Author Name: Lisa Oliver
Publisher: LisaO Books
Release Date: Friday, September 28 2018
Word Count: 58749
Cover Artist: Lisa Oliver
Genres:
true mates, paranormal, vampires
Pairings:
MM - vampire and cat shifter - other pairings mentioned but not the focus of
the story
Tropes:
true mate, age difference, species difference
Keywords/Categories:
gay males, true mates trope, paranormal
Series Title: Spin off from the Cloverleah Series but is considered
a standalone
Warnings: some violence including a scene of a man looking as
though he was trying to hang himself, but as he's a vampire, he would never die
of it.
Book
Blurb:
Maximillian "Max" Lipovsky has been Regent of the Atlanta
coven for the past six months. His days are full of meetings and paperwork as
he does his best to straighten out the mess left during the disastrous reign of
Vadim's brother Ermine. With Vadim now happily living in Cloverleah with his
mate Josh, it's up to Max to keep his friend's coven happy and safe. Easier
said than done. When it is pointed out to him it'd been more than six months
since he'd fed from a willing donor, Max decides a night out is exactly what's
needed.
Lyle Roberts is tired of being scared, tiny, and alone. But mostly
he's tired. When a tall, strong man with flashing red eyes stops him getting
beaten up in an alley, he thought he might have found a momentary reprieve from
his rotten life. Finding out the man was a vampire, something he'd only seen in
movies, Lyle decides to take a chance and asks the man to remove his curse.
Only, it turns out Lyle isn't cursed after all - unless you consider having a
workaholic mate as a curse.
Lyle's arrival at the coven seems to have brought out the worst in
people. As soon as one threat's dealt with, another one rears its ugly head.
With the Alpha of the Atlanta pack pushing for a meeting, and vampires turning
rogue within the coven itself, Max has his hands full. The only problem is,
with his hands full, he doesn't have anything to hold his beloved with. Will
Max and Lyle ever find their HEA or will the mating curse strike its cruelest
blow of all?
Bound by Blood is a complete standalone spin off story from the
Cloverleah pack. Regular Lisa Oliver readers will remember Max from Watching
Out for Fangs (The Cloverleah series #7) but it's not necessary to have read
that book, to understand this one. Intimate situations and some violence means
this book is suitable for adults only.
#MMPNR #MMRomance #MMTrueMates
Excerpt
(non-exclusive):
Lyle
shivered in his fur, huddled behind an overflowing dumpster, praying no one
would see him. Not that anyone would care if they did. He was a complete
anomaly, not that it showed on his outward form. All passers-by would see if
they looked in his direction was a pure white house cat. Well, usually white.
Since arriving in the city two weeks before, Lyle had fended off dogs, rats and
other cats, not to mention the odd boot from a human. Now his fur was matted
with mud, blood and filth from the city streets. He let out a miserable meow. My life sucks.
It
wouldn’t have been so bad if he’d had clothes on when he’d been kicked out of
home. But no, his step-father insisted he’d paid for them, so they belonged to
him too. For over a month now, Lyle had stayed in his shifted form, unable to
work up the courage to steal clothes from any washing line he passed. I’m not a thief. I might be a pervert and an
abomination, but I will not steal. Which was why he was huddled by a
dumpster behind a restaurant hoping a few scraps might come his way.
He
was tired, so tired. From the moment he’d shifted, Lyle hadn’t had a decent
sleep. Every time he closed his eyes for longer than five minutes, his body
shifted back to human, leaving him naked and vulnerable. At least it used to,
now Lyle wasn’t so sure. His human perceptions were starting to fade, his life
before being thrown out of home becoming distant memories. While a part of him
was so tempted to jump off the mental abyss and embrace his cat life
completely, a small part of him – the human part – hung on.
An
evil hiss sounded behind him and Lyle turned, the fur on the back of his neck
rising. A big black tom cat was showing his teeth. Great. I’ve wandered into another cat’s territory. I can’t get a
fucking break. Laying his ears back Lyle hissed in return. There was a
wonderful smell coming from the restaurant and Lyle wasn’t leaving his post
until he’d tasted whatever it was. If that meant fighting, then he’d fight.
***
“It’s
true, I tell you,” Max laughed as he and Dominic left the restaurant. Feeling
more relaxed than he had for ages, Max was looking forward to busting out some
moves on the nearest dancefloor. “Tobias told me the next day, just after Vadim
got married. His friend had bitten him, claimed him, and then ran off to make a
phone call to some other guy. What else was Tobias meant to think?”
“And
he ended up with both of them. Lucky bastard.” Dominic stilled. “Did you hear
that?”
Max
tilted his head. “Sounds like a couple of cats fighting in the alley.” He
sniffed the air discretely and his eyes widened. “It’s nasty. There’s blood in
the air.” Turning, he walked into the dark alley, his eyes flashing red as he
scanned for life forms.
“Max,
what are you doing? It’s just a couple of cats, for crying out loud.”
