With the release of book 3 of the Chaetdorian Mates series, Hex's Desire, only a few weeks away, and my mind fully in the gutter with writing book 4, Twin Addiction, I wanted to share with you the amazingly hot cover for the next book the series.
I have to say this is my favourite cover so far in this series. I also have a sneaky excerpt from my current WIP to share with you. (Please remember that this excerpt is unedited and will most definitely contain spelling and grammar errors).
EXCERPT
Walking onto the command deck they found Teks glaring at the vid screen before him. On it was an image of an empty holding bay. As they approached, Teks deactivated the screen and turned to face them. “The females have decided to join us.”
‘More for us,’ came the whispering voice.
“Really? They all decided that they wanted to stay?” Jepa asked.
“Well, no. Only one out of the four decided that she wanted to stay. I’m afraid her friends were far from pleased. We had to separate her from the others until they calm down.”
‘No need for them to calm down, we like them feisty.’
Clenching his fists tight, Hecto did his best to shut out the voice, to block it out so that he could concentrate on what his commander was saying. It was lucky that he had Jepa to fill in the missing blanks.
“You are to transport them there immediately. Introduce them to Joel and he will take things from there. Once you have handed them over, I want you and a small team to return to the warehouse for one last sweep. With the females staying there is nothing more keeping us here, but I want one more check doing before we depart.”
“How soon till we leave?” Hecto asked his brother, who relayed the question to Teks.
“As long as nothing else goes wrong? By next moon.”
With their orders they exited the command deck, though Hecto was still a little unsure of what they were doing. Why did the voice have to start during moments of importance, when he needed to keep focused?
“So what are we transporting?” he asked his brother.
“The females need escorting to deck seven. Do you think you can handle that? If not I can do it by myself.”
Be close to the females? Be within arm’s reach of the ones the voice kept whispering were ripe for the taking? He wasn’t so sure. It would be a risk. There was a chance that he could snap and that his brother would be unable to stop him. It had been damn close the last time. He had had the female against the wall, his hands about to tear at her clothing. He thanked the Gods every day that his brother had been able to pull him back from the brink, had been able to stop him.
He was a Slayer, a killer for his kind, but he had never harmed a female of any species. Some of his tribe had no problem with hurting the fairer sex, but it was a line that Hecto had always refused to cross. It was just not in him to do so. It hurt his heart to know that he had now crossed that line and would very likely go a lot further before the end. Maybe it was time to speak up.
“Don’t you dare, brother. I know you can do this. You are much stronger than you give yourself credit for.”
“I am not so sure about that.” The images that had plagued him during the night for months, images of a beautiful female with long raven hair bound tight in his cabin, of him forcing her to her knees to take him in her mouth proved otherwise. He was never alone in the dreams, his brother was there also, but it was he that always seemed to take the female with an edge of violence.
“Well, let’s prove you wrong then. No backing out now, we are here.”
Hecto had been so distracted that he hadn’t noticed where they were going. Not good. Gazing at the door to the holding bay, he felt a very strong urge to smash through the door and claim a female as his own. The persistent voice in the back of his mind was not helping matters.
‘Ours! Take her. Claim her! Do it now before another gets what it ours.’ The voice was practically screaming at him.
“Ignore it, brother. Block it out.”
“I am trying,” he gritted.
It took a few minutes, but eventually he managed to gain enough control that he was hopeful the females would not be at risk from him... as long as they kept their distance.
“OK. I’m ready.” Here goes nothing.
Standing on either side of the door, more wary of the females now that they knew what they were capable of when threatened, Hecto put in the code to deactivate the door. When the doorway appeared and no screaming females raced out with their strange but lethal weapons in hand he nodded to his brother before they both moved forwards .
The instant he focused on upon the room, the three females huddled together, the best inside him went wild and he barely managed to hold back.
‘It is her. Our mate. Our mate. Grab her. Take her. Claim her before another does.’
In the centre, protected on both sides by the other females was the most beautiful female Hecto had ever laid eyes on. She was also very familiar. He had dreamed about this female many times. Never had he believed that she truly existed.
“Brother, do you feel that?”
“Yes,” Jepa answered immediately, his own control at risk. “We have found our mate.”
Have you met the Chaetdorians yet? Then why not spend the weekend getting to know that hot alien studs from the Chaetdorian Mates Series, available exclusively on #Amazon. (#Free on #AmazonUnlimited)
Many centuries ago, the planet Chaetdor was destroyed and the survivors of that planet set out on a mission to find themselves a new home. Earth was never part of the plan; a primitive world with little technology and a sun that was harmful to the Chaetdorian body. When there was a fault with the ship they had no choice but to land on the foreign planet and hope that they could fix the problem quickly so they could continue on their journey.
But that didn't happen. The fault was far worse than they had first thought and caused them to crash during landing, seriously damaging their vessel. With the lack of technology on Earth at that time they were stuck, having no choice but to hide their craft and adapt in order to survive.
There were just two problems. One, they were highly sensitive to the earth's sun, meaning that they could only venture out at night. And two, in order to maintain a humanoid appearance they needed to consume human blood. Stories of large, handsome, pale men with fangs soon spread, and the myth of the vampire was born.
Now it's time for them to leave… if only it was that simple.
Corr's Forgiveness (book 1)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ADMWOF8
**This book contains a large warrior alien that hates all humans and cannot wait to get the Hell off Earth and finally find his mate. A human female that never expected a night out with the girls to end in alien abduction. And the passions that ignite when a Chaetdorian male finally finds his one and lets the pains of the past go.
Torq's Acceptance (book 2)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CCG0644
**This book contains a male that wants nothing more than to find mates for the rest of his kind, but never himself. A woman that never imagined the lover from her dreams saving her life only to abduct her and her friends in the process. And the internal battles they both must overcome if they are ever to be together.
Hex's Desire (book 3 - preorder available now)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EPAC09O
**This book contains a male with an unhealthy addiction to human television. A feisty handbag welding female who sees her friends finding love and longs to find happiness of her own. And the desire that consumes them when they finally meet.
Having a twin who talks in your head at important moments is a situation rife with dramatic possibilities.
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