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Modern career woman shows this crusader knight a glimpse of heaven, but since he's a vampire, he's destined for hell.
This one's from my back-list, but it's laugh-out-loud funny at times and we all need cheering up right now.
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Blurb
Crusader knight, Blaxton de Ferrers rises as a vampire after the Knights Defender steal his soul. Murdered by his cousin, he preys on the people he once swore to protect. His emotions leach out of him. Gradually, he forgets how to feel.
Eight hundred years later, he meets Harriet.
Harriet Mortlake’s a strong, sassy woman who battles her weight and her temper. She’s the modern-day archivist in the castle which was Blaxton’s childhood home. She’s supposed to ferret out the castle’s secrets. Instead, she finds the love of her life.
When danger threatens Harriet, Blaxton steps in. Harriet and Blaxton are a match made in heaven. Except… he’s a vampire and he’s destined for hell.
Previously sold as Knight’s vampire
Excerpt
“How dare you embarrass me like that?” Harriet Mortlake planted her hands on her hips and glowered at the man she’d cornered outside the cafe. Her normal iceberg cool deserted her, and she wanted to slap the condescending smile off his face. Around this stranger, she felt as though lightning bolts flashed from her eyes.
“It’s a temple, not a chapel,” he insisted.
Stubborn. Damn. Male. She’d been showing the big guns from the Castles’ Management Trust around the building. They’d already made it clear they thought her too young for the archivist’s role. This know-it-all had infuriated her when he sounded off in the chapel. Now he antagonized her all over again.
“As if!” Harriet snorted. “No way would medieval Christians build a pagan temple on their grounds. Superstitious locals would have accused them of devil worship. They burned heretics at the stake, remember?”
Despite Mr. Condescending’s interference, she’d impressed the big bosses—she thought. Now the sexiest male, ever, clung to his ridiculous belief the chapel had been a pagan temple.
He flashed her a smile which would have lit up the underground chapel where he’d embarrassed her earlier. He should keep his mouth shut and let her admire his looks. Everything about him radiated sex appeal. Looking at him almost made her anger evaporate, but he gave her the know-it-all look that made her bristle.
“You need to get your facts right,” he told her, determined to have the last word.
Stupid, arrogant male. She couldn’t decide whether to show him her diplomas and degrees or kick his shins. She’d reined in her temper while the higher-ups carried out their inspection. Now they’d left, she felt free to vent her rage. Hands still on her hips, she tapped her foot at him.
“Lost for words without an audience? Or don’t you have any facts to back up your cock-and-bull story? Put up or shut up, Mister. Tell me why you think it’s a temple.”
Mr. Condescending sat outside the castle’s tearoom as if he hadn’t a care in the world. His interference when she’d shown the bigwigs into the chapel could have cost her the job she loved. Whitborough Castle’s extensive records needed cataloging, and Harriet couldn’t wait to get her hands on them.
She considered herself fortunate to work here. Only sometimes, she got a someone’s watching me feeling. The last two archivists had vanished, and the police were “looking into it”—whatever that meant. Her fellow professionals viewed the post as a poisoned chalice.
Harriet knew an opportunity when she saw it, and she’d grabbed it with both hands. Everything should be perfect, but it wasn’t. From day one—a scant four weeks ago—she’d felt as if the castle’s ghosts studied her as much as she studied the castle’s records. Paranoid or what?
Praise for One Knight Stand
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2018
This one killed me, Harriet made me laugh, feel for her and totally see why she melted for Blaxton. I mean, a
modern hunky Knight who appreciates a real woman. They had me from the first meeting, even though I had no
idea what was going on with him, guess I should have read the blurb first! LOL, it was an excellent surprise,
Vampire Knight, plus a smart resourceful woman equals one awesome read. And then to top it off, we get bad
, fighting and some very interesting side characters......who I want more of by the way.
So just to be clear....hotness, humor, some cool fighting and a bit of sarcasm means
you need to check this one out!
God, this sounds fantastic, Kryssie!
ReplyDeleteSo many books, so little time... of course we may all have lots of time on our hands soon.
Such an interesting premise
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really fun read, Kryssie. We all need a good laugh right now. And that hunk on the cover? OMG, fanning myself despite the cool weather.
ReplyDeleteWith a last name of KNIGHT, I have to be partial to this story. Lucky for me it sounds great, Kryssie!
ReplyDeleteWow, there's sure a lot going on here. I take it she doesn't yet know he's a real knight.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I was literally one minute too late to get my hook onto the list, but if you get a chance, it's here: eahoornaert.com/2020/03/17/mfrwhooks-35/