haven’t got much to say today, so I thought I’d put up a teaser. Here’s the first few lines of Bound to Shadows….
I’ve come to accept the fact that I’m a guardian. I’ll even admit that I enjoy hunting down those rogue supernatural elements who prey on human and non-humans alike.
But that doesn’t mean there still aren’t times when I absolutely hate my job.
Getting a call-out at three AM on a bitterly cold winter night was definitely one of those times. Especially when the call sent me to an area rapidly gaining a reputation as the ‘it’ spot for blood whores–which was the common term for humans hooked on the pleasures of a vampire’s bite.
Normally I didn’t have a problem with people getting their kicks any damn way they pleased, but for humans–and it only seemed to afflict humans, not the rest of us–becoming addicted to a vampire’s bite was definitely one of the quicker ways to court death. They simply didn’t have the strength, the speed, or even the will power to battle a vampire if things went wrong. Hell, many supernaturals didn’t, either.
And while most vampires were generally law abiding and only took enough to give the addicted his or her hit, there were always some abusers who pushed for longer, stronger rushes, and there were always vampires willing to oblige.
And sometimes that meant death.
It had become such a problem in recent months that the government had set up a think tank to find ways of curtailing the growing numbers flocking to the vampire bars. There were even calls to outlaw the practice–though how the hell anyone was going to police that I had no idea. It wasn’t like ordinary cops had much hope of tracking down and arresting vamps, and there simply weren’t enough of us guardians. Not if they wanted us to do our real job.
Personally, I think they had about as much hope of stopping this craze as they did stopping all the designer drugs that were constantly hitting the streets. If a junkie wanted his fix, then he’d find it no matter how difficult or how illegal the government made it. And at least all the whores were of legal age–the vampire ‘pushers’ were careful about that. They had to be, because otherwise they had to deal with the Directorate. Regular drug dealers just got jail time, at worst…
Sorry, that’s it! (hehehehehe!)
July 14th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Great teaser! I love Riley and can’t wait for this book!
July 14th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Oops, meant to leave this comment for the Riley teaser!
Thank you SO much for the teaser! I cannot wait for book 8! I just finished books 1 & 2 of Nikki & Michael, and have 3 & 4 waiting for me after I finish another book I started while I waited for Amazon to send me my last two Nikki books!
You are amazing Keri!
Kristin
July 14th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Love the teaser. I’ve been meaning to email you and tell you my son named our new kitten Riley. His words were “well its your favorite character so why not?” I didn’t have the heart to explain that Riley the character isn’t a cat
Hugs
Bek
July 14th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Thank you Keri for posting this teaser! I got hooked into you fantasy world by the lovely Kristen (poster #2) and thank her always for introducing me to your Riley story. I finished book 7 today and now I can’t wait till book 8 comes out!! Thank you for posting the teaser…can’t wait to read the rest
Michelle
July 15th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Yeah, thank you for posting. I am so hooked on this series… It can’t come out fast enough!
July 15th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Thank you for the teaser!!! I can’t wait till the book comes out.
Katie
July 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Thank you so much for the teaser! It’s still so far away! *sniff* It’s so awesome and the excerpt made me howl/crave for more, LOL!
July 17th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
OH MY GREAT loved the teaser was awesome always seem she is hunting at an odd time out in the cold. Feel so sorry for her. Can’t wait to read the rest it will be amazing i know.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:20 am
This series has ruined reading everything else for me. Absolutly addicted. Can’t wait for number 8. sucks that australia has to wait longer…
love <3
August 31st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I’ve not long finished the 7th book and can not wait for the 8th to come out. Loved the teaser. I wish it had been longer, I didn’t want to stop reading, but I’ll take what I can get
I’m so excited.
September 5th, 2009 at 9:02 am
I absolutely love the Riley books, cant get enough of them, can’t wait till the book comes out, hope she ends up with Quinn and lives happy ever after, as she deserves to.
I love the fact that reading names of places that I am familiar with in Melbourne.
Thanks Keri for so much enjoyment – keep on writing, I have passed the series on to my friends and definitely got them hooked on Riley as well.
xxx
September 13th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
OMG. Thanks for the teaser. i love your books, i have read all of them and im rereading kissing sin (book 2) i love your style of writing.
October 5th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I am so adddicted to the Riley series I first found one of them at a goodwill book #3 and totally got addicted and confused so I did research and started to read all of them… I just finished reading Deadly Desire I loved it, it to has me in santicipation for the next one I totally get why its a teaser.. Cant wait for the new book! Thank you for bringing the series into the world (over dramatic but true)lol