Title: Blood Scent
Author: Maggie Mundy
Email: maggiemundy@bigpond.com
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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Book Heat Level: 4
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BLURB:
Trent Feldor is
a Seeker vampire who protects human females from Rogue vampires who would take
them as mates. Kellie is a reporter who wants to make the front page of the
Adelaide newspaper by finding the Parklands Killer. Instead she stumbles
straight into a vampire fight and she is the trophy being fought for.
Kellie has never
let anyone into her life since her mother's death, and isn't going to let the
mysterious Trent get under her skin. As for Trent, he may have found the one
woman he could love but he will have to stop Rogue vampires who want to kidnap
her, and vampire hunters who want to kill him.
EXCERPT
Kellie loved being a reporter, but she was certain
she wouldn't make the front page with this story. As the balding, creepy and
definitely weird Peter Campbell waffled on, it became clear he didn't have a
clue about the Parkland Killer. She covered her mouth with her notepad to hide
her yawn as he blabbed about vampires. She had no one to blame but herself for
agreeing to meet with this loopy guy, but at least they were in a coffee shop
with lots of people around so he couldn't get too odd, she hoped.
"The police don't deal with these monsters, but
together, we can. We can show the world what they really are." Peter
pushed his glasses back up his greasy nose with his stubby fingers. They slid
back down again.
He rubbed his fingertips together as if he were
sprinkling salt. Kellie couldn't remember if vampires were scared of salt, or
was that demons? Maybe she should order some garlic bread, just to be on the
safe side. She stifled a giggle. Did this guy think she'd kill the undead with
a whack on the head from her notepad and stake them with her pen?
"We're not alone, Kellie. We've other groups
around the world and they're all trying to get proof, but I believe we're the
closest." Peter reached his hand across the table towards her.
Kellie moved her hand away, hoping he'd get the hint
before she emptied her hot coffee onto his lap. Kellie reckoned she would walk
in and her editor would raise her eyes and laugh at this story, and she'd be
lucky to make any page in the paper at this rate.
She'd humor him until she finished the coffee he'd
paid for. "So what makes you think this isn't the serial killer the police
believe is responsible?" She doodled on her notepad as she pretended to
write.
"One of our people saw the last killing. He saw
its fangs and the way the victim's throat was ripped open. What's more, we
believe we know where it might attack next." Peter licked his lips as his
eyes glistened with excitement.
"So you want me to go and stake out a vampire.
Hey, that's funny," Kellie laughed while Peter scowled. "So if I go
to the Parklands this evening, just how are you going to stop it killing me
when I get there?"
"As yet we don't
have a way to kill one, but we can incapacitate and capture it." Peter glanced
around and wriggled in his seat as if it had become too hot.
Kellie shook her head
and frowned as he suspiciously eyed the two old ladies sitting next to them.
Did he really think they were secret agents trying to listen in? Kellie doodled
a smiling face with fangs.
So much for this
story being her breakthrough, but at the moment she had nothing else. She could
ask Kevin from work to go with her so he could take photos if anything
happened. Being in a coffee shop with this Peter Campbell guy in daylight was
one thing, but meeting him and his mates at night was another. A weird vampire
cult in reserved Adelaide had to be worth some space in the paper though,
otherwise she'd be back reporting on weddings, births, funerals and dog shows.
