Omega
Penton Vampire Legacy, Book 3
Susannah Sandlin
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Date of Publication: February 5, 2013
ISBN: 978-1612183596
ASIN: B0073XV3L2
Number of pages: 328
Word Count: approx. 88,000
Book Description:
The
bloody war between the Vampire Tribunal and the defiant scathe of Penton,
Alabama, rages on, forcing its residents and their bonded humans to retreat
into the underground fortress of last resort: Omega. There, Will Ludlam is
charged with the care of Penton's humans, though he longs to fight alongside
his vampire brethren. He knows the risks: as the renegade son of the Tribunal's
vicious leader, Will's capture could doom the resistance.
Yet he
is determined to prove his worth to his adopted scathe, to his vengeful father
and to former US Army officer Randa Thomas, his beautiful, reluctant partner.
Randa has little faith that a former member of the vampire elite has what it
takes to fight a war. But as their enemies descend upon Omega, Will's polished
charm and Randa's guarded heart finally give way to the warrior within.
Fans of
Susannah Sandlin's Penton Legacy are sure to devour this long-awaited third
installment of the steamy paranormal series.
ABSOLUTION
The Penton Legacy, Book 2
By Susannah Sandlin
Release
date: October 9, 2012
Publisher:
Montlake Romance
Book Description:
With the
vampire world on the brink of civil war over the scarcity of untainted human
blood, battle lines are being drawn between the once peaceful vampire and human
enclave of Penton, Alabama, and the powerful Vampire Tribunal.
A
Scottish gallowglass warrior turned vampire in the early 17th century, Mirren
Kincaid once served the Tribunal as its most creative and ruthless
executioner—a time when he was known as the Slayer. But when assigned a killing
he found questionable, Mirren abandoned the Tribunal’s political machinations
and disappeared—only to resurface two centuries later as the protector and
second-in-command of Penton. Now the Tribunal wants him back on their side—or
dead.
To break
their rogue agent, they capture Glory Cummings, the descendant of a shaman, and
send her to restore Mirren’s bloodthirsty nature. But instead of a monster,
Glory sees a man burdened by the weight of his past. Could her magic
touch—meant by the tribunal to bring out a violent killer—actually help Mirren
break his bonds and discover the love he doesn’t believe he deserves?
It’s a
town under siege, a powerful warrior in a battle with his past, and one woman
who can make the earth move—literally—as the Penton Legacy continues.
REDEMPTION
Book One Penton Legacy series
By Susannah Sandlin
Following a worldwide pandemic whose vaccine
left human blood deadly to vampires, the vampire community is on the verge of
starvation and panic. Some have fanned into rural areas, where the vaccine was
less prevalent, and are taking unsuspecting humans as blood slaves. Others are
simply starving, which for a vampire is worse than death—a raging hunger in a
creature too weak to feed.
Immune
to these struggles—at first—is Penton, a tiny community in rural Chambers
County, Alabama, an abandoned cotton mill town that has been repopulated by
charismatic vampire Aidan Murphy, his scathe of 50 vampires, and their
willingly bonded humans. Aidan has recruited his people carefully, believing in
a peaceful community where the humans are respected and the vampires retain a
bit of their humanity.
But an unresolved family feud and the paranoia of the Vampire Tribunal descend on Penton in the form of Aidan’s brother, Owen Murphy. Owen has been issued a death warrant that can only be commuted if he destroys Penton—and Aidan, against whom he’s held a grudge since both were turned vampire in 17th-century Ireland. Owen begins a systematic attack on the town, first killing its doctor, then attacking one of Aidan’s own human familiars
To protect his people, Aidan is forced to go against his principles and kidnap an unvaccinated human doctor—and finds himself falling in love for the first time since the death of his wife in Ireland centuries ago.
Dr. Krystal Harris, forced into a world she
never knew existed, must face up to her own abusive past to learn if the
feelings she’s developing for her kidnapper are real—or just a warped,
supernatural kind of Stockholm Syndrome in which she’s allowing herself to
become a victim yet again.
Susannah
Sandlin’s REDEMPTION is the first in the Penton Legacy series. Book two,
ABSOLUTION, will be out September 18, and book three, OMEGA, on December 18.
