arm. Rippling tension flowed
between the men, but my former lover and fiancé didn’t register the one person
attempting to help the situation. No, his focus was solely on me. “Come on,
we’ll do this another time.”
“You won’t do it ever again,” I spat
hatefully.
“Yes, I will. I have to. I can’t
be me without you.” That confession struck me like a knife in the chest, the
blade twisting painfully. Holden breathed deeply, the fight suddenly gone from
his body as quickly as it came. “I will always come back for you. I lo—”
“No,
you don’t. You never did. If you had, this…” I said with a wave at us,
“…wouldn’t have happened.”
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Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author,
lover of much, and mother to two young sons, two cats, and two dogs. With her
children under her feet, animals at her side, and spouse calling over his
shoulder, she is nearly always writing something…when she can find the time.
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