Welcome
to Sensuous Promo’s Darkest
Magic Tour.
TEAM TYRION FOR THE WIN! By Eva Lefoy
I love dwarves. Always have. Even the short of stature, not
officially dwarfish among us. Used to have a big crush on Wallace Shawn from My
Dinner with Andre and of course Star Trek Deep Space Nine. (See how I work
Sci-Fi into everything I do? Heh.) But then along came Peter Dinklage. Frankly,
it was goodbye Wallace and hello Peter!
I first saw Dinklage in The Station Agent. A good little film
that had me laughing when one of the characters nearly drove over him. Trust
me. I know I sound sick, but it’s funny! Then I saw him in Game of Thrones as
Tyrion. I knew right away I’d be hooked on the show, even though I don’t have a
TV! And hey, I’ve been proven to be right. Dinklage is getting wonderful
reviews for his work on the show. I, still in the grips of my dwarf love, have
written a story with a dwarf. A snarky, flippant, bossy dwarf named Otis. Gee,
I wonder who Otis reminds of?
Two guesses! LOL
Anyway, in order not to have people underestimate the power
of this dwarf, I’ve made him the keeper of the blue light. In the original
Grimm fairy tale The Blue Light, the dwarf just kind of appears. He’s somehow
linked to the object but then again, he appears at the bottom of well in smoke.
Yuck! My dwarves certainly do not take the troll road! They take the high road
and the prefer a non-smoking environment thank you very much. So, first thing,
I got Otis out of the well and gave him the object of power. And a wife. Darn
it. Cause I wanted him to be happy … but, you know. Now he can only be my book
crush and not my book boyfriend!
Nik can be your book boyfriend, though. As beta of the wolf
pack, he works closely with Otis in ridding the forest of the evil witch
Petrina. If he plays his cards right, Otis just might let him in on a few
secrets.
Just because he’s shorter doesn’t mean Otis doesn’t have the
smarts to get the job done. And did I mention he recues Nik’s love interest,
Caroline from her father?
*nods sagely* A short man is definitely good to find! If you
don’t believe me, try out Otis and his no-cussing-allowed
wife Estrella in Darkest Magic, out now from Decadent Publishing.
Eva
Excerpt: When Caroline meets Otis
Her feet pounded out the rhythm of
fear on the forest floor. The sound stank of agony, of struggling, doomed prey.
How many times had she heard it, thrilled to it, while hunting? But now she was
the hunted, her beating heart desperate to stay alive.
Her father closed in. His hot
breath seared her shoulder blades, his warmth and scent getting closer, closer.
The muscles in her back twitched in anticipation of the agony caused by the
metal slicing through her flesh. How many more seconds would it take? One footstep.
Two. Three. Oh, God!
Wham!
Her life ended, but not from
behind. Something big, blue, and fast hit her from the side, knocking off her
feet. Swept along with it, her trajectory unknown, she looked behind her to
find her father long gone. What the hell? What could be faster than a wolf?
Nothing. It’s impossible. I must be
dreaming. Already dead. Caroline closed her eyes and surrendered to an
unjust fate. It’s over. Done. No more.
A few moments later, the movement
stopped. She was placed on the cool grass. Her final resting place.
“Hey, lady. Do you think you can walk from
here?”
She looked up into the face of a
tiny, panting man dressed in green velvet, half bent-over with his hands on his
knees. Impossible. I’m hallucinating.
Shutting her eyes against the image, sure this was only her fertile imagination
gone haywire, she focused on letting go.
“You’re not exactly light, you
know. You could lay off the ice cream any time.”
She gasped and bolted to sitting.
“What did you say? Are you calling me fat?” She did a brief check of her torso,
arms, and legs. No, not fat. Was it possible she weighed more in death? Or was
this little man merely a whiny wimp? After all, she was used to the strength of
wolves. “Who the hell are you, anyway?”
He inhaled, puffed out his chest,
and brought himself up to his full, rather stubby height. “Oren Thelonius
Icapod Snodgrass.”
Her mouth fell open. She tried
several times to blink the man away, but it didn’t work.
“They call me Otis, for short.”
“You can’t be serious.” Death was
a lot stranger than she’d ever imagined.
Nik
Epperstein’s alpha lost his mate two years ago and took an evil witch as his
new bride. Ever since then, Eli’s leadership has become violent, bordering on
insane. When Eli attacks him, Nik’s healing powers mysteriously vanish. He
can’t defend himself, nor protect the wolf he secretly loves. Only through the
help of a foul-mouthed witch and an overly-dramatic dwarf will he save her –
but their assistance comes at a price.
Caroline has
tried for two years to lure Nik into her bed and can’t understand his
hesitation. After all, she senses their
mating bond loud and clear. Then Nik disappears. She confronts her father who
tells her Nik is dead, and she’s next on his chopping block. Without Nik to protect her, she flees the
pack and is kidnapped by a man half her size.
Reunited at
last, the young wolves have one last chance to ignite their bond. But love must
wait when battle looms. Eli and his wife attack, and aren’t above using dirty
tricks to win. If Nik and Caroline survive the battle, the dwarf and his wife
will require them to make a promise that will change their lives forever…
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Eva Lefoy
writes and reads all kinds of romance, and is a certified Trekkie. She’s also
terribly addicted to chocolate, tea, and hiking. One of these days, she’ll
figure out the meaning of life, quit her job, and go travel the galaxy. Until
then, she’s writing down all her dirty thoughts for the sake of future
explorers.
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