“Not
just any cats, Dom. Go and get the car.” Max followed the faint hint of blood
in the air, drawn to it, mesmerized. He lost it for one minute, as the smell
coming from the dumpster flooded his senses, but he kept going. There, in the
darkness, were two cats. One black, one who looked as though he used to have
white fur, but now that white was matted with blood and what looked like dust
and grease. The skinny white cat was holding his own, but the black tom was
bigger, meaner, and wasn’t backing down.
Max
kicked a stone across the concrete and both cats froze, looking at him.
Trusting his instincts, Max crouched down and held out his hand. “Here, kitty,
kitty. Nice white kitty. Come on, come here where you’ll be safe with me.”
“What
are you doing?” Dominic’s voice sounded behind him and in the distraction the
black cat lashed out a paw, swiping the white one across the face. The pained
meow tugged at Max’s heart as fresh blood welled up from the scratch. As soon
as the tantalizing scent hit the air, Max knew. His long search was over.
“Fate
works in mysterious ways, my friend,” Max said keeping his voice low. “Unless
my nose is having a major malfunction, that little white beauty is my beloved.”
“Holy
fucking shit.”
***
Lyle’s
whole body was trembling, and it wasn’t all from fear. The mysterious voice,
the stunning man, appearing in the shadows as though sent by the angels
themselves. That wonderful smell, the one that lured Lyle to the alley in the
first place was coming from the man. But he wasn’t an ordinary man. Lyle hadn’t
missed his red eyes glowing in the darkness.
Then
that damn tom scratched across his face and with the blood dripping across his
eye, Lyle could barely see. He was torn, wanting to get closer to the kind man
with the deep voice, but not wanting the tom to get to the man first. Must protect. Must protect. Nothing but
pure instinct existed. Turning in a flash of fury, Lyle bared his teeth and
unsheathed his claws. Within seconds, he and the tom were rolling around on the
concrete in a clash of fur.
***
“I
can’t believe it,” Dominic’s voice was awed. “Did you see that? He thinks he’s
protecting you from a tom cat. Why doesn’t he just shift?”
“I’m
not sure.” Nothing about the white cat’s behavior seemed normal to Max. But
then, he didn’t know a lot about shifters, period. “Maybe because he’d be naked
if he did?”
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Hi Chris, thank you so much for hosting me on your blog
today. I am really excited to share a teaser from my recent release, Bound by
Blood, a standalone spin off from the Cloverleah Pack series. I do hope you and
your readers enjoy it.
Exclusive Excerpt
“Think back,” Max urged gently, getting up from his chair
and kneeling in front of his beloved. “Think about how your mother smelled. Is
there any chance she could have been a shifter too and was too scared to tell
anyone?”
“I don’t think so.” Lyle looked up and gave a weak smile.
“She knew the hell I was going through and my momma would have done anything
she could to stop me from being hurt. For as long as I could remember, it was
just me and my mom. She met my step-daddy when I was about eight and told me it
was time I had a real daddy. She was so happy about it. Life changed, but it
wasn’t that bad until I told my momma about being a cat.”
“Did she seem angry or surprised when you told her?”
Lyle frowned. “No, she just accepted it like anything else I
told her. She knelt on the floor, right then and there, and started praying
about it. She told me I wasn’t to tell anyone, and that God would make it all
right.”
The poor woman must
have guessed. Maybe she did know my beloved’s father was a shifter, but when
the baby was born human, thought he’d escaped the shifting gene. Max didn’t
know, and it was clear Lyle didn’t either. Besides, they’d gotten way off track
in the conversation. “Am I forgiven, for not being totally open with you?” He
asked, running his hands up Lyle’s thighs. “I swear I was only thinking about
your comfort and trying to give you more time to adjust to your new life before
pushing you any further than I have done.”
“I’m thinking when we get home you can show me some of this
porn Jason was talking about,” Lyle winked. “I want to see what all the fuss is
about before I let you stick that cock of yours up my ass.”
“Oh, don’t say things like that,” Max groaned. “We’re having
lunch with one of the oldest vampires in existence and she is a true lady. I
can’t take you to meet her with a raging hard on.”
“Can’t do much about that now.” This time Lyle’s smile was
wide and open. “We haven’t even got a couch in here.”
Reaching into his jacket for his phone, Max brought up his
browser. “Let’s order one now. Together, okay, and when we go to lunch I want
you to explain some of the ideas you shared with me about the vampires
volunteering to the lady who is hosting our meal. I think the Dowager D’Arcy is
going to be very impressed with you.”
Author
Bio:
Lisa Oliver had been writing non-fiction books for years when
visions of half dressed, buff men started invading her dreams. Unable to resist
the lure of her stories, Lisa decided to switch to fiction books, and now
stories about her men clamor to get out from under her fingertips.
When Lisa is not writing, she is usually reading with a cup of tea
always at hand. Her grown children and grandchildren sometimes try and pry her
away from the computer and have found that the best way to do it, is to promise
her chocolate. Lisa will do anything for chocolate.
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