All Souls Near & Nigh by Hailey Turner
Series: Soulbound 2
Publisher: Self-Published
Release Date (Print & Ebook): March 19, 2019
Length (Print & Ebook): 104,100
Subgenre: LGBTQ Urban
Fantasy
Reader Warning: This book
contains on page sexual assault.
All buy links or pre-order links: https://haileyturner.com/all-souls-near-nigh-02/
Book synopsis:
You can’t bargain with death if you’ve already sold your soul.
Special Agent Patrick Collins has
been reassigned by the Supernatural Operations Agency to New York City.
Learning to navigate his new relationship with Jonothon de Vere, the werewolf
he’s now soulbound to, is nothing compared to dealing with territorial disputes
between the vampires and werecreatures who call the five boroughs home. But the
delicate treaties that have kept the preternatural world in check are fraying
at the edges, and the fallout is spilling into the mundane world.
Manhattan’s club scene is overrun
with the vampire drug known as shine and the subways have become a dumping
ground for bodies. When the dead are revealed as missing werecreatures, Patrick
and Jono find themselves entangled in pack politics twisted by vampire
machinations.
Learning to trust each other comes
with problems for both of them, and the gods with a stake in Patrick’s soul
debt aren’t finished with him yet. Bound by promises they can’t break, Patrick
and Jono must find a way to survive a threat that takes no prisoners and is
stalking them relentlessly through the city streets.
Old and new betrayals are coming
home to roost but the truth—buried in blood—is more poisonous than the lies
being spun. Trying to outrun death is a nightmare—one Patrick may never wake up
from.
All
Souls Near & Nigh is a 104k word m/m urban fantasy with a gay romantic
subplot and a HFN ending. It is a direct sequel to A Ferry of Bones & Gold, and reading the first book in the
series would be helpful in enjoying this one. Please see the disclaimer in the
Look Inside for content some readers may find triggering.
Author Hailey Turner says All
Souls Nigh & Near is: An exciting sequel that builds on the series
plot and will keep readers wanting more!
Excerpt:
Patrick kicked the door shut behind
him, which was fine with Jono because it gave him something sturdy to shove the
other man up against. Gently, though, because Jono didn’t know what other
injuries Patrick sported besides the ones on his face. Jono framed Patrick’s
face with his hands, staring at the slightly swollen nose with a strip of
medical tape arching over the freckled bridge and faded bruises around
bloodshot, tired green eyes.
Jono rolled his eyes before sliding
his right hand down to Patrick’s throat, discreetly scent-marking him. The
stench of travel, of too many bodies packed too closely together, clung to him.
Beneath that was a hint of forest and blood, neither of which stopped Jono from
worrying. Beneath all that was the
familiar, bitter scent that was Patrick’s alone, and it felt like coming home
to Jono.
Patrick’s mouth quirked at the
corners. “Gonna kiss it better?”
“Cheeky. Could’ve just asked rather
than go out looking for a fight.”
“Hazard of the job.”
“Bollocks.”
Jono shook his head before leaning
down to gently press his mouth to Patrick’s. Those familiar plush lips
immediately parted, letting Jono in. The quiet sigh he drank down told him more
than words how tired Patrick must be. The mage wasn’t one to show weakness,
even amongst friends, but Jono had started to learn the little quirks and
half-hidden actions that spoke of Patrick’s true feelings.
Patrick was still a hard read on
the best of days, soulbond or not, but Jono was figuring him out.
Q&A with Hailey
Turner:
What comes first, the plot or characters?
This is like the
chicken or the egg question. For me, it’s a mixture of both. I feel my
characters play off the plot, but I need the outline of the book and series to
really create a character and their motives. Characters and plot are pretty
intertwined when I create a book, so I can’t say one comes first above the
other.
Describe a typical writing day.
I usually write in
the morning and evenings around work on weekdays, and for a block of hours on
the weekend around errands and time spent with friends and family. On weekdays,
I get up early in the morning (I’m talking 5:00am here) to get some writing in
before work. I try to make time to write every day otherwise it would be
difficult to finish a book if I didn’t.
How do you come up with the titles to your
books?
I
like to have themes with my titles and they tend to have the same sort of word
structure for the entire series. For my Metahuman Files series, the titles
spoke to the missions in each book. For Soulbound, every title has a hint of
the mythology I’ve incorporated into that particular book. It varies with every
series but I honestly can’t start a book without a title.
About Hailey Turner:
Hailey
Turner is big city girl who spoils her cats rotten and has a demanding day job
that she loves, but not as much as she loves writing. She’s been writing since
she was a young child and enjoys reading almost as much as creating a new
story. Hailey loves stories with lots of action, gritty relationships, and an
eventual HEA that satisfies the heart.
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