Octavian’s Undoing - Airicka Phoenix
Octavian Maximus has already given up his life once for a love
that left him empty. He isn’t about to give up his afterlife for a green-eyed,
red-haired spitfire with no sense of self-preservation and a smile that could
melt even his icy heart, especially since he’s so close to being given a second
chance at living again. For a Son of Judgment, being offered life is the reason
they were so willing to murder without remorse. Octavian is one of the best.
He’s never failed to take out a Mark, until the night one got away and he let
it, unsuspecting of the consequences of his mistake. When the Mark tracks him,
hell bent on revenge, Octavian is ready for it. What he isn’t prepared for is
Ryleigh jumping in to protect him or her death because of it.
Ryleigh Masters has her own problems. Her father was laid off…
again, bills are piling up and the rent is due. When she’s given the
waitressing job at Final Judgment, it’s a dream come true, until she meets the
owner’s son. Octavian makes it no secret that he wants her gone, but Ryleigh
has already signed the contract and she needs this job. She’s willing to do
whatever it takes to keep it, even put up with the unreturned feelings Octavian
provokes in her. The night he’s attacked, the last thing she expected to happen
was to die and wake up with Octavian’s knife at her throat and her life
irrevocably changed.
Series Title: Sons of Judgment Series
Author: Airicka Phoenix
Publisher: Airicka Phoenix
Release date: May 2013
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal Romance
Warnings: Sexual content, Language
Formats: eBook & Paperback
Octavian’s Undoing Excerpt/Teaser
“I’ll pay it.”
He crossed his arms again, a
gesture she was quickly beginning to understand
annoyance. “You can have it
to me by tomorrow. I take cash only.”
The blistering surge of heat that
lurched up her neck to flood her face also
brought a flutter of dread cinching
in her chest. “I don’t have it,” she
whispered, hating herself for admitting
such a thing. “But I will!”
“And how do you suppose you’re
going to come up with that much in
twenty-four hours?”
“By offering you… me.”
She didn’t know how it happened,
how he vanished from the other side of
the desk and magically appeared before
her. She couldn’t fathom how his
fingers found and wove themselves into her
hair, twisting the copper curls
until she was trapped between his hard body and
the equally solid door. His
angular face loomed dangerously close, bathing her
tingling cheeks with the
heat of his breath and the scent of mint. Eyes colder
and harder than ice
chips, yet dark and bottomless as the bottom of a well bore
into hers,
freezing her in their consuming depths.
“Do
you think one night in my bed will settle the debt?” he half-asked,
half-
growled. “Are you really so talented, Ms. Masters?”
About the Author
Airicka Phoenix is the best-selling author of The Touch Saga and Games of Fire with short stories in Whispered Beginnings: A Clever Fiction Anthology and Midnight Surrender Anthology. When she's not hammering away at the keyboard, she can be found banishing pirates or crawling through the attic looking for lost treasure with her kids. She loves baking, gardening and reading. She also likes to travel and take pictures of everything she comes across. When asked, Airicka describes herself as a sarcastic basket case that has an unhealthy addiction to chocolate, old movies and really bad jokes. She loves to laugh, make friends and write. If she could have one wish granted, it would be to spend one day as a fly-on-the-wall inside Stephen King's mind. If she could have two wishes granted, she would ask for a castle dedicated entirely to her overwhelming collection of books.
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