Hello
this is Pixie Storm here and thank you very much to Scarlet for hosting me
today. I am here to talk about my new book, Seducing the Vampire’s Pet, which
will be released from Siren Publishing on 20 June.
The
Vampires in Love series was one I conceived in order to explore recurring
characters at different points in their history. There’s such scope for
vampires in that you can tell their story in different centuries and still hold
the thread together. The big bad villain, Emil, came to life first. He’s older
than time and no one knows where he came from. He’s an important, common theme
that links all the books. After fleshing out my other characters, I looked at
who would be the focus of the first book and how I could set up a secondary
character who would then become the focus of the second book. As I write this,
the second book is done and I know which character from that story will be the
focus of the third book. All the characters are linked and most characters will
appear in all books in the series unless I’ve killed them and even then they
might still appear ;-)
Keep
reading for the synopsis and an excerpt from the book.
Synopsis:
Severin lost his soul mate ten years ago. Now
Nikolaus belongs to another vampire...
The vampire Severin Murnau gave up Nikolaus Mayr because he didn't want to turn the human. Now he finds Emil Meissner, his maker, has control of Nikolaus, holding the human as his pet in his castle in Bavaria.
The vampire Severin Murnau gave up Nikolaus Mayr because he didn't want to turn the human. Now he finds Emil Meissner, his maker, has control of Nikolaus, holding the human as his pet in his castle in Bavaria.
Severin and his friend Istvan are at the
castle for a gathering. There is unfinished business between Severin and
Nikolaus. As soon as they set eyes on each other, their passion rages out of
control just like ten years ago. Severin has never touched Nikolaus before. He
let him go in the ultimate act of altruism. Now he’s desperate, forgetting all
the promises he made to himself. His only option to taste what he’s never had
appears to be to join Emil and Nikolaus in bed, but once isn’t enough and he’s
not sure he wants to share...
Excerpt
Vienna
1885
Severin sat back on
his uncomfortable metal chair and looked up at the stars in the black velvet
sky. The beautiful man inside had seemed happy with his woman. Perhaps Severin
should leave him be and go home now. But he didn’t want to go home hungry. What
harm would it do to take a nip and leave the young man with little more than a
headache? He didn’t have to kill him, did he?
He straightened up
as he saw a pair of slender legs appear at the top of the terrace steps. The
rest of the man’s body came into view – black suit, white linen. The moonlight
shone on luminescent skin and for just a moment, Severin thought he felt his
dead heart jump in his chest. He frowned, unsettled by the feeling. Victim, he
reminded himself. Nothing else.
The man came down
the steps and saw Severin sitting at the bottom instantly. He paused a moment,
clearly torn, but perhaps good manners made him acknowledge Severin politely.
“It’s hot in there.”
He spoke in a local accent. He was Austrian through and through.
Severin inclined his
head. “And cool out here.”
The man made steady
eye contact. His eyes were an astonishing violet colour, a sharp contrast with
his black hair. He bit his lip a moment. “Nikolaus Mayr,” he said, holding out
his hand.
Severin hesitated.
The way the blood stirred in his veins, he was not sure he wanted to touch this
man yet. But he did anyway. “Severin Murnau.” Nikolaus’s hand was small and
delicate. Severin felt he could have crushed its bones in an instant. He felt
the human’s energy flow into him. The man was young, perhaps twenty-one. His
clear complexion was fresh and dewy. He had years of life ahead of him if only
Severin left him alone this evening.
Nikolaus slid his
hand free. He coughed and looked away, pretending to admire the sculpted
gardens. Severin considered him. A man who liked men and fought his hardest
against his desire? Possibly. Severin was sure he himself would feel more guilt
if he was human and not vampire. As it was, taking men didn’t matter much in
the grand scheme of things. Both would get him killed in the end.
“Why don’t you sit
for a moment?” Severin suggested, using his kindest, most seductive tone.
Nikolaus looked
torn, posture tense as though ready to flee. Did he sense the danger? He sank
into the chair beside Severin. Only the table separated the vampire from having
his wicked way. He glanced around. They were too close to the steps. Anyone
descending could see them. Nikolaus was lucky so far. Severin would have to
lure him deeper into the garden, which he had no doubt he could do.
He glanced at his
companion when Nikolaus sighed. “Are you unwell, sir?”
“Forgive me,”
Nikolaus said. “I’m tired.” He passed a hand over his face and for a moment
looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Severin licked his
lips. “The lady you are with tonight, is she your wife?
Nikolaus laughed.
“Good God, no. Anna is someone my parents force me to take on social outings.
They expect I will marry her.”
Severin digested the
words a moment. Here was a man trapped by social convention. “Do you want to
marry her?”
Nikolaus bowed his
head and squeezed his eyes shut. He shook his head tightly.
“I’m sorry,” Severin
said. He was dangerously close to feeling human emotions he had not known in
five hundred years.
Nikolaus looked at
him in surprise. “Why are you sorry? You don’t know me.”
Severin had upset
him. “Forgive me,” he said and marvelled at the conciliatory tone in his voice.
He could take this man by force if he wanted, why was he sitting here soothing
Nikolaus’s ravaged soul like he gave a damn?
Nikolaus exhaled
loudly. “No, forgive me. I’m rude.” He glanced toward the steps. “I’m thirsty.”
Severin pushed his
barely-touched wine toward him. “Please.”
Nikolaus took the
glass and drank some of the liquid. Severin watched him swallow, Adam’s apple
undulating and his spine prickled with heady arousal. His cock filled, his
balls started to ache for satisfaction. He had been intending to merely drink
from this man but he wanted so much more.
Nikolaus wiped the
back of his hand over his mouth. He glanced at Severin with a shy smile that
showed pearly teeth. That disused heart of Severin’s clenched and seemed to
throb. “That’s good,” Nikolaus said.
“Finish it,” Severin
said, thinking alcohol would loosen Nikolaus up, even if it would make Severin
drunk too by proxy.
Nikolaus drained the
last mouthful. He put the glass down and looked at it a moment. “I should go
back inside.”
“Why don’t you take
a turn around the gardens with me?” Severin suggested smoothly. “You look
flushed.”
Nikolaus touched his
own cheek self-consciously. He stood. “Perhaps a few minutes.” He set off
walking and behind him, Severin smiled.
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