The Queen of Paranormal Romance, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Gena Showalter, returns with THE DARKEST TORMENT, the eagerly anticipated twelfth novel in her Lords of the Underworld series, available now! Grab your copy today!
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New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with her most explosive Lords of the Underworld tale to date, about a fierce warrior on the brink of sanity who will stop at nothing to claim the exquisite human with the power to soothe the beast inside him…
Driven to his death by the demon of Distrust, Baden spent centuries in purgatory. Now he’s back, but at what cost? Bound to the king of the underworld, an even darker force, he’s unable to withstand the touch of another…and he’s quickly devolving into a heartless assassin with an uncontrollable temper. Things only get worse when a mission goes awry and he finds himself saddled with a bride—just not his own.
Famed dog trainer Katarina Joelle is forced to marry a monster to protect her loved ones. When she’s taken hostage by the ruthless, beautiful Baden immediately after the ceremony, she’s plunged into a war between two evils—with a protector more dangerous than the monsters he hunts. They are meant to be enemies, but neither can resist the passion burning between them…and all too soon the biggest threat is to her heart.
But as Baden slips deeper into the abyss, she’ll have to teach him to love…or lose him forever.
Katarina wasn’t afraid of Baden. Not anymore.
He took a step to the side, intending to move around her.
Oh, no. She flattened her hands on his shoulders, keeping him in place.
“I want to know what’s wrong with you.” She said. “Tell me.”
He snapped his teeth at her in a show of dominance. “You
think you want to know my problem. You’re wrong.”
Her tone dry, she said, “I’m so glad you know my mind better
than I do.”
“Very well. I need sex.” He threw the words at her as if
they were weapons. “Badly.”
Whoa. Blindside!
Heart pounding, she jerked her hands away from him.
“Sex...from me?”
“Yesss.” A hiss. “Only from you.”
Only. Amazing how one little word could send pleasure
soaring through her, warming her. “You told me never to touch you.” Which she’d
just done, she realized. My bad.
“I’ve changed my mind.” His gaze dropped, lingered on her
lips.
Burning her... “But you and I...we’re a different
species.” As if that mattered to her body. Gimme!
He took a step closer, invading her personal space.
“We’ll fit, I promise you.”
Tristo hrmenych! The raspy quality of his voice, all smoke
and gravel...she shivered with longing. Must resist his allure.
But...but...why? Before she’d committed to Peter, she’d
dated around, had made out in movie theaters, cars and on couches. She’d liked
kissing and touching and “riding the belt buckle,” as her friends had called
it. Then, after committing to Peter, she’d gifted him with her virginity. At
first, he hadn’t known what to do with her—he’d been just as inexperienced—and
she’d left each encounter disappointed. When finally she’d gathered the courage
to tell him what she wanted, he’d satisfied her well.
She missed sex. But connection...intimacy...she thought she
missed those more.
The dogs barked, jolting her from her thoughts. They’d
cleaned their food bowls, and now wanted to play. She clasped Baden’s hand to
lead him out of the kennel. He jerked away, severing contact.
One action. Tons of hurt.
“I’m allowed to touch you and you want to have sex with me,
but you’re still disgusted by me.” She stomped outside the kennel, done with
him. “Well, I’m leaving. Good riddance! Your do-what-I-say-or-else attitude was
annoying, anyway.”
He darted in front of her, stopping her. Breath caught in
her throat as sunlight streamed over him, paying his chiseled features absolute
tribute, making his bronzed skin glimmer.
So beautiful. Too beautiful.
“I’m not disgusted by you. You need me. I’ve come to accept
it,” he admitted, looking away from her. “But being skin-to-skin with another
is painful for me. We’ll have to proceed carefully. And you’ll get over your
annoyance.”
Another order! She would show him the error of his
ways.
And don’t miss the previous titles in the Lords of the Underworld Series!
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