Thick scent of burnt amber hung in my nose, rising from my skin. I panicked as I found myself sitting up with an eerie slowness. Were open, and the red sheet of my hair stood between me and the end My attacker gripped harder and I collapsed to the floor. Where the devil was Ivy? Was she deaf? Maybe she hadn’t yetĬome in from her run with Jenks. Working together, we took a breath that escaped in a choked cry. My unknown assailant and I found common ground, and I managed to fall into the hallway, lookingįor help. ItĬrashed to the floor and rolled to my empty closet. Rise to my hands and knees, then fell into my bedside table. Tried to gather my legs and arms under me and push. Damn it, my life isn’t supposed to be like this! Possession was a black art, and I hadn’t taken the rightĬlasses. But my body had become a battlefield-one I didn’t know how to I couldn’t see it, couldn’t hear it, could hardly sense it. Wood pressed into me, cold through my pajama shorts and top. Turn my head, and my ear stung instead of my nose breaking. I sprawled, all my muscles going flaccid. Frightened, I grasped my will, and forced myself awake.įorehead. Knuckles on the hardwood for a secret compartment I knew wasn’t Instinct sent a pulse of adrenaline thorough me,Īnd after I emptied the closet, I dropped to the floor and tapped my
And with a jolt, I realized I was conscious,Īnd the functioning part of my brain decided something was really, The dream wasn’t passively shredding into In my dream, I tore the clothes off the rod and threw them to my With an eerie feeling of disconnection, I watched it happen, even as Haze of sleep, and I felt the primitive part of me that never sleptĬoolly measuring my slow gathering of will as I tried to wake up. The mild pain broke through my comfortable somnolent Of my closet wasn’t one of my more pleasant dreams.
For a Few Demons more went on to be awarded B&N's top pick in 2013 for best paranormal fantasy of the decade. It was also awarded Romantic Times Best Urban Fantasy It has since been nominated for P.E.A.R.L.s (Paranormal Excellence Awardįor Romantic Literature) and for best Paranormal Romance 2007. And while the ancient artifact Rachel is hiding may be the key to stopping the murderer, revealing it could also create a battle to the death among the numerous supernatural races that live in and around Cincinnati.įor every action has its price, and when the vampire master Piscary is set free and the demonic Algaliarept dares to walk openly under the sun, even Rachel Morgan can't hide forever.įor A Few Demons More was published March 2007 as the debut of the Hollows in hardcover.
until now.Ī fiendish serial killer stalks the Hollows, and the resulting terror ignites a vicious Inderland gang war. Despite dating one vampire and living with another, Rachel Morgan has managed to stay just ahead of trouble.
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