About
the Author:
Susannah
Sandlin is the author of paranormal romance set in the Deep South, where there
are always things that go bump in the night. A journalist by day, Susannah grew
up in Alabama reading the gothic novels of Susan Howatch and the horror fantasy
of Stephen King. (Um…it is fantasy, right?) The combination of Howatch and King
probably explains a lot. Currently a resident of Auburn, Alabama, Susannah has
also lived in Illinois, Texas, California, and Louisiana.
Website:
http://www.susannahsandlin.com
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/susannahsandlin
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Will
stopped and scented the air again. There were two vampires nearby; one belonged
to the Penton scathe, and one didn’t.
He ignored both vampires and skirted
to the back of the street where the burned shell of his house still smelled of
smoke and ash after three days. Aligning his position with the oak tree twenty
feet behind what was left of his chimney, he paced forty steps into the woods.
A thorny bramble that had been draped
over a small, scrubby bush pricked his fingers when he pulled it back. Grasping
the trunk of the bush, he eased it from its loose grasp in the soil, exposing
the top of a metal box.
The loud click of a cocked pistol
preceded the cold press of steel against the back of his head by less than a
second.
He inhaled, annoyed. A rookie
mistake. He’d gotten so engrossed in his task he’d let someone slip up on him.
Vampire.
Penton scathe.
Female.
Freaking Randa.
* * *
Randa grinned,
enjoying the disgusted look on Will’s face. “If I were your father, I’d already
have the silver spoon back in your mouth, Willy. He’d have you trussed up like
a rodeo calf by now, hauling you back to wherever it is he lives when he’s not
terrorizing innocent people.”
Will Ludlam was the kind of guy
Randa Thomas had hated as a human, and she didn’t like him a bit more as a
vampire. Less, in fact. Not only was he a spoiled rich boy, he was now a
virtually immortal spoiled rich boy. He had probably been a blue-chip jock in
school with a 4.0 GPA and a string of girls trailing his every step.
Plus, he annoyed the hell out of
her. The consummate smartass.
“No, if you were my father, you’d
have slit my throat—not enough to kill me, but enough to make sure I couldn’t
fight back.” His voice was soft, calm. “Then you’d hand me over to your
sadistic, freakshow of a second-in-command Shelton, who would play with me
until I couldn’t take it anymore. Only when I was good and broken would you
return the silver spoon to my mouth.”
Good
God, would any father really do that? Will didn’t sound as if he were
joking. Randa relaxed her stance for only a split second before the world
tilted and she hit the ground, landing on her back with Will stretched out on
top of her in a full body press. And he had her gun.
“Damn it.” She pushed against him
but it was like pressing on bedrock.
He propped on his elbows and grinned
down at her. His hat had fallen off in the scuffle and the moonlight glinted
off his hair, making it look silver instead of a naturally streaked blond. And
he had dimples, as if God hadn’t already rewarded him with enough in the looks
department.
“And if I were my father, you would
be dead. Or worse. Believe me, with Matthias, there’s always much worse. Give
up?”
She squirmed again, but froze when
she realized he was getting turned on by her movements. There was definitely
more of him pressing on her than there had been a few seconds earlier.
He laughed, a white glint of teeth
in the moonlight. “Oh, don’t stop moving, sweetheart. This is getting more and
more interesting.”
Yeah, she could feel exactly how
interested he was getting. She felt a very un-vampirelike flush of heat as he
wedged a knee between her legs. Damn it. She clenched her teeth at her body’s
betrayal—which he’d be able to sense. She hated being a vampire; there was no
sense of privacy. “Get. Off. Me. Now.”
Will lowered his head and, damn him,
inhaled deeply, with his face pressed against the side of her neck. Her carotid
artery also thumped in a very unvampire-like cadence. She waited for the
smartass comments to start.
Instead, he lifted his head and
looked her in the eye. She could swear his heartbeat sped up, although it was
hard to tell over the pounding of her own. Well, this was awkward.
He blinked and opened his mouth to
speak, then closed it again.
Well, that was one good thing. Will
had been stricken dumb, at least for a moment. It wouldn’t last.
Thanks for being part of the Omega book tour and publishing the promo. The more people who get exposed to these, the more books will sell. Hoping for great sales and maybe more books in the Penton series. Buy the books guys. The Penton Legacy series is a great read.
ReplyDeleteI love this series, it's really one i recommend to the lovers of paranormal roamnces and Vampires. it's fresh, captivating with also humour and sweet or sparky romance
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome series! I can't wait to read Omega.
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